Before Rachel and Puck knew it, it was once again Monday morning and they were being woken up by Rachel's alarm clock.
"I swear I'm gonna break that bloody thing soon," Puck groaned as he pulled his pillow up around his ears in an attempt to block out the wailing noise.
"Oh hush, you," Rachel replied and leant down to kiss his temple before crawling out of the bed to see to Beth who had just woken up. Rachel didn't know whether it was because of her alarm, Puck's voice or just naturally but it didn't matter as she was awake nevertheless.
Rachel picked up the girl and walked downstairs to the kitchen to prepare her and Beth's breakfasts. She peeled and chopped up a banana for Beth and poured a glass of milk for her too before fixing up her own breakfast of soya coffee and cold toast.
When breakfast was over, Rachel carted Beth back upstairs and prodded Puck until he woke up as he'd fallen back asleep as soon as Rachel had left the room.
"Babe, can you take her while I get ready?" Rachel asked once Puck had finally sat up in bed.
"Anything for you, beautiful," Puck replied and took the girl out of his fiancée's arms.
Rachel quickly got into the shower and Puck dressed before he picked out an outfit for Beth. He didn't want to dress her in it in case it didn't look right and Rachel had to redress her which would take up more time and cause Rachel to panic unnecessarily. So instead he laid them on the bed for when Rachel returned.
When Rachel did come back, she saw the outfit which was a pink shirt, white skirt and a small denim jacket lying on the bed and said it was adorable. She then gave Puck a sweet kiss on his cheek to show how proud of him she was before they headed downstairs (once Beth was dressed of course).
Hiram was staying home today to look after Beth while Rachel and Puck were at school and Leroy would take over the next day. As Leroy had already left for work at the hospital, Rachel kissed Hiram and Beth goodbye, as did Carly who had met her sister downstairs as normal, before they headed to Puck's car for him to drive them to school.
As per usual, once they were at school, the three of the headed to the choir room to meet up with their friends and catch up with them. When they entered the room, Carly ran straight up to Finn, Puck was hollered by Sam and Santana rushed up to Rachel.
"Have you done your Chemistry homework?" The Latina asked.
"Oh no!" Rachel cried and slapped herself lightly on her forehead. "I totally forgot with having Beth over!"
"Don't panic," Santana replied with a slight laugh, "I thought you'd forget so I did an extra copy for you!"
Rachel threw her arms around Santana and said, "oh my gosh, you are the best!"
"She is, isn't she?" Brittany added after coming to join her girlfriend and friend. She hugged Rachel in greeting before looping her arm through Santana's and kissing her slightly on the cheek.
Quinn and Joe were the last of the glee club to enter the choir room that morning with Quinn's usual pale face slightly flushed pink. Unfortunately, before Rachel, Santana or Brittany could question her, the bell rand and, after kissing Blaine goodbye or course, Kurt skipped over to Rachel and Santana and looped his arms through theirs and led them towards the door.
"I wonder who we'll have for English seeing as Mrs Schue isn't here," he pondered aloud.
"Your guess is as good as mine," Rachel replied while Santana simply shrugged.
"So she didn't name you as her English cover then?" Kurt asked and Rachel shook her head. "Only Glee?"
"Only glee," Rachel echoed as they reached the room.
The three of them sat in their usual seats at the back of the class and chatted about their weekends until their sub turned up. It was an unfamiliar, fat, balding man who simply read out what they had to do (write an essay on poems structures) and spent the entire lesson on his phone. Rachel, Santana and Kurt quickly did their work before the latter two started questioning Rachel about what she and Puck had decided to do for their glee rehearsals that week.
"We haven't gone for a theme like heroes or love," Rachel announced, "we've gone for something else."
Santana and Kurt said nothing in reply, simply waiting for Rachel to continue but when she didn't, Santana asked, "So what is it?"
"You'll find out when the others do," Rachel replied and laughed slightly at her friends' saddened facial expressions.
"Finn said Carly knew," Kurt grumbled.
"She does; I don't keep anything from my sister," Rachel said shrugging. "Besides, she overheard me and Noah talking about it over the weekend."
"So how was it looking after Beth?" Santana asked and the three spent the rest of the lesson talking about Beth, Rachel's babies and how good of a mother Rachel will be.
The lesson soon passed and Rachel and Santana bid Kurt goodbye to head to Spanish with another sub. However, it turned out to be the same sub so they found themselves carrying on their conversation without Kurt.
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The glee rehearsal soon came around and everyone was in their usual seats looking expectedly up at Rachel and Puck who were standing where Shelby and Will usually stood.
"So everyone has been bugging us all day to find out what we're doing," Puck began with a slight glare aimed at a few others (especially Santana, Mercedes and Sam who just rolled their eyes).
"Yes and finally we're going to tell you," Rachel said taking over from Puck. "It is the music of Katy Perry and Adam Lambert!"
All the girls looked pleased with the choice and Kurt even squealed in excitement.
"So now you know," Puck said to regain order, "if you want to sing this week let me or Rachel know and tell us what song and we'll see what we can do,"
"Performances are on Wednesday and Thursday," Rachel announced. "Today we're gonna work in groups to work on harmonies. Half in here and half in the auditorium."
Brittany quickly dashed forward bringing Quinn and Santana with her up to Rachel.
"We're going to the auditorium," the blonde announced and Quinn groaned. She had avoided her three best friends all day in fear of questioning why she and Joe were late this morning. She was saved when Sam, Mike, Puck and Joe himself entered the auditorium to start their practise.
It was after the rehearsal when the girls got their chance to question Quinn. Puck and Finn had to work together for a sport project meaning Puck couldn't go to Rachel's and had to go to Finn's instead. As Rachel was going to be along with Beth (Hiram and Leroy had a dinner date and Carly was going to Sugar's) Brittany invited herself, Santana, Quinn and Kurt to Rachel's house.
"It'll be super fun!" Brittany promised.
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Rachel and Kurt were the first to get to Rachel's and Santana and Brittany weren't that far behind. Quinn, however, was at least twenty minutes later.
"What time do you call this?" Santana demanded once the blonde had walked through Rachel's door, grabbed a drink from her kitchen and sat on the sofa by Rachel and Beth.
"I'm sorry," Quinn quickly replied, "but I had to take Joe home before I came here."
"Was he the reason you were almost late to school this morning?" Brittany asked.
Quinn blushed and mumbled, "Possibly."
"Were the two of you doing naughty things?" Brittany continued causing Kurt to cough into his drink making Rachel hit him on the back and Santana to smirk. You could always count on Brittany to not beat around the bush.
"Perhaps," was all Quinn said.
"Oh, Q!" Rachel groaned. "You have to give us more than that!"
"Fine!" Quinn cried. "Joe's parents were out last night so I stayed over and we lost track of time this morning. You guys happy now?"
The four others looked a little taken back with Quinn's outburst.
"But I thought Joe was a goodie goodie Christian hippy?" Kurt asked a little confused.
"He was but we talked about it and he's realised that as we're in love, God will allow us to enjoy each other," Quinn replied with a smile gracing her lips.
Rachel and Kurt looked at Quinn with pride in their eyes but Santana and Brittany just giggled slightly before the blonde asked, "So is he any good?" Quinn threw a pillow at her and everyone (but Rachel and Beth who just simply watched and laughed) had a pillow fight.
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A couple of hours passed and Puck returned. The others decided to take their leave but not before Santana and Quinn requested their Katy Perry songs.
"Quinn doesn't look sad when she looks at Beth these days," Puck commented as he and Rachel prepare their (and Beth's) evening meal.
"I think it's for two reason," Rachel replied. "She accepts that Beth is my mom's daughter and Quinn is at a really good place now."
"What do you mean?" Puck asked as he put the potato wedges into the oven.
"She has perfect grades, is back as head cheerleader, has great friends and boyfriend and she confided in us earlier that she's got an early acceptance from Yale," Rachel said with her eyes gleaming in happiness.
"Wow. Go Quinn," Puck muttered.
Later that night when Carly, Hiram and Leroy had all returned, the Berry family, Puck and Beth watched Pitch Perfect before Puck put Beth to bed.
Rachel started to stand up and head to bed herself when Carly called her back.
"Rach, can I ask you something?"
"Sure you can," Rachel replied sitting next to her sister. "What's up?"
"I want to perform this week in glee but I don't know what to sing," she confessed. "I know Katy Perry has loads of songs but I don't want Finn to get the wrong idea." This was due to the fact that so a fair few Katy Perry songs were about breakups or thinking of someone else when they were with someone and Carly didn't want Finn to get that idea. She loved him and didn't want anyone else and Rachel got where her sister was coming from.
"I understand. Why not sing 'Waking Up in Vegas?" Rachel suggested. "I'm sure you'll kill it but I need to go to sleep. See you in the morning." Rachel then stood up again and headed to bed before Carly could reply.
Carly went up to bed a few moments later but didn't go straight to sleep. Instead she turned on her laptop and got the words for 'Waking Up in Vega's and read through the lyrics. When she did eventually go to sleep, she dreamt of how her performance would go and if she could get Finn to play drums for her.
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The next day brought much the same as the one previous but Puck woke up with Beth instead of Rachel. The lessons went smoothly with only subs in English and Spanish with Shelby and Will being away. The glee rehearsal was similar too. The only thing that was different was Tina, Sam and Artie requesting their choice of songs for the week's assignment.
Wednesday was slightly different as it brought the first performances of the week. Quinn, Carly and Tina all performed their songs.
Quinn was up first dressed in a light beige dress and had only Joe accompany her on guitar and backing vocals as she sang 'Wide Awake'. Carly was up after her in a red dress that hugged her curves and sang 'Waking Up in Vegas' with the band behind her and Finn sat behind the drums. Tina sang 'Hot 'n' Cold' with the same arrangement as Carly but she danced along to the music with Mike. All three performances where met with applause and cheers.
It was Thursday when everything was different. Rachel woke up with back ache and requested Puck to join her in the shower to rub her back to ease her pain. This meant that Rachel had to ask one of her dads to look after Beth for the morning. The pain seemed to vanish as Puck worked his magic and once everything was done, they met Carly downstairs and headed to school.
Then at odd moments during the day Rachel's back would twinge and they seemed to worsen each time.
"Are you quite alright?" Quinn asked Rachel at lunch as Rachel gasped aloud with pain.
"Yeah, fine," Rachel replied quickly, "I just slept badly," She added before going back to her lunch. Quinn wasn't quite reassured and kept an eye on Rachel for the rest of the day.
Glee soon came around as did the rest of the performances. Santana was up first finishing off the Katy Perry songs with her rendition of 'Part of Me'. She wore a short tight dress that left little to the imagination and everyone knew it wouldn't be allowed if the Schuesters were present. Brittany didn't seem to mind Santana's outfit though. She sang with the band behind her with Puck on guitar. Next up was Sam with the first Adam Lambert song. Sam was dressed in tight jeans and a black leather jacket with his electric guitar around his chest. He had most of the other boys in his performance with Finn on drums, Puck and Joe on guitar, Blaine on the piano and Artie and Mike as backup singers. He sang 'For Your Entertainment'. All that was different for Artie's performance of 'Trespassing' was he and Sam swapped places.
After Artie's performance, the boys took their seats with only Puck remaining. He swapped his electric guitar for his acoustic and looked straight at Rachel.
"Rach, I must confess that I actually only picked Adam Lambert so I could sing this song to you," He admitted. "Because it's 100% true; you do know me better than I know myself."
He then strummed his first chord and started singing.
"Cold as ice
And more bitter than a December
Winter night
That's how I treated you
And I know that I
I sometimes tend to lose my temper
And I cross the line
Yeah that's the truth
I know it gets hard sometimes
But I could never
Leave your side
No matter what I say
Cause if I wanted to go I would have gone by now,
But I really need you near me to
Keep my mind off the edge
If I wanted to leave I would have left by now,
But you're the only one that knows me
Better than I know myself
All along
I tried to pretend it didn't matter
If I was alone
But deep down I know
If you were gone
For even a day I wouldn't know which way to turn
Cause I'm lost without you.
I know it gets hard sometimes
But I could never
Leave your side
No matter what I say
Cause if I wanted to go I would have gone by now,
But I really need you near me to
Keep my mind off the edge
If I wanted to leave I would have left by now,
But you're the only one that knows me
Better than I know myself
I get kind of dark
Let it go too far
I can be obnoxious at times
But try and see my heart
Cause I need you need now
So don't let me down
You're the only thing in this world I would die without
Cause if I wanted to go I would have gone by now,
But I really need you near me to
Keep my mind off the edge
If I wanted to leave I would have left by now
But you're the only one that knows me
Better than I know myself
Cause if I wanted to go I would have gone by now,
But I really need you near me to
Keep my mind off the edge
If I wanted to leave I would have left by now,
But you're the only one that knows me
Better than I know myself"
Usually Rachel would stare lovingly at her fiancé as he sang to her but her back pain was sever now and she could no longer deny what was happening.
When Puck finished his song, he looked at Rachel expectantly. "So what did you think?" He asked.
"It was lovely," Rachel replied before gasping, "But I'm afraid my water has just broken."
