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Okay, Quick summary. Finchel Future Fic! Rachel fell pregnant before graduation but never told the father (Finn), when he ends things with her because she needs 'to focus on becoming a star', Rachel is heartbroken and ends up raising their twins by herself in the Big Apple. What happens 6 years later when a old friend returns and Rachel relaises she is going to have to divulge the truth!
Chapter 1
Rachel hurried around the living room of her Chelsea Townhouse picking up toys and teddies belonging to her children. 'Chris, Charlie..' she shouted. 'Get in here and help pick all these toys up please, mommy is having an important visitor'. An extremely tall 5 year old entered the room 'Mommy, Charlie won't come and help' he said in a sulk. 'Charlotte Dianna Hudson, get in here right now or you won't get to meet Mommy's new friend from her movie'. With that the little girl ran into the room smiling. She wore a cotton baby doll dress and had her wavy brunette locks clipped back in what appeared to be a gold star clasp. Five minutes later Rachel rose with a sigh, 'see, six hands are better than two' she said and ushered her son to clean himself up as they waited for this important visitor.
Kurt was driving through Manhattan, well his driver was driving he was looking at colour swatches and trying to keep his eyes open, not entirely sure where he was headed. Off to chat with some superstar single mom and measure her for costumes for the Funny Girl remake. That much he was sure about! Still jet lagged from his long flight from London, the last place he wanted to be was in a consultation with some Diva 'Miss. Berry'.
He'd only ever been back in the US once since he left in summer of senior year. His father had been rushed into hospital with his heart problems and of course Kurt got the next flight from Paris. Still, Lima Ohio wasn't exactly New York and as he drove through he couldn't help but smile at all the memories he had with the old Glee Club and their consecutive national wins. When he had came over to see his Dad he saw Will and Emma Schuester and Quinn who was treating his Dad in hospital at the time other than them and Finn of course who he keeps in contact with regularly anyway he hadn't seen anyone since Senior Year. Mr Schuester had talked about doing a reunion sometime, Kurt secretly like the idea but he fears he put Will off by mentioning how busy he was all the time flying from Paris to London etc. Of course with his Dad fighting fit again, he flew off to London to design the set for Wicked and never used the number he exchanged with Quinn Fabray those 4 years ago.
Will Schuester had been a wise man, but Kurt couldn't help thinking how wrong he was back in that first year of New Directions before the Regionals that they all referred to as 'the incident'. One day, all of you are going to be gone. And all of this, all of us will be nothing but a hazy memory. It will take you a second to remember everyone's name. someone will have to remind you of the songs we sung, the solos you got or didn't get. Yes, Will Schuester was very wrong because Kurt remembered every name, every hairstyle, every animal sweater and every number that the glee club had performed. His thoughts travelled to his short stint at the Warblers and laughed at their 'Gap Attack', with that he checked his phone just to check if Blaine had replied to his text yet. They never hooked up in High School- even though Blaine transferred to McKinley. They were best friends and they were happy, they never needed anymore than that. However after a short time in Paris they fell head over heels in love and have been together ever since. 6 years he thought with a smile as the car pulled up outside a beautiful Georgian townhouse.
'Mommy, mommy, mommy' Charlotte said as she bounced up and down. 'The door mommy, he's here at the door'. Rachel got up and walked swiftly towards the door and told Charlotte to get Christopher and wait in the playroom until she called them.
Rachel opened the door and was more than surprised to see who her costume designer was. 'Kurt' 'Rachel' they said in unison and hugged each other for what seemed like hours. Kurt knew that Rachel was crying and that it was going to stain his grey suit, but he didn't care. The tears fell from his eyes- he hadn't seen his bestie since graduation. Rachel, Kurt, Blaine and Mercedes were inseparable after Sectional's 2011, but with Kurt and Blaine so far away and Rachel pre occupied with a busy schedule at Julliard they quickly lost touch.
Finally breaking away from the warm embrace Kurt said in utter disbelief 'Miss. Berry', how did I not make the connection. Rachel laughed and watched as Kurt spied the two heads looking out from around the corner. All of a sudden Rachel was overcome with angst and nervousness, Kurt was going to find out about the twins father and there was nothing she could do to stop it. She quickly introduced them as Chris and Charlie, pointing at each of the twins who looked so alike yet so different at the same time. She smiled and more tears fell from her eyes as she watched Christopher fidgeting behind his back, just another one of those things he did just like his father.
'Charlie', Kurt said, doesn't sound like a name the Rachel Berry I knew would pick, and at that a sweet yet powerful voice broke through the silence saying that her name was infact 'Charlotte Dianna Hudson'. Kurt's eyes widened and Rachel looked down at her feet fighting the urge to break down and disappear into little more than a fragment of light. Charlotte broke in again as Chris entered introducing her brother with his full name 'and this is my younger brother Christopher William Hudson'. Christopher looking rather offended and confused rebuked his sister saying he was only 17 minutes younger and stuck his tongue out. Normally Rachel would have scolded the young boy for such behaviour but instead she just told them to go and play. Kurt walked over towards a speechless Rachel who was looking for a way to apologise for keeping this from him. Kurt shushed her and welcomed her head to rest in his chest.
Finally when Rachel got herself together she thanked Kurt and offered him a drink, he wordlessly replied yes and it only took Rachel a matter of seconds to remember how Kurt took his coffee finishing his sentence as he started 'milk, 2 sugars'. They laughed and Rachel directed him towards the sitting room where Kurt noticed a picture of... surely that wasn't Shelby Corcoran. The New Directions Thunderclap 2012 picture framed beside it and a picture of a beautiful hazel eyed child with sandy blonde hair- 'is that, is that Be..'. 'Beth' Rachel said, 'yes that is the offspring of Noah Puckerman and Quinn Fabray' she said with an innocent smirk. 'She is beautiful isn't she, very like Quinn.' It was Kurt's turn to be speechless 'spitting image' he managed to blurt out quickly. 'Talk about spitting image' Kurt said softly. 'Looks like you have yourself 2 mini Finn Hudson's'. Kurt noticed as Rachel's eyes brightened up and she asked him if he wanted to meet them properly. Kurt nodded 'Of course, I want to meet my niece and nephew!'
'Charlie.. Chris, come here please' Rachel spoke nervously but as she reached the end of her sentence she breathed a sigh of relief. Kurt could tell she felt better straight away knowing that she wouldn't have to hide anymore. Kurt couldn't help but smile as he saw the young boy enter after Charlotte. 'Wow', he said- 'aren't you a tall young man' he noticed as Christopher smiled awkwardly and he realised how hard it must be for Rachel to have this living reminder of Finn every day. Then just like the old Rachel Berry would have little Charlotte chirped in 'Yes, but remember I'm older'. Rachel smiled down at her and said 'yes sweetie and don't you let him forget it and she winked at Kurt who now had the little girl perched on his knee. Kurt looked up at Rachel and chided 'Well Finn always was late..' 'and stubborn' Rachel added with a reminiscent laugh.
'Chris this is your Daddy's brother' Rachel said to the nervous boy. Kurt was caught in a daze as he watched his old friend interact with her son. In true diva style Charlotte broke his trance as she knocked on his head saying 'Hello Uncle Kurt!' Kurt laughed as he watched the young beauty talking to herself about her family. 'Now I have Grandpa Leroy, Papa Hiram, Grandma Shelby, Auntie Beth, Uncle Kurt, Mommy and one day I'm gonna see my Daddy', the child acted out conversations with her dolls triggering gentle tearfall from Rachel's eyes. 'You know he never got over you' Kurt said. Rachel lifted her face 'really' she questioned tearfully. Kurt nodded 'and something tells me you didn't get over him either'. 'How could I?' Rachel cried staring at her kids. 'Look at them' she said in a whisper. 'Chris holds his knife and fork in that strange way that Finn did and I won't let anyone teach him how to do it properly, his voice slightly more trained than Finn's she said with a giggle but the tone is identical, the way his eyes move when he sings and his rhythm is just as amazing as Finn's. For his first birthday my Dads bought him a drum kit and he had tortured me for lessons ever since he could talk, he had his first lesson last Tuesday and the teacher told me he was a natural and asked me does his father play?' her face growing ever more solemn Rachel continued 'Charlottes eyes, her eyes, the way she walks, the way she tenses when she wants cry'. Kurt took himself over to the sofa and sat down beside Rachel and let her cry into his shoulder again.
Rachel knew the one thing Kurt wanted to ask was why she didn't tell Finn. She sat up straight and played with the edges of her shirt. 'It was the Friday before Graduation' Rachel said. 'He was my one and only and still is my one and only Rachel said in an embarrassed manner'. Kurt wordlessly reassured her that everything was okay and that he was listening. 'I didn't know I was pregnant until I was 3 months, me and Finn had ended things after a month apart. He told me that he didn't want to distract me from my dreams but that he would always love me, I thought he was lying and that he'd met somebody knew and I knew that I'd never win the fight. We lost contact completely and a couple of months later I discovered I was carrying his children. Finn would have been a great Dad, I knew that, I wasn't worried about that. I loved him too much for him not to be happy and I thought since he ended things with me he wasn't happy with me. He fought so hard to get the grades and then the scholarship for Michigan and I knew if I told him I was pregnant he would give it all up'. Rachel still battling against the tears, was unaware that Kurt could see her playing with her necklace. Kurt recognised it immediately. It was the gold star that Kurt had helped pick out for her with Finn one Christmas. 'I don't even know what he does now Kurt, I don't know if he is with someone! I haven't seen him in 6 years, and I love him, I still love him so much.' Rachel sobbed and Kurt knew she was in pain. 'Rachel', Kurt said, 'you're a strong woman, you raised two adorable children by yourself, your a Broadway star and your about to appear in one of the most anticipated musical films in decades. Surely confronting the love of your life and telling him about your two beautiful children will be a piece of cake' and he winked at her. With that they both laughed and it lightened the mood.
As the moment passed Rachel checked her watch 'Oh my, the time, I better put the little rascals to bed', and Rachel rose from her seat with a sigh. Kurt grabbed her wrist, 'Oh no you don't missy, you have done enough for the first 5 years of their life! It's Uncle Kurt's time to shine' Rachel smiled grateful for the rest and for 5 minutes to think of what she was going to do next.
