Shhhh! Quiet! I'm supposed to be doing my "Irish homework" but after I got the most amazing review from 'Written-in-hearts' almost immediately after I had published the last chapter, I was inspired to write this chapter! Lets have a round of applause please! Take a bow! Since then I have gotten 6 other incredible reviews from Chapter 6! Sadly, my parent's think I'm addicted to my computer... Well they're sorta right... But it means this is my last chapter until Friday night. Sorry! Anyway, this was such a fun chapter so I hope you like it!
"Rachel you've got a sore throat, you aren't dying." sighed Quinn, irritated that she was there in the first place.
"Who have you got minding Beth?" asked Kurt, sitting beside Blaine. Quinn smirked slightly.
"Who?" pushed Rachel, sitting up, her voice croaky.
"Sam." replied Quinn, casually.
"What?" questioned all 3 in unison. Quinn's smiled faltered thinking of that morning.
"Puck came around this morning..." she whispered.
"Oh My God, Q..." breathed Blaine, looking at her in concern.
"He... He tried to take Beth... If it hadn't been for Sam he would have killed me and kidnapped her..." replied Quinn, a tear sliding down her face.
"What did Sam do?" asked Kurt.
"He managed to kick the door in and fight Puck. After Puck ran away, Sam told him that if he came near me or Beth again he'd kill him." replied Quinn, wiping her eyes as Rachel put an arm around her.
"But what about Mercedes?" asked the small brunette, rubbing Quinn's shoulder.
"I told him that it was me or her. And... he left her." mumbled Quinn.
"He picked you?" gasped Kurt.
"Don't act so surprised Kurt! He's always been obsessed with her! Congrats baby!" beamed Blaine.
"Oh My God! Ken and Barbie have been re-united!" laughed Rachel.
"I'm so happy for you Quinn!" added Kurt, all 3 smothering her in a group hug.
"Now. Down to business! The show must go on!" laughed Quinn, going through vocal excercises with them.
After the 'your mommy and I are in love' talk with Beth, Sam felt even more confident around the child. She was adorable and he loved how alike she was to Quinn. There were barely any of Puck's features in her and she was at the age when she could only understand the things you wanted her to understand. Then he was hit with a brain wave. Finding the spare key on the coffee table by the door, he took Beth's coat off the hook.
"C'mon Beth, we're going out!" he called. The child came running down the hall from her room and let Sam slip the jacket onto her shoulders before taking his hand and leaving with him.
After she'd been grilled about Sam and Puck by all 3 of her friends, Quinn checked that Blaine and Rachel's voices sounded okay one last time. It had been a mixture of honey and lemon, along with blood, sweat and tears and alot of hard work on Quinn's part. All in all it had taken 2 hours and she had saved Broadway's top stars again. Just as she was getting excited about returning home she got a call from Brittany and Santana. Somehow Kurt had managed to text them and tell them the news. So after repeating the story again for another hour, all Quinn wanted was to go home and curl up on the couch with Sam and Beth. She smiled slightly on the drive home, thinking about how they had only reunited on Friday and by Sunday he ahd moved in with her. A sea of memories came back to her as Lucky by Jason Mraz and Colby Caillat came on the radio.
Do you hear me,
I'm talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky, oh my, baby I'm trying
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
They don't know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I'll wait for you I promise you, I will
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
And so I'm sailing through the sea
To an island where we'll meet
You'll hear the music fill the air
I'll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you're all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now
I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I'm lucky we're in love every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday
Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
She smiled fondly, parking in the carpark and walking as quickly as she could in her heels out of the cold. As she turned the key in the door she heard Beth laughing inside. Smiling she made her way in.
"I'm home!" she called, closing the door behind her.
"Hi Mommy!" smiled Beth, appearing from the living room. Quinn hung her coat up in the kitchen and followed the child, who was dressed in her fairy pyjamas, into the living room.
"Ta Da!" greeted Sam, gesturing towards the Christmas tree. Quinn's mouth dropped open and then she laughed.
"Oh My Lord!" she giggled, looking from the tree to Sam to Beth to the big bag of decorations. She laughed heartily, noticing that the fire had also been turned on.
"Me and Beth thought we could all decorate it together?" grinned Sam.
"I'd love to..." replied Quinn. She kicked off her shoes and the three of them set about hanging the baubles in the right place and wrapping the lights around it perfectly. Then to finish off, both Sam and Quinn lifted Beth up to the top of the tree to put the star on. While the 2 adults cleaned up, Beth sprawled out on the couch, watching Dora and slowly falling asleep. After they had tucked her up in bed, Sam and Quinn sat on the couch, but neither wanted to watch anything.
"Um, Q. I have something to ask you..." he mumbled. She opened her tired eyes.
"Mmm?" she smiled. He got up off the couch and down on one knee.
"What are you doing?" hissed Quinn.
"Do you remember when I first met you. Like really met you as in talked to you. I fell in love, right there on the spot in the girls bathrooms at McKinley High." he smiled.
"And? That doesn't mean you have to propose! It's too soon Sam!" she replied, sighing, as if thinking it was over before it had begun.
"I want to marry you. Someday. Do you remember your promise ring?" he asked. She nodded slowly. He smiled, taking out a little box from his pocket.
"Sam..." she began.
"If you accept, this ring will symbolize my promise to you to be true, to never pressure you to do anything more than kiss, to listen to your problems, to tell you when you have food in your teeth or eye gunk, to help you move something super heavy around. I promise to make you feel proud when you walk down the street and say, "That dude's my boyfriend." I promise to do all of those things without ever trying to sound like Matthew McConaughey." he replied, repeating his promise ring speech from all those years ago almost word for word. Quinn smiled, deep in thought.
"Is that a maybe again?" he asked, looking up at her.
"No... It's a yes... What else would it be?" she smiled, taking the ring and slipping it on her finger. They kissed again and he climbed back onto the couch, holding her in his arms. Soon he could feel her breathing slowing down and becoming heavier. She had fallen asleep. Turning off the tv and the lights, he carried her, like he had with Beth, down to her, well, their room and lay her down in bed. After he had made her as comfortable as he possibly as he could, he climbed in beside her and held her in his arms for warmth.
"I promise to stand by you forever Q. I love you." he whispered, thinking she was asleep. Quinn smiled softly, eyes firmly shut. Soon his breathing too began to become slower and heavier until he fell asleep too.
Well? Sweetness? Or too clichéd? I hope you like it! Now tell me what you think! Please? Please? I promise you a world class chapter next time if I get 7+ reviews by Friday. Deal? Now get reviewing, those buttons won't push themselves! :)
