Chapter Ten: All For Love
Author's Note: Thanks for all the reviews so far. Honestly, I'm not sure how many chapters this is going to be and I plan on writing it for a bit. However, I do know exactly how this will end and it's just a matter of getting there. As always, I don't own Glee or any of its characters. The chapter title comes from Lifesize by A Fine Frenzy.
"Jenna, hurry up and get dressed so we can go get Mommy from the airport." Finn said on the day Rachel was getting her first official break from the job in London. Her plane would be landing in an hour and traffic reports already said the highway getting to D.C. was already backed up.
"Mommy comes home today!" Jenna said, running out from her room with her shoes half tied. Finn smiled and got down on one knee to help her tie them.
Blaine came out from his bedroom and smiled at the two of them. "You both ready to get Rachel from the airport?"
"More than ready. I have the whole day planned out. I'm going to take her to lunch where I will present her with our official engagement ring and we're going to go see the BAU so she can see everyone, and I made an appointment at a spa so she can get her hair and nails done before we have dinner with my parents and your dads." Finn said, smiling. In many aspects, he considered himself the perfect fiancé for planning out the whole day for her.
"Well, it sounds like you've got it all under control. You made the reservations at the restaurant, right?" Blaine asked, laughing when he saw Finn's eye widened. "Calm down, buddy. I made them last week. They're at six thirty."
"Don't scare me like that again. I'm positive your dads are going to want to kill me already because I didn't ask for their permission before asking Rach to marry me."
"Trust me, Finn, everything is going to be okay. They love you and they already think of you as a son. Besides, you're way better than Brody."
"I think the cracked pavement is better than Brody." Finn said quietly so Jenna didn't hear him. Even though Brody had been dead for a few months, Finn tried to avoid the topic all together. Especially when it came to Jenna.
"I'm ready!" Jenna said.
"Let's go get Rachel." Finn said, grabbing a light jacket from the front closet.
-X-
"It's so good to see you again, Rach." Finn said, kissing her in the middle of the airport.
"It's good to see you again, too, Finn." Rachel smiled and kneeled down to give Jenna a hug and a kiss. "I missed you baby girl."
"I missed you too, Mommy."
"Well, we should head to baggage claim to get my suitcases and head back to the apartment." Rachel said, getting up from her knees. She held out her hand and Jenna took it. "So, what are we doing today, Finn?"
"Well, I thought we'd go get some lunch and maybe go see our friends at the BAU." Finn said, unable to contain his smile when he saw Rachel's. He knew she missed all of her friends at headquarters and he especially knew how lonely she was all the way in London. "And then we're having dinner with the whole family tonight."
"The whole family. What do you mean by that?" Rachel asked, crinkling her nose.
"Well, obviously, you, me, Jenna, Blaine, your dads, and my mom and Burt. And Kurt might be there if they don't get called away on a case."
"I think that sounds really nice, Finn. It'll be good to see our families together. And it would be especially nice if I had a new piece of jewelry to show them." Rachel said, dropping a hint to Finn.
"Well, you're in luck because I have something for you." Finn fished through his coat pockets and pulled out a velvet covered box. He got down on one knee and extended the box to her. "Rachel Berry, would you do me the honors – " he opened the top of the box to reveal a necklace with his name written in cursive on it. "Of wearing this necklace to dinner tonight?"
"You suck Finn Hudson." Rachel said, smiling. "That's not exactly what I was thinking of, but sure. I will wear the necklace to dinner tonight." She took the box out of his hand, took the necklace and put it on. "Now I have a necklace for my fiancé and a necklace for my daughter." She looked up at Finn and kissed him. "So where are we having lunch?"
"Only the best for my girls. We're eating at Aponte's."
Rachel's eyes lit up. "I've been wanting to eat there for months!"
Finn leaned down and kissed her. "I know. Only the best for my girl."
-X-
"So, I'm guessing you're going to want a ring to show to our families tonight." Finn said, his hand brushing over the ring box in his pocket.
"I don't really think it's going to matter if we don't have a ring. It was really sudden. I'm sure my dads…" Rachel trailed off when she was Finn take something out of his pocket and place it on the table. "Finn, what is this?"
"It's your ring. Do you really think I'd let you go see everyone at the BAU and have dinner with our family without giving you a ring?" He opened the top of the box and showed it to Rachel. "Rachel Barbra Berry, will you – "
"Yes." she said, cutting him off. "Yes I will be engaged to you."
"You didn't even let me finish. What if I was going to say something else?"
Rachel gave him a look. "Because you've already asked me to marry you. And that is definitely a ring in that box. I see it with my own two eyes, Finn. Unlike you're cruel gift you pulled at the airport." She looked down at the ring. "Do I have to put it on by myself?"
Finn smiled and took the ring out of the box and took Rachel's left hand. "So we're really going to do this?"
"We're going to do this. Just…not now."
-X-
"Rachel! It's so good to see you again!" Kurt said when they got to the BAU.
"It's good to see you again, too, Kurt." Rachel said, giving her friend a hug. When they broke apart, she made sure to let her ring catch the light.
"Wait, wait, wait, what is this? Did my brother finally pop the question?" Kurt asked, grabbing her hand to inspect the ring. "Princess cut. Very nice, very nice. I like the solitaire diamond. But it's not the biggest it could be with the amount of money he makes."
"Kurt, it doesn't matter what size it is." Finn said, wrapping his arms around Rachel's waist.
"He's right, you know. For all I cared, I could have had a small band and it would have been fine by me." Rachel said, looking around the headquarters. "Um, is Schue here? I have a question I need to ask him."
Kurt turned around and looked at Schue's office door. "The blinds are shut so most likely he's having a meeting with Sylvester. That's been happening a lot since you left. Schue isn't so keen on finding your replacement. He keeps hoping you'll come back. Just like the rest of us are."
Rachel sighed. "I'd love it if I could come back. But, London isn't that bad. I'm making some leeway…never mind, I can't talk about the case. I can go talk to Beiste too. Just make sure Schue sees me before I leave."
"You need me to come with you?" Finn asked.
Rachel smiled and shook her head. "No, that's fine. It's probably something I should do by myself anyway." She took off towards the office of the second-in-command of the team and knocked on the door when she got there.
"It's open." Rachel heard Beiste's rough voice and felt even more at him. "Pumpkin, what are you doing here?" Beiste asked, looking up from her computer with a smile on her face.
"On leave from the state department for a few days. So I thought I'd come see everyone." Rachel sat down on one of the chairs in front of Beiste's desk. "And I have a question for you. That has to stay a secret. You can only discuss it with Schue, okay?"
"What's going on, pumpkin?" Beiste asked, panic slightly evident in her voice. "Is everything okay?"
Rachel nodded. "Absolutely. I just have a question for you. Did you ever find a replacement for Kitty when she was dismissed?"
"No, we're still trying to find her replacement. It's been somewhat rough on the team for the last few months. You know that. Why do you ask?"
"I was thinking about taking the rest of the profiler classes that I need in order to be an actual profiler. And I was hoping I'd be able to come back to the team after I finished the classes."
"Rachel, that's great. I'll let Schue know and we'll try and hold the spot for you. How many more classes do you have?"
"Three or four more. I'm hoping to have it done in June, which is when my first assignment with that State department is done. Think you can hold Sylvester off until then?"
"We'll try. I know the team would love to have you back. And you'll be a much better member of the team than Kitty ever was."
"Well, thanks, Beiste. I hope it works out for me and for the team. I'd really love to come back."
"Trust me, Rachel, we'd all love to have you back. It's not the same without you here."
Rachel stood up and smiled. "That's good to hear. Well, I should go say hi to more people. Hope I'll get to see you as one of my superiors in a few months."
"Good to see you again, pumpkin. And Hudson did a good job picking out the ring."
"Oh, I think so too." Rachel said, smiling before she left the office.
-X-
"Finn, it's good to see you again." Hiram said when him and Leroy got to the restaurant where they were all having dinner. "And Burt and Carole, it's good to see you both again as well. Where's Kurt?"
"The team got called away on a case just a little bit ago." Finn said. "They're heading to Ohio for a case now."
"Well, that's shame. It would have been nice to have a full family meal." Leroy said. He looked at Finn and Rachel. "So, when are the two of you going to make it official and get married?"
Rachel and Finn shared a look between the two of them. "Well, Daddy, Papa, actually…" Rachel started. She held out her left hand. "Finn and I are engaged."
Carole let out a gleeful shriek and pulled Rachel into a hug. "That is wonderful news, Rachel. I can't wait to have you in the family." She let go of Rachel and looked at Finn. "When's the wedding going to be?"
"Actually, not for awhile." Finn said, taking Rachel's hand in his. "We're going to hold off on the wedding for awhile."
"But, there's going to be one, right?" Burt asked.
"Of course there will. Just not right now." Rachel said. "I'm…I just don't want to get married right now. And thankfully," Rachel said, squeezing Finn's hand, "Finn completely understands."
-X-
"I can't believe you have to leave for London already." Finn said, taking Rachel's hand in his as they drove to the airport. "That was the quickest three days of my life."
"I know. I wish I didn't have to go now." Rachel bit her lip and looked out the window.
"You okay, Rach?" Finn asked. "You seem a little distracted."
"I just don't want to go back." She took a deep breath and looked at Finn. "Is there a way you can pull over for a minute?"
"Is everything okay?"
"I have to tell you something. So can you just pull over for me?"
Finn merged into the exit lane and got off at the exit. "What's going on, Rach?"
"I need you to do something for me while I'm gone."
"Anything."
Rachel nodded slowly. "I need you to find a condo or a townhouse for us. Because the apartment with Blaine is going to start getting crowded soon."
"Crowded? What do you mean? It's the perfect size for four people."
Rachel's hands dropped to her stomach. "But if we don't get our own place, there's going to be five people who live there."
"Five? Wait, Rach, are you—"
"Yeah. Surprise."
"When did it happen?"
"When you came to London."
"Rach, this is great news. We're having a baby!"
Rachel smiled. "Do you think this is really go to be a good thing?"
Finn took Rachel's face in his hands. "It's going to be a perfect thing. Half me, half you. And I know you're scared because of everything that happened with Jenna, but I really think everything is going to be okay."
Rachel's smile grew. "Okay. Okay! We're going to have a baby!"
-X-
"There you are, Berry. Did you have a good visit back home?" Cassie asked when Rachel got back to the headquarters they were using.
"Cassie, as much as I know you want me to come back when my time here is up, I can't."
"And why is that?"
Rachel smiled. "I'm having another baby."
