Rachel was asleep on Finn's chest as they sat in the bus on the way to Columbus, Ohio for Regionals, her hand subtly over his on her stomach. It was 6:30 a.m. and they had just left. According to Shelby, Rachel didn't sleep at all last night. She was too busy crying over the event with her dads earlier that night.

Finn didn't exactly sleep much that night either. He kept going over ways in his mind to tell his mom about Rachel's pregnancy. He didn't want to disappoint her again.

"Hey man, why so quiet?" Puck said, leaning over from the seat beside his and Rachel's.

"I just got a lot on my mind, Puck." Finn said flatly, staring out the window.

"Like what?"

"It's nothing, Puck." Finn said.

"You sure, dude? You look depressed." Puck said, true concern on his face.

"Yea…. I just have a lot on my plate, Puck. I'll tell you about it later." Puck nodded.

"'K, man." Although Puck let it drop and went back to talking with Mike and Matt, Quinn was staring at Finn. Why did his sullen mood seem familiar? She thought she knew.

Her gaze was burning a hole in Finn's back, making him turn his head towards her. She looked down at Rachel's stomach and their hands meaningfully and back to his face, the question she couldn't ask out loud burning in her eyes. Is Rachel pregnant?

Finn nodded reluctantly and mouthed to her, "Do not tell." Quinn nodded. She wouldn't, she already knew what they were going through and kind of felt bad that Finn was having to go through it again. She understood they needed time before everyone found out. She gave him a look that plainly told him that she was there if he needed to talk and turned back to talk to Mercedes and Kurt.

"What was that about?" Mercedes asked, glancing t Rachel and Finn. Quinn shook her head.

"Nothing of interest." Mercedes knew by her tone to let it drop and Finn shot Quinn a thankful look as she glanced quickly at him. As much as she hated Rachel, her secret keeping was more for her than Finn. She didn't want anybody to go through the hell at school so early in the pregnancy that she went through.

**GLEE**

Rachel and Finn walked behind the group into McDonald's for an 8 a.m. breakfast. As soon as they got through the doors, Rachel's stomach lurched.

"Finn…. the smell." Rachel said and put her hand over her mouth.

"You need to go outside?" Finn asked, but before Rachel could answer him she ran to the bathroom. He started to run after her, but Quinn stopped him.

"Women's bathroom, Finn. I got it." She said and let go of his shoulder. She jogged to the bathroom and opened the door.

"Rachel?" She said. She walked into the bathroom and found Rachel in a stall with the door open, kneeling in front of the toilet.

"Finn told you." She said flatly. Quinn laughed and wet a paper towel, handing it to Rachel.

"No, actually…. At least not purposely." Quinn helped Rachel up off the floor. "I figured it out for myself. I saw the way he was acting and I knew. I was going to have a baby with him too, ya know…. At least until things went south."

Rachel looked in the mirror. She looked as horrible as she felt. She had purple bags under her eyes and her skin was paler than usual. Her eyes were red.

"I know what you're going through. It's a lot for anyone." Quinn said and Rachel nodded. "Are you keeping the baby?" She nodded again.

"Finn will take care of you and the baby. He cares about you more than he ever cared about me." Quinn said truthfully. She didn't sound bitter, just sad. "But, I was a jerk to him. He had no reason to care for me like he cares for you." Rachel didn't say anything, so Quinn changed the subject.

"How far along are you?"

"3 weeks." Rachel said it with a cold edge, making Quinn feel bad. She had been nothing but horrible to her, even though she was always great to Quinn when she needed it.

"Rachel, I'm sorry." She said quietly. Rachel looked around at her.

"For what? You didn't do anything." She said. The cold edge was gone, but it was obvious Rachel wasn't going to talk to Quinn easily.

"I was always a jerk to you, even though you were always nothing but nice to me." She said and Rachel nodded. "If you'll let me, I would like to make that up to you now. I know what you're going through Rachel, and I want to help." Rachel smiled at Quinn, but shook her head.

"You already have enough to deal with Quinn. I can't let you do that." Quinn smiled.

"Nothing I will say will change your mind, will it?" Rachel shook her head. "Okay then. If you're not going to let me help you by myself, at least do this. Tell the rest of the Glee club."

"What? Are you kidding me?" Rachel said.

"No. I'm not, Rachel. You need people behind you. The Glee kids supported me all the way through my pregnancy and they will support you too, and whether you think so or not, you'll need them. Things are going to get very hard very soon, and you're going to need more than Finn to help you through it. I'm trying to help you Rachel, not hurt you." Rachel took a deep breath and nodded.

"You're right. I'll…. Ummmm, talk to them after they all eat." She said. Quinn nodded.

"Okay." She said, walking out of the bathroom door and into the main restaurant. Finn looked at her and Quinn smiled.

"She's fine." Finn nodded.

"Thanks, Quinn."

A/N: So, I think this chaper kind of sucked. I promise the next chapter will be great to make up for this! .Mayfield (Katelyn May)