There Goes My Life

Disclaimer: I, once again, do not owe Glee. If I did, Finn and Rachel would have never broken up and Sue would have fallen into a cave.

Song credit-"There Goes My Life"-Kenny Chesney

Chapter 1-Telling Finn

Rachel Berry looked down at the box that she held in her hand. She couldn't be pregnant. She was just 17, a junior in high school. Granted, she and Finn had just gotten back together a few months ago, but this was too much of a burden and she couldn't bear to cope with it. Maybe she would just "get rid of it" or do the smart thing, give it up for adoption, just like Quinn Fabray did last year. Maybe she wasn't even pregnant, maybe this little thing was just a scare. Once she stopped herself from crying, she carefully took the test out of the box and entered the bathroom stall at school. As she waited for the results of her pregnancy test, she hid her head on her legs and began crying again. How could and Finn do something so stupid? They were just kids in the midst of high school. They still had their college careers ahead of them. They still had their senior year of high school and with a baby; it would be make graduating so much more difficult. Just then, her three minutes were up and it was time to learn her fate.

"What am I going to do?" she thought to herself. "I can't do this. I can't have a baby."

At that moment, a familiar voice called her name. "Rachel?" it was Quinn Fabray. Rachel and Quinn weren't exactly best friends, but ever since Nationals, they had grown closer and besides, Quinn had already experienced what Rachel is about to go through.

"Yeah, Quinn, I'm here." Rachel said sobbingly.

"What are you doing?" Quinn asked. "You're kind of late for Glee club."

"Oh, sorry, I guess my head isn't screwed on tight today."

"Rach, what's going on?" Quinn was curious about what Rachel was doing in the bathroom stall. She opened the stall and looked at Rachel sobbing and holding a white stick in her hand.

"This….is what's going on" she said and handed Quinn the test along with the box. Quinn looked down to notice a positive pregnancy test.

"Oh my Gosh, Rachel! Is it Finn's?" Quinn asked.

"Of course, it's Finn's. What am I going to do, Quinn? Look at me, I can't have a baby."

Quinn grabbed some toilet tissue and helped Rachel dry her tears. "First, you are going to tell Finn. He is going to support you, no matter what. I remember when I told him that I was pregnant with Beth and during the time he thought it was his, he was extremely supportive of me. Do you want to keep it? Rachel, you can have a baby. It may be sooner than you had anticipated, but yes, you can have a baby. You are going to be one of the most beautiful pregnant women out there."

By this time, Rachel had stopped crying and she could talk with Quinn understanding her better. "Thank you, Quinn and yes, I think I want to keep it. This would be something that Finn and I made and you know, it is going to be beautiful. I can do this, Quinn. I can have a baby!" she said with confidence.

"Good, now, Rachel now is the time to tell Finn. Shoot, Glee club is over, but football practice is starting, you can tell him there."

"Tell him at football practice? But he won't he lose his concentration?" Rachel asked. Quinn just pointed to toward the football field and Rachel walked into the stands.

Football practice had begun and Finn marched onto the field. He looked up for a brief second into the stands and noticed his girlfriend sitting up there. He knew that she must have had something very important to tell him because Rachel, never, I mean, NEVER watched Finn practice.

Finally, Coach Beiste called a break and Finn immediately began running over to the stands where Rachel was sitting. Tears were streaming down her face and she could barely contain herself. Finn crept closer to Rachel and tried to comfort her, but she pushed away, puzzling Finn.

"Rach, what's going on?" Finn wondered

"I can't tell you. It'll ruin your practice" Rachel said sharply.

"But how I am going to enjoy the rest of practice if you don't tell me what's bothering you? Rachel, I'm here for you. Can you please tell me what's going on?"

Rachel brought herself to stop crying for five minutes while she told Finn the news. She took a sigh and started to tell him.

"Finn, I'm p-p-pregnant" she stuttered.

"What?" Finn asked looking shocked.

"I'm pregnant. Quinn is the only one who knows. She told me to tell you. I am so sorry that you had to find out this way. We don't have to keep it."

"How dare you say that, Rachel? Of course, we're keeping it. It's our baby. I love you and even though we didn't plan this, this baby is going to be so loved." With that, he kissed Rachel on the cheek and dashed off back toward the football field.

As he got closer to the field, he thought to himself:

There goes my life

There goes my future, my everything

Might as well kiss it all goodbye

There goes my life…..

He looked back over at the bleachers and Rachel was gone.

Well, there you have it, the first chapter! My apologies for it being so short. Where do you suppose Rachel went? And how are Finn and Rachel going to deal with this? Find out….

And please read and review. Much love, Stephanie