"So what are you going to do after college?" Noah asked an hour later. They had finished his algebra and were currently Facebook creeping on some of their former classmates on his computer. She had blown off her own homework, figuring she could do it Sunday night so she was sure she had everything done before class Monday morning.

"I don't know. Med school? I'm not real sure. I was actually thinking about changing my major." She shrugged as if it wasn't that big of a deal. Noah stopped scrolling through the Facebook updates and stopped to stare at her. She turned to see why he had suddenly stopped and furrowed her brow, "What?"

"You are going to change your major?" he asked doubtfully and shook his head when she nodded, "Nat, you have been saying since we were in 7th grade that you were going to become a pediatrician." Anyone who knew Natalie knew she had a knack for anything that involved the human body, which was one of the main reasons she went into medicine in the first place.

"I know and I would still technically be in the medical field, I just wouldn't have to go take all those extra years of college. I think I'm going to change it to nursing. I mean if you think about it, they are a lot more hands on and you spend more time with the nurse than you do with the doctor anyway." She explained and Noah nodded his head thoughtfully.

"You actually have a point. And I could totally see you wearing one of those short white nurses dresses, with the heels and hat with the red cross." He teased her and she hit him in the shoulder lightly.

"You need to stop watching role play porn." She rolled her eyes as he shrugged and grinned at her.

"Daddy?" a tiny, groggy voice broke through the seemingly quiet room and both college students turned to find Beth sitting up in bed rubbing her eyes tiredly.

"I'm sorry, baby girl. Did we wake you up?" Noah asked concerned as he stood up and came to stand next to her.

"No, but I'm hungry." Beth pouted a little, making Natalie laugh out loud. Beth's head snapped in the direction of Natalie and her whole face lit up. "Natalie!" Beth screeched and nearly fell out of bed as she scrambled to get to the ground.

Noah gasped and caught his daughter before setting her on the ground and watching her rush to Natalie who was crouched down and waiting with her arms wide open. Beth giggled loudly as her feet were lifted off the ground and Natalie settled her on her hip. She kissed the blonde's forehead and looked back at Noah who was breathing deeply.

"I think you scared daddy," Natalie whispered to Beth who also turned to look at her dad who had his hand over his heart trying to calm down for the second time that night. "Maybe you should apologize." Natalie moved closer to Noah and Beth reached out to him.

"Daddy?" the sound of her voice made him look up and all of the fear that he just had melted away as he looked into the tear-filled hazel eyes that matched his own. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you." Her bottom lip quivered and Noah sighed as he reached out to take her into his arms.

"It's okay, baby girl. Daddy was just scared that you were going to get hurt," he clung to her as she buried her head into his chest and Natalie smiled softly. He was a great dad. "How about we walk down to McDonalds?" Noah suggested suddenly and Natalie remembered Beth saying something about being hungry.

"Can Natalie come with us?" Beth asked as she looked up at her daddy and Noah looked at her, and then over her head to Natalie who looked like a deer caught in headlights.

"Only if she wants to." Noah said and Beth twisted herself around in his arms to look at Natalie with the puppy dog eyes that could crack the worst criminals into telling the truth.

Noah laughed when Natalie flinched and sighed; "I don't have a choice do I?" she asked and nodded when Noah shook his head and grinned at her, "Alright, why not? It's not like I can go back to my room. I'll probably end up crashing in Kurt's bed to night anyway."

"Sleepover!" Beth said excitedly and Noah rolled his eyes as he set her down and told her to put her shoes on.

"You need a sweatshirt?" Noah eyed Natalie who was in sweats and a cut-off muscle shirt. It may have been September, but it was almost 10 o'clock at night, not to mention they were in Ohio.

"Please?" Natalie asked and Noah nodded as he reached into his closet and pulled out an old red, football hoodie with 'Puckerman' printed in white across the back. She raised her eyebrows at him, but put it on anyway.

Noah shrugged, "It's the only thing I have clean," he grabbed his letterman's jacket and through it over his own shoulders as he gave Natalie a once over with his sweatshirt hanging loosely on her body, "Looks better on you anyway."

Natalie rolled her eyes and turned away from him to hide the faint blush that painted her cheeks as she pulled her wallet from her book bag.

"Daddy, I'm hungry." Beth said from her spot by the door by the door. She had both her hands on her hips and was tapping her foot against the tiled floor as she glared at him expectantly.

Natalie laughed as Noah glared at her and turned back to Beth, "No more hanging out with Aunt Rachel or Uncle Kurt alone." He stated and took her hand as they finally made their way out the door and down the stairs.

"Grandma Shelby says Aunt Rachel is a good influence on me." Beth countered and Noah grumbled.

"Of course she did."

Natalie laughed and followed the two out in to the cool, Ohio night. They were crossing the street outside of the dorms when Beth took Natalie's hand in her free one and walked happily swinging both of her arms through the air with Natalie and Noah's hands going with hers.

"Hey, Natalie!" a voice called out from behind the small group and Natalie glanced over her shoulder and smiled when she saw a tall blonde making his way towards her.

"Hey Sam, what's up?" Natalie grinned as she stopped, forcing Beth and Noah to stop as well.

"Not much. We still on for tomorrow night?" Sam asked and glanced down at Beth who was glaring at him slightly. He then looked up and gave a nod to Noah, who completely ignored him and bent down to pick Beth up.

"Uh," Natalie hesitated a little as she watched Noah pick Beth up and continue walking towards the McDonald's. She snapped her head back to Sam when she heard him clear his throat, "Actually, something came up. Can I take a rain check?" she asked hopefully and bit her bottom lip when Sam sighed.

"Nat, this is the third time something has 'come up'." Sam used air quotations and nodded towards Noah and Beth, "Does this have something to do with that Puckerman guy? I didn't realize you had a thing for deadbeats who can't keep it in their pants."

Sam's head whipped to the side when a strong force landed on his left cheek and left a stinging in its wake. His eyebrows shot up in surprise and he stared down at the now seething Natalie, "First-don't call me Nat. Second-he's not a deadbeat, he is a good dad." She kept her voice low for fear that Noah would hear her, "I take it back. I don't want a rain check. See ya around, Sam."

She turned away from the tall blonde who was still holding his cheek that was turning a bright red and stared at her in confusion as she made her way to Noah and Beth. Noah had stopped in his tracks and turned when he heard the sharp sound of a slap echo through the still air. His mouth was still hanging open and Beth was giggling as Natalie took her from his arms.

"Come on, I want chicken nuggets." Natalie said and tickled Beth a little as she walked in front of Noah, who was still gaping at her. He had no idea what had just happened and honestly, neither did she. She had just slapped some guy, who was a potential future boyfriend because he had insulted Noah Puckerman. The same Noah Puckerman who was her brother's best friend. The same Noah Puckerman who strung her underwear and bras up on the flag pole at school their freshman year. The same Noah Puckerman that she was insulting since the day she met him. The same Noah Puckerman that she could not stop thinking about. What the hell was wrong with her?