Finally, some Finchel! I miss them on the real Glee. I loved the Finchel part of this chapter. Thanks so much for all your reviews on the last chapter. I really enjoyed reading them. Hope you enjoy this chapter. Please review if you want me to continue :)
Chapter 4: Everything's Going To Be Okay
Rachel took a sleeping pill and so she could sleep on the train ride to Lima. She knew the ride was going to be tough. But even tougher would be facing Finn and her dads. Kurt had his ipod plugged in, so Rachel didn't want to tell him about how worried she was. She'd told him enough back at the apartment in New York.
"You'll be fine," Kurt whispered as the train took off.
Rachel sighed and popped the sleeping pill into her mouth. She lay across her best friend's lap and dozed off. She hadn't been sleeping much at night back in New York anyway.
About ten hours later, Rachel felt Kurt shaking her shoulder. "Rachel!"
Rachel opened her eyes. "We're here?"
"Yes," Kurt said. "I called a taxi."
Rachel sighed. "I wish I could put this off."
"It's Finn's child, too, Rachel," Kurt said. "He deserved to know."
Rachel nodded, fighting back tears as she and Kurt got in the taxi. They were quiet during the ride to the Hudson-Hummel house. When they got out of the taxi, Rachel turned to Kurt. "Do you know if Finn's home?"
"I had Blaine ask him. He's home all weekend," Kurt said. Rachel had told Kurt it was okay for him to tell Blaine if he made Blaine promise not to tell anyone else.
Rachel looked up at the house as Kurt patted her back.
"I talked to my dad," Kurt whispered. "He and Carole are in DC this weekend. Finn's home alone. Now would be a good time to go talk to him."
"Where are you going?" Rachel asked.
"Blaine's, of course," Kurt said. "I'll see you later, okay?"
Rachel sighed. "Okay." She hugged her best friend as she walked up the walkway to the Hudson-Hummel house. Her hand was shaking as she rang the doorbell. Part of her was hoping no one was home so she could put this off, but as Quinn and Kurt had told her, Finn deserved to know. She nervously sent Quinn a text. "I'm telling Finn now."
Finn came and opened the door. When he saw Rachel, he gave her a surprised smile. "I wasn't expecting you!"
Rachel forced a smile. "Hey."
"Don't I get a hug?" Finn asked.
Rachel gave Finn a tight embrace. "Can I come in?"
Finn took Rachel's hand. "Of course. Why didn't you tell me you were coming? How long are you home?"
"Finn..." Rachel began. She felt awful. Finn seemed so happy to see her. But she didn't think he'd be happy when he found out the news. "You know that I never slept with Brody because I love you so much. I never even let him get to second base."
"You always were loyal," Finn said.
Rachel took Finn's hands. Now the difficult part was beginning. "Remember Mike's party for New Year's Eve?"
"Yeah, it was great to spend time with you," Finn said with a smile.
Poor Finn. He looked so happy, and now Rachel was about to ruin his life forever. "I'm pregnant, Finn."
Finn gave Rachel a shocked look. "Oh my God - mine?"
"Of course it's yours," Rachel said, beginning to cry. "I've never had sex with anyone else."
"Oh my God... oh my God... oh my God..." Finn hyperventilated.
Rachel didn't know what to say now. Seeing the panicked look on the face of the boy she loved broke her heart. She broke down in tears.
Finn pulled Rachel on to his lap. "Rachel, everything will be okay." He rubbed Rachel's back and kissed the top of her head.
"What are we going to do, Finn?" Rachel asked. "We're not even together!"
"We can change that," Finn said.
Rachel hugged Finn tightly. "I don't know. I love you. I'll always love you, but I'm living in New York and you're here. You didn't even like New York when you visited me and Kurt."
Finn looked at Rachel. "I felt out of place in NYADA, but there's other things I could do there."
"I don't want you to change your life for me," Rachel sighed. This whole situation was so complicated. "You have a steady job here, and Kurt told me you've applied to some Ohio public universities for the fall."
"But Rachel, what will you do with the baby?" Finn asked.
"I don't know," Rachel sighed. "I wish you and I could raise it together. I don't want him or her to go through what I've gone through, feeling rejected by their birth parents their whole life. If I got an abortion, I'd feel guilty for killing it. If we gave it up for adoption, I'd think about it every day for the rest of my life. It would kill me to know that our child was calling someone else their parents."
"I'm so sorry, Rachel," Finn said softly. "This is my fault."
Rachel gave Finn a look. "How is this your fault?"
"If I hadn't put you on the train after graduation, we'd still happily be together," Finn said.
"It's my fault," Rachel said. "I'm the one who officially ended things."
Finn took Rachel's hand. "I miss you."
"I don't know what to do," Rachel whispered again.
"Neither do I," Finn admitted. "I'm so sorry, Rachel."
Rachel snuggled into Finn. "I love you so much."
"I can't let you go again," Finn said.
"But how?" Rachel sobbed. "I'm at school in New York, you want to go to school here. You have a job here."
Rachel gave Finn a kiss. "The baby's probably due in the fall. I haven't even gone to the doctor yet so I don't know."
"Who else knows?" Finn asked.
"Kurt and Quinn," Rachel said.
"When are you going to tell your dads?" Finn asked.
"Later this weekend," Rachel said.
"I'll come with you to tell them," Finn said.
"You will?" Rachel asked.
Finn gave Rachel a kiss. "Of course I will." He held Rachel close. "Everything's going to be okay. I'll be here for you every step of the way."
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Rachel, Finn and Kurt sat in the Berrys' living room. Finn and Kurt sat on the couch as Rachel was nervously pacing.
The earlier evening had been better. Finn took Rachel to the bowling alley and they went out to Breadstix for dinner. They'd met up with Kurt and gone to Rachel's dads' house. Her dads had been happy to see her, but were wondering why Finn was there. Her dads had become very bitter about Finn after he put her on that train.
"What's going on, baby?" Leroy asked.
Rachel turned and looked at Finn and Kurt.
"Should I tell them?" Kurt asked.
Rachel shook her head. "I need to."
"Tell us what?" Hiram asked.
Rachel took a deep breath and looked at her dads. "I'm pregnant."
She watched her dads exchange a glance. "WHAT?!" Hiram asked.
Rachel nodded. "I'm so sorry." She fell backwards on to the couch. She took Finn's hand with one hand and Kurt's with the other.
"What did Brody do to you? I thought he was a good boy," Leroy said.
"Brody isn't the father!" Rachel said.
"You cheated on Brody?" Leroy shouted. "Rachel, Brody was perfect for you. He wasn't directionless like Finn, and he was more down to earth than Jesse, and he wasn't a troublemaker like Puck."
Rachel saw the hurt on Finn's face. "I didn't love Brody!"
"So who is the father?" Hiram asked. "Some guy you had a one night stand with at a New York bar?"
Rachel squeezed Finn's hand. "Finn."
Hiram looked at Finn. "You got our daughter pregnant?"
"I'm so sorry," Finn said.
"You are so worthless," Leroy said to Finn. "Rachel had a great future ahead of her. She could have been a big Broadway star. With her talent, it was very possible. Now her life is ruined, thanks to you."
Rachel noticed the hurt on Finn's face. She was shocked. She'd never seen her dads like this before. "Don't talk to Finn like that! I love Finn! I always will!"
"Rachel, you need to leave," Hiram said.
"Since Finn and Kurt are with you, you can get your stuff," Leroy said. "Take it to New York with you or wherever you're going. Just don't come back here."
Rachel felt like someone had punched her in the stomach. Her dads were kicking her out?
"What the hell are you doing?!" Finn asked.
"You impregnated our daughter!" Leroy shouted. "You can figure out what to do with her."
Rachel started crying. Finn put his arm around Rachel as Kurt went up to Rachel's room.
"I can't believe they're doing this to you," Finn whispered.
"Neither can I," Rachel said. Then it struck her. If her dads were disowning her, she'd have no way of her college education being funded. There wouldn't be a way to pay for her education or her apartment and she'd have nowhere to live. What would she do?
Rachel took Finn's hand and went up to her room. She couldn't pack though. She was sitting on her bed crying as Finn and Kurt put her things together. She was a disappointment to her dads. They wanted her to be a big Broadway star. Instead, she'd gotten pregnant from the boy she'd been engaged to her senior year of high school.
"I think that's everything," Kurt said.
Rachel looked up at Kurt and Finn. "Thank you."
Finn gave Rachel a hug. "I can't believe they're doing this to you."
"Where am I going to go?" Rachel asked.
"How about you just stay at my house for a few days?" Finn asked. "My mom and Burt are in DC so you won't have to worry."
"But I've missed enough school already," Rachel sighed.
"Rachel, don't worry about school," Kurt said. The three of them went downstairs to see Rachel's dads waiting, both looking very angry. Rachel didn't even say goodbye to them. They loaded Rachel's luggage into the car as Kurt drove back to the Hudson-Hummel house. At least Finn still loved Rachel and was willing to stand by her.
"I've got you, Rachel," Finn said as he held Rachel close. "I love you so much. You'll be okay."
Rachel looked at Finn as she began crying more. She found comfort in how much Finn loved her.
Chapter 5 preview: Rachel spends some time at Finn's house and they try to decide what to do. They also go to their first doctor's appointment.
