Chapter 8

Again I apologise for the late update but my life is seriously hetic what with uni open days, school work and the end of term stuff going on- so much to do! So sorry!

This is the last chapter of this story so enjoy!

"What's going on with you and Puck?" Rachel asked as the two females walked home having just dropped off a beaver at her party.

"I don't know." Quinn sighed. "Everything was going so well; I thought he liked me and then suddenly he won't look at me or talk to me or anything."

"I know; the tension between you two last night and this morning was so thick even Finn picked up on it."

"Do you think I did something wrong?" Quinn asked concerned; she had shut the shop for the day while she, Rachel and Finn had shopped for a birthday present for Beth to give Alice while the little girl had stayed behind for fittings for her costume with Kurt and Blaine and Puck.

"I doubt it." Rachel assured her as they stopped at the edge of the road waiting for the lights to change. "I'll get Finn to talk to him; see if he can figure what's up."

"Thanks." Quinn sent her a small smile. "I really thought something would happen."

"You like him then?" Quinn sent her a withering look and she smirked. "Just checking." She held her hands up in defence and the blonde rolled her eyes.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Rachel raised an eyebrow silently questioning what Quinn was talking about. "I mean nothing could really happen in the long term; I live in Lima and he lives in New York."

"Doesn't mean nothing could happen." Rachel pointed out. "Puck could always move down here or you up to New York."

"I have the shop." Quinn pointed out. "I couldn't just leave Tina or force her and Mike to move to New York to start the shop again there."

"Puck might move down here though; he could get a job down here. He's always whining about how he wants to quit his job and I know he'd love to teach especially a glee club."

"You can't plan his life out for him Rach; he has friends up there. I couldn't just ask him to leave." Quinn sighed heavily. "Besides the way he's acting I don't think anything will even happen."

"But…" Rachel protested.

"Can we just drop it?" Quinn snapped and Rachel subsided. "I spoke to Mercedes this morning; is the Sam she's dating Puck and Finn's friend."

Rachel nodded. "Yeah; you'd like him and they're really cute together. I've never seen her so happy with someone before." Quinn grinned pleased for her friend who had always been the one out of them all who had struggled with having a boyfriend during their high school years. "Although he and Santana took a little while to get along when she and Brittany came to New York for the week."

"Well it takes Santana a little while to get along with anyone." Quinn smirked. "You should have seen it when she and Tina first met. You thought there was tension between me and Puck this morning. It's alright they get along really well now." She caught sight of Rachel's alarmed look.

While Tina would never replace Quinn's best friends the two were very close and therefore, it was important to Quinn that they all got along. Mercedes, Tina and Rachel had gotten along so well when they met that Quinn had almost felt left out and they kept in touch as friends not through Quinn.

"Ready to face the music?" Rachel smirked at Quinn as they entered the shop. Quinn scowled at her and stormed ahead up the stairs determined to ignore Puck.

The door banged open swinging violent on its hinges and almost hitting Rachel in the face as she followed Quinn. "Beth get there ok?" Blaine asked turning his head away from the football game he was watching with Finn and Puck, Kurt was sitting at the kitchen table with his laptop in front of him tapping away at the keys.

"Yes." Quinn snapped pouring herself a glass of water and gulping it down quickly. "I'm going down to the kitchen." She carefully ignored Puck directing the statement at the others.

"Do you want any help?" Rachel offered and then sighed as Quinn shook her head violently and disappeared out the door slamming the door behind her. "That was tense." She groaned sinking down next to Finn and cuddling into his side.

"Yeah what's up with her?" Kurt asked looking up from his emails.

"More like what's up with her and Puck." Rachel glared at him while he stared at the TV screen avoiding her accusing eyes.

"What did you do?" Kurt joined the others perching on the coffee table in front of the couch where Puck and Blaine were sitting.

"Nothing." He muttered looking at the floor.

"You're ignoring her." Finn supplied helpfully earning himself a glare from his best friend.

"And so she's ignoring you." Rachel added.

"Why are you ignoring her?" Blaine asked curiously shifting slightly to his right and therefore, further away from Puck.

"Cos he likes her." Finn answered for him grinning catching the pillow that Puck chucked in his direction. There was no denial from Puck and he only shuffled uncomfortably keeping his eyes firmly trained on the floor.

"Really?" Kurt touched Puck's knee but was unsurprised when he jerked it away.

"But nothing could happen." Puck burst out wildly betraying his true feelings on the situation. Finn and Kurt exchanged a worried look. "I live in New York, she lives here."

"But you like her." Rachel pointed out. "Maybe nothing would happen between you but what if it did. If you don't then you're going to spend the rest of your life wondering what could have happened. If something does happen between you and Quinn then you'll find a way."

"Just think about." Finn clapped him on the shoulder as he passed by on his way to get some chips.

"Can I talk you?" Quinn looked up and saw Puck leaning against the doorframe. Blaine and Kurt, armed with directions and an address, had gone to pick Beth up while Rachel had dragged Finn food shopping as he had eaten most of the food in the house.

"Go ahead." She shrugged returning to her work looking entirely focused on what she was doing. Puck shifted uncomfortably at her cold shoulder but moved forward into the kitchen.

"I'm sorry I was ignoring you." He blurted out; Quinn froze but stopped what she was doing listening carefully. "I just got freaked out about…" He trailed off drumming his fingers on the table unsure of how to proceed.

"About…?" Quinn raised an eyebrow turning to face him and giving him her full attention.

He swallowed tearing his eyes away from her face and down to the floor stopping the finger tapping. "About how much I like you." Quinn stared at him while a blush crept over his face. The silence that spread between them grew into a stretch of tension thicker than had occurred earlier and eventually Puck turned to move away. "Sorry, I'll just…"

"No wait." Quinn flung her hand out to stop him although her hand fell short of his body by quite a long way. Nevertheless he stopped in his tracks although keeping his back turned. "I…I feel the same way."

"You do." He spun on his heel staring at her. They stood frozen in place the tension changing to one neither could describe their eyes locked on each other's but seemingly unable to move closer to each other.

Eventually Puck broke the stance and crossed the room to her in three long strides cupping her face in his hands. She stared into his eyes before he finally kissed her, arms tangling around each other holding each other close.

"Mommy." Beth's voice rang out clearly and the two sprang apart red faced. "I won the pass the parcel." She grinned appearing in the kitchen tugging Kurt forward while a laughing Blaine followed.

"That's great honey." She returned the hug Beth gave her while Blaine and Kurt looked suspiciously at a blushing Quinn and Puck.

"Come on Beth let's go upstairs; I think your mother needs to talk to Puck." Blaine smirked at the couple taking the young beaver's hand and pulling her gently out of the kitchen.

"I really want to make this work." Puck looked nervous and Quinn snaked her arm round his waist.

"Me too." She whispered. "Do you think we can make this work long distance."

"We're damn well going to try." He grinned lifting her off her feet and spinning her round both of them laughing.

I know the ending is a bit blunt and sudden leaving quite a few questions and millions of possibilites for a sequel but I am quite happy with where I left it- with the two of them together and you can believe whatever you want happens after. Look at Gone with the Wind and other books- huge cliffhangers at the end of the novel- sorry if you are disappointed but I think I will leave it here. If anyone wants to write a sequel I would love you too but please let me know first!

Thanks so much for all the amazing support you guys have given me; it's been wonderful and I'm so glad that you like my version of Beth and the characters and my plot! Thank you all so much- please continue to leave your thoughts and I may write more in this world at some time in the future!

Thanks again- hope you are not too disappointed by the ending!

Tacxxx