In Her Footsteps 8

Beth's face froze as her mouth dropped open. Then, the tears began to pour down her face as her mother gave her a hug, telling Beth everything was going to be alright.

"They want us to go over their right now so we can talk."

"Bethie, is that alright?" Quinn asked. Beth nodded.

After Beth put her new clothes away, they headed next door.

Kurt was still gay, but he had realized that he would probably never find a guy to be with, and that he should find a girl so at least he could find a mate. And it wasn't like he didn't love Brittany. He did. Very much so.

Brittany wasn't the dumb blond she was in high school. True, she still wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but she wasn't the dullest, either. She was a stay at home mom, just like Quinn.

Quinn rang the doorbell, running a hand through her daughters' blond ponytail.

"I give up my life for him by having sex and getting pregnant, and now he just abandons me!" Beth moaned.

"Everything'll be alright," Quinn soothed her daughter.

"No it won't be," Puck growled. "Because when that little shit comes back, I'm going to rip him apart… Limb you limb. He thought he could get away with sleeping with my daughter, but he was wrong. WRONG, I tell you!"

"Puck, keep your voice down," Quinn hissed.

Brittany answered the door. She was wearing an old nightgown and her blond hair was piled up on top of her head.

"Hello!" she said, flashing a smile. "Come in, come in. Would you like some tea or cookies?" They got their tea and cookies, and then they settled down in the living room.

"Now let's discuss this calmly and rationally," Quinn said.

"I agree completely," Brittany replied, nodding.

"Who'd like to speak first?"

"I will," Kurt replied, raising his hand. He reached across the table and brought out a torn piece of notebook paper with something that looked suspiciously like Erik's handwriting scribbled across it.

"Now, we weren't even aware of Beth's pregnancy until Brittany went upstairs early this morning to Erik's room to put away some of his clothes when she found that he was missing. And, taped to his corkboard with all of the pictures of Beth, he had this note. It explained all about Beth's pregnancy and how he and Beth had fought and then broken up. He said that he told Beth if she didn't get an abortion, he wouldn't help with the costs or anything. Well, it turns out he ran away just to run away from the whole situation. From Beth, because he knew if he didn't run away, he would still have to get a job and pay child support, to run away from our disappointment when we found out he got her pregnant, to run away from the anger of Puck when he found out, and to run away from the bullying that would surely happen at school when people found out."

They shook their heads. "I'm so sorry, this is all my fault!" Beth whispered. Everyone turned to face her.

"It is not just your fault, Beth," Quinn comforted her only daughter.

"No, it's that brat Erik's." Puck growled.

"No one is at fault here!" Brittany said loudly. "It happened, and arguing about it will not help Beth at all. Now, Beth, what do you want to do with the baby?" Brittany asked.

Beth scrunched her face up. She thought about it, and then she whispered, "I want to keep the baby."