Nate
When Rachel got pregnant in her final year of high school she thought that it would be difficult but she would make it through, unlike Quinn she had not cheated on her boyfriend and was in a long term committed relationship to the father. Yes it was the same boy who had Quinn had cheated on but their relationship was so much more stable, so much more. At least Rachel had thought so.
"You're fucking what?" Finn demanded jumping to his feet from his place on the Berry sofa "no we used protection!"
"I know but even condoms are not 100% perfect and it is obvious that it split or we did not put it on in time" Rachel shrugged helplessly as she watched Finn pace his anger worrying he, her fathers had not taken it this badly.
"How the fuck could you let this happen!" Finn suddenly screamed turning to Rachel and bearing down on her as she jumped to her feet and backed away quickly in fear, his face was twisted in anger his mouth a sneer as he stared down at her in disgust "you know that I worked my ass off to get that football scholarship to Boise State and you're trying to tie me down with a fucking baby?"
"I'm sorry but I have equally worked my rear off to earn numerous scholarships and funding to attend Tisch in New York!" Rachel screamed back jabbing Finn in the chest to make him step back as he got closer "so I could just as easily say this is your way of making sure that I fail to reach my potential and that I dedicate yet more if my life to you and only you"
"Like I would want you after high school" Finn sneered "you were just going to be useful in the holidays"
"We talked about college and you said you wanted to stay together" Rachel said tears springing to her eyes "you were planning on cheating on me for the three years?"
"Well yeah" Finn shrugged like it was obvious "I'm a celebrity here I'm going to be there"
"Was I going to be allowed to cheat on you?" Rachel asked anger lacing her tone her eyes flashing in warning
"You better fucking not, you cheat on me Rachel..." he growled at her "as for the baby, well I think it would be good for both of us if you..."
"You're talking in the present tense" Rachel said through gritted teeth "'cheat' that ship has long sailed"
"You cheated on me?" Finn yelled "again!"
"No our relationship is over, so I cannot cheat on you" Rachel screamed back "as for your very delicate attempt at saying that I should terminate the pregnancy that is not happening!"
"Well I am not sticking around to help" Finn threatened "if you want to stay in a relationship you are going to listen to what I say and get rid of that thing" he pointed at her stomach.
"Get out of my house" Rachel said grimly staring him down, their raised voices having brought her fathers who had waited in the kitchen to the room "you do not want anything to do with your child then you won't be, leave and never return"
"Leave" Hiram Berry yelled as Finn stayed where he was standing looming over Rachel who held a hand to her still flat stomach protectively but almost absent-mindedly "you are no longer welcome in our home"
Rachel stared down Finn until he finally snapped and walked out of the front door, it's slamming behind him a cue to the emotionally broken Rachel to finally let go of her anger and tears.
"Oh darling" Hiram and Leroy cried running to their daughter who crumpled onto the floor in front of the fireplace "is there anything we can do?" Leroy asked as he smoothed back Rachel's hair.
"Noah" Rachel gasped out wrapping arms around herself trying to hold in the pain and herself together as she cried out for her best friend, the one she knew wouldn't hurt her, judge her, abandon her.
"Morning baby" Puck groaned pulling his fiancé closer as one arm twisted to smack the off button on the top of the alarm clock, groaning as she moaned and snuggled into his chest and rubbed her nose against him sleepily."Time to get up!" he sing sung into her ear using on hand to brush back her hair and press a kiss to her forehead until she looked up at him, her eyes half lidded with sleep still so he could press a kiss to her lips.
"It is morning" she agreed grumpily with a ridiculously cute pout, kissing him again she rolled out of his hold and pushed back the covers to go to their en-suite as the bedroom door burst open and her son took a running jump onto the bed.
"Daddy!" the five year old screamed as he landed on his father who grunted in shock and playfully scowled at the young boy who giggled and let himself be tickled as his mother returned.
"My two boys" Rachel smiled happily as she climbed back into bed next to them and let herself be folded into their hold.
"I start school today Mommy" Nate said with a big smile up at his mother who nodded happily at him and pressed a kiss to his head "but that does mean no more Bubbie"
"Only during the day you will still see Bubbie" Rachel promised her son for the millionth time "sometimes after school when Mommy and Daddy are still working and on weekends with Zadie's"
"Ok then" Nate said a little sadly before hugging her as she left the bed again to go and get a shower. "Daddy?" Nate questioned looking up at his quiet father who had been reading through emails on his Blackberry as the two talked.
"Yeah bud?" he asked making sure he put his phone down to look at the young boy.
"I'm scared" Nate whispered at him his eyes widened in fear and worry for admitting it.
"Why?" Puck asked in shock putting the phone down and turning his son to sit on his lap and look him in the eye.
"What if I don't make any friends and the others don't like me?"
"Not gonna happen, you are awesome! And everyone in that school is going to realise that" Puck promised the worried boy "and me and Mommy are both going to take you and make sure everything is ok before we drop you off"
"Promise?"
"Promise" Puck said pressing a kiss to Nate's head before helping him off the bed and ordering him to go get dressed and ready to go.
"Is he ok?" Rachel asked worriedly as Puck came to join her in the bathroom him turning on the shower as Rachel brushed her teeth at the sink.
"Simply scared, but I promised him we would be there for him"
"As you have been there for me always" Rachel spat out her toothpaste before she smiled at him through the mirror.
"And I always will be" Puck said lifting her hand and pressing a kiss to the ring he had slid onto her left ring finger only a few months ago, kissing her firmly he stripped off and got into the shower as Rachel went to get dressed.
The minute he had walked through the Berry front door Puck had known something was wrong by the sight of his best friend on her knees with her father's on either side of her tears running freely down her face. Using a move that had become second nature to him over the years Noah swept in picked Rachel up and smothered her in him, his entire being around her kisses pressed to every inch of her skin that he could see and get to.
Through halting breaths and hitches of breath with numerous pauses he had gotten the story put of her, Hiram and Leroy leaving them alone.
"I'm alone" Rachel sobbed into his neck.
"No you're not" Puck said emphatically, still reeling from the knowledge that the girl he was in love with was pregnant by Finn and other than wanting to kill Finn it didn't affect his feelings at all. He still loved her, he still wanted to have her in every way possible, and the pregnancy changed nothing. "You have me, you will always have me. I am going to help you raise this baby" he said pressing a hand to her stomach "we are going to go to New York and achieve everything you ever wanted and dreamed while raising the most amazing child ever. And it will be amazing cos it will have you as a mother"
"Yes? You are going to help me?"
"I always will. I shouldn't have to tell you that"
Obviously their relationship had changed since that day but he had kept his promise, he had always been there and always would as her husband, raising Nate as his own had also not been difficult he was amazing and Puck had loved him since he had first felt him kick in Rachel's stomach.
Opening the front door of their building Rachel fussed with Nate's coat not registering that there was a man waiting on the sidewalk looking at the both of them, Puck seeing him as he approached his fiancé and son.
"You got a nerve" Puck spat out to both of their surprise Nate and Rachel turning to look at him before where he was looking.
"Finn?" Rachel said slowly straightening up and stepping in front of Nate who craned his head to look at both of his parents and the man that had made them so angry.
"Hello Rachel"
