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The next month passes by slowly for the both of them. Neither realized just how hard it would be to take a step back and just stop everything that wasn't baby related. They'd been friends, best friends, for so long before that stepping back just made everything that much harder.
If Quinn was being honest with herself she'd say that she missed the small things most. Their Tuesday night dinners have been pretty much non-existent and it broke her heart a little bit more every time one passed and he didn't come over or they didn't go out.
He still went to her check-ups, and she called him daily to give him updates. And they were starting to fight over names on an almost constant basis now.
("Emily," she suggests one night over the phone.
"That's so boring and common," he protests. She can almost hear the scowl on his face. "What about Colton?"
"You're serious?")
She found that as each day passed, she missed him more and more until it was getting harder and harder to hold onto her decision.
"Quinn are you even listening to me?" Rachel asked, her voice laced with frustration. Quinn couldn't blame her, she'd been zoning out on her and Mercedes more and more over the past four weeks.
"Honestly, no." Quinn answered bowing her head.
Rachel rolled her eyes. "Listen to me, and listen to me well Quinn Fabray. You are in love with Noah Puckerman and he is in love with you. So for the love of God do us all a favour and get together with that man. You're both driving us all up a wall."
Quinn rolled her eyes. "It is not that easy Rach!"
"It is that easy!"
"What about the baby?"
"What about her? Don't you think it'll be easier for her to have two parents who are together and love each other?"
"What if we break up? We were so on and off in sophomore and junior year."
"You can't base this decision on what you were back then Quinn. He's grown up and changed. So have you. The only reason holding you two back from being together is that you're scared. You're scared to be vulnerable again because the last time you were you ended up getting pregnant and having to give away your baby girl."
"Rach it is so not cool for you to even bring that up."
"Why? Its the truth Quinn, and you need to accept that."
"Dude you need to quit moping," Finn announced walking into Puck's apartment.
"Fuck you I'm not moping." Puck shot back scowling at Finn. "And how the fuck do you even know what moping means?"
"Are you forgetting who I'm married to? Rachel can be like a walking talking dictionary sometimes. Dude did you know that dictionaries are also called lexicons?"
"You're fucking serious? Were you dropped on your head multiple times as a small child?"
"Dude what kind of question is that?"
Puck rolled his eyes and took another drink of his beer. "Apparently a fucking legit one."
Finn sat down next to Puck on the couch. "You're even douchier than usual when you're moping," Finn said dodging the punch Puck threw at him. "You should go talk to Quinn, tell her how you feel."
"No."
"Puck-"
"No, she wants this, I'm just respecting her wishes."
"You're both impossible."
"Are we done talking about feelings? Can we play some fucking Super Mario Brothers now?"
She's in the middle of cleaning out her former guest room when she feels it. A tiny little flutter that's so soft she's not even sure she felt it the first time.
She drops her arm full of blankets and both hands immediately fall to her small bump. A few seconds later she feels it again, stronger more pronounced.
"Oh my God," she whispers heading out to her living room in search of her coat, Puck needed to feel this.
The drive to his apartment felt like it took forever. She quickly parked her car before walking inside and letting herself into his apartment. He's passed out on his couch, still in his work clothes and she gently shakes him awake.
"Puck, wake up!"
He groans, wipes his eyes, and shoots up from his couch, his face filled with panic as he looks at her, one hand covering her belly. "What's wrong? Is everything okay?"
Quinn gets a big smile on her face and nods her head. "Yeah, come here." She tells him reaching out for his hand. He looks at her for a few minutes curiously. Then he feels it.
"Holy shit. Is that her?"
Quinn nods her head and rests one of her hands just above his. "I've been feeling little flutterings for a bit, but this is the first time its been hard enough for anyone else to feel. I just felt it for the first time."
"This is so fucking amazing."
"I know."
"That's our little girl." She didn't realize how close they were standing until she felt the heat radiating from his body. She knows she shouldn't, but she can't stop herself (she'll blame her hormones later on when she's alone) but she leans up and kisses him. He freezes for a minute before bringing his arms around her waist and pulling her closer to him.
They kiss for a few moments before she comes back to her senses and breaks the kiss. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't of done that."
"Quinn-"
"I have to go Puck. I'll call you tomorrow."
"Quinn-"
"Bye."
She closes the door softly behind her and manages to keep herself together until she's back in her car. That's when she lets her tears fall (she doesn't know that inside he's just finished punching the wall).
Two hours later and he still doesn't know what the fuck had happened. He's tired of this little dance they're doing and he's going over there to figure this shit out.
He grabs his car keys and drives over to her condo (And if it'll help him get this girl, you better fucking believe he'll tell her exactly how he feels. And screw you if you think he's a pussy.)
He finds the key to her condo to let himself in but finds it unlocked (again).
She hears him walk in and whips around to face him.
"What are you doing here?"
"What the fuck happened to locking to door?"
"I forgot, I was distracted when I came home. Is that what you came here for? To bitch at me for leaving my front door unlocked?"
He studies her for a minute. Her eyes are red and a bit puffy so he knows she's been crying. "No I came over because we need to talk."
Quinn raises an eyebrow at him but gestures for him to take a seat in her living room. She sits down on her couch and he sits down in front of her on her coffee table (the one he put together for her too when she bought it.)
"We can't keep doing this Q."
"I know."
"I don't want to keep doing this. I want…I want to just be able to be with you."
"Puck-"
"No, its my turn. You talked a month ago and we've both been miserable ever since. I want to be with you. And not just in a 'we're having a baby together' way. I want…fuck this is hard for me. I want us to be together. Like a real family."
"Are you suggesting we get married?"
"What? No. Well not right now. I mean it'd be cool to get married down the line…jesus now I'm starting to sound like Finn. I want to be with you."
"I…I don't know if that's a good idea the baby-"
"The baby will be happier knowing her parents are happy together instead of miserable apart."
"What if we break up?"
"We won't."
"How do you know?"
"Because its us. And I think we'd be fucking awesome together."
Quinn studies him for a minute, she notices the sincerity in his eyes, and she can feel her determination slipping away.
"I have a few conditions."
"Conditions?" He asked raising an eyebrow.
"Mmmhmm. Number one, if we break up-"
"We won't break up."
"If we break up, that's it. We're not going to be the parents who keep breaking up and getting back together. I will not do that to our daughter."
"Deal. Next condition?"
"We have to go on dates. Actual dates. You're not getting off easy just because we've known each other forever and I'm knocked up with your kid."
He laughed softly and nodded his head.
"I can deal with that. Anything else?"
"Mmmhmm, one more thing, you start coming over on Tuesdays again."
"Baby I'm going to be here all the fucking time now. But especially on Tuesdays."
"Good," she told him smiling at him.
"So we're together then?"
Quinn nodded her head. "Good because I've really wanted to do this." He told her leaning over and kissing her.