Hello!
Just a quick update for this story and I truly mean quick. It's a very short chapter!
I needed to do something other than my assignments! The next chapter I can guarantee will be of a decent length, but I needed a filler-ish chapter before I could really delve into it.

I hope you enjoy, and again I can only apologise for the short chapter, and the infrequent updates!
-Klaine2314

Chapter Eighteen:

"What a great night." Quinn said as she turned down the bed.

"It really was..." Sam began, but he was cut off as Quinn leant over and kissed him.

"I've missed that. I've missed Larry. I've missed you and I've missed this." She said indicating to the closeness of the two of them as Sam held her close. At her words he pulled her tighter. "I've missed it too."

"I'm not letting anything get between us again."

"Don't say that baby. You were right to spend as much time with Beth. She is your daughter." Quinn winced at his words. "What? What's wrong baby?" He asked.

"If I'm being honest, the more time we spend together the more I begin to realise she isn't my daughter." Quinn uttered.

"Why didn't you say anything sooner?" Sam replied his eyes widening at Quinn's confession.

"I thought the feeling might disappear and she'd feel like my daughter, but Sam, she doesn't. I think I've missed too much for her to be my daughter; I gave up the right to call her my daughter when I put her up for adoption. I never anticipated meeting her." Quinn confessed as tears flooded down her face. "Hey, shh." Sam whispered pulling his wife as close to him as he could. "I don't know what to say." He admitted.

"I don't think there is anything we can say." She replied through stifled tears.

"Maybe we should talk to Shelby then." Sam suggested. Quinn slowly nodded her head against his chest, the tears slowing until they finally stopped.

He never released the protective hold on Quinn, knowing the close proximity was what she needed desperately. He kissed her head through the blonde hair as she slowly drifted off to sleep. He listened as his wife's breathing became deeper and slower. "Good night my beautiful wife, I love you." He whispered before succumbing to sleep himself.

"You're sure about this?" Quinn asked as she and Sam pulled up outside Shelby's house.

"I think this is what you need to do baby. You need to meet the woman who raised your daughter." He replied. Quinn let out a deep sign and removed her seatbelt. "I'll be right beside you, every single second." Sam added.

"I know baby, thank you."

Nervously Quinn made her way to the front door, Sam at her side holding her tightly in support. "This is it." Quinn said letting out another deep breath. "You ready?" Sam asked. "If you're not we can just go home and figure something else out." He offered trying to calm her nerves.

"If I don't do it now, I never will."

"Ok." He simply replied, raising his hand to ring the door bell.

"Just me and you this morning, Larry" Beth said as Larry entered the kitchen rubbing his eyes.

"Where are Mum and Dad?" He asked.

"They've had to go visit someone, they said it was important" Beth replied, shrugging her shoulders. She wasn't one hundred per cent certain where they'd gone but she had a good idea.

"Well, did they say when they'd be back?"

"Nope, they left as soon as I got up. Sorry kiddo, did you have plans with them today?"

"Well no, but we had family times last night for the first time in ages and I hoped we could have more today..." He trailed off when he noticed Beth looking slightly upset at the mention of 'family time'. He moved towards her and tried to give her a hug but her stomach was in the way, but Larry still attempted to make his sister feel better. Beth laughed at his efforts, she looked down and all she could see were blonde curls rising just above the arch of her bump. "Hey, I have an idea!"

"What?" Larry enquired confused.

"How about we have a brother and sister family day? We've never had one of those, and soon we'll have this little guy joining us." She said patting her stomach gently. Larry pondered the possibility of spending the day with Beth. She noticed his hesitation. "It'll be fun, we can go to the park, maybe take your soccer ball?" She suggested trying to sway his decision.

"This is it. No going back." Quinn said, exhaling deeply.

"I'm right here." Sam repeated tightening his grip on his wife's hand.

"I know, thank you." She said, lightly kissing his cheek as a tall slim figure approached the door. The door slowly opened and the figure peered around the door. "Quinn?" The figure asked, recognising her from the supermarket. "Hi, Shelby" Quinn replied.

"What are you doing here? How did you find me?"

"This isn't the kind of thing we came to discuss over the doorstep." Quinn said with urgency in her voice. Shelby acknowledged the urgency with wide eyes. She opened the door wider for the couple to enter. "Come inside" she mumbled closing the door quietly behind them.