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February 16th, 2013

Finn woke up and went to check on Palmer and Penelope. They were both so happy and wide awake. He said, "Okay. You have to be easy on mommy today. We are going to go see if we can figure out what is going on. Just know that she loves the two of you so much and wants to get better for you."

Rachel walked in behind him. She smiled a sad smile at his words to their children. She knew she had to get better. Not just for her children, but for her future spouse as well.

Rachel walked in and said, "Finn, we need to get ready so that we can get to the doctor."

"You are right. Q and Puck are going to take care of them for us for a few hours. Rach, I have something for you."

"You do?"

"That was where I was yesterday when you woke up. Since my graduation was on Valentine's Day I didn't have time to get you anything. I wanted to go out and get you something."

"I didn't get you anything. I didn't even remember it was Valentine's Day." She sniffled.

Finn walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her. He said, "Babe, taking care of Palmer and Penelope is present enough for me. I wanted to get you something special."

He pulled a little box out of his pocket. Rachel opened it and smiled. It was a necklace with his and Rachel's name on it. He said, "Back in high school you had the necklace that just had my name on it. I wanted to get you this to remind you that we are connected. Not just because of the babies, but because I love you. We are going to be married soon hopefully and I couldn't be happier."

Rachel smiled up at him and claimed his lips. She took his hand and led him out of the nursery so they could get dressed for the day and get ready to go.

Rachel's knees were bouncing as they waited in the waiting room. She was so nervous. Finn could tell. He reached over and squeezed her knee cap. He said, "Babe, it is all good. I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere. We are going to get this figured out."

They called Rachel's name. She stood up and took Finn's hand as they walked back to a room.

The doctor came in quickly. Finn was sitting in the corner of the room. Rachel wanted him closer, but she knew that wasn't proper at the time. The doctor asked, "Rachel. What is it that we need to talk about?'

She bit her lip and said, "I have been having some problems emotionally. I didn't think anything about it until I realized that I am being pulled away from my children and my fiancé. I just don't know why I am acting the way that I am. It has been like this since Palmer and Penelope were born, but it keeps getting worse."

The doctor looked up at her and said, "From what you are saying it sounds like you have postpartum depression. The hormone imbalance along with the stress you have been under could be bringing it out. I can get you on some medication and that should start to level things out."

"Thank you so much. I miss the old me and I want to get it back."

"Then we will work on that. Why didn't you say anything sooner?"

"I didn't want to face the reality that everything wasn't perfect. I want to be a good mother and coming to see you was something that I needed to do to be a good mom."

"I understand that. Many people in your situation don't want to accept the fact that things aren't going the way that they should. It takes something big to open their eyes and encourage them to get the help that they truly need. Let's get this prescription written and we will get things worked out."

Finn said, "Thank you so much for taking care of my girl, doc. I really appreciate it."

"It's my job and I love what I do. Let's get this done so we can get the two of you out of here. I'm sure you are itching to get back to your little ones." The doctor wrote things up and got them out of the office as quickly as he could.

Finn and Rachel were sitting across from each other in a small café just a block down from their apartment. Finn held her hand and said, "You look so beautiful today."

Rachel rolled her eyes. "I do not, but thank you for the compliment."

Finn chuckled. "You are just so adorable and perfect."

"I am far from perfect. I don't know why you are with me."

"Because I love you. Rachel Barbra Berry, you are my life. I love you more than anything. You gave me two of the greatest gifts of my life. I wouldn't trade our life for anything. I know it isn't easy and it isn't going to be easy, but I am ready to anything as long as I have you at my side."

Rachel smiled. "I needed to hear that."

"Let's eat and then head home to the munchkins. We don't want Puck to be with them for too long. He may corrupt their little minds."

Rachel snorted. "Finn, they are two months old. There is no way that can understand what he is saying or doing. Now when they are a year and are talking, that is when we worry."

Finn laughed. He loved the girl that sat in front of him so much more than he ever did at this moment. Though she didn't think so, she was wonderful with their children and made him want to be a better man every day of his life.

Puck was pacing the apartment with Palmer. She was screaming her head off. He looked at Quinn and asked, "How come you got the easy one?"

Quinn snorted. "Because I have been here for two months and know their personalities. Palmer is a mommy's boy. Rachel may not believe it, but she is the only one that calms him when he gets like this."

Puck turned serious. "Do you think that Rach is going to be okay?"

"I think it is going to take a while, but she will get back to her old self. She is going to need the help of all three of us, but I'm sure she will be just fine. She is pretty worried. She wants to get back to normal more than anything. She doesn't want to lose anything that she has."

"She told Finn that it may have been a good idea to give Palm and Ellie up."

"What?"

"Yeah. He told me the other day. She had a flip out. She said she didn't know if they were doing the right thing by raising them. She thinks that she is going to mess them up and not be able to provide for them or some crap like that."

"Puck, I'm really worried about her. She is just so sad and so down on herself."

"I know. She is not the Rachel Berry that we all used to hate, but secretly loved."

Quinn chuckled. Palmer started screaming even louder. Puck was doing everything he could think of when the door shot open. Rachel and Finn came running over to Puck.

Finn took Palmer from him and asked, "What did you do to my little boy?"

Puck stood back and said, "I didn't do anything. He started screaming like somebody was trying to kill him." He still hadn't calmed down.

Quinn said, "Actually, I think he needs some time with his momma. Not because he is hungry or anything. Just because he wants his momma."

Rachel reluctantly took him and held him to her chest. Palmer stopped crying immediately. She looked up and said, "He really does love me."

Finn kissed Rachel's head and said, "Of course he does. That was never a doubt."

Rachel smiled up at him. Finn went to get Penelope from Quinn. Finn said, "Okay. The two of you are off the hook. We have these two from here. Thank you for watching them today. I hope they weren't too much trouble."

Quinn told him, "They were little angels. Puck is just a wimp."

Puck rolled his eyes. "Whatever, babe. You know I'm the man."

"If you say so. You couldn't handle little Eli and look at the little sweetheart over there. He is a perfect little angel."

"He was screaming like I was killing him. I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to break him or anything."

Rachel chuckled and told him, "He is alive and well. Thank you for helping Q today. It was good to know that the two of you were here. It was hard to leave them for the first time. I may not be a connected to them as most mothers are, but that doesn't mean I want to leave them with just anyone."

Quinn asked, "How are you doing, Rach? What did the doctor say?"

Rachel told her, "I am okay. I have medication to take. I have postpartum depression. I have to go back to the doctor in two weeks to see how the medication is working and depending on how I feel. It just feels better to know what is going on exactly."

"I just want you to know that I'm here if you need anything at all. You know that I love these little guys."

Rachel smiled down at the little guy in her arms and said, "They are pretty great, aren't they?"

Puck said, "I'm going to take Q out. Call us if you need anything. We'll be back as quick as we possibly can if you need us."

Finn said, "Go out. Have a good time. Thank you for being there this afternoon. It is all good now. Rach and I can handle our own kids. I need to be a daddy and step up."

Rachel kissed his cheek and said, "It's all good babe."

Puck and Quinn left without hardly a question. Rachel wondered what was going on with the two of them, but before she could ask Finn what he thought was going on with them when Penelope started crying for attention from Finn's arms.

Finn was holding Penelope and then she started crying out of nowhere. Finn asked Rachel frantically, "What is going on?"

Rachel said, "Babe, she's hungry. Trade me. Palm is asleep. He will be the next one. He will be good until Penelope is finished."

"Oh, good. I was afraid that I did something to hurt her when I didn't notice."

"You are doing fine."

Finn took Palmer while Rachel went on to feed Penelope. The two of them sat down in the living room together. Rachel couldn't get over how good it felt to be together finally. She had never felt so lucky and blessed before now. Now that she got to see Finn daily with their children. It was what she had been waiting for for months. It was the start of their life as a family and things were truly starting to get better now that the family was together and she had less stress on herself.