Quinn smiled as she stepped off of the plane and into Lima's airport, Lima Allen Country Airport. It felt good so good to be home for the first time since she'd left at the end of August to go to Yale. She quietly scans the crowd for her mother while she makes her way over to baggage claim. She'd been disappointed when Puck had told her he couldn't make it to the airport to pick her up, that Burt hadn't given him the time off, but she'd live.

Even though they talked every day, she missed Puck like crazy. They hadn't been able to make the trips to see each other as often as they had anticipated—him working full time at Burt's garage, her finding that her first year of college was more exhausting then she had imagined, so she hadn't seen her boyfriends since right before Halloween. She's kind of worried that things might be a bit weird between them since it has been so long, but she quickly pushes that thought aside.

She's digging through her purse looking for her cell phone to call her mother to find out where she is when she feels a strong pair of arms wrap around her waist from behind.

"Puck!" She exclaims turning around and wrapping her arms around his neck. "You scared the hell out of me!" She continued, a grin stretching across her face.

He laughed and kissed her. "I'm sorry I'm late, Finn's an idiot and forgot he was working half of my shift today," Puck explained lacing their fingers together as they started to make their way out of the tiny airport.

"I don't even care. I'm just happy you're here. I thought you said you couldn't make it."

"I couldn't. But then I worked it out so I could come and surprise you instead." He replied flashing her a cheeky grin.

She shook her head and reached up to kiss him again. "I'm so happy you did. I missed you Noah Puckerman."

"I missed you too Quinn Fabray." He kissed her again. "You know, my mom is at work, your mom is at work..."

"What are you getting at Puckerman?" Quinn asked raising an eyebrow at him.

"We're wasting a lot of time here when we could be making up for lost time."

Quinn laughed and pulled him towards the exit. "Typical."

"You love it."

"I love you. Now take me home and show me exactly how much you missed me."


She makes her way down the stairs and into Rachel's basement with Puck's arm wrapped securely around her waist. They're about an hour late to their first get-together back, and of course everyone notices their lateness.

"Well look who decided to stop enjoying each other and came and graced us with their presence," Santana smirked with Brittany curled up beside her and a drink in her hand.

Quinn felt herself blush as she hears her boyfriend tell Santana to mind her own fucking business and it just feels so good to be around everyone that Quinn feels the smile on her face grow even bigger as she makes her way around the room saying hello. She's missed the gleeks so much, and she's so happy that they're all home for Christmas Break this year.

They settle into the basement, and it almost feels like they never left. Santana has them laughing as she recounts every horrible detail of her roommate out at _, before revealing that she'd finally had enough and made the girl cry right before leaving to come home. Kurt fills them in on the drama in his and Rachel's department, Tina, Artie, and Blaine update them on everything going on at McKinley, including Mr. Schue trying to rap several times, and Mike tries to teach them new dance steps before admitting defeat when Finn falls flat on his ass.

She has a few friends at school, but nothing like this, they were so comfortable around each other now, get-togethers were just effortless. They were a team, a family, and she wouldn't have any of them any other way. It had taken them a long time to get to where they were, and Quinn is so glad that they did now. She'd truly be lost without any of them in her life.

They're all pretty drunk by the time Finn comes out behind the bar with a pack of cards in his hands. She's not sure how it happens but she suddenly finds herself in the middle of a game of strip poker and she's down to her bra and skirt. Puck had pulled her onto his lap when her top had come off, and the scowl on his face had been growing ever since.

He's down to just his pants, and if she knows him at all, that's all he has left to loose. She leans back into his chest, the warmth radiating from him is comforting, and she needs the comfort since she's never done anything like this before. Apparently a combination of college, alcohol, and him has mellowed her a bit.

"Fuck babe, I need to teach you how to play better," he whispers into her ear as they make their bets for the round.

She shrugs her shoulders and goes for the zipper on her skirt when his hand stops her. "Fuck this, we're out."

She giggles as she slides her top back on over her head and goes looking for the shoes she'd lost ages ago. She decides to just skip the tights and deal with the cold for the five minutes it takes to walk back from Rachel's to her house.

"Puck come on, finish the game," Blaine replied as Puck stood up to slip on his shoes.

"Nope. I'm the only one who gets to see her in her underwear. Me. And if that makes me territorial, fuck it. She's my girl, and I'll be dammed if I let Finnocence or Satan see her...her...goods."

"Newsflash Puckerman, Quinn and I cheered together, and had gym together, I've seen the goods." Santana smirked while Puck growled at her.

Quinn shook her head and just put her hand on Puck's chest. "Babe, let it go. Come on lets go back to my house," she told him looking him in the eyes. "I promise you'll see me in less than my underwear," she added standing on her tiptoes to whisper the last part into his ear.

"You're trying to kill me," he muttered helping her back into her coat.

"Wrap it before you whack it!" Santana shouts out gleefully at their retreating backs. She nudges Puck's side as she shoots off Santana, his hand in the air as they make their way up the stairs.

She shivers the minute they're outside and he wraps his arms securely around her shoulders and pulls her close to him.

"I don't even feel like walking right now," she pouts leaning her head against his shoulder.

"Baby, it's like the next block over."

"Can you carry me?"

"Quinn-"

"Please?" She asked cutting him off and stopping to stand in front of him, pout stretched clear across her face He sighs and runs a hand through his mohawk before giving a slight nod of his head.

"Hop on," he tells her gesturing to his back.

"Yes! You're seriously the best boy friend ever!" He's laughing as he wraps his arms under her legs.

"God I missed you baby."

"I missed you too."


Her first week back on campus after Christmas break drags by. She misses everyone at home so much—especially Puck. He's coming up on the weekend, and he managed to talk Burt into giving him a long weekend so he can come be with her for Valentine's Day for a long weekend since she has no classes on Fridays this semester.

It's just hard to adjust from being around him constantly, to going back to phone calls, text messages, and skype-ing each other when they can. She can't wait until the next year when he's there with her.

She's stopping by a coffee cart to pick up some coffee on her way from her Thursday afternoon class, when she feels someone wrap their arms around her waist. She jumps before relaxing into his familar embrace.

"You came early!" She exclaimed turning around to kiss him.

"Longest fucking week of my life. I couldn't wait until tomorrow to be here. So I got Finn to cover me and came up today."

"You're wonderful you know that?" She asked tugging on his hand, completely forgetting about the coffee she'd been about to order.

"Where are we going babe?"

"My roommate has class until five. I'd like to be decent before she gets back. Then I'm going to show you this place at night. If I remember correctly last time you were here we didn't really get out much."

He laughs and loops an arm around her shoulders. "I missed you Puck."

"I missed you too babe."


The rest of the semester flies by, and before she knows it, it's a week before she's due home for the summer. Her finals finished two days ago, and she's almost positive she's passed with flying colors. Her roommate left the night before, but she talked her mom into paying for an extra week in her dorm, so that her and Puck can take the week to look for an apartment for next year and then to help her move back home. Her mom isn't exactly pleased with the living arrangements next year, but she realizes that it's her decision and it would happen with or without her mother's support.

"It's hot as fuck out there!" Puck exclaims coming into the room and throwing himself down onto the two beds she'd pushed together for the week.

"Did you get the paper?" She asked cuddling into his side. He leaned up to pull it out of his back pocket and she snatched it out of his hands.

"What exactly are we looking for anyway?" he asked her wrapping an arm around her as she uncapped a pen.

"An apartment in a decent neighborhood close to school and your police training." She explained beginning to circle ads.

"And why aren't we coming early to look for one before school starts?"

"Because all the good apartments will be taken." Puck nodded his head and flipped on the television, letting her browse the paper. He knew it was better to let her pick where she wanted to look and then they could decide together when they're there.

"Don't get too comfortable there Puckerman, some of these have open houses today and we're going to go look."

"Baby did you not hear me when I said it was hot as fuck out there?" he groaned sitting up to look at her.

She shrugged her shoulders before capping her pen and climbing out of the bed. "We'll take my car then, better air conditioning system."

Puck flopped down onto the bed and tried to pull her back in with him. "But I just got here yesterday!"

"And we had a wonderful time last night, now trust me, it'll be worth it when we have our place for the next three years at least."

"Quinn!"

"And we call Rachel dramatic. Get out of bed Noah, or you won't be sleeping in one tonight."

Puck grumbled to himself as he swung his legs out of the bed and got up, walking over to grab the keys from her outstretched hands. She only used his given name when they were in bed together or she meant serious business (read on her way to being very pissed off at him) so he knew she meant it when she threatened him with the floor.

He holds the door open for her and she slips out in front of him, locking the door behind her. She loops their hands together as they make their way down the hall and he can't help but grin about the smile on her face and the way happy energy is practically radiating off of her body. He knows she's still kind of annoyed with him, but that'll pass.

"Is there anything in particular that you're looking for in a place babe?"

"I'd like it to be close to both of our schools, and clean and safe." she replies as they head out into the late afternoon heat. "You?"

"Nope. All that matters is we're here together freaking finally." She leans up to kiss him as he goes to open the car door for her. Its right there that he knows she's not annoyed with him anymore.


The first thing they do when they get back to Lima after unloading her things is make a trip over to Shelby's to see Beth. Quinn hadn't seen her baby girl since Spring Break, with the exception of Skype and she missed her so much. They had found a small one bedroom apartment that was bright, sunny, and close to where they both needed to be. She'd fallen in love with it as soon as they stepped through the door, she knew they'd had to have it. And now it was theirs for the foreseeable future.

Shelby is just cleaning up from dinner when they walk into the door, and Beth is over in the living room colouring quietly at the living room table. Quinn can't get over how big she's gotten, she can't believe that she'll be three in a few weeks time.

Shelby smiles at them and beckons them inside, and Quinn flashes her a smile before rushing over to Beth's side and scooping her up into her arms.

"Bumble Bee! I missed you!" Quinn exclaimed covering the girl's face with kisses as Beth giggled in her arms.

"Misseds you too Quinnie!" Beth giggled burying her head in Quinn's neck and giggling as Quinn tickled her.

"You didn't miss me?" Puck asked walking over to the two blondes and pouting. Beth wiggled out of Quinn's arms and made her way over to Puck, wrapping her arms around his leg.

"I did!" She exclaimed flashing him the grin that mirrored his own. Quinn sat back on the couch and watched as Puck scooped her mini-me into his arms. She's so grateful and happy that Shelby gave them a second chance to be in Beth's life. Yes she would probably never hear Beth call her mommy, but she was happy for any opportunity to be in her baby girl's life. To have the opportunity for Beth to see how much they loved her.

She smiles as Puck brings the two of them back over to the couch and Beth crawls into her lap and curls up close. Shelby finishes the dishes and comes and sits with them in the living room and she spends the next twenty minutes or so catching Shelby up on everything.

"Are you two up to anything Monday?" Shelby asked them.

Puck shook his head as Quinn answered her. "No, we were just going to be lazy Monday. There's Glee Club Reunion stuff that Rachel and Finn planned for Saturday and Sunday but Monday is wide open why?"

"Do you want to take her for the n-i-g-h-t?" Shelby spelled. Quinn smiled and nodded her head.

"Of course we do. How can we not? What time should we pick her up?"

"I have to be at a conference in Columbus for two, so is ten okay?"

"Ten is perfect, we'll come pick her up. Pack a swimsuit for her, my mom opened the pool."

"Actually, I came over and opened the pool for her," Puck corrected grinning. Quinn rolled her eyes and dropped a kiss on the top of Beth's head.

"Baby girl, we've gotta go. But we're going to come get you in three sleeps okay? So it won't be a long time like last time."

Beth pouted and threw her arms around Quinn's neck. "But you just gotted here!"

"I know Bee, but my mom hasn't seen me yet, and Puck's mom hasn't seen him yet, and i have a ton of stuff to unpack. But we're going to come get you three sleeps from now okay? And that's not too long, since you're already so close to your bedtime right?" Beth nodded her head against Quinn's shoulder.

"I love you Bee," Quinn whispered to her running a hand through her hair and dropping a kiss to her forehead.

"Loves you too," Beth replied squeezing Quinn as tight as she could. "Promise that you're coming in just three sleeps?"

"I super promise baby."

Beth seemed pacified with Quinn's answer and crawled over onto Puck's lap. "Loves you," she told him squeezing him just as tightly as she had Quinn.

"Love you too baby girl. Be good for your momma okay? Q and I will be back before you know it."

"Kay," Beth pouted as Puck placed her back onto the couch. Shelby scooped up Beth into her arms and followed the two of them to the door.

"I'll see you two Monday morning."

"Can't wait," Quinn smiled dropping one last kiss to the top of Beth's head. "Bye Shelby, bye baby! We love you! Be good!"

"Byes! I will!"

"Bye guys," Shelby smiled closing the door behind the young couple. Quinn leaned into Puck as he wrapped her arms around her shoulders.

"Let's get you home Miss. Fabray."

"Stay the night?"

"Of course."


The summer passes by in a blissful blink of an eye. She knows this will be the last time, for a while at least, that she'll be home for this long of a stretch of time, so she takes the time to savour it. There's tons of beach days, and mini road trips with the gleeks. Not 24 hours pass where she doesn't see her little girl. There's girls nights, and date nights. Water parks and random karaoke nights. Breakfasts where she doesn't remember much from the night before until the pictures make their way up onto Facebook and dinners with all of them at fast food places that would of made her run in fear during the first few years of high school. She makes the most of this summer because she knows next summer all they'll be able to swing is a couple weeks here and there. She doesn't regret moving out of residence and in with Puck, but she realizes that an apartment comes with a lease and they need a way to pay for that lease.

She's sad as Puck closes up the back of his truck, the two ready to make their way back to Connecticut. She gives her mom a fierce goodbye and promises to be home for Thanksgiving while Puck does the same with his mother. They'd gone over to Shelby's the night before to say goodbye to Beth, and it broke her heart a little bit more each time she had to say goodbye.

"Dive safe you two," her mom tells them as they make their way over to Puck's truck (Santana, her, Brittany and Rachel had taken a mini road trip last week to drop off her car and then taken Santana's car back).

"Call us when you get there," Puck's mom, Sarah, adds.

"Don't stop to sex each other up halfway there!" Pucks thirteen year old sister, Hannah, throws in grinning devilishly.

"Hannah!" Sarah scolds while Puck helps her climb up into the truck.

"We'll miss you!" Quinn calls out of her rolled down window as Puck starts up the truck. Puck starts backing out of Quinn's driveway as they both wave goodbye to their families. Quinn has always hated goodbyes, they've always seemed so sad to her, but this time it feels less like an end and more of a beginning.


It takes a while for them to completely settle in together, there's a few minor fights between them, but eventually the settle into the swing of things. Their lives are a bit hectic, Quinn is at school five days a week plus she'd found a job at a small cafe close to Yale, and Puck was taking classes at the police academy and working part time in a garage that a friend of Burt's owned. They were busy, and sometimes it felt like the only time she got to see her boyfriend was when they were crawling into bed together, or on Sundays, the day they both had off to be together.

Overall, she knows they're both so happy that they don't have to do the long distance thing anymore. It was hard enough the first year on the both of them, and she's so glad that they're emotionally and physically stable enough to live together. It was getting lonely enough out in Connecticut without all their friends, she didn't think she could of bared another year without Puck close by as well.

Time passes quickly for the two of them, and before either realize it, Quinn is finishing up her second to last year at Yale and Puck has a full time job at their local police station. Their lives are busy and hectic, but she's happier than she ever remembered being.

She's cleaning the kitchen when he comes home from work in the early evening. She'd just finished her last exam for the semester and she's really happy to see him walk in the door of their apartment still in his uniform.

He slides up and wraps his arms around her as she places the last dish into the drying rack. "Hey baby," he says placing soft kisses along her neck.

"Hey, how was work?" She asked turning around and wrapping her arms around his neck to kiss him properly.

"Boring. Lots of paper work today. How was your last exam?"

"I think it went really well," she grinned up at him. He goes to lean on the counter beside her while she finishes up the dishes. She's just placing the last dish in the rack when she notices Puck staring at her.

"What?" She asked placing her hands on her hip and kinking an eyebrow up at him.

"Marry me," he blurts out shocking them both. Before she even has a chance to say anything he's babbling away a mile a minute and she has to bite on her lip to keep the smile threatning to grace her face at bay. "Fuck I did not mean to just blurt it out like that. I had a plan. Fuck! I have a ring, I had a plan and I have a ring and just fuck-"

"Puck?" She says cutting him off mid rant. He stops talking and looks at her and she can't help but let the smile break out across her face.

"What?"

"Of course I'll marry you."

"Really? Even though I just blurted it out like an idiot."

"Babe, I just love you, and I'd love to be your wife. It doesn't matter to me how you proposed, the fact that you did means everything."

A grin breaks out onto Puck's face and he pulls her into his arms. "I just love you too," he grins bending down to kiss her. She goes to protest when he breaks away from her, but when she feels a ring being slipped onto her finger she can't help but smile and look down at it.

"Where did this come from?"

"Baby were you not listening to my freak out?" Puck laughed. "I told you I had a ring."

"No I know, I just didn't think you meant on your person right at that moment."

"I've been carrying it around with me for two weeks now. Didn't want to chance you finding it."

She smiled and looked down at the elegant silver ring. It was a princess cut diamond with two smaller ones on either side. It was simple, beautiful, and elegant. It was perfect.

"I love you," she whispered leaning up to kiss him again.

"I love you too Q."


Their mothers absolutely freak out in the best way possible when they find out about the engagement. They wait until they're back home in Lima before telling anyone, and its at a summer BBQ in her mom's back yard that they break the news.

Everyone is there, they have a standing agreement that they all make it back home for at east two weeks every summer, and her mom and Puck's mom have gotten pretty close over the years. Shelby is there with a five year old Beth and they're immediately swarmed with hugs and congratulations.

Rachel and Santana are furious that she "with-held such valuable information from them" (Rachel), and she's told that she's lucky that "she didn't kick their asses from here to next Tuesday for keeping this little secret for over two weeks" (Santana).

They decide to have the wedding next July, so she'll be done with school, and everyone can be home for the wedding. She's so deliriously happy, and its such a stark contrast to how she used to feel during the beginning of senior year, she honestly cannot believe how far she's come sometimes. She knows a lot of it is because of Puck and him standing by her no matter what. She honestly does not know what she'd do without him in her life.


"Mom I don't care that Kurt called and said he also thinks I should wear white. This is my wedding, and the reason why women are supposed to wear white on their wedding is because they're virgins. Let's face it mom, I haven't been a virgin for a very long time and there will be proof of that when my little clone walks up the aisle as flower girl." Quinn sighs and runs her hand through her hair as she flops down on the couch next to Puck. He automatically wraps an arm around her and shoots her a sympathetic look before going back to channel surfing for something to watch. "Mom! I already have a dress picked out, it's on order, it's ivory. I'm not changing my mind on this. No. I love you too, we'll see you in a couple weeks. Bye."

Quinn hung up the phone and tossed it beside her on the couch letting out a groan. "I swear to God if one of our mothers or Kurt hounds me to wear white again I am going to loose it." Puck laughs and pulls her closer to him, dropping a kiss onto her temple.

"Fuck 'em babe. Its our wedding, I don't care if you walk up that aisle naked, as long as you walk up that aisle."

"Oh you'd like it if I walked up that aisle naked." Quinn grinned snatching the remote from his hand.

"It sure as hell would save me a lot of time later on," he replied flashing her a wicked grin. She shook her head and smacked his chest.

"I don't think I can handle eight more months of our mothers."

"They're just excited."

"I know they are, and I get that, but I'm sorry I hate carnations, I always have but your mother will not stop pushing for them to be our flowers when I've told her eight million times we've decided on white lilies. My mother will not stop pushing ham for dinner no matter how many times I explain to her that your relatives are Jewish and ham is not kosher. And my lovely sister, who I barely talk to, keeps calling wondering why she's not even in the wedding party. I mean seriously? She basically disowned me along with my father when I got pregnant and now she wants to be a bridesmaid? I don't even think so."

"Q, it's our day, not theirs, don't let them try to pressure you into things."

"I know Puck, its just I hate repeating myself over and over again. I'm just tired of it. I just want to be married to you, that's all that matters is that I'm your wife and you're my husband." Puck smiled at her and leaned down to kiss her.

"Maybe we should just elope," he chuckled snatching the remote back and putting on the football game.

"Noah Puckerman you just might be a genious."

"Quinn what are you talking about?"

"We should run away and elope this weekend. I just want to be your wife, I don't need the rest of the stuff."

"I don't need it either, but our mothers do babe."

"So we don't tell them. We go get married for us, and have a 'wedding' in July for them."

"They'll figure it out, we're going home for Christmas and Hanukah."

"They won't if we don't tell them."

"Babe-"

"I just want to be your wife Noah, the sooner the better." Puck leaned over and kissed her fiercely.

"Tomorrow is my day off, I'll go and see about getting a marriage licence for this weekend."

"I love you. So much."

"I love you too."


They manage to make it through Christmas and New Year's without letting it slip that they'd already tied the knot. Her mother came down for a week when she'd graduated from Yale with a BA in Psychology, and she'd pouted that they had to hide their wedding bands and everything still turned out fine.

They arrive home at the beginning of July and are immediately swept up into a flurry of last minute details for the wedding. Everyone is home, so its busy and loud, and there's a few nights where they both just wish they could curl up onto one of their childhood beds, watch a movie, and maybe make out a little bit like they were still in high school.

Her mother walks her down the aisle, her face beaming with pride, even if she never did cave on wearing an ivory dress. Puck smiles at her as she makes her way down and she feels her grin get even bigger across her face.

He dips her when the Justice of Peace pronounces them married (again) and gives her a kiss that has all of their friends catcalling, and their mothers rolling their eyes.

Later on, as a slow song drifts out across the dance floor and into the summer night, she's wrapped in his arms as they sway gently across the dance floor.

"We did it," he leans down to murmur into her ear, since her mother was within ear shot, dancing with her date.

She lifted her face up to smile at him before placing a soft kiss on his lips. She hears Santana calling out telling them to get a room and Tina shouting out her agreement. Puck flips them off behind her back and she rolls her eyes before kissing him again. "We did it." she agreed resting her head onto his chest.

"Did I tell you how beautiful you look in that dress?" he asked. Quinn blushed, he always told her she looked good in his own way, but he very rarely said the word beautiful.

"You clean up very nicely yourself Puckerman."

"Why thank you Mrs. Puckerman." Even though they'd technically been married for the past eight months, hearing him call her Mrs. Puckerman, in her wedding dress, made her feel like a giddy school girl.

"It's getting pretty late," she grins, playing with his tie a bit.

"It is."

"What do you say we go make use of that hotel room we booked?"

"Fuck baby, I thought you'd never ask."