Ch.3

Finn slowly closed the front door as Rachel left. He was still reeling from the day's events. He runs into Rachel at the supermarket, meets her for coffee, brings her back home and he tells her about Jillian oh lets not forget that he practically told her that he still isn't over her all within a few hours. It was true, he really wasn't over her it just took him a while to figure it out.

As Rachel made her way back home she couldn't stop thinking about today. All it took was seeing him once to bring back all of those old feelings. She knew that she wanted to tell Finn about her past and the awful incident, that brought something wonderful into her life. Finn opened up to her and told her about his painful past with Jillian, he trusted her and she trusted him. As she walked in to her apartment she fell on to the couch, sitting on a stuffed toy in the process. She looked around her apartment; there were pictures of her and her two-year-old son Chris adorning the walls and shelves. He was the only thing good that came out of that awful night. Chris was her pride and joy. Rachel looked over to the digital clock seeing how late it was she retreated to her room. She had an audition tomorrow morning and she had to go to the airport to meet Chris and her dads. He had been Lima with them for the past week. Rachel missed her son terribly but she hadn't old Finn about him yet. She hadn't been ready to talk about it but now she was. Finn had been completely open about Jillian and if she wanted a friendship with him and possibly something more she needed to be honest with him and tell him about what happened sooner rather than later. She was scared to say the least, not about telling him that she had a son, but how her son came into the world. Rachel soon fell into a deep sleep, anticipating tomorrow and what will come.

Rachel made her way to the airport with a bit of bounce in her step she had nailed her audition earlier that morning and she had been told that she had a good chance of landing the role of Luisa. She was also excited to see her son, she hadn't seen him in a week and Rachel missed him terribly. Once she reached the gate she found a seat to wait for a bit. Once the announcer had announced that her dads and Chris's plane hand landed she stood up to look for them. It didn't take long for her to spot them. She recognized Chris's chocolate brown curls as he walked in between her dads.

"Mommy!" Chris exclaimed as he noticed Rachel as he ran over to hug her.

"Hey buddy! I missed you!"

"I missed you too mommy! I had fun wif Grandpa and Pop-Pop!"

"Hi sweetie." said her dads as they made their way towards her, each of them giving her a warm hug.

"Hi dad and daddy!"

"How did the audition go today?" asked Hiram as they made their way towards the exit.

"It went really well. They should be calling me sometime tomorrow to tell me if I got it or not."

On the way home Chris told Rachel about all of the fun things that he did with her dads in Lima.

"And then we colored, and we went to the park and watched movies…"

It went on like that the rest of the ride. Once they reached her house, her dads announced that they had to go take of something and that they would be back later in the night.

After they left Rachel remembered her promise to Finn. She looked at the clock realizing that he's probably at the diner now.

"Well, I can go see him there. Chris would love it there!" Rachel thought to herself

A little bit later, Rachel and Chris were walking towards the subway station when she heard someone call her name.

"Rachel!"

Rachel looked up to see Finn on the front step of his house. She remembered that she had to pass by his house to get to the station.

"Hi Finn!"

"Where are you off too?" he asked as walked on over to her.

"Actually we were on our way to the diner to see you." she said

It was then that Finn noticed Chris, who was clutching on to Rachel's hand like his life depended on it.

"Who's this handsome little guy?" asked Finn as he knelt down to Chris's height.

"This is my son Chris."

"Hi Chris. I'm Finn."

Chris buried his head in Rachel's leg, too shy to say anything.

"Can you say hello to Finn Chris?"

"Hello." He said quietly as he turned his face to look at Finn.

"I'm Chwistopher Wiam Berry."

"Christopher Liam. That's a nice name."

"Fhank You."

"Do you guys want to come in or something? I don't have to go to the diner tonight and Lauren would love to have someone to play with for a bit?"

"That sounds wonderful Finn."

Finn led his guests into his home while calling Laurens name.

"Lauren. Lauren!"

"Yea daddy?"

"Come down here. I have someone that you would like to meet."

"Hi Rachel!" said Lauren as she made her way down the stairs.

"Whose that?" she asked pointing to Chris

"Lauren this is Rachel's son Chris. He's two. He's going to play with you while Rachel and I talk okay baby?"

Lauren's face had lit up at the sound of playmate for a bit. Outside of her few friends from daycare, Miranda and occasionally baby Cole, she really didn't have many people to play with at home. She immediately reached for his hand and led him to her playroom.

Once they had made sure that the two of them were settled Finn and Rachel made their way into the living room.

"Chris looks a lot like you.," said Finn

"Thanks."

"Is he like his dad in any way?"

"Well, I really don't know. Seeing as I don't know who his dad is."

Rachel saw the look on Finn's face and immediately continued.

"I didn't tell you about Chris last night because I wasn't ready to discuss it. His conception isn't exactly the easiest thing to talk about."

"Rach, you don't need to tell me if you don't want to. I know that this must be a hard subject for you."

"No Finn, I want to tell you. You opened up to me last night and now I'm ready to be open and honest with you."

"Okay."

"Well a few years ago I was walking home from the subway. It was late and dark out and I have to admit I was a little scared. I was almost to my apartment when this group of guys jumped out at me. I tried to keep on walking but they stopped me. They threw me to the ground and they hit me and raped me." By now Rachel was in tears as she thought back to that night. Finn, who was holding her hand, wrapped her in his arms as she continued with her story.

"They left me there and I couldn't move for a while. A few weeks later I found out that I was pregnant. It just kills me to think that one of those monsters is the father of my child. Anyway, almost a year after Chris was born, I moved into an apartment with Jesse. We had gotten back together and things were going great. Then one night he just changed. He started beating me and abusing me, I would've left earlier but I was too scared too. Then one day, I got the courage to leave. I packed up all of our things I came here. Jesse hasn't found where I am but I know he will. I'm scared Finn." Said Rachel as she cried into his chest while he rubbed soothing circles on her back.

As he comforted Rachel, Finn thought about how they both have had painful experiences but they would work through them together and come out stronger, hopefully as something more than just friends!

So a little angst for you guys. Don't worry the plot will pick up. So Rachel has a son. This was a plot twist that I wasn't even thinking of putting in till a little while ago, so I hope that it all flows! Don't forget to check out my blog and twitter! Links are on my profile page! Comments and criticisms are always appreciated! Enjoy the premier of Glee! I'm SOOOOOOO excited!

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