Hey guys sorry I didn't update sooner, I'm having trouble with the internet and didn't have time to go else where for it. Here we go. Things are gonna get interesting. There's one more chapter after this one.
Mistakes are mine
Enjoy
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It was Eliana's 1st birthday and friends joined Rachel and Puck with their own kids to celebrate it. Rachel had rented the place for a couple of hours. They were having a lot of fun. The kids were running around while the parent's a.k.a. celebrities talked amongst them.
"Everybody it's time to sing Happy Birthday and then cake."
All the kids ran and cheered back to the table. Puck was holding Eliana while Rachel lighted up the candle.
"Happy Birthday to you..." Everyone started to sing and Rachel smiled as Puck handed Eliana to her. Once they stopped singing, Rachel bent down a little with Eliana to blow out the candle. Everyone cheered and applauded.
Rachel smiled and laughed looking around until her smiled halted for a second at the sight outside. Puck noticed and he looked towards the door. There she was after this whole time without a word, she appears. Puck could tell Rachel wheels turning. "Rach calmed down. Don't ruin this for Eliana."
Rachel smiled tightly and handed Eliana to him and excused herself from the party.
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Rachel walked outside and crossed her arms waiting for Quinn to speak.
"Hey." Quinn finally said.
"Hi." Rachel answered dryly.
Quinn smiled. "How you been?"
Rachel rolled her eyes. "Cut the crap. What are you doing here?"
Quinn sighed and got serious. "You know why I'm here. I'm here to take my daughter back."
Rachel knew this was going to happen but it is one thing thinking about it and another hearing it out loud. "Excuse me?"
"I'm ready to be a mom."
Rachel scoffed shaking her head. "Right. You're ready to be a mom."
"I'm serious."
"No. You abandon your baby girl three months after she's born because you can't handle it and all of a sudden you come back as if nothing happened and you're ready to take her back. That's not gonna happen. Over my dead body." Quinn didn't say anything. "If you want her back, you are gonna have to go through Puck, me and our lawyer."
"Rachel. Don't be ridiculous. You know I'm going to win."
"No you are the one that's ridiculous. I have been more of a mother to her than you have and ever will be."
"Did you adopt her?"
Rachel could sense the hope in Quinn's voice and had to take a deep breath before answering her. "No I didn't."
"Maybe the reason you didn't was because deep down you knew I was coming back sooner or later."
Rachel was furious now. "We are done here."
"Don't do this. I am her mother." Quinn said desperately as she watched Rachel walk back inside.
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Rachel walked up to Puck who was making Eliana laugh with one of her presents.
"What did she want?" Puck asked.
"She wants her back." Rachel whispered as she fought back the tears.
Puck's eyes widened. This was typical of Quinn. "What did you say?"
"She was going to take her back over my dead body and to get a lawyer."
"I don't think it will be a big deal." Puck said surely.
"I hope not. Eliana doesn't deserve this."
They went back to talk to their friends and opened more presents.
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Two days passed and Puck was feeding Eliana while Rachel was going through a couple of different movie scripts when the intercom went off. She sighed and went over to the intercom. "Yes Bob?"
"Ms. Berry, Quinn is here asking for you."
Rachel sighed and looked back at Puck who shrugged. "Okay thanks Bob."
She looked at him again and he nodded. "I'll go," he said.
"Thanks."
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Quinn waited nervously in the lobby when she saw Puck walk out of the elevator.
"Hey Quinn." He said casually.
"She hates me."
"What do you expect? She gives you a place to stay when you have nowhere else to go and then out of no where, you up and leave her with Eliana, then after we have a routine and Eliana knows us, you show up out of the blue wanting her back."
"Do you hate me too?" she asked softly like she was afraid of the answer.
He scoffed. "Well you're definitely not my favorite person right now." She sighed in sadness. "Why now?" he asked.
"I miss her." Quinn said honestly. "I need her. I finally go my Realtors license and I started work last week."
"But she's happy. We're happy."
"She's mine." Quinn said a little bit harsh.
He quickly got serious. "She stopped being yours the moment you walked out of her life. We are her parents now."
"Puck..."
"Quinn we are not giving her up that easily. She's the best thing that has happened to us and you will not take that away from us. If you want Eliana, get a lawyer."
Quinn watched Puck walk away from her.
"She's done here. Thanks Bob."
She sighed once again as he got in the elevator.
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A month passed and Rachel and Puck were surprised that they hadn't heard from Quinn. That could either mean good news or bad news.
Rachel was rocking Eliana back and forth in her arms while singing to her softly while Puck watched TV with the volume low so it wouldn't upset Eliana.
Rachel's cell phone rang and she picked up while still rocking Eliana. "Hello?"
"Hey Rachel."
As soon as she heard his voice her heart skipped and not in a good way. She knew he only called her for business. "Hey Jason."
"I take it with the sound of your voice you already know what I'm gonna say."
"I have an idea."
"Can you come to the office?"
"Now?" she asked in disbelief.
"Yes. And bring Puck."
"Okay."
"See you soon."
Rachel hung up and sighed as she looked at Puck who was looking back at her.
"Who was it?" he asked.
"Jason." Rachel said.
"So it started huh?" Puck asked.
She nodded. "Yea. I'm gonna call Drew and see if she can babysit for a bit. I can't believe this is actually happening."
"Hey, Jason is really good at what he does. He will help us win this." Puck tried to reassure her.
"I don't want to loose her." Rachel said softly as tears appeared in her eyes.
He walked towards her and caressed her arms. "We won't."
"Promise?" she asked.
Puck saw the doubt in Rachel eyes and hoped he was right. "Promise." Rachel smiled a little. "I'll get her stuff ready."
"Okay."
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Puck and Rachel walked in and smiled at the people that worked there. Rachel was nervous when she saw Jason walking out of his office to greet them. "Hey guys sorry to have to bring you last minute."
"It's okay."
"We will do whatever it takes."
Jason walked around to his desk and unbuttoned his jacket suit and sat down. "Have a seat."
Puck and Rachel sat down and waited nervously.
"So how does it look?" Rachel asked with a little hope in her voice.
Jason sighed. "We might have a good case."
"But?"
"Quinn is a single mom who wasn't ready to take care of her daughter and left so she could get on her own two feet to come back and give her daughter what she needs. She suffered from post natal depression." He paused seeing Rachel tears. "That's what her lawyer is going to claim. He is going to make her seem like the victim. Hopefully we won't have to take this to court. It all depends."
"On what?" she asked.
"Quinn."
Rachel sighed and looked over at Puck. He hated the way she already looked defeated.
"What's next?" Puck asked.
"We have a meeting next Friday with Quinn and her lawyer." He paused as he looked over the file. "One thing they are going to use against you is the fact that it's been a year and you both never adopted Eliana."
"We talked about it but never actually did anything."
"We thought we had all the time in the world. We didn't think Quinn was actually gonna come back." Puck said defensively.
"Yes we did. It's her. What do you expect from her? She gets scared and runs away and when she changes her mind she comes running back. I'm tired of this."
Puck squeezed her hand for support and sighed as he looked at Jason who was taking notes.
"Okay I'm gonna get the papers ready even though they will use it against you two. Okay? Be prepared for anything."
"Thank you Jason." Rachel whispered.
"Thanks Jason."
"Now let's go over a couple of more things for the next meeting."
They nodded and got back to work.
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Puck put Eliana down as Rachel watched. They both took turns kissing her goodnight and then left the room.
Rachel started to remove her clothes as she was thinking about this whole situation. And it sucked. Big time. She knew she should have adopted Eliana and she didn't know why it never happened. She looked at Puck who was also in his own thoughts as he took off his clothes.
He didn't know how to make the situation better. They both loved Eliana so much and hated the situation they were in.
Rachel was in her bra and panties and watched Puck stand there in his boxer briefs. She looked him up and down and licked her lips just thinking about the last time they had had sex.
It was before Quinn left Eliana to them. They didn't have the energy or the time sometimes. That didn't mean they didn't want each other cause they did. A lot.
When Puck looked at Rachel he instantly knew what she was thinking by the intense look in her eyes. "Come here." He said huskily.
They met half way with her wrapping her hands around his neck and him around her waist.
"Thank you for being here with me." Rachel whispered.
"I wouldn't want to be anywhere else."
She smiled and leaned in to kiss him softly on the lips. He smiled against her lips and they kissed more passionately. His hands were moving south underneath her panties until they heard crying from the other room.
He chuckled. "Cock blocked by a one year old," he whispered.
She chuckled "I'll go."
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Rachel picked up Eliana and rocked her back and forth singing to her.
Hush-a-bye, don't you cry,
Go to sleepy little baby.
When you wake, you shall have,
All the pretty little ponies.
Blacks and bays, dapples and greys,
Go to sleepy you little baby,
Hush-a-bye, don't you cry,
Go to sleepy little baby.
Daddy's boy Mama's joy
Go to Slumberland my baby
When you wake, you shall have,
All the pretty little ponies.
Hush your cries
Close your eyes
Dream of pretty little ponies
Hush a bye don't you cry
Go to sleep my little baby
She repeated the song one more time and Eliana fell asleep. She put her down and walked out of the room.
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She came into the room and saw Puck lying on the bed with his arms behind his head smirking and she rolled her eyes as she walked to her side of the bed. When she moved the sheets to get in, she noticed he was naked and hard. She looked back at him and he smirked even more if that was possible. She smiled and shook her head as she got under the covers.
He smirked. "I don't know if you know this but your singing voice turns me on."
"I thought it was my dancing that turned you on."
"There's a lot you do that turns me on."
She looked up at his eyes. "Noah we can't have sex."
"Why not?" he asked as he grabbed her hand and wrapped it around his cock.
"Because she could hear us."
"Baby don't talk about her when you are touching me there."
She chuckled. "I'm sorry."
"Why are you still covered up?" She removed her bra in addition to her panties and his eyes roamed her body lasciviously. "I missed your body." He began to caress her body making her sigh in happiness.
"It hasn't been that long," she said defensively but knew he was right.
"Rach when I was used to fucking you at least four times a day for two years straight and suddenly in a couple of months, go to two times a day and then in a year to none at all?" He sighed dramatically. "Rach I'm having you know what withdrawal." He smirked.
She laughed. "You're an idiot."
"As long as I'm your idiot then we are good."
"Of course."
They smiled at each other as they closed the space between them and he moved between her legs and pushed inside her.
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Puck and Rachel were reading a lot of information about what they were going through and trying to get ready for the meeting. Balancing work, Eliana and being worried about the case was taking a toll on them but they were not going to let this go as they were determined to win.
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Rachel was nervous on the inside but acting all cool as she and Puck waited with Jason for Quinn and her lawyer to get there. A couple of minutes later, Quinn arrived with her lawyer and they sat down across from Rachel and Puck.
"Aaron." Jason said.
"Jason." Aaron said as they shook their hands.
"Now that we are all here let's begin."
While Jason and Aaron went through all the important notes and information, Quinn was trying to avoid looking at Rachel. She knew Rachel's eyes were on her and she was getting angsty. Puck was looking between the two of them and sighed at the tension between the two women. Rachel was in her own world that she was surprised to hear what Aaron said.
"And Quinn has visitation rights." Aaron added.
"Wait what?" Rachel asked.
"We can't risk the chance of her doing something reckless like running away with Eliana." Jason added.
Quinn scoffed. "I can't kidnap my own daughter."
Aaron agreed. "That's right. But what we can do is arrange for them to meet in a public place. Is that to your standards Jason?"
"I will have to consult with my clients and I'll let you know."
"We'll take a 5 minute recess."
Aaron and Quinn left the room.
"You can't let that happen." Rachel said looking at Jason.
"She doesn't have the right." Puck said.
"Yes she does." Jason said truthfully and sternly but at the same time looked apologetically.
"Ugh this sucks. I hate this so much." Rachel groaned.
"Look at least just let her see her for a couple of hours and you can be in the same place so you can keep an eye out from a distance." Jason suggested.
"Rach that's fair." Puck said.
"I don't like it but I don't really have much of a choice do I?"
"Okay it's settled."
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Rachel and Puck met Quinn in Central Park. Quinn was smiling from ear to ear when she saw Eliana in the stroller. "Aw honey you got so big." Quinn smiled.
Usually Eliana was extremely friendly but with Quinn she wasn't. Rachel gave Quinn the diaper bag and kissed Eliana goodbye. "I'll see you a few hours baby girl."
Puck kissed Eliana as well. "Love you princess."
Eliana was babbling and trying to speak but stopped when she looked Quinn.
"We'll be at the cafe and don't try anything stupid cause we can see everything from there." Rachel walked away without letting Quinn speak.
"You have my cell if you need anything." Puck offered.
Quinn nodded.
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Puck saw the way Rachel didn't take her eyes away from Eliana. Puck looked at them and saw Quinn struggling with her. Eliana was crying and didn't want anything Quinn was giving her and they could tell how frustrated Quinn was. Rachel looked down at her phone to see the time and just wanted to go over there and pick up Eliana to calm her down. As soon as she thought that, Puck's phone rang.
It was Quinn.
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"I'm sorry for calling you an hour earlier but she doesn't stop."
As soon as Rachel picked up Eliana, she stopped crying.
"It's fine. We'll take it from here." Puck said.
"Okay."
Rachel ignored Quinn as she walked away from them.
"Quinn is devastated." Puck said as he started pushing the stroller.
"What do you expect? It took us a long time to get the hang of it and know Eliana's every need and move."
"Still you should try to be less of a bitch."
"I don't think so."
TBC