Whatever Dustin had been feeling other than longing in the past few minutes immediately melted away upon contact with Puck's lips and he slowed put his hands to the sides of her face, kissing back before she slowly leaned away, him leaning in in response but puck quickly putting a hand against his chest to stop him.

Puck quickly caught her breath, "Wh- Wh.."

"I don't know if you're going to say what or why but either are appropriate." Dustin murmured in disbelief.

Puck stepped back and held a hand to her forehead in her own disbelief with the situation, "You..."

"For you," Dustin sighed.

"For...me- what?" Puck looked confused.

Dustin put his hands on his hips with a guilty expression, "The promposal...it was meant for you..."

Puck's eyes widened, "I-it was?"

Dustin nodded as his face grew hotter than it had been, "I was trying to get Nicole to help me but...she jumped to the conclusion that I wanted to ask out Jenna and...this whole mess happened...and...then Jenna found out that I was- well, that I was trans-gender and just...totally trashed me on it...I fled here...I didn't know what else to do..." Dustin shrugged, his voice getting quieter towards the end.

Puck was holding her hands to her mouth, shaking her head before letting them fall to her sides, "I feel like such a dick now..."

Dustin instantly waved his hands, "No, no, no! You- stop, no, you weren't, not at all- we were both just..."

"Passionate?" Puck gave a sheepish grin.

Dustin returned with a half-smile, "...How did we get here...?"

"I...think it started with a house fire." Puck nodded, "Maybe we should start with...getting out of here?"

"Yeah...bathrooms just have too much negativity connected to them now..." Dustin huffed.

Puck held the door open- and then her hand out, "Yeah, but now they have some- positive memories too."

Dustin smiled a bit more as he took Puck's hand, lacing his fingers with hers, "This escalated quickly..."

Puck walked out with Dustin, their hands naturally falling together in between them, swinging slightly, "We're teenagers who've both had misunderstandings in the last day- I'm glad you have more sense than any other guy I've met to actually talk it over- or...kiss it over and then talk...rather than just running away..." They continued down the hall.

"I'm...not really-"

"You're whoever you identify as, Dustin." Puck gave a meaningful look to Dustin who returned by pausing to connect his forehead to Puck's as they reached the front of the theatre, quickly pulling away as he was still getting used to this; he then turned his head and noticed a beaks, pulling himself and Puck over to look at it, "Is that...Mountain Dew with...drugs in it?"

Puck frowned, squinting at it.

"Should we drink it?" Dustin cocked an eyebrow with the suggestion.

Puck shook her head, "Nah, I never trust what the drama department puts in their drinks, come on." Puck pulled on Dustin's hand towards the exit of the hall, "We've gotta get there in time for the dance! It's only just begun..."

Dustin nodded happily, pausing as they reached the exit to reach his unoccupied hand up to grab the red scrunchy that held up his hair, wrapping it around his wrist as he pulled it out so his hair fell to his shoulder. Dustin squeezed Puck's hand, "Let's dance."

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WOW- THANK YOU
Thanks to those of you who read this book!!! It means a lot to me <3 I really loved writing about these characters and how I saw them and it was a really neat experience throughout how long it's taken to write this book! (Under a year but maybe close to over a half of a year?? I'm not really sure???)
Anyway! I've been actually slightly planning this book unlike pretty much everything else I've ever written on this account! There were some alternate endings which might/would have taken a darker turn, but regardless, I pretty much planned for Puck and Dustin to get together in the end!
Again, thanks for all of your support, I do really appreciate, I've loved working on and writing for this book, even though I started to get tired of it towards the end, so thank you.
And, without further ado...

[THE END]