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Chapter 20: Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head

Cassandra July walked inside the dance room. It was the last week of classes at NYADA which meant only one thing: TORTURE WEEK. She could torture the students as much as she wanted and really push it to the limit. She didn't even stop doing what she was doing when seeing Rachel Berry sitting on a chair filling out some papers. "Well well platypus" she said setting her bag down on the table.

Rachel had been filling out a leave of absence for the upcoming Fall semester. She had to have the papers filled out and turned in to the dean by the end of the semester. She frowned when she heard Cassandra walked in the room. She looked up at Cassandra hearing her remarks.

"I take you are signing your leave up absence for tubby's baby" Cassandra snickered, a tone of evil in her voice.

Rachel rolled her eyes. "Whatever" she mumbled. Her eyes went back to her paper as she resumed filling them out.

"What was that" Cassandra asked after overhearing her.

Rachel looked up at Cassandra again. "Look, class doesn't start for another..." she looked at her cell phone "Ten minutes. Get of my back".

"Schwimmer, this is my room. If you don't like my presence, my feedback then you can get the hell out" Cassandra quipped.

Rachel sighed. Why did this teacher hate her so much, she did nothing to her besides putting her slutty man whore teacher's assistant in jail. She was never this tough on any of the other students, well maybe she was but she was extra tough and bitchy to Rachel and she hated it. "Whatever". She went back to filling out her papers, writing the reasons why she couldn't take classes. The baby was due in November so she could return to school in January of the next year when the Winter Semester started.

"So when's the fat demon spawn due" Cassandra asked crudely.

Rachel had it after that comment. She dropped her pen down and stood up. "What is your problem, Cassandra? Seriously" she asked.

Oh she was standing up to her now. This was going to be fun. Cassandra snickered. "Schwimmer, back down while you still can. It's not my fault you can't handle the truth".

"My baby is not going to be fat" Rachel sighed.

"Look platypus, I'm only saying this for your own good" Cassandra cleared her throat. "You are young. You may have a career ahead of you. MAY, I'm not saying you will, that's if somebody wants your sorry dramatic ass but..." Cassandra held her index finger up.

"You can just stop right there" Rachel said clearly frustrated with this teacher. "I know where this is going but let me ask you this". She walked over to Cassandra "Did you give up a baby or something" Rachel asked.

Cassandra chuckled, you could just sense the sarcasm in her laugh. "Oh platypus, you have a lot to learn. I had my tubes tied when I was 18, ain't no man getting me pregnant and ruining my life and destroying my career".

"What career is that exactly" Rachel curiously asked, the bitchiness was easily sensed in her voice.

"Making your life a living hell, Schwimmer" Cassandra said, a devious grin forming across her lips.

Rachel wanted to ask why she hated her so much but didn't.

"I am giving you some useful tips platypus. You are not going to have a career of any kind if you keep this child. That is not going to happen with you keeping this baby. Do yourself and man tits a huge favor and give that spawn up. It will only make your life a living hell and you will regret it later on" she tried encouraging Rachel to give it up for the sake of her own life.

Rachel didn't believe that at all. She believed she and Finn could do this and still continue their education, it would be hard but they could make it work. "Would you just shut up, Cassandra" Rachel said.

"What did you just say to me, Schwimmer" Cassandra asked, shocked Rachel was telling her that.

She was having enough of Cassandra's verbal abuse and she was beginning to hate how she was talking about this child growing inside of her. "You don't know anything about being a parent or even being pregnant, so how the hell would you know if it will ruin my life or not" she spat out, anger filling her voice.

"Back down, Schwimmer, right now" Cassandra ordered Rachel. "You don't want to go there".

"I do" Rachel exclaimed, raising her voice. It was all really the hormones talking now, Cassandra was making her pissed off. "You don't know if it will ruin my life or not. You wouldn't no anything because you have never been pregnant. And seriously what man in his right mind would want to get an old hag like you pregnant" she said angrily. "I'd feel sorry for that kid if you had one" Rachel added.

Cassandra's eyes widen at Rachel's comments. At that moment, Rachel should be lucky she was a student because if she wasn't Cassandra would of took matters into her own hands right then and there but luckily she had a better plan in mind for little miss schwimmer. "You are going to regret that platypus" Cassandra finally said, glaring at Rachel, an evil spark in her eye before she turned around walking away.

Rachel turned around, walking back over to her seat to sit down. She wasn't worried about Cassandra's threat at all. She finished filling out her papers to turn into the office and folded them up placing them inside her purse.

"Okay you little maggots" Cassandra announced as the class was filled with students. "We're switching it up today" she said with a grin across her lips. "Here's what's going to happen, each and everyone of you are going to do one of the most difficult dance lessons there is too learn".

The classroom was filled with chatter and groans when Cassandra announced that.

"First one up" Cassandra looked around the room, her eyes stopping at Rachel. "Schwimmer, since you think you are better then some people, you are up first" she announced with a cold stare in her eyes.

The students looked at Rachel, some of them knew something was up there.

Rachel rolled her eyes, sighing as she took center of the classroom.

Cassandra told her what dance moves to do.

Rachel's mouth literally dropped as she heard the dance moves Cassandra wanted her to do, they were a bit risky for a pregnant girl to do. What if she tripped over her own feet or missed a step and fell to the floor.

"And remember you little maggots, you don't do well on my standards, I will downgrade you" Cassandra said as she looked back at Rachel. "The floor is all yours platypus". She stepped to the side of the room. All eyes were on Rachel.

The music began to fill the room, all eyes on Rachel as she began to dance.

Rachel took a deep breath as she began to dance.

"Oh and platypus, do the spin in the air too" Cassandra said as she watched Rachel dance.

Rachel tensed up as she heard Cassandra. It was bad enough she was expecting her to do some risky ballet moves but now she wanted the spin while doing those moves. She couldn't do this. Rachel did the moves before doing the spin in the air, she didn't go as high as she should of but did, as her feet touched the ground again, she lost her footing and slipped, her body meeting the cold hard floor. Rachel groaned as pain suddenly entered her body, she never felt more embarrassed or ashamed.

Some students rushed over to her to help her.

"Thanks" Rachel said one of the men helped her up. She looked over at Cassandra, she could tell by the look on her face that she had enjoyed that more then anything.

"Schwimmer, that just wasn't good enough" Cassandra finally spoke up.

Rachel grabbed her things and left the classroom in a hurry.

Cassandra watched as she left. She didn't feel bad one bit or maybe she did but just didn't give a damn. She looked back at her students, seeing a few of them glaring at her. "Don't forget who the teacher is here, maggots" she said angrily. Cassandra pointed to the next student that was up.

Rachel stood outside as tears slid down her cheeks. She knew exactly what she had to do next and she didn't want to call Finn and worry him, so she called the next one she could trust. Rachel put the phone up to her and waved down a cab. She explained to who she called that she fell and told them to meet her at the hospital as she got in the taxi-cab.

A half hour later, Rachel sat in the emergency room. A doctor had taken blood from her and they were doing a ultrasound very shortly to see if the baby was alright. She laid her head against the pillow staring at the ceiling. She never had been praying as much as she was praying right now. All she wanted right now was the baby to be alright.

"Hey" Santana opened the curtain, walking inside the room. "I got here as fast as I could".

Rachel sat up on the bed looking at her friend. "I was stupid to do that" she said tears welling up in her eyes.

"Why did you do it" Santana asked angrily. Why the hell would her pregnant friend do a risky dance move like that especially when she was pregnant.

"I let Cassandra get the best of me" Rachel replied, wiping the tears that were falling down her cheeks. "I told her off and because of that she changed the whole dances and made me do that" she explained.

Santana had about had it with Cassandra July. She only met her once but she hated this puta and she was definitely going to give her a piece of her mind after this happening. "Normally I wouldn't say this but you have to tell Finnocence this, Berry. You can't keep this from him".

Rachel looked away. She didn't want to tell Finn this at all. She knew he would be mad once she found out why she did it. "I can't. He'll go ballistic".

"He needs to know" Santana said raising her voice. She was trying to knock some senses into her friend. Whether he would be mad or not, he needed to know. "He may have only supplied the sperm to implant your eggs, Berry but it's his baby too".

Rachel frowned at how vulgar Santana was. "Then you can call him".

Santana sighed, shaking her head. "Fine" she exclaimed.

The doctor entered the room with a clipboard in his head beginning to ask Rachel questions.

Finn sat in the student center, reading his text book. It was now crunch time in college, the last two weeks of school, everyone was preparing for final projects and their finals and that's where Finn's nose had been buried today on his day off of work, buried in one of his textbooks as he read over material that he needed to know again and again so he could pass his finals.

"So how did your parents take the news" Chloe asked, sitting down at the table across from Finn.

"At first it was hell. My mom went on about how we were in over our heads and that she was disappointed in me because I had just figured out what I wanted to do" Finn shrugged. H etwisted the cap off his soda, taking a quick drink.

Chloe grimaced, tucking a red strand of hair behind her ear. "Ouch" she said.

"But thankfully my mom came around and supports Rachel and I".

"Thank god for that" Chloe said untwisting the cap of her orange juice off, taking a drink of the cold beverage. "How far is Rachel now" Chloe asked.

Finn sat there doing the math inside his head. They conceived the baby in early February and it was now the second week of April. "Rachel is going on 9 weeks now" Finn replied.

"Are you scared" Chloe asked but she definitely had a feeling she knew the answer to that.

"I'm freightened" Finn exclaimed. No matter what his mom, Burt, Kurt, Zac told him, he was scared shitless about being a father. "I don't know one thing about being a father. I didn't have a father growing up".

Chloe rolled her eyes. "You'll be fine, Finn. I know a few people who come from a one parent household and they are great parents". She wished Finn would just have a little faith in himself. "Your mother raised to be a great, intelligent, kind man and taught you right from wrong. You'll be fine when this baby comes. All your worries will just go away once you hold that little baby in your arms for the first time".

"Why don't I have that faith in myself then" Finn asked.

Chloe shrugged. "Finn, I'm going to have the same worries when I have a child some day. I grew up in a one parent household" she revealed. "My mom walked out on my father and I for another man when I was three. So how do you think I feel when I think about having children. I don't want to be her, I don't want to walk out on my children one day for another man, a new life like she did" she sighed, looking down at her hands.

Finn sighed. He didn't know that about her at all. How could a parent leave their own child for someone else, for a new life. He would never do that to his child or to Rachel. "I'm sorry" he mumbled. "You know you can't think like that, you are nothing like your mother".

Chloe scoffed, looking at Finn. "Follow your own advice then, Finn. You can't think you will be a bad father. At least your dad didn't leave intentionally, my mother did".

Finn suddenly felt terrible, she had real doubts about being a parent, her mother actually left her and her father. He was putting all his doubts on her when in the end he would be fine being a father to his and Rachel's baby. "I'm sorry" he repeated again, sighing heavily.

"It's ok" Chloe then let out a soft chuckle. She had never told anyone that before but she figured it was the right time especially with how Finn was feeling about being a father. "Onto lighter subjects how is Rachel doing with the pregnancy? Morning sickness" she asked.

Finn shook his head "Surprisingly no morning sickness" he replied. He began to explain how Rachel was doing with the pregnancy including her cravings for food she didn't eat.

"Are you living with Rachel, Kurt and Santana now" Chloe curiously asked. "When I hang out with Zac, I never see you there" she revealed, letting it slip out that her and Zac were something. Damn it. She wasn't suppose to say anything about that yet. She and Zac didn't want to reveal anything just yet until it was more serious.

"I stay there when Rachel wants me to" Finn replied. Lately, since they had gotten back from Lima, he had been spending all his time with Rachel at the loft especially since wanted him there almost every night. The love making was definitely an upside of having a pregnant girlfriend. He arched his eye brow. "You and Zac" he asked a bit surprised. "When did that happen"

Chloe laughed, she knew exactly what Finn meant by that. "Zac and I happened after we hung out that day at Google. We swapped phone numbers and the rest is history".

"Never thought about you and Zac. That's an odd coupling" Finn chuckled. His phone started buzzing on the table, he looked down at the screen and seen it was Santana. "Let me see what she wants" he said picking up his cell phone and taking the call.

Chloe nodded.

"What's up Santana" Finn asked. All he heard was Santana say he needed to get to the hospital because Rachel had a fall. "What" he asked, his heart had skipped a few beats. "Is she okay, is the baby okay" he asked standing up to his feet.

Chloe's eyes widen as she heard him ask if she, meaning Rachel and the baby were okay.

"Just get to the hospital, the doctor is going to do a test right now to make sure" Santana said over the line.

Finn stood up, picking up his books. "Yeah I'll be there in a few" he said hanging up his phone.

"What's going on" Chloe asked, now worried.

Finn ran his fingers through his messy hair. "Rachel had a fall, she's at the hospital, they are doing a test to make sure the baby is okay" he said. He was beginning to regret everything he had just said about being scared about being a father now especially since there was a chance he might not be now if she lost their son or daughter, the last thing he wanted was to lose this baby now.

"I'll go with you" Chloe stated firmly. She wanted to be there for her friends right now.

On the way to the hospital in the cab, everything was going through Finn's mind. Grilled Cheesus. Why was all this bad crap happening to him this year. First the whole break up between him and Rachel, getting shot, then Rachel getting into an accident, now she could possibly lose the baby because of a fall. This was not good. He seen all those movies where women that were pregnant fell and they almost always lost the baby, now this could possibly happen to him and Rachel.

"It's going to be fine, Finn" Chloe finally broke the silence in the cab. "Rachel is going to be okay, so is the baby" she assured him.

Finn slightly nodded, resting his arm on the door of the cab as he looked at the window.

After a short cab ride, Finn and Chloe were led back to the emergency room where Rachel and Santana were.

"Hey" Finn walked over to Rachel's bedside, kissing her on the cheek.

Rachel wrapped her arms around Finn, tightly.

Finn hugged her, his arms protectively wrapped around her. "What did the doctor say" he asked, worry filling his voice. He was afraid of what he was going to hear next.

"My blood results came back good, so that's a good sign" Rachel said as she slowly pulled out of Finn's embrace. She greeted Chloe as she seen her standing beside Santana. "They are bringing the ultrasound in right now" Rachel said.

Finn was relieved to hear her blood results were normal, that was a good sign that the baby was okay but he wanted to know more, he wanted to see for himself on that small screen that the baby was alright.

"We're going to give you both some privacy" Chloe said as she and Santana started to step behind the curtain.

"Privacy doesn't matter to them, you can always hear them" Santana exclaimed.

Chloe let out a giggle as she and Santana left the cubicle.

"How did she fall" Chloe curiously asked as she and Santana exited the emergency room.

"Cassandra July" Santana simply stated. She was definitely going to have a word with this puta.

Chloe's stomached churned after hearing that name.

"You know that puta" Santana asked.

"My best friend Zoe got a full ride scholarship to NYADA a few years ago and she ended up dropping out because she couldn't take Cassandra's tormenting" Chloe informed her.

Santana couldn't believe what she was hearing. She knew Rachel wasn't the only one Cassandra was tormenting but what if that is what it came down to for Rachel. What if it became too much.

"She's a real bitch, Santana" Chloe exclaimed. "I met her once and all I wanted to do bitch slap her".

Santana chuckled. "Honey, I'll do more if I go and meet this woman. I'll do more than puta slap her. I'll show her how we do it in Lima Heights and you bet your ass she won't be tormenting people no more after that".

The two girls walked inside the cafeteria buying themselves something to eat and drink as they talked and waited for Rachel's testing to be done.

"How did this happen, Rach" Finn looked down at his girlfriend as he held her in his arms.

Now she had some explaining to do and who knows how this conversation would end. Rachel looked up at Finn. "Cliff notes version. I got into an argument with Cassandra and I paid the price in the end".

Finn pulled out of the embrace, standing up to his feet. "Did she touch you" he asked, anger filled his voice.

"No no no" Rachel sat up. She began to explain everything, word for word on what went down between her and Cassandra. "She told me to do the spin so I did it".

Finn sighed, sitting on the chair beside Rachel's bed. He was trying to process everything Rachel had said. God, he hated Cassandra July so much. He never thought he could hate someone as much as he hated her. He ran his fingers through his hair, staying silent.

"Finn, say something. I hate when you are quiet" Rachel cried.

Finn looked at Rachel. "What do you want me to say? You knew it was a risk and you risked yourself and our child" he said letting out a heavy sigh.

"I'm sorry" Rachel said, tears streaming down her face.

Finn stood up and sat back on the bed with Rachel. "It's okay. I know what a...mean person that woman can be".

"Just say it, Finn, a bitch. She's a bitch" Rachel was never one to use such vulgar language but the pregnancy had changed her views on everything.

Finn couldn't believe what he heard come from Rachel's mouth. "I just may go have a little chat with her".

"No" Rachel looked at Finn, her eyes on his. "She's not worth it".

"Rach, I can't just..." Finn was interrupted when they heard the doctor come inside.

The doctor came inside the room, a nurse behind him as they bought the machine inside.

"Okay let's see how this little one is doing" the doctor said.

Finn got off the bed and watched as the doctor prepped the machine and began performing the test on Rachel, taking the doppler up between her legs. He was still a bit freaked out when the doctor had to put the thing up her to check on the baby but he was used to it. Finn pulled up the chair, holding Rachel's hand.

"Is the baby alright" Rachel asked, her eyes glued to the small screen.

The doctor looked at the screen, you could see the baby's heartbeat. Numbers popped up on the screen. "Everything is looking great. Your baby's heartbeat is very strong at 165bpm."

Relief washed over Rachel when she heard the baby was alright. She looked over at Finn, who's eyes were glued to the screen.

"That's good" Finn mumbled. He couldn't explain how relieved he was when he heard the doctor say the baby was fine and the heartbeat was strong. He gave Rachel's hand a squeeze as his eyes moved back to hers.

"Thank god" Rachel finally said, her eyes on Finn's. She felt Finn brush across her face, wiping her tears away.

Finn leaned in and kissed her softly on her lips.

All the sudden a faint racing, galloping noise filled the room.

Finn and Rachel froze. Were they hearing what they thought they were hearing. They slowly turned their faces back to the screen.

Finn couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Is that the..." he began to asked but couldn't bring himself to finish the sentence.

"That's your baby's heartbeat" the doctor confirmed.

All those people were right, hearing your baby's heartbeat for the first time was like music to your ears.

Tears began falling down Rachel's cheek again as she listened to the baby's heartbeating and watching the baby on the screen.

"Wow" Finn said. He couldn't help but tear up himself. He moved his eyes to Rachel. "That's our baby, Rach" he chuckled.

Rachel looked over at Finn, nodding "Yeah that's our baby". She leaned in kissing him

The two of them shared a tender kiss before turning their attention back to the screen as they watched and listened to their baby's heartbeat.

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Author's Note: There wasn't a lot of FINCHEL in this chapter but I PROMISE the next chapter there will be LOTS MORE of FINCHEL. This isn't the last we have seen of Cassandra. The drama has just begun and there will be even more coming very soon.

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