~RULES~
**Puck is so sweet in this chapter that you may get a cavity and whatever cavities you have may hurt so be prepared. **
**Noah's POV** (after school)
"We need to talk", Shelby said as soon as she saw me the other side of her door. She did not sound too thrilled to see me. She walked back into her apartment without another word. I closed the door and followed behind her. I saw Beth sleeping in her playpen as I walked in. I kept walking behind her and stopped when I saw her stop. She faced me and I could see that she took her "Coach Corcoran" stance. She had a stern face, arms crossed and her right foot was slightly tapping against the hardwood. Any other student or person in general is usually scared shitless by this stance. I thought it was adorable so naturally I smile.
Wrong move.
"Why are you smiling?!"
"Well, honestly I'm happy to see you." I said holding back my laughter as a slight pout started to form on her lips and face.
"Well do I look happy right now?"
I walked to her and grabbed her hands as I said," Honestly, you look adorable right now."
She slipped her hands out of mine and turned around with a huff walking towards her kitchen.
"Why are you upset with me?"
"I think you know why because Santana told me that she and all of the other students in the class noticed you today."
"Well I was in class so it's kind of hard not to notice me."
"That's not what I mean."
"I'm still confused here"
"Everyone caught you staring at me. Didn't I say no lingering or longing stares?"
"I gave you lingering and longing stares before we officially started dating so it wouldn't be the first time I got caught."
"Well stop. We don't need to be giving anyone a reason to question us or be suspicious. People already think to situation with you being Beth's birthfather is already odd. If more people catch you staring, it's only adding fuel to the fire."
I can tell that she is not too happy with me right now but I can't stop thinking about how amazing she looks. Her hair is down and falls just over her shoulders. She has a simple purple V-neck with black yoga pants and is barefoot. Both of those things hug her curves in all the right places. She has no makeup and her lips have their natural pink hue to them. She has never looked more beautiful to me. Her beauty is obvious to everyone at the school whether it's a student or staff member but none of them get to see her in all her glory like I do. And I do mean ALL her glory.
I must have been processing that for a bit because she snapped me out of it when she asked,
"Noah are you listening to me?
"Yeah, I am. I just got distracted-"
"By what exactly?"
I simply said, "You"
"Well, I was talking to you"
I walked to her and cupped her face with my hands. I looked straight into her eyes and as I spoke softly,
"I just was watching you and then I became entranced by you. I've never seen someone do casual and comfortable and still look so beautiful. Then I started to think about what an amazing woman and mother you are. When I look at you I think to myself, "I could look at her all day." That's what happened in class today. I came in and I couldn't stop looking at you. It wasn't just for the obvious reason that you're drop dead gorgeous but for the woman you are and knowing that I have you and you want to be with me. That's why I stare and I won't be able to stop staring. Ever."
I leaned in with my hands still on the sides of her head and gave her gentle kiss. I pulled away a looked into her eyes but then she wrapped her arms around my neck and pulled me in for another kiss. She kissed me deeply as our bodies molded together. I wrapped my arms around her waist as the fingers of her left hand pulled on the hairs at the nape of my neck. Her tongue ran across my lips wanting entrance and I gladly obliged. We tilted our heads to deepen the kiss and our mouths explored each other until we ran out of breath and had to pull away. I bit her bottom lip as I pulled away with our foreheads still touching and she let out a soft moan. She always moans when I do that.
Once she caught her breath she said, "Okay. You can stare but just not for so long. Blink every couple minutes or think of something ugly. Just don't make your staring obvious. Those are the rules. Deal?"
I let out a light chuckle as I replied, "I can work with that. Deal."
Just then we heard soft cries coming from Beth's playpen in the living room.
"Look, she's up now." I said as we both pulled away from our embrace.
"Yeah. She'll be happy to see you. She was asking for you earlier." Shelby said as she was walking to the playpen
"Was she?"
"Yeah. She kept saying 'Noah" but she keeps really separating the syllables so it sounds more like 'No-ah'" Shelby said as she picked up Beth.
"That must have been adorable."
"It was"
I watched Beth look around as she started to wake up and then her eyes landed on me. My heart almost stopped when she smiled at me. I made a funny face and she let out a laugh. That laugh and Shelby's voice are my two favorite sounds.
"Hey Bee. You want to go with Noah?" she asked as she walked over to me.
I put my hands out to her and she quickly reached out to my hands. I grabbed her and tickled her stomach to hear that laugh again and in turn Shelby laughed. That was an added bonus there. We walked over to the living room and all three of us played together on the carpet. Shelby and I played with Beth and laughed at her baby talk. I crawled on the floor with her as Shelby watched. We played for so long that we didn't notice it was close to Beth's bedtime so we quickly fed her and I gave her a bath as Shelby cleaned up and ordered us some take out. She was pretty tired so after her bath, I rocked her to sleep as I sang "Waiting for a girl like you" to her again.
Because the rocker wasn't facing the door I didn't notice Shelby watching me until I heard the door creak and she was leaning against the door frame. Her arms were crossed, she had some hair on each side tucked behind her ears and she was grinning while she watched me sing and Beth sleep. She didn't say anything. She just alternated looking from me to Beth. Finally I broke the silence.
"Hey you."
"Hey."
"How long have you been standing there?"
"A good ten minutes. I think she likes your singing more than mine. She never falls asleep that fast with me. You're really good with her"
"I like to think so"
"Well she likes teddy bears and when it comes to her, you're a big teddy bear. She loves falling to sleep on your chest 'cause it's warm and comfortable but strong."
"Just like her mommy?" I asked with a smile
She smiled right back as she replied, "Yeah. Just like her mommy."
"As much as I love watching you with Beth, you need to put her in the crib for the night."
"Why?" I asked as I put her in the crib.
She walked up to me and wrapped her arms around my waist, pressing her body to mine. I wrapped my arms around her as she gave me a soft but deep, dizzying kiss. She pulled her lips away and said,
"Because seeing you how good you are with Beth this whole night as done nothing but get me hotter," KISS, "and hotter" KISS, "for you" KISS.
"So I need to have my way with you before you leave because you have to go to school tomorrow which means you can't stay over."
"What about the food?"
She looked straight into my eyes and inched closer and closer to me until our lips were only a breath away from each other. Her words tickled my lips as replied, "You're my food." And then took my bottom lip between her teeth and bit down.
She released my lip and pulled out of my arms. She grabbed my hand, leading me as she walked to her bedroom and closed her door.
