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Chapter Eleven: The Tony Awards

Finn stood frozen on the sidewalk with Declan grasping his hand as Rachel climbed in the back of the black limo waiting outside of his apartment. The driver stood holding the door open with an amused look on his face as Finn let Declan go and jump in before moving himself slowly.

"A limo…? You're screwing with me." Finn mumbled quietly as he got in the back of the limo beside Declan. "A limo."

"Yes Finn, a limo, are you done?" Rachel laughed from Declan's other side as Finn adjusted his bow tie and looked in all of the little cupboards and the little fridge.

"I think so, are you nervous?" Finn questioned looking at her with a small smile as he leant back in his seat.

"A little bit, I've been to these awards plenty of times but I've never been nominated."

"You'll win." Finn said with a nod before looking out of the window at the city lights flash by as the kept on driving.

"And how do you know that?" Rachel asked looking at Declan who sat silent between her and Finn.

"I just do, I knew when we were in high school and I know it now." Finn answered nonchalantly, as if it were as simple as breathing. The three of them stayed quiet as the limo rolled to a stop on the front of the red carpet laid out in front of the building. The driver opened the door and Finn moved so Rachel could step out before him, he followed after to help Declan out and took his son's hand as cameras flashed and he stepped into walking beside Rachel. In his opinion he had never seen her look as beautiful as tonight; she had on a simple one shoulder black dress with a white line spiraling down from the shoulder and a white flower at the waist. Kurt had done a great job on designing the dress along side Finn's tux; it was a classic black jacket and pants, same with the tie but the shirt was white with a paisley pattern printed on it, Declan's was the exact same.

When they were directed to their seats Finn went in first then Declan and then followed by Rachel on the end. Finn was sat next to a person who surprisingly he had become friends with; Jesse St. James. The seats were still filling but the cameras were showing shots on the TV of the red carpet and inside, no one really paid attention to them though they were all in conversation with friends or strangers introducing themselves. Finn introduced Declan to Jesse and went into proud father mode talking about him. Not long after the lights dimmed and the show was underway meanwhile back at Finn and Rachel's apartment their friends sat around in the living room…

The group at home consisted of Kurt, Jake, Mercedes, Puck, Quinn, Will, Emma, Tina, Artie, Matt, Santana, Mike and Brittany. They all sat patiently watching the awards on the screen all talking about the nominees and taking bets on who would win, Will had told them it was immoral but they kept going with them.

"Okay! Shush! Rachel's category is on." Kurt exclaimed making everyone stop talking and cross their fingers.

"Yes!" they all yelled in unison when her name was announced as the winner, the room was full of cheers and whistles it took them a minute to calm down but they managed as she began her acceptance speech.

"I can safely say I wasn't prepared for this at all… but thank you." Rachel started her voice slightly shaky from nerves, which was rare for her but apparently a Tony win can do this to her. "I want to thank the writers and music producers… and finally my friends and family for the support, especially from my old teacher Mr. Schuester and from my fiancée Finn…"

"What?" they all exclaimed once again in unison as Kurt fumbled around with the remote and turned the volume up.

"Thank god for TiVo, she did say fiancée right? Of am I just hearing things?" Kurt asked as he rewound the TV slightly to replay the word fiancée three more times before letting it carry on. The room was silent as they all looked around.

"She said fiancée." Mercedes clarified after a moment and as expected the girls and Kurt let out an excited little squeal.

"Well I didn't see that coming." Puck said from beside Quinn, the two of them had been married for five years now and Quinn was two months pregnant, they hadn't expected Finn to get engaged before thirty, they hadn't told him this though.

"When did it happen?" Mercedes asked from beside Kurt who shrugged.

"I don't even know… wait, wait, wait… last night on their date! I bet you anything it was last night!" Kurt answered excitedly grabbing Jake's arm and shaking him slightly.

"No more bets guys, it's like a casino in here." Will said from the arm chair shaking his head at his kids, they were still his kids no matter how old they were now.

"Okay so no bets, but still, wedding planning, and maybe a new house… oh dear lord I'm excited now!" Kurt replied standing up and gathering together all of the girls to plan an engagement party.

Back at the award ceremony the closing number had been performed and everyone was gathering in the lobby to go to the after party, Declan stood quietly beside Finn who stood with his arm wrapped around Rachel's shoulders and his hand on his son's shoulder.

"Are you coming to the after party?" Jesse asked them as they stood to the side chatting about the engagement and plans for everything and anything.

"No we have to get going, Declan needs his sleep, and well so do I." Finn laughed in reply.

"Okay I can see that, plus Rachel said you guys had company so yeah I'll let you guys go."

"Alright, see you later St. James." Finn said shaking Jesse's hand as he lifted Declan up onto his hip to take Rachel's hand after she said goodbye. They walked out into a flurry of press and interviewers, Rachel stood and talked for five minutes before getting into the limo with Finn and Declan.

"Okay so Jesse brought up the company again, our friends were watching Finn so they know we're engaged." Rachel said as she settled into her seat beside Finn.

"Good point, what are we going to say about you know… the baby." He whispered the last part as the driver navigated through the city.

"I'm not really sure I want to tell them just yet."

"Okay so no news on that just yet, so then we should be good right? Just let them get the engagement out of their system."

"Right, we can tell them about the other news after the first ultrasound." Rachel replied leaning into Finn's side when he wrapped his arm around her shoulders and took the award to look over, the metal gleaming in the city lights.

"Sounds good to me." He smiled handing the award back to her as the limo stopped outside the apartment block. The driver helped Rachel out as Finn followed behind with a sleeping Declan in his hands, it was putting pressure on Finn's lower back but he ignored it as they walked through the lobby to applause from the workers as they got into the elevator. "Brace yourself." He laughed as they left the elevator and Rachel inserted the key into the door and pushed it open to see the thirteen people stood not too far from where they stood in the door way with their arms crossed.

"When?"

"Where?"

"How?"

Questions shot at them from all directions as they laughed and walked around the wall of people. Finn walked with Declan to his room to put him to bed while Rachel went and put the award on the space Finn had cleared on the shelf.

"Rachel you're not answering our questions!" Kurt complained running to jump over the back of the sofa to watch Rachel as the others turned to watch Finn go sit beside her on the loveseat.

"Because I can't understand a thing any of you are saying." She laughed as they all came and sat in the living room with them.

"Okay first off, just to prove my point, when?"

"Last night at the restaurant."

"Ha! Okay, now how did he do it?"

"I did it the traditional way, you know the guy on one knee thing, Kurt I'm not stupid I know how it's done." Finn answered rolling his eyes.

"Okay Romeo chillax, I never said you were stupid, but I'm calling Mom and Dad, this is epic!" Kurt said jumping up and running to the phone before Finn ran after him.

"Okay no, my news I'm telling them now gimme the phone Kurt." He called as they disappeared down the hallway leaving the others laughing. Once the finer details were out of the way everyone sat and talked about the award ceremony and the date last night, leaving out the part about the baby they were expecting. Finn and Kurt had come to a settlement that they both told Carole and Burt and then Finn and Rachel called Rachel's fathers. At midnight the phone rang and Finn got up to answer it, not understanding who would call this late.

"Hello?"

"Hi is Rachel Berry there?" a voice asked from the other end.

"Yes she is, may I ask who's calling please?"

"It's Richard, I need to talk to her."

"Then I'm sorry she's not here right now, can I take a message?" Finn asked his patience already running thin from the man on the other end.

"Mr. Hudson, with all due respect you're being rather immature about this, I'd just like a quick word with her."

"Can you call back some other time please, tonight's a big night for her, I'd rather it not be ruined if you don't mind. I don't mean to sound like an ass but just call back tomorrow or something?"

"I suppose. Goodbye Mr. Hudson."

"Bye Richard." Finn said slamming the phone down and walking back to the living room.

"Who was that?" Rachel asked as he sat back down beside her.

"I'll tell you later." He replied before going back into conversation with the rest of them. Finn was pissed at Richard but at least he had answered the phone instead of Rachel. Though he wanted to know what the ass wanted with Rachel. He would find out when he called next time, all he knew was that jerk wasn't ruining Rachel's night.

So the gang knows about the engagement but not the baby... so opinion, boy or girl?

Tell me what you thought and who wants to know why Richard called?

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