Beth: How quickly can you get to my house?
Molly: 5 minutes? Why?
Beth: I need your help...it's VERY important
Molly: on my way!
I toss my phone to the side and sit up on my bed the only thought in my head being finding my mom. Just as I get deep into thought there is a knock on the door. I run down the stairs and open it "you know you don't have to knock" I say as my best friend Molly enters the large foyer. She laughs "yeah I know bu-" I cut her off "it's whatever. Come with me". I run back up the stairs to my room as Molly follows close behind. She takes her seat on my bed as I shut the door and begin to pace back and forth.
"Okay, what is going on with you?" she asks almost laughing. I respond without making any sort of eye contact "I need to find her". "Who?" I can hear the confusion in her voice. I stop pacing and look directly at her "my birth mom, I need to see her, I need to know" Molly shakes her head "and you need my help why?"
"Don't you get it? I can't ask Shelby because I know she'll never tell me. If it was her choice I wouldn't even know I was adopted. And I figured that since you're great at stalking random celebrities maybe you could help me find her" I explained and Molly nodded "fair enough. Do you know her name". I smile and kneel to the ground reaching in between my mattress pulling out a manila folder inside containing a document Shelby didn't know I had in my possession
My Birth Certificate
I shake the folder and Molly laughs "You are terrible Beth Corcoran" I correct her "Beth Puckerman". I open up the folder and pull out my birth certificate "My dad's name is Noah Puckerman and my mom is Quinn Fabray, which makes sense why my middle name is Fabray. I always thought it was weird but now I think its perfect!" I can feel Molly rolling her eyes as she takes the birth certificate from my hands "get your computer" she practically demands and I follow her direction. I open up my laptop and hand it to her "What are you doing? Are you using one of those creepy sites that is pretty much illegal?" I begin to panic and she laughs "facebook" she states factually. "Facebook?" I question sitting beside her on my bed and she nods confirming my question
"You were born in 2009, pretty much anyone old enough in the years 2008 to 2013 has a facebook" she says typing away on the computer. It makes sense I guess, hopefully she is one of those people. I sit beside Molly in silence for about 5 minutes until she breaks it "Quinn Fabray Puckerman, from Lima Ohio, born September 10, 1993,went to high school at William McKinley High School" well now it makes sense why Shelby won't let me go there "went to college at Yale University, married Noah Puckerman in August 2019, now lives in Connecticut as a Lawyer" she says as if she has known about this girl and studied her for years. Molly suddenly cracks a smile "what is it!?" I ask nervous to know the answer.
"Post from Quinn Fabray Puckerman on June 8, 2025" she pauses and looks up to me with a smile and I simply motion for her to continue "Happy 15th Birthday my sweet Beth, I love you more than you'll ever know. I think about you daily and I can't wait to have you in my arms again someday. I love you always angel". I can feel a large smile form on my face. I can't believe she wrote that about me, for me, to me; she obviously still cares about me and that's all the verification I need "is there anymore information you can get on here?" Molly shakes her head "she's a private profile, I can't see anything other than the very basics". I look down in disappointment, I was so close to finding her. I began to think all hope was lost until Molly gasps "what?" I ask nervously. "The Library!" she smiles "the library?" I ask in return even more confused that before. She shuts my laptop and stands up from my bed "the library has the yearbooks of all the schools in the area! They only put the most recent ones out but I'm sure if we ask they'll let us see past ones!" I stand up in return to her statement "Molly you're a genius!" She flips her hair and we both laugh. Wasting no time we tore down the stairs, out the door and into Molly's car. Thankfully the library was only about a 5 minute drive from my house and it looked pretty empty.
Once inside I walked up to the front desk "hi. I was wondering if I could see the yearbooks from Mckinley high school years 2008 through 2014?" She lady simply nods and walks to the shelf behind her pulling out the respective books. They are handed to us and we sit down at a table not waiting a second before flipping through them. That's when I see it "McKinley High New Directions, 2013 National Winners! Molly you know what this means?" She shakes her head "this means my mom is going to be at that stupid show choir thing this weekend!" Molly's jaw drops and I practically squeal in excitement in return getting hushed by the library staff. "So you're going?" she asks and I nod "we're going". Her eyes widen while her eyebrows raise "what? Why me?" I fold my arms "because I'm going to need mental support" she laughs and agrees to go.
Molly dropped me off at my house and I walk in the door beaming. "Well someone is extremely happy all of a sudden" Shelby states seeing my smile. I nod "I was wrong, I should be supportive of your show choir team seeing that is was such a big thing in your past. I've decided I want to go" I can tell Shelby is thinking of all the reasons as to why I want to go but she simply smiles "alright then, we're leaving tomorrow at 8 sharp." I nod and run backup to my room. This is happening. I'm going to meet my mom