Quinn twiddled her fingers nervously as she sat in Puck's car, trying to focus on her Spanish homework so she could get it done before they got to Shelby's. Most of it didn't even require much focus. Just conjugating irregular verbs. All review. Still, it was hard to conjure up the small amount of focus it did require because she was so anxious. After all, she was about to hold her daughter for the first time since she said goodbye at the hospital. She got butterflies in her stomach just thinking about it. Puck looked at her and they both smiled. Something about seeing him smile made her calm down. Sorta. She was still nervous as heck. Beth may be her daughter, but Quinn really didn't know that much about babies. Oh well. Maybe she would have some kind of motherly instinct?

After what seemed like an eternity, they pulled into Shelby's driveway. Puck came around and opened the door for her. Quinn stepped out nervously as Puck grabbed his guitar from the trunk. He grabbed her hand, gave it a reassuring squeeze, and together they walked up to the door. Quinn rang the doorbell. As she did so, she noticed her hand was trembling. It didn't take long for Shelby to answer. She quickly ushered them in and took their coats. She made small talk for a few minutes and showed them where the emergency numbers were, but Quinn wasn't paying attention. She was mesmerized by the sea of pictures that covered the fridge. She had seen most of them before in the monthly updates, but it was still cool to look at the pictures, knowing she'd be seeing the real thing in just a few minutes.

Quinn finally spoke up. "So where is she?" she asked anxiously. Shelby gave her a knowing smile and led them both into the living room, which was flooded with toys. Shelby told them to ignore the mess as she pushed toys out of the way. It was then that Quinn noticed the baby in the middle of the chaos. She was sitting in one of those baby walkers, playing with the toys on it and talking to herself. She looked extremely concentrated on the toy in front of her until Shelby lifted her out of the walker. She whined in protest with the most adorable pout Quinn had ever seen. Shelby tried shushing her, but as soon as Beth's eyes found Puck her face lit up, and she squealed with joy. She knew him. This made Quinn feel both jealous and guilty. Shelby must have read her expression because she immediately handed Quinn the baby. Quinn took Beth eagerly in her arms, and took in her sweet baby scent. It absolutely melted her heart. She was enamored with the baby that she almost didn't notice Shelby quietly slip out the door.

"So what now?" Quinn asked. Just as she asked, Beth started to fuss again. Quinn figured it was because she noticed her mom was gone, but Puck seemed to know better. He smiled, took Beth from her and headed back toward the kitchen. "Dinnertime!" he announced.

When they got to the kitchen, Puck handed Beth back to Quinn and motioned for her to put her in the highchair. While they waited for Puck to prepare the baby food, Quinn tried entertaining Beth by making ridiculous faces and sounds. Beth wasn't too impressed. Luckily Puck had her dinner ready soon enough. "So what's on the menu tonight, Mr. Gourmet Chef?" Quinn joked. Puck rolled his eyes, but Quinn could see he was trying to hide a smile. "Squash," he replied. He took a seat next to Quinn in front of the highchair and held the spoon out towards the baby's mouth. Beth, however, was not impressed. She turned her head as far away from the spoon as she could. Not ready to admit defeat, Puck tried the classic "Here comes the choo choo train", but it only made Beth (and Quinn) laugh hysterically. "Let me try," Quinn offered. If she knew one thing about babies, she knew they learned by example. She held the spoon up to her own mouth and pretended to nibble on it, then offered it to Beth again. This time, Beth eagerly took the spoonful, followed by the entire bowl of squash. Puck sighed in defeat. Quinn just smiled.

After Beth ate, it became very obvious she needed a diaper change. "I got it," Puck assured Quinn. Quinn was relieved. She wasn't quite ready to deal with that part yet. She became even more relieved when she heard Puck groan in disgust.

A few minutes later, Puck emerged from the nursery and announced it was bath time. He led Quinn into the bathroom and told her to fill the bathtub while he picked out Beth's pajamas. He then left Quinn alone and headed back to the nursery. Once Puck was gone, Quinn actually had time to herself to think. She couldn't get over how "Daddy-ish" Puck was Puck was being towards Beth. It was so unlike him. Did he really care about Beth that much? Quinn remembered the look on his face when he saw Beth for the first time and the pain in his eyes when she said she didn't want to keep the baby, and decided that yes, he did care about her. Quinn turned the water off and pondered this some more. Did she make the right decision by choosing adoption? Would she and Puck actually have been good parents to Beth? Puck and Beth appeared then, and Quinn pushed the thought out of her mind once again.

The rest of the evening was pretty uneventful. After the bath, Puck and Quinn laid Beth on the floor and let her play with her toys. She got bored with that after about ten minutes, so Puck pulled out his guitar and began to play.

She's got a smile that it seems to me

Reminds me of childhood memories

Where everything

Was as fresh as the bright blue sky

Quinn was almost brought to tears by the meaning in his words. She could really see the emotion on his face as he sang. Quinn started singing along.

Now and then when I see her face

It takes me away to that special place

And if I'd stare too long

I'd probably break down and cry

Sweet child of mine

Sweet love of mine

Quinn had been so wrapped up in the song that she hadn't noticed Beth had fallen asleep. Puck noticed at the same time and reached to pick her up. "No, let me!" Quinn insisted. When Puck didn't protest, Quinn gently lifted the sleeping baby off of the floor and carried her to the nursery. Quinn was surprised when Beth didn't even stir. Quinn sat down in the rocking chair near the crib and gently rocked her sleeping daughter. For some reason, Quinn was reminded of her mother singing and rocking her to sleep when she was young. It was a rare occurrence, but it did happen occasionally. The song her mother usually sang was from one of Quinn's favorite childhood movies. She starting humming it, and before long, she found herself singing it to her daughter

Baby mine, don't you cry

Baby mine, dry your eyes

Rest your head close to my heart

Never to part, baby of mine

Quinn hummed the rest of the song until she heard the front door open and close. She placed Beth into her crib, placed a quick kiss on her cheek, and returned to the living room.

"We're supposed to get about six inches by morning," Shelby was saying. "You two won't be going anywhere tonight. Puck, you can have the guest room if you want, and Quinn, you can have the extra bed in the nursery." Puck simply nodded. Quinn just stood there in shock. A whole night at Shelby's sleeping in the same room as her daughter? All because of snow? Quinn couldn'r believe her luck.

A/N So Quinn and Puck are snowed in at Shelby's! What do you think will happen? I'll tell you this, it will be very interesting. So R&R and I'll try to get chapter 4 up buy tomorrow night! =)