Thanks so much for all the support for the first few chapters. I think this is my favorite chapter so far. It was fun to write, and I'm really happy with how it turned out. I hope everyone enjoyed Glee this week. I haven't gotten to see it yet, but I heard it was a great episode for Finn. And of course, next week we get Finchel singing together.

Hope you enjoy this chapter. Please review if you want me to continue!

Chapter 3: Nausea

Rachel tossed and turned in bed all night. Quinn was right. She needed to tell Brody about the baby. Tomorrow, she was going to tell him. But she was afraid to.

She barely slept that night. When she finally fell asleep, she was awoken by Kurt's alarm clock. She pretended to be asleep when Kurt left, but she wanted to tell him today, too.

Rachel sighed and got out her phone. This was going to be tough, but it had to be done. She sent a text to Brody. "Could you come to my apartment?"

A text came back right away. "Of course ;) Will it just be the two of us there?"

Rachel groaned. She knew what this meant Brody was hoping for. "Yeah, Kurt's at Vogue. I want to talk to you alone."

"Okay, I'll be there soon. I love you!"

Rachel sighed as she closed her phone. Who was she to break this boy's heart? She'd been wrong to date him in the first place. She'd been using him as a Finn substitute. No one deserved that.

She loved Finn. She always would. She was afraid to tell Brody the truth. Telling Finn the truth would probably be even harder. It was Finn's child.

Rachel felt her stomach getting nauseous. She ran into the bathroom - but didn't make it to the toilet in time. She threw up on the floor.

Rachel sighed. This was only the beginning of the morning sickness. She sighed and picked up a rag and wiped up the vomit. Then she wet the rag and squeezed the vomit out of it. She wanted to cry, but couldn't yet. When she told Brody the truth, she had to be as calm as possible.

Rachel heard a knock on the door. She walked to the door and saw Brody standing there.

"Hi," Rachel said, looking at the floor.

Brody leaned in to kiss Rachel. "Hi."

Rachel looked up at the boy she'd been dating. "We need to talk."

Brody looked at Rachel. "Okay."

Rachel closed the door and sat down on the couch. Brody gave her a confused look and sat next to her. "I guess you're feeling better?" Brody said.

Rachel sighed.

"Rachel, you're scaring me," Brody said. "What's going on?"

Rachel looked up at him and began stuttering. "Brody - I'm sorry."

"Sorry for what?" Brody asked.

Rachel sighed. "I'm pregnant."

Brody laughed. "Very funny. We've never done it."

Rachel nodded. "Exactly."

Brody's expression changed to hurt. "You're really pregnant?"

Rachel nodded again.

Brody jumped up. "You cheated on me?! Whose is it?"

Rachel sighed. "Finn's."

Brody gave Rachel an angry look. "You know, Rachel, I thought you were better than that. I thought you'd moved on. But you're one of those crazy freshmen who comes in every year and can't move on from high school."

"I'm so sorry," Rachel said. "Look, I know some day you'll make some girl really, really happy. I'm just not the girl for you."

"Save that crap!" Brody snapped.

"We can't do this," Rachel said.

"I'll say we can't!" Brody shouted. "You are such a hypocrite. I thought you were giving me a real chance."

"This is what's best for both of us," Rachel said, feeling tears coming to her eyes. She felt bad for hurting someone like this.

"Your life is ruined, Rachel," Brody said. "You're going to have to drop out of school and you'll never make it on Broadway. You're probably going to spend your entire life in poverty with Finn and your bastard child."

Rachel picked up her hairbrush and threw it at Brody as he stormed out the door. When he was gone, she collapsed on the couch and cried. The worst part was that what Brody had said was partially right. What she'd done was wrong. She probably would have to drop out of school. She probably would live in poverty after the baby was born.

She needed Finn right now. She picked up her phone and dialed his number. Maybe now, she could tell him.

Finn picked up the phone after the first ring. "Hey, Rach."

"Finn..." Rachel said before she began sobbing again.

"Rachel, what's wrong?" Finn asked. Rachel heard the fear in Finn's voice. She didn't hear this care in Brody's voice when they'd talked.

"I miss you," Rachel said, still crying.

"I miss you, too," Finn said. "So, so much."

"I wish I could go home," Rachel sobbed.

"Kurt's been worried about you," Finn said. "Is everything okay?"

Rachel paused. Maybe she shouldn't tell Finn about her pregnancy yet.

"Rachel?" Finn asked.

"I broke up with Brody," Rachel said.

"What?" Finn asked. Rachel could practically see Finn's lopsided grin. The voice he was using reminded her of the one he used when he gave her that smile.

"I just - I didn't love him," Rachel admitted. She had been planning to break up with him anyway. "I don't think you should be with someone unless you love them with everything you are. He's a great guy, and he deserves a girl who wants him more than anything else in the world. A girl who would show him off, be all over him, support him, help him grow, and love him with everything she is. I'm not that girl. I loved you so much - I don't think I'll ever be able to love anyone like that again. I still love you, Finn."

"It's just so hard, being in different places," Finn sighed.

"I know," Rachel said. "I didn't want to go, Finn. You put me on that train." If she hadn't gotten on that train, she might not be pregnant now. And she definitely wouldn't have spent two months leading another boy on.

"I'll love you forever," Finn said.

"Even if I end up with someone else, you'll always be the one I love," Rachel told Finn.

"Maybe we can figure something out," Finn said.

"I hope we can," Rachel said. She just wished she could tell Finn now, but she had to tell him in person. She was too scared to tell him over the phone.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Finn asked. "You sound really sad, and I think it's more than the whole Brody thing. Like you said, you didn't love him."

Rachel tried to think of a way to be honest without telling Finn the truth. "I miss you so much, I'm just so homesick."

"Listen, you know you can visit anytime, right?" Finn asked.

"Yeah," Rachel said.

"I love you," Finn said.

"I love you too," Rachel said, hanging up the phone. When she hung up with Finn, she sent Quinn a text. "I told Brody."

Quinn texted back. "And?"

"Well, he didn't take it well."

"Was it like when Finn found out Beth was Puck's?"

"Finn wasn't there for Brody to beat up, but his reaction to me was pretty similar."

"Are you okay?"

"I'll be okay. I feel bad to have hurt someone like this."

"You're right, you'll be okay."

"If I HAVE to get pregnant, I am glad it's Finn's." Rachel regretted sending that text, but it was true. She didn't want to have that connection with anyone else.

"That doesn't surprise me, like I told you, you and Finn are meant to be."

Rachel smiled. She was glad to have such a good friend standing by her side in this tough time. "Thanks for being here for me."

"You know you can call or text me if you ever need to talk to anyone."

"Thanks. I'm thinking I should tell Finn in person."

"That's probably a good idea."

Before Rachel had a chance to reply to Quinn's text, she heard the door unlock. Kurt was home for his lunch break. She figured now, her roommate, her best friend, her soulmate, her twinsie deserved to know the truth. Rachel walked into the kitchen and saw Kurt.

"Hey, you're still not back in school?" Kurt asked.

"Yeah, I'm not ready to go back yet," Rachel said. She felt scared again. Telling people was never easy. Every time a new person found out, she felt that weird feeling in her stomach coming back.

"Is everything okay?" Kurt asked. "You haven't been yourself lately, Rach. You're so quiet, you aren't going out."

Rachel looked at her friend. "Well, no. It's not okay." This time, she was making a change. She wasn't going to let Kurt wonder who the father was. "Remember Mike's party over winter break?"

"Yeah, you and Finn disappeared for a while," Kurt said.

"Well, something happened," Rachel began.

"Another engagement?" Kurt asked. "Rachel, you shouldn't be engaged behind Brody's back! He thinks you're still his girlfriend!"

"Well, I'm not Brody's girlfriend anymore," Rachel sighed. "But we'll talk about that later. Finn and I were both drunk and we had sex."

Kurt's mouth dropped open. "Is this going where I think it's going?"

"I'm pregnant, Kurt," Rachel whispered.

"SHUT UP!" Kurt shouted.

"Please, Kurt, don't lecture me," Rachel said. She felt tears coming back to her eyes. But she'd cried so much since finding out the news that she didn't think she had any tears left.

"I'm not lecturing you, I just can't believe it," Kurt said, putting his arms around Rachel. "So... you broke up with Brody?"

"I couldn't keep leading him on," Rachel said. "I shouldn't have done that with Brody."

"I was wondering why you did that," Kurt said.

"I thought I'd get over Finn, but it just made me miss Finn more," Rachel said.

"Does Finn know yet?" Kurt asked.

Rachel shook her head. "I'm going to try to find a plane or a train to go home to Lima to tell Finn and my dads. It shouldn't be easy." She knew Finn loved her after talking to him on the phone today, but with all the stress in his life right now, she wasn't sure how Finn would react.

"What do you think you'll do?" Kurt asked.

"I don't know, I'll talk to Finn," Rachel said. She began thinking out loud. "I don't know what to do. Finn and I aren't even together and we have a baby to deal with. I feel like such an idiot."

"Finn loves you," Kurt said. "I know he's going to support you whatever you decide to do."

"I love Finn so much," Rachel said.

"Let's find a train back to Lima this weekend so you can tell Finn," Kurt said. "Does anyone else know?"

"Quinn knows," Rachel said. "She's been in the same situation."

"It'll all be okay," Kurt said, hugging Rachel even tighter.

Rachel squeezed her best friend's hand as Kurt went on the computer to look up trains going home that weekend. She was worried. How would Finn react? How would her dads react?

Chapter 4 preview: Rachel goes back to Lima and tells Finn and her dads that she's pregnant.