"Happy Birthday, Alice!" Rachel cheered as her 7-year-old daughter blew out the candles on her seventh birthday cake. "Do you want to open your presents now?"
Alice Lucy Drizzle Hudson-Berry was born in December 2013, days before Rachel's 20th birthday. Rachel had managed to keep her bump hidden when she was still at McKinley, then she went to New York. The only people who knew about Alice were Quinn and Puck, Quinn found out when Rachel first conceived, and then when Quinn and Puck got together after graduation, Quinn let it slip when they were having dinner. It killed her, but she couldn't tell Kurt, because he would tell his family. Alice's family.
"Mommy, you know what I want." Alice was 4ft (she inherited Finn's tallness) and had long chocolate brown curls, which she usually wore in plaits or pigtails. She had chocolate brown eyes, covered by her pink hello kitty glasses. She loved old movies and (much to Rachel's delight) loved Funny Girl. She loved New York.
"Lici, you know I'm not in touch with Daddy anymore. But we are moving back to Lima today!" Rachel tried to raise her daughter's spirit.
"I don't want to leave New York." Alice protested.
"Okay, I'm going to let you in on a little secret."
"Yeah…" Alice was interested, to say the least.
"Daddy lives in Lima."
"Oh. Are you going back to be with him?"
"No, star, I'm going back so you can meet my family. But who knows?"
"Mommy, can we go now?"