"Green makeup is the worst to get off," I muttered, swiping at my face with my makeup sponge.

Kurt sank back into my giant red chair, almost disappearing into the cushion. "You'd think it would come off easy, considering how much you're sweating."

I grabbed a towel off my dressing table and swatted playfully in his direction. "You try playing Elphaba seven months pregnant!"

"Hey, now!" he cried, waving his hands in defense. "I'm happy with my old age makeup. Just saying. Was done an hour ago."

There was a knock on the dressing room door and Finn's head appeared in the gap. "Hi, honey."

"Hi," I smiled, waving him in.

He came and wrapped his arms around me, resting them on my stomach. Bending over my middle, he whispered, "Hello in there." A few seconds later the baby kicked in response. She had been active all day, especially during the show, but she always responded to her father's voice.

Giggling, I said, "That's so cute."

"I know," he beamed, drawing back up from my tummy to give me a kiss on the cheek.

"Oh, get a room," Kurt groaned, forcing himself up and out of the engulfing chair. "That's my cue to leave. You were great tonight, Rachel. As always. It's going to be lonely out there without you as Elphaba."

"Thanks, Kurt," I answered, removing the last of my makeup with a final swipe and heaving myself out of my own chair to give him a hug. "You'll have to come visit me. These next two months until the baby comes are going to be so boring for me not being able to work."

"Sad face," Kurt replied. "I'll come see you as much as I can, hon. I'm so excited for you guys. I'll catch you later, okay?" With a backwards flick of his hand, he disappeared out the door.

Stooping down to reach under my dressing table, Finn resurfaced with my purse. "When do Quinn and Sam get in again?"

"8:15 tomorrow morning." I took my purse from his outstretched hand and draped it over my shoulder. "We're picking them up and dropping their bags off at our place, and then I'm driving them to their appointment to look at condos while you go to work."

"I love you for being so organized," he murmured, wrapping an arm around my waist as he steered me out the door.

-GLEE!-

I threw my arms around Quinn as soon as she put the car seat down next to her. "How are you?" I squealed. "It's been too long!"

She looked down at my belly and laughed as we pulled apart. "I think there's something between us."

"Indeed," I replied.

Finn and Sam walked ahead of us and disappeared into the crowd, carrying the luggage we'd captured from the baggage claim rack. Quinn stooped down over the car seat, adjusted Astrid's blanket. The baby's eyes opened, and she blinked sleepily as her tiny fist gripped the blanket. "Did you want to hold her?" Quinn offered.

"Okay," I replied happily, gently wrapping my hands around the baby as Quinn placed her carefully into my arms.

Quinn picked up the car seat and draped it over her arm, and we headed out after Finn and Sam.

"So when's your official due date again?" she asked.

"March 1st," I answered. "Eight more weeks. That's a long time to go at home with nothing to do. I'm glad you guys are moving here."

"You can hang out with me and Astrid any day. Sam's new job is going to keep him busy so I'll be alone a lot too."

We stepped out into the parking lane where the guys were loading the car. Quinn strapped the car seat into the back and then took the baby from me and placed her inside. All four of us piled into the car, guys in front and girls in back.

"It's amazing we're friends after everything," I said to Quinn as I offered my hand to Astrid and she made a tiny little fist around my finger.

"RIght?" Quinn laughed. "We've grown up so much since high school."

"That's the truth," Sam added from the front seat.

We drove past the Oriental Theater. Quinn pressed her face almost flush against the window, pointing at the sign that read 'Rachel Berry in Wicked'. "Look, Rachel, it's your name in lights!"

"Just like we always joked, right?" I rested my free hand across my stomach, feeling the baby shift.

"Too bad we couldn't get here to see you," Sam said.

"She was amazing," Finn stated. "You can come see her after the baby. She's the best. Not just saying that 'cause she's my wife either. She's really the best."

"And I get free tickets," I added, watching the sign disappear out the rear window.

"You're a star, Rachel," Quinn smiled.

"Yeah," I answered, resting my head back against the seat. "I am."