Hey guys! So this is the first chapter of many Beth adorableness :) I hope you guys like it! Sorry, there's no Puck in this one... The first time I immagined this scene in my head in stupid math class, for some reason Puck wasn't in it, and I just coundn't seem to fit him in. But he'll be in the next one! This fic is based off of Taylor Swift's Never Grow Up. Seriously guys, this song is amazing, if you havn't heard it, you need to get up off your ass and listen now. Haha, just a suggestion... anyways, hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, if I did, it would be all Quick and Mercedes wouldn't be so annoying... Hopefully
Quinn stressfully shut her laptop. She was exhausted. She'd been studying all afternoon and her brain hurt from the overload. She turned to the digital clock on her night stand to see it was already 2:23 AM. Quinn sighed and turned to the next page of notes. Her coffee wasn't doing shit to keep her awake. If Puck were here now he'd probably make her go to bed but he was back in Lima for a family emergency. Quinn would've gone with if she didn't have this huge final in a few days.
She took another deep breath and tried to continue reading but soon felt drowsiness take over her entire body. She tried to keep her eyes from shutting but she couldn't find the willpower. Quinn laid her head on all the papers covering my desk. Maybe she'd just take a quick break...
Before she knew it, Quinn was startled awake by a small hand poking her arm. Her eyes fluttered open to see a small, tear-stained Beth clutching her faded stuffed elephant in her right arm. Her curly blonde hair was in matted knots traveling down to her lower back.
"Bethie what's the matter?" Quinn asked worriedly, ignoring the cluttered mess around her.
"Mommy I don't feel good," she cried.
Quinn sympathetically pushed a few strands of dark blonde hair away from the girl's delicate forehead and placed her lips against it. "Oh baby you're burning up!" She exclaimed. Beth sniffled as Quinn pushed herself up from the chair and took her daughter in her arms. Beth wrapped her legs around her mother's waist and held onto her neck.
Quinn took the little girl into the attached bathroom and flipped on the light switch. Both startled by the light, blinked rapidly, trying to get used to the newfound brightness.
Quinn placed Beth onto the counter next to the sink and reached inside the cabinets. Beth swung her thin legs over the edge, fixing the fur on her favorite stuffed animal, Milo.
Quinn found what she was looking for and pulled out a thermometer. She lifted up the tired four-year-old's arm and placed it under.
It came out to be 101 degrees. "Oh Bee you have a fever."
"Mommy my tummy r-really hurts," Beth murmured through her tears, wiping her runny nose with the hem of her flannel pajama shirt.
"Sweetheart do you think you're gonna-" Beth nodded before she could answer and Quinn quickly lifted her from the counter and lifted the toilet seat just in time. Quinn held back the girl's long hair and rubbed her back soothingly as she coughed into the toilet.
"Mommy," she cried once she was done.
"Oh Bee," Quinn purred, whipping away Beth's tears, "it's okay, Mommy's here." She picked Beth up into her arms and brought her out of her bedroom into the small apartment's kitchen. Quinn filled a pink sippy cup full of water in which Beth used to wash her mouth out with.
"Mommy, can I sleep with you tonight?" Beth asked innocently, looking up from her sippy cup.
Quinn traced a strand of blonde hair and pushed it out of Beth's face. "Of course you can Bumble Bee," she cooed.
Beth finished her water and Quinn placed the cup in the sink. She turned around to see her daughter looking up at her longingly, holding both arms out above her head. Quinn chuckled lightly, lifting the small girl into her arms. She turned into Beth's pink butterfly-themed room and switched on the light.
"Mommy what are we doing?" asked a sleepy Beth, rubbing her eyes.
"We're gonna change you outa your stinky clothes," she said, grabbing a thin Sleeping Beauty night gown from the pink and white dresser.
She removed Beth's floral flannels, which were now drenched with sweat due to the high temperature the girl had spiked, and clothed her into the silky light pink gown that draped down to just past her toes.
"Okay my little Bumble Bee, let's get to bed." Beth yawned and placed her head in the crook of Quinn's neck as she carried her off to bed.
Once they were both settled Beth snuggled up next to her mother while Quinn wrapped her arms around her securely.
"When's Daddy coming home?" Beth whispered, fighting to keep her eyes from staying closed.
"Soon Baby Girl, I promise," she reassured Beth, who snuggled deeper into Quinn's chest.
"Mommy, will you sing to me?" Beth asked from under Quinn's arms.
Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
No, no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up
Quinn kissed a now sleeping Beth's head and drifted off herself.
Hey guys! I hope you liked it! Please review, I love those :)