Life After Beth

Chapter Two: Without Me

It had been six weeks since the birth of Beth , and I had gotten no sleep. I open my eyes to the sound of her cries. I roll over , the clock read 3 AM , right on time. I feel hot breathe on my neck and an arm around my waist. Puck. It was the summer and my mom was allowing him to stay with us however long he wanted. Very surprising that she let us sleep in the same bed , but we weren't complaining. Of course his mom wasn't to hot about the situation , but knowing Puck , he could care less. He wanted to spend as much time with Beth as possible since we don't live together. But that was always the main topic of our conversations. "Ya know , I'm trying to save up so we can get our own place." he would say. Don't get me wrong, I'm totally for it , I just know that's going to be awhile considering that he just started working at Sheet'N Things and I'm pretty sure he's still paying for the cost of slashing those Vocal Adrenaline kids tires. But like I tell him , there's no need to rush.

I waited a couple seconds before I tried to get up, but was pulled back.

"I got her" he says. I smile.

"Thanks babe." Laying back down I can feel his weight being lifted from the bed. Right now , I honestly can't explain how much I'm in love with him. He's changed so much since Beth has been born and he's such a great father. I think he strives so hard to be perfect for Beth because his father wasn't that great. But that's a story for another day. I suddenly realized Beth wasn't crying anymore . I smile to myself. I wish she would quit crying that fast when I get up and get her. She's a daddy's girl already . . .

"Oh , look how cute you look!" I say to her. Everyone says she looks exactly like me , but I believe she takes after her dad .

"Babe ! Hurry up." I hear Puck yell from the living room. We have summer practice already for glee club, but I don't care, anything to get out of the house is fine with me. As I carry Beth to the living room, Puck jogs past me. "Where are you going? You were just rushing me to come out."

"I forgot to brush my teeth ." This is what he does every morning, but it's always something different. I forgot my shoe , I forgot my socks , I forgot my underwear! One day its going to be I forgot Beth and then we'll really have a problem.

"We're in the car" I yell back to him. I get Beth all buckled in and hop in the passenger seat. Puck gets in the car.

"Did you lock the door ?" I ask .

"Yeah , it's locked."

"You sure?"

"I'm sure."

"Don't you think you should check?"

"No , I think we're good" he cranks up the car.

"Just go check."

"Damnit Quinn!" He annoyingly gets out the car. " Language!" I yell back at him. I really don't want Beth exposed to that kind of language. No matter if she's only six weeks old. I watch him open door , take a quick look back at me , and then lock it . I laugh. What would he possibly do without me.

After dropping off Beth with Puck's mom . . .

"Sorry we're late . Someone forgot to brush their teeth." I say walking into the glee club room, followed by some laughs.

" She's talking about Beth!" Puck said with a smile and sitting down beside me, automatically putting his arm around me.

"It's fine you guys" Mr. Schuester says with a laugh.

"But don't make it a habit" Rachel quickly adds in. I roll my eyes.

"So how's Beth?" Mercedes chirps in. Before I could open my mouth, Puck says " She's perfect. The most perfect little girl ever." I notice how everyone smiles at how Puck speaks of his daughter. When he says things like that , it makes me love him even more.

"That's really great Puck." Mr. Schuester says with a smile. " But lets get to work !"

" What you got for us today ? "