Disclaimer: I am just borrowing them for the fun of writing, BUT I do own the plot, ideas and original characters.

A/N: I edited this chapter, so all mistakes are mine.

A/N2: This story is mostly AU after Mash-up (1x08), but with some of the topics discussed in the later episodes and music used, I may sneak in a conversation, cover the same topic, or use the same song, but I will put my own twist on it and may use some of the music.

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Getting to bed around midnight, Puck and Rachel didn't know what they'd find outside when they got up in the morning.

Just after five-am, the house phone started ringing, waking both of them up. They had a phone in their room, so Puck jumped out of bed to go answer it, unsure who it was. As he picked up the phone and rubbed his eyes to focus, he wasn't even able to say 'hello' before an automated message began playing, announcing that Lima School District schools would be closed that day, "you've got to me kidding me!" He groaned, slamming the phone down and returning to bed.

"Who was it?" Rachel asked, sliding closer to him.

"The fuckin' school district to say school was closed. It's kind of obvious it is," he sighed.

"Noah, calm down. I'm not surprised they called. It's obvious the weather is not safe to be out in, but not everyone watches TV and may not have heard, so they call everyone just to let students and staff know," she explained.

"Why couldn't they have done that last night and not wait until five in the morning to do it?" he groaned, "we were sleeping."

"Probably because most people are getting up at this time to get ready for school or work... And just relax and we can go back to sleep for a few hours," she added, already getting comfortable.

Puck smirked at her, but agreed he could get back to sleep, so he settled in, pulled the blankets back over them, kissed her cheek and closed his eyes, hoping for more sleep.

...

Getting a couple more hours of sleep, Abby woke Puck and Rachel up just after eight in the morning, so they crawled out of bed, dressing in warm clothes and Puck headed downstairs to get a bottle and some food warmed up for her while Rachel changed her diaper and dressed her for the day.

Remembering that David and Alan had stayed the night, Puck was curious what their plans were, and found them sitting at the table, coffee cups in hand, "morning guys."

"Morning, Noah. Bet you guys liked sleeping in on a weekday," David said.

"Yeah, sleep in," he shook his head, "would have been nicer if the school district hadn't called at five-o'clock in the morning to let us know school was canceled."

Alan nodded, "so we did hear the phone this morning. We weren't sure."

"Oh yeah, it rang. Here I'm thinking it was something important," Puck commented, getting things ready to feed Abby, "not my idea of a wake up. We already knew school was canceled anyway."

"True, but it's the school's way of making sure everyone knows," David replied.

"I know," Puck nodded, "still doesn't make up for waking me up," he murmured.

"Noah, quit complaining about it. We were able to get back to sleep, so it's not a big deal," Rachel said, coming into the kitchen with Abby.

"It was because I was having a damn good dream and I couldn't get back to it," he sighed, taking Abby from her, kissing her cheek then got her settled into her highchair.

"A dream? Just what was it about?" Rachel asked curiously.

"Nothing I wanna discuss in front of our parents," he replied, winking at Rachel.

Rachel blushed, ducking her head a little, and pushing her hair behind her ears nervously, "oh, that."

"Yeah, that," Puck nodded, kissing her forehead and handing over Abby's bib, "want me to feed her or you got it?" He asked, changing the subject.

She nodded, "I will feed her. Are you going to make breakfast?"

"Sure," he replied, glancing at her dads, "you guys hungry."

"We could eat," David nodded, "want help?"

"Nah, I got it," Puck replied, heading for the fridge.

Rachel started feeding Abby and glanced at her dads, "please tell me you guys aren't going to work today."

"No, we're not," Alan assured her. "It's too bad to be out right now, anyway. I think it's still snowing, but has let up some from last night," he added, "at least it had when we let Kona out."

Everyone turned their attention to the large window in the kitchen that looked out into the backyard, seeing snowflakes coming down still, "I can't remember a time when it's snowed this much," Rachel said.

"It's been several years," David told them.

"Don't matter to me," Puck smirked, "it's a free day from school and if it keeps up, maybe an early start to our two-week break," he added, pulling out his phone from his pocket and texting his family to see if they were up and wanted breakfast before he started working on pancakes.

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Finding out everyone was up, Deborah, Ethan and Arin made their way over to Puck and Rachel's house, taking some extra time to get there, because the snow was deep and Puckermans and Berrys were sitting down to breakfast at around nine.

"Dad, what's the chances of school being open tomorrow?" Puck asked.

"I don't know, honestly. The last I heard they were waiting until daylight to plow, so if they started like they planned, then by tomorrow the main roads should be clear enough to drive on. It's still snowing, though, and they wouldn't be able to get to many side roads or neighborhoods done, so it still wouldn't be too safe for kids to be out. If the district is smart, they'll cancel school tomorrow and let people know by today, since it is the last day before Winter Break, anyway," Ethan explained.

"I hope so," Puck replied.

"See, it's a good thing I had us bring all our school books home," Rachel commented.

Puck sighed and nodded, "yeah, I know. I just didn't figure we'd be lucky enough to have two days off in a row from snow."

"Jessica said it happened to them when she was in Dayton and it makes sense. Besides, even if school was open, I probably wouldn't go anyway," she said.

"What?" Puck gasped, surprised she'd be willing to miss school.

"Noah, you know I don't like being out in the snow. I may be doing better about being in the car driving in it, but if we did go to school, all I would be doing is worrying about Abby and getting home to be with her, so I wouldn't be able to focus on school," she explained.

"Oh, well, but we'd be fine. I can drive in this and Abby would be safe with Susan," Puck told her.

"I know, but I still would worry," she said softly, shrugging, "I can't help it."

"Rachel, you're not alone. I feel the same way," Deborah replied, "I wouldn't want you guys going either. It's a mom thing. We worry," she added.

Rachel blushed, but nodded, "yeah, we do."

Puck put his arm around Rachel's shoulders and leaned over, kissing her gently, "well, we don't have to go anywhere today, we're all together, so no need to worry," he promised.

Smiling, Rachel nodded and relaxed for a moment, "I know. I'm glad we are."

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Changing the subject to something less nerve-wracking, the family finished up their breakfast and as they started doing dishes, Rachel went up to shower and Puck got a text from Finn about the snow and to see if they were up and Puck invited them over.

When Quinn and Finn arrived, Rachel was just coming downstairs dressed for the day and Puck was surprised Carole wasn't with them, "where's your mom?" Puck asked when he let them inside.

"She stayed at Burt and Kurt's last night. The owner closed up the bakery at six, but it was already pretty bad out, so mom went to their house because it's closer than ours is," Finn replied, taking off his jacket and hanging it up on the coat rack.

"Why didn't you let us know?" Rachel asked, "you could have stayed with us last night, so you didn't have to be alone."

"It's okay," Finn shrugged, "this isn't the first time she's stayed over there, so we're used to her not being home sometimes."

"And you're just now mentioning that she crashes at Burt's sometimes?" Puck smirked.

Quinn laughed lightly, "he's not a big fan of it, but like I told him; it's no different than if Burt and Kurt stay over at our place," she added as they moved into the warm living room.

"Yeah, I guess," Finn shrugged.

"Dude, Burt's a good guy. You don't have to worry about anything," Puck assured him.

"I know," Finn nodded, "it's just... weird to know my mom's... you know?"

Puck glanced at his mom, now pregnant, "yeah, I know exactly what you mean. It's weird, but if she's happy, then what's wrong with that?"

"True," Finn agreed, not looking at it that way, "I guess I never thought of that."

"Can we go play in the snow now?" Arin asked, breaking the silence after Finn's last comment.

The room laughed lightly, but Puck nodded, "I'm in," he grinned.

"I'll get Abby changed," Rachel commented.

"Are you sure, Rachel? We can watch her," David said.

"No, it's alright. She's never been in snow before I want I want to get some pictures of her in it... She shouldn't be out long though," Rachel explained, getting up.

...

Dressing up in layers, everyone got ready to go outside. Finn and Quinn returned to their place to get some more clothes on to be outside in and after getting herself ready, Rachel went into the nursery with Abby and dug out some clothes for her to put on. Adding an extra pair of clothes, she then put on a pink snow suit, consisting of a pair of fluffy pants and jacket, along with a matching hat. Adding a pair of mittens, Rachel was satisfied, "I think you look cute," she commented, picking her up and snuggling her, then grabbed a warm blanket and wrapped it around her, as she carried her downstairs.

"Babe, she's only going out for a little while, I don't think she needs to be dressed up that much," Puck said, trying not to laugh at how much Abby looked like a pink marshmallow.

"I just want to be sure she's warm. I don't want her getting sick," Rachel replied, "I want to get some pictures of the house and yard before we start messing it up walking around, so do you mind if I went out first for a few minutes?" She asked.

"Go for it," Puck motioned to the door, "I'll take Abby."

Rachel handed him Abby and and then headed outside with her camera and as soon as she was out of the house, he started laughing, "Abby, you look like a pink marshmallow," he told her, kissing her cheek, her face her only visible skin.

"Oh, Rachel's just being cautious," Deborah said, "we dressed you pretty much the same," she added.

"I know," he smirked, then shrugged, "oh well. I can bring these pictures out when she's got friends over," he added with a grin, moving out onto the porch.

Rachel moved around the front of the house, taking pictures where she wanted and motioned for everyone to come further outside when she was done, "how should we get Abby into the snow?" She asked curiously.

Puck had held onto Abby while Rachel took pictures and when she motioned for everyone to join her, he carried her carefully over towards Rachel, following the footsteps of those that had gone over the pathway before.

The snow was still coming down, but not as bad as it had been the day before and as soon as Abby was no longer sheltered by the house, she began looking around, seeing all the bright white stuff that she wasn't used to and as the little snow flakes started hitting her face, she'd turn her head and try to shake them off, lifting her gloved hand to her face to wipe it away, "I think this is a good start," he smirked, then bent down a little and picked up a small bit of untouched snow and sprinkled it over her face.

"Noah!" Rachel gasped, "be careful."

"It's fine. She's just checking it out," he replied, seeing her batting at it, but also her tongue was coming out, like she was trying to lick her face.

Rachel had taken a few pictures of her, even though she was shocked at what he'd done, and picked up some more snow with her free hand, but this one she balled up and rubbed the piece against her cheek, watching her pull back and look at what was in Rachel's hand.

"I have an idea," Puck said, "could you take her for a second?"

"Sure," Rachel reached out and took Abby from him, curious what he was doing.

Puck stepped a few feet into the grassy yard and then turned around, plopping down into the snow crossed-legged so it compacted and he could have a lap, "now hand her to me."

"Noah, what are you doing?" Deborah gasped.

"You're going to get sick!" Rachel added.

"No, I'm not," he replied, holding out his hands for Abby, "I've got two layers of pants on."

Rachel gave in, handing Abby over and as soon as Puck had her in his arms, he kissed her and then settled her onto his thigh, her back to his chest. With one hand on her stomach so she didn't slip, he took the glove off of her hand closest to the snow and rubbed her hand for a moment, "Abby, what is this stuff?" He asked, placing her hand on the snow near his leg.

For a moment Abby stared at the white stuff curiously, then balled her fist up, feeling the soft snow, then let go, but with a bit of snow on her hand, she lifted it to her mouth and licked it, then returned her hand to the snow, squishing it and grinning as she picked up some and let go of it in her lap, giggling.

"She definitely likes it," Puck said with a grin.

"Yes she does," Rachel agreed, having been taking pictures of them.

"What are you guys doing?" Finn asked, him and Quinn returning with warmer clothes on.

"We're letting Abby experience snow for the first time," Puck replied, turning his head to Rachel, "I got more lap left. Wanna join me?" He asked her.

Rachel hesitated, but then handed her camera to David and carefully slid into his lap, trying to keep from sitting on the snow as much as possible, and took one of her gloves off to do the same thing Abby and Puck had done with the snow.

David took a few more pictures and Kona, who Deborah had on a leash, walked over to them and laid down near Puck. Abby, getting the hang of the snow, balled it up and tossed it over towards Kona and giggled.

Everyone got a kick out of Abby and though she was having fun, Puck and Rachel put her glove back on so her hand didn't get too cold and soon the four of them were having a family picture taken of Kona, Abby, Puck and Rachel.

"Why don't you all join them," Quinn suggested to the others, holding her hand out for the camera.

David handed her the camera, and the four adults and Arin joined the rest of their family and Quinn snapped a few family photos, and before they moved much, Rachel looked at them, "these are better than any professional ones," she admitted, grinning, "thank you, Quinn."

"No problem," she smiled, not feeling any desire to be a part of Abby's 'family', as her mom, but was happy to be around as Aunt Quinn, knowing she was right where she needed to be and could see her grow up, from a distance.

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Getting cold and not wanting to stay outside any longer, after pictures were over, Deborah suggested she take Kona and Abby inside, letting everyone else stay outside a little longer.

"Are you going to go change?" Rachel asked, wiping off the snow as she stood up.

"I was going to, but I probably won't. I'll be fine for a while longer," Puck shrugged, standing up and shaking the snow off.

"Alright, but if you get sick, don't say I never warned you," she replied.

Puck smirked, leaning over and picking up some snow and tossing it to her, "a little snow can't hurt anyone."

"Noah!" Rachel gasped, but instead of saying anything else, she picked up some more and tossed it to him, "fair's fair," she giggled, ready to be a teen for once; she never had snowball fights when she was a kid and knew it was time to have some fun.

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It didn't take long for 'throwing the snow back and forth' to turn into a full on snowball fight between Quinn, Finn, Rachel, Puck and Arin, while the dads watched them and did the adult thing by cleaning some of the snow off the cars, but since they didn't plan to go anywhere, they gave up after a while.

While they were all outside, they hadn't had any traffic go by on the road and it was pretty quiet out, until they heard an explosion, stopping all of them from what they were doing. "What was that?" Puck asked concerned.

"Probably a transformer," Ethan replied, glancing around, and saw Deborah come outside, "did the power just go out?"

Deborah nodded, "yeah and the news said the snow should blow over soon, but hard telling how long it will be before the the power is back on."

"What do we do?" Finn asked.

"I'd say go home, get some warm clothes on and come back over here," Ethan said, motioning inside Puck and Rachel's house. "I'd call your mom and see if they lost power, too. It's probably just our area, but at least let her know in case they try to come over here later," Ethan suggested, "and let them know you'll be here, so if she needs to call she knows where to."

"Alright, we'll be over in a while," Finn nodded, him and Quinn shaking off the snow and heading towards their house.

"I'll be over in a few minutes. Gonna go get a few things. Deb, you need anything?" Ethan asked, looking at Arin, "and I know you're going home to change," he added.

Arin nodded, moving towards Ethan and Deborah called out that she didn't need anything, so Ethan and Arin returned to their house while the rest headed into Rachel and Puck's.

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"I can't believe the power went out," Rachel commented as she and Puck went up to their room to change into dry clothes.

"I'm not," Puck replied, stripping down, "it's the first snow storm we've had since last winter. Trees are weak in places and with all the snow we've gotten, they could easily be knocked down or some dumb ass tried to have some fun and crashed into a power pole," he said, pulling on a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt.

"Oh, well, there is that. I didn't think of those reasons," she admitted, putting on warm pants and one of Puck's sweatshirts.

Puck watched her for a moment, smiling when she put on his shirt. Moving towards her, he slipped his arms around her and pulled her in for a kiss, "you know, we should try to keep warm, so we could get in bed," he winked.

Warmth rushed to her cheeks that turned them a light pink, "I'd like that, but I couldn't with our families and friends downstairs."

Leaning down, he pressed a kiss to her neck, then her ear, "what would it take to persuade you?" He murmured, kissing her lips, before moving down to the other side of her neck as his arms held her close.

"Later, Noah," she promised, "they'll come looking for us if we're not down there soon."

He sighed, "alright, but I'm holding you to that," he replied.

"I promise," she stood on her tiptoes and kissed him lovingly, "let's finish getting dressed."

He nodded and for the next few moments they focused on putting on warm socks and a decent layer of clothes, before leaving their room and returning to the living room to find Alan, David and Deborah down there with Kona and Abby, "they're not back yet?" Puck asked, meaning Ethan, Arin, Finn and Quinn.

"No, but I imagine they'll be over soon. I'm sure dad is getting out his portable police scanner to see what's going on," Deborah replied, "when they all get over here we'll need to figure out what to do for dinner."

"Okay, why is Abby on the couch?" Puck wondered, seeing her laid out on the couch with a pillow next to her so she couldn't roll off and a warm blanket over her.

"She shouldn't be on the floor because heat rises," Rachel said, "you know that."

"Oh, yeah, that's right," he nodded, smirking.

Rachel moved to sit down next to Abby, pulling her legs under her and got Abby into her lap, using Abby's blanket to cover both of them, "I hope the power doesn't stay out for too long. It's nice that we're all together, but it's what? One in the afternoon and it's only going to get colder tonight."

"Don't worry, I'll keep you warm," Puck promised, joining his family on the couch.

"I know," she smiled at him, "I'm just worried about Abby."

"As long as you keep a blanket over her and just make sure she doesn't seem cold, she should be fine," Deborah assured them.

Hearing the door open, they looked up and found Arin, Ethan, Quinn and Finn had returned, taking off their shoes and knocking the snow off in the doorway, before moving further into the living room, "well, it's stopped snowing," Ethan commented, taking a seat on the other couch where Deborah was sitting.

"That's a good thing," Puck agreed, "what is all that?"

Ethan unzipped the small bag he brought over, "battery powered police scanner, and I also brought over a radio and some glow sticks. Figure if we needed them, we can use them later when it gets dark out."

"Oh sweet. Mom was mentioning what we're gonna do for dinner, too," Puck replied.

"We have our gas grill on the deck," Ethan told him, "and I know we filled up the gas tank after we used it last. That should cover us for most things. Finn, did you get a chance to talk to your mom?"

"Yeah. She said power is out there and they're snowed in, too... Well, she said Burt could probably get Kurt's SUV out, but mom's car isn't going anywhere until probably tomorrow and it's still pretty nasty out to be driving in," Finn explained.

"Then you guys should stay over here tonight. There's a spare bed in Arin's old room you can use. No need to be alone over there," Rachel suggested.

"Are you sure?" Quinn asked, "I mean, we have a few flashlights and blankets and what not over there, we'll be fine."

"We're sure," Puck told them, "stay. But you may wanna go back just to get some more clothes, in case you want another layer on later."

Quinn and Finn nodded, "alright, thanks," Finn replied, "we'll go over later and get some things."

"Good," Rachel smiled and looked at Ethan, "have you had a chance to talk to anyone at the station? Is there any word on if school will run tomorrow?"

"No," he shook his head, "if we don't have power, chances are McKinley doesn't have it either, along with a few other schools in the area, so I wouldn't plan on it. The district can't be open if half the schools don't have power," Ethan replied.

"Okay, well, as soon as we do get power, we're going to need to call a Glee meeting for sometime this Winter Break," Rachel commented.

"Why?" Puck asked.

"Remember how we didn't pick songs for Regionals on Monday?" She asked and when the others nodded, she continued, "well, we were going to meet today during Glee and discuss the songs again. Since there isn't any school today and maybe not tomorrow, we should plan something for next week sometime so we can figure songs out. We can't wait until we get back to school to figure them out," she told them.

Puck nodded, "oh yeah, I forgot about that. Well, we should have everyone's number so in the next few days we'll need to come up with a time."

"Speaking of scheduling," Deborah turned to Quinn, "if the weather doesn't clear up, you may want to reschedule your mom's visit. She's got a trip ahead of her to get up here."

Quinn nodded, "yeah, I know. I think the roads will be okay by Saturday, as long as there won't be anymore snow. If things are still bad tomorrow I'll call and reschedule. I just really want this to be over."

"Do you not want to see her?" Rachel asked.

"I do want to see her, but it's like... We're both different people now. I don't know how well she's going to take to how I've changed," Quinn explained.

"She's your mom. If she wants back in your life, she better accept it," Puck told her.

"Yeah, I get that. I just... I'm nervous. She'll pretty much be meeting all of you and it's a big deal," Quinn replied.

"It is, but we're all here for you," Ethan told her.

"Thanks," Quinn smiled.

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Unable to do a lot, Rachel suggested they play a game and Monopoly was chosen, but instead of everyone playing, they split up into four teams: Arin, Ethan and Deborah as one team, David and Alan as another, Quinn and Finn worked together and Puck, Rachel and Abby were on the other one. Sitting around the coffee table, with a few candles as light, they rolled the dice and moved around the board, paying each other and having a healthy competition.

As it got closer to dinner time, Deborah suggested they figure out what they're going to have, so Ethan went out to start the grill and Deborah carefully went into the fridge and freezer to get some frozen hamburgers and hot dogs; something Puck and Rachel always had. Ethan put a tea kettle on the burner of the grill and warmed up some water for drinks and between that and the food they came up with; having to open cans with a manual can opener, they came up with a pretty good dinner.

Now that darkness had fallen on Lima, and with the streetlights out, it was pretty dark out and Rachel was lighting candles all over the downstairs and Ethan had turned on the radio he'd brought over, wanting to hear if there was any announcements for school or the power.

Finn and Quinn had planned to return to their house, long enough to get some warmer clothes, and stay at Puck and Rachel's, but it got cooler, they decided to actually go home and stay, figuring they'd be more comfortable in their own bed. Around eight, they said 'goodnight' and headed home, thanking everyone for dinner and for the offer to stay.

Shortly after they left, David and Alan headed up to bed, tired from the early morning and Ethan mentioned the district would probably wait until morning to cancel school, so after blowing out candles and gathering things up a little, Deborah, Ethan and Arin headed back to their house and Rachel, Puck and Abby headed up to the nursery, laying a few more blankets down in Abby's crib and once her diaper was changed, they settled her down and covered her up, hoping she'd stay warm.

Deciding they might as well go to bed themselves, Puck and Rachel moved into their room and Puck closed the door behind them, definitely feeling the cold settling in the rooms, since the heat hadn't been on since that afternoon.

"It's cold in here," Rachel murmured, moving over to the closet and dug out their extra comforter, then shook it out and laid it over their bed.

Puck had been carrying the flashlight and with one hand helped her fix the blanket, then kicked his shoes off and climbed under the blankets in his sweats and sweatshirt, "yeah it is, but I'm sure we can find a way to warm up."

Rachel joined him, crawling as close to him as she could, "I did say 'later', didn't I?" She wondered, kissing his lips in the very dim light from the flashlight.

"You did," he nodded, "and as long as we keep the blankets over us, we shouldn't get too cold."

"Some how I have a feeling we'll warm up pretty quickly," she murmured, taking the light from him and setting it on his nightstand so the light didn't shine right on them, but nearby so they had some light, "you have that effect on me."

Puck smirked and slid his cool hand under her shirt, "you don't have to ask me twice," he murmured, wrapping his arms around her and kissed her lovingly, "and I'll definitely help you warm up."

"Oh, I know you will," she agreed, shivering a little at his touch, but already felt her body warming up.

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A/N3: Writing this chapter makes me cold, LOL. Hope you liked! Review and let me know! Next up: Lunch with Quinn's mom.

A/N4: So sorry it's been so long since I last updated, but this time I did it on purpose. One of my awesome readers, who has become a best friend to me, has her birthday on 9/26, so as a birthday present, I wanted to wait and update all my fics for her birthday... Happy Birthday, PKteach!

A/N5: Still making bracelets and other crafts. If you're interested, let me know!

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