Well hello! Happy 2016! I trust and hope that everyone had a very safe and fun holiday season! I for one, was very very busy. Lots of family time and work, because I in fact work retail. But I'm very happy that things have slowed down, for the one reason that it's given me more time to get down to business with my new fic!

But before we get down to business, a quick word about this new fic. I'm going to warn you, that it's dark. After you read the prologue, you're going to get a pretty good idea about the story line. It's not easy to write, nor do I expect it to be easy to read. BUT, that being said, I am trying my very best to do the story I'm about to tell justice. It is a storyline that I have long toyed with, even long before Sunny Days. It has, over the past few weeks taken many different forms. The trajectory and very bare bones of this story have always remained the same despite the major renovations.

I do not pretend to even be half an expert on the subject matter this fic will take on. But, that being said, I have done research and my mother, who was an award winning journalist (and even won for coverage she did on the same topic) has been helping with the realism of the subject matter. Please remember that not on is this a fan fiction, but it is also at the very basis, an alternate universe to what we are used to for our glee folks. Much like all of my fics, while they're still Finn and Rachel, they're not as well.

I am asking you kindly to take this journey with me, though it will be hard. But if you've taken other journey's with me, you'll know that I'm a sucker for a happy ending. If you are so inclined, I'm asking you to review - but only if you're going to be constructive. I will not tolerate hate. I put a lot of work and effort into these fics, and it's very discouraging to receive disgusting mail after I've worked long and hard to make the words right.

Oh, and I should probably mention the usual garble. I don't own Finn and Rachel or anyone else that was involved with glee. They belong to Ryan Murphy and Fox. I own any original characters and the plot.

All that being said, I hope you enjoy. On to the short prologue to get us started!


Prologue

Six Years Ago...

He charged for her, his eyes blackened with an emotion that she didn't recognize. She backed up until she couldn't anymore; her back hitting the wall with a clunk and her head followed shortly after. She squeezed her eyes tightly as she saw him bring his fist back and in moments it collided with her jaw. She whimpered when she felt him release her and she raised her left hand to touch the spot on her jaw. She winced at how tender it was and felt the tears pique in the corners of her eyes from the pain.

"You think that hurts?" he snarled as he grabbed her waist. She tensed under his grip as his thumb pressed into her hip. He kept pressing, and she was sure after only a moment that there was going to be a bruise.

"Fat bitch," he snapped into her ear just as the sounds of a newborn rang through the apartment. She opened her eyes wide, to find him staring back down at her with his eyes blazing. Not even the sounds of his newborn could take him away. "What are you waiting for?" he roared as he brought his hand back up to cuff her in the back of the head. "Go get her!"

She trembled as she tried to get out from under him, and when she broke away she ran for the nursery and to her child.