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Episode 4

The Diner – Park Avenue – Thursday Morning

"Do you have enough there?" Santana said, eyeing Rachel's plate. Rachel had ordered four pancakes, bacon, eggs, hash browns, fries as well as a burger and fries. Rachel was now 3 months along in her pregnancy and was beginning to feel all the wonders it brought with it.

"I'm eating for two" Rachel snipped through a mouth full of pancakes and maple syrup.

"Hundred people" Santana finished with a smirk.

"When you're pregnant you can have an opinion" Rachel said, threatening Santana with her knife. Santana just nodded her head and went back to her own lunch. She knew better than to argue with a pregnant woman, especially pregnant women named Rachel Hudson. She still had a cut on her head from where Rachel had thrown a remote at her the week before because she had insulted Ryan Gosling when they had been watching The Notebook.

"So, Santana do you know anyone you can set me up with" Quinn asked, changing the subject. All three of her friends looked at her surprised. Quinn hadn't even mentioned dating since she had been pregnant with NJ.

"Really you want me to set you up" Santana wondered, confused.

"Yeah, I've decided now that NJ's a little older I want to start dating again" Quinn answered, firmly. Rachel and Mercedes shared an amused look, until Mercedes tried to take some of Rachel's fries and her pregnant friend slapped her hand away.

"And you want Santana to set you up?" Mercedes laughed as she rubbed her hand.

"Yeah I figured she might know someone at her firm. I don't really want to be set up with anyone you'd meet at your bar and the last time I got to know someone Finn and Rachel knew, that happened" Quinn explained pointing to NJ who was asleep in his pram next to her.

"We had nothing to do with that" Rachel said, only half-heartedly listening to the conversation as she moved onto her burger.

"Still it's a mark against you" Quinn argued.

"Fine by me" Rachel waved off, with a mouth full of burger. Santana smirked at Rachel before looking back to Quinn.

"I'm sure I can find someone for you" Santana said, already thinking through the list of suitable guys in her office. Quinn smiled at Santana in thanks before checking on NJ who was whimpering in his sleep.

"I see some very nice guys at the bar you know" Mercedes argued lamely, they all knew that Quinn would never date anyone she met in a bar, especially the bar Mercedes worked at.

"Guys that Quinn would date" Rachel smirked.

"Never mind" Mercedes sighed.

"Maybe you should think about dating some of these guys yourself Mercedes" Santana chimed in, giving Mercedes a pressing look. It had nearly been 9 months since Sam had left New York and Mercedes had yet to get back into the dating world.

"No, I'm not ready yet" Mercedes grumbled, crossing her arms stubbornly. They others knew better than to argue with her about it. Mercedes was dealing with Sam leaving in her own way and despite how much they tried to help her, she still wasn't ready.

Rachel pointed at Mercedes fries "You gonna finish that"

Santana Office - Stone, Peterson, and Balme Law firm – Thursday Afternoon

An hour later Santana was stood just outside her office looking out over the large office floor looking for someone good enough to date Quinn. She knew that despite Quinn asking her for help her blonde friend would probably still be apprehensive of who Santana would pick so she wanted to make sure she did a good job, one because Quinn deserved a good guy and second because she wanted to say an 'I told you so' to her friend as well.

"Hey Ryder you know everyone here right, like all their dirty secrets" Santana said as she moved over to her assistant and took a seat on his small desk that was just outside her office. The assistants knew everything that was going on at the firm, Santana knew, herself, just how many things Ryder had seen and heard from her that she would never want repeating and she knew it was the same with the other partners and lawyers.

"I do, what do you need to know" Ryder asked looking up at his boss "Which one of the interns it is that's sleeping with Mr Stone"

"No I want to … Wait really an intern" Santana asked, shocked. Not only was Mr Stone married but Santana thought he had more sense than to have an affair with one of the gossipy interns "Tell me about that later first I need someone who is a Christian, comes from a good family, is good looking and is willing to be set up"

"Is this for you" Ryder wondered, Ryder knew about his's boss's breakup with Brittany, the firm's biggest client's daughter, everyone in the office knew and the whisperers about what had happened had only just stopped.

"God no it's for my friend Quinn" Santana answered. Ryder nodded before discretely scanning the office, he'd meet Quinn on numerous occasions and he knew exactly who to look for. After a few moments, he smiled widely before turning back to Santana.

"Joe, he's the new criminal lawyer. He's right there" Ryder explained pointing to a tall guy in the short distance "He's a good lawyer, I heard his family come from old money, he goes to church every Sunday, even takes his mother and just look at that face"

"You know what Ryder you're good at this" Santana praised as she jumped off the desk and marched over to Joe, who had just finished talking to one of the other criminal lawyers. He turned around and jumped slightly when he noticed Santana standing in front of him.

"Hey Joe, I'm Santana Lopez nice to meet you" Santana greeted sticking out her hand. Joe immediately gave her a firm hands shake.

"It's nice to meet you too, I know who you already, youngest person to be made partner in 10 years. I would really like the chance to work with you" Joe rambled slightly. Santana smiled, she could already see this guy would be prefect for Quinn.

"And I'm sure you will if one of my clients ever kills anyone" Santana quipped with a smirk. Joe just nodded at her not sure what to say. It was true that Family and Criminal lawyers didn't work on a lot of cases together.

"So, Joe, I hear your single is that true" Santana asked.

"It is yeah" Joe answered, confused.

Santana wrapped her arms around Joe's shoulder and steered him towards her office "That's good then because I want to set you up with my friend Quinn"

The Boardroom – Broadway Star Offices – Thursday Afternoon

At the same time, Rachel was in the Boardroom in her office going through ideas for the June issue which was the magazines biggest issue because it was also he month the Tony Awards took place and everyone would be talking about the winners and losers.

"So, for the next issue we thought we would…" The features editor trailed off when she noticed Rachel head in her hands with her eyes closed. The staff at Broadway star were now used to the change in their boss's behaviour since she announced her pregnancy but falling asleep in the middle of a meeting was a new one.

"Rachel!" Tina yelled clapping her hands in front of Rachel when she noticed her asleep. Rachel jumped up and looked around at the unsure faces staring back at her.

"Sorry I'm listening I swear" Rachel answered waving her hands at her staff "Carry on"

The staff shared a look of confusion when Rachel leaned back on her chair at began looking around the room instead of at them but they decided to carry on anyway.

"What we were thinking was a piece following each star from the show and how they prepare for a performance" One of the features writers explained. Everyone else nodded in agreement, the departments all had their own meetings about the issue before they presented them to Rachel so that they were all on the same page.

"Sounds good" Rachel answered, distracted still looking round the room "Do we have any food; why don't we ever have food in these meetings"

"We can get you some food Rachel" Tina sighed, she could already tell Rachel's attention wouldn't be back on the meeting until they got her some food, even if she had only just eaten an hour ago, with her friends.

"You know I could really eat a Big Mac right now" Rachel said getting up from her chair "Okay let's postpone this meeting for an hour, come one Tina lets go get a big Mac"

Everyone looked at each other, wondering if their boss was being serious, as Tina collected her papers before getting up from her seat. Before she had reached the door Rachel turned back to her staff, who were all still in their seats.

"Also, guys I didn't like any of those ideas so this gives you an hour to think of better ones" Rachel called to her staff before she rushed out of the room.

"You heard the woman" Tina barked, before following Rachel out of the office "I'm not going to be able to last with another 6 months of this"

Quinn's Office - L&M Arts Modern Art Gallery – Thursday Afternoon

Quinn was working on finalising the commission checks for one of the artists currently featured in her gallery when Rory called her name.

"Quinn, Santana is on line one" Rory called to Quinn from outside Quinn's open office door. Quinn was shocked, she hadn't expected to hear from Santana so soon. She hoped it wasn't a bad sign that her friend had already given up and couldn't find at least one person for Quinn to date.

"Hello" Quinn greeted picking up her office phone, pushing the checks aside.

"So, I'm a genius, I've found you a date for tomorrow" Santana told her. Quinn went wide-eyed and grabbed a desk, suddenly nervous at the thought of going on a date for the first time in almost two years.

"Really?"

"Yeah, I showed him your picture and he's very interested so he's going to pick you up tomorrow at 8" Santana explained, she gave Quinn a few details about Joe and while they all sounded great and exactly what Quinn was looking for, she couldn't help the nervous energy she already felt in her stomach. "And I told him all about NJ and he's apparently great with kids. He has 6 nieces and nephews" Santana finished. Quinn nodded then realised Santana couldn't see her.

"Wow okay"

"Trust me Quinn this guy is your match made in heaven" Santana enthused. Santana sounded confident that she had found the right person for Quinn so Quinn hoped that would be enough to get her through the evening.

"Looks like I have a date then" Quinn said, trying not to sound as nervous as she felt.

Living Room – Rachel and Finn's House – Friday Evening

"Hey babe, you home?" Finn called as he walked through the front door. He dumped his bags and coat on the chairs by the door and walked further into the house, stopping in the kitchen to grab himself a bottle of beer

"In the living room"

"Rach what's wrong why are you crying" Finn asked, worried when he walked into the living room to see his wife wiping away tears as her eyes were glued to the television screen. Finn sat next to Rachel on the sofa and wrapped his arm around her.

"It's just so sad Finn the girl kept all the little butterflies her father made her" Rachel cried. Finn was confused for a second before he realised Rachel was talking about the advert that had just played before Project Runaway came back on.

"It's an advert for chewing gum" Finn noticed. Rachel looked at him with a look Finn was sure was going to turn him to stone.

"That doesn't mean it's not sad Finn, God you can be so insensitive sometimes" Rachel snapped pulling away from him harshly and going back to the television. Finn leaned back on the sofa and took a drink of his beer, he only had to wait a few seconds before Rachel turned back to him.

"I'm sorry I didn't mean that" Rachel apologised as she wiped her tears and leaned back into Finn's arms "I don't know what's wrong with me today"

"You my beautiful wife are experiencing the wonder that is pregnancy" Finn smiled at Rachel. In the last few weeks, he'd practically become an expert at what to say to Rachel depending on what mood she was in but even he'd had a few slip ups when the mood changed every 15 seconds.

"When does it stop" Rachel grumbled crossing her arms over her chest as Finn changed the channel, when he saw Rachel had lost interest in the show.

"Probably about the time you get a baby" Finn quipped pulling Rachel closer as he gently played with her hair, a trick he knew always relaxed her.

"Well that's one thing to look forward to" Rachel sighed happily. Finn leaned down and gave her a quick kiss, he was about to lean in for another one when Rachel noticed something in the corner of her eye.

"Oh, god here's the advert again" Rachel cried as she pulled away from Finn and took out some more tissues from the box.

Finn's and Rachel's House – West Village – Saturday Evening

The next evening, after spending all day with a nervous pit in her stomach, Quinn was dropping NJ off at Finn and Rachel's house. He was spending the night there while Quinn went out on her date.

"Thank again for doing this" Quinn said as Finn took NJ's bags from her and put them on the kitchen counter before taking NJ out of her hands. He started bouncing NJ in his arms as the pair walked into the living room.

"Of course, we need all the practice we can get and of course any chance to spend time with our Godson" Finn said, happily. He playfully threw NJ in the air and gently caught him again. Quinn always cringed a little whenever Puck or Finn did that with her son but NJ seemed to love it.

"Rachel, are you okay" Quinn asked, finally noticing her friend who sat on the sofa with blanket wrapped around her that was covered in tissues. Finn didn't seem at all concerned with his wife's tears as he took a seat on the lounge chair with NJ on his lap.

"This woman is selling earrings so she can go back to college" Rachel sobbed into her tissue. Quinn looked at Rachel confused, turned to Finn who was playing with NJ, then over to the TV when she realised what Rachel was talking about.

"Ah the shopping channel" Quinn realised as she took a seat on the other lounge chair next to the sofa.

"It's been on for three hours" Finn said, gritting his teeth. He turned to face Quinn "So are you excited about your date"

"Actually, I feel sick; I haven't had a date in nearly two years" Quinn sighed, worried. While Quinn knew that Santana wouldn't set her up with anyone who would treat her badly or make her have a bad evening, she was still nervous at who Santana could have picked for her and she was starting to regret asking her friend especially when there was so much pressure on getting back into the dating world after such a long period of time.

"I'm sure it's like riding a bike; Although I wouldn't know I haven't had a date in 14 years" Finn said, smirking at Quinn, who tried her best not to roll her eyes when Rachel winked at Finn in response.

Quinn shook her head "You two really are no help"

XoXo

"Hey party people" Santana called as she walked into the Hudson living room an hour after Quinn had left. Santana and Mercedes took a seat next to Rachel on the sofa.

"What you guys doing here?" Finn asked from where he was playing with NJ on the floor.

"Always welcome at the Hudson Residence" Mercedes quipped as she helped herself to one of Finn's beers that were on the coffee table.

"We had a drink at that new bar around the corner so we thought we'd see how you were doing" Mercedes explained, before taking a sip of the beer and leaning back on the sofa.

"Yeah, you killed anyone yet" Santana joked looking over at Rachel, who did not look amused that Santana was teasing her. She huffed loudly then went back to the TV. Finn smirked as he glanced over at Santana.

"She threw her shoe at the TV when we were watching American Next Top Model" Finn answered with a small smile before going back to NJ who was trying to knock down the tower they had just built with his plastic blocks.

"They made completely the wrong choice, it was bloody ridiculous" Rachel groaned, which earned a laugh from all the others.

"I'm glad to see that I'm a source of amusement for you guys" Rachel grumbled, Santana poked Rachel's cheek playfully and Rachel slapped her hand away before continuing to watch her film.

"Have you heard from Quinn tonight?" Mercedes asked.

"Nothing since she dropped him off earlier which must mean it's going well" Rachel replied.

"Or they have both bored each other to death" Santana joked, she took one of the beer then lead back on the sofa, putting her feet up on the coffee table.

"If you don't like him then why did you set her up with him" Mercedes wondered, glancing over at Santana.

"I find him boring which means he's perfect for Quinn" Santana reasoned, with a shrug. The others rolled their eyes but didn't argue with her, they knew Santana was telling the truth, her and Quinn had very different taste in men.

"Oh, look it's that woman who's want invented the new mop" Rachel cried, pointing to the TV as another shopping channel commercial came on.

"Here baby" Finn sighed leaning over to hand Rachel a fresh box of tissues.

Del Posto Restaurant – Greenwich Village– Saturday Evening

At the same time, Quinn was sat in a nice restaurant across from Joe, he was just as Santana had described him and he was actually interested when she started showing him pictures of NJ, while they waited for their food.

"And here he is at the park" Quinn said as she scrolled through the photos on her phone "And I've just realised I've showed you ten pictures of my son and asked you nothing about yourself"

"Don't worry I really enjoyed the picture of him in the bow-tie and diaper" Joe joked as he took a sip of his wine, Quinn tried not to blush from embarrassment.

"That was my mother's idea" Quinn sighed, lamely as she put her phone away "Anyway Santana tells me you're a criminal lawyer, does that mean you deal with the really bad guys" Quinn asked, even though she was friends with a lawyer she had no real idea how it all worked.

"Well I'm new so I mainly deal with the paper work but yeah when I get into it, it will be murder convictions things like that" Joe explained enthusiastically Quinn could see how much passionate he had for his job, Quinn loved that in a man.

"Wow that must be intense"

"It can be, but I truly believe in innocent until proven guilty not everyone is at bad as the things you read in the news" Joe explained further just as the waiter brought over their meals. Quinn waited until the waiter had finished serving them and walked away before she answered.

"But what about the ones who actually are guilty, how can you defend them knowing they should be in jail" Quinn wondered as they both tucked into their meals. Quinn had gone for a salad because she didn't want to seem greedy but she regretted it when she saw how great Joe's steak looked.

"When that happens, I'll let you know" Joe quipped as he cut up some of his steak and put it on Quinn's plate with a sincere smile, Quinn couldn't help but blush that time.

"Sorry I didn't mean to knock what you did" Quinn apologised, shaking her head at herself "Good I'm not good at this, it's been a while since I've been on a date …. Which again is probably something I probably shouldn't admit"

Joe smiled thoughtfully at her "Don't worry, I think you're doing great"

Quinn's Apartment – Upper East Side – Saturday Night

After a lovely evening of a fancy meal and a walk through Central Park, Joe was walking Quinn back to her apartment. It was only half ten but Joe had an early morning with his mother and Quinn found it adorable that he spent time with his mother at all.

"So, this is me" Quinn said gesturing to the apartment building in front of them. They both stopped in front of it, both reluctant to leave. Quinn couldn't believe she had been nervous, Joe was a lovely guy with a great job and upbringing. He was everything Quinn had always been looking for and she still didn't quite believe that Santana had been the one to find him.

"I had a really great time tonight Quinn, I'd like to do it again if I can" Joe affirmed as he nervously rocked back on forth on his heels.

"I'd like that too" Quinn smiled. Joe leaned across and gave Quinn a quick hug before pulling away, Quinn could see he wanted to do more but was trying to be respectful and Quinn really appreciated it.

"Bye Quinn" Joe said smiling shyly down at her.

Quinn leaned up and kissed Joe on the cheek "Bye Joe"

Finn and Rachel's House – West Village – Saturday Night

An hour after Santana and Mercedes had left Rachel and Finn were sat on the sofa with NJ playing with his toys. Rachel was no longer crying or getting angry every 30 seconds and was enjoying spending time with her godson, it made her even more excited to think that soon NJ would have a new playmate to climb all over the furniture with.

Finn pulled his phone out of his pocket when he felt it vibrate and walked into the kitchen to answer it. "Hey man" Finn greeted when he answered the phone to Puck.

"Hey, Kitty is out with her friends tonight, fancy going for a drink" Puck wondered.

"I can't tonight as I'm watching your son" Finn quipped, slightly confused. Finn had reasoned that they were watching NJ for Quinn because Puck was already busy.

"What, why?"

"It's Quinn's date tonight, I figured you were busy as well" Finn replied, although he suddenly realised he had made a mistake. "Crap, you didn't know about the date did you" Finn added, regretfully.

"She hadn't mentioned it"

"Sorry man"

"Its fine, I'm dating, she should be as well" Puck waved off but Finn could hear the dejected tone in his voice "I want her to be happy"

"Still I should have realised sorry" Finn apologised as he took out a bottle of beer from the fridge and a bottle of water for Rachel.

"Its fine man, I'm gonna go probably should go find another friend if you busy" Puck laughed half-heartedly. Finn knew better than to push Puck to talk, Puck would never admit that he was upset Quinn hadn't' told him about the date or even that she was on a date in the first place, especially when he was in a relationship of his own.

"Bye Puck"

Finn put his phone back in his pocket and walked back into the living room, he handed Rachel her water then slumped down on the seat next to her.

"Everything okay" Rachel asked when she noticed the worried look on Finn's face.

"Quinn never told Puck about the date, I just did"

Rachel laughed as she bounced NJ on her lap "You're in trouble"

XoXo

"11'o clock does that mean the date didn't go well" Rachel asked once she had picked up her phone when she saw that Quinn was ringing her. Rachel was laid out on her bed while Finn settled NJ in his crib. NJ should have been in bed hours before but Finn and Rachel had been having too much fun with him, once Rachel had finally decided to turn off the shopping channel.

"It was really good actually but he had to get up early tomorrow to take his mother to church" Quinn explained. Rachel settled into her pillow as she listened to Quinn talk about where he had taken her and what Joe was like.

"Wow seems like your perfect match" Rachel laughed lightly.

"He was really sweet, I'm not sure why I was so worried" Quinn admitted. Rachel thought Quinn sounded a lot more relaxed than she had when she had dropped NJ off and she was glad her friend had enjoyed herself.

"Probably because Santana was the one who set you up" Rachel reasoned. She lifted up her pyjama top and traced her finger around her stomach. While there wasn't a baby bump yet, there was a swell to her normally flat stomach and Rachel and Finn loved to watch and touch it.

"Well she did well" Quinn said, slightly surprised "How was NJ?"

"He's been the perfect housemate, Finn's just putting him to bed now" Rachel answered with a smile. She was expecting a reprimand for having NJ so late but it showed how good of a time Quinn had had when all she said was

"Thank you for watching him".

"It's okay, although Finn spoke to Noah earlier, he was surprised to know NJ at our house. Did you not tell him?" Rachel asked.

"I didn't want to until I knew they might actually be a second date" Quinn replied adamantly "I mean he didn't tell me about Kitty until it got more serious"

"Is that the only reason" Rachel teased, although she wanted an answer from Quinn. Rachel didn't believe that the only reason Quinn hadn't told Puck about Joe was because it wasn't serious enough, Quinn thought that everything was serious, even first dates.

Quinn sighed "Yes Rachel that's the only reason"

XoXo

After getting off the phone with Quinn Rachel decided she was going to thank her husband for putting up with her mood swings for the last few days. So while Finn finished putting NJ to bed, Rachel grabbed something from her drawers and started to get ready.

"NJ is finally asleep" Finn stated as he walked into their bedroom, just as Rachel was leaving the en-suite. Finn then noticed the lights had been switched off and the only lighting was coming from the candles that were scattered around their room.

"Hey what's all this?" Finn wondered, he turned to Rachel and saw she was in his favourite silk robe, which he knew hide some sexy underwear underneath.

"This is my way of saying thank you for dealing with crazy mood swings" Rachel answered, smiling sweetly at Finn. She knew she's been a lot to handle in the last few days but she also knew it probably wouldn't stop for a while either, so while she was feeling more like herself she would try to make Finn forget about how awful she would probably be over the next few months.

"You don't have to thank me, the fact that you're carrying my baby is thanks enough" Finn said even though he was openly checking out her legs and had already taken off his t-shirt and was unbuttoning his pants.

"Does that mean you don't want me to remove this" Rachel teased as she slowly began to undo her short silk robe. Finn eyes immediately went wide as Rachel moved over to their bed without taking her eyes off him.

Finn shook his head quickly "God no take it off, take it all off if you want"

Quinn's Apartment – Upper East Side – Sunday Afternoon

"Hey Noah come in, NJ just woke up" Quinn said as she opened the door for Puck and lead him into NJ's Nursery, where their son was wiggling around in his cot. Puck quickly picked him up and rested him against his chest.

"What's up little man, you ready to have some guy time with daddy" Puck cooed as he softly stroked his hands over NJ's head. NJ's eyes began to close again so Puck looked towards Quinn, who was packing up some of NJ's things for Puck to take with him.

"He should be ready for a bottle in about twenty minutes I have them all in the bag for you" Quinn explained as she passed the diaper bag to Puck who tossed it over his shoulder, careful not to wake his resting son.

"So, did you have a good night, Finn mentioned you had a date" Puck said trying to sound casual. While he was happy for Quinn, Puck still felt awkward talking about dating with the woman he shared a child with but he also knew he had too, because whoever was in their life, was in NJ's as well.

"I did yeah, sorry I didn't tell you but I thought I should wait until…" Quinn trailed off, she wasn't sure how to finish that sentence. She told herself she didn't want to tell Puck until things were more serious but she knew deep down that wasn't the only reason.

"Don't worry I totally get it" Puck waved off, before becoming serious "Do you think you'll see him again"

"We're going out tomorrow" Quinn answered as they both walked out of NJ's Nursery and back to the front door, both were eager for Puck to leave so wouldn't have to continue to feel awkward around each other.

"Good I'm glad, I'm happy for you Quinn" Puck stated.

"Thank you, Noah. With everything that happened I'm glad we both been able to find some happiness" Quinn said smiling at Noah.

Puck nodded slowly "Me too"