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Chapter 10: Kick

After spending the weekend in Ohio with all their friends, Rachel didn't want to go back to New York. It had been so nice to be with everyone again. She had no doubt that had this happened in high school, she would have a safe place to go while on school property. But everyone had told her to call or text if she ever needed them, which made her feel good.

Quinn had returned to New Haven after the plane landed in New York, and Kurt was at a meeting at Vogue, so right now, Finn and Rachel were the only two in the apartment. Finn was reading a magazine, while Rachel was thinking about the baby and looking at her ultrasound photos. It was still hard to believe in six months, her baby would be here.

"Hey Finn?" Rachel said.

"What's up?" Finn asked.

"We need to pick a name for him or her," Rachel said. She wanted to know the gender of the baby, but at the same time, she wanted to be surprised. But she knew she wanted to have a name ready.

"Have any ideas?" Finn asked.

"You said if it was a boy, you wanted to name him after your dad," Rachel said.

"Yeah, I do," Finn said. "That's okay with you, right?"

"Of course," Rachel said. "What should we use for the middle name if he's a boy?"

"You can pick the middle name, I picked the first name," Finn said.

Rachel thought for a minute. "How about William, after Mr. Schue? He's who we have to thank for us being together, and he was like a father figure to you."

"Christopher William Hudson, I like that," Finn said. "That is, you want our baby's last name to be Hudson, right?"

Rachel nodded. "Of course. I'll be Rachel Hudson after we get married."

Finn smiled and gave Rachel a kiss. "What if it's a girl?"

Rachel began to think. "Well, I know we AREN'T naming her Drizzle."

Finn laughed. "I'm telling you right now, I'm not giving our daughter a classic Broadway name. If she's a girl. Barbra, Fanny... Rach, this is 2013, not 1930. And some names, like Elphaba and Epione, are just weird."

"Well, maybe we should go to a baby name website," Rachel said. She got out her computer and began scrolling down the list of Top 100 baby names. Finn looked over Rachel's shoulder.

"See anything you like?" Finn asked.

"I like Elizabeth, and Samantha, and Alexandra, and Nicole," Rachel said, looking at the names. "I can see all those as a name for one of our kids."

"Well, if we named her Nicole, she'd probably get called Nicki," Finn said.

"True," Rachel said. "And if we named her Samantha, she'd probably go by Sam."

"Similar to Sam Evans," Finn pointed out. "And Elizabeth might remind Quinn and Puck of Beth. I don't really like Alex for Alexandra, but she could go by Allie, and I like that."

"Yeah, I like that, too," Rachel said.

"So, if it's a girl, we'll name her Alexandra and call her Allie?" Finn asked.

"Yeah, I love that," Rachel said. "What should be the middle name? I found her first name on the list, so you can pick her middle name. Did you have one in mind?"

"How about Faith?" Finn asked. "Like our song Faithfully."

"Yeah, Alexandra Faith Hudson sounds good," Rachel said, smiling. Then, she felt a kick in her stomach and smiled wide. "Finn - the baby - he or she just kicked me!"

Finn gasped. "Really?"

Rachel smiled and put Finn's hand on her baby bump. "Come on, baby, do it again for your daddy."

The baby kicked again. Finn and Rachel smiled wide at each other.

x

The next morning, Rachel was stopping at CVS before going to school. Yesterday, NYADA had gotten the day off, and it had been nice to spend the day with Finn. She was nervous about returning to school, as tryouts for the spring showcase were coming up. She had been selected to perform in the winter showcase, but back then, she didn't have a baby bump or a reputation for getting pregnant. Her pregnancy was not thought of well by the staff of NYADA. Other than Ms. July, who was worse than usual to her, her professors were civil with her, but she could tell they weren't happy.

Rachel began looking in the baby aisle. The prices of diapers were high and once the baby was born, they'd need to buy a lot of those. Then she heard a voice behind her. "Rachel?"

Rachel looked up and when she saw who it was, she practically jumped back in fear. "Shelby?"

Shelby looked at Rachel's stomach. Even though not much was there, something definitely was. Then Shelby looked at the diapers. All one had to do to figure out what was up was put two and two together. "Rachel, can we talk outside?" Shelby asked.

"Sure," Rachel said. She now knew her mother knew. "I'm just buying some mints, let me pay." Mints had become her latest craving.

"I'll be waiting outside," Shelby said.

Rachel remembered when Shelby had found her in the auditorium her senior year. She didn't have the strength to fight her right now. She definitely had been having mood swings since getting pregnant. When she was safe in her apartment with Kurt and Finn, she felt safe and happy. But she was often in a very bad mood at school or when she had memories of what her dads did to her.

Rachel paid for the mints and wasn't surprised to see Shelby waiting outside CVS for her. They were biologically related, and Rachel rarely gave up.

"Shelby, don't you need to get home to Beth?" Rachel asked.

"Beth's at daycare, I'm on my way to work," Shelby said. She looked at Rachel again. "Rachel - you know that even though we've had a rocky past, I care about you and Beth more than anyone else in the world, and if you ever need me, you can look me up."

Rachel nodded. "What makes you think something's wrong?" She tried to use the skills she'd learned in her acting class last semester, but knew they weren't very strong.

"Rachel... you're pregnant, aren't you?" Shelby asked.

Rachel didn't say anything.

"You were looking at diapers," Shelby said. "When I saw you and Finn at the hospital a few weeks ago, you were on the floor with only two departments: pediatrics and OBGYN."

Rachel sighed.

"Rachel, you can tell me," Shelby said, taking Rachel's hand.

"Yes, Shelby, I'm pregnant," Rachel said. Luckily, she wasn't at the point where she broke down when talking about her pregnancy anymore, but telling more and more people still made her uncomfortable.

Shelby gave Rachel a hug. "Oh, honey."

"Finn's been taking good care of me," Rachel said, trying to be brave. "We live with my friend Kurt, and he's been great, too. And then Quinn's at Yale and we talk all the time and she's been a good friend."

"What about your dads?" Shelby asked.

Rachel might as well tell Shelby. "They kicked me out. They made me bring all my stuff back here and told me they never wanted to see me again."

"WHAT?!" Shelby shouted.

"Yeah," Rachel sighed.

"Rachel, let me give you my phone number," Shelby said. "I know you're probably mad at me for everything that's happened, but at least keep me updated on how you're doing, and if you ever need me, give me a call."

Rachel sighed. "Shelby, can I ask you something?"

"Of course," Shelby said.

"Why did you not want to pursue a relationship?" Rachel asked. "One of the main reasons I don't want to give up my baby is that I don't want it to live its life wondering where its parents are. It really hurt me when Finn told me that Puck told him that you adopted their baby. I felt replaced."

"You have every right to be mad at me," Shelby told Rachel. "I don't know if Quinn and Puck told you, but since the day I gave you up for adoption, I've walked through life searching for you. I've wondered what you were doing, how you were doing. There hasn't been a day during the past nineteen years that I haven't missed you. I think part of the reason I ran away from you so quickly last time was that I was so shocked. I couldn't believe it was really happening."

"Well, it's been the same way for me," Rachel said. "Every day before I met you, I wondered where my mom was and what she was doing and if she was thinking about me."

"Rachel, I need to get to work, but could you please call me soon?" Shelby asked.

"Of course," Rachel said. Without her dads, she needed some sort of parental support system. She did have Finn, Kurt, Quinn, Finn's parents and the Glee club, but she did want parents, too.

x

The students were clamoring around the bulletin board at NYADA, seeing who'd been selected for the spring showcase. Rachel hoped she'd be selected, but she didn't know if she would. She noticed Brody walking away from the sheet and giving her a dirty look. She still felt bad about what she did to Brody, but the way he was acting made it harder to feel sorry for him.

Rachel reached the list. Brody would be opening the program. Her name was nowhere on the list.

She saw Carmen Tibideaux passing by and figured she'd see if her suspicions were true. "Ms. Tibideaux?"

"Yes, Miss Berry?"

"I noticed I wasn't selected to perform in the spring showcase and I performed in the Winter Showcase," Rachel said. "Have I not been doing well in class?"

Ms. Tibideaux led Rachel into an empty classroom and shut the door. "Rachel, you are a very talented young woman. You have an amazing voice and we would have loved for you to perform. But we can't have a girl with a baby bump performing. It would make NYADA look bad. Here, we teach the students that they must do whatever it takes to fight for a Broadway career. You've definitely postponed your Broadway career, if not ruined all chances for it."

Rachel was tempted to say something, but she knew better. "Thank you for telling me." She thought about what the professor had told her. She probably had ruined all chances.

Rachel held it in all day in classes and was eager to get home. She knew Finn might not be home right away because of his work schedule. When she got home, the apartment was empty. Finn was still at work, and Kurt was still at Vogue.

Rachel turned on the TV and flipped through the channels. Nothing was really on. She went to the kitchen to get a snack and then heard the door open.

"Hey!" Finn said, walking in.

"Hey baby," Rachel said, hugging her boyfriend.

Finn kissed the top of Rachel's head. "How was your day?"

Rachel sighed. "Finn, they don't want me to perform in the spring showcase."

"That's crazy!" Finn said. "You're so talented."

"I know I am, but they said it wouldn't look good for a girl with a baby bump to be performing," Rachel groaned.

Finn shook his head in disgust. "Rachel, don't listen to what they say. You're amazing and I love you and our baby."

Rachel gave Finn a hug. As she hugged him, she felt another kick. "Finn..."

"What is it, Rach?" Finn asked.

Rachel put Finn's hand on her stomach. She felt a few more soft kicks.

"Wow!" Finn said. He and Rachel smiled at each other.

Chapter 11: Finn and Rachel find out big news about another Glee couple. Someone who didn't treat Rachel well at the beginning of her pregnancy tries to make amends. Finchel moments and some Hummelberry and Faberry friendship.