Moments

Elope

"Hey." Quinn said as she entered the apartment after grabbing breakfast with Santana and Brittany.

"Hey, baby." Puck smiled, getting up and greeting Quinn with a kiss. He gently put his hand on her belly and rubbed it. "How are you feeling?"

"Good." Quinn replied. "Where's Beth?"

"In her room." Puck said as he closed the apartment door. "What's up?"

"I wanna talk to you about something." Quinn began.

Puck nodded slowly.

"I wanna get married." Quinn said.

"We're getting married in December." Puck reminded Quinn as he took her hand and held it so the engagement ring was in front of her face. "Remember?"

"No, that's not what I mean." Quinn responded, putting her hand down. "Santana, Brittany, and I were talking about the baby and the wedding this morning, and I was thinking."

"What?" Puck wondered.

"Let's get married today." Quinn responded.

"Today?" Puck repeated.

"I know you want us to have a big ceremony with all our friends and family and the kids, and we will." Quinn told Puck. "We can still have that in December like we planned. I just... I want things to be official before the baby's here."

Puck looked at Quinn.

"I wanna have the same last name as you and Beth and the baby." Quinn finished. "Almost as much as I wanna be your wife."

Puck smiled. "I want that, too."

"Yeah." Quinn smiled back. "So what do you think?"

"You missed out on a lot of things because of me." Puck noted. "So I thought you would want a nice big wedding, but all I want is to marry you."

Quinn nodded. "Let's make it official now and celebrate with everyone in December."

"I'm gonna tell Beth to get ready so we can get married." Puck decided with a smile.

"Really?" Quinn asked.

Puck nodded. "Go get ready. I'll get Beth."

"Wait, before we start getting ready, we're gonna need at least one witness." Quinn noted. "And I was thinking since Santana is my matron of honor, she and Brittany should be there."

"Okay, I'll call her." Puck replied.

"Jake and Marley should be there, too." Quinn added as she walked away to get ready.

-

After Puck made his phone calls, he walked over to Beth's room and lightly knocked on the door. "B, can I come in?"

The door opened, and the eight-year-old stood there looking up at her father.

"Hi, Daddy." Beth smiled, letting Puck into the room.

"Hi." Puck replied as he looked at Beth. "Go get ready."

"For what?" Beth wondered.

"Me and Mommy are getting married." Puck told Beth.

Beth furrowed her eyebrow.

"We're getting married today." Puck clarified. "And we can't get married without you, so get dressed and when Mommy's ready, we're gonna run over there."

"Okay!" Beth grinned and nodded excitedly. "Daddy?"

"Yeah, B?" Puck asked.

"Help Mommy with her shoes." Beth advised Puck. "She can barely reach her feet."

"Okay." Puck nodded. "Get ready to go."

Puck left Beth's room, pulling the door shut behind him. He headed to his room and knocked on the door. "Q? Can I come in?"

"Yeah, come in." Quinn called back.

Puck opened the door and looked at Quinn, who was seated at the vanity doing her hair.

"You look beautiful." Puck told Quinn, eyeing her maxi dress. "It's hot out though, babe."

"I'll be fine." Quinn said. "You should get dressed because I'm almost ready."

Puck nodded and grabbed Quinn's shoes that were beside the vanity. "Can I help you with these, Cinderella?"

"Thank you." Quinn smiled as Puck helped her with the sandals. She kissed him lightly and pulled away. "Get dressed."

"I'm gonna get all our paperwork together and then I'll throw something on and we can go."

"Okay."

-

When the trio was ready, they headed to the courthouse. They got there and found Santana, Brittany, Jake, and Marley waiting for them.

"Hey, guys." Jake smiled as he greeted them. "Congratulations."

"Quinn, you look so beautiful." Marley added.

"Thank you." Quinn smiled. "Thank you guys for coming on such short notice."

Puck smiled. "I'm gonna go get whatever we need to fill out. You guys wanna grab Quinn a seat?"

"Sure." Jake nodded as Puck walked away.

"Are you excited?" Brittany asked Quinn.

Quinn nodded. "Yeah, I'm really glad it'll be official."

"Me, too." Beth chimed in, grinning at the adults.

"I'm glad you're so excited, squirt." Santana noted, scooping up Beth and handing her a small bouquet of flowers. "Because you get to hold onto these while you stand next to Mommy and Daddy while they get married."

"Thank you." Beth smiled, her eyes wide in awe and excitement.

Santana smiled back as she turned to Quinn. "Did you bring the rings?"

"Noah has them." Quinn answered as Puck returned.

"Alright." Puck said. "I filled everything out. Q, you just have to sign, and we need two witnesses."

"Santana and Jake." Quinn nodded.

Santana nodded back as she put Beth down and dug through her purse for her ID.

"B, stay with Marley and Britt, we'll be right back."

-

When the paperwork was completed, the group of seven waited for their number to be called. Once it was called, they filed into the room.

Quinn held Puck's hands and smiled at him as the officiant began the ceremony.

"Noah, do you take Quinn to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"

"I do." Puck grinned as he slid the ring onto Quinn's finger.

"And Quinn, do you take Noah to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"

"I do." Quinn nodded, sliding the ring onto Puck's finger as tears pooled in her eyes.

"By the power vested in me by the state of New York, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."