Chapter 2

Hi, you guys! I'm back again! First of all, I want to wish a happy 2018, may this be our year. Secondly, I want to thank you for the response I received from chapter 1. It makes me a very happy girl that you are enjoying the story. Once again, thanks and enjoy this long chapter!

Disclaimer: I do not own glee or any of the characters but Anne and this plot.


Rachel was not okay. She was so tired the night before that she slept within seconds after Finn started caressing her hair. If she had thought her day was terrifying she definitely didn't see the night coming. The baby was quiet till exactly 3 am when the kicking began. They wouldn't stop it! She felt the baby was using her organs as a potato sack to punching training. And, oh, the headache… the headache that hasn't left her for almost a week now, it's killing her, she's sure of it! She's swollen and getting nauseated after lunch every day. God, it feels like morning sickness all over again!

Rachel is not one to complain about everything, however, she is too pregnant, at least she feels like it. She just wants one good night of sleep before the baby comes cause she knows she won't have it anytime soon after they're born. And there's still Anne and Finn and Drizzle and the house and her career... Okay, she's now officially overwhelmed and going crazy with all the thinking she's been doing.

A strong wave of nausea hits her. All she can do is run towards the bathroom before throwing up on her carpet and having to clean it later. She does not want that happening anytime soon. She couldn't reach the toilet in time, so she let it all out on the bathtub. Not ideal, but leastways it wasn't on the floor. She didn't notice how loud she was being - after all she was puking for God's sake - till she felt one of Finn's hands patting her back and the other holding her hair.

"Oh, Rach!", he couldn't look at it. It was ugly!

The woman felt it coming again but thank God nothing came cause there was no strength in her to another round. She's shaking so hard that doesn't even notice Finn sitting her in the toilet lid.

"Baby, do you want me to get you some water?", he leans down her level and rubs her legs gently. She then starts crying while shaking her head. She hates vomiting since she learned how to say 'Rachel' and just the thought of having anything going down her throat, even water, makes her feel sick again. "Hey, it's okay. It's gonna be okay.", Finn revolves his arms around her hiding Rachel's head in his chest - just like he did when she had morning sickness with Anne and the baby - knowing how much his wife hates being sick. Something about childhood trauma, he thinks.

Eventually, she stops crying and shaking, managing to steady her breathing and heart rate. So, she breaks from Finn's arms and washes her mouth with water to get rid of that horrible taste. Now comes the worst part: cleaning the vomit. "Damn pizza!", she says closing her eyes preparing herself to what she's gonna see. Opening it again, she finds Finn observing her with worried eyes and every inch tensioned body. She knows he hates seeing this type of scene. But hey, in sickness and health, right? She smiles at him trying to break the tension. "You can go to bed now, Finn. I'll clean this up.", she says the last part with a grimace in her face.

"I'm sorry, babe. But I won't fight that.", he apologizes, and she knows he wants to do this for her but he's just not that strong.

"It's okay, honey. Thanks, but you can go back to bed already. I love you.", she smiles at him and gives him a quick hug.

"I love you too. Wake me up if you don't feel well, okay?", he holds her hands into his tightly not wanting to let it go.

"Okay."

After cleaning it all up she went downstairs to get some water and take some aspirin for the unstoppable headache and from there directly to bed. But again, the baby didn't want to let mommy sleep, they wanted to play and the closest of a toy they had inside her was her bladder... The result was Rachel going to the bathroom all night to pee.

By the time morning came, Rachel had slept a total of 1.5 hours all night after the puking episode, so naturally she was super tired. And also swollen, feeling weak and with the damn headache that was still there, faithfully, no matter what. There was no way she was leaving bed today. Not that she didn't try. She did. However, her last trip to the bathroom almost ended up with another fall because, to make it better, the dizziness didn't want to be excluded from the guessing list of the "let's make Rachel as sick as possible" party that was happening for these past four days.

When she finally fell asleep the sun was already up. Finn woke her up in what it felt like minutes later with a light kiss. "Good morning, princess."

"Hmmm…", she sighs, smiling at him still with her eyes shut. "No.", she pouts.

"Time to get up.", she groans at his statement as he laughs at her reaction. "How are you holding up?", curiosity thick in his voice.

She sighs one more time. "The baby wouldn't let me sleep after I was sick, and I feel sooooo pregnant right now. Besides, I'm having the worst headache of my life. It's even worse than that time we drank way too much at Santana's party and had that hangover the other day."

"Oh, I'm sorry, honey! That must suck.", he eyes her with comprehension of the pain she was in. "You know what? Why don't I take care of Anne today and you just stay in bed relaxing, making sure our boxer champion baby grows properly?"

"Oooh, that would be great.", Rachel grins. "Best husband ever! You spoil me too much!", she gets so excited she feels she could run a marathon right now. Actually, she doesn't feel like it cause she's in pain and exhausted, but you got it!

"Am I?", Finn asks with an innocent expression, but the smirk glued in his face totally gave him away.

"You are.", she states sweetly going for a kiss.

"Then, Ms. Hudson…", he pauses looking at her expression now as if trying to engrave every detail, so he could remember it later, and she can't help but feel the warm wave that reaches her body. "First, I'm gonna honor the 'the world's best husband' position cause the one thing that makes me happy is seeing you happy.", she doesn't know how large is her grin but it is pretty large. "And second, I do spoil you too much…", he pauses leaning closer to her and whispering his next words: "And I'm never gonna stop doing it!". He kisses her firstly gentle but growing into a more passionate kiss. When his mouth left hers to go trail her neck, a shiver is sent to her spine heating her body with desire and an involuntary moan escapes her lips. Damn Finn and his charm! Her heart was racing so hard that she couldn't feel the time difference between the beats, so she concluded that the reason she doesn't have heartbeats was that she had died, and this was her heaven.

They kept kissing and laughing at each other's jokes till they hear the door lock and a thin voice calling them.

"Mommy? Daddy? I'm hungry!", she pouts at them. The couple cannot not laugh at their daughter cuteness.

"Come here, munchkin.", Finn opens his arms and she runs right into it. He hugs her tight. Maybe too tight.

"Daddy, I can't… breath!", Anne says laughing. Finn places her in between him and Rachel and as soon as she is free from her dad's arms, Anne cuddles in her mom's chest while Rachel kisses her hairline and caresses her curly hair.

"Mommy, is my baby sister awake?", she asks innocently looking up to her mom. Rachel laughs at Anne's certainty that the baby is a girl since she said to Anne she was going to be a big sister.

"Hmm, yes. The baby is awake, princess. But we don't know if it's a girl or a boy yet.', she explains to the little girl. Anne shifts herself positioning her head in Rachel's bump and starts whispering like she's telling the baby a top secret that their parents can't know at all.

"Hi, baby! Don't listen to mommy, I know you're a girl just like me!", Rachel's heart size doubled at the sight of Anne that way. She looked at Finn to find him pretty much the same way she was: one hand in his heart, an ear-to-ear grin and love overflowing in his eyes. He then leans closer to her and pushes her placing her head in his shoulder and his cheeks in her head. They could not stop looking at the sweetest scene ever happening right in front of their eyes. "Are you hungry?", Anne continues. "I know I am. I guess I can convince daddy to make my favorite pancakes today… But, shhhhh, don't tell him I said this!" Anne spies her parents over her shoulder and gives them the guiltiest free smile she had ever given them.

The alarm buzzes them off their perfect bubble and reminds them that there's still a whole day to be lived and that time doesn't wait.

"Okay, princess. Let's let your mom and the baby rest a little bit more and feed you. I was thinking… what about blueberries pancakes for today?", Finn smirks. She goggles at him as she hears the words "blueberries pancakes".

"BLUEBERRIES PANCAKES? MY FAVORITE!", she jumps up and down in bed shouting 'yes'.

Rachel and Finn won't stop laughing till they're breathless. "Now, come on!", he clings Anne and stops her from jumping. "Give mommy a kiss and let's eat."

"Bye, mommy!", Anne leans out of Finn's arms and kisses Rachel quickly before jumping out of bed and starts running downstairs towards the kitchen.

"Get some rest, baby. I love you!", Finn kisses her and helps her get comfortable.

"I love you too! Bye.", she says and watches him closing the door. Closing her eyes, the last thing she hears is Finn and Anne's laughs down on the kitchen.


Rachel slept all morning waking up a little past lunch time. The silence was actually nice and very welcome. Taking her time, she got up, took a shower and went downstairs to make something to eat. Didn't want to though, however since she couldn't hold any food in her stomach since the day before she had to. To make the chores easier, she put on a Christmas playlist and singed along with it.

After lunch, she laid on the couch and messaged Finn.

R: "Hey, you. Had salad and chicken for lunch today just like you :) How was Annie this morning?"

Finn replied within seconds. Was he watching her?

F: "Hi, honey! It sounds delicious. Mine was lacking salt… Annie was amazing! She did everything as I told and didn't cry when I left her at daycare."

R: "That's the angel I gave birth to, not that cranky lil girl she was yesterday haha"

F: "I still can't believe she threw her shoes on you lol"

R: "I know, right! Anyway, I was just thinking about tonight…"

F: "What about tonight?"

R: "What do you think about movies, popcorn and lots of snuggling with your fav girls? Annie's been bugging me to watch that Disney's new animation for too long now."

F: "It sounds perfect! Can't wait!''

R: "So it's a date."

F: "Hmm… A date? So, will I be allowed to do post-date stuff with Ms. Hudson?"

R: "We'll see ;)"

F: "That's totally a yes!"

R: "You know me too well hahaha"

She hears a noise and look from where it's coming. Drizzle's making her way through the kitchen into the living room greeting Rachel with one loud bark and sitting on the floor where the human hands can reach her head that is now caressing her fur.

F: "Are you feeling better, babe?", she returns her attention to Finn's message.

R: "Yeah... just pregnant stuff. I've been having some back pains now, so I laid down a lil bit before start folding the baby's laundry. Anything but that is the same: swelling, headache, nauseous, sometimes dizzy, fatigue… I mean this baby better be an angel in person!"

F: "I wanna get out of here and go home to take care of you! :( "

R: "I wish you were here too :(

but I'm doing fine. You can give me extra attention tonight tho... "

F: "I sure will ;)

Hey, I gotta go! We got a call. Love you! Bye xx"

R: "Be safe! And don't forget to pick Annie up. I love you too. Bye xx"

"Now is just the two of us, Drizzle. What do you say: go to bed or fold the baby's laundry?", Rachel talks to a very attentive dog that barks at the latter statement. "That's my girl!", she pats Drizzle's head and gets up and walks toward the laundry room with the dog right behind her.

She puts some of Anne's clothes in the washer and some of Finn and hers in the drier after putting all the baby's clothes in a basket. She can't believe soon she'll be holding another angel.

The back pain increases considerably during this time, but she thinks it's because of the tiring job she's been doing, going up and down, moving clothes around and patting Drizzle for being a good girl and helping with the laundry.

As she walks back to the living room with a basket hanging in one side of her body, she feels a sharp jabbing pain on her superior right side of her body making her lose her breath. Groaning she steps closer to the table to underset herself. With the basket on the table now, she feels another round of the sharp pain. This time stronger than any pain she's ever felt. The pain is strong for about one minute and then gets better only to come back two minutes later even worst. She squeals at the third time, starting to cry in agony. What the hell was happening? These were not contractions. She would've known cause she already had them once. Desperate, before the pain comes again, she reaches her phone that is on the basket with the baby clothes.

She dials Finn's number and puts the phone in her ear saying over and over again: "Please, pick up! Please! Pick up, pick up, pick up.". Another jab and she's now sobbing. Drizzle won't stop barking and Finn is not picking up the phone. Her head is messy, and she feels exhausted. She dials him again and he answers after the second ringtone.

"Hi, honey! Don't worry I was about to go get Annie. I'm leaving the station now.", she hears him saying really fast not giving the chance for her to speak.

"Finn!", she lets one sob escape her throat. "Finn, there's something wrong! It hurts so much!", she closes her eyes, crying like a little girl that just fell riding a bike for the first time, and leans her head in the table, one hand where the pain is located the other holding the phone.

"Rachel?", he calls her desperate. There was no trail of the grin that was in his face just one second ago. "Where does it hurt?"

"I don't know exactly…", she swallows. "It's the right side of my belly. These aren't contractions, Finn! What if something is wrong with our baby?", she sobs at the thought of it.

"I'm going home now, baby. It's okay! Everything is gonna be okay! Just calm yourself down a little bit, please!", she hears the urgency in his voice, but it's hard to calm herself when sobbing that much. "Stay in line with me, okay?", she sobs more. "Rachel, stay in line with me, okay?"

"Okay.", she says breathless, barely audible.

"Okay, now breathe. Can you breathe for me?", the pain was getting better, so she straightened her body, still holding onto the table with her dear life and breathed in and out for a while. "That's great, baby. You're doing it. From 1 to 10 how is the level of your pain?", she hears Finn's calm voice through the phone. He's used to do this procedure with the people he rescues in fires, so he knows how to control his and the others emotions.

"Ahmmm…", she tightens her eyes and tries to concentrate, "Right now is 8.", she gasps placing her hand where the baby's been kicking like crazy. "It's okay, baby.", she whispers underneath her breath, "Mommy is gonna be okay, so will you. Just hang in there!".

"Oh, shit!", she hears Finn. "Anne! Baby, I'll call Kurt to pick her up. Will you be safe without me? I'll be home in five minutes, promise!".

"Yeah, do it. Please, get in here fast.", she says quietly fearing what might happen if he doesn't get home soon.

"Rach?", he calls her.

"Yeah?"

"I love you. Please, don't ever leave me, okay? Stay with me!", his voice plead.

"I won't go anywhere.", she said trying to calm him a little bit. The pain was level six now. She could breathe better but on the other hand she felt really nauseated. What is up with the world trying to mess with her today?

Finn said something and hanged up although she didn't hear cause she was trying not to throw up. Walking was safe now, so she just ran into the bathroom and puked. She puked all her lunch first and then all the liquid she had drank that day.

In the meanwhile, she heard Finn's voice and rushed footsteps get into the kitchen. "Rach, baby? Where are you? Please, answer!", he was desperate by now.

It took all Rachel's strength to scream an 'in here' loud enough for him to hear and come after her. She got up and flushed the toilet leaning in the sink shaking and crying. Finn's at the door now. As soon as he enters the bathroom he has her in his firm arms.

"It's okay… It's gonna be okay.", he tries tranquilizing her. It's not working. Rachel's still shaking like she's naked in a -10°C weather. "Did you throw up again?", he already knows the answer. Her sobs break his heart as she nods.

"It's too early, Finn!", she finally manages to say. "It's too early!", she cries more. Rachel's eyes were already puffy and red from crying, she was exhausted with the rollercoaster of emotions and feeling weaker every second that has been passing. Finn slightly squeezed her more and shushed her. "It's too early!", she would repeat over and over again.

"What is too early, baby?"

"For... for the baby to come. It's too early!", she felt her heart drop at the thought of her perfect little angel coming to the world too soon. As though it was humanly possible, she cried more.

"Hey, hey, hey…", Finn distances himself from her and looks at her. "Look at me.", he touches her face till she's looking into his eyes. "You and the baby are gonna be fine. Did you listen to me?". His amber eyes were so scared but so sure she couldn't be able to say no even though she didn't believe in it. She wanted to believe him with all she had in her, but somehow, she just couldn't do it. "Good.", he caressed her cheek, took her hair from her face and cleaned away the tears that kept coming. "Now, let's get you to the hospital."

Rachel was desperate again. Her eyes widened up and a gasp lost in her throat had its way out. No, it can't be. She's only turned 34 weeks! It's too early! The clothes aren't folded yet, the crib is not set up and the baby is still developing!

"No, no, no…", she starts crying again while repeating the word when the sharp jab hits her again. She squeals loud letting the pain be shown through her voice and facial expression. Suddenly, she's out of breath, her legs turn into jelly and her vision gets blurry. Finn catches her before falling. And that's the last thing she sees before darkness.


So, I've been researching a lot so I can write this story - that is kind of a medical drama - like really happens in real life. Trust me, I'm not exaggerating and it's gonna become clear next chapter what is happening to our beloved Rachel. Hope you guys liked this one!

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