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It had been a couple of months since Rachel's surprise baby shower and she felt like she was finally getting peace with her life. She still had moments where she missed Finn and she never expected that to change and she was thankful that Puck understood it. Puck was very understanding and was doing his best to make her happy. Her due date was approaching fast and she was getting more nervous.
Rachel woke up in the middle of the night and she was drenched in sweat and was so hungry. Puck had been crashed out on the floor so she tried to tip toe around so he wouldn't hear her. She had to decide if she was going to take a shower first and then eat or eat first and then take a shower. She decided that she was going to take a shower since she was full of sweat.
When Rachel was done taking a shower, she was surprised to see that Puck was awake on the edge of her bed. She had tried to be as quiet as possible to not wake him up because she knew that both of them needed their rest.
"Sorry, Puck. Did I wake you up?" Rachel asked.
"I had been awake since I heard you going to the restroom. Are you okay? Is Drizzle okay?" Puck asked worried but sleepy as the same time.
"I just couldn't sleep because I was sweating and I am hungry but I didn't mean to wake you up." Rachel replied.
"I told you that if you needed anything to wake me up if I am sleeping. Do you want me to make you something to eat?" Puck asked.
"Can you please?" Rachel asked with a pouty face.
"Let's go. So besides waking up in sweat, how do you feel?" Puck asked as they headed downstairs.
"When I got into the shower, I started getting these sharp pains but not too much." Rachel said.
At that moment, Rachel bent down in pain. She suddenly became quiet so Puck turned around in worry.
"Rachel, are you okay?" Puck asked when he reached her.
"I think I need to go to the hospital. Can you take me?" Rachel asked.
"Of course." Puck replied.
Puck grabbed the bag that Rachel had previously packed for her hospital stay and grabbed his keys. Rachel's parents were currently out of town so all he could do was text them telling them that Rachel was going to the hospital. He looked over at Rachel and saw how well she was handling the pain. He remembered when Quinn was going into labor. Puck drove fast to the hospital to get Rachel seen because even though Rachel tried to control her reaction to the pain, he knew the contractions were hurting her. They finally arrived at the hospital and Rachel waited to get seen. When they called her to the back, they asked her to put on the hospital gown and get completely undressed underneath. She had Puck turn away as she changed and when she was done, they asked her a couple of questions but they needed to determine if she was having contractions so they hooked her up to a monitor.
"Okay, I am going to go fill these papers out while this monitor will let me know if you are having contractions and if so, how far apart they are." The nurse informed Rachel and Puck. When she was finished, she left them alone in the room.
"These pains aren't like the ones they described in books." Rachel said. "You know I did research on this and they say taking deep breaths help a lot."
"Of course. How do the contractions feel?" Puck asked her, curious to the answer.
"I don't know how to describe them really since your clearly not a female. But, it feels like a stomach ache coming and going?" Rachel answered, confused a little. She could only describe the contractions as to female cramp like but Puck clearly wouldn't know how that would feel since he wasn't a female.
About twenty minutes later, the nurse came back into the room. She looked over the monitor and asked Rachel a few questions. She was typing but when she was done, she looked at Rachel and Puck.
"Well, it seems that you are having contractions every 3-7 minutes but to make sure, I want to see if your dilated." The nurse said. The nurse then quickly checked to see if Rachel was dilated any. "It seems like you're dilated ½ cm. What I am going to do is give you something in your IV that will either help you dilate any more so you can be admitted or it might even stop the contractions. This will put you to sleep for two hours and then we will check to see if your dilated more. If you are not dilated more, we will send you home." The nurse finished.
"Okay." Rachel replied, that's all that she could say.
The nurse left to go to get the things she needed.
"What do you think will happen?" Puck asked.
"I really don't even know." Rachel said.
The nurse came back and filled her IV with the medicine. Immediately Rachel felt sleepy so she looked over at Puck one last time, thinking of how lucky she was to have a guy who was her best friend and someone she was starting to fall in love with. Next thing she knew, she was asleep. When she was asleep, she had a dream of Finn. She couldn't see him but she could hear him. He just told her something.
"Puck has really grown up into the man I always knew he would have been if Quinn had kept Beth. He is the only person that I could have imagined you being with now because I know he won't pressure you into anything. He is my best friend so I know that he will want to keep my memory alive in the house. I think he is the only man out there that would understand because he was there throughout our entire relationship. I am always watching over you, Rachel and Drizzle and Puck to make sure he takes care of you. I know that he is a very honest person now and I know that he won't do anything to hurt you. I have seen how he has helped you and even surprised you with a baby shower. I know that you're falling in love with him and that's okay because I know that you will never forget me or stop loving me. You will always have Drizzle to remember me. Even if you start your own family, I know Puck will find ways to remember me. Our love is like the wind, Rachel. We cannot see it but we can feel it. I love you Rachel Barbra Berry and I want more than anything for you to be happy even if it's with Puck because I would rather have him that the other two jerks you were with."
When she woke up about two and a half hours later, Puck was crashed out on the chair next to her bed. Sometime while she was asleep, Puck placed his hand on her hand. All she could think about was the words Finn had said to her and she smiled with a tear forming in her eyes. She would forever love Finn and no one would ever take his place in her heart. He was right in so many ways and she felt like she got the Finn approval to move on but never forget.
The nurse came into the room and woke up Puck from his sleep. She informed Rachel and Puck that she was going to check to see if Rachel was dilated any. When she was done, she told them that she was not dilated anymore than how she was before. So Rachel got dressed and they headed home, Rachel was disappointed because she knew she should have stayed at the hospital. When they got home, Puck had made her something to eat and they went to try to get to sleep.
For two days, Rachel could not sleep because she kept getting contractions every ten minutes. She did her best to control it but she couldn't take it anymore. She called her doctor and informed them that the contractions had went down to eight minutes apart but told her to go to the hospital when she was getting them every five minutes. Finally, when they were every 5-8 minutes, she couldn't take it anymore so Puck called the hospital and told them how Rachel was getting more and more pressure during her contractions so they told her to come in. Rachel and Puck tried to get dressed as fast as possible to get to the hospital. Rachel settled on wearing a loose stripped black shirt with her skinny pants and Ugg boots. On the way to the hospital, her contractions seemed to have went down to three minutes apart. Upon arriving at the hospital, the nurses were waiting for her and had the paperwork ready. They quickly escorted her to the room and had her put on her hospital robe. The nurse came in and informed her that they were going to check to see if she was now dilated and Rachel told them the story of how her contractions went down to three minutes apart.
"You are currently at 8 cm. Thank goodness that you came to the hospital when you did or you would have had the baby at your house." The nurse informed Rachel.
Rachel looked over at Puck with a slight chuckle but he also sensed concern in her voice. He saw that she was taking the contractions a lot better than he thought that she would.
It was one in the morning and Rachel was already tired from not having much sleep in two days. The nurse went to the nurses station and was going to come back to check on Rachel in a little while. Puck continued to sit by Rachel's side while she kept taking in deep breathes to control the pain in any way that she could. Puck couldn't stop staring at Rachel in admiration as she seemed calm despite the pain he knew she must be feeling.
Puck quickly got up and quickly decided that he wanted to take pictures of this moment to share with her later in the future. He pulled out the camera and started to record her when Rachel finally lost concentration with her breathing patterns.
"Puck! I have no make up on right now for you to be recording me in this state." Rachel yelled.
"Come on, you look beautiful with no make up on and you know that! Besides, your dad's aren't around here and I am sure they would want to see how their daughter handled herself. I am sure Carole is on her way since I called her. Plus, we will show Drizzle in the future how calm you were when you had him." Puck replied.
All Rachel could do was smile at his response. She was upset that her dad's couldn't be here but she knew they had to go out of town for important business. She was overjoyed that Carole was going to be by her side though, she never realized that all this time she cried for a mother but she had one in Carole. Carole and Rachel clicked from the start when she started to date Finn but during the tough time of losing him, they became inseparable. Carole called to check on her and even popped in with special gifts and treats.
Carole arrive about thirty minutes later.
"How are you feeling sweetie? Do you need me to get you anything? What did the nurse tell you?" Carole asked without taking a breath between each question.
Rachel laughed slightly but replied, "I am feeling okay, this kind of hurts but I am going to take it. I'm fine. The nurse last checked an hour ago and said that I was dilated 8 cm so I am super close. But I am actually starting to feel more pressure so can one of you call the nurse over here, please." Rachel asked calmly but firmly.
Carole went out to call the nurse and when she came back in she talked to Rachel quickly and informed them that they were going to check to see how far Rachel was now.
"Wow, you're currently at 10 centimeters. I'm going to get the doctor quickly so we can have the baby." The nurse replied and she quickly left the room.
"Wow, I came just in time than." Carole replied with a smile.
"Yes, I can't believe it. He's going to be here soon." Rachel replied excited. "Puck, are you okay? You look like you're going to pass out soon." Rachel asked concern when she saw that Puck's face was pale.
"Yeah, Drizzle is just going to be here and it's just an overwhelming feeling." Puck said.
Soon, the nurses piled into the room and the doctor came in shortly after. The nurses quickly got Rachel ready to push.
Rachel got embarrassed because she realized that people were going to be seeing her private area.
"I think I accidentally peed on myself." Rachel said embarrassed.
"Let me see." The nurse replied. "No, I think your water finally just popped."
They set up Rachel and the doctor wanted to double check to see if she was fully dilated. "Your water hasn't broke yet." The doctor informed her.
That's when she saw the nurse hand him over what seemed like a long wooden stick in a plastic bag. He got it and popped her water bag. Rachel thought the contractions and the pressure from the baby's head pushing on her cervix was sort of painful but this added to the pressure she was already feeling.
"Okay, Rachel take a deep breath and push." The nurse informed.
Carole was on one side of Rachel holding up her leg while another nurse was on the other side, another nurse was holding her other leg. Puck was next to Carole recording Rachel as she was giving birth to Drizzle.
Rachel was having trouble pushing and the doctor kept telling her that she was doing it wrong. Apparently Rachel was pushing against herself instead of with herself. Rachel kept screaming, "I can't do this! I can't do this! Please stop! I can't!" She wanted to stop and she was crying because she felt like a failure and she was wishing they would let her have a c section. The nurse finally pulled something out to help her and she was to pull on it to help push. But then Rachel got concerned as the doctor who had been observing the whole process got up from his chair and looked at the machine and at where the baby was.
"Okay, the baby is flipped over so his head isn't up right, it's down so his heartbeat is going down so we are going to need to help you but we are not going to do all the work for you." The doctor said. He grabbed something but Rachel couldn't see it. "So, this is going to help you by grabbing onto his head and assist you with pushing him out especially since his heartbeat is going down."
When Rachel was informed of what was going on with Drizzle, she became extremely concerned. She was already exhausted from pushing and she had not slept in two days but she did not want anything to happen to Drizzle. He was all that she had left from Finn. So she pushed as she could, she pushed with every strength that she had left. That's when she saw him, she knew that she was hallucinating because it was impossible for her to see Finn but she saw him right behind the doctor, cheering her on just like he always had when it came to her dreams. She felt like in that moment in time, she could push an entire building so she took a deep breath and pushed one last time. When she looked back up, Finn was gone but Drizzle was in the arms of the doctor. The doctor quickly handed him over to the nurse and the nurse took him away to check on him. Rachel looked over at Puck with concern since she didn't hear him cry. Was it normal for the baby not to cry? Was he okay? Did she lose the last piece of Finn that she had? Wait, why did she see Finn? Was that sign? Rachel's mind filled with so many questions. But then she heard it, the most beautiful sound she ever heard. She didn't know if she was dreaming so she looked at Puck who had small tears in his eyes and Carole who was crying but with a smile on her face. She knew that she made the right decision in getting close to Carole and allowing her to be in the room and the same with Puck. Those were the two people she knew that with them by her side, she could get through anything and everything. The nurse turned around and she saw him, she saw her beautiful baby boy and even from where she was sitting, she could see Finn inside him. She saw the dimples that she loved so much and the beautiful soft amber eyes.
"Here is your beautiful baby boy. Do you have a name for him?" The nurse asked Rachel as she handed over the baby.
"Yes. Yes. He's name is Finn Drizzle Hudson." Rachel said, with a smile on her face and a tear rolling down her cheek. "Named after his daddy and looks so much like him."
Puck turned off the camera and headed to the other side of Rachel while Carole leaned over to take a good look at her first grandchild.
"Finn is gone but in a way he is not. He gave you this beautiful baby boy to carry on his legacy and his memory. Thank you Rachel for allowing me to be by your side every step of the way. Thank you for letting me be here. Thank you for saying I could go to New York with you." Carole said.
Rachel looked over at Carole and replied, "Of course. You're my mom and I wouldn't have imagined this pregnancy or delivery without you here. I love you Carole. Thank you for blessing the world with your son because he was truly the best man out there. Now, we have his legacy here." Rachel said.
"He was the best man and we are going to teach his little man here all about him." Puck chimed in.
Puck then leaned over and gave Drizzle a kiss on the forehead and Rachel a kiss on the cheek.
"I am going to do my best and I know Carole is going to do her best to always remind him of what kind of man his dad was. I love him so much already and I can't wait to see him grow up into the man his dad would be proud of." Puck continued.
"I love Finn, I love him very much. He was my person and my true love. But before he left, he gave me the love of my life, Drizzle Hudson." Rachel replied.
**I DID THIS CHAPTER IN ONE SITTING SO IGNORE IF THERE ARE MANY MISTAKES IN GRAMMAR OR SPELLING.**
**what do you think is going to happen next since Drizzle is now born?**
What do you think of Puck and Rachel's relationship? What about Carole and Rachel's relationship? What do you think of the chapter?
