"Finally" Quinn muttered to herself as she looked down at Beth who was, at last, asleep in the crib. It was Beth's first night at home and her mother had been trying to get her to sleep for the last two hours. As worn out as Quinn was, she couldn't help smiling down at the little girl engrossed in sleep. She watched her little chest rise up and down and the peacefulness on her face. Quinn would stand there all night just admiring her little girl if she didn't need the sleep herself.

Suddenly, the sound of her mobile ringing jolted her out of her faze. As quietly and as quickly as she could, Quinn ran out of Beth's room as to not wake her up in fear that she would never get back to sleep.

"Hello?" she said, quietly into the phone once she had made it safely out the room.

"Hi, Quinn. It's Rachel"

"Hey Rach, how are you?" Quinn replied, a little louder now she was further down the landing.

"I'm fine. But I was calling to hear about you, how is everything with your current situation?

"It's amazing. She's amazing. She is so beautiful and perfect and I love her. I love her so much." Quinn replied, smiling even though Rachel could not see her. Quinn had been doing a lot of that the whole day; she just couldn't keep the grin off her face. A nice change from the tears.

"That's wonderful news, Quinn! I very much look forward to meeting this little one. How is she settling in?"

"She seems to be doing okay. I mean, it's a big change for her so she is bound to be unsettled for a while I suppose. There were a few tears on the drive home but we're fine." Quinn thought back to the journey home.

"Shhh, it's okay honey. We'll be home soon" Quinn said, trying to comfort a screaming Beth in the car seat next to her. Quinn was sat in the back with Beth; an attempt to try and make her feel more settled, whilst Puck drove. Despite Quinn's upmost attempts, Beth was insistent on crying as loud as her tiny lungs would allow her.

She turned Puck in the front. "I've tried everything. Why won't she stop crying?"

"I don't know" he shrugged. "Maybe she'll just get tired from all the screaming and fall asleep"

Quinn felt like bursting into tears herself. She felt helpless. But instead of falling apart at the first sign of things getting tough, she held it together and told herself that this is what she signed herself up for. "Yeah, hopefully" she replied, stroking Beth's hand while her little legs kicked around in her crying state.

"Well I'm pleased to hear you're doing okay" Rachel responded.

"Yeah, we're great. Really great" Quinn tried to sound as optimistic as she could but the truth was; she was exhausted. Beth never did fall asleep on the journey home. In fact, she screamed the whole journey back and the whole time they'd been home. This was the first bit of quiet Quinn had experienced since getting in the car earlier in the morning.

The two friends said their goodbyes and after Quinn had hung up she stood looking aimlessly around. What was she supposed to do now? She thought about going downstairs but that would mean leaving Beth alone upstairs and Quinn didn't feel like she could do that; at least not yet. She grabbed a book from the book shelf and tiptoed into Beth's bedroom and settled herself down on the floor next to the crib after peering in to check all was okay.

Just as she was about to crack open her book, the screen on her phone lit up. It was from Puck asking how Beth was.

'She's sound asleep' she replied and opened her book to begin reading.

At the sound of crying Quinn jolted awake. She had fallen asleep next to Beth's crib and it was now almost completely pitch black. It took her a moment to remember why she had been asleep whilst sat on the floor and where the crying was coming from. As soon as she remembered and was back to reality, though, she jumped up and moved to the crib, desperate for Beth to stop crying. It wasn't so much that the crying was annoying her or that it was keeping her awake; it was that she wanted to make sure her daughter was okay and to make everything better for her.

Quinn could just about see Beth in the darkness that engulfed the room so, without second thought; she reached in the crib and picked the screaming bundle up. She held Beth and walked up and down the room, stroking her back and trying to get her to relax.

"What's wrong, sweetie?" she said, gently bouncing her up and down. "Shhhhhhh, it's okay."

For the good part of half an hour Beth screamed, cried, struggled, kicked and flailed. All the while Quinn held her daughter and did all she could to comfort her. Eventually, fatigue overtook Beth and she let her head rest on Quinn's shoulder. All that could be heard from the little girl, as her eyelids drooped closed, were delicate sniffles and the tiny breaths she was taking.

After what felt like an eternity, Beth fell into a peaceful sleep in her mother's arms. Quinn smiled at her and made her way over to where the crib was. Before putting her down, Quinn planted a small kiss on her daughter's head. "Sleep tight, baby. I love you." As gently as she could she laid Beth down before wiping away a stray tear that was still on her small cheek.

Quinn got down on the floor and led down, using her jumper as a pillow; she couldn't leave Beth. She had to be there if her baby woke up again. Just like the sleep had taken Beth, it soon took Quinn who was there for whenever Beth needed her next.

In fact, the next time Beth needed was two hours later. Then nearly every hour after that until the morning. But each time Quinn awoke to hear crying she would get up and hold Beth until she fell asleep once more. She wasn't even thinking about how tired she was herself, she was only thinking about Beth.