Title: Beautiful Lie Author: saar_fantasy Pairing: One sided Kurtofsky, brief Lauren/Puck, Puckurt as endgame Rating: PG-13 for now (it will variate)
Warnings: homophobic words, abuse (not sexual)
Spoilers: none if you've seen Glee season 1 & 2 Genre: AU,Drama,Romance Word Count:: ~ Disclaimer: As much as I wished I did, I don't own any of them.
Summary: When Lauren suggests Puck should play Kurt's boyfriend; just so he would get rid of Karofsky, Puck isn't really fond of it at first. After talking about it with Kurt and Mercedes, they both decide to do it, just to make sure that Kurt is safe again. Nobody told them about the side effect it could have though...What happens when the lie becomes the truth?

Kurt's POV

I've been watching Puck more now after I saw him sing that emotional song, and to be honest, he really looks sad most of the time.

You only see it when you really, really look at him because he has pretty thick mask on to hide his feelings.

It's actually weird if you think about it... There's actually a whole different person inside of Puck that he's too afraid of showing.

Or is it just an act he likes to play? Trying to make people believe that he has a heart?

Was the whole 'wanting to be a father for my daughter' thing just an act? No, I believe it wasn't.

And that song I heard him sing in the auditorium was completely heartfelt.

There really IS more to Noah Puckerman than just the meatheaded jock he likes to show to everyone.

It's time for Glee club and we're all waiting for mr. Schue to arrive.

Mercedes is talking to Lauren and sometimes glance at me or at Puck, so I think they're already talking about our little plan.

Puck just seems zoned out like he usually does. Nobody pays attention to him anyway...

Which is really all kinds of sad.

There he is, mr. Schue finally enters the room, his usual all-teeth happy smile in place.

"Hey guys," he says, "So, have you all been thinking about a song we could do for regionals? We might have won sectonals, but that doesn't mean we can lay back and relax for regionals."

Well, Rachel's hand is gonna fly up in the air with the usual...

"Mr. Schue, if I may?"

There it- Wait... That's not Rachel's voice.

That's Puck!

It seems like everyone is as surprised as I am, judging on the whipping of heads to look at the chairs in the back at Puck, who seems kind of nervous under all those stares.

"Yes, Puck?"

Even mr. Schuester sounds surprised, but that's nothing new I guess. He's always surprised when Puck opens up his mouth in Glee.

"I've kind of been working on a song," Puck says, "I don't know if it's good enough for regionals, but I would like to sing it and see what you guys think about it."

Mr. Schue blinks, still quite in shock, before finding his ability to speak again.

"Alright, Puck. You can give it a whirl."

Puck nods and walks down to pick up a guitar and give some direction to the band while mr. Schue takes a seat on the bottom ow of the chairs.

For a moment I'm thinking he's gonna sing that song about his dad that I heard him sing, but of course he doesn't.

It's a rock song and when you listen to part of the lyrics, it's like the song is made for him.

I'm a nightmare, a disaster That's what they always said

I'm a lost cause, not a hero But I'll make it on my own

I've gotta prove them wrong

Me against the world

It's me against the world

See? Perfect for Puck.

Oh wow, what is that growl he just made? It's sexy!

Wait, I didn't just think Puck was sexy... Did I?

Oh well, I guess he is kinda hot. I'm gonna have a hot fake boyfriend!

Which reminds me that we still have to go over our plan more thoroughly after Glee.

How are we gonna play this off? What will happen between him and Lauren? They will have to break up I guess...But how? And what are they gonna give as a reason for their sudden break up?

It's all gonna be so complicated...But I think it could work if we plan and play it out well.

"That really is a good song, Puck." Mr. Schue's voice pulls me out of my thoughts, "I'll see if we can use it when we heard all the other ideas."

Puck gives a nod and goes back to his place, after placing the guitar down, with another round of applause from us.

We practise a little on our dancing and then mr. Schue dismisses us.

I watch as everyone walks out of the room, except for me, Mercedes, Puck and Lauren.

We sit back down on our chairs, looking at each other.

It's Mercedes who breaks the silence.

"So, lrt's just get to the point and figure out how we're gonna let this plan work out."

"It has to be as believable as possible," Lauren says, "So, Puck and I have to break up in public."

"I bet you're gonna have a lot of fun with that," Puck smiles wryly.

"Oh, come on, Puckerman," Lauren replies, rolling her eyes, "I'm the one who's gonna be called your beard for the rest of my time here in McKinley High. I'm sure you can handle getting dumped in the hallway."

"Been there already," Puck replies, "Santana already did it once."

I clear my throat to get their attention.

"How fascinating this all is," I say in my most sarcastic voice,"Can we get to the point of why we're having this meeting now? Some people do have other things to do after school than just hang around somewhere."

"Wow, Princess," of course Puck has to respond, "Don't get on your high horse or I might call our deal off."

Really...What is he trying to proof with that?

"Alright," I reply, standing up and walking to the door, "That's settled then."

"Not so fast, boo," Mercedes stops me by grabbing my arm, "Me and Lauren really want this to work. We want to see Karofsky go insane."

I sigh and let myself being lead back to my seat, sitting down reluctantly and studying my nails.

"Guys," Lauren says, sounding a little agitated, "Can you at least try to get along? You have to play a couple soon. How ever are you gonna pull off a believable kiss?"

"A kiss?"

Leave it to Puck to not having thought about such an important thing.

"Of course you guys have to kiss," Lauren exclaims, "Really, Puckerman. You of all people should know what couples in love do."

He shrugs, "Whatever."

I'm kind of confused by that.

"You have no problem with kissing me?"

He shrugs again, "Should I? It's just a game anyway..."

That's right...It's all just a game.

A game to keep Karofsky away from me, but I'm still not sure if it's gonna work...

"So anyway," Mercedes says, just to cut through the awkward silence, "We need to find a way for you two to get closer to each other. Even before Lauren breaks up with Puck. It would look way too weird otherwise."

"Like it's not gonna look weird now already," I say, getting an eyeroll from both of the girls.

"We could talk mr. Schue into giving us a duet."

That's actually not a bad idea... I'm surprised it's coming from Puck and not from myself.

Oh well...

"Not a bad idea mohawk," Mercedes says and Lauren nods in approval.

"Or we could have one of our usual verbal sparring games," Puck continues, "Mr. Schue will surely give us the assignment of doing a duet together to kiss and make up."

I raise my eyebrow at him, "Are you really up for that?"

He smirks at me, "Bring it."

"Alright you two," Mercedes breaks our little staring contest and brings our attention back to her, "I think we should leave it at that for now and go home. We can discuss later how it's all gonna go after that."

"Wait," I stop the girls from going out of the choir room, "Should we tell the rest of the club about our plan?"

"I say no," Puck says and we all look at him in confusion, "What?" he shrugs at us, "I think it would be fun to keep them in the dark, or at least for a little while."

We nod in agreement, basically because we're all tired and want to go home.

The girls are the first ones to leave but when I'm standing in front of the doorway, ready to get out, I'm stopped by a tan hand on my shoulder.

"Wait a minute, Princess."

I turn around and give him my most annoyed facial expression, "Stop calling me that. Why do I have to wait?"

"I want to ask you something?"

"Ok, ask away."

"What exactly did Karofsky do to you to make you agree with this plan?"

I tense up a little, "I don't know why that would be any of your business."

He raises his eyebrow at me and crosses his arms over his chest.

"I am the biggest part of this plan, you know. Well, together with you of course. Don't you think I have a right to know what Karofsky did to make you jump into something like this?"

He's right...I know he is. But, can I trust him enough to keep his mouth shut?

Karofsky threatened to kill me if I told anyone...

"Kurt?" I hear him say, "Come on, Kurt. Just spill the beans."

"Fine," I snap at him because I'm sick of his constant nagging, "He kissed me. Dave Karofsky forced my very first kiss out of me and then threatened to kill me if I told anyone. There, now you know. Are you happy now?"

Feeling the tears of anger burn in my eyes, I don't wait for an answer and just storm out off the choir room.

I just told Noah Puckerman; the guy who's gonna play my boyfriend for who knows how long; my biggest, most awful, secret...

This can't lead to anything good...