A/N: Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Mine is slowly winding down by this point when most of y'all are just waking up but that's neither here nor there. There are bits and pieces in this chapter that briefly mention things that have happened so far in season 3 but I don't honestly feel like they're earth shattering bits of canon and so nothing will really be spoiled for you in the event that you haven't already seen the episodes. And now for your Thanksgiving treat, chapter 11 of Plus One.

School has been back in session for a month now and the Glee kids have been working on their song selection for Regionals since it's the first weekend of March and as Rachel is constantly telling them, it's never too early to get a leg up on the competition. Especially since this is senior year for a lot of them and their last chance to make it to Nationals and take home the championship title. And she's not letting anything stand in their way of taking first place at Regionals and securing their spot for Nationals. She's even gone as far as to step down as the lead this time around since she knows her superior breath control has been shot to hell since her baby is just taking up more and more room inside her petite frame. But the most shocking thing was when she suggested that Tina take the solo since she's a highly under used voice when it comes to their performances and that Mercedes and Santana could do the duet since they sounded magnificent together on their Adele mashup.

The weekend before Valentine's Day the Glee girls, plus Kurt and Blaine, throw a baby shower for Rachel at Quinn's house. The friendship between the former head cheerleader and the pregnant diva has grown, albeit slowly (sometimes old habits are hard to break), since she realized that Rachel was pregnant. Her friendship with Puck has grown as well since she can see how in love with the other girl he is and that he is planning on sticking by her throughout the pregnancy and beyond. It kind of makes her wish that she had actually given him more of a chance when she was pregnant with Beth but she knows now that it's what was best for the little girl at the time (even after her little visit to Crazy Town when she tried to take back custody from Shelby by proving that she was an unfit mother).

And besides, Rachel had been one of her bigger supporters to help her realize that the reason she was really acting out is because she never really came to terms with and got over the fact that she had a baby at sixteen years old. The petite brunette had helped her to find a therapist that she could talk things out with and in the end it actually wound up making her relationship with Finn better as well. And honestly it all just kind of shocked the shit out of her, considering how she's treated the girl in the past and how the two of them kept fighting over Finn during their sophomore and junior year.

But all in all, it's a lovely day with Rachel getting all sorts of new clothes, diapers and other necessities for her little boy. There are a lot of tears shed by the pregnant teenager while everyone just smiles and laughs at her pathetic attempts at cursing her hormones, since she's always had issues with foul language. When she gets home, she happily shows her fathers and Noah all of the adorable new baby items, and while her dads give her the reactions she's looking for, she can't help but notice that her boyfriend seems rather tired and less than enthused about the whole thing even though he's smiling at her and trying to act happy.

When she's saying goodnight to him out by his car she asks him what's wrong and he replies, "Nothing, Babe. I'm just a little tired. I had an exhausting basketball practice today."

"Oh; alright then. Well call me when you get home so I know you got there safe and didn't fall asleep at the wheel or anything dangerous like that. Get a good night's sleep and I'll see you later." She places her hands on his biceps and leans up to kiss him goodbye before wrapping her arms around him for a hug.

"Sure thing, Rach. Now head inside and go keep you and Mr. Man nice and warm," he tells her as he hugs her back and then swats at her butt as she turns to walk away. Climbing into his truck, he starts the engine and turns on the heat as he watches to make sure she goes inside before he starts to drive home. He calls her when he gets there and they talk for a little bit before saying good night to each other and going to sleep.

On Valentine's Day, Puck surprises her with the real reason he was so tired on the day of her baby shower. He, along with her dads, had been working on turning one of the spare bedrooms into a nursery. He had spent his entire day putting together the crib while her dads painted the walls a soothing shade of green, since he knew that she didn't want the walls to be a stereotypical blue. When he had finished building the crib and moving all the heavy furniture (he had been waiting for the paint to dry), he had stenciled on some of the notes and one of the lyrics from their song from Nationals last year (Let's light up the world tonight) along with glow in the dark star stickers on the ceiling so the baby will have something to look at when his eyes get strong enough. He even went so far as to put all of the bedding on the crib but he left the organization of the clothing and supplies alone since he figured Rachel would want that to be to her specifications.

When he removes his hands from her eyes he immediately slaps them over his ears in order to muffle the excited shriek that she makes in her moment of happiness. He watches as she walks slowly around the room trailing her fingers over everything. Puck can hear her softly singing to herself when her eyes fall on the lyrics on the wall and he smirks. He can't help the way his chest swells with pride in a job well done when she gives him a loving kiss.

"Oh Noah, thank you. Thank you, thank you, thank you. It's better than I ever could've imagined. You did such an amazing job. I can't wait to put our son to bed at night now knowing that he'll be sleeping under the stars."

Puck runs a hand over the back of his neck while his other arm rests around her back with his hand settled on her waist. "Well your dads painted the walls but I made sure to do the stenciling and put the crib together. And while I thought of doing the star stickers, it was their idea to put them in actual constellations."

"Well it's absolutely wonderful and I love it. And I love you too."

Wrapping both arms around her and her swollen belly, he kisses her forehead and then her nose before murmuring, "Me too, Babe," against her lips before capturing those in a kiss.

On the bus ride to Regionals, Puck tells her that they should really start thinking about names since they're running out of time. Rachel tells him that she's kind of always liked the name Ethan for a first name and Andrew for a middle name. When he asks her why she says it's because Ethan has Hebrew origins and that it means strong, while Andrew means manly. He smirks knowing that their son is going to have a "strong and manly" name because that's just so badass. But the thing that really blows him away is when she says the whole thing together.

Ethan Andrew Berry-Puckerman.

While he naturally doesn't dig the whole hyphenated name thing, he's smart enough to not say a damn thing about it since he knows that the chances are astronomically high that the baby really isn't his and so he's just honored beyond all belief that she would even include his family name as part of the baby's name. Puck gives her a kiss full of so much passion that it keeps both of their lips occupied for the remainder of the bus ride.

It doesn't really surprise any of them when they wind up winning Regionals again since they were actually doing things right this year and preparing for it months in advance instead of just doing Mr. Schue's weekly assignments that did nothing to prepare them for actual competitions.

Sitting together towards the front of the bus on the way home, Rachel has her head on Puck's shoulder with her eyes closed as she's trying to unwind from the high of winning and the fact that she feels so exhausted. Prancing around on a stage and singing at 35 weeks pregnant is no easy feat. She's just grateful for the fact that she didn't go into labor right after getting off the stage like Quinn did two years ago. She's humming quietly to herself when she hears her boyfriend speak, "Hey Babe?"

"Yes Noah?"

He takes a little bit to gather his words before speaking since he knows this could possibly be a touchy subject. It's actually something he's been thinking about ever since he found out Rachel was pregnant and he decided to claim the title of Baby Daddy but their conversation before the competition just really brought it to the forefront of his mind and he feels like he can't keep pushing it away anymore. "You know I love you and the baby right?"

Raising her head up from his shoulder to look at him she answers, "Of course, Noah."

He licks his lips nervously before continuing. "And that I want to be there for you and him through everything. His birth, afterwards, growing up and whatever else you'll let me be a part of."

"Yes," she says slowly, not really sure of where he's going with this conversation.

"Well I was wondering, have you considered having a paternity test done after Ethan is born to see if I am his actual dad?" He looks at her nervously while waiting for her answer.

Rachel is shocked since this is honestly one of the last things that she expects to come out of his mouth not only tonight but at any point in time. Her eyebrows shoot up into her bangs as she blinks in surprise. "I...well that is to say, I - well to be honest I have given it a little thought. I'm just not sure if I could handle knowing without a doubt that it's not you."

"Oh, alright. I understand. I was just curious. You have to know that I wouldn't love him any less if it turned out he wasn't mine," he tells her seriously while stroking her cheek.

She gives me a genuine smile and says, "I know, Noah, and I love you for that."

They spend the rest of the ride in silence, wrapped in each other's arms and in their own thoughts about what is to come in only a few short weeks.

A/N: Remember, reviews are like a slice of pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving and I love me some pumpkin pie. =^_^=