Disclaimer: No ownership claimd or implied, sadly, otherwise some people would never graduate from McKinley, they would end up older than the teachers :D
A/N: Thanks to Charlie for the review, hope this chapter contains more of what you like, sadly it will come to an end soon. Apologies for the length of this chapter. Stick with it, major news coming soon!
Puck rounded the corner of the hallway deep in conversation with Mike and Sam, in time to see Quinn crumple to the floor in a dead faint. He ran to her, falling to the floor at the side of her, "Quinn" he tapped her gently, "Quinn, you with me babe?" he asked, as she moaned, starting to come round. "Quinn, honey, you ok?" he asked again. "Sam, go fetch the nurse." he shouted. As Quinn regained consciousness he asked again, "you ok Q?"
"What happened?" Quinn murmured, putting her hand to her head.
"You fainted. Did you eat yet today?" Puck asked her.
"Yes, I had breakfast and lunch" Quinn turned green at the thought of eating right now though.
The nurse arrived with Sam. She took charge, telling the gathered crowd of students to step back and give Quinn some room. "I'll take it from here." She informed Puck, "you all need to get to class." she said looking round at the students.
"I'm not leaving her." he insisted.
"I know," replied the nurse, "I didn't expect you to." She smiled at Puck, aware of Quinn's situation and of Puck's involvement.
Puck carried Quinn to the nurse's room where he laid her on one of the beds provided. "Noah, I'll be fine, you need to get to class. You know Ms Taylor is just looking for a chance to give you a bad grade." Quinn urged. "The nurse will take care of me, I'll be fine." she repeated.
"You sure? I mean, you didn't faint all the time when you were having Beth, you keep fainting this time. Something's not right Quinn, I don't like it."
"Noah, Quinn's right, she'll be fine in here with me, I'll take good care of her and no two pregnancies are the same, that's a fact." The nurse smiled at Puck, trying to stem his concern. "And no two teenagers should have to realise that fact." she thought to herself.
Puck reluctantly left Quinn to go to class. "I'm coming back when class is over to see how you are." he promised, kissing her before he left.
In his maths class Puck was having trouble concentrating. Ms Taylor asked him three times for an answer, he didn't even hear her. He suddenly heard his name being shouted right beside him, he jumped. "Huh? Sorry Ms Taylor, I didn't hear you." he apologised, aware that the teacher really didn't like him and that she would have preferred to teach a lake full of alligators than Noah Puckerman.
With exaggerated patience Ms Taylor repeated the math problem to Puck and asked him to solve it. He did so immediately without any working out, he actually didn't have to work at any of his lessons, it just suited Puck for everyone to look at him as though he was stupid so that he didn't have to live up to anyone's expectations. Ms Taylor looked shocked as she did the working out to find his answer was correct. She gave him another, harder problem. Puck was so distracted, worrying about Quinn he forgot to play stupid and again gave the answer straight away without having to do any work for it. "How are you doing that Mr Puckerman, I mean," Ms Taylor scoffed, "you've hardly been the brightest of students in my class. Ever." she looked at him over the top of her glasses.
"I don't know, I just do. I don't need to work stuff out, I just see the answer in my head." he replied, again without thinking. He suddenly realised that everyone in the class was looking at him open mouthed.
"You mean I've spent the last three years trying to get you to learn how to do things you can just do?" asked the teacher, horrified. "Why have you never owned up to this before?" she asked, not understanding why anyone would keep such a talent a secret.
"You think I can't do stuff, you don't expect stuff from me, my life is easy. You think I can do stuff you start expecting more and more and then get disappointed if I fail. My way I don't fail" he explained with a shrug, suddenly wanting to have more expectations of him. Wanting to expect more from himself. For Quinn. For the baby. A light went on in his head, he didn't feel that the future was so lost anymore. He could just pull up all of his grades and if he was honest it would be really easy for him to do that with very little effort, and his, Quinn's and their baby's future would have a better chance.
"Ms Taylor, you think I can get out of here a little early to go check on Quinn? Please?" he looked up at her. As much as Ms Taylor couldn't stand his usual "I'm-a-stud-and-I-don't-give-a-shit" attitude, she couldn't resist those puppy dog eyes looking up at her.
"Go, get out of here. I don't ever want to see that loser attitude in here again though. You've shown your true colours. If you want to pass this class it's the new Noah Puckerman that better show up in here every lesson from now on. Ok?"
"Yeah, I understand. Thanks Ms Taylor." Puck agreed, grabbing his bag and his books before speedily leaving the room. Puck arrived at the nurse's room to find Quinn sitting up on the bed and feeling a lot better. "Think we need to make appointment for you? I know we're scheduled for the sonogram next week but maybe we should see if Dr Chin will see you today or tomorrow." Puck spoke to Quinn but looked at the nurse for support.
The nurse agreed. "It won't hurt to see your doctor. You could be iron deficient, that can make you faint in the early stages of pregnancy. How many weeks are you now?" she asked.
"Fifteen weeks now." replied Puck, his hand moulding the small bump. "We're getting to find out next week what we're having, girl or boy." he smiled at Quinn.
"I thought that was normally at twelve weeks?" asked the nurse, a frown on her face.
"Usually, yeah, but we had to go out of town to see Quinn's mom then Dr Chin has been on holiday and we didn't want anyone else to do it. He's been great with both pregnancies, not judging us because of our ages, so we'd rather just wait and see him." Puck explained to the nurse. The nurse nodded, understanding.
"Well, Quinn. I'd suggest you take it easy but I don't think you're going to have much choice about that anyway." the nurse nodded her head towards Puck. "If you feel faint at all, try to get yourself laid down before you fall and if you can raise your feet higher than your head, it helps with the blood flow. Your brain needs the oxygen when you feel faint, your feet don't so much. Ok?" The nurse advised. Quinn nodded. Puck took on board the advice.
"Ready to go home Q" he asked, helping her to her feet.
"I am. Aren't you working this afternoon?" Quinn asked. She really hoped that he was because there was a lot of work to do at home to be ready for Noah's 18th birthday tomorrow and it was all still a surprise.
"Yeah I'm working but I'll drop you off at home first, I don't want you waiting around for a lift from anyone. Ok?" he told her.
At home Quinn let herself in the house, Noah watching from the truck before he left for his shift at Burt's. She saw Esther's face and knew that the big surprise had been delivered. She could feel the excitement bubbling up. "Is it here?" she asked, breathlessly. Esther nodded.
"It's in the garage." she said. "Has he gone?" she asked Quinn.
"Yeah, he just dropped me off, he's gone to work. Can we go look?" Quinn asked.
"Mmmm, come on. Sarah's already seen it. Noah is going to be thrilled." Esther sounded just as excited.
In the garage was a brand new truck. The Ram was shiny black and beautiful. The optional extras were just amazing. Esther had used some of her injury compensation to buy it for him. Quinn had used her savings to have a major sound system installed as extra. Noah was going to be seriously thrilled. Burt knew about the present. He'd given a lot advice about the truck that would suit Noah best, using the time spent working with Noah to grill him about what would be his ideal. The best part was that Noah had no idea. At all.
Esther, Sarah and Quinn set to in the kitchen, baking a cake, making his favourite meal and having a lovely girly time. When Noah arrived home from work he found them there, still chatting, enjoying themselves. He greeted them first then went and had a shower before coming down for dinner. "Wow. It smells delicious in here." he said, rubbing his hands together. "I'm starved." he sat at the table that had already been set and waited for everyone to be seated. "Quinn, did you tell Ma about your fainting episode today?" he asked innocently, knowing that she wouldn't have.
"Quinn!" exclaimed Esther, "what happened. Are you ok?" she asked, concerned.
Quinn glared at Noah. "I'm fine. The school nurse thinks I probably need more iron. I'm seeing Dr Chin next week anyway so…" she was cut off by Noah stating again that she should try to see Dr Chin sooner than that. Esther agreed.
"Well, it won't be tomorrow, that's for sure." Quinn stated. "Tomorrow you're not working and we have reservations for dinner at Mishkin's, my mom's treat for your birthday." she revealed.
"Mishkin's? The kosher restaurant? Your mom arranged that?" Puck asked, his face showing his surprise. "Wow, that's really cool."
"Yeah, for the four of us. It's her present to you because she can't be here." Quinn confirmed.
After dinner Quinn and Puck went to their room. Puck actually sat down at the desk to do some homework. He completed it in a very short space of time, without it taking much of an effort. Quinn was amazed. It wasn't something she had witnessed often. Puck turned to see Quinn looking at him like he had two heads. "What?" he asked her.
"You're doing homework" Quinn said, shocked. "I didn't think that happened more than twice a year" she joked.
"Yeah, well, I've made a decision." he stated. "I'm not just going to coast at school anymore. I'm going to actually work. I was thinking that maybe I could be a teacher, you know, math or science. Maybe be an assistant football coach or something." He squinted at Quinn, not quite willing to look in her eyes.
Quinn stared at him, open mouthed. "Wow. Noah Puckerman, finally growing up." her voice was very quiet, she was impressed. She knew he hid his talents. She'd seen him helping Sarah with her homework, making it interesting for her to learn and making it easy for her to remember. Coming up with rhymes and songs for her to remember if it should be 'there, their or they're' she should use, things like that.
"With my mom being able to help pay for it now it's not just a pipe dream" he shrugged. "I don't want Beth or this new baby to look at me when they're 18 and think 'this screw up is my dad', you know? I want to do something. Something that will make a difference." he finished quietly. Today wasn't the first time he'd thought about it but today was the first time he'd voiced it.
Quinn launched herself at Noah. She threw her arms round his neck, crying. "I'm so proud of you" she said through her tears.
Once they finished their work they lay together, talking about possibilities for the future, talking about colleges. Quinn had already told her mom that she wanted to go to Ohio State. Quinn wanted to be able to work with kids too. She had always wanted to go into teaching too. She thought that maybe middle or high school, working with teens would be the ideal for her. They fell asleep still thinking about their plans. They knew that things would have to work round the baby and day care but still, making plans was a great way to spend time together.
"Happy birthday to you…." sang Quinn, Esther and Sarah, waking Noah first thing in the morning. He opened his eyes to find all three of them stood at the side of the bed. He smiled, a big cheesy grin, enjoying all the attention. "Come on, you need to get up. Come on" Sarah encouraged.
"Well, can you get out and give me a minute?" he requested. As usual Noah had slept naked and didn't think throwing the covers back with his mom and sister in the room would be such a cool idea. He hung on to Quinn's hand keeping her in the room as his mom and sister left. He pulled Quinn down on to the bed, giving her a long, passionate kiss. Sarah knocked on the door, getting impatient. "I suppose I'd better get up" he sighed. He knew he'd rather drag the clothes from Quinn's body and have a different birthday present than the one his mom and sister had thought of.
"Come on, hurry up." Quinn sounded as excited at Sarah. She got off the bed and threw him a pair of sweat pants. He pulled them on before going to the bathroom. Quinn opened the door to see Esther and Sarah still waiting there. "Put your shoes on" Quinn advised over her shoulder, walking out to stand with Sarah and Esther in the hall.
"Ok, ok. What's the rush?" Noah grumbled.
"We still have to get ready for school and you have to come and get your birthday present." explained Sarah in a barely patient voice. She was almost fizzing with excitement.
"I'm here, right. Wait, what's this?" he asked, confused. His mom tied a blindfold round his eyes. Quinn and Sarah each took one of his hands and led him carefully downstairs. They went straight out of the front door then his mom whispered in his ear, "Happy Birthday Noah." before removing the blindfold. In front of him Puck saw a brand new Ram. A black one, with a great big red bow over the top of it.
"This is for me?" he whispered, shock taking his voice. "Are you sure?" He bent over, his hands on his knees, staring at the truck. "Wow" he breathed. He stood up and hugged his mom. "Thank you Ma. I had no idea. This is why Burt's been asking all those questions about different trucks isn't it?" he realised. "Wow" he said again. He still hadn't even gone near the truck, but his eyes hadn't left it.
Sarah grabbed his hand, "Come on, sit in it, come on" she cried, getting really excited. Noah finally managed to move, looking back at his mom, she was stood on the drive, crying and smiling at the same time. He got into his new truck, looking at everything, feeling the steering wheel. He blew out a breath. "Wow" he said again. He kept shaking his head, not having the words to say how he was feeling.
"Come on munchkin, you getting in?" he smiled at Sarah. Quinn stood at the driver's side, the door still open. "Jeez," he exclaimed, "look at this sound system." Noah looked at Quinn, her face aglow, "you did this?" he asked, realisation setting in. She nodded, biting her lip.
"You like your birthday present then?" she asked teasing.
"It's….it's…wow…amazing" he breathed, "I never expected anything like this." he got out of the truck, hugged and kissed Quinn, hugged and kissed his mom and even his sister. "Thank you, thank you all of you." Noah said, looking at each of them.
They got ready for school quickly and had breakfast then Noah and Quinn drove Sarah to her school before going to McKinley.
The day passed quickly then when they got home Judy rang to wish Noah a happy birthday. He thanked her for the card and for arranging the meal for them.
The evening was lovely. They had a wonderful meal. Once they got home Noah and Quinn retired to their room. Quinn went into the bathroom to get changed, Noah lay on the bed waiting for her. He was listening to music, quietly, humming to himself when she came back into the room. Quinn climbed on the bed and leant over Noah, he opened his eyes, she smiled at him, lowering her mouth to his. His arms came round her drawing her on top of him, their kiss deepened. Noah's mouth left Quinn's to feast on her throat, making her moan. Quinn felt his body harden under hers. She pushed herself up on her hands at the side of his head, and spread her legs astride him. Noah's hands fell to her waist, helping her to rock against his erection. Quinn sat up on him and started unbuttoning his shirt. He breathed in to allow her to pull it free of his pants. She bent to place hot kisses on his chest. Noah lifted his hands to her head to bring her mouth back to his. He turned slightly to roll her onto her back, leaning over her. Noah's mouth travelled from her throat to find her nipples through the silk of her baby doll top. Quinn caught her breath, her nipples super sensitive, she lifted Noah away from them, not able to stand the sensation. He looked her in the eye as his hand trailed down, brushing over the solid mound of their baby to seek his destination, lower. Noah bent to kiss her as his hand found what he was looking for. Quinn drew in a breath, she pushed the shirt from Noah's shoulders, trapping his arms. He pulled it off the rest of the way himself, Quinn bent to take his nipple in her mouth, tugging the heavy ring gently with her teeth. Noah sucked in a breath. He knelt up and unfastened his pants. Quinn leant on one elbow, bending forward, kissing his stomach, moving lower. Noah pushed his pants further down, pushing his boxers out of her way, she took his erection in her hand, looking up at him, his hand found its way into her hair, encouraging her mouth towards his cock. Without breaking eye contact Quinn opened her lips to him, he thrust gently forward, feeling her tongue, teeth and lips enclosing him. Noah moved his hips gently, back and forth, in time with her hand and mouth. He groaned, pushing further forward, touching the back of her throat, Quinn put her head back, allowing him to thrust further. Noah pulled back, bending to kiss her, rolling her onto her back, he pushed the baby doll up, exposing her tiny g-string. He parted her thighs gently, still not a word spoken, the only sound in the room their breathing, Quinn's breath hitched in her throat as Noah drew her g-string down her legs, he threw it over his shoulder then bent his head towards her, his eyes never leaving hers as his tongue parted her, tasting her. Noah thrust his tongue deep inside then drew up to flick her clit, taking her piercing between his teeth, tugging gently, copying her actions. Noah felt a hand in his hair, Quinn's fingers tugging his head up, encouraging him to crawl over her to join their mouths. Their clothes melted away, drawn off each other's bodies without thought. "Now" she breathed into his open mouth. He looked down and with his hand guiding, entered her gently. Quinn raised her knees, her hands holding his head to hers, their kiss continuing as Noah moved inside her. He pushed up on his hands and got to his knees. He lifted Quinn's hips, pulling her to him at the same time as he thrust. They rose rapidly to their peak, Noah falling forward to bury his mouth in her neck as he grunted with his release, Quinn moaned as she felt her insides tighten then felt the release flow through her. Noah turned on his side, bringing her with him, still joined together. "Happy birthday, Noah, I love you" Quinn said, her voice soft. Their mouths joined once more. "This has been the best birthday, ever." he replied, hugging her. They drifted off to sleep, wrapped in each other's arms.
