About an hour later, a small baby's crying could be heard from Quinn's room. Her little baby girl was born.
"16 inches long, 7 lbs., 8 oz. and perfectly healthy," Dr. Jacobs said as he handed Quinn her little girl. "Have you thought of a name yet?"
Quinn looked at Puck and he nodded. They had both already agreed on Beth. "Elizabeth," Quinn responded. "Elizabeth Grace."
"What a beautiful name," Dr. Jacobs said. "I'll let you two have some time with her. I'll be back with the birth certificate for you to sign."
"She's beautiful Quinn," Puck said as he couldn't stop staring at Quinn and his daughter.
"I know," Quinn smiled. "She has your eyes."
"She has your, your everything," Puck added as Quinn smiled.
It was silent for a few minutes before Quinn spoke up. "I, I want to keep her Puck. I didn't think I could but just looking at her and holding her I don't think I can give her up."
"I want to keep her too Quinn and I want to help you raise her if you'd let me," Puck said as he continued to stare at his little girl.
Quinn nodded. "We're in this together. Always."
A few more minutes of silence and time spent just staring at Beth went by before Puck's phone rang. He stepped out of the room to answer it. It was Mr. Schue.
"Hello," he said.
"Hi Noah," Mr. Schue replied. "How is Quinn?"
"Don't you mean how are Quinn and Beth?" Puck corrected.
"Oh she had the baby, that is wonderful," Mr. Schue responded as he gave the glee club a thumbs- up. Everyone cheered in the background.
"Yupp and she's perfect Mr. Schue. She is 16 inches, 7 lbs., 8 oz. and is perfectly healthy," Puck bragged as only a proud father could.
"Is Quinn allowed visitors?" Mr. Schue asked.
"Yeah, you guys can come if you want," Puck told his teacher.
"Okay, we will be over shortly," Mr. Schue said.
"Did you guys win?" Puck asked.
"Yes Puck we did. We all, you, Quinn and Beth included all won," Mr. Schue said with a big smile on his face. He was so proud of Puck and Quinn for doing this. He knew that they made a mistake but they stepped up to the plate and tried to make the best of a crazy situation. "I'm proud of you Puck, I'll see you in a few," he added before hanging up.
"Who was that?" Quinn asked when he came back into the room.
"Mr. Schue. The glee club is coming to visit," Puck told her as he smiled just imaging the thought of all of them in Quinn's hospital room.
"It's not that I'm not excited to see them Puck because I am it is just today was so much and I don't know how much I have left. I don't know if I have the energy to see Rachel and, and Finn" Quinn added softly. She had thought about this moment for months but now it was here. She had no idea how Finn would react to the baby but she felt it was selfish of her if she didn't let him to see her. Maybe he would want to. He was her father for a few months. Quinn decided she had to play it however he wanted. If he wanted to see her and Beth, fine, and if he didn't that was fine too.
"I can call him back and tell them not to come," Puck said drawing Quinn away from her thoughts of her ex.
"No it's okay, I'll deal with Rachel and Finn," Quinn said. "Puck, do you want to hold her?"
"I'd love to," he said as Quinn handed him his little girl. "Hi Beth, I'm your daddy." It felt so natural to him. He had no idea how but it did.
Quinn couldn't help but smile at Puck holding their daughter. It still felt weird to say, 'their daughter' but it was true. There was no avoiding it anymore because Beth was no longer just inside of Quinn but now she was real. A real and perfect little girl who brought Quinn to the reality of everything that transpired between her and Puck. That night may have been a mistake but the little girl in Puck's arms certainly wasn't. She may not have been planned and Quinn may have wished she didn't have her under those circumstances but there was no denying how much she loved her little girl.
"Okay new parents, here is the birth certificate," Dr. Jacobs said when he came back into the room. "Just sign here and here."
Quinn and Puck signed the paper and then Dr. Jacobs signed it to make it official. "Okay Quinn and Noah, it is official. Congratulations on the birth of your baby girl."
"Thanks Dr. Jacobs," Puck said as he shook the man's hand. "Thank you for everything."
"Just doing my job son," Dr. Jacobs said as he put his arm on Puck's shoulder. "What you two are doing isn't something many sixteen year olds do. I hope it all works out for you because you have a beautiful little girl and her mother in there to take care of. Are you up to the challenge?"
"Yes, I know I am," Puck said as he looked down at his daughter, sleeping in his arms. At the time he did really mean it. He thought he was ready.
"Glad to hear son," Dr. Jacobs said as he began to walk away. "Oh, one more thing," he remembered. "There are a bunch of people in the waiting room who want to see Quinn."
"Let them in," Puck said as he thanked the doctor and went back to Quinn to warn her that the glee club had arrived.
"They are here," he smiled as he put Beth back into Quinn's arms. And with that the whirlwind that was Puck, Quinn and Beth's lives began. It was supposed to be so perfect but it is true what they say, the best laid plans always go awry.
