A/N: Okay, so this story takes place after Will finds out about Terri, but Finn nor Rachel know of Puck being the baby daddy.
Chapter One
In that very moment she knew that he was never going to be with her. He had found the one girl that would hold his heart and never let go. He smiled down at her with so much love and tenderness it nearly tore you apart just observing it. And as Rachel pushed the tears away she turned her gaze away from Finn and his new daughter, she knew he was going to do the right thing and make his daughter happy. And If that meant being with Quinn then so be it.
Rachel felt the tears prickle her eyes as she stood in the doorway, not even being noticed by the two young parents. Her heart pumped quickly in her chest and all she wanted to do was scream. It was the first thing that came to her mind because for the first time she didn't know what to do. Finn loved her! He wanted to be with her she reasoned to herself over and over again.
She thought back to last weekend when they were sitting in the auditorium going over songs for the school play. She has smiled wonderfully to herself when she had convinced Finn to take the lead role in their production of West Side Story so they could spend more time together. And they did. As she landed the part of the conflicted Maria, Rachel would turn to Finn for support on her role. Oh she knew how amazing her talents were as a performer but to know the guy she loved thought she was just as amazing was all that more satisfying. Glee practice and drama club rehearsals would roll into one another and they soon ended up spending as much time together as possible, working on their music, the one thing they had to share together. And if anyone questioned her happiness they were blind and deaf.
Back to last weekend, to the moment in her life where she had honestly thought things couldn't go wrong for her. That moment when Finn told her he was falling for her. He didn't say the L word she had so desperately wanted to hear, but she knew in her heart he was thinking it. Oh how she had smiled through her tears and tried not to let his awkward hug and small kiss get in the way of how she was feeling. He had said the words out loud Rachel told herself, why would her Finn Lie to her? And as she was waiting for her Dad to pick her up she pushed thoughts of Quinn out of her head.
Rachel knew all to well Quinn was pregnant with Finn's baby. She knew by the evil glares Quinn would throw her that she and Finn where still "officially" a couple. Why did people assume she was dense and didn't know these things because she did.
From what Finn had explained to her Quinn had decided what was best for their illegitimate child was to give her to a loving more stable family. Finn had expressed his frustrations to Rachel about the whole situation. He wasn't sure how he was suppose to feel, and whatever was gong to make Quinn happy was good enough for him. He also expressed his love for their un bon child and it was a sight that would make a grown man weep, for he really did love daughter.
From that moment on Rachel had declared that she was going to be there for Finn whenever he needed her. She didn't mind being the scarlet other woman for now because she knew that deep down they were meant to be together, he had said so himself. He couldn't break it off with Quinn while she was in the last weeks of her pregnancy for what if she had a miscarriage or something like that. She understood completely and went along with hiding her love for him.
It didn't mean she didn't hurt when she saw them in Glee or walking down the halls holding hands, and touching her swollen abdomen as they pretended they were still in love. Sometimes he would look at her and give her a smile small and that small smile would brighten her day. Other times he wouldn't even look at her as they passed her through the crowded halls. Those days were the worst and she would vent her frustrations to her video diary. After she had filmed them Rachel would delete the secret videos for fear of one of her Dad's seeing them and also because she didn't want to see how pathetic she had become.
Yet when it was all said and done it was for Finn, and that's all that mattered.
Mercedes had called her when Quinn went into labor. She wasn't sure how her fellow Glee member had found out but that thought had left her mind as she heard that Quinn was having the baby. Rachel had dressed quickly and begged one of her Dad's to take her to the hospital so she could be there for moral support to her Glee members. When she rushed into the hospital and found out which floor was the maternity ward Rachel was disheartened to say the least when she discovered she was the last to arrive as everyone else was seated in the waiting room. A few other people were there awaiting the news of their newest member to their family to arrive but they took up most of the crowded room.
After what seemed like forever Quinn's older sister (who she only knew when she came to regional's in support of her baby sister) came out and smiled broadly that the baby was perfect. After a swarm of questions her sister left and didn't return for another hour to let them know where Quinn was now staying for the remainder of her hospital visit.
Rachel couldn't stand this anymore and she stood up and marched toward the double doors to where she was hopefully going to find Finn. She was almost positive he needed her, or at least she hoped. "Where are you going?" Puck's voiced demanded behind her.
She turned startled to find the tall Jock standing behind her with an intense look on his face. Something was bothering him it was clear and she just assumed it was because he had the hot's for Quinn. "I'm going to see Finn, he needs me."
"What he needs is for you to back off. How selfish are you to try and steal him away only hours after Quinn just had their baby?" His voice was so cold it shook Rachel to her core. He stood only inches away from her and the way he stressed the word their baby meant to harm her and he succeeded.
"If I were you Puck I would shut my mouth when I don't know anything that's going on." Her haughty reply was a façade in which hid the scared child beneath her.
"Then you go, see if he really needs your help." Puck took her hand rather forcefully and almost dragged her to the last room a few hallways down. He didn't stop and ask anyone where the new young mothers room was amid the many turns of the corridors so that only meant Puck had been there already. He stopped her in front of the last door on the left and let go of her hand. "Go ahead and look. Does that look like he needs you?" He almost forced her in the doorway and Rachel stood watching the boy she longed for look the happiest she had ever seen him.
"Do you know how--- how hard it was watching Finn pretend like he was a loving caring father to be to Quinn then lead you on behind stage doors. Oh don't even bother trying to deny it, Berry because I'm not stupid and neither is Quinn or anyone else. You didn't make it a big secret that you were into him, and getting him to join drama club for you was the cherry on a very cold cake. Quinn is keeping the baby. Mrs. Schue doesn't want--or need it. So her and Finn are raising their beautiful new daughter." His voice held so much rage, and he didn't even speak above a whisper.
"But, I thought she was. . . .I thought she didn't want to keep her baby." She wrapped her arms around herself and turned her head away when Finn looked up and noticed her then turned toward Quinn, blocking her view so she wouldn't notice Rachel standing there.
"Yeah before her mother and father had a change of heart and decided they wanted to keep they're daughter and granddaughter, I don't know all I know is she's keeping the baby. From the look on your face you had no idea either." He didn't sound proud at this statement or even angry he looked almost pained.
Rachel didn't understand. All she felt was unbearable pain. "But. . . .he said. . .he loved me." That was a lie, but he came close and she was almost sure that was what he meant. He was falling for her, not Quinn, her.
"Excuse us." She turned startled as Finn's beaming mother came walking past them and into the hospital room closing the door behind her.
"Yeah well, I'm sorry Rachel." He didn't sound sorry, but who could blame him really? He was losing Quinn as well and she figured that was the cause of his agony as well. Rachel rushed over to him, and wrapped her arms tightly around his strong body and cried. It wasn't even crying really, more like a series of whales and heaving.
"Rachel! Stop." Puck sounded alarmed as he tried to quiet her tears. He wasn't accustom to dealing with dramatic teenage girls, so her little show she was putting on left him speechless. He tried pulling her off him, but she clung harder needing any human contact. He was worried someone from the hospital room would come and see what the noise could possibly be and he didn't really think he could bare looking at Finn's face at the moment.
Puck wasn't the biggest fan of Rachel Berry and her dramatic ways but he also wasn't for using girls emotionally. Sexually was another story and that was only if the girl knew the rules. Finn had crossed a line, telling one girl he loved her when his (supposedly) baby momma sat at home doing things pregnant woman did.
Puck picked Rachel up and it wasn't an easy feat considering she went all dead weight on him and her small legs swayed as he tried to quickly carry her away from the hospital room. He set her down and forcefully pulled her off of him. "Stop crying. I know, it hurts but this isn't helping me or you and you're giving me a headache."
He looked down at her small body and for a second wanted to hug her back. He needed a hug but wasn't about to go about asking for one any time soon. He'll probably just ask his little sister for one later on that night considering she liked giving big hugs. He felt sorry for Rachel and wanted to help her, for he felt like a jack ass having to show her what reality truly looked like. He just wished she'd take that hurt look off her face.
"Do you need a ride home?" She nodded and Puck extended his hand to her and replied gently, "come on I'll take you home. And I know of another exit so we wont have to pass the lobby." Rachel hesitated for a minute and when faced with the possibility of making the walk of pathetic shame past her fellow Glee members she took his hand and let him lead her out of the cold hospital.