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Quinn was exhausted!
She was always an busy girl, but nothing prepared her for this. School, homework, yoga, and volunteering seemed to be all she did every day yet she never got used to the schedule. Her belly wasn't even that big yet and she was exhausted at simply walking up the stairs.
It was finally the weekend and after everything that happened this week, she needed some downtime. At the insistance of Kurt and Mercedes, she was going to head out to the mall with them to buy some clothes for the baby and herself.
Shockingly, when her parents found out she was having a son, they didn't have too much to say, but sent her a pretty nice amount of cash that would be more than enough for anyone to raise a child for awhile. She was surprised, but figured it was their way of apologizing for not really being there as her parents. So Quinn, would be able to buy some nice things with ease.
After early afternoon yoga with Jenna, they were off to shop.
When they got into the baby store, Quinn's eyes grew ten fold.
"Look how cute everything is!" she exclaimed as she looked through a rack of clothes.
"Oh, my, god, this little boy will be the most stylish kid in all of Lima" Kurt added.
"We'll go to the other end of the store and meet back up in the middle so we don't miss any of the good stuff," Mercedes suggested.
"Sounds good" Quinn said as she began ruffling through everything.
After about thirty minutes, her cart was half full and she wasn't even near the middle of the store.
She was about to go down to the next rack when she saw a teddy bear on a high level that she fell in love with. She tried to find an employee to help her but there was no one. So, she tried to reach it.
"Stupid shortness" she said to herself, "I just need like three more inches!" Suddenly, the bear was pulled down and handed to her, "Oh, thank you so much! I really wanted this one"
"It's no trouble dear" the woman said, "How far along are you if you don't mind me asking?"
"Oh, no I don't mind. I'm 16 weeks. I just found out I'm having a boy!" Quinn gushed.
"That's wonderful dear!" the women replied, "You and your husband must be so excited."
"Husband" Quinn repeated, "Oh, no I'm not married. I don't even have a boyfriend."
"I'm so sorry. Geesh, I'm nosy." she said, "I just assumed the father would be there."
"Don't worry about it. It's nice to talk to someone not in my own family" Quinn said with a chuckle, "But the father is- supportive. So it'll all work out."
"That is good then," she said, "I'm Rose, by the way."
"It's nice to meet you Rose. I'm Quinn" she said shaking the woman's hand, "Are you shopping for your children?"
"Oh you're sweet. I'm a little too old to have kids. Well, I'm 38 but I have two of my own already. I'm actually here because I'm going to be a grandmother."
"That's fantastic! Boy or girl, do you know?" Quinn asked as she purused the clothes with Rose.
"A boy as well" she said.
"Mom?" a younger voice was heard around the corner.
"Speaking of my kids" Rose said, "Over here Lexie."
"There you are! I found so many awesome toys!" Lexie said.
"I'm sure you did," Rose said turning to Quinn, "This is my daughter Lexie. Lexie, this is my new friend Quinn."
"Nice to meet you Lexie. I love your dress!" Quinn said happily.
"Thank you. Nice to meet you too" Lexie said, "You have really nice hair. I like the braid. My mom can't do them."
"Hey!" Rose laughed playfully.
"What you can't mom!" she said.
"Thank you" Quinn said laughing along with them, "I can do a quick one for you if you want?"
"Really? Mom is it ok?" Lexie asked.
"If Quinn wants to sure" Rose said, "It'll look better than what I can do."
"Come here" Quinn said. Lexie stood infront of Quinn and she gave her two side braids that connected into one. "All done."
Lexie ran to the nearest mirror and squeeled with delight. "You are so cool! Thank you Quinn" she said hugging her.
"No problem" Quinn answered. She hadn't smiled this much in awhile. Lexie went off to find more stuff, leaving Rose and Quinn alone again.
"You're gonna be a good mother" Rose said.
"How do you know?" Quinn asked.
"You just met my daughter, who is one of the most stubborn eleven years old ever and she loved you instantly. Plus, you had a real shine to you when you were talking to her."
"Thank you for saying that," Quinn said, "I'm so nervous because I'm still so young and I'm worried I can't do it."
"Well it isn't easy, but it'll work out. It always does." Rose explained. "Now how about we pick out some clothes for our little boys."
"Sounds great!" Quinn said.
Rose, Quinn, and Lexie looked through all the aisles and filled their carts before finally meeting up with Mercedes and Kurt at the registers.
"Kurt, Mercedes, this is Rose and her daughter Lexie. They've been helping me out with shopping. Rose, Lexie, these are my best friends Mercedes and Kurt." After introductions they began paying for their things.
"Quinn, if you don't mind i'd like to buy this bear for your little boy." Rose said.
"That's sweet but you don't have to" Quinn responded.
"Oh nonsense, I'd love to. It'll remind you of me and when things get tough you can remember everything we talked about today," Rose explained.
"Thank you Rose. You've made today pretty amazing" Quinn said honestly.
"Well, we had fun with you" Rose said.
"Um, we were going to the food court now because I'm really wanting some onion rings and ice cream, would you guys like to join us?" Quinn asked hesitantly.
"Please mom!" Lexie chimed in.
"Sure, we'd love to" Rose answered.
They all headed to the food court and listened to Rose tell horror stories from when she was pregnant and answered all questions Quinn had.
"You'll have to give me your email Quinn! I got my son some of these wonderful books to read when you are a first time parent. I can send you the names" Rose mentioned.
"I'd love that!" Quinn said, "Does he actually read them? I can't imagine a boy willingly reading about pregnancy."
"Oh yeah he reads them" Lexie said, "He tries to act like he doesn't but we always see him outside reading them."
"Yes, although Lexie here makes fun of him for reading them, he is learning a lot. He is scared, but he is very excited." Rose confessed.
"That's nice." Quinn said, suddenly feeling sad that she didn't have any books or a man to read any books.
"Q, Mercedes and I are going to go get some candy from the store on the other side of the mall, do you want anything?" Kurt asked.
"Ooh, some snow caps and chocolate covered pretzels please. Oh and some cherry gummy bears! Thank you" Quinn said trying to hand them cash.
"We got it Quinn, do you guys want anything?" Mercedes asked Rose and Lexie. Lexie gave her mom a pleading nod to which Rose eventually accepted.
"Can I please have some watermelon sour patches" Lexie asked.
"Those are amazing!" Quinn said, "mix some in for me, too, please!"
"Haha, okay we will be back" they said as they walked to the store.
Rose, Lexie, and Quinn continued eating before Rose got a call. She excused herself from the table and Lexie and Quinn looked through their bags a bit.
"Oh, Lexie look whose finally here" Rose said.
Lexie shot up running towards her mother's voice and when Quinn turned to follow where she headed, she spit her water out all over the rest of her food.
"Quinn, dear, are you okay" Rose asked.
"um-yeah I'm fine" Quinn said.
"This is my son Noah, Noah this is Quinn" Rose said smiling. Neither one of them moved.
"Rose, Lexie, I think I'll go meet up with my friends now. It was so nice to meet you and thank you for the bear!" Quinn said trying to clean up her stuff.
"Is something the matter Quinn?" Rose asked.
"Ma, I may as well just do this" he said, "Mom, Lexie, this is Quinn. Quinn this is my mom and sister."
"Noah, we obviously know each other you don't have to introduce us" Lexie said with a 'duh' attitude.
Suddenly a lightbulb went off in Rose's head, "Noah is your baby's father?" she asked.
Quinn nodded her head, "Looks like you already met you future grandson" Quinn said trying to get rid of the awkwardness.
"How did I not realize" rose asked herself.
"Well this is amazing!" Lexie exclaimed. "I like you so much better than his whorish girlfriend."
"Alexis Michelle!" Rose scolded as Quinn tried to hide a giggle.
"Don't worry, I like you better than her too" Quinn said giving Lexie a small high five.
"You do realize I'm standing here while you talk about her, right?" Puck asked.
"And?" Lexie said, ignoring him completely to go stand by Quinn.
"Quinn, I'm so sorry." Rose apologized.
"There's nothng to apologize for. I had the most fun I've had in forever, today with you two," Quinn confessed.
"Well, now that we know each other, you'll have to come over and hang out with me," Lexie said.
"Lexie, don't just assume things" Rose said.
"No, I'd love too" Quinn said, "It'd be nice to have some more people to talk to. I have barely any considering me being the town gossip and I'm new to town really."
"Well, that isn't good! We are going to have to get together then!" Rose said.
"I'd really enjoy that" Quinn said honestly.
"Then it's settled, tomorrow you'll come over for a barbeque." Rose said.
"Well, I'm supposed to go to prenatal yoga with my aunt and spend time with her, would she be able to join us?" Quinn asked, quietly.
"Absolutely. I think it's about time all of us got together to have some fun and discuss everything, don't you?" she asked.
"It's as good a time as any" Quinn answered, "But, I'll see you then i'll just go meet up with them now."
"Okay darling, we'll see you tomorrow. I'm so happy I've finally met you" Rose said hugging Quinn.
"Me too" Quinn said. If she was being honest, it kind of felt like she had a mom again.
"I can't wait for you to braid my hair again" Lexie said hugging Quinn.
"Me too Lexie" Quinn said.
"Noah, we'll meet you in Boscov's, you help Quinn bring her bags to her car and walk her back to where she is meeting Kurt and Mercedes" Rose said.
Puck was about to say something when Quinn spoke up, "It's fine, I can get it all. You guys go ahead."
"Nonsense. The stuff is for his son too. The least he can do is pick up the bags" Rose said winking at Quinn before walking away.
"I don't need your help. So you can go do whatever now" Quinn said trying to pick up as many bags as she could.
"No, I wanna help you" he said taking the bags from her, "Plus, my mom is probably lurking to make sure I actually help you."
"Oh, so she doens't trust you either? Smart girl" Quinn said before walking ahead of him to her car.
"You know we could at least pretend to like each other" he said once he caught up to her.
"We could, but then I'd be lying and I'm not to keen on liars." she replied coolly.
"Can you just stop" he said, fed up with her digs, "I get it. I fucked up. I'm a liar. Now let's move on. I mean you act like I missed the birth or something."
They put the bags in her trunk and she slammed it,"You missed a big thing Puck. You haven't even heard his heartbeat yet! It is the most amazing sound you will ever hear and you haven't heard it," she said, "You know I told my aunt not to come with me to the doctor. I told her you promised you'd be there! So imagine my surprise when I sat there like a fool telling them to wait just one more second for you to show. I was alone to find out probably the happiest news ever. I had no one to share it with except the technician. And the when they asked how many copies of the sonogram I wanted, I almost said just one for me. But then I thought about your family and my aunt and how my being angry at you wasn't fair to them. I don't even know why I did it."
"Because you're a better person than me," he declared, "Why'd you put my last name on the picture too?"
"Because it's not his fault his father would rather be getting some than getting to see him," she said rubbing her belly, "Plus, he is yours even if I tell myself he isn't. It was the right thing to do."
"Well, I appreciate it," he said, "You don't know how happy it made me feel to see that. I have it in my locker and one in my wallet."
"Yeah, I like to have one with me too" she agreed. "Was it worth it?" she asked after a few minutes.
"Was what worth it?" he asked.
"Missing the appointment to get laid by your girlfriend."she asked bitterly.
"During, I would of said yes, but honestly no" he said, "I feel like shit that I missed it. I know I promised you I'd go and not only did I miss it, but I lied to you about it too."
"Well, at least you know you made a mistake. Next time, you'll plan your sexcapades for another time" she said.
"Next time?" he asked.
"Well yeah. I assume you'd like to get to know your son before he's born. I'll have more appointments. And pretty soon I'll be taking birthing classes, you know if you decide you want to be there when he's born. Plus they say he can hear us when we talk to him, so maybe he'd like to hear your voice." Quinn explained. "And I want my son to have a father."
"Thank you for not shutting me out of this Q. I really am trying. I want to be a good dad," he said, "Yeah, I read that sometimes they can recognize your voice in the womb and when they're born. Sometimes they even kick when they hear you talk."
Quinn laughed. "You know your sister might of restored my hope in you."
"How so?" he asked.
"She told me you've been reading up on parenting and pregnancy a lot" she said.
Puck groaned, "I guess I read something here or there."
"Good. It shows me you really do care even if you are an ass and you miss appointments for sex." she said.
"I'm really sorry. I promise to not miss another one" he said honestly.
"I don't want you to make me anymore promises," Quinn replied, "Because if you don't make them then you can't break them either."
"Ok" he said, "I won't promise, but I'll show you that I really am trying."
"Okay, well they're in this store so I guess I'll be seeing you tomorrow then" Quinn said.
"I can tell my mom and Lexie to back off if you want" he offered.
"No" she said shaking her head, "Like I told them, I really would love to get to know them and I would like to have more people there for me."
"I am here for you too, you know" he said, " and I know they'll be there for you."
"That's yet to be seen" she said, "but who knows."
"You'll see" he said smirking.
"You know, I don't know your mom and Lexie that well, but I really like them" she said, "maybe even more than I like you," she added sticking her tongue out at him.
"What are we twelve?" he said sarcastically.
"One of us is" she replied, giving a smirk that could rival his own.
"Ha Ha" he said, "I'll see you tomorrow Q."
"Bye Puck" she said.
I hope you liked it!
More drama will happen in the next chapter...
I am about three chapters ahead right now so I may update again later tonight at the request of some readers!
thanks!