No Strings Attached

23

In the morning, Quinn slept until almost noon. She showered and got dressed before going downstairs. Quinn found Noah strumming his guitar and singing softly. She stopped in the hallway to listen.

"You have a really good voice." Quinn stated as she entered the room.

Noah put the guitar down and looked at her. "I'm just messing around."

"Seriously." Quinn said. "You're talented."

"Thanks." Noah smiled slightly as he held out the guitar. "You play?"

"Guitar? No." Quinn shook her head. "But I've always wanted to learn."

"Come here and I'll teach you." Noah said.

"I don't know." Quinn muttered.

"Come on." Noah insisted. "Like you said, I'm pretty good."

"Okay." Quinn gave in as she walked over to Noah. She sat down next to Noah and looked at him. "Keep in mind I have no idea what I'm doing."

"Just put your hands here and here." Noah said, handing Quinn the guitar and fixing her hands and fingers. "And your fingers here like this."

Quinn nodded as she watched Noah instead of the guitar and her hands.

Noah smiled as he looked at Quinn. His eyes went from her eyes to her lips and back up again.

Quinn felt butterflies as she closed her eyes and slowly leaned in, though her lips never touched Noah's.

The pair was interrupted by the front door bursting open.

"We're here!"

Quinn opened her eyes and saw that Noah had gotten up to greet his family. She slowly stood up and turned around to see them.

Noah greeted and hugged his family members before guiding them to the living room couches, where Quinn was waiting with the guitar in her hands.

"Sorry they're early." Noah apologized softly as he took the guitar from Quinn and put it down. "Q, this is my family. That's my mom, my sister, my brother and his girlfriend. Everyone, this is Quinn."

"It's nice to finally meet you." Quinn smiled politely. "Noah's told me so much about you."

"You let her call you Noah?"

Puck nodded at his brother. "That's my name, Jake."

Jake nodded back and looked at Quinn. "Well, it's nice to meet you. I'm Jake and this is Marley."

"Hi." Marley smiled.

"I'm Sarah." Noah's younger sister said.

"Quinn." Quinn said as she looked at Noah's mom, who glanced up from Quinn's belly when she turned to her.

"This is my mom, Ruth." Noah added. "Why don't you all come inside and sit? I'll grab drinks or something."

"You're gonna drink when Quinn can't? That's rude, Noah." Ruth scolded.

"Oh, it's okay. I don't mind." Quinn said.

"Dude, it's noon. We don't need to drink yet." Jake responded.

"Yet." Noah repeated with a smile. "Come on."