Forever and always

14

'You know you can tell me anything,' Puck said gently tucking a loose piece of hair behind her ear.

'You'll hate me.'

'How many times do I have to say this? I could never hate you.' He said. Quinn swallowed hard and helf onto his hand and guided them to the couch.

'Before I start, I just want to tell you that I love you and none of this was ever a lie. And I'm so sorry.'

Puck didn't know what to think. The realm of possibilities was endless. 'I love you.' He replied unsure of what she was going to say.

'Remember after Beth was born and I sent you back to see if we had won regionals.' He nodded placing his hand on her thigh, as if to encourage he to carry on the story. 'While you were gone. I was sitting with Beth, talking to her, telling her how much I loved her. When my dad showed up. H-He told me that I was a disappointment and that I shouldn't keep Beth. I told him that I was keeping her.' Puck furrowed his brow because when he asked if she wanted to keep her she said no. 'He said that if I kept her he would do anything in his power to take her away from me and prove that I was unfit mother. He told me that I'd never see her again. I knew that he meant every word so I gave her up becuase that way I thought I'd have a chance to see her again, even if it was only for a second.' Quinn sobbed while she was telling the story. 'Please say something.'

Puck was staring at the picture of them holding Beth after he was born. Hs was silent for a while. He was processing what he heard, thinking about all of the years of Beth's life that they missed becuase of him. He looked at the blonde a weakly smiled. He pulled her close to him chest. 'I don't blame you.' He said. 'I just wish you told me.'

'I was scared. I'm sorry.'

'Stop apologising. It all worked out right? We got Beth back and he's out of your life.' Quinn leant up to look at him. 'I'm never going to let him hurt you again.'

The blonde smiled and hugged him.

'I love you Quinn. Nothing is ever going to change that, no matter how hard you push me away. Or how many times we fight or anything like that. You're my soulmate.'

'I love you so much.'