Quinn Fabray nervously wrung her hands together as she waited for Finn to meet her at her house. She now knew that Finn knew the true paternity of her child. She was going to lose everything she worked for; she already lost being a Cheerio, she lost her popularity, and now she was going to lose Finn through all of this. She knew as soon as her parents found out about her pregnancy she was going to be shipped away to live with her aunt. She felt tears in her eyes, and she hugged her stomach. When she found out she was pregnant, she wanted to hate the baby that was inside her. All of her life it was smashed into her head that she had to perfect, had to do everything her parents way.
There was a knock on her door, and She wiped her eyes and looked in the mirror. She made sure she looked presentable enough, and answered the door. She bit her lip nervously, and stepped aside to let him in. "I...I know you are mad at me..." she whispered, wishing that she could stop the tears from coming. Finn let out a sigh; he hated when Quinn cried. He wanted to just hug her, but she had lied to him, and it had hurt. She swallowed heavily, and bit back the tears. "It was a stupid mistake...and I haven't done anything with him since Finn..." she looked down at her hands, and placed them on her stomach. "Especially after everything your mom went through with everything, I should have known better....I can understand if you want to leave after all this," That snapped Finn out of it. He hadn't even thought about leaving her; he was just upset.
Instead of saying anything, he brought his arms around her. "Quinn...I wasn't going to leave you..." he murmured, kissing the top of her head. "What kind of person would I be if I did that?" he asked her. "I know that I am not the smartest person out there, but I still want to be there for you and the baby; even if the true paternity isn't mine," he murmured. "I finally found myself a job...and can start paying those bills we haven't been paying...but we are going to need more help than what I can make,"
"So...what are we going to do?" she asked, squeezing him tightly.
"I...I think we should accept the help Puck was offering you earlier," he murmured, "because he has as much rights to the kid as you do," he murmured, "before you get all mad, think about it. He has had this job since he was fifteen; he has experience and money already,"
"No...this baby isn't going to be stuck in Lima," she said, pushing him away.
"Well, he will get a paternity test done...wouldn't it just be easier to just let him have her?" he questioned.
"I'll let him help us..." she let out a deep sigh, "I'll consider dropping the adoption things if he really wants her," she said, rubbing her growing stomach. Finn pressed his lips against hers and she sighed.
Rachel paid the bill, and looked towards Noah. He was playing an arcade game with his little sister, and that made her smile. That was the youngest she had ever seen him look in all the time she had seen him. Noah and his little sister whooped when they won whatever game they were playing. "We finally beat it Noah!" Alex squealed. He laughed and ruffled her hair lightly; his eyes searched for Rachel and he grinned at her.
"Rachel...come here!" he called out, and she walked over to them. "Come play the game with us," he said, and scooted over to have Rachel fit right next to himself and Alex. Lima definitely didn't update things very often; Ninja Turtles?
"I...I don't know how to play..." Rachel said, looking at the strange contraption.
"It's easy," he said, pointing out to the buttons. While he explained the controls, his hands lightly led hers over the controls. She laughed nervously, "Don't sweat it babe," he murmured, "its easy," he repeated and they started to play the game. At first she wasn't doing too well, but then she got the swing of things. "There we go..." Noah said, laughing lightly.
"This is fun," she admitted, and almost didn't hear the number being called saying their pizza was ready.
"I'll get it," he said, you guys keep playing," he said, kissing Rachel's cheek, and ruffling Alex's hair. As he grabbed the pizza, he saw Quinn walking towards him. He assumed that it was to get yelled at once more, and he just ignored her. He placed the pizza on the table, and called Rachel and Alex over. Quinn grabbed his arm, attempting to pull him aside. "Look Quinn...I'm not in the mood to get yelled at,"
"I...I didn't come here to yell at you," she said, "As you already know.." she said clasping her hands together, "Finn found out about the paternity of my..." she let out a deep breath, "our baby girl. And has made it obvious to me that you deserve a right to be in her life...and I shouldn't be so rash to throw her into adoption," Noah was shocked; Finn had talked her into him possibly having his little girl? Rachel and Alex appeared, and Quinn sighed, "Look...I don't want to talk about this in front of your little sister, but we'll talk later," she promised. Noah nodded his head, and she excused herself from the group.
"Who was that?" Alex questioned, tugging on Noah's sleeve.
"Just a friend," he murmured, remembering his mom had wanted to talk with him too. She may already know that he had messed up bad. Rachel grabbed onto him, and felt him squeeze back. "She...she is letting me be a part of her life," he said in awe. Rachel was glad for him, he had been working so hard to convince Quinn that he could be a good father. He hugged her tightly, and kissed her on the lips.
"Ew...you two are kissing again," Alex said as she grabbed a slice of pizza. Rachel laughed and felt Noah chuckling. He sat down on the chair, and had Rachel sit down on his lap. She grabbed a couple slices, and they dug in. After their dinner, they had some leftovers so they were able to bring back for Noah's Mom. After Alex was tucked into bed, Noah walked towards Rachel.
"Is something wrong?" he asked, grabbing her arms. She shook her head, and he said, "Bullshit," he told her. "You...you don't think I am going after Quinn do you?" he questioned. She didn't say anything, "Rache," he said, bringing her gaze up to his. "Its going to be ok, because I am not leaving you. I am not going to do that," he promised, "I meant what I said," he said to her, and she smiled. She hugged him tightly, and felt him reciprocate.
"I'm sorry," she apologized, "I just-,"
"Its ok Rachel," he said to her waving her apology away. He kissed her gently, and felt her relax. "You don't have to worry about that...the only reason why I care about Quinn is because of that baby inside of her," he suddenly picked Rachel up and she laughed.
"Noah.." she giggled.
"Sh...we don't want to wake up Alex do we?" he questioned as he walked them towards his room. He laid her gently on the bed, and started to lay kisses all over her face. "I love you Rache...what can I do to convince you of this?" he asked, as he started to pepper her neck with his lips. She pulled his head closer to his, and kissed him full on the lips. He laid gently on top of her, and felt one of her legs wrap around his waist. "Are you sure-?" he questioned pulling away lightly. She nodded her head, and pulled his jacket from his shoulders.
"I love you Noah...I trust you to do this," she murmured.
"I love you too," he whispered back. This was the big moment; he just hoped that he didn't hurt Rachel...
Sorry I wanted to update this before I went to work...I know its a lot shorter than my other chapters have been...but whatever. Anyways, as always, I hope you enjoyed :)
