Beginning Our Life

Last Time: The Hudson-Hummel-Puckerman kids went to the park for a redo of their other day. Shelby and Beth were at the park as well. Puck talked to Shelby, who agreed to maybe give him custody after four years when he had finished college. And that's what you missed on Beginning Our Life.

Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or any songs that I may put in here.

Take The Chance

Puck's Point of View

I sat on the bath tub and watched Sarah finish curling her hair, "Why are you doing this?"

Sarah sighed and met my gaze in the mirror, "I have to impress Shelby."

"Sarah," I groaned and stood, "You don't need to impress Shelby tonight."

"Noah," Sarah bit back and spun around. She waved the curling iron at me, "Tonight is the night you fight for custody of your daughter, I think we need to look nice."

I wrapped my arms around her, "We do look nice. Besides, stop curling your hair, it's already curly enough."

Sarah breathed out once against my chest before stepping back, "Just let me finish, I won't be long."

I groaned in defeat when she continued doing her hair. I left the bathroom only to be hit in the side by a running Grace.

"Whoa there, slow down monster," I grabbed her shoulders and put her upright, "Why the hurry?"

Grace let out a breathless pant, "Finn told me what you were doing and I needed to see you before you left."

"Alright, well, I'm not leaving for a while, so what's up?" I knelt down to her level.

Grace held out her hand clenching a piece of paper, "Give this to Ms. Shelby."

I took the paper and smoothed it out, "Ok, I'll give it to her.

Grace nodded and hugged me, "Thanks. I promise, it'll get you Beth," she ran away leaving me confused.

I made my way to the living room and sat on the couch to read the letter.

Dear Ms. Shelby,

Please give Noah Beth. He really loves her. So do I. Beth's cute. He'll take good care of her. Even though Sarah's going to have a baby, Noah will be able to love and take care of Beth and his baby boy. If you're worried about Beth, I'm going to help, so don't worry. Sometimes Noah does stupid things, but I can fix them. If I can't, Sarah can and so can Finn. Just because we didn't have a dad and our mom was mean doesn't mean Noah can't have a baby. Please give Beth to Noah.

From Your Friend, Grace Marie Puckerman (Noah's Sister)

I carefully folded the piece of paper and put it in my dress pants pocket. It was...cute, I guess, at least that's what Sarah would say. I don't think it would guarantee me Beth like Grace intended, but I should probably still give it to Shelby so I didn't lie.

"Noah, are we driving together?" Ms. Carole asked while walking into the room.

I looked up, "Um, I'm not sure."

"No," Sarah answered while coming in as well, "We're driving separate."

"Aren't we all going to Breadsticks?" I asked.

"Well, yeah, but I want to go separately," Sarah said.

"Fine," I stood, "Should we go then?"

"I'll go get Burt. You guys can leave, we'll meet you there," Ms. Carole told us while leaving the room.

Sarah grabbed my hand, "Come on, let's go." I let her tug me outside to my truck where she stopped and tapped her foot, "Hurry."

"Sarah, what is your problem?" I asked while helping her into the passenger seat.

Once I was in and started the car, Sarah answered, "You need Beth, you deserve her, she's yours."

I nodded and drove out onto the road. Sarah reached and turned the radio up. We fell into a comfortable silence until we got to Breadsticks.

"Alright," Sarah breathed, "Ready?"

"No," I automatically answered, though instantly regretted it.

Sarah turned in her seat and ran a hand down my face, "It's ok, everything's gonna be ok. You'll get Beth and in four short years, we'll be her parents."

I nodded, "Yeah, nothing to worry about."

Sarah kissed the side of my mouth, "Come on, no time like the present."

I watched her slip out of the car and quickly followed her. When I grabbed her hand in front of the truck, I realized it was sweaty and she was shaking slightly.

"Hey, shh, calm down," I whispered while opening the door for her.

I was about to close it when a voice stopped me, "Wait! Puck!"

I turned my head to see Quinn running at me, "Quinn?"

"What are you doing here?" Sarah asked softly.

"Shelby called me," Quinn smiled, "Something about Beth and getting custody."

My heart dropped. Was I fighting Quinn for this?

Sarah squeezed my hand, "That's why we're here too."

The door opened and Ms. Carole, Burt, and Quinn's mom walked in, "Why haven't you all sat down yet?" Burt asked.

We shrugged as a hostess came up to us, "Are you the party of seven?"

"I guess," I answered, "But it should be five," I mumbled under my breath.

"Shh," Sarah kissed my arm as we were led away.

I stopped and held Sarah back as everyone passed us, "What is she doing here?" I hissed.

"Hey, it's alright," Sarah ran her soft hands down my arms, "We'll work this out."

"I mean, it makes sense, Quinn is her mom," I muttered.

Sarah reached up and kissed my lips, "That's right, so what we'll have to share? Quinn might not even want custody of Beth."

"No, she wants her," I looked away at where Quinn was laughing with Shelby and our parents.

"She's your friend, right?" Sarah asked, breaking my trance.

"Of course," I looked back at her.

"Then come on," Sarah started tugging me to the table.

I realized that Sarah was just as nervous as I was, but she was trying to stay strong. Her hands were still sweaty, she was still shaking, her cheeks were blushed a light pink and I knew that wasn't her make-up.

I sat down in the seat next to Quinn while Sarah sat on the other side of me, "Hi Shelby."

"Hi Noah," she smiled back, "How are you?"

"I'm good," I nodded, "Oh, I...um...have something for you from my sister."

"Oh," Shelby slowly nodded, "Ok."

I reached into my pocket and shakily pulled out the letter, "She's ten."

Sarah laughed softly, hiding her face behind her hand.

Shelby took the paper, "Thanks. Should I read it now?"

"I'm not sure what she wanted you to do," I mumbled, "Well, I read it, so actually I do know but I don't know if you should read it because I don't want you to think-"

Sarah elbowed my side to shut me up.

I closed my mouth and stared down at my water. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see Shelby glancing over Grace's letter.

She smiled softly and put it in her purse, "I guess we can get started now."

"Could you just go over everything Shelby?" Ms. Carole asked.

"Of course," Shelby answered, "The other day Noah came up to me and asked for custody of Beth in four years after he earns his college degree."

Quinn stared at me with wide eyes, "You what?" she whispered.

I shrugged, "We can share since that's probably why you're here."

"Why are Quinn and I here, then?" Ms. Fabray asked.

"I don't think it is fair that I give Noah and Sarah custody of Beth without Quinn's consent," Shelby said.

"Wait, you want to give custody to Sarah as well?" Ms. Carole asked.

Sarah cleared her throat, "Mom," she said softly.

"It's not full custody; I would still like to care for Beth in any way Noah, Quinn, or Sarah need; but they would be Beth's main caregiver's for the rest of her life," Shelby answered.

"This is crazy," Burt muttered.

"I have to agree with Mr. Hummel," Ms. Fabray added in, "Our children-or adopted children-gave up their daughter two years ago. I personally watched Quinn go through much pain and don't want to see her in it again when you fall through with this idea of giving Beth back to her."

The table fell in a silence for a few small moments.

"I won't fall through," Shelby finally announced, "I love being a mother and I also love Broadway. With this option, I could do both while knowing Beth is happy."

"Would I get the same rights as Puck and Sarah?" Quinn asked quietly, "After everything I've done."

Shelby took a deep breath, "Yes. You are Beth's biological mother and she knows who you are, loves you actually, and I couldn't deny you of that."

Quinn let out a sigh of relief and her mom reached across the table to hold her hand.

"Is this gonna happen or not?" I asked, "Are you really going to give Beth to us? Or is this just something that might happen?"

"Puckerman's right," Burt nodded, "If Carole and I do agree to this, what's the guarantee? How do we know Beth will actually be given to our kids?"

Shelby pulled out a paper from her purse. She unfolded it on the table, "Noah, Quinn, and Sarah if she'd like, will sign this. I'll sign it as well so we are under agreement that when Noah graduates college with a degree that he actually earned, Beth will be theirs."

"Quinn, sign the paper," Ms. Fabray said.

"Wh-what?" Quinn asked.

"Honey, Beth makes you happy, I want you to be happy again," Ms. Fabray smiled, "Sign it, you have my permission."

Quinn nodded and Shelby pushed the paper across to her. I watched Quinn shakily sign her name on the dotted line.

When she was done, I automatically grabbed the paper and pen.

"Wait," Ms. Carole suddenly spoke, "I'm not sure if I agree to this. I don't know if Noah and Sarah are ready to have a baby."

"Mom! I'm pregnant!" Sarah announced.

"Ms. Carole, Beth won't be a baby anymore when we get her, she'll be six years old," I fought, gripping the pen in my hand while still staring down at the paper and Quinn's sloppy signature.

"You two will already have a son. Are you sure you'll want to add another child to your family? That means you'll have two children to take care of," Ms. Carole said gently.

"If you're worried about me being too young, I'll be twenty, Mom, please," Sarah begged.

"I'll be 23 or 22, depends," I added.

"Carole?" Burt asked, making his wife turn to him.

I took a breath and held Sarah's hand tightly as Ms. Carole and Burt exchanged a silent conversation between each other. They broke away from their staring after a minute and looked at Shelby.

"Shelby, if Sarah and Noah decide in the next four years that they aren't ready for another kid, can they get out of this agreement?" Ms. Carole asked quietly.

"Of course, though since Quinn already signed, I'd have to say that then Quinn would get the custody just for herself," Shelby told her then turned to Ms. Fabray, "The same goes for Quinn, she can get out of the agreement any time in the next four years."

Burt gave a stiff nod to Ms. Carole and she looked at Sarah and me, "Go ahead, sign the paper."

I breathed a sigh of relief and signed the paper with a smile on my face. Sarah quickly took it from me once I was done and signed her name right below mine.

"Now that we've finished this, shall we start dinner?" Shelby asked while putting the paper back in her purse after signing it herself.

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Sarah slid up my chest and continued kissing my throat, "I can't believe we're going to be parents."

"Times two," I breathed and pulled her up so her mouth was against mine.

Sarah quickly tugged my shirt off, "Wanna practice for number three?"

I chuckled and knotted my hand in her hair, "Of course."

Sarah kissed under my jaw, "You're way hotter when I think of you as a dad."

"Thanks," I whispered.

The door flew open and someone yelled, "Dude!"

Sarah screamed against my chest and rolled off, falling onto the floor.

"Sarah!" I yelled while quickly sitting up.

Finn ran over and helped Sarah, hitting my hand away when I reached to help as well, "Don't touch my sister anymore you creep."

"Creep?" I asked, but shook it off and lowered myself next to them, "You ok, Sars?"

Sarah carefully sat up with Finn's help while rubbing her back, "I think so."

"We should go to the doctor," I told her, "Come on, the emergency room should be open," I grabbed her hand.

"I fell on my back, I should be fine," Sarah muttered.

"You should still go, Sars, just to be safe," Finn said softly.

"I don't want to," Sarah whimpered.

I stood and bent down to lift Sarah into my arms, ignoring her cries and Finn's protests.

"Oh calm down," I rolled my eyes at Finn, "I'm not gonna pull anything on her when she's in pain and I'm taking her to the hospital. Grab my shirt."

"No! Stop! We're not going anywhere!" Sarah struggled in my arms.

Finn groaned and threw me my shirt, "Give her to me and put this on."

I passed him Sarah and put my shirt on.

"You guys, let me down!" Sarah squirmed against Finn.

"No," I led the way out the house.

"You guys, this isn't funny," Sarah was close to tears, "I don't need to go to the hospital."

"And I don't need a deformed son, so get in the car," I said while holding open the door.

Finn set Sarah in and shut the door, "You can drive, I'll tell Mom what happened."

The ride to the hospital was annoying between Finn trying to explain to his mom what happened and why we didn't tell her or Burt before leaving and Sarah threatening to caught off our parts if we didn't turn around at that second.

We finally pulled up to the emergency room and Finn ran ahead to get a wheel chair. As I helped Sarah down, she started crying.

"I don't want to, Noah, please," she begged.

I held her against my chest, "It's for the best."

"No, I'm too scared," Sarah sobbed.

"I'll be right there the whole time, I swear," I smoothed down her hair.

"No," Sarah pulled back, "I can do it myself, don't worry."

"Everything'll be fine," I assured her while wiping away her tears.

Sarah silently nodded and hid her face in my chest. Finn came running up with a wheel chair that I put Sarah in. I held her hand as Finn pushed her inside.

"It's alright," I whispered to her when Finn left to check in, "Nothing bad's going to happen. They'll just make sure you and Noah Jr. are safe."

Sarah smiled softly and looked at me, "His name isn't Noah Jr., Puck."

I kissed her forehead, "We'll talk about that later."

Sarah laughed, "I liked Bentley though."

"I told you my son's not a dog, so he can't have a cute name," I pointed out.

Sarah shrugged, "We'll talk about that later."

I laughed and squeezed her hand, "You'll be ok, I promise."

Finn came up to us, "They'll take you now, Sars. Is he going with you?"

Sarah shook her head, "I can go myself," she started to get up, but Finn and I both pushed her back down.

"I'll bring you over there," Finn said and pushed her away before I could say or do anything.

I waited for Finn to come back and sit next to me, "What is your problem?"

Finn glanced at me, "What do you mean?"

"You're treating me like crap! For what? Having your sister's tongue down my throat?" I asked.

Finn's fists clenched, "You did this to her and now your putting her at risk because of it."

"So you're saying that Sarah falling off the bed was my fault?" I widened my eyes.

"Obviously," Finn rolled his eyes, "I specifically told you not to touch her-"

"No, you said not to touch her after the pregnancy," I reminded him of the conversation in our Nationals hotel room, "I can touch her all I want now."

Finn jerked, but stopped himself before he punched me.

"It's your fault that Sarah fell off the bed. If you would have knocked to let us know you were there, Sarah wouldn't have fallen and we wouldn't be here," I continued.

We fell into a silence as more people seemed to be going down that hallway, but Sarah never came out.

"I'm sorry," Finn grunted.

I glanced at him, "Whatever."

"I don't like knowing that you two actually do that kind of stuff together," Finn muttered.

"Yeah? Well, you and Berry together was never an image I wanted to think about, but then you had to go and talk to me about it, so we're even," I said quietly.

Finn chuckled, "Not really the same since you didn't see us, but fine."

"It's gross," I added in under my breath.

Finn elbowed me, "I think you and Sarah are way more gross than me and Rachel were."

I laughed, "We are not gross."

"She's always touching you. Did you know Grace asked Kurt if you two were married since you're always kissing each other?" Finn asked with a laugh.

I laughed harder, "Don't worry, we're not getting married for a while. We'll probably wait until we get our second kid."

"So you guys are going to get custody of Beth?" Finn said quietly.

I nodded, "After I get my college degree. We're sharing with Quinn, though, so it's not full custody."

"That's cool," Finn breathed.

The door opened and finally Sarah walked out. We rushed forward to her.

"You alright?" Finn asked.

"Is everything ok?" I hugged her against me.

Sarah stepped back, "Yeah, everything's fine. You were all worried about nothing."

Finn hugged Sarah, "We had a good reason."

"Can we go now?" Sarah asked softly.

"Of course," I grabbed her hand and slowly led her out to the car with Finn behind us.

As I started the car, I noticed Sarah leaning against the window almost asleep. She looked so quiet and peaceful. I smiled and drove out onto the road. Everything seemed to finally fall into place.

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A/N: So? Who's happy and who's sad with the decision? I know that this might not be how things actually happen, but I read in another story sort of the opposite where the dad signed a paper saying he wouldn't see the kid, so I figured this could work. Sorry if this took longer to get out, I took a few days off to write my first angst story (Nightmare, you should check it out!). PLEASE REVIEW with any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions! I'm up to anything and love reading them!

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smilin steph - :) I hope this chapter made you happy too!

Tyra - Thank you so much!

aggs818 - Thanks a lot Madie!

dance-sing-live - Did you end up liking it? And I know, I love writing Beth scenes, plus I love reading stories about her too.

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Sneak Peak: Puck groaned and fell back against the pillows, "Why do you want to wake me up?" "Because it's your birthday!" Grace bounced Puck's stomach some more.

I'm so excited for another birthday chapter! :)