Hey everyone! So sorry that my updates are so slow, just always super busy, that's all. As always, thank you all so much for all of your support. It just means so much to me. This story is just so much fun for me to write, hope you all enjoy!
Rachel has been super busy with work, she has too many rehearsals and shows and it's cutting away from her family time. She hardly gets to see Liam or Finn and it is breaking her heart. She's never liked being away from her family for work, especially since she had Liam. But what she doesn't know is that Finn and Liam have a special surprise planned out for her. Finn is going to take Liam to see Rachel in a show for the first time, and the kid is so excited about it, it is all the kid talks about when Rachel isn't around.
"Daddy! Daddy! Today's the day! I get to go see Mommy's show today!" Liam squeals when he comes down to eat breakfast, Rachel had already left for work before he got up."
"I know, Buddy! You're very excited aren't you?!" Finn says, smiling at Liam. He loves how much the little boy loves his mother.
"Duh! Mommy is the best singer in the entire world!"
"She is, isn't she?"
"Yeah, and you too, Daddy."
"You think so?""
"Yeah, you sing nice, and you play drums good too."
"Thank you, you are pretty good too, Buddy."
"But Daddy, I'm only three years old."
"I know, but you have music running through your veins."
"I guess I do."
"You want to send a picture to Mommy? I bet she misses you."
"Yes!"
"I thought so."
"Can we make a silly face?"
"Of course we can."
Rachel receives the picture a few minutes later and smiles. She always loves to get pictures of Finn and Liam. Because she's on break, she decides to call Finn.
"Well, hi beautiful, I wasn't expecting you to call this early, you have a bunch of shows to do." Finn says, he's grinning.
"Well, I missed you, I missed my boys. How's Liam?" Rachel asks.
"He's good, he's such a little ball of energy today."
"You didn't give him any extra sugar, did you?"
"Of course not, he's a three year old boy, they never stop ever."
Rachel giggles "Especially our three year old boy."
"You've got that right."
"May I talk to him?"
"Of course."
"Hi Mommy, I miss you." Liam says,
"I miss you too, my little lion."
"I love you, Momma."
"I love you too. Have you been a good boy for Daddy."
"Yeah, I always am a good boy, Mommy."
"You silly goose. I have to go, can you give the phone back to your daddy. I'll see you as soon as I can."
"Yeah, bye, bye Mommy, I love you."
"So, I have to get back to work, the show starts in a couple of hours. I love you." Rachel tells Finn.
"I love you too, break a leg, alright."
"I will."
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"Daddy, can we please go outside and play ball?"
"Of course we can."
"Yay!"
"Only for a little bit, because after that we have to get you all fancied up for Mommy's show."
"Daddy, Oliver's Mommy is in the same show as Mommy. What if I see him and he starts being mean?"
Finn frowns, he had almost forgotten about that. "Don't worry, I am not going to let Oliver or his family say or do anything to hurt you."
"You promise, Daddy?"
"I promise. Let's not worry about that too much, let's go play football, and think about how excited Mommy is going to be when she finds out that I brought you with me to see her show, okay?"
"Okay, Daddy."
"Ready, one, two three." Finn says throwing Liam the ball.
"Do you think I will play football when I get older?"
Finn smiles. "Of course you will, maybe you will be the quarterback."
"But Daddy, maybe I will be too short to be quarterback."
"Then you can be a kicker, like your Uncle Kurt."
Liam giggles "Uncle Kurt used to be the kicker?"
"Yeah, he was actually pretty good."
"But Uncle Kurt hates sports."
"Yeah, it was kind of silly, but he kind of liked it."
"I want to be quarterback, so I can be just like you."
"I think that you can be anything that you want to be as long as you believe in yourself, Little Man."
"Thank you, Daddy. Can we go inside now, I am getting cold."
"Sure, we need to start getting you ready to go see Mommy's show soon. You need to look sort of fancy, Broadway is a very big deal."
"Mommy is the best out of everyone though, I bet."
Finn smiles. "Of course she is, she's a star."
Getting Liam in dress shirt and tie is kind of a challenge, he is very fidgety."
"Daddy, why do I have to wear a tie." The little boy whines."
"Because, Mommy loves her two favorite boys in ties, and you look so grown up in ties. You're such a little charmer, Buddy."
"Daddy, you're being silly."
"I know, hold still, I just need to straighten out your tie, then we're almost done, I promise."
Liam smiles. "Good, I hate ties.
Finn laughs. "You really are my son, you know that, Buddy?
"But you are a teacher Daddy, you can't hate ties you wear them all the time."
"You have a good point."
"I'm so excited to go see Mommy in her show. She's going to be amazing."
"I know you are, she is going to be so surprised to see you."
"Mommy loves surprises."
"You're right, she does."
"Can we get her some flowers? I think that's a good surprise too."
"Of course we can. I always get your mommy flowers after I go see her in one of her shows. And, I'll tell you what, I will even let you give Mommy her flowers. Does that sound like a good plan to you?"
"Yes, I really like that plan."
Finn smiles. "I thought you would."
"I'm so excited!"
"I know you are, let's get going. We don't want to be late."
When they pull up to the theater Liam's eyes grow wide. "Wow, this place is so big!" Liam exclaims.
"I know, you've actually been here before, did you know that?"
"I have? I don't remember that."
"Yes, I took you hear after one of Mommy's shows when you were just a baby."
Liam giggles "Oh."
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Finn gets Liam settled in his seat and then shows him the program. The first thing he does is flip to Rachel's biography page and read it to Liam. It reads. To my wonderful husband, Finn, I love you so much, thank you so much for believing in me. To my sweet son, Liam, Mommy loves you so much. And finally to my glee family who have remained my biggest supporters even after all these years, thank you so much for making me a part of something special. About the star: Rachel loves being in Seussical. "It's so great to be able to do a kids' show now. It is fun doing something and thinking, "My son would like this' Rachel says. When she's not preforming, Rachel loves to spend time with her family and just sing for fun.
Liam grins. "She talked about me, Daddy!"
"Of course she did, she loves you." Finn says smiling.
"When is the show going to start?"
"Soon, I promise.
"I want it to start now!"
"I know you do, but you have to be quiet."
"Okay."
When the show starts Finn watches Liam's big , brown eyes light up. The look on his face is the world's most priceless thing.
"Mommy's sounds so good." Liam whispers when Rachel starts to sing.
"She is, I'm so proud of her."
"Have you seen this one before?"
"Yeah, your mommy told me that you would like it, so I decided I'd take you the next time."
When the show ends Liam is grinning from ear to ear.
"So, what did you think Buddy? Did you like it?" Finn asks Liam.
"Yes, it was really, really good!" Liam says.
"Let's go surprise Mommy."
"Oh yeah, can I still give her the flowers?"
"Of course you can."
Rachel quickly stops removing her makeup when she hears a knock on her door. She opens the door and smiles. "Hi guys, I didn't know you were coming, I've missed you both so much!" Rachel says hugging Finn and Liam.
"These are for you, Mommy. You were so good!" Liam says handing Rachel the flowers.
"Aww, Thank you, Honey! Did you like the show?"
"Yeah, it was really good, you were better than everyone else!"
"Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!"
"Are you going to come home with us, Mommy?"
"Sorry Pumpkin, but I can't, I have another show to do. I'll see you in the morning though, I promise."
"Okay, I love you, Mommy."
"I love you too, Sugar Plum."
"You were amazing today, you always are, Break a leg, I love you." Finn says kissing Rachel's cheek.
"Thank you, I love you too, I'm so glad you brought Liam to come and see me perform." Rachel says, a wide smile on her face.
"You are very welcome, he was so excited to come and see his mommy perform. It was so hard to keep this a secret from you."
"Aww, he's such a sweet little boy."
"He really is, he gets it from his mommy."
Rachel smiles. "No, he gets it from you."
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Finn's walking with Liam to the exit of the theater , when he sees Jesse walking towards them with a little boy, whom Finn assumes is Oliver.
"Daddy, that's Oliver." Liam whispers, a very nervous tone in his voice.
"I know, Buddy. I won't let him hurt you, I promise" Finn says, taking a hold of Liam's hand.
"Hi, Liam." Oliver says, and his voice does not sound very sincere at all."
"Hi, Oliver." Liam whispers.
"You still sound funny." Oliver sneers, and Jesse just stands there, not doing a single thing about his rude son.
"Jesse, please tell your son not to say things like that to my son, before I have to myself!" Finn says angrily.
"Why should I? Oliver is right." Jesse says.
"Okay, that's it. Come on Liam. Let's go home. Bye Jesse."
"Daddy, I don't like him ,he's not very nice." Liam tells Finn when they are in the car.
"I know, but he isn't going to hurt you anymore kiddo, I'll make sure of it." Finn says.
"You promise?"
"Yes I promise, I love you.
"I love you too, Daddy."
"I will take care of all of this, I promise. Don't you worry."
"Does Mommy have to know about this? I don't want her to know. She'll be sad, and I don't like to se Mommy sad."
"I'm sorry, Liam. But Mommy does have to know about this. We need to protect you."
"Okay."
When Rachel gets home, Finn decides that he can't wait any longer to tell Rachel about what happened with Oliver and Jesse. She has to know.
"Rach, we saw Oliver and Jesse today." Finn says plainly.
"Oh, god damn it, I forgot that his mom is in my show. I should have told you not to bring Liam." Rachel replies.
"Hey, it's not your fault, Rachel. I took care of it, and Liam is okay now. I just thought that you should know what went on today."
"Thank you for telling me, you know, I had totally forgiven Jesse, but now that he doesn't do anything about the way his son treats Liam, I just hate him so much." Rachel says crying.
"I know, so do I."
"I just don't understand why. Oliver is just a kid, it's ridiculous that Jesse would teach his son to do things like that."
"I don't get it either, but hey at least we are doing the right thing, we've raised a really great kid."
"We are. Liam is such an amazing little boy. He's such a tough little boy. He never gives up."
"That's because he's our kid."
"He sure is. I am really glad that you brought him with you to see me today."
"It was no problem, I just wanted him to see that his mommy is an amazing, bright, shining star."
"I love you guys so much, you two are the world to me."
Finn smiles "And we love you so much."
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