Quinn sat on the bed behind Beth brushing her hair. Diego was at his Mom's and Eva was working on her English assignment.

They had been settled into the new house for a few weeks now and it was truly the happiest Quinn had felt in a long time. It was something she had convinced herself wasn't important to her. But now that she had someone who cared about her and loved Beth as well she knew she had made the right decision sticking with Antonio Dawson. They had a lot of differences but the things they related on were the important things. Family above all else was the highest priority.

"Mommy" Beth said looking over her shoulder.

"What is it sweetie?" Quinn asked setting the hairbrush down on the bed.

"When is Daddy going to call?" Beth asked looking down.

Quinn bit her lip and pulled Beth in for a cuddle. When Puck was away he always made sure he called Beth as often as he could. But it had been a few days since they had heard from him. He had been away for weeks. Quinn always admired how strong Beth was. She couldn't imagine being away from her father for such long periods of time when she was a little girl, not knowing how he was. It broke her heart to see her little girl so worried.

"I'm sure he's going to call as soon as he can" Quinn reassured her "Even if he can't call right now I know he's thinking about you and missing you so much"

"Do you think he'll be back for my dance recital?" She asked.

"I hope so baby" Quinn replied, "We can invite Isabelle if you'd like"

Beth just nodded. Quinn wasn't used to seeing her little girl so quiet and withdrawn.

"Do you want to watch a movie before bed?" She suggested holding out her hand to Beth.

When they got downstairs Eva was sat on the sofa finishing up her homework. Beth ran over to look through the DVD's. Quinn knew fine well that Moana would be the movie of choice, they had watched it every time it was Beth's turn to choose.

Quinn went through to the kitchen while Beth set up the DVD player. She opened the cupboard and got some popcorn ready in a big bowl to share. She grabbed her phone that beeped with a new message.

Hey Q, we're back next week so get ready for a visit, we need to catch up – S

Quinn sent back a quick message as she went back through to the front room carrying the popcorn. She settled down on the sofa putting the bowl down on the coffee table. She smiled as Eva tried to contain an eyeroll as Moana started. They exchanged a knowing look.

Eva was so good with Beth. She knew it must have been a difficult adjustment for her. It was for all of them. But Eva was very patient with Quinn's excitable 9-year-old. Beth had never had siblings or cousins to play with. Quinn never saw her sister and her children. For Beth the novelty hadn't worn off yet, Quinn suspected that it was a little harder for a teenager having a little girl following you round begging you to play.

Beth snuggled up to Quinn holding her tighter than normal. Quinn stroked her hair as she hugged her back.

She fell asleep part way through the movie. Quinn pulled a blanket from the sofa over her.

"How's your assignment going?" She asked Eva who had finally set down her book.

"I think it's ok" Eva replied.

"It's your English assignment, I'm sure it's better than ok" She laughed.

Eva was a terrific writer but sometimes she lacked confidence in her abilities.

"I'm good with this, I'm a bit worried about the show choir competition" Eva replied.

"Well lucky for you, I have some friends visiting soon, they're show choir national champions and I'm going to ask them to come in for a practice" She told her.

"Is Beth ok?" Eva asked changing the subject "She's seemed a little quiet today"

Quinn nodded looking down at the little girl who was asleep against her.

"She just misses her Dad" She replied, "She gets worried when he's away"

"I get it" Eva nodded "It's how I feel when Dad goes undercover"

Quinn realized that was something she had never really discussed with Antonio. She worried about him when he went to work but he always came home the same day or the next day at least. He hadn't been on an undercover assignment for days or weeks with no contact. She wasn't sure how she would handle that. Or how Beth would. Quinn knew it was a conversation they would need to have. She wanted to know what to expect at least, how often things like that happened. She had no idea.

After a little while Eva had decided to go to bed. Quinn could feel herself drifting off. She jumped feeling a hand on her shoulder.

She smiled as she looked up at Antonio. She checked the clock. It was 1am. She had actually fallen asleep.

"Hey" She said sleepily.

"Hi" He replied kissing the top of her head "How was your night?"

"Good" She nodded "Beth is a little down, so we watched a movie, Eva finished her assignment and went to bed"

"I'll put her to bed" He said lifting a sleeping Beth and carrying her upstairs.

Quinn smiled as she watched the way he carefully lifted her making sure not to wake her. Things were not going to be easy, but she didn't doubt that he was worth it.

She wanted to talk to him about Puck and about what Eva had said about him going undercover, but she was exhausted. It wasn't the best time for a serious conversation. Besides it wasn't something that had come up for them yet, she couldn't ask him not to ever do it either. She wasn't sure how to share her worries. She knew who he was.

They had just settled down into bed when her phone rang.