This happens after "The Quarterback." I do not own any of the characters.
Rachel Berry had a secret. One she had lived with for a couple of months on her own. She had told Santana it was a false alarm, she had gone on with her Funny Girl audition and callbacks because she wasn't sure what she was going to do next. She only knew that she had to make until they could do a DNA test to find out who her baby belonged to. Now she had another problem, one of the dads was gone and would never be a part of her life again. She sat in the doctors office waiting, hoping and praying that the father she desperately wanted to be the father was.
"Miss Berry, nice to see you again." The Doctor said "We have your test results balanced against both father's DNA that you supplied us with."
"Thank you doctor, I am very anxious to find out. You see, one of the dads died very unexpectedly recently." Rachel said. Her heart was in her throat as she waited for the results.
"Well it appears that the father is the one you labeled as 'Finn' I hope that is what you are hoping for. You seem to have made it through the amnio test well. Are you feeling well?" The doctor asked
"Yes, the morning sickness has finally passed." Rachel said
As she left the office she was filled with a feeling of happiness she had not felt in a long time. She was having Finn's baby, a piece of Finn was going to live on. Now she just had to handle some other things. The first was to sit Kurt and Santana down and tell them.
Back at the apartment Rachel sat down with Kurt and Santana.
"So what is this meeting about Rachel, I have to get to work." Santana said
"Yes, I need to get on Skype with Blaine, we are wedding planning!" Kurt squealed
"Ok, so you both are the first I am telling and I want you both to be the first to hear this," Rachel broke into tears
"What, is it bad?" Kurt was immediately concerned, Rachel had been inconsolable when they had told her Finn had died, she'd cried for days on end so badly that she had been making herself sick and was deathly thin as a result.
"Easy Rachel, whatever it is we are here for you I promise. I know I make jokes and I can kind of be a bitch sometimes but you know that's just me." Santana said as she placed a hand on Rachels back.
Rachel took a deep breath and shakily said "It wasn't a false alarm Santana. I lied."
"Wait, false alarm you two are going to have to fill me in because I am ALL confused now!" Kurt said
"When I first moved in, and I went through all your stuff I found a pregnancy test and I knew it wasn't yours so I went to Rachel with it and took her to the clinic to get checked out. She told me it was a false alarm." Santana told him
"But it wasn't. I told you that to buy myself some time because I knew if you knew the truth you would force me to tell both Finn and Brody and I couldn't do that until I found out who the dad was so I took hair samples from both Finn and Brody to the doctor. Getting Finn's was harder because I had to dig into my stuff and find something that had a hair on it but Brody's was easy enough." Rachel said
"So what you know now? Or are you just telling us because Finn is gone?" Kurt asked
"I know. I got the tests today. The baby is Finns." Rachel began to cry again.
"Well then I know what you have to do now-"Santana started
"What she has to do now is tell my Mom." Kurt finished
"No what she has to do now is figure out what she is going to do next!" Santana said
"If you two would stop arguing about MY baby!" Rachel yelled.
Both Santana and Kurt were silenced.
"When we first found out that Finn was dead, I actually made an appointment to get a-an abortion. But then I was sitting out on the fire escape one night and I heard Finn's voice in my head. He said 'the show must go-all over the place-or something like that' and that's when I knew that there was no way I could do what I was planning, no way I could get rid of a child that might possibly be his. It's also when I had that plaque made for the choir room. So while I've been waiting for the test results I have been working out all the details in my head of what my next move would be once I found out. If the baby was Brody's then I was going to tell him but also let him know that I planned to give the baby up for adoption. If it was Finn's well, I obviously couldn't tell him, I mean I hope that he knows-I am sure that he knows so the next best thing to telling him would be telling Carol and Burt." Rachel said.
"Well of course I am going back to Lima with you to tell them!" Kurt clapped his hands together, "And of course I am going to be by your side every step of the way to support you as you raise 'Finchel.' Obviously he or she is going to need a great uncle!"
"Hey don't forget a loud outspoken lesbo auntie!" Santana said
"So then I guess it's decided, you're both going with me to Lima." Rachel said.
The three of them managed to get airline reservations on the same flight that day, a good thing since it was a Friday. On the plane Rachel told them that the first place she wanted to go was to the school. She wanted to be at the school and maybe tell Mr Shue first. When they got to the school they were greeted by Blaine who was running over a set list for Nationals with Mr Shue.
"Well isn't this a SURPRISE!" Mr Shue greeted them all with hugs
"And there is my handsome husband to be!" Blaine said happily
"Mr Shue we're here to give everyone some news and we thought we would tell you first." Rachel said.
"Well go on I'm all ears!" Mr Shue said.
"Well first off I appreciate your enthusiasm, because I need it right now. I'm about to do the hardest thing I've probably ever had to do, I'm about to go and tell Finn's parents that I am expecting his baby on my own without him." Rachel said.
Mr Shue dropped into his chair his mouth wide open.
"Mr Shue say something please, I need to know what you're thinking." Rachel said.
"Rachel, I...WOW." Mr Shue said.
"Really Rachel that is some bomb to drop, especially since Finn has only been gone a short time. And considering the news that Mr Shue just got this week, well-"Blaine was cut short by Emma who had come in just in time to hear Rachel's news.
"Because I just told Will that we are also expecting." Emma said cautiously.
"Two very different pregnancies at the same time, again. WOW. Well at least this time I know that my wife isn't going to try to take my students baby and pass it off as ours!" Mr Shue joked lamely.
"So how are you going to do it Rachel?" Emma asked softly
"Well, when Finn told Quinn's parents that she was pregnant he sang a song. I am planning on singing that song myself but instead of 'having my baby' I am going to sing 'having his baby' kind of twist it a little and hope that they understand what having this child, this piece of Finn means to me and hope that they are touched." Rachel said
"That is exactly how Finn would have done it." Blaine said.
"Will you all help me?" Rachel asked, knowing of course that they would. She had her backup now.
At the Hummel-Hudson home, Kurt has just assembled Burt and Carol in the living room. There's a graduation picture of him and Finn and Rachel on the mantle.
"So I have brought you both here for a big announcement, one I hope both of you will be good with because there's no going back on it and I know that it's going to be hard." Kurt said seriously
"What-you and Blaine went and eloped or something?" Burt kidded
"Oh come on now Burt, they're big boys and besides Kurt would never give up his lavish wedding! I bet he's about to announce just WHERE it's going to happen!" Carol said.
"Actually it's not about Blaine and I, it's kind of more about someone else." Kurt choked out.
At that moment Will, Emma, Santana and Blaine came in and Will started a small radio. The background music for "You're Having My Baby" came on and Burt and Carole both looked confused until Rachel came in and sang the song with some of the words changed to fit her message. She sang it with tears streaming down her cheeks and looked meaningfully at the photos of Finn while she sang.
"Rachel are you telling us what I think you're telling us?" Carol said shakily
"Because this is no time for jokes." Burt said through tears.
"Yes I am telling you that I am having Finn's baby. He may be gone and I never had the chance to tell him and I wish that I did but I knew that I had to tell you in a way that would have fit what he would have done. I know he would have been nervous and scared and that if he were here things would be so different in so many ways, but I know that he would have wanted to tell you so I'm doing this for him." Rachel said.
"You know you don't have to-"Carol started
"NO. I could NEVER, EVER do that. Even if he wasn't gone there is just no way that I could. And I know that I am going to be a single mother and I'm going to have to live through telling this child through it's whole life about the father that was taken away before they were born and I'm going to be doing it on my own. I know that it won't be easy but I also know that this baby is a piece of him, the LAST piece of him, his last gift to all of us and I'm ready to do it." Rachel said.
"Well then, you're going to need the help of this baby's Grandmother, and I am going to be there every second holding your hand, cheering you on, helping you-whatever you need. Rachel you've given me a gift today, the gift of a child that I thought would never happen. When Finn died I thought that was it that I'd never have anyone left to love but I was wrong, I have you and I have my grandchild." Carol sobbed.
By this point everyone was sobbing but for the first time since Finn died, happy.
To be continued...