Beth is entering Starbucks with her father. She is allowed to go there every Wednesday afternoon to have a hot caramel chocolate with a triple chocolate muffin (she is obsessed with chocolate). While her father is ordering, she spots a woman she's seen before. She has long brown hair and she is reading something on her iPhone while sipping on her coffee. The little girl opens her backpack and takes the magazine that Zoe, her sixteen-year-old babysitter, has given her. It is an old edition of the New York Post.

'Yes! It's her on the cover: Rachel Berry'. She runs to the star.

'Miss Berry, could you sign my magazine?' Beth is jumping from one foot to the other.

'Hello, sure. What's your name sweety?'

'Beth Puckerman', she says handing the tabloid to Rachel. Rachel gulps seeing the headlines. 'No child for Rachel Berry: the atrocious truth about her fertility condition'. She cannot sign that. Her eyes are moistering (think about something else Rach', you know it is not the end of the world). The little girl in front of her is looking with huge eyes and seems so admirative. Rachel takes her purse and gets the playbill of her latest show and signs it saying 'for Beth, make all your dreams come true, love Rachel*'.

'Here we go, how old are you?', Rachel asks giving the signed playbill to Beth.

'I'm seven'.

'You're here alone, where are your parents?', the singer says looking around.

At that moment, a tall, muscled and absolutely exquisite man arrives: 'Beth, don't bother people and don't run away without telling me where you are going'.

'But dad, this is Rachel Berry'. Puck looks at the brunette sitting there, she is smiling and her deep chocolate eyes are stunning.

'Hello, I'm Puck. I'm sorry, my daughter has a slight obsession with celebs'. He eyes the magazine Beth was taking back and he feels bad. He remembers seeing the headlines and throwing the tabloid away.

'I'd swear I had thrown this piece of shit away', he says grabbing the paper.

'Dad, Zoe gave it to me, it talks about the stars'.

'That's not news, that's a tabloid'. Puck says feeling awkward, his eyes still on Rachel who looks at her hands on the table.

'I don't understand'. Beth looks confused and Rachel doesn't want the little girl to feel like she is doing something wrong.

'Beth, this magazine says things that aren't true or things we don't want the whole world to know'. Her eyes shifts on the side, trying to keep the tears from falling. Beth nodded.

'Dad, can we just sit with Rachel?' She was smiling and her eyes were sparkling.

'Babygirl, I think we have disturbed her more than necessary'. He wants to sit there, she is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen. She is not your typical American beauty but she is perfect.

'Miss Berry, pleeeeaaase'. Beth says biting her lower lip.

Rachel laughs saying: 'How can someone say no to that?'.

'Tell me about it', Noah breathes under his teeth walking to the counter to get their orders.

When he comes back with the food and beverages, Rachel and Beth are laughing. He stops and finds them so cute like that (not cute, interesting, what is he thinking; cute is not badass). He sits and the brunette asks: 'So, you are named after a Shakespearian fairy?', she seems amused.

'Noah Puckerman'. He takes a sip of his drink.

'Glad to meet you Noah'. She smiles at him.

'Daddy doesn't want anyone except grandma and aunt Becca to call him Noah', Beth adds.

'No, it is fine, you can call me Noah'. Puck doesn't know why it is okay for her to call him that but he likes when she says it.

They are talking about all and nothing while Beth is drawing. There is a lot of chocolate onto her drawing and she bites her lip when she is coloring trying not to put color outside the lines she has drawn.

While Beth is drawing, the adults are talking about all and nothing. Rachel is usually pretty awkward socially but the conversation flows easily with that man. She doesn't understand why she has no problem to talk to him. She is usually very careful, paparazzi are getting bolder and using all kinds of schemes to get information. Puck tells her about his official job: he is the manager of a "restaurant slash club" in Brooklyn. However, he gets more excited when he tells her about his most important job: raising his babygirl, Beth. Usually, Rachel is very talkative (way too much talkative according to pretty much everyone she has met in her life) but she is just happy to listen to Noah.

While she is listening to (enjoying) a very animated recap of Beth's last visit to the zoo and her epic love for lizards, which Rachel can tell is funny because big, muscled, adult Puck seems to be kind of afraid of the cold blood species; Rachel's phone rings. She looks who's calling and she tells Puck that she has to take this call. 'Hello Kurt… Why, what time is it?... I'm coming, don't worry… Bye'.

'I'm sorry guys but I have to go, I have a show tonight and my director will be mad if I'm not at the theater in 20 minutes'. She has a wonderful afternoon and for the first time, she is not eager to go to the theater.

'I'd love to see your show, Belle is my favorite princess'. Beth says.

'Well, what do you say about tickets for Saturday afternoon?' Beth is ecstatic. 'I'm sorry I should have checked with you before', Rachel adds looking at Puck.

'I'd like to see you on stage too. I already know your recording work…'

'What? You've listened to my songs?' She looks genuinely surprised.

'It's difficult not to listen to the number one album seller of the past three years'. He is teasing her. Actually he really likes her voice.

'He plays 'beautiful' to me when I cannot sleep, he plays guitar well but I prefer your voice'.

Rachel is blushing.

'That's a good song' he adds winking at Rachel.

'Anyway, I really have to go but I will let your names at the front desk for your tickets on Saturday afternoon; I hope you will like the show'.

'Rachel, wait, this is for you'. Beth hands her the drawing of her on a stage with a lot of multicolored stars around.

'Thank you so much Beth, that's beautiful'. Puck sees Rachel's eyes getting shiny (She is so beautiful).

'See you on Saturday', she says leaving the café and putting Beth's drawing in a folder into her purse.

Puck looks at his watch and cannot believe they've talked for over three hours that afternoon. He doesn't remember talking so much in his life.

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