Quinn's POV

We hang up the picture of our new family as Beth plays in her playpen on the floor, I take a step back and make sure it isn't crocked and Puck adjusts it accordingly as I tell him in what direction it would look better. He steps back and stands next to me and we look at it together, it is a blown up picture of the three of us that we got taken days ago at the mall, it now hangs over the fireplace and I pick Beth up and show her what we have just done "What do you think pretty girl?" she just giggles when I call her the nickname I gave her

"I think she loves it" Puck smiles at us and Beth reaches her arms out for Puck to take her into his arms

"You want to see daddy?" I hand her over and Puck carries her into the next room to start and fix her some lunch. We have gotten into the comfort of referring to Puck as Beth's dad, I mean it's true and it feels more natural since he is the only dad she has even known since Shelby never had a boyfriend or husband. I still have been cautious about calling myself her mom, I mean biologically I am and will be in the state of the law as soon as we get our court hearing but in the first year of her life she knew another woman as her mom, I just don't want to do anything too soon that might hurt Beth in the long run. I hear a knock at the door and I call behind me "Ill get it" I walk over to the door and open it up, a woman wearing very dressy cloths and holding a binder is standing on the other side and is smiling at me

"Hello are you Mr Fabray?"

"Yes, may I ask who you are?"

"I am Ms Groff and I am your social worker" she outstretches her hand and I shake it "May I come in?"

"Of course" I step aside and let her inside the house and Puck comes walking out of the kitchen with Beth in his arms

"Who was at the door Quinn?" he sees the woman standing in the hallway and gives me a confusing look

"Puck this is Ms Groff, our social worker in Beth's case" she walks over to him and outstretches her hand again for him to shake it, he shifts Beth to just one of his arms and he shakes her hand

"You must be Noah Puckerman, hi I'm Ms Groff" she makes her way into the kitchen and sits down in one of the chairs and opens up her binder. I sit down in one of the chairs across from her and after putting Beth in her highchair he sits down in the chair next to me. "So if I have this correct you are Beth's biological parents"

"Yes, we were 16 when she was born and so Shebly adopted her to give her the life we couldn't"

"Well this is a very unique case, I have never had one where the biological parents of an adopted child are left as her guardians in case of an event like this"

"We didn't know about this either, not until they were giving us Beth to look after"

"So I will be your case worker and what that means is I will be making unexpected home visits, three to be exact and in the end of my report it will basically go to the judge about if you are the right fit to be her adoptive parents" I feel a bit of anger, how could we be unfit to be her parents when we are the two people that brought her into this world?

"I thought that we would be adopting her quickly? We actually have a court date coming up soon about this"

"That is just to grant you as her guardians during the time that this whole process is going to take, it is in the best interest of the child for her to be surrounded to people that are familiar, it will help her adjust better and after my three visits that's when everything will be official and set in stone"

"How long should this all take?"

"Around a year, and trust me most adoption cases can take much longer" I sit there stunned, we are going to be staying in Lima for a year together, a whole year of us playing house. "Speaking of years where do you see yourselves in five years?" I answer first

"Hopefully graduated from Yale with honors, and still being a mom to Beth" she writes down something and then listens to Puck's answer

"I of course will be still taking care of Beth but also working on my business"

"Now Lucy you answered that you hope to have graduated from Yale, does that mean you two tend to move from Ohio?"

"That is the plan for now but we know that we are needed here until the process is done" I give her my best show smile and hope she can't see through the cracks, I love Beth and will do anything for her but I still feel the progress I made that got me into one of the best school's of the country falling apart and I slowly feel like I am slipping into the role of the Quinn that got herself knocked up and was in a relationship with Puck.

"That is good, and it says here that you are adopting her together, now while it isn't required it would probably make it easier if you two were married, so do you have any plans of getting married?" I choke down a laugh, Puck wasn't even boyfriend material the short nine months we were together, he definitely isn't husband material.

"We aren't together" I am glad Puck answered for me because I didn't think I could get through that sentence without laughing.

"Obviously you were involved at some point but just to clarify again you two are not in a relationship" we both answer at the same time

"No" she closes the binder and stands up

"Okay well Beth seems happy and healthy here so you guys are obviously doing a good job providing and caring for her, just avoid sleeping with each other and if you do then be prepared to take that next step because this child is relying on you and you can't mess that up by adding sex to this messy equation" she walks out of the kitchen and yells behind her that she will let herself out and will soon be in touch. I sit there and as soon as I hear the door close behind me I can't stop myself from bursting out laughing.

"What's so funny?"

"That she thought we were sleeping together, I mean we put our daughter up for adoption because we weren't together and weren't ready for such a serious commitment to each other"

"We obviously slept together before"

"Well are you ready to marry me Puck?"

"No"

"I didn't think so" I stand up and pick Beth up "Come help us finish putting up the pictures" he smiles and follows us, while Puck and I might not love each other the way we used to there is no denying our love for our daughter and because of her we are going to have to make this work. I can't stop thinking about the look in Puck's eyes when I asked him about being married to me, is this something he has thought about? I keep trying to tell myself that I will be able to resist falling back into the same pattern with him but I can't help but hear a part of myself that isn't quite ready to give that up just yet.