Chapter 1
My heart was pounding out of my chest. I grabbed my cell phone and dialed the number. It was too late for me to be calling someone, let alone my ex-boyfriend. The phone rung endlessly, and just when I thought I was going to hear his voicemail, I heard his familiar voice. "Hello?"
Strangely, I was overcome with relief. I still felt like I could trust Finn with anything, but I wasn't sure how he would take this. "Finn?" I said meekly, struggling to get the words out of my mouth.
"Rachel?" He sounded confused. "Are you okay?"
I took a shaky breath. "Finn… I'm pregnant." Silence. "Please tell me you're still there," I begged.
I heard his breath. "Is it…"
"Yes. Yes, it's yours," I replied immediately, not wanting to put it off any longer.
He sounded like he had been punched and was out of breath. "Oh, Rachel-"
"Please! Please Finn, don't leave me. I can't do this by myself!" I sobbed.
"Calm down, Rachel." He attempted to soothe me, but I think he was also trying to calm himself down, too. "What about Brody?"
I paused. "He's gone." I remembered earlier this evening when he and I were sitting together on the couch watching My Fair Lady. I told him then. He was mad, and I didn't even need to tell him whose it was before he left me. He told me that I shouldn't ever come asking for help from him, marched into his room, got all of his things, and left. "He left today."
"Rachel, I'm so sorry." He seemed to be thinking things over. "It's just that…" I thought at that point he was going to just leave me, like Brody. I braced myself for the fact that Finn Hudson was going to pretend he never knew me for the rest of my life. Instead, it was something I would've never expected. "I'm seeing someone else."