Second Chance

23

"Home sweet home." Puck said when he and Beth got to his apartment in L.A. "I'm gonna start packing my stuff. Do you wanna watch TV?"

"Can I call Mama Quinn?" Beth asked.

"She's probably not home yet." Puck noted. "You can call her later."

"Okay." Beth nodded.

"Come here." Puck said as he scooped Beth up and seated her on the kitchen counter. "I love you, princess."

"I love you, Daddy." Beth replied as she wrapped her arms around Puck's neck and hugged him.

"Why don't you come watch TV?" Puck began as he scooped Beth up and brought her to the living room couch. "I'll pack a little bit and then I'll order some food."

"Pizza?" Beth requested.

"L.A. pizza doesn't taste like New York pizza." Puck warned Beth. "You won't like that."

Beth frowned.

"We'll figure it out." Puck promised as he turned on the TV. "You stay here. You can watch TV and play with my phone, okay?"

"Okay." Beth repeated as she took Puck's phone.

"Games only." Puck told Beth. "No calls or texts."

"Daddy, I can't text." Beth said. "'Cause I can't read yet."

"Alright." Puck smiled as he kissed Beth's cheek. "Yell if you need me."

Beth smiled back as Puck went into his room and began packing up his clothes.

"Daddy!" Beth yelled a few minutes later. "Someone's here!"

Puck returned to the living room and opened the door, furrowing his eyebrow at the sight of the blonde girl he had slept with before he ran off to New York.

"You didn't call me." The girl said.

"I've been a little busy." Puck noted, gesturing towards Beth.

The girl looked at Beth before looking back at Puck. "Okay, well, I thought about it and I decided that if you remember my name, I'll give you a second chance."

"Uh... Melissa." Puck guessed, knowing there's no way he was right.

"Izzie." The girl said with a frown. "Isabel."

"So close." Puck muttered.

Isabel nodded and smiled slightly.

"Well, Annabelle, see you around." Puck said as he closed the apartment door and turned to Beth. "If I let you have waffles and ice cream for dinner, you won't tell Mama Quinn about that, right?"

"Right!" Beth repeated, excitedly.