"I'm so nervous." Quinn paces up and down Mercedes' bedroom with one hand on her back wearing a black and gold dress that covers her bump fairly well.
"Me too. Wait, how are we even getting there? I've been thinking about regionals so much I forgot to ask my dad for a lift. I'm sorry."
"Don't worry I've got it covered Puck said he'd come get us. He should be here by now." Quinn goes over to the large window and looks out down the quiet street.
"I'm glad you two have sorted things out."
"Yeah me too. I feel a bit guilty about it all actually, I came down a bit hard on him." Quinn sits on the bed supporting her back still, suddenly a pain covers her lower back making Quinn inhale deeply.
"Are you okay?" Mercedes asks with concern.
"I'm fine, just a bit of backache... All these baby hormones are making me super emotional, little things send me crazy. Puck's been amazing and I've treated him like crap most the time. Even if sometimes he deserved it."
"Your allowed to be emotional and crazy, your pregnant!" Mercedes looks out the window as she can hear a truck coming down the street "He's here, let's go."
Quinn forces herself up and waddles out of the house, supporting her back with one hand.
"We are gonna win this!" Squeals Rachel jumping down the stairs into the dressing room with the rest of the New Directions. Quinn struggles down the steps relieved the performance is over.
"Quinny..." A fragile voice call outs. Quinn turns to look at the familiar sound and is shocked to see her Mom standing just outside the dressing room. "I've left your father... Come home with me, we can turn the guest room into a nursery... Quinn, say something, please."
Quinn stares at her mother for a while "my water just broke."
"Finn, Finn!" Shouts Jude Fabray
"No!... Finn's not the father, Puck is... PUCK!"
Puck rushes over to Quinn's side "Quinn. Is everything okay?" A rush of panic goes through him.
"My water broke." Quinn says calmly.
"Oh god, we have to get you to hospital." He wraps his arm around Quinn's waist and starts to move towards the steps up to the exit quickly.
"Puck calm down."
"This pain is getting so bad." Quinn says through her teeth as Puck helps her into a wheelchair and wheels her into the hospital.
"My daughter, she's having a baby." Judy tells the nurse as they enter the reception.
The nurse leads the way into a delivery suit and the rest of the New Directions follow.
"Sorry, just the father and grandmother past this point." The nurse says.
"Mercedes. You too." Quinn grabs Mercedes and Puck continues to push Quinn into the room.
"Ahhh, you suck, you suck, you suck, you suck!" Quinn screams out towards Puck who stands there watching in amazement yet pure horror. "Ahhhh!"
"Come on Quinny, your doing so well baby." Judy holds Quinn's hand and moves her hair from her sweaty brow.
"Push Quinn, come on she's nearly here." Mercedes says excitedly.
"Let me go! No, no, no, no ahh" Puck looks down as the baby is crowning and jolts back horrified at what he has just witnessed. "Urghh."
"Congratulations, you have a beautiful baby daughter." A nurse places the tiny baby girl onto Quinn's chest and rubs her down with a pink cloth. Quinn automatically wraps her arms around the tiny figure and pulls her up closer to her chest and kisses the top of her head.
"She's beautiful." Judy says touching the newborns hand.
"Well done Quinn, I'm so proud of you." Mercedes kisses the top of Quinn's head and gazes at the baby before heading out of the room to tell the rest of the New Directions the good news.
Puck walks towards Quinn and his daughter, he looks down at Quinn and then at his baby girl, a tear slips down his face and Quinn looks up at him.
"I'm proud of you, she's beautiful. She looks just like you." Quinn continues to gaze at Puck in a loving way but jumps as the baby begins to whimper.
"Hey, sshhh it's okay." Quinn rocks the baby slightly and kisses her head.
A nurse walks over "Is it ok if I take her? We just need to do some routine tests, weigh her things like that. We'll get her dressed up for you and pop her into the nursery so you can get some rest."
"Sure." Quinn says uncertain, she looks down at her daughter, kisses her head and hands her to the nurse.
"Wait." Puck says as he digs down into a hodell "Here, can you dress her in this." Pucks hands out the pink flowery onesie towards the nurse.
"No problem." The nurse takes the onesie and heads out of the room leaving just Quinn and Puck alone.
Puck sits on the chair next to Quinn's bed and takes her hand "Thank you for the best day of my life. I know we're not keeping her but she's perfect."
Quinn smiles at Puck "I'm gonna get some rest." She turns over facing away from Puck as tears stream down her tired face.
A few hours later Quinn and Puck stand looking through a large window into the hospital nursery.
"Do you want to keep her?" Puck asks.
"No. Do you?"
Puck rests his head on the glass of the window with a look of disappointment.
"Did you love me?" Quinn questions Puck still looking at her baby.
"Yes, especially now." Puck looks at Quinn, with a smile slightly blushing. Quinn looks at him and smiles. She's about to say something when...
"Which ones yours?" A familiar figure stands next to Quinn, both Quinn and Puck seem shocked to see her. "Oh, I see her now. She looks like you." Shelby looks at Quinn then back at the little girl who lay sleeping. "Has she got a name?"
"No." Quinn replies bluntly.
"Beth." Puck interrupts.
"Beth, I like it." Shelby says. The three of them stand there looking into the window for a moment before Shelby departs the area.
"Puck, I'm sorry for being such an ass the past few months and I've never really said thank you for everything you've done for us, so thank you."
"Your welcome. But, like I've said before I'd do anything for you... For both of you."
"I know." There's a silent pause, Quinn, looks up at Puck "I want to keep her."
Puck looks up at Quinn "Really?"
"Yeah. She's perfect and she's ours."
Puck embraces Quinn and kisses the top of her head "Thank you!"
A few days later everyone is in the auditorium with Mr Schue, remembering the past year they've had before Glee Club gets cancelled for good and the club all go their separate ways again. Puck walks in on stage.
"Mr Schue, if I may say something?"
"Sure Puck."
"Quinn and I would like to introduce everyone to Beth." Puck looks behind him as Quinn walks on stage with a little bundle in her arms. The Glee club all gasp happily except Santana.
"Beth Puckerman, meet the Glee club." Quinn says to Beth as she reaches Puck's side and strokes Beth's head with a finger. Puck wraps his arm around Quinn's waist feeling extremely proud.