I'm so sorry I haven't been around lately, I just kind of lost the inspiration for this for a while, then obviously when the holidays came around everything got pushed back again. But I'm back now and have finally got some inspiration for this again. YAY!

Also for the observant people out there, I've changed Rachel's due date, because it made more sense in the time scale I'd created for this. I thought I'd mention it now before people started pointing it out to me.

So yeah, I think that's it for now. Hope you enjoy and I promise not to leave it as long to update next time :D


Blaine flicked off the bathroom light, sending the bedroom into complete darkness and made his way towards their bed. He pulled the covers back and felt around for Rachel, before pulling her close to him. It was their first night in their new house and they were both getting used to their new home. They both lay quietly for a while, and other than the occasional car driving past and dog barking in the distance, it felt like they were completely alone.

"It's quiet here," Rachel said quietly into the darkness

"We'll get used to it," Blaine smiled softly, running his fingers lazily through her hair.

"I know," Rachel lifted her head slightly and allowed her lips to meet his. "It's just I've lived in the middle of the city for so long now, I've forgotten what it's like to live somewhere as quiet as this," Blaine nodded and continued to run his fingers through her hair, Rachel let out a content sigh and closed her eyes slowly as she leant against him, feeling like everything had fallen into place yet again, and it had.

"Are you happy we moved?" Blaine asked suddenly, Rachel's eyes fluttered open again and she smiled, as she traced her fingers against his bare chest, twisting some of his chest hair around her fingers absently.

"Of course I'm happy! We could be living on the moon and I'd still be happy, because I'd be living with you!" Blaine kissed her head and held her tighter against him. They had both loved their old apartment and had shared some incredibly happy memories there, but they both knew that they had so many more to make in this new home, a home that they could see themselves living in for the rest of their lives.

"We should probably get some sleep," Blaine whispered, his fingers linking with Rachel's and bringing them up to his lips and kissing them gently,

"That sounds like a pretty good idea," Rachel yawned, opening her eyes slightly and smiling up at Blaine, "Goodnight," she turned away from Blaine and closed her eyes again, smiling as she felt Blaine's arms creep around her, feeling his breath against her skin.

"Goodnight Rachel,"


Rachel smiled as she stood in her new kitchen, it was only their second day in their new house and Kurt and Kyle had arrived to help Blaine and Rachel settle into the their new home properly. Rachel had been assigned to prepare lunch whilst everyone else helped to move the boxes into the designated rooms. Rachel had offered to help, but Blaine had been adamant that he didn't want her lifting anything too heavy in case she hurt herself or the baby. She could hear Kurt and Kyle bickering in the lounge, causing her to laugh quietly as she finished preparing their sandwiches. She placed them onto a tray and walked back through to the lounge, taking a seat on the couch. Blaine smiled at her and pushed his box to one side, as he picked up his own sandwich and took the seat next to her.

"So how are we getting on?" Rachel asked as she handed the tray over to Kurt and Kyle.

"Well, I think everything is in the right room now," Blaine shrugged as Amy walked into the lounge and helped herself to a sandwich and sat down in between Kurt and Kyle. They finished their lunch quietly, the adults talking whilst Amy rummaged through the boxes, knowing that some of her belongings had been packed with the lounge boxes.

"What's this?" she asked suddenly, pulling out a large red book, with the words 'McKinley High School – Class of 2012' written in bold writing.

"That is our old high school year book," Blaine grinned, gesturing for Amy to come and sit between him and Rachel. Amy grinned as Rachel shuffled across the couch to make room for her, before sitting down and opening the book on her lap.

"Now, let's see." Blaine smiled as he flicked through the pages, "Here we go," he grinned turning to a page where the cast of their production of 'West Side Story' stared back at them.

"Oh my god! What are you wearing?" Amy laughed as she glanced over at Kurt. He got up from his seat and walked over to stand behind the couch, glancing at the yearbook, Kyle following him.

"I was Officer Krupke." Kurt stated proudly, "You're mum and dad however – they took the role of Tony and Maria." Amy grinned at her parents and nodded.

"Yeah, because they're awesome!" she added, and Blaine laughed quietly and placed his arm around her shoulders, before turning the page again, looking for the New Directions pages, they had been lucky during their Senior Year, Figgins had given them a four page spread because of their National win.

"This was the original New Directions," Rachel smiled as she traced her fingers over the page; it had been some time since had looked through the book. When she had left McKinley all those years ago she had placed the book at the bottom of her case and had desperately tried to forget about it. Then when she found her own place, she had placed it in a box and hidden it away in her closet. Even after Blaine had re-entered her life, she hadn't been tempted to look back and remember what had once been.

"Is that uncle Puck?" Amy laughed,

"Yes, that's uncle Noah," Rachel corrected, even though Puck encouraged Amy to call him Puck, Rachel still frowned upon it and was determined that to her children he would only go by the name of Noah.

"What did he do to his hair?" Amy laughed loudly and Rachel shook her head fondly, as Kurt and Kyle sniggered from behind them.

"That's what you call a Mohawk, and your uncle Noah thought it made him look cool," Blaine explained.

"Personally, I never saw the attraction," Rachel shrugged, causing Kurt and Blaine to laugh loudly, Rachel turned to face them and raised an eyebrow in question, "Excuse me?"

"Oh please, every time Finn and you would fight, you'd end up crying to Puck," Kurt laughed, Rachel bit her lip whilst Blaine continued to laugh, Rachel glanced at Amy who had now turned her attention away from the book and staring at Kurt eagerly.

"What, so mum and Puck?" Amy asked, Kurt opened his mouth to respond and Rachel shook her head in a panic, it was bad enough that Amy didn't know her real father, she didn't want Amy getting the wrong idea about Rachel's past relationships. It had been especially awkward when she had found out that Rachel and Finn had dated all those years ago. She wasn't sure if she was up to any awkward questions.

"Oh look, it's Quinn and Finn," Kyle stated loudly, reaching over and pointing towards the page, redirecting Amy's attention, Rachel glanced at him and placed her hand on his arm, mouthing a quiet 'thank you' as Amy continued to look through the book.

"Finn hasn't changed that much," Amy stated, "And Quinn still looks really pretty," Amy nodded. Rachel smiled at her daughter, knowing how much she adored Quinn and Finn. They three of them often made trips to Lima, now that there wasn't a stigma attached to the place for Rachel. Quinn and Rachel were still really close, so whenever they had a free weekend, they would make the trip to Lima to visit Hiram and Leroy and to also catch up with Quinn and Finn, because speaking on the phone just wasn't the same thing.

"How come you've all got weird hair?" Amy asked suddenly, "I mean, uncle Puck has that weird Mohawk thing, dad had his hair gelled to his head, Sam's hair is really long in this picture, and your hair is really high. What were you all thinking?" Amy grinned turning around to face Kurt again; Kyle scoffed loudly and turned away from Kurt who hit his shoulder.

"It was stylish back then," Kurt shrugged, "And I hardly think that I should be taking fashion advice from a ten year old,"

"Well I think you looked cute," Kyle grinned, nudging Kurt playfully. Kurt's expression changed almost immediately as he clasped Kyle's hand in his and squeezed it gently. Blaine and Rachel smiled fondly at each other and Blaine reached across and interlaced his fingers with hers. It was no secret how far they had all come since high school, if someone would've told either of them back in high school that in ten years time they would be happily married in new york starting their own family, they would have probably laughed in their faces. For one thing Rachel had been following Finn around like a lovesick puppy and Kurt and Blaine were one of New Directions power couples. Who would've suspected that this would eventually be their reality?


A few days later, Rachel was sat in her choir room preparing herself for the final Glee rehearsal of the year before everyone finished for their Winter break. She sighed contently as her assistant director; Claire walked into the room and sat down opposite her.

"So, what have you got planned for Regionals this year, the kids are expecting something huge!" Rachel smiled, but didn't answer for a while. By the time Regionals came around she would be more than half way through her pregnancy, she knew she wouldn't be able to as active in her rehearsals as she usually would be. Although, it pained her, because she still had a passion for performing and believed that the best way of teaching her students was to be as involved as possible, she knew she couldn't dwell on it too much because what she and Blaine had to look forward to was so much better than a few Glee rehearsals.

"Actually I've been meaning to talk to you about that," a look of concern flashed across Claire's face and reached out and squeezed Rachel's hand comfortingly.

"What's happened Rachel?" she asked.

"It's nothing serious," Rachel laughed, "I haven't actually told anyone here yet, we wanted to wait until we'd reached the three month stage, but Blaine and I are having a baby!" Claire dropped Rachel's hand and squealed in delight, jumping to her feet and running around to Rachel, who had now stood up as well.

"Rachel, that's great news!" she squealed, pulling Rachel into a tight hug. Rachel giggled as Claire eventually pulled away and beamed at her, "So when are you due?

"Not until June 20th, but we've got such a lot to until then. We've just moved house," Rachel explained, "So this is why I'm going to need as much help as possible with Glee rehearsals, I'll be pretty big by Regionals, and I'm not even sure whether I'll make it to Nationals yet," Claire nodded eagerly, as the two sat down again, Claire taking the seat next to her this time.

"Oh don't worry, I'll help you all the way. Just tell me what I need to do!" Rachel smiled gratefully, "So when are you going to tell the principal?"

"I figured I'd tell him when we return after Winter break, I'm hoping to work as close to my due date as possible."

"So, is Blaine excited?" Claire asked, and Rachel laughed loudly and nodded.

"Oh, you have no idea." She laughed, "He's so good with Amy, but this is his first real pregnancy. He's already read What to expect when you're expecting cover to cover, he's like a big pile of mush when it comes to this baby,"

"You two are going to have one cute baby," Claire stated, Rachel blushed and placed her hands on her stomach.

"You think so?"

"Well you're gorgeous, and Blaine is HOT. That baby is going to put all of the other babies in the hospital to shame!" Rachel laughed loudly as the sound of voices got closer to the choir room, she decided there and then that it was time to share the news about baby Anderson, determined to inform her students that they must be prepared to not only take her orders but Claire's as well.


On the way home that night, Rachel decided that the only thing she missed about the old apartment was the easy commute to and from work. Living outside of the city meant that she was forced to leave for work much earlier than usual, and the journey home took her twice as long. It usually left her feeling pretty tense, but not today. When she arrived home she noticed that Kyle's car was sitting in their driveway and she couldn't help smiling as she unlocked her front door and walked inside. She was stunned however to find the downstairs empty, slowly she climbed the stairs and poked her head around Amy's door, waving to her as Amy continued to dance to her music. She smiled fondly and continued down the hall to what was going to be the baby's room. Kyle was stood in the doorway, staring at Blaine and Kurt who were standing in the middle of the room.

"What are they doing?" Rachel whispered, hugging Kyle hello.

"Visualising," Kyle grinned, "Blaine called us and asked us to come over after work, he said he needed some advice. They've been stood in the same spot for almost an hour now," Rachel rolled her eyes and smiled as she cleared her throat loudly, causing Blaine and Kurt to turn around and face her. Rachel walked inside, pulling Kyle with her, before letting go of him and walking into Blaine's arms.

"So what are you visualising exactly?" she asked, kissing his cheek. Blaine blushed and shuffled his feet against the floor.

"I thought we should think about decorating the baby's room," he explained, Rachel rolled her eyes but couldn't help smiling at his eagerness.

"Blaine, I'm only 13 weeks, we've got months to sort things out. Besides, we don't even know what we're having yet, so we can't prepare for anything yet." Rachel glanced across at Kurt who was now showing Kyle some of his designs.

"I'm just excited Rachel," Blaine shrugged, kissing her again, "Besides, when we go to your doctor's appointment after the holidays, they should be able to tell us,"

"Oh that's great news!" Kurt clapped his hands in excitement, causing Blaine and Rachel to turn and face him, "Think about it, as soon as you find out the sex I can start finalising my designs, this is perfect!" Rachel bit her lip and glanced at Kyle before turning back to face Blaine.

"You do want to know, don't you?" he asked, Rachel shrugged, and interlaced her fingers with his.

"I don't know," she sighed, "I found out with Amy, because Shelby thought it would help, give me something to plan for, but it didn't really help. Don't you want to be surprised?"

"While I like the element of surprise, I do think it would be better to be prepared this once," Rachel dropped her eyes to the floor, and Blaine sighed, raising her hand to his lips.

"If you really don't want to know, then I guess I can wait six more months," Rachel's features lit up and she launched herself onto him.

"Thank you," she whispered against his lips, neither of them noticing Kurt sulking behind them.

"It's just not fair!" he sighed, closing his portfolio, Kyle smiled and placed his hand on his boyfriend's back.

"It's their decision Kurt," he smiled, "You can still help with idea's though, Blaine asked you for a reason didn't he?" Kurt smiled and wrapped his arms around Kyle's neck and pulled him closer to him.

"It's things like this that remind me why I love you," he smiled, "I guess I can alter the designs to accommodate neutral colours anyway,"

"Of course you can," Kyle grinned, before kissing Kurt again.


A couple of days before Christmas, Rachel, Blaine and Amy arrived in Lima ready to spend the holidays with their families. Hanukkah had fallen late this year and Rachel was thrilled that she was able to spend it with her dad's for the first time in years. They had agreed when they first got together that they would celebrate both holidays, each accepting the other's religion. They were spending Christmas with Finn and Quinn this year, Quinn agreeing to host Christmas for the first time this year and had been adamant that Blaine and Rachel attend.

"I – I think I'm beginning to show," Rachel said softly as she slid her hands over her stomach, as she and Blaine were getting dressed on Christmas morning. Blaine's eyes slid from her face and trailed across her body, he paused when they reached his stomach. He could see it too, his breath caught in his throat and he slowly stepped forward wrapping his arms around her and placing his hands on top of hers. That was really his kid in there.

"I can see that," he grinned, kissing her neck.

"I didn't think I'd show yet, with Amy I didn't really show at all," she paused as her eyes met his, "You're still going to love me when I get fat right?"

"Are you really asking me that?" Blaine chuckled, trailing kisses across her body, "You're beautiful, you've always been beautiful, and you're carrying my baby, who is also going to be beautiful. What more can a guy ask for?" Rachel felt her heart swell as she smiled at him through the mirror; she turned around in his arms and pulled his head down for a kiss.

"I love you, Blaine," she whispered as she pulled away.

"I love you to," Blaine grinned, "Now you should get dressed, otherwise I can't really be responsible for what happens next,"

Rachel smirked at him, pressing her body against his, "That doesn't sound a bad idea, I'll text Quinn and tell her we'll be late,"

Blaine laughed as she watched Rachel type out a quick message to Quinn before pulling him onto the bed with her.


An hour and a half later than when they were originally supposed to arrive; Rachel, Blaine and Amy stood on Quinn's doorstep, arms filled with gifts. The door swung open and sound of laughter hit them immediately.

"Merry Christmas!" Quinn grinned, immediately pulling Rachel into a tight embrace, "Look at you, you're practically glowing already," Rachel smiled as she and Blaine followed Quinn into the kitchen, while Amy headed into the lounge to see Finn and Daniel playing with a selection of Daniel's Christmas gifts.

"So I take it the pregnancy hormones have kicked in then?" Quinn smirked knowingly as she handed them both a drink. Rachel blushed furiously as she stood staring at Quinn her mouth agape.

"What – I…" Blaine laughed and placed his arm around Rachel's shoulders.

"Yes, they have Quinn, and I couldn't be happier about it," Rachel tried to hide her face behind her hand and Quinn laughed loudly as Blaine excused himself, before walking into the lounge to catch up with Kurt and Kyle.

"Don't worry about it Rachel, that was Finn's favourite part of both my pregnancies, when I was carrying Katie I couldn't get enough of him." Quinn confided.

"Okay! That's quite enough of that!" Rachel said her voice a pitch higher than usual, "Are Burt and Carole here yet? I feel like I haven't seen them for ages!" Quinn nodded and Rachel quickly made her way towards the lounge, sitting on top of Blaine as Quinn followed her into the room and sat on the floor next to Finn and Daniel. Rachel's cheeks were still flushed and Blaine smirked as he wrapped his arms around her and rested his hands on her tiny bump, he placed his head on her shoulders and kissed her neck, causing her to shiver slightly.

"You two are so gross!" Amy moaned from the opposite side of the room where she had perched herself in between Kurt and Kyle.

"So what exactly kept you two, you're always ridiculously early for everything?" Kurt questioned as everyone started exchanging gifts. Blaine squeezed Rachel a little tighter as he felt her squirming slightly against her.

"Let's just say we were a little preoccupied this morning," Blaine shrugged, Quinn scoffed loudly and Rachel glared at her. Finn stared at his wife for a moment before realisation flashed across his face; he turned to face Blaine and Rachel and smirked at them both.

"Enjoy it while it lasts, Blaine," he grinned,

"Oh I intend to," Blaine kissed Rachel's neck again and despite feeling incredibly awkward, she still felt like she couldn't get enough of him.

"Okay!" Kurt screeched from the other side of the room, obviously realising what they were talking about, "It's Christmas and we do have children present!" Rachel nodded trying to regain her composure, as Quinn and Carole exchanged knowing looks, both of them being in the same situation before.

"Well I think it's sweet," Kyle shrugged,

"Yes, well you would," Kurt stated, before smiling and reaching over to kiss Kyle over Amy's head.

"Urgh, why are all the grown-ups so gross?" she protested.