A/N: So this is pretty much the end guys! This chapter is full of fluff with a small side of smut. I think you Puck/Rachel fans will be really happy with how this one ends (;

I'm going to just post this and the epilogue up at the same time because i've got them both complete but I would love to hear what you think about this last chapter and how I ended things. Any criticism is completely open! And thank you guys for being so awesome and following along with this story!

"Stop starring at me. It's creepy as fuck." Rachel said in a tired voice.

Puck raised an eyebrow. He'd woken up about three minutes ago to find the brunette lying asleep in his arms. He didn't really remember much about the night before. At around ten he went to get some drinks in Jays, he hung out for a little while, let some hot ass cougar buy him some shots and after that everything kind of went black. So why was Rachel in his bed?

Oh fuck.

"How bad was I last night?" He asked knowing more or less what her answer was going to be.

Rachel let out a chuckle and shook her head before she turned to face him completely. One of his arms was underneath her head while the other arm went around her waist. They'd been this close to each other the entire night and aside from the disgusting smell of cigarettes and alcohol that Puck had brought back with him, this was one of the most comfortable nights of sleep that she'd ever had in her life.

"Do you want me to start at the part where you offered me bathroom sex or the part where you tried to convince me that seatbelts were the enemy?"

She continued to laugh softly as Puck let out a groan and hid his face in the crook of her neck.

"So do you still hate me?"

The question caught Rachel off guard. Did he think she hated him? Well sure, near the end she made it seem like she didn't care but she never hated him. He should have known better than to think that she could ever hate him, especially after everything he did for her when Amelia went missing.

"I never hated you, Noah." She said quietly as she let her fingers play with the hair on the back of his head.

He looked up at her after a second and furrowed his eyebrows "Then what the fuck, Rach?"

Rachel shook her head and pulled him back into her. "Can we just lay here a little longer? I don't want to talk about this right now."

Puck sighed after a second before nodding. He had a killer headache anyways and you know, bitching midget wasn't the cure for that. "Fine, but we're talking later, Berry." He said before wrapping his arm tighter around her waist and pulling her closer to him.

Biting her bottom lip, Rachel just nodded her head slowly as she moved onto stroking the back of his neck soothingly. She was going to make the most out of what was going on now because she knew that whatever happened next had the possibility of ending really, really badly or really, really well. Either way, nothing was going to turn out the way that she wanted.

The next time Puck woke up he didn't find Rachel next to him. "Fuck," He said as he rolled over so that he was on his back. She couldn't have left right? Rachel was capable of doing a lot of things but just leaving after she promised that they were going to talk wasn't one of them. Rachel wouldn't break a promise to him like that. But then where else was she going to be?

Suddenly he heard a voice coming from the hallway. Figuring it was his mom, he got up from the bed and opened his door to ask her to get him some aspirin for his headache. Maybe she'd even make him something to eat if he made his illness seem legit enough and not like a hangover. It didn't seem like it'd be too hard considering he really did feel like shit and he must have looked it too at the moment. He just hoped she wouldn't smell the alcohol, or girl, on him.

"-Mommy loves her little girl, how are you baby?"

Puck furrowed his eyebrows because if his mom ever spoke to his little sister like that she'd pretty much throw a bitch fit. The kid was ten going on forty and anyone who tried telling her that she was a kid was going to get their asses kicked. Yeah, his sister had the Puckerman badass gene.

"Rachel what the fu-"

He was cut off when Rachel pressed her hand against his mouth to silence him. Puck just rolled his eyes before looking down at her body. He guessed sometime when he was asleep she decided to change because she definitely had not been wearing his McKinley sweatshirt, and just his sweatshirt might he add, when they woke up the first time. Just the sight of her in his clothes made him a little hard. God, all he wanted to do was pull that hand of hers down into his pants and have her put her mouth to uses that he knew from personal experience were much better than talking on the phone.

"Thanks for everything you've done, Quinn. Make sure you give Kurt my thanks too and I'll be home as soon," She paused to look at Puck meaningfully. She wasn't going to back down from this one "As soon as I can be, alright?"

After hanging up her cellphone Rachel looked up at Puck and sighed before slapping him loudly across the face.

"Ah, fuck!" he shouted as he put his hand to his cheek "What the hell Rachel!"

"That was for being such a dumbass and letting yourself get that fucked up last night! I already have a kid, I don't need to take care of you too Noah." She said as she put her hands on her hips and waited for him to explain himself.

"No one asked you to come get me, Rach. Maybe I wanted to get that fucked up. Maybe I just wanted a night for myself to forget about you and everything you do to me."

Rachel paused. She actually hadn't thought of that. When she picked him up last night she just figured he was being a dumbass, that he did that to purposely get on her nerves and get her attention. She never guessed that it was so that he could push her away. If she'd known that then…then maybe she would have let him.

"Am I really that terrible?" She asked with a hurt expression on her face.

He sighed and shook his head. "Ah, Rach I didn't-"

"No. I am aren't I? I put you through all of this shit, made you help me through my problems, and dragged you into this life that you never even asked for just because I wanted someone for myself. Even when I had Jesse I was just being selfish and now you have to go out and get drunk just to forget about me." Rachel shook her head and covered her face with her hands to hide the tears that were threatening to fall down her cheeks.

Puck reached out to pull her hands from her face but she just pushed him off and went into his bedroom, locking the door behind her before he was able to stop her.

"Rachel!" He yelled out as he knocked on the door.

"No!" She yelled back trying not to sound like she was crying. "I don't know how you haven't shut me out of your life yet, I'm such a shitty person! I was a shit girlfriend to Jesse, I'm a shit mother to Amelia and now I'm a shit…whatever we are to you!"

Puck pressed his head against the door and closed his eyes for a second. He needed time to think about what he was going to do because this hangover had him ten seconds behind everything. He let out a sigh and tried turning the doorknob again.

"Rach, that isn't true. Jesse was a shit boyfriend to you, Amelia doesn't know how lucky she is to have you in her life and I," Puck opened his eyes and stared at the door hoping that it'd magically open on its own or something. "I love you, Rachel."

Saying it out loud made him feel awesome. If she'd just say it back to him then he knew he would feel perfect. He knew she felt it, she wouldn't have stayed with him and taken care of him last night or kissed him that day that he first said it to her in the hospital if she hadn't. He just needed to find a way to get her to admit it out loud to him.

"Besides," He said before letting a grin show up on his face. "It's kind of hard to kick you out of my life when you've locked yourself in my bedroom."

"Shut up." She said as she let out a shaky laugh and wiped the tears out of her eyes. "How could you keep saying that to me and sound so honest about it?"

"Because I am being honest Rachel! Goddamnit, when are you going to understand that?" He shouted in a pleading tone of voice "What am I going to have to do to prove that to you? I know that Jesse fucked up and I know that you're scared to let someone else in but-"

Rachel let out a soft chuckle and shook her head. By now she was sitting against the door just letting the tears fall freely. There was no use in trying to fight them anymore. "That is not the problem we have here, Noah." He frowned at the amused tone in her voice "I don't have a problem with letting you in, I want you in my life." She stood up and opened the door just enough so that they could look at each other. "I just don't want to drag you in."

He raised an eyebrow "What the fuck is that supposed to mean?"

"It means that I didn't even ask for this life, Noah. I didn't want to have to grow up so quickly, I didn't want a child as young as I had Amelia. I still have dreams and goals and all of these things that I want to do and it's just too much to pull you into. I'm not going to let you fuck your life up because of me and my past."

Puck stared at her for a second. For the first time in a while he felt like he was really starring at Rachel. Not the girl who was so broken two weeks ago, not Jesses girlfriend, but the Rachel who he'd spend way too much time trying to understand and the Rachel who made him smile like a fucking idiot for no reason at all. This Rachel was the girl that he wanted to spend the rest of his life loving.

He let out a soft smirk before pushing the door open enough so that he could walk in. Once inside he locked the door and pushed Rachel gently against the door, putting his hands on either side of her body so that she was trapped and had no choice but to look at him. He took in Rachels slightly frightened expression and let his smirk grow into an actual smile.

"You don't get it do you, babe?" Rachel just stared at him with wide watery eyes "I don't care if you want to move to the North Pole and spend the rest of your life looking for fucking elves and flying reindeer, or if you wanted to become Ms. America or- or if you wanted to become a stripper…"he paused. "Actually scratch that, over my dead fucking body. You're not going to be showing those goods off to anyone but me."

Rachel let out a soft laugh and shoved him on the shoulder "The point, Noah."

His smile grew when he heard the genuine laugh come out of her mouth. He didn't really find it amusing. He was serious when he said she wasn't allowed to be a stripper, but as long as it got a smile out of her.

"The point is that as long as you're there and as long as Amelia is there then I don't care what the fuck is going on. I need you, Rachel." He leaned in closer to her until their lips were almost touching. "And all I need is for you to need me back. As long as you need me back everything is going to be alright between us and I promise you'll never get hurt like you did with St. Douche ever again, not as long as I'm around."

"But," He just put his forehead against hers and shook his head. "But, Noah I-" He shook his head again and this time he dropped one of his hands from her side, knowing that she wasn't going anywhere anymore, and resting it softly on her hip.

Rachel sighed and closed her eyes as she moved her hands up to rest on his bare chest. She didn't know what to do anymore. A part of her just wanted to keep him out of it completely, even if he said that all he wanted was to be a part of her life no matter what was going on in it. The greater part of her was heartbroken at the idea of letting him slip away from her though. She wanted all of the things that he wanted too but she didn't think she could handle it if he decided to change his mind one day. This was ridiculous! They were just high school juniors. He couldn't possibly know that he was this was the kind of life that he wanted. She knew how this was going to go: they were going to either go their separate ways for college or he was going to end up spending the rest of his life resenting her for letting him stay. That was, if they didn't kill each other before high school was even over.

"Rachel," Puck lifted her chin slightly so that she could look at him again and he finally pressed a soft kiss to her lips. "Just say it." He pressed another kiss gently onto the tip of her nose before resting his head back against hers "Say it and I promise that I'm never gonna leave you and I'll spend the rest of our lives proving to you just how much I mean that."

It was as if they could both feel her wall breaking down because they weren't able to look away from each other at that moment. She felt his breath against her face and tried to think of a way out of this. Anything that would excuse her from having to give him what he wanted, what they both wanted.

He was going to wait as long as she needed him to wait for her to say it. She was right there too, he can tell from the look in her eyes. Puck let his hand move a little lower down from her hip and decided that maybe teasing would help speed the process a little bit. He was willing to wait but he wanted to help her make her decision too.

When she felt his fingers gently press against the skin of her thighs, Rachel let out a soft moan without even having a chance to think about it. "Tease." She moaned out after a second of him gently running his fingers along the back of her thighs, towards her ass.

Puck let out a chuckle and shook his head "You love it, right?" he asked playfully as his hand went underneath the sweatshirt she was wearing and he cupped her ass in his hand. He smiled when she didn't pull away but instead wrapped her arms around his neck.

She let out a deep breath before lacing her fingers together when they reached the back of his neck and nodding softly. "I love you." She said quietly, so quietly that he probably wouldn't have even noticed she said anything if he weren't so close to her face. When he didn't say anything right away, she looked down and wished she could disappear or something. It wasn't until she felt his hand let go of her after a second that she found the courage to look up and see that he was grinning at her like an idiot. "What?" She asked as if she didn't even know what he was smiling about.

"You know what, babe." He said before pinning her arms up above her head and pressing chaste kisses against her neck. "Say it again, Rach."

Rachel shook her head and let her eyes close as he continued to kiss her "You heard me."

He let out a groan and released her hands knowing that she'd leave them above her head anyways "Say it again or I'll make you say it." He said as he let both his hands go underneath the sweatshirt.

When his fingers hooked to her panties Rachel felt a heat start up in her lower stomach at just the thought of what those fingers could do to her once the lacy material came off of her body. She looked up into his eyes and smirked almost deviously "And what happens if I do say it then?" she asked.

Puck laughed softly and shook his head before pulling the sweatshirt off of her in one swift movement. He smirked when she wrapped one leg around his waist and helped her get the other one around him too. He put his hands back on her ass and pressed against her now obviously wet core "I'll probably just make you scream it out at me anyways." He said as he rubbed his erection against her heat causing both of them to let out breathy moans.

"God, Noah." Rachel said as they moved together with only their clothes keeping them from making full contact. "I love you, I love you so much."

"I love you too baby." Puck said as he kissed her passionately before picking her up in his arms and throwing her on the bed.

Rachel let out a giggle as she hit the mattress and sat up before he got the chance to move from his position in front of her. She looked up to see his confused expression and just smiled at him before pressing a kisses along his stomach and abs. As she continued to press kisses along his skin she let her hands run up and down his sides, scratching him softly every once in a while because she knew he was a sucker for that type of thing. The plan was to tease him until he practically had to beg her but when she felt a twitch in his pants and heard him groan she couldn't take it, she wanted him.

He bucked his hips when Rachel pulled his pants down and took him into her hand. She started off slowly stroking him in her small hand. Watching, like the tease that she was, as he closed his eyes and threw his head back. "Shit, Rach" He groaned when she ran her tongue expertly along his shaft. Ever since she'd mentioned that thing about not having a gag-reflex he'd had this huge fascination with her mouth. Her full lips, her pink tongue, the things that she was doing to him right now with that tongue. Oh god.

Once she felt he was hard enough she took him in her mouth completely, filling herself up with him. They both let out noises when he hit the back of her throat; Puck groaned while Rachel hummed softly knowing that he loved it when she did that to him. They'd done this before once or twice but for both of them it was a little more personal now, it was about as romantic as giving head could be. She looked up at him with a knowingly before reaching down and cupping his balls in her hand, squeezing and rolling them as if they were her own personal toys.

"Rach, baby oh fuck!" Rachel resisted laughing as she felt Puck try to pull her away from him. "Baby I won't last, ugh, fuck- Rachel, shit!" He continued to curse and try to pull her away from him until he couldn't hold it back anymore and came into her mouth. He combed her hair back as she swallowed every bit of his juices that he released. When she released him and looked up he just shook his head at her.

"Now you're in for it, Berry." He said as he picked her up again and threw her back against the bed, this time getting on top of her before she had the chance to move away from him.

He was kissing her neck and slowly making his way down to her chest before he heard a female voice that definitely was not Rachel. He tried to ignore it and hoped that Rachel wouldn't hear it but he had no such luck. Thank fuck he locked the door or else they might have been screwed.

"Noah, is that your mother?" She asked when she heard humming coming from down stairs. She pushed him away and sat up, listening in fascination.

Cock blocked by his mom. Fucking awesome. He sat up and sighed, well at least he got to get off right? He was just disappointed that now that Rachel was distracted he knew it'd be a while before he got to return the favor and fuck did he love returning the favor for her.

"Are you going to introduce me to her?"

"Right now? Are you fucking crazy?"

Rachel furrowed her eyebrows "Why would that make me crazy?"

Puck stood up and gestured towards himself then towards her "Did you forget what we were just in the middle of doing? You had my dick in your mouth like ten seconds ago and now you wanna go hang out with my old lady?"

Rachel felt her whole upper body get warm as the skin on her face turned a soft pink color. She hated that she blushed so easily because it showed people when she was feeling embarrassed but she wasn't going to give him the benefit of knowing he was right "Yeah, I want to tell her how good of a son she raised." She said with a smirk as she tried hiding the blush she had on her cheeks.

Letting out a soft laugh, Puck got onto his knees so that he was slightly at eye level with Rachel and placed both of his hands on either side of her face. "Don't worry, we have forever for you to meet my mom, right?"

"Depends," Rachel shrugged before noticing the questioning look on Pucks face "Would that make me your girlfriend?" She asked.

For a second Rachel panicked because Puck looked like he was actually thinking about it but she smacked him on the chest when he let out a chuckle "Hey!" he said before pushing her back onto the bed then moving so that he was hovering over her. "Quinn was just my girlfriend," He said casually before pressing a kiss right below her ear where he knew was her sensitive spot. "You're so much more than that to me, babe."

So he might have handed his balls and masculinity over to Rachel but it was totally fucking worth it to see that smile on her face. And having her practically naked underneath him wasn't that bad of a trade either.

Rachel slid her arms around his neck again before pulling him down into an innocent kiss, well as innocent as it could get when you're practically naked (or in pucks case, were completely naked) in bed together. She couldn't believe that they were actually going through with this. Rachel knew that having Puck to herself was something that she'd wanted, that she'd needed, but she decided in that second that the minute he seemed unhappy with her she'd let him go. She wouldn't be the girl who held their boyfriend down just because she wanted to keep him. She wasn't going to be like Jesse.

Puck bit down on Rachels bottom lip asking for entrance which he was sure she was going to give him. Instead she pulled away from the kiss and took a second to catch her breath before speaking. "Speaking of Quinn, she's still at my house taking care of Milly with Kurt and I have to get going."

Shaking his head, Puck put more of his weight onto Rachel and put his head on top of her chest. He listened to her heart beat for a second, noticing that it was still beating rapidly from the kiss that they'd just shared but as time passed it calmed down more and more until it was back to normal. "You don't mention Quinn in bed unless you're about to suggest a threesome," He felt her chuckle underneath him and could practically feel her rolling her eyes too. "And you definitely don't mention the baby or Kurt when we're half naked in bed at all." Well it was true, talking about the baby or her best friend in bed was like the biggest turn off for him. Sure he loved Amelia and yeah Kurt was cool but not while she was under him like this. Just, no.

Rachel just laughed and rested her hand on the back of his head while the other gently scratched his neck. "Well either way, I really have to get going." She felt him shake his head again but she just nodded sadly "Yeah but hey, we have forever to be together right?" She asked as she lifted his head so he could look at her.

Puck grinned and pressed a kiss onto her lips before rolling over onto his back "Forever, baby."

Rachel tried to hide the smile on her face as she walked into her house a little later in the day. It turns out that Noah, her boyfriend, was a very convincing person. So convincing that he managed to get her to have sex with him, twice, while his mother was just downstairs. She couldn't remember much before that first orgasm but he mentioned something about a fantasy and his mom getting pissed if a random girl just walked out of the house so they needed to kill some time before she left for work.

"Oh look, Rachels back!" Kurt said with a smile as he walked out of the kitchen with a baby bottle in his hand. He looked her up and down before arching an eyebrow "Oh my Streisand, she looks thoroughly fucked too! Q, get in here!" He yelled excitedly before the blonde came practically running into the living room with Amelia in her arms. Rachel hadn't mentioned anything but she noticed that everytime Quinn was around she had to have Amelia within arms reach. It wasn't a bad thing, she just figured Quinn felt some comfort in having the baby around.

"Kurt! My father might he-"

"Mr. Berry left like half an hour ago to work," Quinn said as she sat down on the couch and sat Amelia down in her lap before giving her the bottle "So I'm assuming things went well between the two of you?"

Rachel chuckled and crossed her arms over her chest "Please, I don't kiss and tell."

"Then tell us about everything else because it's obvious that kissing wasn't the only thing you two were doing." Rachel huffed and rolled her eyes at Kurt.

"I do not look thoroughly fucked, alright?"

"Uhm, Rach?" Rachel turned her attention to Quinn who had an amused smile on her face. "Your shirt is on backwards."

She looked down and felt her cheeks get pink. Well would you look at that? She did look thoroughly fucked afterall. "Okay, okay so we might have talked some things over…"

"And?" They both asked at the same time as they leaned closer from their spots on the couch.

"And, we're together now I guess." She didn't even get the chance to get another word in before Quinn and Kurt were practically screaming.

"It's about damn time, princess!" "Oh god, you guys are so perfect together!" "Hey Q, you owe me seventy bucks."

Rachel furrowed her eyebrows at that one "Why would she owe you money?"

The both of them paused and looked a little guilty. Rachel cleared her throat loudly and waited for an explanation. Of course Kurt was the first one to spill everything. "Quinn and I made a bet this morning about how long it'd take for you two to get together. I said that before three in the afternoon you would be the future Mrs. Puckerman while Q said that it'd take until Monday."

Rachel tried to ignore the warm feeling she got when she heard Kurt call her Mrs. Puckerman, it had a nice ring to it right? She looked at Quinn as she started to speak.

"You couldn't wait two more days? You've been having eye sex for the past two weeks and the one day I finally think you're not going to get together you do. This is just my luck." She complained as she pulled Amelia closer to her chest and started running her fingers gently through the childs short dark hair.

"Oh geeze, I'm so sorry! Next time I'll remember to postpone my feelings an extra two days just so you can beat Kurt."

"That's all I'm asking for."

Rachel rolled her eyes and let out a chuckle before throwing a pillow at Quinns head, making sure not to hit the baby with it.

"Hey!" She said before throwing it back. "So what's next for the two of you?"

Rachel shrugged "I don't think I'll ever know what's going to happen next with Noah." She smiled softly and leaned back into the couch "It's kind of what I love about him."

Rachel ran into her bedroom towards her phone. She'd just put Amelia down for a nap when the phone started ringing and she was kind of expecting a call from Puck.

"Hello?" She said knowing that it was him.

"What are you wearing?" Rachel rolled her eyes and let out a laugh.

"You're disgusting."

"Come on baby, just tell me."

Rachel looked down at herself and shrugged as if he could see her or something. She was wearing a pair of black shorts and the sweatshirt she'd stolen and refused to give back to him.

"What do you think I'm wearing?" she asked as she laid down on the bed and started to play with the hem of the sweatshirt.

"Hmm," He paused before grinning "Nothing?"

"Well you're wrong but you can keep thinking that if you want to,"

Puck chuckled and shook his head. "Thanks baby, I think I will."

She smiled "So what's up?"

"Well I was kind of wondering what you were doing right now."

"Nothing, I just put Amelia down for a nap and I was about to take one myself but if you had something else in mind…"

"Yeah, actually I was thinking of coming over and spending the night with my girls."

Rachels smile grew when she heard him call them his girls. She'd never get tired of that. "We would love that." She told him honestly.

"Then go open the door woman." He hung the phone up and Rachel stared at it for a second. What the fuck?

Suddenly a knock on the door had her smiling all over again.

"You are unbelievable, Noah." She said with a laugh as he pulled her into his arms and lifted her from the ground a little.

"That's what they tell me."

Rachel pulled him into the house and led him onto the living room couch before straddling his lap and pulling him into a heated kiss.

"Mmmm, why aren't we on your bed yet?" He asked after a moment of them making out.

"Because," Rachel said as she kissed his neck and let her hands go underneath his shirt to feel his warm skin. "I can't wait that long." She said with an evil smirk before moving her hands down to undo the button and zipper of his jeans.

"And your dad?" The last thing he ever wanted was to get caught doing the dirty with Rachel. Her dad was kind of scary.

She grinned and shook her head "Business trip." She said in between kisses "He won't be back until tomorrow night."

"Well why didn't you say that in the first place?" He asked before flipping them over so that she was underneath him.

They continued kissing and teasing one another for a while. Puck cupped Rachels heat through her shorts and groaned when he felt how wet she was already.

"So fucking wet Rach," He said as he started pressing kisses down her body until he reached her thighs. He ran his tongue along the inside and smiled when he felt her move her hips closer to his face.

"Noah," She said in a breathy moan as she reached her hands down to rest on top of his head while he continued to kiss her inner thighs. "More, now!"

He chuckled and shook his head "I love it when you're bossy." He said as he sat up a little bit to pull her shorts off. Just as Rachel arched her back to let him pull the pants down her legs a loud crying sound stopped both of their movements. Puck sighed and stood up knowing that there was no way he was going to let Amelia just lay there and cry while they got it on.

Rachel was the one who groaned and kicked her feet against the couch childishly. Puck laughed and held his hand out to her. "Come on, I'd go myself but I don't do diapers."

"Yet." Rachel said with an innocent smirk as she took his hand and followed him up the stairs.

When they reached the nursery Puck was the first to let go of Rachels hand and go over to the crying baby. Rachel stood against the doorframe of the nursery and watched as Puck picked her up in his arms and rocked her gently.

"What's up pretty girl?" He cooed as Amelia calmed down in his arms and started cooing back at him.

Five months ago-

"You don't talk to her."

Rachel looked up at her father and tilted her head to the side as he spoke.

"When daddy and I got you we spoke and sang to you the minute you were in our arms. We'd explain everything we were doing, tell you what we were going to do during the day and we'd even read you stories. I noticed that you don't do very much of that with Amelia." He pressed a kiss to the two month olds forehead while Rachel tried to change her into a pink and white dress.

She rolled her eyes at him and concentrated on getting her to stay still. "Dad, she's two months old. She won't understand what I'm saying and besides, it's awkward to talk to someone who won't even respond."

"She'll respond, just not in words." Rachel rolled her eyes again and Steven just sighed before pressing a kiss to his daughters forehead "Either way, she needs to learn your voice and recognize who you are. I'm heading to the office for a while then I'll be back to help you finish packing. Call me if you need anything alright, Diva?"

Rachel just nodded and watched as he left the room. Once she heard the front door close and she knew he was gone she picked up Amelia in her arms and laid her down on the baby bouncer that she had for her before going back to packing things up from her room. After a second she realized just how quiet things were in the house and she turned her head to look over at the baby who was trying to put her foot into her mouth. Rachel laughed and walked over to the bouncer before sitting down right in front of it and catching Amelias attention.

"Uhm, hey baby." She said kind of awkwardly. Amelia blinked a few times before going back to trying to lift her foot into her mouth. Rachel sighed before trying again "I know I don't do this a lot but I'm gonna try for you okay, sweetheart? Mommy is going to try her best to make sure you don't hate her guts when you're older and know how much I suck."

It was then that she heard it. It lasted for about two seconds but she swore she heard it and it was the best sound she'd ever heard in her life. She did it again, holding her arms out to Rachel this time as she cooed to her mother and smiled the cutest toothless smile that Rachel had ever seen. Rachel broke out into a huge grin as she lifted the baby and held her close as she rocked her in her arms and danced around the room.

"Do it again for mommy, come on Milly. Do it for mommy!" She cooed before hearing her daughter babble again and laughing.

Rachel laid down on the bed with her daughter tucked safely in her arms, now cooing every so often just to get a reaction out of Rachel which of course she would get. After all of the excitement died down a little bit though Rachel couldn't help but frown slightly. Here she was, with just about the cutest and, she was convinced, smartest baby in the world and there was no one else there to enjoy her with.

She'd never have anyone by her side to experience these amazing things with.

"Dada."

Puck stilled his movements and Rachels eyes went wide with shock when they heard the noise come from Amelias lips.

Rachel rushed over to Pucks side and looked at Amelia, "Baby, what did you just say? Say it again for mommy, come on." She watched as Amelia looked at her for a second before looking at Puck.

"Dada" She said louder this time as she pressed her small hand to his face and giggled. "Dada! Dada!" She yelled out now with a smile still on her face.

"Oh my god." Rachel said as a grin broke out on her face. She looked up at Puck and suddenly realized how bad this might be. Amelia was calling him dada. Amelia had just called her seventeen year old boyfriend, who wasn't her father, dada.

"D-Did she just…?" He looked at Rachel and watched as she nodded slowly. He turned his head back at Amelia before she said it again and he swore his insides warmed up completely every time that sweet noise came from her lips.

Before he knew it he was laughing. When Rachel looked up at him curiously he just smiled at her and shook his head "She just said dada, Rach! She just called me dada and you're just standing there? Shit!" He lifted Amelia above his head and bounced her as she giggled.

Rachel felt herself calm down and soon enough the smile appeared on her face. She was surprisingly alright with Amelia calling Puck dada and she was beyond glad that he seemed to be just as alright with it as she was.

"Maaamaa." Rachel leaned in towards Amelia and said it again "Mama."

Puck rolled his eyes and bounced the baby on his lap as he watched Rachel try to get her to say a new word. He was still grinning like an idiot over how proud he was of her. Ever since Beth he thought he'd never be able to have this, a girl that he really loved and a child that called him dada. He didn't ever think he'd have a family of his own. He was supposed to spend the rest of his life alone as punishment for letting his daughter go and cheating on Quinn all of those times.

He didn't deserve any of this but he would be damned if he wasn't going to accept it happily.

"Amelia, come on! Just say mama…please?"

Amelia looked at Rachel for a second with a confused expression before looking up at Puck who just smiled at her. She grinned back before looking at Rachel and saying "Dada!" and holding her hand out to Puck.

"Ugh!" Rachel threw her arms in the air and pressed her head back against the couch. "It's official, she loves you more."

Puck laughed at the interaction and just shook his head as he reached out and put his arm around Rachel, pulling her closer to him without having to let go of Amelia. "Babe, she doesn't love me more. She's just excited to see her dada, isn't she?" Puck bounced her again causing her to giggle before she reached over to Rachel.

Rachel smiled and pressed her head onto Pucks shoulder before taking the baby into her arms. "Yeah, I guess so." She said quietly as Amelia curled up into her chest and yawned before letting her eyes flutter shut.

"I love you." Puck said suddenly as he pulled Rachel closer to him and watched Amelia sleep in her arms.

"I love you too." She said before pulling him into a kiss and smiling softly at him.

It turns out that this whole having Puck around thing wasn't so bad after all. In fact it was exactly what they needed.

Next Chapter: We get a look into Puck and Rachel's future together (the epilogue)