"One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning." - JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL

Follows Season One of Veronica Mars with some changes to romances, and additional plotlines.

*Kendall is there already, and completely OOC from her portrayal in Season Two, please, please don't point this out to me, as I already know, I wrote her this way for a reason, and I'm not going to change it in anyway, thanks.

Season One of Glee is past, and cannon is mostly followed. Unless I say otherwise, assume that it happened the way it did in the show. After Season One, however, it is completely AU.

Disclaimer: I own nothing, except my OC's. Glee and it's characters is owned by Fox and it's creators, the same for Veronica Mars, and the music all belongs to the various artists and writers.

This will be updated at my leisure, mine, so don't be upset if it takes awhile. That being said, I am planning on updating at least once a month, more if I have insane muse attacks, but don't count on that, K?

Special Thanks to my amazing Beta and BFF hpbrat2, without whom nothing would ever get done. Luv ya my Good Twin.

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~"abc"~ English dialogue over phone
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Chapter One: Beth- KISS (1976) & Glee (2010) - 3278

"Oh, Beth what can I do? Beth what can I do?"
Friday August 10th 2012

"Do you need any help?" Quinn looked up from the boxes scattered around her new room to see Kendall leaning against the door, arms folded over her chest, which was mostly exposed by the skimpy swim cover-up she wore over her barely there bikini. Suppressing the nearly ever-present urge she'd had for over a year, to either scream or cry, she took a deep breath and said no thanks. Kendall sighed and walked into the room, taking a seat on the corner of the naked mattress.

"Look Quinn, I know you're not happy with your mother's decision to send you to Neptune, and I know you have legitimate reason to be upset with her. This is a big change in your life, right on the heels of an even bigger one. To be blunt, this completely sucks, but-"

"Yeah, it does!" Quinn interrupted loudly, "It sucks that the woman who looked the other way every time my asshole of a father hurt me, when he finally kicked me out of my home, leaving me to mooch off of my friends, not able to even get to school on my own. That the woman too fucking weak to be called a mother, still has enough control over my life to send me 3,000 miles away from the only family I've ever known to live with her equally idiotic sorority sister and her spoiled, selfish step-family. Seriously, who needs a four story house for a family of four?" Quinn took a deep breath, wiped away the few tears that had managed to escape, then continued more sedately. "Yeah, that really sucks, but the thing is, I'm Quinn Fabray, head bitch in charge, and I can handle anything this world can throw at me, so, if you'll excuse me, I have a lot of unpacking and organizing to do before dinner." She finished, turned her back to Kendall and opened the nearest box, resolutely ignoring the three boys that must have appeared in the doorway during her rant.

"Quinn..." she was surprised to hear honest emotion in Kendall's voice, which caused her to turn enough to see that Kendall had stood up, tears in her eyes. Kendall opened her mouth to continue when she was interrupted by a wailing cry.

"That's my cue." Quinn said, then pushed her way past the boys she'd not yet been introduced to and went into the adjacent room. "I'll take it from here." she told the Latina woman in a maid's uniform, who was holding a screaming, squirming bundle wrapped in a pale pink blanket. Quickly handing the child over to Quinn, the woman, Maria, spoke quickly in Spanish, surprised when Quinn responded in kind. She sat down in the rocking chair next to the beautifully painted crib and began unbuttoning her shirt as Maria left, closing the door behind her. Looking down at the miracle in her arms, Quinn knew that what she'd told Kendall was true, she could handle anything that came to her, so long as she never had to let go of her little girl. Smiling, she began singing as her daughter nursed.

"Beth, I hear ya callin'..."

A knock on the door interrupted Quinn's musing as she burped Beth.

"Come in." she called, looking up as Kendall opened the door.

"We were thinking of doing Chinese for dinner today, is that ok?" Kendall asked, tentative, obviously afraid that Quinn would blow up again.

"Yeah, that sounds great, lots of ham fried rice please." she answered. Kendall simply nodded, and began to back out of the room.

"Kendall?" Quinn spoke before the door shut.

"Yes?"

"I- I just- I just wanted to apologize for my outburst earlier. I-"she said, staring at Beth's sleepy face, slightly ashamed. Not of whatshe'd said, like 'Tana, she was a firm believer in always speaking the truth, no matter how uncomfortable it made things. No, she was ashamed that she'd taken out her anger and frustration on someone who'd obviously only wanted to comfort her, who seemed to genuinely care about how she was handling everything life and her mother had thrown at her. Quinn thought she'd learned that lesson with glee last year, but of course she had to go and prove herself wrong at the first opportunity. "I shouldn't have-"

"It's fine, Quinn." Kendall said, "I understand the things you must be feeling right now. No, I've never been in your exact situation." she was quick to add, raising her hands in surrender as Quinn's head whipped up. "But I do know what it feels like to be completely uprooted, not really knowing a single person around you. It's not exactly what most people would refer to as fun." Quinn laughed bitterly, agreeing, and she'd only been here for less than a day. "I just want you to know that you do have a friend here. I know that there's no way I could possibly replace your friends back home, what was it your mother called them? The Devil's Trio, and your glee club, Nude something or other?"

"The Unholy Trinity and New Directions." Quinn corrected laughing hard enough to earn a squeak of complaint from Beth, Kendall laughed as well.

"You'll have to explain the backstory for both of those names to me someday, alright?" Quinn nodded. "Anyway, I know it's not the same, but I want you to know you can always, always, talk to me, ok?" Kendall asked seriously, staring straight at Quinn, not breaking eye contact until Quinn said ok.

"Good, now that that's settled, what do you say to being properly introduced to your other housemates before dinner?" Kendall asked with a big grin on her face, an evil spark in her eye that had Quinn feeling wary as she stood up and followed Kendall down the hall to the stairs, and down two levels, through the kitchen, and outside to the patio beside the pool. Moving Beth to her other arm, Quinn noticed that the three boys she'd seen earlier were all lounging in chairs by the side of the pool wearing only baggy swim trunks and sunglasses. It made her feel slightly overdressed in her short jeans and red short sleeved button up, that feeling quickly changed to a fervent desire for more clothing when the bleached blond whistled at her, taking off his sunglasses to leer at her. Glaring, Quinn pulled Beth closer to her, covering her delicate skin with the blanket, a gift from Mercedes, protecting her from the evening sun.

"Shut up, Dick." Kendall said as she smacked the back of his head as she walked past, "Boys, this is Quinn Fabray, the daughter of one of my best friends, she'll be staying with us for awhile. Quinn, these are my lovely step-sons, Richard Jr. aka Dick, and this is Cassidy." She said pointing at the bottle blond, and the smaller brunette, who nodded to her kindly.

"Beaver!" Dick and the other boy shouted simultaneously, earning a glare from both Kendall and Cassidy.

"The annoying mooch over there is Logan Echolls." she waved an uncaring hand in Logan's direction. He didn't take offense however, but seemed to puff up with pride, a huge grin spread over his face.

"Nice to meet you HB." he said, sitting up a bit to look at her. Quinn tilted her head in confusion until he said, "Head Bitch, right?" he asked, a look of completely fake innocence on his face.

"Damn straight." Quinn answered, not showing any real emotion despite the fact that she was furious that he'd brought up such an obviously private and somewhat painful moment so nonchalantly, especially since he shouldn't have even been present at the time. "Nice to meet you too, mooch." Logan laughed.

"I'm no mooch, Kendall just doesn't like the fact that she had to settle for Mr. Casablancas because Aaron Echolls is happilymarried." Kendall huffed and rolled her eyes.

"Who?" Quinn asked, confusion lacing both her tone and expression. She enjoyed the dumbfounded expressions on all four faces, hilarious as they were.

"You're joking right?" Dick asked, Quinn shook her head. "He's Logan's dad." he said as though that explained everything.

"How do you not know who Aaron Echolls is?" Kendall asked, "He's only the star of several top selling movies of the last twenty years." Quinn shrugged.

"Were any of them musicals? No? I've never been one for movies, I prefer plays and musicals when I have time to watch something. Dance movies also make the list." she explained. Luckily, she was saved from anymore questions as Maria called them to eat. A few minutes later the food was dished up and everyone had started to dig in when Logan, sitting next to Quinn, looked over and smirked.

"So, I think we missed an introduction back there guys." he said, taking a bite of cashew chicken, then motioned toward Beth when everyone but Quinn looked at him in confusion. She froze for a second before once again adjusting Beth to her shoulder. Kendall and Cassidy looked at her in concern while Dick, oblivious to the tension, continued to shovel food into his mouth. Deciding to alleviate it instead of add to it (yeah, right) Quinn pasted her best bitch smile on and turned to face Logan dead on.

"This is my daughter, Beth Fabray Puckerman. Would you like to hold her?" she asked, fake kindness dripping like acid from her tongue. Logan raised his eyebrows, looking at her in appraisal and gave a slight nod. From jackass to bitch the communication was correctly interpreted as a sign, of a measure of respect. His eyes then moved to Beth, who Quinn was holding out towards him, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"No, thanks. Not really into kids." he said.

"Oh, come on. I insist. It's not like it's rocket science, just cradle her head, and make sure you don't drop her." Quinn said, enjoying his discomfort as he looked to the watching Casablancas family and then to the challenge in her eyes. A moment passed as he made up his mind.

"Alright, fine, for a minute." he held his hands out, Quinn leant forward, carefully placed Beth's now awake head in the crook of Logan's arm, made sure he had a good hold on her before letting go of her three month old daughter. The now familiar pang in her heart from not having her in her arms was even sharper at seeing her in the arms of another person. Quinn gently stroked her thumb across Beth's lower lip, sighed, and once again wished that she was back in Lima, closer to her true family, her support group, New Directions, and most importantly her baby daddy.

"What did you say her name was?" Logan asked quietly, Quinn smiled without looking away from her tiny face.

"Beth. Her name is Beth."

"What made you pick that?" Cassidy asked, speaking for the first time since they'd been introduced. Just then Beth opened her eyes and gurgled a happy gurgle and Logan gasped in surprise, which caused Quinn to look up. Her smile grew at the fear she saw in his eyes, it was similar in nature to the fear she knew was in her own eyes the first time she'd held Beth, though very different levels, she was sure.

"First time holding a kid, huh?" Quinn asked gently, Logan nodded. "You're doing fine. Believe me, she'd let us know if she wasn't comfortable, she's got her daddy's temper and my lungs."

"So you know who the dad is?" Dick blurted out, earning himself another slap to the back of the head, this one administered by Cassidy. "What the hell was that for?" Quinn shook her head in exasperation, realizing that Dick was never going to understand anything about the word tact.

"Do you think I chose the name 'Puckerman' because it's pretty?" She asked sarcastically, earning a chuckle from Logan, Cassidy, and Kendall. "No, her father's name is Noah Puckerman. He's still back home though. Oh, to answer your question Cassidy, Puck chose the name, he was trying to apologize for... well, for several things really, and came across the Kiss song, Beth, he and a bunch of our friends sang it to me and he suggested it as an option if I decided to keep her. The song's kind of become her lullaby." Quinn said, her eyes once again landing on her daughter's face.

"That's really sweet. I've always liked that song." Kendall said, a small smile on her face.

"So where is home for you anyway?" Cassidy asked.

"Lima, Ohio. It's a fairly small town near Columbus." Quinn answered, taking another bite.

"Why'd ya get sent away? Just 'cuz ya got knocked up?" Dick once again put his foot in his mouth, barely dodging a third smack as Quinn rolled her eyes. "What is this?! Pick on Dick day?"

"The official story is that my mother felt my decision to raise my daughter myself instead of giving her up for adoption would impact my life even more negatively than my pregnancy, so she sent me to her favorite sorority sister so that I could have a brand new life without 'Teen Mom' stamped on my forehead." Quinn scoffed. "That's complete bullshit, of course. She just couldn't stand the fact that I wasn't going to go back to being the 'perfect' princess that she always thought I was, when she realized that her nagging wasn't going to change how I acted, she came up with this brilliant plan to kick me out again, without actuallykicking me out this time." The Casablancas brothers exchanged wary looks, unsure of what to say to this, Logan looked up from Beth's face for a brief moment to see Quinn wiping away a single tear, though her voice had given no indication of emotion, resignation and sarcasm the only things in her tone.

"Quinn..." Kendall started warningly.

"You disagree?" Quinn asked sharply, challenge unspoken but certainly heard, Kendall sighed, shaking her head in defeat. "That's what I thought."

"Alright, let's move on, shall we? This isn't a funeral people." Cassidy said, after several moments of tense silence. "Quinn, you said earlier that you enjoyed plays and musicals, do you have a favorite?"

"Hmm, I'd have to say it's a tie between Wicked and Rocky Horror. Completely different, but both fantastically written and they have amazing music. What about you? Do you have a favorite musical?" Quinn jumped into the conversation, this was something she could talk about without it leading to any awkward questions.

"Well, I can't say I've seen many, but Kendall made us watch Hairspraya couple weeks ago, and I thought it was decent. The social commentary was hilarious, even if it was really cheesy." Cassidy answered, then rolled his eyes at Dick's fake gagging.

"God, that movie was the worst thing I've ever seen in my life." He said, "I seriously wanted to stab my eardrums with a toothpick every time the fat chick started singing."

"I adore that show, although I agree that the lead's voice wasn't as... Hmm, what's the word? Ah, soothing, as it could have been. Rachel rearranged You Can't Stop The Beatlast year, and with her voice on lead it was just amazing." Quinn said in an attempt to keep the peace between the two brothers.

"Here, you wanna take her back?" Logan asked, "I think she's asleep." Quinn reached over and gently took Beth out of his arms, tucking the blanket tighter around her as the sun had started to set and it was getting a bit colder.

"That's pretty much all she does right now, but she's freaking adorable even then." Quinn answered, Logan chuckled, and rolled his eyes.

"So, who's Rachel? I don't think you've said anything else about her." he asked, as he leant back in his chair, arms folded behind his head.

"Rachel Barbara Berry is the female lead of the Glee club at McKinley, and she'll be a star on Broadway by the time she's twenty-three, she's got it all worked out." Quinn smiled, remembering her one time enemy with fondness.

"Is this New Directions?" Kendall asked, Quinn nodded. "I think I'll take that story now." Kendall said, a grin on her face.

"New Directions? What's that?" Cassidy asked.

"It's the name of the Glee club, and sorry Kendall, but there's really not a story behind the name, Mr. Schue's the one that came up with it. I have no idea why or how, although I think it was something about inspiring us and the rest of the school to broaden our horizons, or something cheesy like that." she answered, the explanation making her miss Mr. Schue and his usually failed attempts at teaching them valuable life lessons.

"Yeah, that was disappointing." Kendall said, her face drawn in an exaggerated pout, Quinn laughed and Logan smirked. "What about the other one? Is there a fun story there?" she asked hopefully.

"What other one?" Logan asked. "Another club?"

"Sort of, yeah. Although we are not accepting any new members, sorry. The Unholy Trinity is already complete." Quinn laughed at the look of confusion on the boys' faces, then hurried to explain. "Santana Lopez, Brittany S. Pierce and myself have been best friends since, oh, kindergarten, we did everything together, I spent more time at their houses than I did my own. That's how I know Spanish, and a little bit of Dutch. We got the nickname in Jr. High when one of the jackasses in Brittany's class made her cry, Santana and I put our heads together and came up with a plan to get him back and let everyone know that if they messed with one of us, they dealt with all of us. I can't go into specifics, but in the end, 'Tana and I both had two weeks of detention, the boy transferred schools, and the three of us were known as The Unholy Trinity
from then on."

"Wow. Not exactly what I was expecting, Q. What exactly did you do to that poor boy to make him transfer schools?" Kendall asked while the boys eyed Quinn with a newfound respect and slight fear.

"I'm not at liberty to discuss it. I'd have to put it to a vote with the Trinity to get permission and I honestly don't see it happening." Quinn answered, dead serious.

"Ok, I'm confused, what exactly is a Glee club?" Dick asked, either unaware or not worried about the looks of disbelief being thrown his way by everyone but Logan, who looked like he was wondering the same thing.

"It's just another term for show choir." Quinn answered, which caused Logan and Dick to burst into laughter, Cassidy chuckled a bit, and shook his head. "Ok, what, exactly, is so funny?" she asked, she already knew the answer, but hoped she was wrong.

"You- you were in- show choir!" Dick stuttered out between guffaws, holding his side.

"Yes, I was, and while I don't have the benefit of years of training like Rachel has, or the amazing natural ability to learn music in minutes like Mercedes, I'm not half bad, and New Directions is absolutely amazing, they'll take Nationals this year, no doubt about it." Quinn spoke angrily, defending her family, sad that she'd ever been as narrow minded as these boys sitting with her. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a video chat scheduled in an hour and still have some unpacking to do." she walked away, the sound of Kendall scolding them, and Logan yelling at her to come back drowned out by Dick's laughter.