Chapter 11
It's been four days since Rachel talked to Quinn in the girl's restroom. Even though Rachel tried to reassure Quinn that she was fine, Rachel hasn't felt any better. If anything she feels worse. Rachel thought about what Quinn said about going to a doctor and decided to make an appointment.
Rachel waited in the waiting room of the hospital, nervously playing with the hem of her skirt as she waited in the waiting room for her name to be called.
"Miss Rachel Berry." the nurse called. Rachel was so nervous, that she nearly jumped out of her chair when she heard her name called.
She got up out from her seat and went into the room the nurse pointed her to. When Rachel got to the room the doctor was waiting for her in, she saw a familiar face.
"Well if it isn't Little Miss Streisand herself, Rachel Berry. How's it going kiddo?" Dr. West greets cheerfully.
Seeing the familiar face made her relaxed a little. "Hi Uncle Petey…I mean Dr. West." Rachel replied
"Oh enough of the formalities, it's Uncle Petey to you young lady. Come on now, you've known me since you were a little girl. You know the deal." Dr. West said with a smile that Rachel couldn't but return a shy smile of her own.
Peter West was one of the most well known doctors in Lima General Hospital. He met Rachel's father, Leroy Berry, in med school, where he went with both Leroy and Marcus Lopez, Santana's dad. They had been friends ever since. He was also Rachel's godfather.
"Now what brings you here little star." He's been calling her that since she sung her first solo and said she wanted to be a Broadway star like her idol Barbra Streisand. She was only two and a half at the time.
"Umm…I haven't exactly been feeling very well lately. I thought I just might have a little bug and that I would be fine in a few days, but a friend recommended that I come here just to be sure." Rachel explained.
"Okay. So what have you been feeling?" Dr. West asked.
"Um well I haven't been able to keep down any of my food. I've had to run to the restroom every 15 minutes. Oh and just about every thing makes me nauseous." Rachel told him.
"Uh huh and how long has all of this been going on?" Dr. West asked
"Umm about…it's been happening for a while, but it just got worse a few weeks ago, so I would say a month and a couple weeks maybe." Rachel replied.
"Okay, have you felt any better lately or are you the same?"
"I've…ahm…um…actually been feeling worse. Plus I've had to use the bathroom way more than usual." Rachel said
"Yes, Rachel you told me that…" Dr. West stated
"No, I mean I've had to…um…urinate more than usual." Rachel blushes embarrassed.
"Oh, okay I get it. Any thing else?"
"Um well, also I've also been moody, according to my boyfriend, but I just told him that I was nervous about this coming sectionals." Rachel explained
"Okay…wait isn't that like two months away?"
"A month in a half, but you can never be over prepared." Rachel said proudly
"Okay. Um Rachel, when was the last time you had your period?" Dr. West asked
Surprising to Rachel, she actually had to think about that question. When was her last period? She could've swore it had just happened last week, but she wasn't so sure. "I…I don't remember." Rachel said quietly, so quiet that if Dr. West wasn't sitting right next to her, he probably wouldn't have heard her.
"Rachel, are you sexually active?"
Rachel was stunned by this question. She hadn't told anybody about that night. She hasn't even told Brittany, the one person who she could trust more than anything and was like a sister to her. She and Quinn had barely even talked about it. She didn't know how to answer that question, but she knew she couldn't lie to her Uncle Petey. "I-it was only one time." she whispered.
Pete nodded his head. He was about to ask her another question, but he saw that she was about to say more, so he let her continue.
"It was at Noah Puckerman's house party. He has one every year, calls it the beginning of the year party, and I went with Finn." A pause "Well I was going to go with Finn, but we got into a fight, so I went with Brittany." A pause. "We had just got into a big fight because he was jealous over me talking to Quinn Fabray. He doesn't like her very much." Rachel took a breathe before continuing. "He said that she only talked to me so she could sleep with me or as he called it 'get in my pants'. I told him it wasn't true because we talked a lot freshmen year and a little bit doing the summer, but then he said that that was only because I wasn't with him at the time. Saying that she wouldn't want me unless I was with him,…" Rachel rambles on before Dr. West cut her off.
"Uh Rachel I really need you to skip to the part with you having sex." Dr. West says. He was trying not to think of hurting the boy Rachel calls her boyfriend. He never did like that kid.
"Oh right, sorry. Well I got really drunk at the party, and I guess I dance with Quinn, if you could even call it dancing. Then she took me upstairs because I wasn't feeling well, and I throw myself at her. Well not necessary, but…I didn't mean for it to happen. To lose my virginity drunk and at a party with someone I didn't love. I feel so ashamed." Rachel finished, head bowed ashamed.
"Okay. Now Rachel I need to know do you remember if you used protection?" Dr. West. He had listened to Rachel explain everything. When he heard that she had sex with a girl, he thought it was nothing, but then when found out that that girl was Quinn Fabray he became a little ify again. Everyone in Lima knew about Quinn Fabray and her not so little friend.
"I…I don't know. I mean we were both really drunk. Why do you ask?" Rachel said
Pete looked her in the eye before looking back at his notepad, not answering her question.
"Uncle Petey, what is it?" Rachel questioned
Dr. West sighs "Rachel, you're nauseous, you can't keep your food down. You exemplify mood swings." Dr. West listed off everything looking at Rachel. He saw that she wasn't getting it. "Okay, you may have had unprotected sex, and you can't remember when your last period was."
"Yes, but what does that have…" Rachel trailed off , knowing exactly Pete was implying. "No…no you don't think…You think that…" Rachel couldn't finish her sentence. Dr. West just looked at her with a sad look on his face. Rachel starts pacing. "No…no it…it can't be…This…this can't be happening…I'm…no it can't…I'm to young for this…this…no no…"
"Rachel…Rachel you need to calm down." Dr. West tries to calm her down, but Rachel wasn't listening.
"…I-I'm still in school and-and I have a future and Broadway…Oh God Broadway…I can't be on Broadway with a child!" Rachel panicked
"Rachel, you need to calm down. The panicking isn't good for the baby." Dr. West said, but this only made Rachel panic even more, and she began to hyperventilate. "Okay breathe. Come on breathe…in out in out…okay…" Rachel did what Dr. West instructed. "Okay…are you alright now?" Dr. West asked. Rachel's response was a slight nod. "Okay now if there is a baby…" Rachel's eyes widen in panic at hearing the b word. "Now before you start panicking again, if there is a baby, you need to calm down. Now it could just be stress. You did just start you sophomore year and you have glee club to worry about along with six other clubs. So just to be sure, we're going to run some test, okay?" Rachel nodded her head. Dr. West lead Rachel to the Exam Room.
45 minutes and 5 or 6 test later, Pete was about to give Rachel her test results.
"Now Rachel before I give you the results, do you know what you're going to do about the baby?" Dr. West asked
Rachel thought for a moment. She didn't know what she was going to do. She was still to terrified that she could be pregnant. "I…I don't know." She said sadly
"Okay…ahh…are you going to tell Quinn?"
"Uncle Pete I don't mean to be disrespectful, but I really don't want to talk or even think about any of that right now. I would just like to know the results. Please." Rachel said
Peter gave her a slight nod of his head before looking at his charts for the results. Seeing the results made his stomach drop. All the results were positive. He couldn't believe it. He just couldn't believe that Rachel Berry, a girl he watch grow from a little girl to a beautiful and talented young woman, was pregnant.
"Rachel" was all he said.
Rachel looked up from her fidgeting fingers to Dr. West. The look on his face told her what she needed to know.
Rachel didn't know how to react to this news. She just didn't know what to do.
She did want to have children, but when she was older and had a career to help provided for them. Not now. Now was not the time to have a child. She was only 16...well 15 and a half. She was still in school. She didn't have a job. She lived with her parents. How was she able to provide for a child, she could barely provide for herself. She didn't know what to do. All of this was to much for her. She had to get out of there and get some air before she started hyperventilating again.
She stood up from her seat and turned to Pete, "Thank you, Uncle Pete." she said before walking to the door. Before left she turned back to Pete. "Can…can you not tell my dads about this? I…I don't want them to know about it yet. At least not until I figure something out."
"Doctor/patient confidentiality Rachel." was Pete's response.
"I know but, you know me and we're like family. And in a family since you would be required to tell them as a personal matter. Just please don't." Rachel pleaded
Pete didn't know what to say, so he walked up to Rachel and pulled her into a fatherly embrace. "It's gonna be okay." He knew she was freaked out and confused about everything that was happening. Right now all he could do was comfort her.
"Listen, I know you're going through a hard time right know and you don't know what to do. Just remember that until you talk to your dads, I'm here for you if you ever need to talk. Don't be a stranger, you know were my office is." He gave her a smile, which she returned with her own small smile. "Also, I'm going to schedule you an appointment for next week to see how far along you are and how the baby is, okay. So for now, I'm going to need you to take extra care of yourself. I know this is a heavy situation for you, but don't stress yourself. You can stress, but not so much that it hurts you and the baby. Eat healthy…well whatever you don't throw up. And I'll give you some vitamins." He looked at Rachel to see if she was listening, but when he saw her face, he saw a scared, confused and innocent little girl who had no idea what life had ahead of her.
"Hey, it's gonna be okay little star."
"You keep saying that, but how do you know?" Rachel sniffs
"Cause I know you. And I know even though you didn't plan this you still wouldn't hurt this baby or yourself. You're to loving and caring for that." He said with a small smile.
Rachel didn't know what to say. She was still to overwhelmed with everything that was happening and had a million things on her mind. So instead of saying anything, she gave Pete a small sad smile before walking out of the room.
30 minutes later, Rachel's not even sure how she got home. She had so much on her mind she wasn't paying attention. She didn't even notice the truck parked in front of her house.
As she got to the door of her house, her plan was A) say hi to her fathers B)eat dinner like they usually do without her breaking down in front of her parents or getting sick and puking everywhere, and last C) go to her room and cry her eyes out.
That didn't go as planned though when came face to face with Finn as she went to greet to her fathers.
"Finn!" Rachel shrieked
"Hey Rach, what's up?" He said with a dopey smile.
During the whole baby business, Rachel forgot about Finn. Finn her boyfriend. Finn her boyfriend who she cheated on with his arch nemesis while drunk and now she's pregnant with her baby. How was she going to tell Finn she was pregnant? With his arch nemesis' baby no less. She hadn't even told him about that night. Wow, her life is all types of fucked up right now. Of course she would never say that in those words. No cursing Rachel Berry remember.
"Finn what are you doing here?" Rachel nervously asked
"Um…well I've been thinking…" 'that's a shocker' Rachel unconsciously thought to herself. "…and I know we've been fighting a lot later, and I know some of it might be my fault,…" 'only some?' "…so I thought we could go out and talk about it, and maybe get back how we used to be." See this is why she started dating him, while he had his jerky moments, he also had his gentle boyfriend moments. The moments where he made her feel beautiful. Where he would take her nice romantic date and make her feel like the most important girl in room. This is what made her feel like an even bigger jerk for cheating on him with Quinn. "And I know this really great steak house place a few blocks outside Lima we could go to." Finn ended with a satisfied smile. And we're back to the jerky moment.
"I'm vegan you iggit.' Rachel thought. She doesn't remember how many times she's had to remind Finn that she was a vegan. "Finn, that sounds…lovely and all but I'm not feeling to well right now. Maybe another time." she said putting on a fake sad smile.
Finn, of course, didn't notice, "Are you sure? Cause I heard that the steaks were to die for. They like let it sizzle over the stove, then they add this like special meaty steak sauce that makes you tongue go bonkers. Come on it'll be fun." He said excited
Rachel was starting to get really queasy and nauseous hearing Finn's description of the sweet innocent animal being treated.
"Finn that's sounds…fun and all but I'm really not feeling well. Maybe another time." Rachel said.
"Are you sure?" Finn asked, really wanting to go to that steak house he heard about from his friends off the football team.
Definitely "Yeah, I think I'll just go lay down." Rachel pointed up the stairs.
Finn's shoulders slouched in defeat. "Um…okay I guess we could go soon other time, then."
"I would really like that." Rachel lied
"Um…okay, well you should go lay down, and I hope you feel better." He said
"Thank you, Finn." Rachel said. Finn gave her a kiss on her cheek before he left.
Rachel watched him leave before releasing a deep breathe she didn't realize she was holding, then headed up to her room.
"Hey sweetie." Rachel's father, Hiram Berry, greeted her as she made her way up the stairs.
"Hey daddy." Rachel said trying to sound and enthusiastic as her father did, but it just sound strained.
"You okay sweetie? I heard you tell Finn you weren't feeling well." Hiram asked concerned.
"I-I'm fine, daddy."
"Okay, how was your doctor's appointment? Did you find out what was wrong?" He asked.
Rachel's whole face went pale. She had found out what was wrong with her, but how does she tell her fathers that she had unprotected sex with the towns biggest player and is pregnant with her child? How do you do that?
"Uh…yeah, it's just a little bug. With some rest and really good remedies and medicine it should be gone in a few days. And with luck, it hasn't harmed or damaged any of my vocal cords, so it is to no harm to my future career on Broadway." Rachel lied with a fake smile. She always hated lying to her dads, but she just couldn't tell them the truth. Not yet.
Her father could tell there was something she wasn't telling him, but he'd let it slide for now. "Okay sweetie. Why don't you head to room and rest. Dinner will be ready in 30 minutes." He said pleasing a kiss her on her forehead and heading back into the kitchen.
Rachel headed upstairs to her room. Once she was in her room, Rachel closed her door and looked around her room trying to process everything that happened that day. From her doctors appointment to telling Dr. West about that night with Quinn to finding out she's pregnant to finding Finn at her house wanting to talk and get things back how they were with them to lying to her father. This was all just so overwhelming. Rachel didn't know how to deal with any of this. And what makes it worse, she hasn't cried since she found out the news, but she could feel herself about to break at any moment.
Rachel was so far in her thoughts, she didn't notice her door opening.
"Hey Rach, you up?" a familiar voice asked
Rachel looked up and saw Brittany standing by her bedroom door still in her cheerios uniform. Brittany walked fully into her room and saw Rachel sitting on her bed.
"Oh, cool you're up. I knocked on the door but you didn't answer so I thought you were sleep." Brittany explained. "Your dad said you weren't feeling well. Are you okay? What's wrong?" Brittany asked concerned.
Hearing the concern in her friend's voice is what broke the dam and Rachel cried harder than she's ever cried.
"Hey…hey Rach what's wrong?" Brittany asked as she tried to soothe her friend. Rachel just kept crying. She didn't know how to tell her. But she knew she was her best friend, and she had to tell someone before she exploded.
"Br-Britt, s-so-something b-bad h-h-happened." Rachel stuttered throw her tears.
"What? What happened?" Brittany asked widen in panic that her best friend was in trouble.
"…" Rachel mumbled.
"Huh?" Brittany asked confused. "Um…Rachel I think a fly went in my ear again cause I can't hear you." Brittany said trying to get the 'fly' out of her ear.
"I said I'm pregnant." Rachel said a little louder.
"Oh." Brittany said before she realized exactly what Rachel had just said. "Oh…OH! Oh my god Rachel are you okay? Sorry stupid question. Of course you're not okay. But wha-how-what happened?"
"Well Brittany, when two people get together…" Rachel began still crying.
"No…no not that…Sorry, I mean how do it happen. I thought you Finn never…"
"We haven't or didn't. It's not his." Rachel said
"Oh…Well whose is it?"
"…"
"Damn fly." Brittany said swatting the air for the fly. "Sorry Rach but I couldn't-"
"It's Quinn's." Rachel said
"Whoa…"
"At Puck's party I got really drunk and I had unprotected sex with Quinn and now I'm pregnant with her child." Rachel said
"Whoa…"
"Thanks for the encouragement Brittany." Rachel said harshly, but immediately regretted it when she saw the hurt look on Brittany's face, and making Brittany sad felt like kicking a puppy. Rachel knew Brittany was just trying to help and that she was just as confused and shocked as Rachel was. "I am so sorry Brittany. I-I didn't mean to yell at you. I…"
Brittany's face immediately lit up with a smile. "It's okay Rach."
"It's just this is so overwhelming. I'm pregnant at 16..." Rachel said
"I thought you were-"
"Brittany that's not the point. I got drunk and had unprotected sex with Quinn and now I'm pregnant with her child. I don't know what to do." Rachel cried
Brittany gathered Rachel in her arms. "Hey, it'll be okay, Rach."
"No it won't" Rachel shakes her head
"Come on, it totally will." Brittany said
"How?"
"Cause you have me to help you out." Brittany smiled. Rachel returned it with a sad smile. "So how did you find out?" Brittany asked curiously.
"You remember how I haven't been feeling very well lately?" Rachel asked receiving a nod from Brittany. "Well I ran into Quinn when I was in the restroom a couple of days ago and she suggested that I go to the doctor. I of course thought that I was fine and with a little rest I should be fine in a few days. But Quinn said I should still go just to make sure that I doesn't get worse. At first I wasn't going to go, but I haven't been feeling any better so I made an appointment with Uncle Petey. He asked some question and ran some test, and then presto I'm pregnant." Rachel finished.
"Wow" was all Brittany could say after that.
"Yeah, I know."
Brittany had to think for a while. "So Quinn told you to go to the doctor?"
"That's right." Rachel answered.
"Do you think she knew?" Brittany asked
"I doubt it. She just thought I had a really bad flu or something that's why she suggested I go to the doctor." Rachel explained 'At least she cares?'
"Are you gonna tell her?"
Rachel has thought about that. Was she going to tell Quinn? I mean she was the baby daddy or mama or other mother…whatever. "I…I don't know"
Brittany nods her head in understanding. "What about Finn? Are you gonna tell him?"
"Not yet." Rachel shook her head. "I'm not going to tell him yet. At least not until I can figure this all out or until it's to hard to keep it a secret anymore, but I can't tell him now. It would break his heart, and he'd be so devastated."
"Hey…hey Rae. It's okay. You don't have to figure it all out now. But just know that until you do, I'll be right here with you. Whatever you decide, I'll be there with you. You're my best friend, Rae and I love you no matter what." Brittany said hugging Rachel.
"Thank you, Britt." Rachel return the hug.
"No problem. Oh and FYI, I would make a totally awesome god mom." Brittany joked, making Rachel laugh. It was truly the first laugh Rachel's had in days, and with everything that was going on with her, she really needed that laugh. And if anyone could make Rachel laugh it was Brittany. At this moment Rachel was more than thankful to having a friend like Brittany. Rachel didn't know what she would do if she didn't have Brittany, and she was even more thankful that she didn't have to know what that would feel like. She seriously couldn't ask for anyone better.
As the girls continued to hug, the heard Rachel's dad call them down.
"Girls, Dinner!"
They released each other from the hug and headed downstairs arm and arm, both with small smiles on their faces, happy to have the other as a friend.
End of Chapter 11
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