The next day, Quinn, Puck, Rachel, and Finn went on a tour around the island in the morning and spent the day snorkeling and swimming with dolphins. They took tons of pictures and spent the whole day worry free. When they returned to the hotel in the evening, Puck was ready to get the rest of the necessary things for Quinn's birthday, which was now, only hours away.
"Hey baby, I need to go out for a little bit tonight, but I'll be back in a little while" Puck said as Quinn sat on the bed.
"Oh, babe don't leave! Why do you have to go" she pouted and scooted over to where he was sitting.
"I have to get your birthday present but I'll be back as soon as I can, I promise." He put his arm around her.
"You don't have to get me anything Puck, I already have what I want right here" she cuddled up close to him.
"Well, then you are getting something else besides me baby" he kissed her forehead.
As he tried to get up, she straddled him. "Are you sure there's nothing I can do to make you stay?" she laid kisses down his neck and started undoing the buttons of his shirt, "even if I'm doing this" she continued kissing him.
"Tempting, but I have to go Quinn." He had to force himself not to focus on her.
She kept on kissing him, pushing him down onto the bed and kissing down his stomach. "Are you really going to reject me Puck" she looked up to his face with a seductive stare. She started to undo his buckle when there was a loud knock on the door.
'Thank you' Puck thought or he may not have been able to resist.
"Oh, Quinn, we should probably get that; what if it's important?" he asked, picking her up off him and kissing her before he redid all of his shirt buttons.
"Urgh" she moaned as she went to answer the door.
"Hey Quinn! What're you up to?" Finn asked.
"Nothing apparently" she looked back at Puck. "What about you?"
"You sound so enthusiastic to see me" Finn joked. "I mean, considering your godson wanted to come see you!" he pulled the carriage that was behind him to where Quinn could see.
She instantly perked up, "Where's my little prince!" she pulled him out and lifted him into the air.
"See Quinn, you won't miss me at all!" he kissed her on the cheek, "I'll be back soon ok!"
"Sure, but you have some competition Puck. I mean Ben may win my heart from you" she teased.
"We'll see about that!" he said as he left, "See you later Finn."
He left the room to meet Rachel smiling; knowing Quinn had no clue that this interaction was all planned.
Before he could even knock, Rachel opened the door and came to meet him.
"How'd Quinn take it?" Rachel asked, closing the door behind her.
"Honestly, I almost didn't make it out of there! Thankfully Finn came when he did." Puck said as he and Rachel walked to the taxi pick up.
"Awe, she didn't want you to leave?" Rachel asked.
"Yeah, but I almost didn't make it because she was trying to undress me to make me stay. She can be very persuasive; it almost worked."
"Ah, Noah. Maybe you have changed, walking away from a girl throwing herself at you." Rachel patted him on the shoulder laughing.
"I guess so, but it was so tempting" he closed his eyes shaking his head.
"Anyway, let's not get you into that mindset" she laughed, "So what do we need to get?"
"Okay, we'll need tons of candles, chocolate covered strawberries, dark curtains, a shovel, some more flowers, rope lights, a blindfold, red satin sheets, and a lighter."
"So are you killing her or proposing? Because right now that list frightens me." Rachel looked at Puck as if he had nine heads.
"Funny" he said as they arrived at a big Target, "I'll explain when we are inside." He let Rachel out on his side and paid the taxi driver to wait for them to return. They walked in and Rachel instantly got a cart. Puck looked at her wondering why she had one but, he obviously had never been shopping with her before; you always need a cart when shopping with Rachel Berry.
"Okay, so are you killing her or proposing?" she smiled as she looked at candles.
"Obviously, if I were going to kill her I wouldn't need your help" he playfully shoved her, "I need the blindfold so she can't see and the shovel is to dig the sand, and the lighter is for the candles."
"And the dark curtains?" she asked.
"So we don't get woken up by the sun the next morning and so it sets the mood" he wiggled his eyebrows.
"Whatever you say Noah" she shook her head, "What kind of candles do you want?"
"The one's that smell good?" he had no clue what types of candles there were.
"Do you want jarred candles, pillar candles, tea light candles?" she went on and on, making sure she picked up each type of candle as she named it.
"Oh, a lot of the tea ones and those tower ones" he said pointing.
"Pillar, not tower" she shook her head laughing.
"Whatever" he picked up two red candles, "and I'll get these ones too."
"Awe, Noah, you're a romantic!" she said, in approval of how adorable he was being.
"And how is that?" he placed all the candles in the cart and started walking.
"Because you chose heart candles and that's adorable." She was teasing.
"If you tell anyone I'm adorable or romantic, I will be killing someone tomorrow night!" he glared down at her.
"My lips are sealed Noah. But after Quinn sees this she may be the one telling everyone how adorably romantic you are." She said, sticking her tongue out at him, signifying she won that battle.
"Fine, now we need sheets and curtains." He turned down an aisle.
"For?" she asked "The hotel puts new sheets on every day."
"Yeah, itchy white ones that ruin the mood." He looked at Rachel and she nodded.
"How about these?" she held up red satin sheets and dark black satin curtains.
"Perfect! Throw them in the cart and let's go get everything else."
Puck and Rachel weren't in the store long, but they managed to fill up the entire cart. Rachel convinced him to get Quinn some actual birthday gifts for the party and a nice outfit for him that would match the dress she bought Quinn. They rode back to the hotel and she helped Puck bring all of the things to his suite.
"So how're you going to set this all up?" Rachel asked.
"Well, I figure tomorrow we will all just hang out around the pool relaxing until the party. Then you'll tell her the baby needs a nap or something like that and you want her to come get ready so you aren't alone. She'll go with you to get dressed and get ready for the party. During that time, Finn and I will go set up around the bar with the flowers and balloons and we'll order snacks and stuff. When we're finished there, I'll run to my suite to set it all up. I may need someone to go set all the candles though while we are at the party." He said, looking kind of nervous that he forgot that part.
"No problem. It'll be about Ben's bed time so I will bring him up to my dads' room and I'll light them and come back here." Rachel was always good at thinking on her feet.
"Great and then I'll tell her I bought her something else and I'll put the blindfold on and we'll be good!" Puck said as he high fived the hand that Rachel put up.
"So how're you actually going to propose?" Rachel asked being the nosy person she was.
"Well, that's a secret!" Rachel pouted, "Quinn can tell you because I'm sure you'll be the first one she wants to tell."
"Fine!" Rachel let it go. "But let me go now so we don't end up arriving at the same time, Quinn might get suspicious."
"About you and I, huh never!" Puck laughed.
"I didn't mean that way pig!" she smacked his arm and went off to her room.
"Thanks for the help Rachel!" he yelled to her.
"You're welcome! Good Luck!" she yelled back.
Puck made sure he had everything he needed before he closed the door and locked it. He headed back to Quinn's suite and all that was left was waiting for tomorrow night.
"Quinn, wake up" Puck planted kisses all over her.
"mmmm" Quinn mumbled pulling the covers over her head.
"Wake up!" he started tickling her, "Am I going to have to give Rachel your birthday presents?"
"I'm up, I'm up!" she sat up smiling.
Puck passed her a wrapped present, one that Rachel told him to get her. "Here's the first part!" he said.
"Puck, I told you, you didn't need to get me anything" she started ripping the paper off.
"It's nothing" he said waiting for her reaction.
"Awe, Puck it's adorable thank you! I can fill it with everything from the trip" it was a brand new photo album; Puck knew it was corny but he knew later would make up for it.
"You're welcome baby!" he said as she pulled him in for a deep kiss. "Now get your bathing suit on and get dressed. We're meeting Finn, Rachel, and Benjamin for breakfast and we're spending the day at the pool!" he playfully smacked her behind when she stood up.
"You've planned the whole day for us?" she asked smiling because she thought it was cute.
"Of course baby, it's a special day" he answered her.
"Babe, it's only my birthday, nothing too special" she said as she went through her drawers for clothes.
"Oh it's special" he whispered to himself, just low enough so Quinn couldn't hear. "Okay, nothing too special" he said as they both got dressed.
They had the pool to themselves. The girls loved lying around tanning again while the boys enjoyed jumping in the pool, playing volleyball, and snacking on junk. Benjamin enjoyed swimming in his float and splashed around a lot. Almost as if on cue, he started crying.
"I better get him for a nap; he has a long night ahead of him tonight." Rachel said, "Hey Quinn, come upstairs with me and help me get ready for dinner!" she turned to wink at Puck and Finn.
"Alright! Where are we going for dinner tonight?" Quinn asked. It was times like these, that Puck wished Quinn wasn't so inquisitive.
"Probably just somewhere around here" Puck said, kissing Quinn on her forehead, "But we'll make sure they sing and you get some birthday cake."
"You guys better not embarrass me!" she laughed as her, Rachel, and Benjamin went off to the room.
As soon as Quinn and Rachel were out of sight, Finn and Puck dried off and ran up to his room to get the party stuff. They came back down to the bar by the pool to set up. The plethora of pink balloons and yellow balloons were tied over chairs and the centerpieces were the pink and yellow roses. Puck ordered a bunch of appetizers and left Finn to set up the area, while he went to set his room up.
He stripped the bed of its sheets and replaced them with the new red satin ones. He took the nude colored curtain off the doorway to the patio and crumpled it with the discarded sheets, throwing them into the closet. He put up the black satin curtains and began to unravel the rope lights he bought. He draped them across the curtain rod and added some across the mirror. Puck set up all the pillar candles along the edges of the drawers and on the night tables. He went onto the patio and set up the tea-light candles; in the center he placed one heart candle. He put a vase of flowers on the other side table and surrounded them with tea-light candles. Along the banister, he roped the rest of the rope lights. He continued to set up in the bathroom. Along the outline of the bathtub, he set up more tea-light candles and the heart candle lay on a bed of fake rose petals.
He rushed to get dressed and ran down to the beach to set more stuff up, of course, Finn was there to help him. Finally, after they finished they rushed to the bar area and waited for the girls.
Rachel texted Finn and they all got set up around the party area. A few of their friends who stayed from the wedding were there along with Carole and Burt. When Quinn and Rachel got down to the pool, Quinn was covering her eyes as Rachel led the way.
"Okay, on the count of three, you can open your eyes Quinn." Quinn nodded her head, "1…2…3" she opened her eyes and everyone shouted "Surprise!"
"Guys! Thank you!" she turned and hugged Rachel and ran up to Puck to shower him in kisses. "Puck, thank you for doing all this for me. I love you" she kissed him again.
"I love you too Quinn. You deserve it, now go have fun!" He pulled her in for a hug and then she went off to go say hi to her guests.
The party was great! Everyone got Quinn little gifts for her and she was smiling the entire time. The food was amazing and Quinn was especially happy about the bacon cheese fries; Puck always knew the way to her heart was bacon. Quinn walked around in the corny 'Birthday Princess' crown that Puck got for her and she didn't object when they brought her out a cake and sang to her, loudly. The sun was beginning to go down so Puck signaled Rachel to go upstairs and set the candles. It was around six thirty, so it seemed like the perfect time.
"Oh, crap! Quinn, I have to go bring Ben to my dads' really quickly. He needs a bath and settle down so later tonight he will actually sleep. But I'll be right back okay!" she hugged her and took Benjamin from Finn's arms.
"Yeah sure, take your time Rachel! We'll be down here for awhile!" she walked up to Rachel and kissed Benjamin on the cheeks telling him she'll miss him and to be good for his grandpas.
About thirty minutes later, Rachel came back down and told Puck everything was ready. He started hinting to everybody that it was time to end the party, but subtly so Quinn wouldn't notice. As everyone was talking he walked up to Quinn.
"Hey baby, did you enjoy your party?" he wrapped his arms around her.
"Yes, I loved it!" she turned in his arm and kissed him.
"Well, I have one more surprise for you, okay?" he asked, placing his forehead against hers.
"Babe, you don't have to do anything else. You've done so much already" she was looking directly into his eyes.
"I promise you'll like this and it's the last surprise" he kissed her forehead, "Tell everyone you'll be right back!" he knew they wouldn't be back and so did pretty much everyone else, but he had to make this look good.
Quinn said goodbye and walked back up to Puck, "Ready!" she grabbed his hand in hers. He spun her around.
"I have to put this on" he said as he tied the blindfold over her eyes.
"Puck! What are you doing?" she giggled, grabbing at the blindfold.
"Quinn, trust me!" he pulled her arms down, kissed her, and led her inside.
"I trust you" she said following his lead.
"Good!" he said
He took a long way through and around the hotel so Quinn wouldn't be able to guess where she could possibly be. He led her to the elevator and went up to the floor below where their suites were. They got off and went into the stairway, leading her up the one flight of stairs to get to the correct floor.
Finally they were at his door. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and unlocked the door.
"Promise me you can't see." he said before opening the door.
"I promise" she responded.
He pushed open the door and shook away his final nerves…
author's note: sorry to leave you guys hanging =) but the next update will be up soon ! I promise! Thanks for reading and reviewing, I appreciate it !
I'm not sure how many chapters are left... but as long as you guys like the story, I'll keep writing..