It had been about a month since Rachel and Shelby had returned from Columbus and Jack was finally out of hospital and his health was much better. Since being back, Rachel had weekly phone calls with Daisy, Jack, Naomi and Amelia, all talking about different things. With Daisy and Naomi, she spoke about lessons and her pregnancy, with Jack they discussed his past and he told her about Shelby when she was younger and with Amelia she spoke about everything. It was similar to the relationship Rachel had formed with Shelby, she felt she could tell Amelia everything and was surprised that Mia felt the same way.
Sectionals was now a week away so everyone in the glee club was busy practising hard but that wasn't the only thing going on for Rachel, Puck, Carly and Finn. It was time to find out the sex of the babies.
Rachel and Puck were the first to find out the sexes of their twins. The young couple were sat in the maternity ward waiting room with their hands clasped together.
"Rachel Berry!" The nurse called and the two rose from their seats and followed the nurse through to the room. "On the bed please, Rachel," the nurse instructed cheerfully.
Rachel did what she was told and Puck stepped forward and took her hand in his. The nurse pulled up Rachel's top and began the scan. This time, Rachel was braced for the freezing gel but it still made her shiver slightly. The nurse then set up the screen and Rachel and Puck saw their babies once more.
They were obviously more developed then last time and both Rachel and Puck were ecstatic to see and hear the echoing beats of the babies' hearts.
"Now, are you sure you want to know the sexes?" The nurse asked after she confirmed that they babies' developments were going perfectly.
"We're sure," Rachel replied nervously.
"You're going to be the parents of one little boy and one little girl!" The nurse announced.
"One of each!" Puck cried and smiled brightly before kissing Rachel on her forehead.
When they'd spoken about the babies, in the past both of them had discussed if the babies were going to be two girls or two boys, they hadn't really spoken about the possibility of having one boy and one girl. However, they were both happy to discover that they would be getting a mini Puck and a mini Rachel.
"Here's your DVD and pictures," the nurse said handing Rachel the envelope, "and we'll see you in a couple more months." The nurse then showed them out to the waiting room.
As the two made their way out, they passed Carly and Finn who were sitting nervously in the waiting room. Rachel smiled reassuringly at a worried Carly. Carly returned the smile and started to calm down slightly, much to Finn's relief.
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"We still need a group number for Sectionals!" Shelby announced that afternoon in Glee Club. "We have two beautiful but slow songs so far. Now we need an up tempo one."
"Call Me by Blondie?" Quinn suggested.
"Nice song but I don't think it's Sectionals material," Mr Schuester replied, "Maybe Regionals."
"Accidently In Love?" Tina asked, surprising everyone by her song choice, "By Counting Crows?"
"Perfect!" Shelby cried. "Why don't we have the verses sang by couples and the chorus by everyone?"
Everyone agreed bar Artie and Sugar. The two glanced at each other before looking away immediately. It was common knowledge that Artie had feelings for Sugar but had never acted on them. It was unknown if the feelings were returned.
The rest of the session was decided which couple sang which verse and Brittany and Mike began choreographing dance moves with heavy tension between Artie and Sugar.
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"Rachel, can we talk for a second please?" Carly asked as everyone started to file out of the choir room.
"Of course," Rachel replied.
"I'll meet you by the truck," Puck said to his girlfriend and kissed her goodbye.
Once everyone had left, the two sat on the piano stool for comfort.
"I found out the sex of the baby earlier," Carly began.
"Me too!" Rachel replied enthusiastically, "Boy or girl?"
"Boy," the ex-cheerleader revealed with a grimace, "that's why I wanted to talk to you. What about your twins?"
"One of each," Rachel said, "We're so happy. You should be too!"
"I desperately wanted a girl though," Carly admitted.
"You can try for a girl later in life. Be happy with your son, he'll bring you so much joy no matter what," Rachel said.
"You sound like you're speaking from experience," Carly stated with confusion on her face.
"I speak to my mom and aunties about it all the time. My dads and gran help out too," Rachel revealed.
"My parents hate me," Carly admitted and a tear slipped down her beautiful face.
It now dawned on Rachel why Carly was so depressed all the time. She hadn't noticed it at first as she didn't know the other girl very well but with Carly now being in glee, Rachel saw her confidence getting lower and lower. She knew that it was nothing to do with Finn. Finn was always one to try and help someone gain confidence, not lose it. With Hiram and Leroy being okay with Rachel's pregnancy, she'd forgotten that that might not be the case for Carly.
"Then you're moving in with me!" Rachel said simply.
So that's what happened. Rachel asked Puck to give Carly a lift to house to collect a few belongings before they drove to Rachel's.
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When Hiram and Leroy got home from work later on, they were confused to see Carly sitting with Rachel and Puck on the sofa.
"Rach, a word please," Leroy requested and walked into the kitchen with Hiram following him.
Rachel jumped off of Puck's lap and smoothed down the back of her dress. Carly started to shake with nerves but Rachel smiled at her.
"It's going to be fine," Rachel assured her. Carly nodded but still shook slightly.
Once in the kitchen, Rachel sat at the breakfast bar by her fathers.
"What's up?"
"Why's she here?" Leroy asked lightly. They weren't annoyed that Rachel had people over without permission, but they recognised Carly as she was also pregnant and fitted Rachel's description of the girl.
This is when Rachel explained about Carly's parents hating her because of what had happened. The Cross' were known across Lima, maybe even all Ohio and their reputation had been destroyed with Carly being pregnant. It was the same as Quinn's parents but they didn't have the nerve to throw her out.
"Can she stay here?" Rachel requested as she finished her story.
"Of course," Hiram said immediately.
The three Berrys walked into the lounge where Puck was trying to comfort a hysteric Carly. Rachel quickly rushed over and put her arm around the other brunette girl. After murmuring something in Carly's ear, Rachel looked up expectantly at her fathers.
"Carly," Leroy began softly walking over to kneel in front of her, "You can stay here as long as you like. If it becomes necessary, we can even become your guardians."
"Really?" Carly asked.
"We promise. You and Rachel are in the same situation, it would be cruel if we didn't help you out as your parents are being ridiculous," Hiram replied and placed his hand on Carly's shoulder.
For the first time in a while, she felt like she had a family. The only thing that would make it better was if Finn was here with them.
As soon as that thought ran through her head, the doorbell rang and Puck crossed the room to open the door to reveal Finn. He crossed the room quickly and kissed Carly sweetly. Half an hour later, the rest of the glee club arrived and everyone spent the rest of the night on the sofa watching films until it was late and they all had to drive home. Puck had helped Rachel and Carly put the latter's belongings in one of the guest rooms. In truth, she didn't have that many with her, they would collect more and explain to her parents this weekend. For now, she'd left them a note telling them where she was and she had clothes for school and all of her school things and medication with her.
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The next morning, Rachel and Carly were driven to school by Puck and the two parted ways, Carly to find Finn and Rachel and Puck going to Shelby's office. Last night, after everyone had gone home, Rachel had received a text message from her mother requesting her presence in her office in the morning. There was a p.s at the bottom stating that Puck could tag along too.
Once the two got to the older Rachel's office, they had to cough loudly as she and Will were lip locking in the corner. When they older couple heard the cough, they sprang apart immediately.
"Seriously, you two are worse than us!" Rachel cried and rolled her eyes at their blush.
"I'll see you later, sweetheart," Will said and after one last kiss, he left his girlfriend's office and headed to his own.
Rachel shook her head and she and Puck perched on the desk as Shelby straightened up her blouse and sorted out her hair.
"So why did you want us?" Rachel asked.
"Can you babysit again on Friday?" Shelby requesting giving her daughter her best puppy dog eyes.
"Yes, I guess," Rachel replied and looked up at Puck.
"I can't though, I told you that I'm going to a football match with Mike and Sam," Puck told her. "Sorry."
"It's fine," Rachel shrugged. "I'll be there whenever you need me on Friday."
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When it was Friday night, it was the first time that Rachel and Beth had had an entire evening together and they both loved it. They watched a film together until Beth started to get sleepy so Rachel picked her up and lifted her into her bedroom. Rachel read a short story to the little girl and she was asleep as soon as Rachel had finished.
Rachel spent the rest of the night completing homework until she heard crying coming from Beth bedroom. She sighed and put down her pen and crossed the hall entering the infant's bedroom.
Rachel stroked her sister's blond hair. "Shush sweetie," she murmured, "Rachie's here."
Beth's sobs started to die down slightly so Rachel kissed her forehead and started to stand up but she was stopped as Beth reached out her hand trying to grab her sister's. Deciding quickly, Rachel started stroking Beth's hair again and started singing to the girl.
"A new day
A new day
I was waiting for so long
For a miracle to come
Everyone told me to be strong
Hold on and don't shed a tear
Through the darkness and good times
I knew I'd make it through
And the world thought I had it all
But I was waiting for you
Hush now
I see a light in the sky
Oh, it's almost blinding me
I can't believe
I've been touched by an angel with love
Let the rain come down and wash away my tears
Let it fill my soul and drown my fears
Let it shatter the walls for a new, new sun
A new day has come
Where it was dark now there's light
Where there was pain now there's joy
Where there was weakness, I found my strength
All in the eyes of a boy
Hush now
I see a light in the sky
Oh, it's almost blinding me
I can't believe
I've been touched by an angel with love
Let the rain come down and wash away my tears
Let it fill my soul and drown my fears
Let it shatter the walls for a new, new sun
A new day has
Let the rain come down and wash away my tears
Let it fill my soul and drown my fears
Let it shatter the walls for a new, new sun
A new day has come
Ohhh, a light
Hush now
I see a light in your eyes
All in the eyes of the boy
I can't believe
I've been touched by an angel with love
I can't believe
I've been touched by an angel with love
Hush now
Hush now."
When she finished singing, Beth was asleep and Rachel stood up to leave. She almost shrieked when she saw Shelby and Will standing by the door with huge smiles on their faces.
"Don't do that again!" She growled quietly. "I just got her to sleep again, I could have woken her up again by screaming!"
"Sorry sweetie," Shelby apologised, "but you were singing so beautifully that we didn't want to miss it."
"We'll definitely win Sectionals if you sing it like that," Will stated and smiled.
"I'm going to go home," Rachel muttered as she was tired and didn't want to become more tired as she had to drive with Puck not being there.
"See you Monday," Shelby replied and kissed Rachel on her forehead before her daughter left.
As soon as Rachel was out the door, Will leant down and kissed Shelby sweetly but it became more heated and the rushed off to Shelby's bedroom without any words swapped.
Thank you guys so much on the feedback from the last chapter. My doubts started really eating me up and your reviews with reassurance made me feel better. I'm so sorry about the gaps between chapters. I get annoyed when writers do that and now I'm doing it myself, I'm trying to add more chapters and write them but my college work is exhausting. I hope you're okay with the sexes of the babies, I been debating them for such a long time. I hope you enjoy this chapter and review with your thoughts. Thank you so much again and I'll talk to you all later!