Don't own Glee, if I did there would be a lot more Finchel and a lot less Fuinn!

The summer after graduation had been almost perfect for them. Finn and Rachel had spent nearly every moment together, neither really wanting to think about what the fall would bring. In September Finn would enter basic training in South Carolina, and Rachel would be headed to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. The initial seperation wouldn't be so hard, but Finn had been uneasy about something else. Somewhere deep in his gut he knew he wouldn't be headed home anytime soon. It came as no surprise to him when at the end of training he found out that his platoon would be shipping out to Afghanistan almost immeadiatly. Although on the outside he seemed cool and collected he was terrified, not for himself, but for his mom, who had already lost his father to war, and for Rachel. One thought kept running through his mind, Rachel would be waiting for him to come home, but what if he didn't come home?

Finn quickly decided that he couldn't let Rachel wait on a dead man. His mother had done that, and one day instead of his father another man in uniform had come to their door with the news that every army wife fears. Maybe it was stupid, but he couldn't let Rachel go through that. If they were meant to be together then when he got back they would be able to pick back up where they left off.

It wouldn't be so easy to get Rachel to let go of him though, honestly he didn't really want her to at all, but it was for the best. Finn had to come up with some sort of a plan to "break up" with Rachel. The thought made him feel sick.

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Rachel had been at NYU for only about a month when the symptoms started. One moment she would be running to the bathroom loosing her last meal, and the next she would be fine. Her breasts suddenly seemed…larger? And they hurt, she could barely get through her eliptical workouts in the mornings because of them. Still she didn't put anything together until six weeks after school started. She was at the pharmacy trying to figure out what to take for her weird symptoms when she found herself in what Finn always called, "the girls aisle" and avoided like the plague. Thinking of Finn and chuckling she glanced up right in time to come face to face with the pregnancy tests.

"Oh no. No no no no no." She muttered. When was her last period? It had been before she had gotten to school, before she and Finn had… "Crap!"

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A week before school had started Rachel had been at Finn's house during one of those rare moments when no one else was home. She and Finn had been on his bed, his had running up under her skirt her hands up his shirt.

"Oh G-d Rach!" Finn moaned, "Why can't I just go to New York with you?"

"Finn," Rachel whined, "You have to make a life for yourself, you can't just follow me and say that's what you want. I can't hold you back like that!"

"I don't care about being held back," he said while flicking his hand over her center, his thumb feeling the wet cotton that covered her, the motion eliciting a moan from Rachel that made his pants even tighter. "As long as I have you and can do this, I don't care. I love you Rach."

Rachel's hips bucked as Finn brushed his thumb over her clit again, "Finn," she said breathily as she reached to pull down his cargo shorts, "make love to me."

Finn gave his half grin and reached to his nightstand to find a condom, opening the door he found nothing but an empty box. He looked at Rachel who had watched his movements.

"Finn, this probably isn't the smartest thing I'll ever say, but I trust you. Please just pull out at the end, I don't want to loose this moment."

Finn grabbed her lowering them both onto his pillow diving into her and nearly cuming at the new sensation the skin on skin contact provided. He chanted mailman in his head to gain control and started to move slowly in and out of Rachel.

"I love you Finn," Rachel moaned a few minutes later right before her climax over took her.

Finn pumped into her a few more times before he came hard, completely forgetting that the barrier they usually relied on wasn't there.

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Sitting in her dorm bathroom Rachel started at the three pregnancy tests she had just taken, yes all at once, she had to be sure. Within a minute all three stared back at her with undoubtedly positive results, especially the digital one that spelled "pregnant" back at her. Tears started to roll down her face.

She had to tell Finn. After training she decided, it wasn't fair to put this stress on him right now. Plus that would give her enough time to go to the doctor and get more information.