Puck's POV

Three months later...

"Apple, can you say apple?" I walk into the kitchen and find Quinn cutting up apples for Beth on her highchair, I smile at the sight of them, my two girls. Quinn has been trying to get her to talk more, trying to get her to say anything around her. Her doctor was worried that the trauma of loosing the other mother she has known since birth might delay her development, she seems to be doing fine developmentally and is even saying a few words and has been walking.

"Apple!" she sounds it out and says it pretty clear

"Yay! Yay Beth" Quinn starts clapping and praising her, I smile and go over and kiss Beth on the top of her head, I kiss Quinn on the cheek and she smiles up at me. Since our kiss a few months ago we have been more affectionate with each other, its not like we are dating but our old feelings have resurfaced, we are just taking things one day at a time. I laugh and sit down in the chair next to Quinn.

"Is apples all she ate for dinner?"

"She ate some macaroni, the rest is in the fridge"

"I'll tell Finn and Rachel to give her the rest if she gets hungry later"

"Okay, are they almost here?"

"Yeah, I just got off the phone with Finn. You ready?"

"Yes" She stands up and I can see the entirety of how amazing she looks. She is wearing a short length dress, one that cuts off slightly above the knee and her hair is in her natural curls. She notices my loss for words because she starts looking down at her dress "What? Do I have apple or something on my dress?" she starts wiping away the imaginary crumbs.

"No, there isn't anything on your dress"

"Then why are you staring at me like that?"

"You just look really beautiful" she smiles

"Thank you" She picks up Beth and takes her out of her highchair, she sets her down on the floor and Beth stands up and starts to walk. She is still a little wobbly and takes Quinn's hand to steady herself. They walk out to the living room and Beth starts to play with her toys and Quinn sits on the couch watching her. There is a knock at the door and Quinn gets up and answers it, Finn and Rachel come inside and we all greet each other. "Beth already ate some dinner, there is some more macaroni in the fridge if she gets hungry later and there are also some snacks she likes"

"Okay" Rachel answers and is smiling, she is sitting on the floor now and is playing with Beth.

"She should fall asleep before we get home, but if not that's okay, sometimes she needs one of us there" Finn is laughing now.

"We both have babysat before, don't worry she will be fine"

"Yes, you two go and have fun, you deserve a night out" I notice how Rachel winks at Quinn as we all stand up and gather by the door. I kiss Beth on the head and Quinn is blowing her kisses as she is walking out the door.

"I love you Beth" Quinn blows her one more kiss

"I love you" I say to Beth as I follow Quinn.

"Can you say bye to mommy and daddy" Rachel is whispering to Beth and starts waving to us goodbye, Beth soon joins in and Quinn looks very hesitant to leave. We walk out to the car and get in, I am driving us to the restaurant and I can't help but think of the last time Beth was left with a babysitter her mother didn't come home. I don't say this out loud but I try and drive safer than usual. We get to the restaurant and I park, we get out of the car and go in and are seated. We are seated in the back at a small and intimate table, it is a little noisy and Quinn has to lean in close to me so I can hear her, I feel like this is the whole point of the table.

"So what's the occasion? You told me to get dressed up because we were going to celebrate?"

"We are"

"What are we celebrating?"

"We are celebrating the fact that we can do this, that we have been doing this for months now. We are parent's now and we aren't sucking at it" she gives me a small laugh.

"We have been parents since you got me pregnant, but your right, we have been doing pretty good. Why tonight though?"

"Finn and Rachel were in town, I knew we couldn't celebrate just the two of us if we couldn't get a babysitter"

"I love her so much but I do admit it is nice to have a moment just the two of us, and one that doesn't revolve around diaper changes, or goldfish crackers, or the wiggles"

"Exactly! I mean what the hell is wrong with that show anyway? It isn't even that good but I'm sure those bastards are making bank with how hypnotizing it is to kids"

"See, we are 19 years old and already we are sucked into watching dumb shows with our children, we are real parents now, there is no going back anymore"

"Yeah, but it really isn't such a bad thing" she smiles at me and takes my hand into hers

"It most definitely isn't" We spend our evening having an actual adult conversation and it's nice, being around her is making all the memories of why I liked her back in high school come back to me. It wasn't that she was just the top bitch and I needed to make her mine, it was more than that. It was because she was funny, and smart, and if you got to know her you would know how deeply she cares for the people she loves. She still is all those qualities and more now, our daughter has brought that out in her. She is making me remember exactly why I loved her, and why it has been so hard to ever stop. We get in the car after our meal and I'm driving home when she smiles over at me.

"What?"

"That was our first real date"

"Really? I could have sworn I took you on a date before"

"Nope, we never went on an actual date before"

"Wow, I'm sorry. That's such a dick move, I mean I got you pregnant and I didn't even have the decency to do anything nice for you"

"Don't be so hard on yourself, you gave me the best thing anyone has ever given me, Beth" I pull into the driveway and I can see that the lights in the house are off, Beth must be asleep. I get out and open the car door for Quinn and wrap my arm around her waist as we walk up to the porch, we stand there and just look at each other, it feels like a real date now. I stand there and suddenly feel a little nervous. "This would be the part of the date when you kissed me goodnight" I smile and take my hand and rub my thumb across her cheek, I lean down and kiss her. She kisses my back eagerly and even after we both pull away I lean down and get a few more kisses in.

"And this would be when I would drop you off and let you go inside to your parents, trying to figure out a way to get through your window later on after your mom and dad went to bed"

"Lucky for you that you get to come in with me, besides were the only parents around here" she winks at me and then opens, I follow her inside and Finn and Rachel are snuggled up on the couch watching TV. They look up and see were back and they smile up at us.

"You were out late, how was your night?"

"It was good" Quinn smiles over at me and we share a look, about how we only know what just happened, how good the night really was.

"Where's Beth? Did she already fall asleep?" I look around to see if she fell asleep on the couch or the floor, it wouldn't be the first time she fell asleep while watching a movie.

"Yeah, I think she tried to stay up until you were here but she fell asleep after we put Nemo in for her"

"Is she in her crib?"

"Yeah, luckily she didn't wake up when we carried her to her room"

"Was she good?"

"Yeah, she was really good" I know Quinn is worried that she would cry or be anxious without us here, doctors said it could be a side effect of the traumatic change that happened, that she might had developed an attachment disorder, it is reassuring to see that nothing like that happened.

"Thank you guys so much for doing this"

"It was no problem, you two deserved the break" Rachel smiles at us and then hugs Quinn and I goodbye, Finn hugs Quinn and then me and they leave. Quinn goes into Beth's room and comes back out

"She is still sleeping"

"Do you think she is down for the night?"

"I hope so" she comes up to me and wraps her arms around my neck, she kisses me passionately and I lift her up and she wraps her legs around my waist. I carry her into the bedroom and lay her down on the bed, she smiles up at me starts to unzip her dress, I take off my shirt and I start to kiss her again. I remember the last time we were in this position, but I know that this time will be different, it has to be. I'm going to do it right this time, I won't screw it up.

Quinn snuggles up to me and wraps the sheet tighter around her body "Do you think she planned this?"

"Who?"

"Shelby, do you think she planned this to happen?"

"Us sleeping together?"

"Not that, I mean getting back together, raising our daughter together"

"Maybe, I mean I guess it must have crossed her mind when she planned us to be Beth's guardians"

"I still can't believe she didn't tell us, even contacting us about this would have been a nice heads up"

"It wouldn't have changed anything though, we still would have taken her, she is our daughter"

"I know, and she helped bring us back together" she reaches up and kisses me one more time and I wrap my arms around her tightly, she falls asleep and I kiss her head, she's right, Beth helped bring us back together and now I'm not letting either of them go, I love both of them, they are my family. They have always been my family.