Although it is not necessary for you to read "Say a Little Prayer for You" before reading this i would be very helpful. I might refrence stuff from that story without explaining just because I don't notice.

I want to start out by apologizing for how long this took. I know i said two to three weeks and it turned into like five! but the end of the semester and exams just snuck up on me and i was incredibly busy! but im on christmas break now so hopefully i will have more time :)

So this story will have some fluff as well as some drama to keep your attention. This chapter is mostly just fluff to start out and set the tone for the story and such. Thanks to anyone who reads this and please review after! You can also check out my tumblr (links on the profile page) for updates about the story or just drop in to say hello!

yes, i often have authors messages this long and i apologize in advance. Anyway this story is un-betaed so any mistakes made are my own fault. enjoy this first chapter and remember to review after!


Chapter One

Quinn Fabray was happy; truly happy, for the first time in months. She was sitting in the back of her mom's SUV on the way back from the hospital, her newborn baby girl on one side and the love of her life on the other. Sure, she was nervous about the future; she was no expert on babies, but she was going to try. She was going to be the best mom she could be and that's all that mattered, right?

The car pulled into the driveway of Quinn's childhood home, although this had been her first time there in months. Her parents had kicked her out when they found out she was pregnant, but now that she had the baby and her dad had an affair with a tattoo artist, her mom offered to let Quinn move back in, which she gratefully accepted.

"Miss Beth, we're home," Quinn said as she unbuckled the car seat. Puck, Quinn's boyfriend and Beth's father, went around to Beth's side of the car and picked the car seat up, knowing Quinn probably shouldn't be carrying something so heavy after giving birth.

They walked up the front path together, just smiling and enjoying the happiness they were feeling.

"I think Beth wants to see her new room," Judy said in her baby voice once they had entered the house.

"I think that's a good idea," Quinn said. Judy led them upstairs and down the hallway. She opened the door to the room that used to be the guest room, but was now Beth's nursery.

As Judy opened the door and Quinn peeked inside, she suddenly felt the urge to cry. It was one of the most beautiful nurseries she had ever seen, and her mom managed to pull it off in only a day. Quinn reminded herself to never doubt the power of her mom when it came to shopping.

The walls her pink with big white polka-dots. The crib, changing tables, and dressers were all white and black. The comforter and blanket had pink lady bugs on it and there was a matching mobile above the crib.

"Do you like it my lady bug?" Quinn asked Beth who just gurgled at her mom.

"I'll take that as a yes," Quinn smiled.

She walked around the nursery and found that all the clothes Kurt and Mercedes had bought for her the day before were put neatly into either the closet or the drawers.

Quinn went and collapsed in the matching pink rocking chair. "Let me see her." Puck gently took the infant out of her car seat and walked over and carefully handed her to Quinn.

"I'm going to leave you two alone for a little while," Judy said. "I'm going to go make lunch do you want anything?"

Quinn shook her head. "Not now."

"Okay," Judy said as she smiled and left the room.

"It looks like she's really trying to make things good again," Puck commented. "I mean look at this nursery."

Quinn sighed. "She's trying to buy my affection like she always has, but I guess I can't really blame her, it's all she's ever known."

"At least now you'll know what not to do with Beth," Puck said.

She nodded. "I've learned plenty of parenting mistakes from my parents."

"Haven't we all," Puck chimed in.

Suddenly Beth began to cry. Quinn began to internally freak out. This was Beth's first cry outside the hospital. There were no nurses there to help Quinn figure out why she was crying; there was only Puck, who knew even less than her.

"I think…I think she might be hungry," Quinn guessed.

Puck shrugged. "Your guess is as good as mine."

Quinn took the lady bug blanket off the back of the chair. "Turn around real quick," she told Puck.

"Babe, it's not like I've never seen it before," he countered.

"Just do it," she sighed. He gave her a smirk before turning around. Quinn undid the buttons on her shirt and unclamped her bra in the front. As she settled Beth on her chest, the infant began to feed. Quinn covered it with the blanket and told Puck he could turn back around.

"Isn't it so weird how they just know what to do?" Puck asked.

"It's just instinct, I guess."

They sat in silence for a few minutes just sitting and watching their daughter, something that would soon become their new favorite past time.

"Oh, I almost forgot," Puck suddenly said.

"About what?" Quinn asked, furrowing together her perfectly shaped eyebrows.

Puck didn't answer, but instead disappeared out the door. Quinn sat in bewilderment for a few minutes before Puck returned with a bag. "I didn't have time to wrap it," he explained as he opened the bag and pulled out a white bear that was wearing a pink lady bug outfit.

"Oh, Puck, it's so beautiful," Quinn smiled.

"Yea, well, your mom told me about the room and I was at the mall looking for something to get Beth when I went into Build-a-Bear and saw this outfit. I thought it might be fate or some shit," he said.

Quinn started to chuckle.

"What's so funny?" he asked.

"I can just see you in there, stuffing your bear, and kissing the heart before you put it inside," she said.

Puck began to blush. "It was for Beth. I'd do anything for her, including making a stuffed bear and kissing it and shit."

"You're so sweet, did you know that?" Quinn cooed.

"Maybe once or twice," he answered. He leaned down and kissed her softly on the lips before placing a gentle kiss on Beth's head.

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It was seven o'clock and Quinn finally got Beth to fall asleep. She put the infant in the bassinette Judy had bought to put in Quinn's room (Quinn wanted her to sleep in her room for awhile so she could be close to her during the night), grabbed the baby monitor, and went downstairs before collapsing on the couch next to Puck. She was already exhausted from one day, she was scared to know how tired she would be in a week or even a month.

"Tonight's going to be hell," Quinn scathed as she snuggled in close to her boyfriend. "At the hospital when she woke up a nurse would help me, but now it's just me."

"At least you don't have to go to school in the morning," Puck complained.

"I can't believe they would let me miss exams but not you," Quinn said. "Maybe you should get home so you can study. I haven't seen you pick up a book all day."

"Babe, have you seen me pick up a book ever?"

Quinn thought about it. "No," she finally answered. "But don't you want Beth to have a dad who managed to actually graduate high school instead of failing out?"

"You're going to be playing the Beth card on me from now on, aren't you?" Puck asked.

"Is it working?"

"Maybe a little," he answered.

"Well then that's a yes."

He playfully stuck his tongue out at her before kissing her on the forehead and standing up.

"Call me tonight if you need anything," he said.

"I'll be fine," she answered.

"I'll come by tomorrow after work?"

"Sounds like a plan," Quinn smiled. He returned it as he made his way to the front door and out to his truck.

Quinn decided she might as well get ready for bed because she wanted to get as much sleep as possible during the night. She said good-night to her mom and took a shower. When she got into her room she was careful to be quiet so she wouldn't wake the baby. Once she had her pajamas on and was all settled she sat down on the side of her bed and watched Beth sleep.

Quinn didn't know whether it was the hormones or if she was just tired, but she started to cry as she watched her baby girl sleep. The eight months she had been pregnant with Beth were the hardest months of her life. There was so much drama and heartache that happened, but Quinn was 100 percent positive she would choose to go through it every time if it meant she could have Beth in her life. Beth was only three days old and already Quinn had fallen more in love with her than anyone and anything else in her life.

She watched meticulously as Beth's stomach rose and fell with each breath. She watched the little girls facial expressions as she slept, trying to take it all in and remember. She knew she was going to blink and Beth would be 5 years old. She wanted to take in and remember each and every moment of the infant's life because truth be told Beth was her savior. She saved Quinn from her old self. She saved Quinn from being the HBIC, from being the one everyone pretended to like but really talked about behind her back, and from being the girl who always tried to please others and not herself. Quinn was no longer that girl, and she was beyond thankful.

Somehow with all these thoughts floating around in her head she finally drifted off to sleep. But it wasn't two hours later when she was awoken by the already familiar sound of Beth's cries.

Quinn sat up in her bed and wiped her eyes. And so it beings, she thought before slinging her legs off the side of the bed and groggily standing up.

"Are you hungry, bug?" Quinn whispered as she gently scooped up the crying infant. She took her across the hall to her nursery where she sat down on the rocking chair. She, habitually by now, pulled down her oversized pajama shirt and let Beth go at it. She still hasn't gotten used to how weird it felt, so she distracted herself by singing.

In my daughter's eyes I am a hero I am strong and wise and I know no fear. But the truth is plain to see: She was sent to rescue me. I see who I wanna be, In my daughter's eyes.

She continued to sing as Beth fed. When Beth was done, Quinn noticed it wasn't as much as usual, but she decided it was probably because the infant was tired. Once Quinn fixed her shirt she looked at Beth, who looked straight up at her. Quinn smiled as she got lost in the baby's big blue eyes. She knew they would probably change to hazel in a couple weeks, but she didn't care; she knew her baby would always be beautiful, no matter what her eye color.

Quinn sang the song again and rocked Beth back and forth until her eyes wouldn't stay open any longer and the infant fell asleep once again. Quinn slowly got up, careful not to wake the baby, and went back to her room. She gently lied Beth down in her bassinette before passing out in her own bed.

Beth woke up three more times that night and by the time the infant woke up for good Quinn was just as exhausted as the day before. Quinn had accepted, though, that she would be spending the next couple of months…or years, exhausted so she decided maybe she would take up coffee.

She went into the kitchen and poured a cup her mom had made, and as soon as she took a sip she almost spit it out. Okay, maybe coffee wasn't for her. She would find something that would help her get through it. She walked back into the living room where Beth was sleeping between two pillows, and then it hit Quinn. Beth was the thing that would get her through. She would get her through high school, college, and any other ups and downs she would encounter in her life. Anything Quinn did from now on was for her daughter because she wanted her daughter to look back on her life and proud. She wanted nothing more but to be a hero in her daughter's eyes.