Happy endings.
Edited.
Epilogue
Things turned out pretty well at the end for Rachel and Puck. They were living it up in New York with Beth. They've been living in New York for a year and they were truly happy.
Quinn tried to take them court, but when the court ordered them to do mediation first, things started and ended in that room with their lawyers. Her step-father represented her while Rachel and Puck had Jonah to represent them. It took five minutes into the meeting for Quinn to start throwing insults at Rachel and Puck. Puck couldn't take it anymore, and slammed down the wills that they had kept – one that Shelby had written with her lawyer and the one that Quinn tampered with. It took thirty minutes for the mediation to finish – Quinn could not deny her lies and her step-father could not fight them when the evidence of her illegally forging a legal document. They came to an agreement – Beth would live with Rachel and Puck from now, and until Quinn has proven she has changed, she must not approach contact Beth till she was sixteen.
Beth was enjoying elementary school in New York, making lots of new friends and she loves doing ballet. She loves Rachel, not because she was family, but because she was everything that Beth wanted to be, also instead of acknowledging her as her sister, she was now Beth's "mommy". Rachel immediately started crying when Beth introduced her friends at school at her mother.
What did Puck and Rachel get up to in the past year? Rachel remained on Broadway, but slowly expanded into movies, while Puck remained in the Marines, but they were 100% committed to making their relationship work, luckily Puck hadn't been sent on an assignment since he and Beth had moved to New York.
Every night, Puck would finish on base and come home to seeing his two favourite girls cooking up a storm in the kitchen while singing to the radio. His cold, guarded heart was now warm, and open since he and Rachel have been together – since the first time they saw each other back in Lima. They never went back to Lima since they moved. Everyone else came to New York for Chunnakah and New Years and everyone had the best time of their lives plus Quinn wasn't there to ruin their fun.
Puck surprised Rachel with a trip to Greece for their one-year anniversary, leaving Beth with her uncles and aunts in New York. Luckily for Rachel, she was on a break from Broadway so, there were no issues for her.
"You alright, baby?" Rachel felt Puck's arms wrap around her waist as they stood on the balcony of their hotel room watching the Mediterranean sunset with a breeze brushing her face.
"Of course. I'm with you, Noah. Are you happy with me Noah?" Rachel asked quietly. Puck looked down at the tiny brunette with his brows furrowed.
"Baby, what's wrong?" Rachel turned around and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"I'm just worried that being in New York is too much for you. It's not quiet and peaceful like Connecticut or Ohio…" Puck bent down and silenced Rachel with a kiss.
"Rachel, I'm happy being with New York. I never thought I would be this happy again after I left you waiting at the airport all those years ago. You and Beth make me happy, and I love you so much."
"I love you too…"
One year later, Puck proposed to Rachel on the last day of Channukah when it was just the three of them at home. Beth was sitting in between Rachel and Puck, when a little puppy ran into the room. Puck looked over his shoulder and saw Leroy and Hiram slowly closing the door with a huge smile on their face.
"Puppy!" Beth squealed and the puppy leapt onto their laps. Puck reached out to the dog collar and untied the ring from its neck. Considering he was stuck on the couch, he couldn't bend down on one knee, so he lifted his hand and showed Rachel the ring. Rachel looked at Noah then looked at the ring, then back up at him with tears brimming. Beth was too busy playing with her
"Rachel Barbara Berry, you are my best friend, my heart and the love of my life. You and Beth fill my life with so much joy and happiness and keep me going as a marine. I could not imagine my life or my future without you. You are the best thing to have happened in my life. I never should have left you when we graduated high school. I thought I would never get to see you again, let alone be with you again. I never stopped loving you and I always will love you. Would you do me the honour of being my wife?" Rachel's heart was thumping – she had dreamt of this moment for years.
"Yes. Yes! Yes!" Rachel squealed, leaning over to give Puck a passionate kiss. Beth looked at her parents in confusion.
"What's going on?" Puck slid the ring onto Rachel's left ring finger and looked at Beth with a big smile on his face.
"I asked Rachel to marry me." Beth screamed in joy and hugged Rachel tightly, pulling Puck into a big hug.
"I love you Noah, infinity times infinity." Puck reached out and caressed her face.
"I love you too Rach, infinity times infinity."
"I LOVE YOU TOO!" Beth shouted.
I'm so sorry for abandoning this story! I've lost my inspiration to write and I have lost my muse! I couldn't leave this story incomplete, so the best thing that I could do was write up an epilogue. I have no idea how else to make this story interesting.
I hope you enjoyed this :) I'm open to one-shot requests - just shoot me a DM or leave a comment below ! I would love to hear your thoughts.
xox Caz