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Wow are we really already on Journey? This is so weird...i thought this day would never come.
I think i have decided what i am going to do for the sequel. Im leaning towards doing it with them keeping Beth. I know its not what a lot of you all wanted but i already have some really great ideas stored and im excited. Im still a bit hesitant to do this because i dont want to lose any of my readers over this. I really hope that if this is not what you wanted you continue to read my story and don't not read the sequel because of it. I really love all you all for sticking with me this long and i hope i dont lose you.
So i know this chapter isnt too exciting but dont worry, the excitment is coming. Remember lots of review= a faster update!
Journey
Part 1
Quinn was in the middle of geometry class when she was suddenly hit with an intense pain in her lower abdomen. She began to scream in pain, but no one in the classroom paid her any mind; they continued on with class as if nothing was happening. Quinn felt something liquidy run down her legs and when she looked to see what it was she found her water had broken.
"Oh my gosh, I'm going into labor!" she shouted, but once again no one even acknowledged she was there. She yelped in pain and called their names to help her, but no one responded.
Next thing Quinn knew she was suddenly at the hospital, the pain in her stomach growing even more severe. "Where's Puck?" she screamed.
"Oh he's a football practice," the doctor answered. "He said he would try and be here when he got back."
"What?" Quinn yelled. "Doesn't he know I'm having the freaking baby?" She couldn't believe Puck was missing this.
"Oh you're not having a baby," the doctor laughed. Now Quinn was really confused. Of course she was having a baby, she had been pregnant for almost nine months after all. But when she looked down at her stomach she found it to be flat. She began to freak out.
"What happened to my baby?" she screamed. "Where is she?"
"What baby?" the doctor asked. "There was never a baby?"
Suddenly Quinn's parents were standing right in front of her; their fake smile's burning her eyes. "Mom? Dad? What are you doing here?"
"There's no baby, Quinny," her mother smiled. "You can come home now."
"No, of course there was a baby!" Quinn became hysterical now. "Where's my baby, I want my baby!" She began flailing her arms around and she felt a gentle touch on her shoulder, shaking her a bit.
"Quinn," the voice said. "Quinn, calm down."
Suddenly Quinn's eyes jolted open and she found Mercedes standing in front of her, concern evident on her face. Quinn remembered the dream and quickly sat up. "My baby," her hand immediately went down to her stomach and she was happy to find she was still very much pregnant.
"Quinn are you okay?" Mercedes asked.
"Nightmare," Quinn nodded. "Did I wake you?"
Mercedes shrugged. "It's no big deal."
"I'm sorry I guess I'm just used to having someone else in the bed with me," Quinn said.
Mercedes nodded, "I'm going back to bed. Let me know if you need anything."
"Thanks Mercedes," Quinn smiled. Mercedes returned the smile before walking out the door and back to her own room. Quinn began to rub small, soothing circles on her stomach. Beth (despite her trying Quinn oftentimes found herself calling the baby by the name Puck had picked out) obviously didn't approve of the dream either because she was kicking away.
"Don't worry baby," Quinn soothed. "I won't let anything happen to you; I promise." It was then that Quinn really realized the love she had for Beth and it was then that she realized how heartbreaking it would be to give her up.
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Quinn spent Saturday getting settled into Mercedes' house and catching up on sleep and homework. That night Mercedes, Kurt, and her had a chill movie night. Her first full day at her friend's house was surprisingly a lot like being at Puck's, and she knew she would be happy living there.
On Sunday afternoon the whole glee club congregated in Mr. Schuster's apartment to pick the songs they were going to sing for Regionals. That morning they found out that Coach Sylvester was going to be a judge, which only meant trouble for them. Everyone was convinced they were going to be annihilated by Vocal Adrenaline with Sue's help and there was nothing they could do.
The mood in the living room was very somber. Mr. Schuster walked in with the pizza and no one even moved to get a piece. Quinn felt like she was going to suffocate with all this negativity around her so she volunteered to go get the plates.
She walked into the small kitchen to find a stack of paper plates lying on the counter. She was distracted when she looked out the window and saw it was raining. It hadn't been raining on her drive over so it must have just started.
It was raining the day Beth was conceived, Quinn remembered. It was rainy and nasty day and Puck had come over to make it better.
Quinn was in her room, lying on her bed, trying not to cry. Her boyfriend, Finn, and her had just gotten into the biggest fight of their relationship and it didn't end too well. She was scared it was going to be the end. After she had eaten all the ice cream out of her fridge she went up to her room, trying to find something to distract her so she wouldn't cry. She was still looking around for something when she heard the doorbell ring. Knowing she was the only person in the house, she went to answer it.
"Puck?" she asked, surprised to find Finn's best friend standing in her doorway.
"Finn said you got into a fight," Puck said as he walked through the door without even being invited. "I brought something to cheer you up." He held up a bottle of wine coolers and smirked.
"You know I don't drink," Quinn said. "And anyways shouldn't you be over at Finn's cheering him up? He is your best friend after all."
"Finn's an idiot," Puck shrugged. "Come on you know you want to," he dangled the wine coolers in front of her face.
"No, I'm already fat enough," she pouted. "I don't need all the extra calories in those."
"You are anything but fat."
"Yea right," Quinn huffed.
Puck took a step closer so their faces were almost touching. "Your body is perfect; you are perfect." Quinn didn't know whether she had just been caught up in the moment or whether her teenage hormones were just getting the best of her, but she leaned in and kissed the broody boy. She suddenly felt a spark of electricity as their lips touched and she smiled.
"Maybe just one."
Before Quinn knew it she was on her third wine cooler; she never knew alcohol could taste and feel so good. Her and Puck began kissing again and somehow ended up in her bed. She knew what she was doing was wrong, but it just felt so right.
"I can't do this," she said as she abruptly stopped the kissing. She had to think of Finn; they weren't even technically broken up. She also had to think of her religion. She had made a vow a long time ago that she would wait for sex until her wedding night.
"Yes you can," Puck answered. "Have another wine cooler." He reached across for the table and grabbed one.
"I'm president of the celibacy club; I took a vow," she said more to herself than him.
"So did Santana and Brittany and I did them," Puck shrugged.
"What about Finn, he's your best friend?" She needed to know that Puck was being just as bad a person as she was.
"Come on we're in high school," he urged. "Do you think either one of us is going to give a damn about Finn in three years?" Quinn didn't answer. She didn't even know if her and Finn would last until the following day, sex or no sex, so how was she to know if they would still be together in three years? "Life's just a bunch of experiences," he continued. "You don't get a medal at the finish line for being good; you just get dead."
This seemed a good enough explanation for Quinn in her drunken state. "Okay but you can't tell anyone, I can't lose my rep."
"It's our secret baby," he said as the kissing continued.
"What about protection?" she asked stopping him once more.
"I've got it. Trust me." He suddenly became very serious, "This isn't just another hook up for me." They stared at each other for a second before picking up where they left off. He began kissing her neck and Quinn knew it was right.
"Tell me one more time," Quinn said trying again and again to reassure herself this was okay.
"You're not fat."
"Quinn," she heard Mr. Schuster say, suddenly breaking her from her trance. It was then Quinn noticed she must have dozed off in nostalgia. She realized she had probably taken longer to get the plates than she should have. "Are you alright?"
"It's been a long year," she answered honestly.
"Yea." She picked up the plates and began walking back to the living room to join her club mates.
"Hey, you need some help with those plates," he offered.
"I'm not due for a month, I think I can handle a stack of plates," she said lifting them into the air to show she was fine. She knew she probably sounded rude but she was a little tired of people always offering to help her with stuff like she was incompetent.
She headed towards the living room, put the plates on the table, and sat back down in her chair. The mood was just as she had left it and Quinn decided she would at least take this opportunity to sulk with everyone else.
"No one wants any pizza?" Mr. Schue wondered. The pizza was still lying untouched on the coffee table. No one answered. "Alright, well, uh, lets get started. Thank you for coming to the first annual Regionals set list nominations party."
"What's the point Mr. Schue?" Artie asked sadly. "Coach Sylvester's one of the judges; she's going to crush us."
"Artie, you don't know that," Mr. Schue answered.
"Yes we do, she told us at Cheerios practice," Santana said.
"Yea she said, 'I'm going to crush Glee club'," Brittany added. Quinn knew Coach Sylvester enough to know this was true. The only reason she had joined the club in the first place was because Ms. Sylvester wanted spies on the inside to help her bring down the club, well that and to keep a close eye on Finn.
Everyone started to reminisce about how terrible their life was before they joined Glee club and how if it ends no one will talk to each other anymore. Quinn couldn't help but agree with everything everyone was saying. She didn't have any classes with a couple people on the team and the only time she saw them was Glee. She knew without Glee she would never see or get a chance to talk to them and her whole life would be different. The kids in Glee had become a family to her when she was kicked out of her own and she couldn't stand to see this family fall apart too.
