"Daddy we have a problem!" Ava exclaimed folding her arms across her chest, Finn raised his eyebrows at her serious expression, "it's less than three weeks till the winter show and I still dont have the necessary paraphernalia to do my solo! that is including an actuall song!" she raised her arms in the air, Finn sat astounded, since when did ten years olds use the word paraphernalia? he could atleast pretend he knew what she meant, "err... why?" he choked hoping she wouldn't explode, when it came to singing she definetly had her mothers attitude, "because I don't know what song to sing" he noticed her eyes start to fill with tears, she was frustrated, he held his arms open and motioned for her to come over, "it's ok" he soothed rubbing circles on her back, "... how about we call mommy and ask her to come over?" he suggested,
Rachel hadn't actually been to their house before so he felt a bit weird about it, the little girl straightened up and smiled "please..." she replied.
"Hey Rach it's me?" he answered through the phone, "hey is everything ok?" she sounded concerned he never usually called randomly, "err... yeah it's just Ava's having a bit of a melt down because as she said she doesn't have the correct 'paraphernalia' what ever that means..." he heard a slight chuckle from the other end of the phone, "... for the winter show, she can't decide on a song... by any chance could you come over and help her?" he held his breath waiting for an answer "... I'd love to."
She decided to redecorate, she needed to get rid of that depressing atmosphere in her apartment, brighter colours maybe... she searched the web looking for the perfect colour but was not having much look, so after her call from Finn she was quite relieved to have an excuse to give up for now, she got her bag together and put her shoes and coat on before leaving, she hailed a cab and gave the driver the instructions to the house. It was weird arriving at somewhere she'd never actually been, closing the door to the car she stood with her bag on her shoulder and observed the house before her, it was big, but not too big, the was a garage on the side and the house was a white colour with a wooden decking out front, it was very homely... perfect for her little girl.
"Hello" Ava greeted opening the door, "hey baby" Rachel replied warmly stepping in, she hugged her daughter just as Finn entered the hall, "hey" he said awkwardly,
"hi..." there was an awkward silence until Ava caught their attention "so mom I really need your help deciding on the perfect songs" she was slightly shocked by how much she reminded her of herself, "off course, are you playing the piano or just singing?" Rachel looked towards the innocent little girl, "well I'm doing two so I thought i'd do one of each" she explained, "sounds good... I brought some of my old sheet music, so theres pretty much every song you could possibly think of in this folder" she pulled a large pink folder out of her bag, "ok well I've got to drop into work for an hour, would you be ok with that?" Finn asked hopeful towards his ex, "yes sure thats fine"
she said with a smirk on her face, he actually trusted her to be alone with their daughter in their house overall it was a good sign, "great... umm Ava be good" he smiled towards the girl before leaving the house.
"So this is my room... do you like it?" Ava said she was currently giving Rachel a guided tour around her home, Rachel stared in awe at the pink walls and white floors, she noticed the shiny gold stars scattered around the room, and the pictures... "you have so many pictures" Rachel outlined the frames with the tips of her fingers, her daughter had practically created a wall just for her, "I like to look at them when you're not here, when I miss you" the little girl shyed slightly, "I do the same, i have many pictures of you... and your daddy" she added making the little girl smirk, the girl made herself comfortable on the floor and began to flip through the folder,
her mom and noticed and placed herself next to her, "so what do you think?" Ava piped up after a silent few minutes, "what about a show tune?" Rachel replied, "maybe...
I think I might know what I want to do for my piano... but it's a secret" she teased, Rachel giggled at her cheek and tickled her side making her roll onto the floor,
"I... can't... breath" the girl got out in between bursts of laughter, "Mommy!" the little girl squealed, "ok, ok back to work" she sat up straight, "what songs did you sing when you were my age?" she questioned, "my favourite was probably 'dont rain on my parade' but I had been practising since i could first talk" she admitted, her daughters face dropped slightly in dissapointment, "can you sing it to me?" she asked shyly, "we could sing it together" she stood up and pulled her little girls hand up with her and made her way towards the docking station to place her iPod in, the very familiar song began and Rachel started "Don't tell me not to live..." Ava's mouth was instantly gawped open, she was good... really good "I'll march my band out..." the little girl joined in, loudly belting out the lyrics together they raised their arms in the air.
"Ava that was amazing... I think you should sing this song" her daughters face lit up at her approval, "really you think so?" she said hugging her so hard she nearly fell over "really?" she smiled kissing her fore head, as if by coincidence Finn entered the room, "whats going on?" he smiled witnessing the his two girls wide grins, "mommy sang 'don't rain on my parade' me and she said she thinks I could sing it at the winter show!" Ava screeched all excited, Finn's mind went fuzzy... he remembered how Rachel used to sing it in highschool and how amazing she was, she had definetly changed throughout the years...
FLASHBACK-
Rachel was finally coming home,after two long months in hospital she could finally leave and hopefully get back to normality... or as much normality as they could,
Finn treated her like a fragile glass, he held her with so much caution he secretly wanted to pick her up and hug her tight but he was afraid he'd break her, "so I made sure everything you need is within reach and..." he stopped as he noticed she wasn't listening, she just sat on the couch staring into space. "Rach?" he asked gently knealing infront of her, "... Rachel?" he repeated, but nothing... no answers no intrest, "do you want anything?" he asked, she just shook her head slightly and went back to 'Rachel world' he hoped it wouldn't last too long... he needed his Rach back.
BACK-
"I'm sure you're going to be amazing" he replied quickly realising he'd stalled, "I need to go practise" she gathered up the papers, "are you coming mom?" she irresistbly held her hand out to her mother, "err.." Rachel looked up to Finn for confirmation he nodded slightly, "yeah sure" she replied, "do you want to stay for dinner?"
Finn blurted out scared she'd say no, "umm yes ok if you dont mind, I have no other plans" she smiled warmly before following her daughter up the stairs... score.
After a delightful evening of chatter and song, Rachel left without a bad feeling or though in her mind the only thing she felt was pure joy and happiness, Finn entered his daughters room not long after she left, "hey sweetie it's time for bed" he said getting her pyjamas from the white wooden drawers, the little girl got up of the floor and started to change, she got under the covers and gestured for Finn to sit on the side "...Daddy?" she asked timidly, "do you still like mom?" she said, "you mom's great" he said trying to avoid more questions, "no. I mean do you still 'like' her?" she was very stubborn... very Rachel.
"I don't know princess, she might not like me?" he said with fake incredulous, he always saw himself as a good actor. "She does... i know it" the little girl replied with a smug look on her face, Finn looked suddenly more intrested, "but I can't tell you" she grinned, "I may have to tickle it out" he threated placing his hands on her arms, "NO! ok ok I'll tell you" she screeched, she sat up from under the covers and leant forward, "but I have to whispher" she said in his ear, "she told me about how she has photos of me to look at when shes sad and misses me... and you" she added, she placed her index finger over her lips, "shhhh" she said cheekily and settled back into her bed, Finn didn't know what to say, "good night Ava" he kissed her cheek before turning the light out and leaving the room.
Should he feel good about his daughters revalation... thing is he did the same, the secret picture of Rachel he had in the bed side drawer that he held when he missed her or just felt like looking at her face, let's just take it day by day...
NOTICE-
I am so sorry about not updating in nearly two weeks, I have had some really important exams, so I had alot of stress...
but I'm back! and promise I'll keep updating as much as I can...
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