Disclaimer: I do not own GLEE Ryan Murphy and Fox do.
So, as for the question of "why not use the morning after pill? In writting this story so far, I hadn't thought of that, honestly it had slipped my mind that the morning after pill exists, plus if they used that, there would be no story. :) So hopefully that answers your questions.
Chapter Four: First Time
Rachel and Finn sat waiting to be called for the first ultrasound, Rachel was running on low energy from baby symptoms but Finn was on edge and once they were done here they would be meeting Quinn for lunch. Quinn and Rachel had become closer having spent a lot of time together when Rachel needed it. When they were called in Finn helped Rachel onto the bed before sitting down and taking her hand, they were nervous, Rachel was only five weeks along but a heartbeat meant that baby was growing, living.
"Are you nervous?" she asked him looking at his face as he kissed her hand, he looked at her and smiled.
"Of course, but I'm excited too, what about you?" he replied his free hand moving the hair out of her face and his thumb rubbing her cheek, she smiled at him and nodded.
"I'm terrified, truth be told." She answered quietly as the nurse walked in, the nurse shook their hands before she sat in the stool on the other side of the bed by the machine. Rachel focused on Finn while the nurse set the machine on and put the gel on her stomach, he was focusing on the screen.
"Now you guys won't be able to hear the heartbeat, but if you look, right here…" she pointed to the screen where there was a small flickering in the black and white image. "… this is the heart, and it's beating well."
Rachel and Finn were silent, looking at the screen, there was nothing more than a white circle in a black space, but the flickering made it all much more real. Finn smiled and squeezed Rachel's hand when the nurse turned the machine off and cleaned the gel from Rachel's stomach. They'd seen the baby's heartbeat, nothing more but even that meant the baby was alive and theirs.
Meet Quinn for lunch had gone from lunch to looking at cribs and clothes and Finn was lost. He agreed with every word they said only because he had no idea what any of it meant, organic mattresses, cotton clothing not polyester blend, it wasn't an easy thing to understand. They were just browsing for now but apparently it was best to do it now, and decide later. He didn't understand how Quinn knew this she didn't keep hers but he wasn't going to say anything he just appreciated her help. Outside of their parents only Kurt and Quinn knew about Finn and Rachel's situation, and it would stay that way until at least the end of summer.
With that said summer flew by and soon enough it was a week to go until the start of their senior year, along with that Finn and Rachel's stress was building, but they were handling it well, Finn had all but moved into the Berry household to be with Rachel and today was the last ultrasound before school began. Rachel was ten weeks along.
Today they sat and waited for the nurse knowing that today they would see a baby, not just a flicker. Once again Rachel was on the bed with Finn in the chair beside her holding her hand in both of his. The nurse came in and smiled when she saw the two of them, they had the same nurse both times now and she was great with them, she'd had her first child at seventeen too. Rachel flinched at the gel, but both hers and Finn's heads turned to the screen immediately.
There on the screen was the outline of their baby, the nurse pointed out everything on the screen, but only Rachel truly heard it, Finn was looking at the screen, tears filling his eyes. Rachel smiled and gave his hand a squeeze.
"You okay?" she asked him as a tear fell, she was having a hard time controlling her emotions now too looking at Finn.
"Yeah, I'm fine… I'm fine. I love you." He said simply, kissing her forehead before looking back to the screen.
"I take it Daddy here will want pictures?" The nurse asked smiling at Finn as he nodded his head.
"Please." He replied, his voice cracking slightly. The nurse smiled and cleaned Rachel off before printing the pictures off and handing them to Finn.
"So you two are back at school in a week right?" she asked filling in some forms quickly.
"Yeah, any advice for us?" Finn chuckled standing up and stretching.
"Whatever anyone says, don't listen to them. It's your life not theirs and unless they're in the same predicament, they have no right to judge. It isn't important for them to know anything. But I don't suppose you have to worry much about people saying anything to you Rachel with Finn here around." The nurse laughed and patted Finn's back before heading to the door. "I'll see you guys again in a month."
"We're in glee, it doesn't matter how big I am people are gonna talk." Finn sighed, linking arms with Rachel as they walked out to his car, they went for a drive, just sitting in silence holding hands, they would sign along to songs that came on the radio, and laughed and joked around. Like they were a normal, stress fee teenage couple.
"Finn, do you want a girl or a boy?" Rachel asked looking over at Finn and then to the cup holder where Finn had stuck one of the ultrasound pictures.
"I'd like a girl, boys grow away from their parents too quickly, I wanna be the dad my little girl comes to when she's sad, I want to brag about my daughter when she's in high school. With a son, they just grow away sooner. But none of that makes a difference as long as our baby is healthy." He smiled, not looking away from the road but instead moving his hand to her stomach. "What about you Rach, what do you want?"
"It doesn't matter to me, not at all." She replied, her hands moving to cover Finn's, he'd been so good to her this summer and so honest about his feelings that she had never felt closer to a person like she did with Finn, she loved him and they were having a baby together, the thought really did make her smile.
"I know it's a bit soon, but I just want to say, I like the name Autumn."
"That's a beautiful name Finn." Rachel had to smile because it was the little things Finn said about the baby that made her truly know he would stick around. "How about, if the baby is a boy I pick the name, and if the baby is a girl, your name goes?"
"You have yourself a deal Rachel." He laughed pulling into her driveway and waiting for her to get out. She walked around to his side and he rolled the window down and leaned out to kiss her, his hand cupping her face. Tonight was one of the nights where Finn was at home and not staying at Rachel's a night of tossing and turning until sleep found him.
The hours turned into days, and the days into a week, and as promised Finn lead Rachel through the hallways to her every class, making sure no one touched her or even brushed her arm, he even took a slushie facial from a member of the football team. All in all he had one of the best days of high school already.
The one thing that really got Finn and Rachel down were the Glee club sign up sheets, knowing the support group was on Thursdays made it impossible for them to join. They would miss that more than anything the school had to offer. Rachel and Finn acted as normal as possible that day, it wasn't an easy task but no task in high school was easy. They were doing great fooling almost everybody, everybody but one Mr. Schuester, he'd noticed the fire was missing from their eyes, it wasn't hard to notice when he paid attention in Spanish.
"Finn, Rachel, looking forward to seeing you guys at rehearsal tomorrow." He'd smiled as they left class, they simply sighed and carried on walking.
"Should we tell him or just not show up?" Finn asked as he waited for Rachel at her locker at the end of the day.
"We should probably tell him we wont be there, if he asks why, which he probably will, we tell him that too, Mr. Schue listens." She replied holding her binder to her chest and walking with him back to Mr. Schuesters office.
"Oh hey again guys, ideas already Rachel?" he asked with a smile at the two of them, Finn and Rachel shuffled into the room and shut the door behind them.
"No, not exactly Mr. Schue, it's about glee though." Rachel sighed and looked down shaking her head.
"Alright, what about it?"
"We kinda can't be in it anymore Mr. Schue." Finn added, his hands in his pockets, Will face dropped slightly he was losing his main leads.
"Well why's that? You two love it."
"We do love it, and if we had another choice we wouldn't leave, it's just we have a more important thing to go to on Thursdays now sir." Rachel replied looking up at Finn as if to say 'help me'.
"See Mr. Schue, something happened this summer that made being in Glee this year too hard to juggle, we had to make other commitments." Finn added looking around the room and taking a breath.
"Guys you can explain everything to me, I'm not going to judge you."
"Well Mr. Schue we have to drop glee to go to a new and expectant parent support group on Thursdays." Rachel rushed out sinking into a desk.
"Wait… are you two serious? Rachel are you pregnant?" Will asked, confused and shocked, Rachel didn't seem the type to even go there without planning ahead, and Finn was just a confused quarterback.
"Yes… two months." She sighed before taking another big breath.
"Well if you want… if it make it easier for you, I could move practices to Tuesdays?" he replied warily, not sure what to do or say.
"I have football that day Mr. Schue." Finn answered simply ruffling his hair.
"What about Wednesdays? We can work with Wednesdays, you can stay in glee and you can make it to those support group meetings, how does that sound?"
"You'd do that for us Mr. Schue?" Rachel asked, looking up into his face, he had a soft smile on his face as he nodded, Finn had a small grin plastered on his face.
"Of course I would, you have to have some way to let your hormones out Rachel, a person like you can't keep those bottled up." Will chuckled, standing up and shaking his head. "If you'll excuse me, I have to make it to try outs. Practice is on Wednesday, don't be late."
"Thanks Mr. Schue." The replied in unison, Finn drove Rachel home and told her he'd be by later to spend the night, and that she needed to help him with his homework. They were both so happy that they could keep glee in their lives, after all it was what made them who they were today, and if not for glee, there would be no them as a couple, and certainly no baby. Now it was all just a matter of time till the whole school found out and ridiculed and judged them. But the nurse was right, until they know how it feels to be in their shoes, he and Rachel shouldn't care.
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