Baby Scan & ND rehearsal (Chapter 10)
Note to start off with: I have been meaning to write the baby scan chapter for a long time. But then after writing other chapters I came up with other stuff that needed to be addressed a lot sooner, so the scan took a back seat. Then I decided to have it alongside another part as I didn't feel that the bits about the scan would be long enough for people to read. Also, I will be writing some more chapters after this one as I did squeeze quite a bit into it and some of the stuff that occurs in this chapter needs some more explanation. I'm not sure how many chapters this is going to have, but it will be as many as I need it to. I'm also really enjoying writing this and I've been enjoying watching how other people react to this story as well. So let's start reading this chapter shall we.
In the choir room there was a lot of murmuring and chatter from the New Directions.
"Right settle down everybody" said Will as he wandered into the choir room.
"Today we'll be preparing for Sectionals" said Will as he wrote Sectionals in capital letters on the whiteboard.
A large round of applause and excitement filled the choir room.
Artie counted the members of New Directions and then said "but we don't have 13 members in New Directions, you said that we need that many according to the rules… so we can't even qualify for Sectionals at the moment" exclaimed Artie.
"Right you are Artie but we're well on our way to achieving that figure" Will turned to face the door "allow me to introduce Rachel Berry".
There was more applause as Rachel came in and tried to find an empty seat, of which there were many to choose from.
"Finn Hudson" said Will
More applause took place as Finn came in. He looked at all the empty seats available in the room before he sat down next to Rachel.
"You didn't tell me that you would be here" whispered Rachel.
"Well I didn't know you'd be here either" said Finn.
"Oh right, so you just auditioned on a whim" asked Rachel.
"Kind-of" answered Finn.
"Quinn Fabray" said Will.
All of New Directions turned to the empty doorway; they started to clap and stopped when she wasn't coming.
"Okay, where's Quinn?" asked Will.
Soon after he spoke, Quinn walked through the doors of the choir room.
"I'm sorry that I'm late Mr Schue, Ms Sylvester had to talk to me in the hallway" said Quinn.
As Quinn walked over to find an empty seat, Finn waved at her. Rachel was looking at her with a livid expression on her face.
"So of course we'll need more members but for now I want you to sing a duet with someone" said Will.
"Where's the challenge in that?" asked Kurt
"Glad you asked Kurt, I will be writing names down on pieces of paper and you will pick them out of a hat" answered Will.
"Genius" said Tina.
"So it'll be totally unbiased" said Mercedes.
"Exactly" exclaimed Will.
They continued their first Glee rehearsal until the bell rang. As it ended, Rachel, Finn, Mercedes, Kurt, Tina and Artie all went out of the choir room.
"Hey Quinn, I was wondering if you want to come to my house later?" asked Finn.
"No, but thank you for the offer Finn, I've actually got urm… somewhere else to be" answered Quinn.
"Okay" said Finn.
"That's really strange, why is Quinn blowing you off?" asked Rachel.
"I don't think she is, maybe she needs to see Ms Sylvester or something" said Finn.
"Yes I guess so" answered Rachel in an unsure tone.
Maybe it was because Rachel didn't like Quinn or maybe it was a gut feeling she had but there was definitely something going on with Quinn. First she didn't want to leave Finn's side and now she was off gallivanting around the school by herself. Not to mention she was late for Glee practice, saying Ms Sylvester kept her. The lucky thing about this was Quinn was referring to Rachel's favourite teacher, so she could just ask her.
At that moment, Rachel's mobile went off:
My little gold star, we've booked you a doctor's appointment for 10:00am today to have a baby scan in order to check that everything is okay with your pregnancy. You will need to gather some of your things and meet us outside your school. Make sure that your teachers know or get Finn to tell them. See you in a bit from Hiram & Leroy.
Rachel turned off her mobile.
"What was that about?" asked Finn.
"My appointment" answered Rachel.
"Well, do you need me to help at all?" asked Finn.
"Nope, I'll be fine Finn" answered Rachel.
Rachel gathered all her stuff she needed from her locker.
"Just one favour Finn, tell the teachers where I'm going okay" said Rachel.
She put all her stuff into her pink bag and walked towards the exit. Rachel went through the doors and got into her dad's vehicle where her dads were waiting for her. As the car left McKinley, Finn stood watching them. He can't believe that they were going to the doctor's appointment without him. What if he was the father of the child, he didn't want to miss out and he would never know now, all because he didn't get to repair their relationship on time.
The bell rang and he walked towards his Spanish lesson. What was the point in having a Spanish lesson if Rachel wasn't there? When Will called out the register, he called Rachel's name and Finn told him she had gone to the doctors for a scan. This caused a lot of chanting from the idiots in his class but Will told them to settle down.
Finn tried his best to work through his Spanish lesson. But whenever he got asked a question in Spanish he would try and answer it only to be distracted by hearing some rude remarks about Rachel.
Will saw it was getting to Finn and tried his hardest to stop them but they just carried on. Finn heard one more remark about Rachel being whispered behind him and he snapped.
"Will all of you just lot shut up, Rachel is awesome and she doesn't deserve this treatment" said Finn.
They continued to jeer at Finn and yet again Will failed to calm everyone down.
"Fine then, I'm going to give you idiots whatever the hell you want, I'm leaving" said Finn.
Finn had had enough; he slammed the door behind him. The jeering becoming more and more distant until he had run away from it completely. Finn didn't look back until he ran out of the doors of McKinley. He had to make it to Rachel's doctor's appointment but how. As Finn fumbled with his pockets, he found his car keys.
An idea then popped into his head, he would drive all the way there. He had a right to know whose child this was. Finn just hoped one of two things, one that he wouldn't be too late to find out and the other that after all this the baby wouldn't turn out to be Jesse's. Rachel deserved so much better than that jerk.
Quinn made sure that no-one was looking at her as she went down to the bleachers. The last thing she wanted was to be caught. She found the football team having just finished their practice.
"Jesse, can we talk?" asked Quinn.
"Yep, you heard her fellas, nothing to see here… off you go!" said Jesse.
All of his football friends walked off leaving the two alone with one another.
"So… how was Glee practice?" asked Jesse
"It was good" said Quinn
"How are Loser Hudson and Ex-Cheerio Berry?" asked Jesse
"Still on bad terms, just as we planned" answered Quinn
"That's great, we don't want them becoming lovey dovey do we!" said Jesse
"No we don't" answered Quinn
"So, what is your Glee assignment?" asked Jesse
"Duets, only we don't get to choose our partner… Will writes our name on paper and puts them in all into a hat, and then whoever we pick is our partner" said Quinn.
"Well we can't let them two get a duet together… you are going to have to rig it somehow" said Jesse.
"How do I rig it?" asked Quinn.
Jesse whispered how to rig the vote into her ear. Then he decided to ask Quinn another question.
"Oh and I nearly forgot, how did the janitor's closet go?" asked Jesse.
"It was kind-of good" said Quinn.
"You don't sound too enthusiastic" exclaimed Jesse.
"Well it's just that I'd rather be with you" said Quinn.
"Aww, that's ever so sweet of you Quinn" said Jesse.
"Jesse, can I ask you something?" asked Quinn
"Yep, fire away" said Jesse.
Quinn looked him straight in the eyes as she asked "Remember when this is all over, you said that we'd be together… you did mean that didn't you?"
Jesse grabbed onto her hand to give her some assurance.
"Of course I meant it Quinn" he said.
"Can you prove that?" Quinn asked.
Jesse turned around to ensure that no-one was looking at them then he kissed her.
Finn arrived at the hospital and parked his car in an available parking space. He ran up to the reception area.
"Excuse me, can you tell me what room Rachel Berry is in?" asked Finn.
"No I can't, it'd go against confidentiality" said the receptionist.
Finn tried to explain the situation but she was having none of it. When she wasn't looking, Finn jogged down the hallways hoping to hear Rachel's voice. He kept listening but he had no success. That was, no success until he reached room 20. He stopped in his tracks as soon as he heard Rachel, Hiram and Leroy from the other side of the door. He knocked on the door of the room.
"Yes, can I help you?" the nurse asked him.
"I was wondering if you could let me in" answered Finn.
"I'm sorry but this is a private scan" said the nurse.
Finn decided that this would be a good point to say his name… maybe then she'd let him inside.
"My name is Finn Hudson"
"Have you got any proof of that?" the nurse asked him.
Finn looked at her badge which had the name Dr. Rain on it.
Finn fumbled with his pockets until he found something that would work as identification. He started looking for his driver's license as he knew it would work as an ID.
"Look, Dr. Rain, I can't find my driver's license. But can you please let me in, I'm Finn Hudson, Rachel's best friend and I've done so much to get here.
"Well I can't let you in without ID, bye now" said the nurse.
She was about to shut the door when Hiram stopped her.
"Finn, there you are. But I thought that Rachel said you weren't coming" said Hiram.
"She didn't ask me to, I just don't want to miss this, it's too important to me" said Finn.
Hiram smiled and decided to let him in. As Finn walked over to Rachel, Dr. Rain apologised to him. Leroy let go of Rachel's hand and let Finn take them instead. Then Dr. Rain squirted the gooey type substance on Rachel's stomach.
"I'm glad you came Finn but I'm sorry for making you come all this way. I should've taken you with me" whispered Rachel.
"Well, someone had to tell Will where you were. Besides I'm here now Rach, I said I'd be here to support you and I am so don't worry about it" replied Finn.
Finn clutched onto her hand tightly.
After a few minutes, Dr. Rain pointed to the sonogram. As she pointed to it, she began to explain it…
"Now, can you see this little dot here?" asked
"Yes" said Rachel
"That's your baby and it's perfectly healthy, congratulations" said Dr. Rain.
"Oh wow, the baby is so beautiful Rach" said Finn
"Yes it is" said Rachel
Tears started forming in her eyes. Hiram, Leroy and decided to leave the room for a minute.
"Rach, I love this baby so much already" exclaimed Finn.
Rachel turned and smiled at him, "well I'm glad to hear that Finn… because now he will have his biological father to take care of him".
"You mean?" Finn began to ask.
"Yes I did have to wait a while for the tests, they came just before you arrived but the father is definitely you Finn" said Rachel.
"I'm so relieved to hear that" said Finn.
"And Finn… I want to keep the baby" said Rachel.
"Are you sure Rach?" asked Finn.
"I wasn't totally sure at first and I've changed my decision so many times. But when I saw the sonogram just now, it made it more real. I can't abandon this child, I love it too much already" said Rachel.
"Glad to hear that, but Rach… let's never fight again" said Finn
"I agree, I really missed you so much Finn" said Rachel
"Me too" said Finn.
Finn leaned over to give Rachel a hug, being careful not to squish her. Little did they know that Hiram and Leroy were watching them from the doorway.
"It's about time don't you think" remarked Hiram.
"Yes", Leroy replied as tears formed in his eyes.
"Lee, what on earth is wrong with your eyes?" asked Hiram.
"It's just my medication, it's making my eyes look as if I've been crying that's all" joked Leroy.
After a moment's pause, they were both falling about with laughter. They watched from the doorway as Dr. Rain walked back into the room in order to print off the sonogram. She then handed it to Finn and shooed everyone out of the room so that Rachel could get changed back into her normal clothes. When Rachel had finished, she handed the clothes back to Dr. Rain and walked out of the room to meet Hiram, Leroy and Finn again.
"Finn, I was wondering if you wanted a lift?" asked Hiram.
"No thank you, I wouldn't want to put you out… I got here in my car so I better drive it back" answered Finn.
"If you want me to, I could drive your car back" said Leroy.
"No thanks, I'll be fine" added Finn.
"Well see you soon Finn" said Hiram and Leroy in unison.
Finn said goodbye to them as he turned to leave the hospital. He was halfway down the corridor when Rachel stopped him.
"Finn, can I get a lift from you?" asked Rachel
"Sure but how come you don't want to go with your dads?" asked Finn
"Well I was discussing it with them and they said that it might be better if we spend more time together. They are going to visit some relatives and seeing as Quinn turned down your offer we could go to your house like we used to in the old days" said Rachel.
Finn smirked at her "well that sounds like a great idea, okay Rach of course you can come, I kind-of hate lonely car journey's anyway". Then he slowly reached out his hand towards Rachel, she took it and they walked out of the hospital doors. He opened the door for Rachel so she could get in the passenger's seat. Finn started the car engine and fiddled with the radio.
As Finn drove to his house, they decided to sing all the songs that came on the radio together and Rachel had her hand firmly placed on his lap. Throughout the entirety of their journey, Rachel didn't remove her hand once from that position and Finn wasn't really complaining. For the first time in such a long time, everything seemed great between them and they couldn't be happier.