I promise Rachel will eventually get it together
"My water broke." it was practically a whisper but it set everything off.
"Okay, w...we'll take my car, we'll go to the hospital..."
Taking a hold of Judy's hand Quinn calmly called out to Mr. Schuester "Mr. Schue!"
"Yes Quinn?" He peaked out from the green room.
"I'm going to the hospital with my mom."
"What? Oh!" Eyes wide he looked around at the New Directions, they were already crowding the door, Puck and Mercedes pushing by the others.
"I'm going." Puck wasn't going to argue with Mr. Schuester, he was going and the older man wasn't going to stop him.
"I'll stay." Rachel promised. "Coach Slyvester's here so I have an adult from McKinley here."
Nodding Mr. Schuester clapped his hands together "Alright let's go!"
The waiting room was quiet, Mercedes and Puck were in with Quinn and her mother while the rest of the New Directions waited for news. Pacing Finn carefully stepped around Brittany who was sitting on the floor at Santana's feet, the chairs were taken by the rest of the New Directions and other families. Kurt glanced up from his fashion magazine keeping a tight grip on it as Santana kept trying to steal it, she was stuck with a parenting magazine. Brittany leaned back against Santana's legs picking at the hem of her dress, most of the magazines were all taken and the ones that were left didn't interest her at all. "I'm going to get a coffee." Mr. Schuester sighed.
Finn helped Brittany to her feet, nodding Kurt to the spot left empty by their teacher Finn guided Brittany to the spot next to Santana, once there Brittany dropped her head to Santana's shoulder.
They hadn't paid attention to time, they just knew that Rachel had joined them and they'd placed third.
Finn stood next to Puck, they were both watching Beth through the window, the name on her bed marked as Elizabeth Lee Puckerman "Are you ready for this?"
"I'm not sure man, but I'm gonna try." Puck sighed. "I never put much into love at first sight but, I love that little girl and I'm gonna do everything I can to make her proud of me." Finn nodded. "I need to do more than clean pools, but people won't hire me with my record and rep."
"Maybe Mr. Pierce," Finn suggested. "I can talk to Santana and Brittany."
"You'd do that for me after everything?" Puck asked looking up at Finn.
"I'd do that for her." Finn nodded to the glass.
"Thanks." Puck nodded. "She looks like Quinn."
"Yea." Finn agreed. "So you and Quinn?"
"Naw." Puck shook his head. "But I gotta get my shit together for that little girl, I don't wanna be like my dad, I don't wanna be another Lima Loser."
"I know the feeling." Finn glanced over his shoulder at the approaching foursome, Santana and Mercedes were at Quinn's sides while a grinning Brittany walked behind her.
"Dude, whatever you do, don't look."
"What?" Finn looked at Puck confused.
"If you wanna see what's going on when they're grabbing the babies out...don't, just..." Puck gave a full body shiver "Nope, don't look." Giving Quinn a nod and Finn a pat on the shoulder Puck walked away from the window "Gotta call my mom."
"K." Finn responded without looking away from the window.
It was a few moments before the girls reached him, Mercedes smiled "It's a mini Quinn."
Quinn chuckled "Not quite. My hair isn't naturally this blonde."
"The lies." Santana teased.
"Shut up." Quinn shoved Santana's shoulder.
"She's beautiful." Brittany beamed putting her hands against the glass. "Hi baby." Santana smiled.
"Should you be up?" Finn asked quietly.
"They told me I should walk, it hurts like hell." Quinn admitted "But they said she was down here so I thought I'd walk down to see her."
"Do you want to go back to your room?" Finn asked, Quinn nodded. Holding his elbow to her Finn offered to walk her back "You want a snack or something?"
"No, I'm just tired." Quinn shook her head.
"Okay." leaving the girls to look at the baby they headed to Quinn's room. "I saw your mom earlier, is everything okay?"
"She asked me to move back in with her...she kicked my dad out...he was having an affair." Quinn explained admitting to Finn "I haven't said yes yet."
"You don't believe her?"
"I'm not sure." Quinn shrugged.
"Maybe talk to her and see what else she has to say." Finn suggested.
"Maybe." Quinn agreed "Well this is me." Quinn stopped by the open door "I'll see you later."
"Bye Quinn." Finn gave her a little wave before heading back down the hall.
Quinn sat quietly in the hospital bed watching her mom hold Beth, things couldn't go back the way they were, they couldn't pretend to be the perfect family, without looking up from the sleeping baby in her arms Judy said "I know you're scared Quinnie, I am too, but together we can do this."
"Together as in?" Quinn asked.
"She is your daughter, your responsibility, but I want to help you...as her grandmother." looking up at Quinn she explained "Your father and I had a prenup, he cheated, I get the house and spousal support. You'd have your room, we could hire your old nanny so you could continue school, I'd take care of her but I still have to work."
"Child support."
"What?" Judy asked kissing the baby's forehead.
"Daddy will have to pay you child support if I come home."
"I don't care about that Quinnie, I just want to make up for my mistakes with you and be a better mom to you." getting up Judy put Beth in the bed provided for her.
"I come home, he pays." Quinn said flatly "He's not getting out of it, he's paying for the things he said."
"We don't need his money." Judy said not wanting Quinn to think that was why she was asking her to come home.
"We can put it into an account for Beth." Quinn said looking at her daughter, "He's never going to apologize for the things he said and did, so take his money."
Finn stood next to Santana in the elevator, they were both just looking at the doors in front of them. "Ours are going to be smaller." Finn looked down at her confused. "Because there's two, they're going to be smaller."
"Oh." Finn nodded before looking back at the door "I hope they look like you, I was fat and bald."
"Crap." Santana shook her head "They're screwed."
"What? Why?" Finn looked down and then back over his shoulder at Brittany who giggled.
"San was bald until she was two," Brittany had seen Santana's baby albums "and chubby too."
"I was not chubby I was fat, I had more rolls than the buffet." Santana shook her head, Finn couldn't help but smirk at her description of herself as a baby.
Mercedes chuckled. "Maybe they won't be smaller."
"I'm going to be huge." Santana sniffled, Finn draped his arm across her shoulders.
"You could never be huge Santana, you're tiny."
"Of course you'd say that you're like the size of a baby giant everything's tiny to you." Santana sniffled burying her face in his shirt.
"Until I can't pick you up, you're tiny." Finn pointed out.
Quinn didn't have a lot of things at the Jones home but she had the baby with her so Mercedes was doing the actual packing, "You tell me if we need to come and get you, no matter what time."
"I will, I promise." Quinn nodded.
"You really don't need these." Mercedes held up Quinn's largest maternity pants.
"When I'm back in shape you can donate all my clothes to your church until then, throw them in the bag please." Quinn rocked side to side with the baby in her arms.
"Mom says you have to come by for dinner at least once a week." Mercedes said as she pulled more leggings from the dresser.
"I will." Quinn promised.
She'd been out of the house for months so she knew it would feel different but without him it felt lighter, not so suffocating as it had. "Breathe baby, it's okay." Mercedes whispered as they went up the stairs to Quinn's room. It was exactly the way she'd left it when her dad had thrown her out, clothes thrown on the bed, make up strewn across the dresser, Quinn cringed at the memory.
"I didn't know where your things went..." Judy murmured.
"It's okay Mom." Quinn whispered. "I need to change things around to put Beth's things in here." Judy nodded "Do you want Beth while Cedes and I take care of my room?"
Judy nodded again, taking the sleeping new born from her daughter she kissed the baby. "Oh that Mr. Schuester called he wanted you to stop by school tomorrow, I can take her then too if you'd like, she doesn't need to be around all the germs."
Quinn nodded "Okay."
"But you need to rest so please come home after you talk with him."
"You have my word Ms. Fabray I will bring her straight home." Mercedes promised.
