"I swear to god I'm never sitting between two kids in a car trip that goes for more than 1 minute. EVER!" Santana complained to Kurt who rolled his eyes
"I thought you were ready to adopt?"
"I am. Next month actually." Santana smiled "But I will be driving since Britt doesn't have her licence so I won't have to be in the back." Kurt's mouth fell open
"A month!" He repeated
"Yeah we're getting a little girl from Spain." Santana actually sounded like she cared in a nice way, for once, "We were thinking a new born." Kurt's mouth remained in a wide 'O' as Santana went to sit at the park bench with her girlfriend
"Hey you okay?" Sam asked his boyfriend as he dug into his burger
"Uh yeah." A ghostly white Kurt replied
"No you're not. You haven't complained once about how fatty this burger is, or how unhygienic this place is." Sam said looking around the small roadside cafe which was covered in grease and grim.
Kurt looked at Sam for a minute "Do you think we should adopt?" Sam looked confused like he didn't understand the question, "I understand if you don't just everyone is having kids, Santana and Brittany are adopting next month and." Sam held a finger to Kurt's lips
"Definitely!" Sam grinned and they shared a passionate kiss.
"Get a room!" Puck screeched and Rachel hit him but all the same covered her son's eyes, not that he would remember it.
"No seriously you two wait till we get to the hotel tonight." Finn said nudging Kurt who pulled away from Sam.
"Let's hit the road everyone!" Rachel said speed walking out of the cafe as the rest of them followed slowly reluctant to get into a car for the next 5 hours.
"Finally here and she's asleep." Quinn whispered to Tina as they lifted their sleeping children out of the car.
"It is two am." Tina laughed Quinn shrugged
"That's never stopped her."
"She's si.." Tina trailed off nobody mentioned Beth's condition in front of Quinn ever
"It's okay you can say it, it's only true and I know it hurts when people say it but I have to deal with it. I hate how everyone acts like I'm so fragile and the wrong word will set me off." Quinn ighed and Tina nodded
"I understand, when my parents divorced I stopped seeing my dad for a few years around middle school and on father's day or when we had assignments like what our dad does for work I was always excluded, I mean not many people were talking to me anyway because of my stutter but you know how it is." Quinn nodded as they walked over to the load of bags while the others kept unloading.
"Okay everyone listen for who's in what room."
"Room 13, Quinn and Elizabeth, Tina Artie and Arthur junior. You guys can take your bags up to the room now." Rachel said handing Quinn the key
"Um well Tina and I have our hands full." Quinn stated looking down at her sleeping daughter
"I can take Tina's and mine but I don't think I can fight yours and Beth's on my lap." Artie insisted
"Oh well you can wait here while I call out the rest of the rooms then Puck can take your bags up."
"No I can." Finn commented
"NO FINN I CAN CARRY A COUPLE OF BAGS!" Puck yelled having another one of his outbursts. They were all used to it happening but they still got scared after the 'incident'. Finn just nodded
"Okay room 3 is Noah, Jackson and I, Santana and Brittany." Puck was suddenly back to his usual self he grinned cheekily "I get to see some lesbian action boo-yeah!" everyone rolled their eyes as Santana gave him a death stare that could have really caused his death.
"Room 14 is Kurt, Samuel, Mercedes, Mathew and Finn."
"Room 15 is Mike and Dearne because it's a two person room."
"Finally room 16 which is the Schuester s."
"Rachel only the first ten floors are on the first level, the other ten are on the second level which I cannot access." Artie said looking up at the motel
"Okay I'll make changes." She glanced at her list, why did something always go wrong?"
"Well uh I guess if you want Tina and Arthur with you we can switch families."
"NO!" Puck shouted almost waking the children. Rachel whispered in his ear and rubbed his back to sooth him.
"Just so Quinn isn't murdered Britt and I will go with them and the Artie and AJ can go with you guys." Santana said rolling her eyes like the decision annoyed her when really it was a favour because she got away from Rachel.
"What about Tina." Artie said glancing up at his wife,
"Well I guess she can stay with us in our room with us or we can take AJ and Tina can go with Artie." Quinn suggested knowing Tina trusted her with her son,
"I'll go with Quinn's group, we can have a girls week." Tina smiled
"Well it's almost quarter to three so everyone get to bed! I'll be doing wake up calls at six because tomorrow is Disneyland!" Everyone groaned and headed off to their rooms, Puck completely ignore Quinn standing there with Beth and her bags so Finn decided to take them.
"Thanks." Quinn murmured before yawning.
"It's k let's get you to bed before I have to carry both of you." Quinn let out a tired giggle and followed the tall man up to her room.
Quinn kissed Beth as she tucked her into the double bed. When she got to the door she turned back and realised how small Beth was, it made Quinn scared that when she went to bed she might squash her, everyone else was already in bed so she decided to get changed in their little kitchen lounge.
Quinn had just taken off her top when the light got switched on.
"Oh I'm so sorry!" Tina shrieked
"It's cool I've got a bra on." Quinn giggled
"I was just getting water." Tina explained as she looked at Quinn she noticed something wrong about the perfect blonde, "I hope you don't mind me asking but, is that from?" Tina asked staring at the scars that went from Quinn's right thigh to shoulder she couldn't bring herself to actually say what it was from but she knew Quinn knew what she was talking about.
"Yeah it is from Puck." Tina nodded
"What happened that night?" Tina asked sitting down on the couch as Quinn slipped her pyjama top on.
"I guess I should tell you." Quinn sat next to Tina "I just got home from the hospital with Beth. My mother had actually agreed to let Puck stay in the spare room so he could get to know his daughter. My mom was in New York for the week and I'd spent half an hour getting Beth to stop crying so I could put her to sleep and finally it worked. Puck was down stares watching TV so I did some catch up schoolwork when I heard a bump downstairs. I went to see if Puck was alright, he'd found my parents booze cupboard which was full, it always was. My parents as much as they were very true to their religion were always drunk! They would drink morning to night, happy or sad. Puck is a scary drunk; I'd never seen him like that before. He asked me if I loved Beth. I told him I did, more than anything. He told me we should make another Beth so we could each have one, I told him he was being stupid and he was drunk but he told me I was silly and picked me up. He carried me up to my bedroom while I struggled, Beth was in there asleep. He threw me hard onto the bed and started undressing me." Quinn looked up and saw Tina's face "I can stop."
"No you need to tell someone and I'll listen." Tina reassured her
"Well he undressed me and I struggled but he hit me when I did so I lay there limp until he had undressed me. Then he was on top of me going in and out, he was dry and it was bloody painful! I screamed and screamed. Beth awoke and started crying but he didn't stop. I told him it was wrong and he was hurting me but he kept doing it convincing me it was the right thing to do and I sort of believed him even though it was painful. He was on me all night not stopping for hours straight but eventually he fell asleep, still inside me. I tried to lift him off me but I was weak. I manly wanted to get to my crying daughter but I couldn't. Eventually I was able to lift him off. My body was covered in bruises all purple and blue. I tried to get up but I was so sore. Puck had felt me move and awoke I grabbed Beth and put on my night gown then ran downstairs but he followed me saying he wanted more. I grabbed my phone to call the police but he grabbed a knife and as I went to pick up the phone he slashed me. I was in so much pain and I wanted to fall to the floor but I had Beth in my arms. I did sit on the floor though pain searing through my whole body whilst Puck lay collapsed on the floor beside me, He had passed out from the alcohol. I lay there bleeding for more than an hour but my neighbours had heard screaming and called emergency services. I was in hospital for days, 63 stitches! I had become pregnant from the rape but lost the baby after a month because I was so weak." Quinn had been so absorbed in the story she'd forgotten about Tina.
"H-how can you stand being around him?" Tina gasped in shock Quinn shrugged
"Beth needs to know her father before. What did they tell you guys at school?"
"Well our year level was told you had moved to California to stay with your mom and her sister's family, but the staff new and Mr Schuester said we (glee club) should know the truth. He told us you'd been alone with Beth when someone broke into the house and in the end you ended up stabbed and now you didn't want to come to school concerned for Beth's and your safety and since your mother hadn't bothered to return from New York when you were hurt so bad you moved to the other side of Lima to live on your own with Beth. He told us not to contact you and that you needed time. Puck wasn't at school for weeks after you'd been injured and we'd assumed he was just upset that he couldn't see his daughter or whatever, when he came back no one asked because he was really bad, like he kept beating people up. I think that's when his anger problems kicked in."
"Well I'm not sure if I'm glad you guys weren't told the real story, you were stuck with an almost killer for like two years." Quinn sighed and they had a few moments silence
"Quinn."
"Yes."
"Did you tell the police the full story." Quinn just looked at Tina and she knew it was a no, "Why not?"
"I didn't want my child's father to be in jail, he promised not to be a dead beat dad, so much for that. I told them that I felt dizzy and I was chopping up carrot, that I accidently dropped the knife and it must have cut me. I told them I was half conscious when Puck came downstairs and he slipped and got knocked unconscious."
"They believed you?"
"Yep, pretty stupid of them. Anyway I'm going to bed busy day. Rachel will be waking us in an hour and a half." Tina knew Quinn was trying to distract her but she didn't argue since she was also right, Rachel was waking them at 6 and it was 4:30.
"WAKEEEE UPPPPP!" Rachel's voice boomed as she barged into their room without knocking.
"We can't go today." Santana answered the unasked question
"What but we are following the schedule why not?"
"Beth is sick."
"I know she has cancer duh."
"Idiot," Santana mumbled under her breath "No with a bad virus according to Q her immune systems gone down because of the cancer."
"Oh but the schedule. We'll go without her!" What was wrong with this crazy moron Santana wondered.
"The whole reason we're here is Beth we can't go without her do something else today like go shopping or to a Broadway."
"Where in California not New York." Santana sighed
"You're Rachel Berry you'll find something." She said faking a smile
"I know but the sche" Santana cut her off
"NO ONE ARES ABOUT THE F*%en SCHEDULE!" Rachel crossed her arms and rolled her eyes
"Guys don't yell you woke Beth up and do not swear!" Tina warned as she got a glass of water, probably for Beth, from the small kitchen.
"Okay how about we all do our own thing today like as families. Most of us are tired from the drive."
"Fine." Rachel couldn't believe she was backing off this easy.
"I'll get Britt and we'll meet you with everyone else in your room in 10." Rachel just nodded before slumping out; she hated being told what to do.
"Beth sweety we will go to Disneyland later in the week when you're feeling better okay."
"No, please can we go now!" the blonde's green eyes which she had inherited from her mother were starting to fill with tears.
"Sweety if we go today you won't be able to do anything because you're sick. If we go in two days you'll be able to do everything you want." Quinn hated seeing Beth cry.
"Oh Okay." The smaller blonde said as she wiped her eyes "But as long as I can still meet Tinkerbell!" she added with a grin
"Of course and Mickey and Minnie and everyone else. For today why don't you have a little sleep then eat some toast and then we can watch Tinkerbell and the great fairy rescue and Peter pan."
"Okay Mommy." Quinn kissed her daughter as she tucked her back into the big double bed then walked out to the lounge room.
'Tina. Why are you still here? Go join the others. don't you want some time with AJ and Artie?"
Tina shook her head "I'd much rather help you with Beth for the day." She didn't mention if she saw Puck again she'd have to hit him.
"Don't be stupid I can handle Beth please have some time with your family."
"You guys are my family too."
"Tina! Haven't Beth and I taught you anything? You could one day think everything was fine and you don't need to spend time with the your child because they won't die ever, to you they're invincible and then you find the next minute they're slipping away from you to go join God and you wonder why you don't have enough time left."
"Exactly I want to spend time with Beth." Tina admitted
"So you choose Beth over AJ, for all you know he could swallow his food wrong and be dead today, then you'll regret not spending time with him." Tina could see the stress this was causing Quinn who was still very fragile emotionally and physically
"You're right okay I'll go join them okay."
"Thank you, bye." Quinn shouted as Tina walked out.
Tina walked into the crowded little motel room where her friends already where. The first person she saw was Puck, he was holding Jackson. Tina used to baby sit him a lot and he was one chubby baby she couldn't hold him for more than a couple of minutes before she had to put him down, he was born by c-section at 12 and a bit pounds and while not even one he looked like a two year old.
"So the lesbian decided to join us." Puck rolled his eyes "Did you have a nice make out session?"
"Tina's not gay she happens to be married," Artie looked mad "To me."
"Well she spends more time with my baby mama than you."
"She's not your baby mama after what you did to her!" Puck froze how did Tina know? "yeah she told me. Would you like me to tell everyone else?"
"Tell us what T?" Oh crap now they'll force it from me Tina
"Just something private." She glared at Puck
"Fine tell them then tell Q why everyone knows."
"I only didn't tell them for your sake so she can say what she wants. I never asked her to keep it a secret." Everyone turned to see Quinn standing at the door, "I came to see if anyone had some aspirin."
"I do, come I'll get you some." Finn smiled not wanting Quinn to get stressed, he didn't really have any but Mrs S would, she always had her medical kit present.
"Okay and Tina do tell them." Every one turned to Tina and she remembered why she faked the stutter back when she was younger.