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"She's gone mom." Finn Hudson said hoarsely into the phone. It was having a bad day, he had come home late from work, expecting to just spend some quality time with his girls, only to find that one girl was gone and the other was with a babysitter.
"What do you mean she's gone? Who's gone?" Carole questioned, obviously confused by Finn's later then usual phone call.
"Quinn, I came home from work, Kylie was with Amanda from across the hall, and a note was on the counter, saying 'I can't do this anymore, I'm sorry, I wasn't ready to be a mother, tell Kylie I'm sorry, don't try to contact me. Quinn'. All of her stuff is gone. What am I going to do mom?" Finn felt a tear slip down his cheek as he watched his three year old daughter fast asleep on the coach, oblivious to the fact that her mother had left just hours before never to come back.
"I'll come into the city in the morning and we'll figure something out ok? Just put Kylie to bed and try and sleep honey, I know it hurts but we'll talk it through." Finn's mom said quietly, while Finn muttered an agreement. They both hung up before anything more could be said.
Finn carried Kylie to her room, which like any other typical three year old girl's room was pink with lots of ruffles, Finn's brother Kurt had designed it, in fact he had practically designed their whole apartment. He kissed his daughter on the forehead, whispering an 'I love you' even though she was already sound asleep.
He then retreated to their bedroom, his bedroom now he supposed, and surveyed what was left. Quinn had only taken her clothes and her things out of the bathroom and a picture of her and Kylie at the hospital the day Kylie was born. Finn quickly brushed his teeth and put his pajama pants on waiting until he was in bed before contemplated all that had happened in the last couple of hours.
Finn worked as an add consultant at Puckerman's Add Agency and had been working overtime for this new client he had managed to get, which he knew had put Quinn on edge, he knew how she was when she was alone with Kylie too long. But Will, his boss, had told him that overtime was necessary.
Quinn and Finn not long after Finn had graduated from college and had quickly started a relationship. After about nine months of dating Quinn found out she was pregnant, Finn was thrilled but he could tell Quinn wasn't nearly as excited about becoming a parent as he was. When Kylie was born Quinn retreated and became a shell, no longer the same upbeat and happy girl that he had fallen for. Quinn barely interacted with the child, letting Finn take the reigns, which he was more then happy to do, and Kylie spent most of her time with Finn or with a babysitter.
But Finn never thought she would just leave. What kind of parent just abandons their child like that? Finn knew that sometimes Quinn could be a little cold but he never thought she was heartless. He also knew that it wasn't fair to call Quinn that, she wasn't ready, he knew that, but why wouldn't she ever talk to him about it, they could have given Kylie up for adoption, waited until they were married to have kids. Oh who was Finn kidding he didn't want to marry Quinn, sure they loved each other but it wasn't the kind of love that everyone searches ages for, the kind that fills you up and always makes you smile.
In fact Finn found himself hardly ever smiling around Quinn in the weeks leading up to tonight. She was always sullen and always found an excuse to let herself out of the apartment, Finn was almost positive that he had spent more money paying Amanda this past month then he had on food, but it was almost a more of a necessity.
When Kylie was about nine months old Finn had asked Quinn to watch her for the day so he could go and spend a good solid chunk of time in the office, she had seemed apprehensive, she had never been alone for more then an hour with Kylie, but Finn thought that she would warm up to the idea.
Boy was he wrong, at around noon he got a call from their neighbor, Mrs. Patterson, who said Kylie had been crying for nearly an hour straight and thought Finn had left her alone in the apartment. Finn had rushed home to find Kylie wailing in her crib, and Quinn locked in the bathroom refusing to come out. He had eventually coaxed Quinn out of the bathroom and calmed Kylie down, but he then never made Quinn stay with the baby for too long by herself.
Now here he was, alone with a three year old, in New York City, he was screwed.
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"So what do you think I should do, I can't just tell Amanda to come over here everyday after Kylie gets out of daycare, she's a sixteen year old kid she deserves to have a social life." Finn asked his mother the next morning. Carole Hummel had raised Finn by herself after Finn's dad had died in action, so Finn knew being a single parent wasn't impossible, but he was only twenty six years old, how was he supposed to single handily raise a child, then again Quinn hardly had done any of the raising for the past three years so things shouldn't be that hard.
"Well, you could always do what those snobby upper east siders do and hire a live in nanny, one who would get Kylie to day care, take care of her in the afternoon, put her to bed, so you could spend plenty of time in the office." Carole suggested, shrugging her shoulders and taking a sip of her coffee. Mrs. Patterson, who was too nosy for her own good, had seen Quinn leave the night before and offered to take Kylie for the morning so Finn could talk to his mom, while Mrs. Patterson wasn't on the top of his list for people watching his daughter, he was desperate.
"That's actually a really good idea, but how would I tell people I need one, it's not like I can just go to the store and buy one." Finn said sarcastically.
"Put out an add in the paper, I always see obscure adds in the Times, I'm sure it doesn't cost oh too much to run an add. Just have people call and set up an interview." Carole said.
"That's brilliant, you're a genius mom!" Finn said excitedly, kissing his mom on the cheek, grabbing his cell phone ready to place his add right away.
"So have you talking to Kylie about Quinn yet?" Carole questioned when Finn was put on hold with the secretary at the Times.
"Kind of, Ky's only three I wouldn't expect her to understand everything, so I just told her mommy was gone and wouldn't be coming back anytime soon. Ky was upset but she didn't cry or anything, she wasn't exactly a momma's girl." Finn said, but before Carole could respond he was connected to someone.
"Hello, my name's Finn Hudson and I would like to put an add out for a nanny."
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"Girl you read that thing every day hoping that someone has put an add out and ever had any luck, when are you gonna just give up?" Mercedes Jones said and she sat at their usual back table in Starbucks.
"Never, and today is going to be different I promise you Mercedes, I can feel it." Rachel Berry said, as chipper as ever and she opened the classified section of the New York Times. They were still waiting for Tina to join them for their usual coffee so Mercedes didn't have anyone to share an eye roll with.
The three girls had all moved to New York City after graduating from McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio; Mercedes to pursue fashion, Tina to just get the heck out of Ohio and Rachel to pursue Broadway. While Mercedes was now a buyer for Macy's and Tina was a writer for one of the hundreds of New York based magazines, Rachel had failed to make it to Broadway. But she had found a new calling, kids.
When they had been super tight on money a couple years back Rachel had been an assistant teacher for a group of second graders and had fallen in love with them all and what she was doing, she had gone back to school and gotten a teaching degree. While being a nanny wasn't the same as being a teacher, she thought a position as a nanny would be more permanent.
"Sorry I'm late guys, the subway were running slow." Tina said as she plopped down in her usual seat next to Mercedes. "What'd I miss?" She questioned, taking one look between Rachel's face buried in the Times and Mercedes eyeing the paper with disdain.
"Just the usual, Ms. Crazy Pants over here thinks that today's going to be different." Mercedes said as Tina snorted, Rachel didn't respond but aimed a kick under the table in Mercedes's direction.
"When does she not think that?"
"Guys! I was right, look!" Mercedes and Tina forgot about making fun of their friend when she pointed towards an add on the last page of the classifieds.
"Finn Hudson, looking for a live in nanny, must be good with toddlers and the color pink." Tina read quietly to the other two, Mercedes looked incredulously at the paper but Rachel giggled.
"I'm gonna call right now." Rachel decided taking out her cell phone and quickly dialing the number printed under the add.
"Hello Finn Hudson, my name's Rachel Berry and I would like to apply to be your nanny."
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End of chapter one.
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