Sam had spent all day at work waiting for the day to be over with. He had something special planned for Quinn. Today was their fourth anniversary and he couldn't wait for that night. The kids had been fairly okay. Most of them knew that he was dating Ms. Fabray and that they had a kid together. It wasn't like he didn't have pictures on his desk. And she definitely did. Little Ryan was now eleven months and chattering up a storm. Sam couldn't believe how fast the time had gone. Ryan walked alongside him with his little hand grasping Sam's. He was crawling, eating baby cereal and generally being independant. Sometimes when Quinn had play practice and he had glee practice, Sam would pick up Ryan from daycare and bring him to work. His glee students loved him.

But tonight, Quinn's mom was keeping Ryan. He had told her his plans and she readily agreed to watch the little one. Sam's parents were coming into town along with his siblings so they could watch Ryan on Saturday night. Sam booked a hotel room for that night and the next. He wanted Quinn to relax and forget day to day stresses. Oh, of course they would have Ryan all day Saturday, but night time was just for them.

Finally the day was over. Sam sighed as he finished up glee practice. He waited until the last kid was gone before heading home. Quinn didn't have play practice today, thank goodness. He wanted her to be home when he got there.

As soon as he pulled into the driveway of his small Lima, Ohio house, Sam saw Quinn and Ryan come out of the door. Ryan was clapping his hands excitedly and reaching for Sam. The man laughed and took the little guy out of his girlfriend's hands.

"Hey Daddy's big guy! Hey Quinn," he said as he leaned over and kissed her lips.

The couple headed inside and Sam immediately turned to her and smiled. She raised an eyebrow, probably figuring something was up. After four years of dating and six years of knowing each other, Quinn knew Sam pretty well. She usually could figure out what was going on or how Sam would react to something.

"What?" she asked him.

"Go put on something really sexy. I'm taking you out tonight."

Quinn laughed and rolled her eyes before leaning in and pressing a kiss to his cheek.

"Yes, Master."

Three hours later, Sam and Quinn were ready to go. They were going to drop Ryan off at Judy's and then head out to a fancy restaurant in the next town. Delphos was only about fifteen miles away and Sam had made reservations at Carriage Inn. Then they were going back to Lima to stay at the Holiday Inn & Suites. Sam quickly drove to Judy's and after twenty minutes of Quinn saying goodbye to Ryan, they were on the road to Delphos.

Sam kissed Quinn's hand and Quinn smiled at him.

"I love you," he told her, looking over briefly.

"I love you too, Sam."

They pulled into the restaurant and were seated almost immediately. The menu was mainly steak and seafood, which was fine for Sam. He would get a steak and salad and he knew Quinn would order seafood.

After dinner, Sam paid and they headed back to Lima. He was getting more and more nervous. Which was just silly. They were in love and Sam knew that Quinn would say yes. Why would she say no? They had a son together after all.

Sam pulled into the parking lot for the hotel and Quinn smiled as she pulled her seatbelt off. Sam hoped she liked this surprise. He had spent a lot of time thinking this through and he wanted her to be happy. He grabbed the pre-made bag out of the backseat before they left the car completely.

They checked in and Sam escorted her to the honeymoon suit. Sure, they could have gotten a regular room, but he wanted romance.

"What's all this for?" she asked.

"Just because I love you. And to give you a night off from mom duty."

Quinn nodded her head and popped open the bottle of champagne. As she was doing that, Sam pulled the velvet box out of his pocket and got done on one knee. Quinn turned and saw him like that. Her eyes grew wide as she saw the ring in the box.

"Quinn...I told you a long time ago that I was going to marry you someday. Well, after four years and a baby, I think it's about damn time. Will you do me the great honor of being my wife?"

Quinn could only nod her head as tears fell from her face. Sam quickly slipped the ring on her finger and stood up, holding her to him as close as possible. All of his dreams were coming true, just in a different order than he expected.