Chapter 1
It had been a week since Rachel had left Ohio to go to New York. She missed everyone back home but she was glad to be there. She really missed Finn the most. They had been in contact a lot since she had left but she still missed him. He had called her one afternoon and told her he was going to go to college on a scholarship. He had decided to not go into the army. Rachel was really relieved when he called to tell her that. Things were going great for Rachel. She was taking classes at NYADA and really enjoying it. Until the day she found out that she was pregnant with Finn's child.
Rachel's POV
I was sitting in the bathroom in my apartment waiting for the timer on my phone to go off. I had been getting sick every morning when I got up. At first I thought it was just the stomach flu but when it didn't stop I knew something was up. I sat in silence while I was for my phone to go off. It finally rang off shaking me out of my thoughts. I picked up the pregnancy test that was sitting on the edge of the sink. I stared at it in shock as I saw that it was positive. I set it back down as I lowered myself to the floor and began to cry. How was I supposed to raise a child and go to school all at once? I walked out of the bathroom and headed towards my room. I finally managed to calm down. I began to make dinner to try and keep my mind off of everything. It didn't work to well because I began thinking about how I was going to tell Finn. I finished making dinner and ate in the living room. By the time I had finished eating and got the kitchen cleaned up it was 7:00. I tried to do some of my homework but I just could not focus. I was too distracted. I put my homework away and decided to go to bed. I was exhausted from school and being sick so much lately. Before I fell asleep I decided that I wasn't going to tell Finn about the baby. I did not want to ruin his life by tying him down with a child.
9 months later
Rachel was in the hospital in New York waiting to meet her newborn baby girl. She was exhausted from labor and glad that it was over. She was just dozing off when a nurse walked into the room with a small baby wrapped in a pink blanket. She gently placed the little girl in her arms. Rachel smiled as she looked down at the sleeping infant. She was watching her sleep when she heard the nurse ask "Do you know what your going to name her?"Rachel smiled and said "I'm going to name her Charlotte."The nurse smiled back at her and said she though that was a cute name. Rachel looked back down at her little girl when she heard her start to cry a bit. She slowly rocked her and she calmed down a little. The nurse showed her how to feed the baby then left the room for a bit. Rachel watched as the little girl drank hungrily from the bottle. She was so excited to get home to her apartment. She had never liked hospitals.
The next morning Rachel and Charlotte were released from the hospital. Charlotte had checked out healthy and Rachel was eager to get home. Rachel pulled into the driveway at her apartment and turned off her car. She got out and went around the were the baby was sleeping on the passenger side. She took the carrier out of the car and brought Charlotte up to her apartment. She unlocked her door and took the carrier into the room she had made into the babies room. She unstrapped her from the carrier and placed her in the crib. Before leaving the room she made sure the baby monitor was on and she took one with her. Rachel walked into the living room and began to clean up some of her books from school. She had missed a lot of her classes and was failing most of them. Some of her teachers had told her she would have to withdraw from the class and retake them. After cleaning up her books Rachel layed down in the living room to get some sleep. She figured she would use this time to get rested. She knew she had a long night ahead of her with Charlotte. She didn't know how she would handle this all on her own.
A few hours later Rachel was awakened by the sound of crying on the baby monitor. She groaned and got up to go check on Charlotte. She walked into the room and gently picked the little girl up. She tried her best to get her to calm her down but she just would not stop crying. She changed her diaper and when that didn't seem to help she tried feeding her. Rachel sang to her which seemed to help but as soon as she stopped Charlotte continued to cry. Rachel didn't know what to do so she just sat and rocked her for a while. Eventually she was able to get her to stop crying. She changed her into some pajamas then placed her back in her crib and went into her bedroom. Rachel had slept until 4 when Charlotte woke her. It was now 7:00 and she was exhausted. As soon as she layed down on her bed she fell asleep.
Authors note
So I just came up with the idea for this story. I'm going to give it a try and see where it goes. I hope you like it. Feel free to review and let me know any suggestions you may have. :) thanks ~gleefan82