Author's Note: Calm down I'm here I'm NOT abandoning this fic, you guys are too great, I can't do that to you. Sorry for the little delay with this chapter I had a really complicated weekend and my Beta Reader's laptop was broke until yesterday. But here's chapter 14 and something tells me you are really going to like it.

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Chapter XIV

Noah Puckerman had never told anyone he could play the piano, not even Finn or Santana. His mother had insisted that he needed to participate in another activity besides judo, soccer or skateboarding. Deborah Puckerman had paid for him to have lessons when he was 9 and he had went to his teacher's house every single Tuesday and Friday afternoon until he was about to start high school. He never admitted it but if it wasn't for his mother and the piano lessons he would have never found a love for playing the guitar, and he would have never joined New Directions.

Puck had never felt the need to show off this particular talent in front of his friends, until he saw Shelby singing with Mr. Schue. He felt jealous; he wanted to sing a love song with her. Noah was aware that his teacher didn't have any feelings for Shelby, because he was in love with Emma, but that didn't stop this primal instinct of proving to Shelby how talented he was from invading his body.

He walked to the piano, and with Finn's help they moved it. Puck never removed his eyes from Shelby until he sat down and began to play the keys. He knew the songs so he managed to follow the rhythm by ear.

Shelby couldn't believe what she was witnessing. Noah was playing the piano and by the look in his eyes she could tell he was playing it for her. She could have died of embarrassment, but thanks to Will and the kids she managed to keep herself together. She had to admit it, Noah was being incredibly sweet, and he actually kept his word and gave her the space she had asked for.

After the little moment between them the night of the play he didn't show up at her door. He limited himself to texting her, asking only for Beth and nothing else, and Shelby had to admit she missed his company. She smirked. "Two can play this game of embarrassing the other in public," she thought before singing the line "And my lipstick on your face," directly at him. As she expected it nearly killed him. The shocked look on his face was adorable and it made her smile.

Puck couldn't believe Shelby was teasing him in front of everybody. He almost made a fool of himself, and he couldn't let it slide; he was going to make things even. That's why that day after geometry class he talked to her seductively, not caring that he was breaking the student teacher boundaries, but making sure no one was looking around.

Most of the women in Shelby's apartment building were now aware of the new pool boy who was working there. Shelby was always spotting teenager girls and even a few woman of an age similar to hers looking at Noah when he was working, but he never paid attention to them. His old self would have flirted immediately but now he only had eyes for his two girls. One afternoon when no one was lurking around the pool Shelby and Beth surprised Noah while he was there. He stopped his job and walked over to them, smiling. "What brings you two lovely ladies here?" he asked.

"We have a little situation over in the house" explained Shelby, sounding slightly upset.

"You still don't know how to put that crib together, do you?" he teased laughing.

Shelby rolled her eyes and remained quiet. Puck knelt down and kissed Beth who was in her stroller. "I think somebody is angry, because I'm right." Shelby still didn't say anything.

"I guess I can come over and do that, I can't let my princess be without her new crib," he offered.

Shelby smiled. She loved how Beth was always his first priority above everything else. "Thank you" she said.

Noah gave Beth another kiss. "I'll see you two in a bit," he said before going back to work.

A couple of hours later Noah arrived at Shelby's house. He immediately went over to where Beth was playing, sat down next to her and put her on his lap. "I missed you so much," he whispered, giving her a kiss on her head.

"I really hate to interrupt your moment, but I need your help Noah," said Shelby standing in front of them.

Puck got up and analyzed the box which occupied about half of the living room. "This might sound silly, but do you have a pocket knife?" he asked.

Shelby gave him a stern look. "I live with a one year old, what do you think?" she asked placing her hands on her hips.

He laughed, "A kitchen knife works too."

Shelby nodded, grabbed a knife from one of the drawers and handed it to him. Noah ripped the protection tape apart and began to unpack the pieces of the crib. "This looks expensive," he commented as he looked through the instruction manual.

"Only the best for her," Shelby replied joining him. They worked together occasionally talking about school, Glee club and of course Beth. The time they had spent without talking to each other had helped; they finally felt comfortable around the other again.

"Pak!" said Beth interrupting their work. Shelby turned to face her and smirked. "What is it Bee? You miss him, you wanna play with him?"

Noah picked up Beth from the playpen. "Sorry for making you feel left out monkey face," he said kissing her.

Beth giggled and started to play with his nose. "You wanna steal my nose?" he asked chuckling, he pretended to bite her nose. "Now we're even and look!"

He made a fake nose with his hand. "Oh! Who's got your nose?"

Shelby overheard their little game and smiled. She was glad that Beth and Noah got along so well. Puck turned to face her. "Sorry I should be helping more," he said shyly.

"It's okay" she replied smiling and enjoyed the image in front of her. "She likes you, you're good with her."

Puck smelled Beth's hair and enjoyed her lovely baby scent. "It's because she's the best little girl in the whole word," he said with a goofy voice.

Shelby got up and walked to them. "Can I have her?"

He nodded and passed the baby to her. "Sure, go see momma." They walked over to the couch and sat down in silence, watching how Beth played with her toys, until Noah spoke:

"I need to come clean about something," he started with his eyes still glued to his daughter. "When Quinn and I babysit, she put a bunch of stuff here and tried to make you look like an unfit mother," he paused and took a deep breath, "and she said she was going to call Child Protective Service."

Shelby's eyed widened and she gave him a preoccupied look. "Don't worry, I got rid of everything right away, and I even went to the Child Protective offices here in Lima and warned them about a possible call from Quinn Fabray. I explained that I'm Beth's biological father and told them everything she was planning."

"Why would she do something like that?" asked Shelby now more calmed, once she knew that Beth wouldn't be taken away from her.

"Because she wants to get Beth back," he stated simply.

"That explains why she was suddenly so interested in joining the Troubletones," she pointed out.

Puck lowered his head and looked at the floor. "You are Beth's mother, she's happy with you, you are her family," he lifted his head and looked straight into Shelby's eyes. "And I'd love to be a part of that too."

Shelby timidly reached for his hand and intertwined their fingers. "You are part of this family," she assured him.

Noah and Shelby finished working on the crib just in time to put Beth to sleep. As a thank you she invited him to stay for dinner. And as they used to, they sat down in front of the television to eat.

"You never told me you could play the piano," commented Shelby still impressed by his talent.

"You never asked" he replied smirking. "I have an idea, since we don't know that much about each other, let's play a Q&A game?" he proposed excited.

Shelby crocked an eyebrow and gave him a skeptical look. "Fine but we need to establish some rules, if the question is too personal; we are allowed to avoid it."

He nodded. "The questions cannot be repeated."

"Fine," answered Shelby. "And, it's not valid to answer with another question," she added.

Puck rolled his eyes. "Anything else?"

She took a sip of her water. "I think we're good, do you want to start?"

Puck shook his head. "Ladies first."

Shelby bit her bottom lip trying to come up with a question; she decided to start with easy things. "Favorite food?" she began.

"Waffles," he replied with a chuckle. "Favorite season of the year?"

Shelby stayed quiet for a second. "Autumn, because is not as cold as winter, but not as hot as the summer."

Puck picked up the plates and placed them in the dishwasher. "Got a question yet?" he asked sitting down on the carpet below the couch.

Shelby nodded. "Favorite sound?"

He looked up at her and smiled. "Beth's laugh," he paused, trying to think of his own question. "A song you're supposed to hate but you actually like?"

Shelby grunted and hid her face on her hands. "Miley Cyrus' 7 Things."

Noah burst into laughter, which cause him to earn a smack on the shoulder. He was glad that Shelby accepted his suggestion; it was a way of getting to know her, since he couldn't take her out on a date. They kept playing like that until they ran out of easy topics like music, and food so they started to ask more personal things. Shelby was first: "First love"

He laughed at the memory as he rested his head against the couch. "Aw, how could I forget about Miss Sullivan, my first grade teacher," he confessed.

Shelby's jaw dropped. "Your first love was a teacher?" she asked surprised.

"I was 7 and I'm pretty sure she was near her thirties. She had dark brown hair, blue eyes and the most beautiful smile I had ever seen at the time. I gave her my heart the only way a seven year old knows: I gave her my gummy bears, a flower, and asked her to marry me."

Shelby smiled. "That's the cutest thing I've ever heard. What happened?"

He shrugged. "She kissed me on the cheek and told me I was a sweet boy and that she loved me, but she was already married and showed me her wedding ring." He got up and sat next to her on the couch. "Now you know my first love and my first heartbreak,"

Shelby nodded, still smiling. "Your turn."

"Biggest fear." He muttered hoping she wouldn't avoid the question.

She fixed some of her hair and looked at him. "I guess the answer is being alone. I have Beth now but she'll grow up and start her own life before I can even adjust to the idea. Eventually she's going to leave and that scares me."

Puck nodded and watched how she looked away. They stayed quiet and suddenly Shelby move closer to him until their shoulders were touching. She lowered her gaze. "Noah, what is this?" she whispered with a hint of fear in her voice.

He stared at her, knowing what she meant. He sighed deeply and grabbed one of her hands. "Well, I like you, I don't know if you feel the exact same way, but you don't need to feel pressured about that. I don't know what to call this, but I do know that I'm enjoying it."

She nodded shyly. "Good, now Shelby hit me with a question," he said trying to lighten the mood.

Shelby used her free hand to play with his hair. "Are you ever going to get rid of the Mohawk?"

He laughed; "If that makes you happy, then yes," he answered smiling.

Quinn was still determined to get her daughter back. At first she thought it would be more difficult without Puck's help, but in the end he was helping her more by being against her plan than by being by her side. Quinn never felt so thankful about Mr. Schue having one of his random singing moments; it was thanks to that she managed to see the sparkles between Puck and Shelby.

Unfortunately for her she didn't have any solid proof of a possible relationship between them, that's why she needed to be closer to Shelby, and the only way of doing that was joining The Troubletones.

Shelby at one moment did consider letting her join the group; she thought it would be a good way to help her with her personal issues, but when Noah told her about her intensions, she changed her mind.

It was almost the end of the school week and Noah and Shelby were putting Beth down to sleep when they heard a knock on the door. "I want to say 'I'll go and get that', but I don't know who the hell that might be and I don't want to cause any trouble," joked Noah.

Shelby rolled her eyes. "Finish here while I go and get the door," she whispered.

When Shelby saw Quinn through the peephole, she immediately went back to Beth's bedroom. "It's Quinn stay here Noah" she ordered, closing the door.

"Hi Shelby," said Quinn with a casual tone. "I was in the neighborhood and I wanted to give this to Beth," she explained leaving a box at the entrance.

Shelby checked Beth's door one more time, making sure that it was properly closed. "I just put her down to sleep."

"That's fine, I also came here because you didn't give me an answer about joining The Troubletones," said Quinn keeping the same tone in her voice.

"I don't think that's going to happen," replied Shelby trying to keep herself together, she still couldn't believe what Quinn was trying to do.

"Oh, Mr. Schue won't miss me," Quinn assured her, smiling.

Shelby sighed bitterly. "I reached out to you Quinn. I came back here so you could have a relationship with Beth."

An angry expression filled Quinn's face. "She's my baby," she whispered starting to get upset.

Noah listened to the whole argument from Beth's baby monitor. He just wanted to storm out and stop Quinn, he couldn't believe the things she was saying, they were so hurtful and filled him with anger.

"At least I did what was best for my baby you were just a cash whore!" snapped Quinn with her eyes fixed on Shelby.

Puck sighed, disappointed. "Shelby…" he whispered, concerned. Puck couldn't listen anymore he turned off the monitor.

A few minutes later the bedroom door was opened, but Shelby didn't enter. Noah found her sitting on the couch, arms crossed looking sad, like she was holding back some tears. He sat down on the coffee table in front of her. "Hey please look at me," he cooed, but she didn't.

"I know the subject about Rachel's adoption still bothers you, but what you did was help to start a family. If you hadn't done that I would never have ripped those Range Rover tires, and Beth wouldn't have you as her mother," he wiped away an escaping tear. "You have no idea how many people you have helped with your decision."

Shelby finally faced him and smiled. "You are so sweet," she mumbled.

He chuckled and fixed some hair behind her ears. "Please let's keep that a secret, I have a reputation to maintain," he teased.

Shelby scoffed and smacked him slightly on his shoulder. "You ruined the moment," she whined.

"Sorry," said Puck grabbing her hands. They were cold and he assumed that was because she was nervous. Noah gave her a comforting look and smiled. To his surprise she leaned forward and gave him a short kiss on the lips.

"Noah I still don't…" but he stopped her from speaking with a second kiss.

"I know, there's no rush okay? We'll take it one step at a time," he assured her before hugging her.

Puck thought the following day would be just another Friday at McKinley, but he was wrong. As soon as he entered the building he noticed how everybody was whispering about something. For a second he felt nervous. He kept walking and pulled the first guy he saw by his jacket to ask him what was going on, but what he heard was something completely different of what he was expecting.

"Shit!" he muttered before letting the guy go.

He and the rest of the members of New Directions watched how Santana and the rest of The Troubletones killed their mash up, but he could see the fear on his friend's face, and it made him feel extremely angry. He needed to find out who did something so horrible to her. When the performance was over Santana walked to the audience's seats and started to yell at Finn; she didn't even let him explain himself, after all there was nothing to say: he had outed her. A slap on the face it was nothing compared to what he did.

Noah clenched his hands into fists; he couldn't believe what he had witnessed. He grunted feeling frustrated as he watched how Santana left the room wiping some tears off her face. At that moment, all he wanted to do was punch Finn Hudson.

That's all for now I hope you had enjoyed it, next chapter happens during "I Kissed a Girl" as you all know, and there's a huge chance I'll be changing a lot of things we saw, because that's other episode I really disliked.

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