Disclaimer: though I wish at 11:11 every day, I still don't own Glee =(

Chapter Thirteen

School was out and everyone was gathered at Rachel's house for Friday night dinner which had become a tradition since the night before Regionals. There was chaos everywhere, people were running up and down the stairs things were being shouted and everyone was hyperventilating with Quinn directly in the centre. She was a week overdue and while other mothers were dying to give birth she was grateful for the extra time with her child. But her time with Sophia was up and she was ready to meet the world. Finally the chickens found their heads and her hospital bag was in the trunk, her parents had been called and the hospital alerted to her arrival.

Fourteen hours later the hallway was full of Quinn's family and it was becoming hard for the doctors to get around. It had been Daniel's idea to relocate to the Berry house. It would be easier to update everyone and their house if the closest. The doctors had informed them that three people would be able to stay with Quinn through the night and it was no surprise that Puck was staying but it was that her other two choices were Rachel and Michal. Michal had tried to talk to Quinn about maybe letting her mother stay but was greeted with a shit storm lecture. According to Quinn there was no way that her daughter would be born into a room with people who viewed her as anything but a blessing and Michal and Daniel had been there for her more than they had so one of them would need to stay. Noah's mom had gotten everyone settled into the living room while Daniel, Britney and Mike began to cook breakfest; it would be a long day.

By thirty hours Quinn was ready to give herself the caesarean but the doctor had assured her that a natural (well kind of she was beyond drugged up) birth was still an option. She was far enough along he said, she just had to hold on a few more hours. Quinn had decided that if she was going to suffer then so was Puck. She had been doing her very best to break his hand for the past four hours. Rachel and Michal had both offered to hold both her hands (Puck had started to cry a bit) but she had politely refused so they took to rotating at holding her right hand.

When it finally came time to push, Quinn was at her wits end and hysterical "I hate you Noah Puckerman! (Push) I hate you do you hear me, do you understand the words coming out of my mouth? (Push) You are an awful person. (Push) You did this, god why do you hate me so much? (push) Why did you do this to me? (Push) DO NOT! Look at her, (push) look at me! Why do you hate me Puck?"

Noah had never wanted to hurt Quinn, that was never his intention. After a whole day in labour he was hoping there was a way to transfer her pain onto him. Rachel had been able to keep her calm for most of it but you could see that she was losing her patience and just hoping Sophia would hurry up. He opened his mouth to apologize when he heard his little girl for the first time.

"Is that her? Oh my god, look at how gorgeous she is"

"She's beautiful, Quinn."

Rachel and Michal made their way out the door to give Quinn and Noah time with their baby girl before the Fosters came to take her home. Michal called the house to tell everyone the news and that they should head over soon.

Emily and Adam Foster had always wanted children but it just wouldn't happen for them. They had decided on adoption two years ago and were ecstatic to finally be receiving this blessing. But they were not the type of people to disregard where blessings came from and had always known that an open adoption was the best fit for them. They also knew that Noah and Quinn loved their baby; she was not something they were giving away on a whim. This decision was breaking their hearts and they were doing it out of love.

When the doctor deemed that Quinn was able to leave her bed the Fosters had asked that she and puck meet them in front of the nursery.

"I hope it's okay that we brought our family. They wanted to see her one last time"

Emily had never seen such a large extended family. It brought tears to her eyes to see how devoted these teens (plus Mr. Schue & the Berrys) were to these young parents and their child. All this helped to reinforce the decision they had made.

"It won't be the last time, well at least we hope not. Adam and I spoke and we want to do more then send you pictures and updates, you clearly put a lot of thought into this decision. And its clear to anyone that you love this little girl"

"All of you, and we would be horrible parents to deprive our daughter of this kind of love. So Emily and I were hoping that you and Noah would be her godparents. She's your daughter, and she's our daughter."

"She's a part of your family as much as she is ours. We really want to honour that bond. We feel this is what's best for her. To know all of you, to know that so many people love her"

There was a silence, and everyone looked through the window and watched as little Sophia began to awaken. They may not be the ones to raise her but they would each have a hand in the person she was to become. There were no dry eyes as Noah walked up to the Fosters and hugged them as he had only ever done with family. Emily pulled Quinn into the hug and Mercedes was glad she had brought her camera; this would be a great picture to put in Sophia's scrapbook when she got older.

"We… are so happy. We would be honoured to be her Godparents to be a part of her life at all really. This is more than we ever thought to hope for. We don't know how to thank you"

"Just love her as much as you do in this moment all the days of her life"

And that was something they were more than capable of.

Next: "Two days ago I was worried that she would never know how much I love her, never know that I didn't just give her away, that I cared enough to do right by her instead of being selfish and now I know she will, she'll know I love her."