Daddy's girl – Puck meets his daughter and wonders if Quinn's made the right decision.

Characters – Mainly Puck, a little Quinn and a tiny bit of Will/Emma

A/N So I decided to carry this on, reviews/concrit are always welcome. Oh, and I'm from the UK, so if there's anything American that's not quite right, please let me know and I'll change it.


"Come on Beth, it's bedtime." Puck's mum watched as her son stood from the chair in the corner of the room, carrying the small child to the window before he spoke again, "look, it's night time, and night time means you have to sleep so I don't fall asleep in class. I need to pass Beth, cos if I don't I'll just end up a dead beat dad and you'll hate me because I can't give you what you want."

"Do you want me to try?" the restless child's grandmother walked slowly into the room, watching her son as he laid the baby on his chest, rocking her slowly, before reaching for the half empty bottle beside him, trying to get her to feed again.

"I'm fine" he yawned, Beth finally beginning to settle, "I think she'll go down soon". He was reluctant to accept help, as far as he was concerned it was him that had wanted to keep Beth, so he should be the one that had to deal with the inconvenience a nocturnal child would cause.

Puck's mum nodded, "call me if you want anything" she told her son before leaving the room. She was proud of how well he'd adjusted to fatherhood. Like everyone else she'd had her doubts, but a week after he'd bought Beth home and her doubts had vanished, in little over a week Beth had changed Puck into a completley different person. Mr Schue had been kind enough to give Puck everything he and Terri had bought for their non-existent child, and he'd refused to take any money for it. Puck had told Will that, in return for the baby stuff, he could be Beth's 'Cool Uncle Schue' before telling Beth that Mr Schue was only being nice because he hoped she'd inherited Quinn's singing voice.

Puck's mother had been surprised when, 3 days after Beth came home Puck had asked if Beth could spend the night in her room, "I want to paint my room, I don't want her breathing the fumes and shit" he'd explained. He'd painted three of the blue walls in a plain cream colour, pushing his bed up against the wall to make more room before he'd painted the final wall a pale yellow, that wall was Beth's wall. He'd painted butterflies and flowers above her crib, moving his sound system into the living room to make room for the rocking chair he'd taken from a skip. Whilst he waited for the paint on his walls to dry he'd cleaned, and sanded the old rocking chair before painting it with the left over cream paint.

Puck knew he'd once have laughed at himself, at how sissy his room now looked, but he didn't care anymore, the only thing he cared about was now asleep in his arms. He sighed, knowing that moving now would only wake Beth, instead he reached out to turn off the dim light, before making himself as comfortable she could in the old wooden chair and closing his eyes.


"Noah, Puck." Will reached out to shake the student's shoulders, causing him to jump, "Beth" he gasped. Will smiled sadly, "You fell asleep Puck. I know Spanish isn't your favourite class, but still." He laughed slightly as Puck began to get his things together.

"I'm sorry Mr S, Beth doesn't seem to understand that she needs to sleep at night, by the time she'd fallen asleep it was time for me to get up."

The teacher smiled sadly, Puck had taken a week off to get used to having Beth, and today was his first day back, "Where is Beth now?" he asked.

"With my Mum, but she has to work later, she's dropping her off on her way to work, so I won't be at Glee."

Will nodded, "If you're not too tired, then feel free to bring Beth to practice, I can ask Miss Pillsberry to watch her if you think it will be too loud for her while we rehearse."

Puck smiled as he threw his bag over his shoulder, "Thanks Mr S" he smiled, heading off to get some lunch.

"Mind if I sit here?" Quinn shook her head and Puck slid in beside her, rubbing his tired eyes before beginning to eat.

"How is she?" Quinn asked quietly.

"Y'know" Puck shrugged, "Sleeps all day, screams all night. Eats, pukes, goes through diapers like there's no tomorrow" He allowed a small smile to cross his face, "but she's so amazing. She doesn't even do anything, but I can watch her for hours!"

Quinn couldn't look him in the eye, "Can I, erm, Can I see her sometime?"

Puck nodded, "You don't have to ask. In fact, I think I'm bringing her to Glee later, my mum has to work, Mr Schue said it was okay. You could come home with us, give her a bath or something?"

Quinn nodded, "I'd like that, thanks."


Puck couldn't remove the proud grin from his face as he carried Beth in her car seat towards the practice room. He dropped the changing bag to the floor, and placed the car seat on a chair. "C'mon then" Mercedes was the first to approach him, "I've been waiting to hold that baby girl since like forever." Puck grinned, lifting Beth from the seat and handing her to Mercedes, other members of the glee club crowding round, ooh-ing and aah-ing over the small child as they entered the room.

"Look who it is Beth" Puck cooed, taking her from Kurt as he noticed Quinn stood in the doorway. He said nothing as he passed the baby over, watching as she stood somewhat awkwardly, holding her daughter for only the second time. "I'm going to leave her with Miss P while we practice" h told Quinn, slinging the changing bag over his shoulder and picking up the empty car seat, gesturing for her to follow him.

"Can I...?" Quinn gestured from Beth to the car seat.

"Sure" Puck stopped, placing the car seat on the floor before strapping Beth in tightly, "you can get back if you want? I can sort her out."

Quinn nodded and smiled sadly, "see you in a minute."

"She should sleep for a while, but if she wakes there's bottles and diapers in there. But if you don't want to change her or anything, just come and get me, she's a pretty good kid, she might just need rocking or something but she should settle again, but if she doesn't come and get me."

Emma smiled, she'd never imagined that Puck could be so sensitive, "I'm sure Beth and I will be fine" she reassured him.

Puck nodded and kissed his daughter's head, "be good for Miss P" he whispered, tucking her blanket around her before leaving the room.