Vianna: After a horrible accident that happened to the parents who raised nine-year old Vianna Camden by will, she is forced to live with her biological parents. See the journey as Finn and Rachel reunite with their daughter who they given up for adoption the day she was born.
AU: Finn never died. Rachel's pregnancy took place after I DO and the baby was Finn's. Without support from family, they couldn't raise their baby girl on their own so they gave her up for adoption. They now live in New York where Rachel is a tony-award winner Broadway Star and Finn is a drummer/singer at his own band The Four.
Chapter 1
March 2022
Rachel Berry Hudson kept staring at the clock. It's past midnight on a Saturday morning. She's lost a lot of hours of sleep. She kept twisting, turning, and remembering horrible memories of her past.
Her husband, Finn Hudson was sound asleep. There were many horrible memories but they had one that kept haunting them.
She was nineteen-years old, lying on her hospital bed. She gave birth to a beautiful little girl with Finn as the father. They weren't engaged or married. They didn't have support from any family member, only Mr. Schuester. Rachel has been hysterically sobbing holding her little girl. She never wanted to agree for adoption. She didn't want her little girl to go through what she's experienced. She knows what it's like not to have a mother.
Her little girl was a mix of her and Finn. She had Finn's fair skin, eyes, and Rachel's nose. Rachel continued to sob harder after their little girl smiled at them. She and Finn promised to never name the child. They would let the adoptive parent's name her.
"I don't ever want to let you go. I'm so sorry, baby girl." Rachel says sobbing. Finn gently strokes Rachel's back. "Please, Finn? Can we keep her? She's so beautiful. She's our baby!" She sobs.
Finn wanted to keep their precious little girl more than anything. He had mix emotions full of sadness and he was furious with the people surrounding them. "Rachel? You know I wish we could. I want to keep her more than anything. I know we could do this but my mom and your dads never supported us. We have to let her go..I know it sucks." Finn says. He told himself not he wouldn't cry. He told himself to be strong for Rachel.
He couldn't control his emotions. He has finally let the tears stream down his face. "Mr. Schu believes in us.."
"I know he does but..." Finn was cut off.
"But what? That's not enough? We never even met the parents adopting her! This hurts so much!" Rachel says. Finn sighs, not knowing what to do.
He didn't know what to say. All he did was stay silent while Rachel continued to cry. They only had ten minutes with their beautiful girl. Suddenly, Mr. Schu walks in the room. "She's beautiful. She looks exactly like you two." He says walking closer. "Are you ready to say goodbye?" He asked trying not to cry.
"Could you give us a minute?" Finn asked patiently. Mr. Schu nods and leaves the room. Finn takes his little girl from Rachel.
He never had a father to raise him. He grew up without him. He always promised himself he would never leave his children. He hoped that his children wouldn't have to experience what he went through. Every girl needs her daddy. "Hey princess, it's your daddy here. I will always remember that moment when you smiled at me. You mean everything to me. I know you'd be a daddy's girl..You're a perfect little angel. I want you to know how much I love you. I will never forget you." That's when Finn finally let out his emotions. He wipes his tears away and hands her back over to Rachel whose eyes were swollen.
Rachel shook her head. "I can't Finn.."
"You'll have to say something, Rachel or you'll regret it." Finn says with all his honesty.
"No! Because I'm not giving her up for adoption." Rachel fought back.
"We've signed the papers...you know we have to do this." Finn responds in a gentle tone of voice. Rachel glanced over at him but Finn looked away.
She always wondered what it was like to have a mother. Growing up, she would see little girls playing dolls, having tea cups, and dress ups with their moms. She didn't have a mom to talk about puberty, dating, and heart breaks. Though, she was thankful she found her mother at fifteen. They had their troubles, ups, and downs but things were getting better.
She gently holds her little girl's thumb. "My baby girl..That's who you'll always be. You'll always be my baby. I don't want you to be mad at me because I'm not raising you. I want you to know that you'll always have me. You won't see me but I'll be there. Maybe one day we'll reunite..I'll know what your name is, you'll tell me all about yourself. Maybe, you'll even be a star. I love you so much. I hate doing this to you. I love you baby girl." Rachel says kissing her daughter's cheek. She gently hands her shining star back to Finn. The nurses and Mr. Schu take their sweet little girl away from them.
Finn and Rachel sobbed together while holding each other, they never looked back.
Without trying to wake up Finn, Rachel gets up from bed. She covers herself with her gold blanket. She slowly walks out of their master bedroom. She heard moaning from Finn and felt guilty for waking him up. "Why are you awake?" Finn asked yawning.
"I can't sleep..I thought I'd go downstairs to have some coffee." Rachel responds. She shrugs her shoulders as she realized what she said didn't make any sense.
"You can't sleep but you'll have coffee? Babe, are you alright?" Finn asked concerned.
"No I just need-" Rachel was cut off by their phone ringing. They both glanced at each other. Who would be calling so late at night?
They weren't sure rather or not to answer the phone. Once they let it go, the phone rang again. "Fine." Finn sighs.
He takes a deep breath and answers the phone. "Hello?" He spoke half away.
"Hello? Is This Finn Hudson speaking?" The voice asked.
"Yes, it is. How may I help you?" Finn asked. Rachel went to sit back down and cuddled next to FInn.
"I'm a lawyer. My name's Thomas Williams. There's also a Rachel Berry Hudson? I'm sorry to call so late but I have some news for you guys. Thomas says. Rachel holds Finn's hands.
"I have in my hand a will from parents Jack and Emma Camden. They tragically died from a horrible car accident in California. Their will was letting their daughter return back to her biological parents. It says here that you are the parents to Vianna Rose Camden." Thomas slowly explains.
Vianna Rose. Finn and Rachel aren't familiar with that name. Though, Rachel did have flashbacks. "Oh my gosh, Finn! This is so sad...I had flashbacks of nine-years ago when we gave up...oh no!" She cried onto Finn's shoulder.
Thomas continues to explain. "You gave up Vianna for adoption nine-years ago."
"Is that her name? We never named her..." Finn says holding back tears.
"Yes. That's what Jack and Emma named her. She's staying with a neighbor as of right now but she doesn't know she's adopted yet." Thomas says. "We'll give her time and space before we send her over to New York so she can live with you guys."
"I'm so sorry.." Finn cries hearing the news about her adoptive parent's death. The parents she only knew.
"We'll keep in contact for the news of Vianna. Thank you for accepting the call so late." Thomas says. The two hang up the phone.
Vianna Rose. The name kept playing back and forth for the Hudsons. "That's a beautiful name." Rachel says. She rests her head on Finn's shoulder.
"But what happen to her is so tragic. What are we going to do, Rachel?" Finn asked wrapping his arms around her.
"I agree. We go by the will. We raise our own daughter..." Rachel responds.
"You know we signed the contract that we wouldn't contact her until she's twenty-one." Finn responds Rachel.
"But you know there's a heart-broken little girl who lost the parents that she's ever known! She doesn't know she's adopted..We just need to do this together, ok?!" Rachel snaps. "I'm tired now. I want to go to bed."
"You just said-" Rachel cuts off Finn. "I'm tired, okay? Goodnight." She gets comfortable of her side of the bed, without kissing him goodnight. Rachel felt a huge knot in her stomach. It's a horrible tragedy that happen to a nine-year old, but at the same time she wanted so much to get to know her own daughter. She hoped Finn felt the same way.