Our Life Together

13

Quinn and Noah never got the chance to talk right after church. Noah wasn't back when Quinn, Beth, and Finn returned, and when he came back, Quinn was too busy with Beth to find a moment to escape.

"B, you should be in bed already." Quinn told the young blonde. "It's past your bedtime and it's late."

"I don't wanna go to bed." Beth said.

"You have to go to sleep so Santa will come." Quinn added as she put her hand out. "Let's go put some cookies and milk out for him."

"Okay!"

The Fabray girls put out five cookies and a tall glass of milk before heading down to the basement.

"Pajamas and bed." Quinn commanded as she dug out a pair of pajamas from Beth's bag. She helped Beth change before she changed into matching pajamas.

"Mommy, we match!" Beth exclaimed, as she did every year.

"We do." Quinn grinned as she tucked Beth in under the blankets. "Night, B. I love you."

"Night, Mommy. I love you."

Quinn waited for Beth to fall asleep. When Quinn started to get up, Beth opened her eyes.

"Mommy." Beth said.

"Yes?" Quinn asked.

"How will Santa know I'm here and not at home?" Beth wondered.

"Santa knows everything. He can see you." Quinn told Beth. "And he knows that you're awake right now so you need to get to bed."

"Okay." Beth nodded as she closed her eyes.

Once Beth was asleep, Quinn went back upstairs to her friends.

"Alright, boys." Quinn said. "Go have some of those cookies and milk so Beth will know that Santa came. I'm gonna grab her presents."

Rachel, Kurt, and Blaine decided to help Quinn gather the presents from Finn's room while Finn and Noah played Santa for Beth.

Quinn had taken over Finn's whole closet and under his bed with presents for Beth. It was a miracle that they were able to bring everything to Lima without Beth seeing any of it.

"I might've gone a little overboard this year." Quinn muttered as she and the others arranged Beth's presents under the tree.

"A little?" Rachel raised her eyebrow.

"I think it's sweet." Blaine stated. "You're really good to her."

"Thank you." Quinn smiled. "I'm gonna go check on the boys."

Quinn excused herself and went to the kitchen. Both boys went silent upon her entrance.

"Hey." Quinn said, furrowing her eyebrow. "Finn, will you excuse us?"

"Uh, yeah, sure." Finn muttered as he left the room.

Quinn joined Noah at the table and looked at him. "So you saw your brother today?"

"Yeah, I have a younger brother." Noah began. "He's three years younger than me, and four years older than my sister."

"You never said you had a brother." Quinn replied.

"He has a different mom than me and my sister, so technically, he's our half-brother." Noah went on. "I didn't know about him until recently."

Quinn nodded, wanting to hear more.

"A few months ago, my mom and my sister moved back to Lima to live with my Nana 'cause she's sick." Noah explained. "Jake and his mom have only been living here since last year, which is after my family moved away."

"And I thought I was the only one with crazy family drama." Quinn said softly.

"Yeah." Noah smiled, pausing for a moment. "I don't know how long we're gonna be in Lima, but I wanna see my family before we go back to New York. And I want you to meet them, too."

"You want me to meet your family?" Quinn asked.

"We've been together for a few months now." Noah stated. "I want them to meet you. And Beth."

Quinn smiled. "Okay."

"Okay, you wanna meet them?" Noah asked.

"Yeah." Quinn nodded.