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May 12th, 2015

Rachel said, "Um… Hi."

Both of the men took her into their arms and cried. They thought that they would never see her again. It had been three years since they had last seen her.

Hiram sniffled and said, "Come in. It's chilly out here."

The three of them made their way to the living room and sat down. Leroy asked, "Where have you been? We never thought we would see you again. We have been looking for you for the last three years. We never gave up, but we couldn't find you."

Rachel told them, "I have been in New York. We live in a tiny apartment. It isn't much, but it is perfect for us. I work as a secretary at a company in the city. They have a daycare with free care for children of employees and have good benefits."

"Why did you go?"

"I didn't want to bring shame to you."

"You were pregnant before you left?"

"Yes. She is going to be three in six months."

Leroy asked, "What is her name?"

"Her name is Arabella Faith Berry."

"Finn?"

"I haven't seen him in three years. He doesn't know about her and I really don't plan on telling him."

"Baby, we would have been there for you. We would have helped you."

"I was scared and I didn't want to face the two of you. I was ashamed, but I want you to know that I wouldn't trade her for anything in the world. Finn had better things ahead of him than a life with me and Arabella."

"What brought you back now?"

"I don't know. I just needed to see the two of you. I have missed you so much and I wanted Belle to know you if you would have us."

Hiram asked, "Are you crazy? Of course we want the two of you in our lives. We have missed you so much. We love you and we are sure that we will love Arabella as well."

Leroy said, "Tell us about her."

"She is wonderful. She is so smart. She is pretty clumsy. I guess she got that from her daddy."

Hiram and Leroy chuckled. "He is quite the klutz. Does she know anything about her dad?"

"She has a picture of Finn next to her bed. I'm not going to hide his identity from her. Every night before she goes to bed she kisses his picture and says, "Night night, daddy." The picture is actually in her bag."

Hiram said, "That is adorable. Are you going to see him while you are here?"

"Probably not."

"Honey, we have to tell you something."

"Okay…"

"He is marrying that Fabray girl."

"Oh…"

"I'm so sorry, baby."

"I have been gone for three years. I couldn't expect him to stay single forever. If that is who he wants to marry then so be it. I have Arabella and that is all I need. She is my everything. She is the little piece of Finn that I will have for the rest of my life."

"Oh, honey."

"It's all good. It has been a long drive. I'm going to get Arabella set up if that is okay. Then I'll come back down and we can catch up. You can get to know her tomorrow."

"That sounds wonderful."

Leroy said, "We have your old crib in the basement if you would like to use it."

Rachel said, "That would be wonderful so she won't fall out of the bed."

"Let me get that for you and we will set it up in your room. We can move your elliptical to the guest room and the two of you can stay in your old room."

Rachel got a tear in her eye and said, "You haven't changed it?"

Hiram told her, "No. We wanted to keep it the way you left it in case you came back. We wanted you to have everything."

"Thank you so much for loving me so much. Thank you for being so welcoming to Arabella as well. She is going to love the two of you."

"We are going to love her, too. Everyone will love her."

"I don't plan on seeing anyone else besides the two of you. At least not with her in tow. I don't want to subject her to the torture that I went through because of the people around here."

"We didn't realize that it was that bad."

"I didn't want you to. I was threatened to leave and that is why I did." Rachel threw her hand over her mouth. She didn't mean to let that slip like that, but it did. There was no taking it back now.

Leroy angrily asked, "Who? Was it that Hudson boy?"

"No! It wasn't Finn. He loved me. It was someone else, but that isn't important."

"Please don't lose contact with us again after this."

"I wouldn't dream of it. If we could put Arabella to bed and come back to this that would be great. She is getting a little heavy. She is tiny, but when she is asleep she is dead weight."

Leroy and Hiram chuckled. "Of course. Let's get her comfortable. Then what do you say to watching Funny Girl with your dads?"

Rachel smiled and said, "That would be great."

The three of them went to get the bedroom prepared and Arabella comfortable.


Finn was standing at his mother's door. His stepfather, Burt, answered the door and welcomed him in. Carole came to the door and said, "What do we owe to this visit? How are the wedding plans going?"

Finn broke into tears and said, "There is no wedding to be planning for. I broke it off. I couldn't marry her when I am in love with someone else. I will always be in love with someone else. Mom, I miss Rachel."

Carole took her son in her arms and held him as he cried. "I know, baby. I know you miss her. I can't lie. I am not very upset that you broke things off with Quinn. She wasn't right for you. You will find someone that is right for you."

"There is only one person that is right for me and she left three years ago. I just don't know what to do. I have to find her, but I have tried everything. I thought getting on at the police station would help me find her and help her dads find her. There is just no finding her. It is like she fell off the face of the earth."

"If it is meant to be, you will find her again. Finny, everything is going to be okay. Do you need somewhere to stay tonight?"

Finn told her, "No. The apartment is in my name. I told her to be out by tonight."

Burt laughed and said, "That is how you do it, son. I can't say that I am going to miss her. She can be quite the witch."

Finn laughed and said, "I may have to agree with you. So, is Kurt here? I need to tell him the happy news."

Burt told him, "No. He is out with Blaine tonight, but I can relay the message to him later."

"Thanks."

Carole asked, "Have you talked to Hiram and Leroy lately? I haven't seen them around and I was thinking about them."

Finn said, "No. I am going to call them tomorrow and see how they are doing. I miss them. I used to keep up with them, but then Quinn kept getting in the way. For some reason they didn't want me to have contact with them."

"There is nothing stopping you now. I'm sure they would be glad to hear from you."

"Yeah. Thank you for listening to me. Do you care if I hang around for a bit longer? I don't want to go back just yet."

"We aren't going to kick you out. We love any time we can get with you. It has been so long since we have had some time with just you."

"I have missed it."

Burt said, "I'm sure there is a game on if you would like to watch it with me."

Finn smiled. "I'd like that, dad."

Carole said, "Go sit down in the living room. I'll bring in the cookies I just made."

"Sounds great, mom."

So that is what they what they did.


Rachel was in the middle of Funny Girl with her fathers when she heard Arabella scream, "Mommy! Mommmmmmmmyyyyyy!"

Rachel took off running for the stairs. She took them two at a time to get there faster. She was definitely in mom mode. She flung open the door to her old bedroom and said, "Shhh… It's okay. Mommy is here."

Arabella stood up in the crib and held her arms out to Rachel. Rachel kissed her cheek. She asked, "Are you okay, baby girl?"

"Scared."

"I'm sorry. I know it is a different place. You are safe. Mommy would never let anything happen to you or anyone take you."

Hiram came in and asked, "Is everything okay up here? That is one good pair of lungs this little one has."

Rachel smiled. "We are fine. Arabella woke up and wasn't familiar with her surroundings. We are okay now, aren't we baby girl?"

Arabella just nodded. She asked, "Who dat?"

Rachel chuckled and said, "Why don't you come with me, princess. I want the you to meet a couple of very important people." Rachel picked her up and walked over to Hiram and saw that Leroy was right behind him.

Rachel said, "Bellie, I want you to meet my dad and daddy."

Arabella looked at her and said, "Dad and daddy?"

"Yeah. They are your grandpas."

Arabella bashfully looked at the two of them. She buried her face in Rachel's shoulder. Rachel chuckled and said, "It's okay, princess. They are good people. They are family."

"Mommy." Arabella held onto Rachel tighter.

Rachel told her fathers, "Sorry guys. I guess it is going to take her some time to feel comfortable with the two of you. I showed her pictures, but I guess that wasn't quite enough."

Leroy said, "It's okay. We have time to get to know each other. Hey princess. What do you think about your granddad and I taking you out to get ice cream tomorrow? You like ice cream don't you?"

Arabella perked up and said, "Owce cream? Momma go?"

Rachel smiled and said, "It would be good for you to go with your grandpas. They will take good care of you."

"Leave me?"

"Oh baby. Mommy will never leave you. You will be safe with them. They won't take you from me."

Hiram said, "Of course we won't take you from your mommy. We just want to spoil you like we would have three years ago."

Arabella looked at Rachel and said, "Spoil?"

Rachel laughed and said, "It's a good thing. You'll love it. Now it is time for all little girls to go to sleep. Do you want to go watch the rest of the movie with me and your grandpas?"

Arabella yawned and nodded her head. Rachel held her close and the four of them walked down to the living room to resume the movie.

Rachel was rocking Arabella in her arms as she slowly fell asleep. She kissed the top of her head and went on to watch the last of the movie. Hiram looked over and smiled at the two girls. Rachel looked up and asked, "What?"

"I just can't get over how wonderful of a mother you are and you have done it on your own."

"It hasn't been easy and I have almost lost her twice, but there is nothing in this world that I love more than her."

Leroy asked, "What do you mean you almost lost her?"

"I fell down the stairs when I was pregnant and I didn't feel her move. I was freaked out and went to the doctor to have him tell me that I had caused some stress to her. I was put on bed rest and she still came five weeks early and I had to have a C section. I was so scared."

"Oh baby. Why didn't you call us? We would have been on the first flight to you."

"I brought it upon myself. I actually thought that it was karma getting back to me for getting pregnant and leaving home. I never thought of giving her up. She is perfect in my eyes. I just can't see myself giving her to anyone else to raise. I have had some of the best times being her mommy. It has been stressful, but little moments like this where I got to hold her in my arms have just reminded me how great it is."

Hiram told her, "That just shows that you are meant to be her mother. She may have come early, but she is a gift. She is a little angel."

"She has her diva moments, but I guess that just shows who her mom is."

"You were quite the diva in your younger days. How long do we get with the two of you?"

"I have a week off. I figured we would go back to New York on Sunday. I have to be at work Monday morning."

"I'm glad we get some time with you. Why don't you go up to bed. We will see you in the morning. We will take Arabella off your hands for a couple of hours. I doubt you get much of a break."

"I don't, but I don't mind. I will take you up on the good night though. I'm tired. I'll see the two of you in the morning."

Rachel carefully made her way upstairs with Arabella. She got her settled back in the crib and then made her way over to her old bed. She was asleep before her head hit the pillow getting a better night's sleep than she had in quite some time knowing that things were okay with her dads and herself.