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Chapter Seven

It's a week later and Beth is officially a month old. The first month was a lot harder than Quinn and Puck imagined it would be, but they made it through and that's all that mattered. Quinn had taken Beth to her doctor's appointment. Her breathing had gone back to normal, although her weight was still below where it needed to be. The doctor assured Quinn it could take a couple weeks to catch up and they shouldn't worry too much about it, but come on, Quinn's a mom, of course she's going to worry.

Rebekah had to leave the day before because she couldn't get any more days off of work, but she promised to come visit again soon. Quinn felt happy that her family was getting along again, and she knew it was because her dad didn't live there anymore. She still hadn't talked to him since he kicked her out of the house nearly six months ago, and she doesn't plan on it anytime soon. Forgiving her mom is one thing (and their relationship is still very rocky) but forgiving him is a whole other that she's not ready to deal with.

Quinn is sitting in the living room, Beth lying on her legs and she's clapping the little girl's hands together when she hears to doorbell ring. She smiles as she hops up to answer it.

"Kurt! Mercedes!" she says excitedly as she opens the door with her free hand. Her two best friends smile back and begin to coo when they see Beth in her arms.

"She's grown so much since the last time I saw her," Mercedes comments.

Quinn nods. "It's crazy how fast they grow."

Mercedes reaches out to take the infant and Quinn slips her easily into the teenager's arms. They all three sit down on the couch so they have a chance to catch up.

"So, what's going on in the outside world," Quinn wondered. "It seems like forever ago that I actually ventured out these doors."

Kurt and Mercedes both chuckled a bit. But both of them noticed the large bags under Quinn's eyes and the fact that she wasn't taking care of her appearance like she used to, and they both began to worry a bit. Quinn seriously needed to get out of the house. "Not too much," Mercedes finally answered. "But there is this thing tonight at the park. They're showing scary movies on the stone wall, and you get to watch them outside. It should be fun. You and Puck should consider coming."

"I don't know," Quinn said hesitantly. "I don't feel comfortable leaving Beth with my mom, and we don't really have any more babysitters."

"We figured you'd say that," Mercedes said. "So that's why we found you a babysitter ourselves."

Quinn quirked her eyebrows at them and said, "Do I get a say in whether or not this mystery babysitter is qualified to handle a one month old baby?"

They chuckled. "Believe me, babe," Kurt said. "They are definitely qualified."

"Everything is already arranged," Mercedes chimed in. "Puck's coming over to pick you up at seven, so be ready."

"And please put on some better clothes," Kurt added.

Quinn hit him with her shoulder playfully. "You try taking care of a baby that spits up all the time and see how good your wardrobe is."

He put his hands up in defeat. "Alright, alright, you win."

She giggled a bit. "Do you wanna try and hold her Kurt?"

Kurt looked at Beth in Mercedes' arms and looked a bit apprehensive. "I don't know…"

"Come on Kurt, it's not hard. She's not even old enough to wiggle around," Mercedes said, urging him on.

"Oh fine," he said, finally giving in. Mercedes handed Beth to him and helped him situate her in comfortably in his arms.

"Hey this is actually pretty easy," he smiled, feeling proud of himself. He had never held a baby before, so he was pretty reserved about it, but it wasn't so bad.

The three friends started to talk about the new summer trends. "I think rompers are just absolutely atrocious," Kurt commented before he felt something wet and warm drip down his arm. He looked down and gasped when he saw Beth had spit up all over his new Marc Jacobs polo.

Mercedes and Quinn looked over to see what the big deal was, and both girls couldn't help but burst out into a fit of giggles. Kurt, though, did not appreciate that. "This isn't funny, take this baby away from me!" he said.

Quinn calmed down enough to take Beth from him. She walked to the counter where there was a box of baby wipes, and wiped Beth's face before handing Kurt a couple for his shirt and arm.

"Oh, that is so gross!" Kurt exclaimed as he tried to wipe it off as best he could.

"Don't be mad at me Uncle Kurt," Quinn said, acting like it was Beth. She held the infant up to him and made a pouty face.

Kurt's face softened immediately. "It would be easier to be mad if you weren't so darn cute," he said, gently tapping her on the nose. Quinn smiled in success. She had missed being with her friends, and as much as she loved spending lots of time with Beth, they were right that she needed to have a night out every once in a while. It didn't make her a bad mom, it was the thing keeping her from going stir crazy and becoming a bad mom. So really, it was in Beth's best interests that she go.

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While Beth was taking her afternoon nap, Quinn actually took the time to take a shower, blow dry, and straighten her hair. She picked out one of her favorite dresses (and she was ecstatic to find that she fit into it again!) before finding some matching shoes. She put on a bit of make-up and prayed Beth wouldn't spit up on her before she left.

Luckily, when the doorbell rang at quarter til six, Beth was still asleep. She opened the door to find an always chipper Rachel Barry smiling at her from her doorway. "Good evening, Quinn. You are looking lovely tonight."

A small smile crept across Quinn's face. She hadn't seen Rachel since they reconciled all their differences weeks before, and she was actually kind of happy to see the small brunette standing in her doorway.

"So you're the babysitter?" Quinn guessed.

"At your service."

"And you think you can handle an infant?" Quinn wondered. Honestly, if she could pick one person who would be able to handle a baby so young it would be Rachel. She really wasn't that worried about it.

Rachel nodded enthusiastically. "I have an extensive background in babysitting, and I even took a red cross babysitting class where I was CPR certified."

"Great," Quinn said. "You're hired!"

Rachel clapped her hands together, excited.

"Beth's asleep right now, but she should wake up relatively soon," Quinn explained. "She'll probably be hungry; there's a bottle in the fridge. She eats every two to three hours and I don't think we'll be gone too long, but just in case there should be more than one. You can probably put her down about eight, and we usually sing her to sleep, which I'm sure you probably would have done anyway." Rachel nodded. Quinn then proceeded to take Rachel on a tour of the house, showing her the kitchen, Beth's nursery, and such. When they were finally done it was seven and Puck should be arriving to pick her up at any minute.

"So you didn't want to go to the movie?" Quinn wondered; she kind of felt bad that Rachel was stuck here while everyone else was going.

Rachel shook her head. "Finn's at some basketball game with Burt anyway."

"Okay," Quinn said. "Well thanks for doing this; it really means a lot to me."

"Anytime," Rachel answered.

They stood in a comfortable silence for another minute or two before Puck's truck could be heard pulling into the driveway. "That'll be Puck," Quinn said. "Thanks again, and please don't hesitate to call if you have any questions."

Rachel nodded. "Have fun, Quinn."

"You, too," Quinn said before opening the door and walking down the path to Puck's car. It felt a little odd having Rachel Barry at her house without her there. At least her mom would be at some charity function, and would stay out of Rachel's way.

"Hey," she heard Puck say as she arrived at his truck.

"Hey back," she smiled.

"You look really nice," he commented.

"And you don't look to shabby yourself."

He chuckled a bit before opening her car door. "You ready?"

She nodded and gave him a gracious smile as she hopped in. On the ride to the park, Quinn told Puck all about Beth spitting up on Kurt that morning, and Puck could not stop laughing, which made Quinn laugh even more. By the time they arrived at the park, they both had to sit in the car for an extra minute just to calm down.

They finally got out and walked to where the movies were being shown. It was getting dark out but there was still a hint of light. They both looked over the rows and rows of teenagers, trying to find their group.

Finally Quinn spotted Artie's wheelchair and they walked over, hand in hand. "Hey everyone," Quinn said when they approached the group.

"Hey," everyone greeted in unison. Everyone from the Glee club was there except Rachel and Finn. Quinn and Puck took a spot on the blanket between Kurt and Brittany.

"You look ravishing this evening," Kurt approved.

"I thought I'd take your advice and look nice for once," she joked.

The friends shared Glee memories while they were waiting for the movies to begin. Quinn wasn't a big fan of scary movies, but she would see them if it meant spending time with her friends.

It was only five minutes into the first movie, though, and Quinn was already fighting sleep. She hadn't realized how tired she was until she leaned against Puck for support. Another five minutes and Quinn was completely out.

"Man she really was tired," Mike commented.

Puck chuckled when he looked down to see Quinn already sleep against him. "I guess so."

Everyone knew she needed sleep so no one woke her up. She was so deep into sleep that she didn't even wake when everyone screamed. It wasn't until the movies were over that Puck finally woke her up and helped her walk to her car.

"Bye everyone," she said sleepily as she waved.

Puck drove back to Quinn's house and walked her inside. They opened the door to find Rachel sitting on the couch, snuggling with a blanket and reading Barbra Streisand's biography.

"Hey Rachel," Quinn greeted. "How'd everything go?"

"Everything went perfectly; your daughter is an angel," she said.

Quinn smiled proudly before reaching into her wallet and pulling out some money to give the brunette.

"Oh, you don't have to pay me," Rachel said when she saw what Quinn was doing.

"Yes we do, you're the babysitter," Quinn said, handing Rachel the money.

Rachel felt awkward taking money from Quinn, but she did so to spare some sort of spat.

Quinn and Puck thanked Rachel again before Puck walked Rachel out to her car then got in his own. After Quinn made sure both teenagers were safely pulled out of the driveway she went upstairs and quickly fell asleep on her bed, knowing it wouldn't be long before Beth woke her up.