Will sighed. "What are we supposed to do Em? We can't keep the kids here for the next few days and we can't go back to Lima without Quinn and Puck. But the rest of us have to be back at school Monday."

Emma nodded as she sat neatly facing him from the edge of her hotel bed. "And Puck and Quinn don't have anyone else…"

"I've never been in a situation like this before. I'm stuck." Will dropped his head into his hands in frustration. "I couldn't even handle it when Quinn went in to labor."

"You've never had to deal with this before." She said gently. "Anybody would have freaked out. Look at all the other kids."

"But they're teenagers. They're not supposed to know how to handle it." He said disappointedly. "God, I feel like such an idiot."

"You are not an idiot Will." Emma scooted to the edge of the bed and took one of his hands. "You're just inexperienced with this kind of thing, and that's okay. You've done an amazing job with these kids, just look at how far they've come. They just won Regionals for Pete's sake and they're friends now. If you hadn't started the Glee club again none of this would have been possible."

Will gave a small smile. "Thanks Emma. But we still have to figure out what we're gonna do."

Emma nodded and they both went quiet for a minute as they sat in thought.

"What if we had Quinn transported to Lima General?" she said finally, naming the main hospital in their town. "They can do that right? The hospital could move her and Puck and the baby and the rest of us could go back on the bus. If we left in the next few hours we'd only be behind schedule by half a day or so."

Will's eyes went wide. "That's perfect Emma." He grinned and before either of them realized what was happening, he had pulled her close, arms wrapped around her tiny frame, and gently kissed her.

Emma's eyes went wide, both of them staring at the other for a moment before snapping out of the silence and simultaneously pulling away.

"Um," he glanced down at his shoes, suddenly neither of them able to look the other directly in the eye.

"We- um, I should go tell the kids." Emma said, her voice an octave higher and words coming more quickly than usual.

Will nodded. "Yeah, and uh, I'll call the hospital and talk to Puck and Quinn."

"Good idea." With a final nod to him Emma grabbed her purse and made a hasty retreat from the room before things could get any more awkward.

Will sighed and grabbed his cell phone, quickly selecting Puck's number from his contact list.

"Yeah?" Puck said once he'd picked up.

"Puck?"

The boy rolled his eyes, biting back the urge to ask who the hell else it would be and instead simply said, "Hey Mr. Schue, what's up?"

"How are you and Quinn and the baby?"

Puck smiled. "They're both great. Quinn's asleep and they took Maddi back to the nursery for a little while. I was just grabbing some food from the cafeteria."

"That's good Puck." Will responded. "You sound really happy."

"I am." He answered honestly. "It's weird, you know? It's like, the thought of taking care of a kid used to scare the hell out of me, and it still does kinda, but once I saw her and held her in my arms it just…changed."

Will smiled. "That's great."

"Yeah, thanks." Puck handed the cashier a few dollars and took the tray of food while still holding the phone to his ear. "So, did you and Ms. P figure out what the plan is for everyone yet?"

"Oh, yeah, that's actually why I called." Will said, getting back on track. "We decided that we would talk to the hospital about having you guys transferred to the hospital in Lima and the rest of us would take the bus back. Do you think Quinn would be alright with that?"

"Sure, that sounds fine. But how are we supposed to get to the other hospital? Quinn's terrified of ambulances and I don't think they'd be keen on letting us borrow a chopper if it isn't an emergency." Puck pointed out as he sat down at an empty cafeteria table.

Crap, he hadn't thought about that. "Well, maybe you could talk her in to riding in an ambulance?" Will said finally. "It wouldn't be as big of a deal since she's not in labor anymore. They wouldn't have to use the lights or sirens or even drive over the speed limit."

Puck nodded, despite the fact that Will couldn't see him. "Alright, you clear it with the hospital and I'll try and convince Quinn."

"Great, the rest of us will come by the hospital in about three hours ready to go, is that enough time for you guys?"

"That's fine." He took a bite of the burger in his hands and made a face. "I gotta go, I need to make a McDonalds run before I talk to Quinn. We'll see you later Mr. Schue."

"Bye Puck."

The new father hung up his phone and spit out his bite of food into a napkin before turning back to the cafeteria staff. "Hey, what the hell is in this crap?"

-GLEE-

"Okay guys, Mr. Schuester and I have decided that we're going to get Quinn and Puck transferred to Lima General Hospital in just a few hours and we're going to follow them back on the bus." Emma announced to the ten remaining Glee kids that had gathered around her in the hotel lobby. "So you all need to be down here, packed and ready to go in just a few hours."

"What about our parents? Have they been notified?"

"I was just getting to that Rachel." Emma nodded. "I also need each of you to call your parents so you have a way to get home. Tell them we should be back in the school parking lot around five thirty. Also, as I'm sure you've been wondering, the answer is yes, you will have to be at school tomorrow morning." A few of the kids groaned, but Emma ignored them. "I know this isn't exactly the way we planned for the weekend to go, but things happen sometimes and that's just how life is."

"At least we're going back as champions." Finn spoke up.

Rachel smiled. "You're right. Way to keep our spirits up Finn."

He smiled down at her. "Thanks baby."

"Oh god, please tell me we're done here so we can get the hell away from these two." Santana spoke up as Finn and Rachel shared a brief kiss. Since Puck was no longer around to call the couple out on their constant need for PDA Santana had taken it upon herself to temporarily hold the job.

Emma nodded. "Yes, that's all. You guys can go."

"Thank Gucci." Kurt rolled his eyes and stood up, motioning to the rest of the girls. "Come on ladies, I'll show you how to pack without causing wrinkles in your knockoffs."

The other kids got up and followed him, either planning to attend his lesson or heading to their rooms to finish getting their things together to leave.

"Now aren't you happy I insisted that we pack our things last night instead?" Rachel asked as she and her boyfriend remained curled up on the comfy brown couch. "While everyone else is scrambling around to get their belongings together, we can sit here and relax."

"Mhmm," Finn leaned down and pressed a firm kiss to her lips. "Or we could find somewhere to go and make-out."

"Finn! Keep your voice down! That's not how Regional champions should act in public." She said hastily pulling away, her eyes darting around the room to see if anyone had noticed.

Finn rolled his eyes. "Baby, no one else is around. But that's why I suggested going somewhere else."

"But there are people in both of our rooms." She pointed out.

He shrugged. "I'm sure there's a closet around here somewhere. And don't give me that look, it's not like we haven't done it before."

Rachel couldn't help but blush as she thought back to the many study halls spent in the second floor utility closet and empty practice rooms. Also the locker room, the auditorium, their cars, and even once in an empty girl's bathroom after they hadn't been able to see each other much that week….

"Fine."

Finn grinned, his eyes full of lust and longing. Without a second thought he had grabbed Rachel by the waist and tossed her over his shoulder.

"Finn Hudson, you put me down right now!" she demanded, pounding a tiny fist against his back. "So help me, I will scream if you don't release me!"

Finn smirked. "Now Rach, that's no way for a Regional champion to act in public." He mocked, still refusing to put her down. Now all he had to do was think: If he were a closet, where would he be….?

-GLEE-

"There you are." Quinn smiled softly as the door to her hospital room was pushed open and Puck walked in.

"Yeah, sorry. You were asleep and I was getting hungry."

"I was just about to call down to the cafeteria and order some lunch. Do you think they have burgers here?"

Puck shook his head hastily. "Trust me, you don't want that shit."

"Language!"

Realizing his mistake, despite the fact that their daughter was not present, Puck corrected himself.

"It's gross. Now, we can't let the nurses see this but I took care of it." He reached into the large brown paper bag he was carrying and pulled out a McDonalds bag. Quinn's eyes went wide.

"Me too?" she asked, her voice filled with hope like a child's on Christmas morning.

Puck laughed. "Of course you too. I wasn't sure what you'd want so I got a little of everything. Burger or chicken nuggets?"

"Yes."

Again, he laughed and dug into the bag, passing her a small box of chicken nuggets, fries, and a hamburger. He grabbed a bigger burger for himself, set two large cokes on the table sitting across her bed, and the two new parents began to really chow down for the first time in what seemed like eternity.

"So Mr. Shue called me a little while ago." He said after a few minutes of silence.

Quinn looked up with interest. "What did he say?"

"He said that we gotta get back to Lima. Everyone else has to be at school tomorrow but they can't leave us here, so he wants to get us transferred to Lima General."

The young mother's face slowly began to fall. "And we can't take the bus. So that means that we'd have to go by…"

"Yeah."

Glancing down at her hands, Quinn was quiet for a moment.

"Why are you so freaked out by them anyway?" he finally asked.

Quinn sighed and shook her head. "When I was eight I was visiting my Nana." She said quietly. "Everything was going fine, we were laughing and playing cards….and then she started screaming and clutching her chest. My parents told me later she had a heart attack." She swallowed. "So my dad called 911 and my sister took me back in another room while my parents stayed with Nana in the den. It seemed like we waited forever in that tiny room but eventually the EMS came and took her away….and I never saw her again."

Puck let out a breath, shocked that he had never known about this before now. "I'm so sorry Q." he wrapped his arms around her tightly and kissed the top of her head. "I'm sorry."

"I know it doesn't make sense, but I was so young I guess I couldn't help but associate the ambulance with her death. That's the last image I ever had of her, being pushed into the back on a stretcher." She closed her eyes. "But we have to get back home, and I can't hold everyone else up."

Puck nodded silently as she tried to process everything, finally opening her eyes again and looking up at him with a determined expression on her face.

"No sirens, no lights, no speeding, and no doing any sort of medical procedure on me while on the road." She listed firmly.

Puck glanced at her. "I think that can be arranged. You'll probably have to keep the IV in though, and the heart monitor thing. But nothing new."

"You'll be right there with me?" she checked.

"I'll hold your hand all four hours." He promised.

Quinn nodded. "Okay, I guess I'm in."

-GLEE-

This chapter was a lot of filler, and I'm sorry for that. But don't lose hope- there's more to come!