A/N: Disclaimer: I do not own any characters or anything related to Glee. Being the Mark/Lea shipper that I am, I just had to include them somehow, sorry :P Hope you like this chapter. Sadly, the story's almost over. But I am working on another Puckleberry story soon:D As always R&R please. Love you all!

The next morning Puck and Rachel met with three couples; Andrea and Steven Wilson, Mark and Lea Watson, and Henry and Nathan Lucas. After three long interviews, they decided on Henry and Nathan. The other couples were great too; Rachel was just a little bit biased due to the fact that she grew up with two gay dads.

"Do you think Mia will grow up happy with Henry and Nathan?" Puck asked Rachel as they sat down to dinner a few days later. They decided to meet Stacy and Kathleen at a restaurant in downtown Chicago. Rachel bit her nails before answering.

"I do. This might just be my bias talking here, but I think we picked the perfect couple. Mia will be spoiled in all the fine arts, as was her mother." Rachel looked down and her belly and laid a hand on it. Puck held his hand out across the table, which led Rachel to hold hers out and intertwine their fingers. He held their entangled hands up to his lips and pressed a kiss to the back of her hand.

"She'll always be ours, you know that right?" He could tell that Rachel was convincing herself of that less and less as the due date came closer.

"I know, but in a way it won't feel like it. She'll be living with other people, people who she'll call her parents, and I'll never see her again." Rachel hung her head low.

"You could've opted for open adoption. They would've agreed to it." Rachel quickly shook her head no.

"No, I can't do that. It's best to cut off all ties with her. I can't see pictures of her being raised by someone else, or read letters about how she took her first steps or that her first performance…" Rachel couldn't finish her statement due to the tears forming in her eyes. Puck stood up and walked over to Rachel and threw his arms around her.

"Rach, I understand. But don't you think it will hurt just as bad knowing she's out there and not ever seeing what she looks like or knowing how she's doing?" As Rachel was about to answer, Stacy and Kathleen walked through the door.

"Noahie!" Stacy ran up to Puck and hugged his leg.

"Hey kiddo." He patted her back.

"Hi Rachel." Rachel picked Stacy up and put her on her lap. Stacy put her hand on Rachel's stomach. "How's my little niece doing?" She looked up at Rachel.

"Mia's doing just fine, sweetie." Stacy put her arms around Rachel's neck and squeezed her into a hug.

"How's my big sister doing?" Stacy snuggled closer to Rachel. Rachel looked surprised. Does she mean me?

"Why did you just call me your big sister, not that I don't like it or anything."

"Because you and Puck are going to be married one day, at least that's what everybody says." Kathleen, Puck, and Rachel all stayed quiet until Stacy changed the subject.

"I think Mia is a cute name!" she said as she released Rachel.

"I think so too." Puck smiled at his sister.

"When do we get to see her? When is she coming out?"

"She's actually due any day now." Rachel formed a little smile.

"When do we get to take her home?" Stacy asked innocently.

"Stace, that's probably not the best question to ask right now," Puck advised. Rachel bit her lip.

"No, it's okay. Stacy, we aren't bringing Mia home," Rachel said cautiously. While Rachel was explaining the adoption to Stacy, Kathleen pulled her son aside.

"How's she handling the adoption?"

"It's pretty hard on her. She doesn't want open adoption, but a closed adoption is just as hard. Either way it'll be rough on her."

"And how are you dealing with this?" Puck shrugged.

"As best as I can I guess."

"Have you told her what you want?" Kathleen paused. "What do you want exactly?"

"I don't want to give her up, but we really don't have any other choice." He sat down in the nearest chair.

"Has she considered keeping the baby?" Kathleen joined her son.

"That's… not an option as far as she's concerned Mom. Can we please, can we just drop it?" He asked in the nicest way possible.

"I'm sorry honey." Kathleen walked over to Puck and put her hand on his shoulder. "I just want you to be happy too. You do have a say in this and I know you're trying to make this as easy on her as possible, but I don't think you should give in if it's not your choice." Puck stayed quiet until Kathleen walked back over to Rachel and Stacy. Puck followed her.

"Rachy says you're not keeping Mia. Why not?" She asked her brother as he came back to the table.

"We can't Stacy. It's hard to explain, you're too young to understand." He said simply.

"Well I don't get why you want to give your baby away. What if mommy gave one of us away? People are not toys Noah; we don't just give them away when we're done with them." She pouted. Kathleen saw the look on both Rachel and Puck's faces and knew they were caught by surprise.

"C'mon honey, let's go get settled into our hotel room." She grabbed Stacy's hand as they started walking out the door.

"But I want to hear what Puck was going to say," she whined.

"Now's not the time, I'll explain to you when we get settled in." And just like that they were out the door. Once they were gone, Rachel and Puck took a few moments to digest Stacy's words.

"For a 10 year old, she sure is smart." Rachel said awkwardly.

"She's a very mature kid."

"Do you think it's true? Do you think we're just handing our child away like some sort of toy?" Puck didn't know how to answer at first.

"No I don't. Do I want to give our daughter away to another family? Of course not, who does? But we have to. Unless you think we could raise her." Puck knew that wasn't an option as far as Rachel was concerned, but he'd do anything to keep his baby. He already lost one child, he wasn't about to lose another one. Rachel hesitated before answering.

"You don't even have a job…"

"But I could get one. As soon as we get back to Lima I will look for a job."

"I…don't know." Rachel was still apprehensive. "I have to think about it."

"Take as long as you want. I know we can do this. We'd be great parents." Puck stood up and grabbed Rachel's hand. They walked out of the restaurant hand-in-hand.

"So um, where do you think Stacy's been getting her information?" Puck looked confused, so Rachel reworded her question. "You know, about us, getting married."

"Oh." He paused. "I don't know. Probably Mom no doubt. Sorry if it seemed like I freaked out about it back there. It's not that I wouldn't want to marry you, I love you, but…"

"Shh," Rachel laughed. "I get it, we're too young. You don't have to justify yourself to me." Puck breathed a sigh of relief. "Good, because after all I'm a sex shark, if I stop moving, I die." Rachel jokingly slapped his arm.

"Well mister sex shark, if I ever find you in anybody else's ocean, we will have a problem." She pretended to stalk away. He ran up behind her and put his arms around her waist, lifting her up from the ground.

"Don't worry; the only ocean I'd want to live in is yours." He thought about that for a moment. "Wait that sounded wrong."

"Yeah, I was just gonna say." They both laughed. He put his arms around her and pulled her into a sideways hug as they headed back to their hotel.

"So you still in for breakfast with Finn and Quinn tomorrow?" Puck asked.

"Breakfast with my boyfriend and my two best friends, wouldn't miss it for the anything."