FIVE YEARS LATER

Rachel's POV:

It's a beautiful day today, the sun is shining and I can hear the birds sing.
And when I look outside my window I can see my husband and my son playing outside on the swing set.

That's right, Finn and I have a two-year-old son now. Christopher.
Well, we call him Chris but his official name is Christopher, after Finn's father. He's an amazing kid.

He's absolutely wonderful and adorable and...perfect. But above all, he is healthy and happy and that is what matters most.

I am feeling much much better too. I actually joined Blaine's StarKid team permanently which has been a really fun experience so far. I've performed a lot the past four and a half years and it has been absolutely wonderful. I learned that in order to make other people happy, I have to make myself happy too. So this time, I didn't stop performing when Chris was born.
Which doesn't mean I love him any less. Absolutely not. I just owe it to him and to Finn to be the best version of myself.

It feels like we made it, despite all of the tears, all the anger and pain, we made it.
We're able to live in the present without any guilt because there's someone we have to take care of again now.

Chris doesn't know about Emma yet. We think he's too young to really understand the situation so we haven't told him about her. Which doesn't mean we have forgotten her.

We still think about Emma every day and we still miss her. But we've moved on, as far as that's possible. When the time is right, we will tell Chris all about his beautiful sister and how much we loved her.

And I'm sure he will be proud of her. Just like we are.

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Finn's POV:

Rachel and I have a son now. Christopher, after my dad. It was Rachel's idea and I thought it was perfect.

When Rachel told me she was pregnant, a little over two years ago now, I felt...shocked.

Of course I was happy, really happy. But I was also worried, afraid. Afraid that I would forget Emma, afraid of having to be a father again when I sometimes still felt like I did such a bad job the first time. But once again, Rachel was there for me with her kind words and her love and she made me believe in myself.
One day I went with her to the doctor and he let me heart the heartbeat of our baby and I started tearing up.
When I heard that heartbeat, I fell in love. I fell in love with my wife again and I fell in love with our baby.
And when I, after nine months, finally could hold him in my arms I realized I was going to love this baby as much as I had loved, and still love, Emma.

Chris is an amazing kid and he brings so much joy into my life, it is truly amazing. He is definitely one of the best things that has ever happened to me.
What I feared didn't happen, I haven't forgotten Emma at all.
If anything, Chris is a reminder of her, even though he is nothing like her. He is equally special, just in another way. If you're a parent, I think you can understand what I mean.

Remember when I told you how we didn't really have a place to remember Emma? Well, three years ago we donated some money to the city to make a little playground in the park.
They named the playground after Emma and now the kids from the neighborhood finally have a place to play.

Emma would be proud if she knew that she inspired us to do that for other kids.

We've been to the playground with Chris a few times too and he really likes it there.

In a way, it is a very peaceful place, even if there are dozens of little kids running around.

When we are there, it feels like Emma is with us too.

And who knows...maybe she is.

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A/N: Sorry it took so long for me to upload this and sorry it's so short! The ending feels quite right for me, what do you think? Also, thank you so much to everyone who has read this story, favorited this story, reviewed this story, etc... it means a lot to me that you guys stuck with me through my first story. So, thank you! And I hope I didn't disappoint. X