-1This chapter is a little longer than the last. Puck and Quinn will have some real interaction and finally get to see Beth. Hope you enjoy!
"Let's go see OUR daughter."
God those words sounded incredible to Puck's ears. He immediately stood up and grabbed her hand. He had been waiting to get his hands on Beth since she had been carried into the auditorium. He pulled Quinn until they reached the end of the curtain and suddenly stopped short. He looked at Quinn and took a deep breathe. She smiled and took a breathe of her own. They walked out, hand in hand, to find everyone surrounding Shelby and Mr. Schuester. Rachel had been the first one to move towards the two adults, eager to give her mother a warm hug. Everyone had taken seats around the two, cooing over baby Beth. Sam had been the farthest away and looked the most hesitant. When Quinn noticed him, she slipped out of Puck's grip. Everyone had gone silent when they saw the two walk out from behind the curtains, coming towards them. Shelby looked at the two teenagers and smiled. When they reached her, Shelby spoke up, "This is Beth.". Quinn eyed the baby in front of her. She had gotten so much bigger since the last she saw her. Puck was in awe. All he wanted to do was grab his baby girl, but decided to wait until Quinn held her first.
Quinn swallowed the lump in her throat and placed a hand on Beth's stomach, rubbing small circles. Beth began to grin and Quinn couldn't help but look back at Puck and smile. Puck let out a warm laugh, hardly being able to hold back the tears of joy that were threatening to escape his eyes.
Their smiles seemed to be infectious because soon the whole club was sporting a grin. Even Sam, though it was more of a half smile, had indeed smiled. "Can I hold her?" Quinn asked Shelby. Shelby immediately passed the baby to Quinn's arms. Holding Beth was even better than she had remembered it to be. Even though the baby had grown, Quinn held her just as she did the day when she gave Beth to Shelby. She even stroked the young girl's cheek the same way. Puck came up behind her and placed a hand on Beth's hair as he smoothed it down. Quinn turned to face him. This time she had the courage to look into his eyes, even if she did see her baby girl in them. In fact, it made it that much better.
Puck was finally seeing those hazel eyes he loved so much again. He forgot how good it felt to be lost in them. Quinn broke their gaze to see a smiling Beth, as if she knew her parents were finally treating each other as human beings again. She offered Beth to Puck, seeing his eagerness and he took her without hesitation. Beth looked at her father curiously at first, then looked back at Quinn. She grabbed Puck's nose with one hand and rested her head on his shoulders. Quinn laughed at Beth's gesture and the confused look on Puck's face. "Guys, why don't we give these four some privacy?" Mr. Schuester asked the kids who were looking at the young family in awe and affection. They groaned and reluctantly got up from their seats. "Come on, you can see the baby later, I promise" Mr. Schuester said as he shuffled the kids out. "I'll go with you guys, so you three can have some alone time. I have to talk, Will, anyways." Shelby called after them, wrapping her arm around Rachel's shoulders. Puck and Quinn looked at each other a little worried, but it quickly faded when Beth let out a gurgle. Puck grabbed Quinn's hand and lead her to an empty seat. They both sat down and Puck rested Beth on his chest. Quinn reached out to rub Beth's back. Puck placed his hand over Quinn's, and they stayed that way for a while. "What does this make us?" Puck heard himself ask. "Friends." she answered. Puck sighed. "I can deal with that for now."
Quinn got up and went for her purse. She had to be able to capture the sweet moment of her baby girl resting on her father's chest, completely at peace. She pulled out her phone and took a picture. When she was done Puck handed her Beth and took a picture of them.
"Why do you think Shelby came with Beth." Quinn's curiosity getting the better of her. "I have no idea. All I know is I'm watching you hold our little girl and I don't want to think about anything." Puck answered. Quinn smiled. She had to admit that she needed this and she was happy it happened when it did. She knew she was going to loose it sooner or later if something hadn't changed.
Puck watched Quinn in awe. The way she held Beth, caressed her head, kissed her nose, everything, was just the way he imagined. "Do you think less of me because I made us give her up?". She looked Puck square in the eyes. "No." he answered honestly. "You know how I feel about you.". There was silence between them with only the sounds of Beth being heard. "Do I think we could have done it? Yes, but I didn't prove to you that I could've been a good father, that I could've been faithful to you, or that we would have been happy. But Quinn I swear to god when Beth was born, I changed. I realized I loved you and that I would only ever love you. That everything I did was so incredibly stupid and childish and didn't make me happy. You make me happy Quinn, and so did Beth. I wanted to show you, but everything happened so fast and just like that, you and Beth were gone." Quinn looked on the verge of tears and had stopped looking at Puck some time ago. She looked down. "We're gone and you go off and sleep with Santana, like you always do." Puck didn't expect that. At the same time he felt anger flood through him. "And you go with Sam and wear a fucking ring." Quinn glared at him. First of all language like that was not allowed in front of Beth. Second of all, he had no right to act all high and mighty and talk about Sam. "You sleep around with any girl you can get your hands on and I'm the on who is in the wrong."
"You wore a ring that symbolized that one day you would marry the guy. I have meaningless sex. So you know what, yeah it's different!"
"Sex isn't meaningless Puck. Especially for someone like me, and you know what? It hurts to think about you Puck. Was I just another score for you? Just another meaningless hookup because you weren't for me! You were my first! And I haven't given it up to Sam because I'm waiting until I'm with the one I love. You, you don't even care. Well look here Puck!". She looks to Beth. "Now do you care!"
Her words stung. Of course she wasn't a meaningless hookup. He was pretty sure now that he was in love with her at the time. She was the only person he had slept with that he had ever had feelings for and he remembered how much it terrified and excited him at the same time. He saw her cheeks were wet and the tears in her eyes. She got up, but he stopped her. "I'm sorry. For everything. I loved you that night and I still do. You were and are the only girl I had ever cared about." The words soothed her, but she couldn't talk about their relationship now. She still didn't know how she felt, and now wasn't the right time to discuss it.
"Let's just go back to the choir room and not ruin this day we have." She looked at Beth and he nodded. He was just getting use to the fact that they were talking again and he knew he was throwing everything at her at once. He knew he needed to have patience, and eventually she would open up to him completely.
Hope you liked it!
Next chapter, the glee club gets to meet Beth. I'll update tomorrow!
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