Junior Year

38

Quinn took Beth up to her room to change her and find a pacifier. Beth calmed down, but started crying again when someone knocked on the bedroom door.

Quinn groaned as she gently bounced Beth to calm her down again. "Come in."

The door opened slowly and Puck appeared. "Hey."

"Now's not a good time." Quinn replied.

"Let me take her." Puck requested.

"Noah, I really don't think..." Quinn trailed off as Puck took Beth from her. She watched as Puck calmed Beth down.

Puck smiled at Quinn.

"Thank you." Quinn smiled back.

"I wanted to give you something." Puck told Quinn as he held Beth on his hip with one hand and dug through his pocket with the other.

Puck pulled out a wad of cash with a rubber band around it and handed it to Quinn.

"Before you argue with me, I wanna remind you that it's not for you, it's for Beth." Puck stated as Sam walked in.

"Quinn, your mom wants to know when you wanna have dessert." Sam said.

"Whenever." Quinn said.

Sam raised his eyebrow at the cash that was in Quinn's hand. "What's that?"

"Money for Beth." Puck answered. "For formula and diapers and whatever else."

"That looks like a lot of money." Sam noted.

Puck shrugged. "Babies are expensive."

"Didn't I tell you to stop giving money to my girlfriend?" Sam questioned Puck.

"Someone has to support Beth." Puck muttered.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Sam demanded.

"Guys." Quinn muttered.

The boys ignored her.

Puck looked at Sam. "I bust my ass so that Beth can have whatever she needs."

"Quinn doesn't need your money." Sam replied.

"Quinn doesn't have time to get a job and you don't work." Puck pointed out. "And like I said, babies are expensive."

Sam folded his arms. "And you think you could take better care of Quinn and Beth than I could?"

"I don't know, how's that motel working out for your family?" Puck asked.

"That's enough!" Quinn exclaimed. "Both of you."

Sam and Puck looked at Quinn.

"The holidays sucked last year, and I asked you to be nice to each other." Quinn reminded the boys.

"You're right." Puck nodded. "I was out of line."

"I love both of you." Quinn said as she took Beth from Puck. "But I can't deal with the competition between you."

"Sorry, Quinn." Puck apologized. "Sam and I are just trying to help."

Sam nodded in agreement.

"I know you are." Quinn nodded. "And I really appreciate it."

Sam smiled.

"Noah, you know that Sam is my boyfriend." Quinn said as she looked at Puck. "And I care about him."

Puck nodded. "I know."

"And Sam, you know that Beth and I need Puck." Quinn reminded the blonde. "He's not going anywhere."

"I know." Sam said.

"Good." Quinn replied. "Let's all get along and enjoy Thanksgiving."