Finally after eight days in a hospital bed she was being discharged on strict orders. She wasn't alowed to walk anywhere until she had her physio so she was wheelchair bound though Finn offered to carry her everywhere which made her giggle, her first session wasn't until her leg would be strong enough and she was wondering how she was going to cope for the next three weeks, not being able to work or even walk upstairs.
Finn was bringing her home while Ava was with Shelby at the house, "looking forward to going home?" he asked close to her ear as he wheeled her towards the sliding glass doors "yeah... my home with you guys" she smiled to herself before fidgeting in her chair "you ok?" he added "err yah just fed up of sitting down all the time, I still have one good leg" she whimpered playfully making him chuckle, "I suppose you could just hop everywhere..." she glared at him before bursting into a fit of giggles.
Once they arrived home Finn vowed to carry her into the house as well as juggling all the bags, "hey mommy!" Ava squealed but before she could run towards them Shelby pulled her back "wait there missy you have to be gentle" she warned but the girl didn't listen, she waited a moment as Finn placed her on the couch before sitting closely beside her "how are you feeling?" Shelby asked leaning down to plant a kiss on her forehead "better my leg feels funny but it could have been worse so I can't complain, did you talk to the other producers?" she asked worried, "I did and they said to take as long as you need, there will always be a place for you on the stage" she sighed relieved before pulling Ava closer to cuddle her.
The three women had gone into deep conversation as Finn made lunch, "they've actually just announced a new summer special" she looked curios towards her mother, "they're doing a one off show, it'll be all the songs from the best musicals like defying gravity and take me or leave me" Rachel eyes glistened in excitment "who'll be performing them?" she replied "well that was my next piece of news... they're holding auditions at the end of June" Ava's head shot around thinking the same thing as her mother "you have to audition" she exclaimed, Rachel's face soon fell "I don't think thats a good idea, so much has gone on lately" the little girl wasn't going to give up "no mommy you have to!" she jumped onto her knees on the couch "yah Rach... I. think. they're. doing. 'don't rain on my parade'" she sang grinning from ear to ear Rachel's face brightened in a matter of seconds "ok that is the dream" her tone of voice sounded as if she was in shock "well there yah go, and me and Gram will help you" Ava bounced excited in her chair, she was desperate to see her sing on broadway.
Rachel spent the rest of the day staring into space and sulking whenever someone was around to watch "don't look so sad" Finn cooed slumping beside her "it's hard not to when you hear your mother and daughter playing and giggling in the back yard" she snapped before wincing uncomfortably, "let me help you?" Finn jumped up but she pulled away "no!" it took her a moment to realise what she'd done "... I'm sorry" she threw her head back and wiped her hair from her face "... it's ok I understand" he planted a gentle kiss on her cheek before soothingly rubbing the back of her hand.
Later in the night Ava showered and asked her mom to braid her hair, her stitches had been taken out a day prier but the cut was still obvious considering there was still some purple bruising around the injured area, "time for bed princess" Finn announced looking over to where his two girls fell in and out of conscieseness "no I'm not t-tired..." she trailed off fighting her eyes to droop closed again, he chuckled to himself before picking her up "back in a minute" he smiled to Rachel who was obviously not listening and looked to be falling asleep. Once he came back he noticed her completely out on the couch, he smiled to himself before picking her up in the same way he had with his daughter and he carried her upstairs, he decided to put her in the guestroom for now as he didn't want her to freak out and anyway she needed plenty of room considering her leg was in a cast. After he tucked her he leant down and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead before leaving the room with a bright smile across his face... his big gold star was back.
One week. One whole week was all it took for Rachel to crack and she literally demanded he let her walk even just for a few steps, he knew she was going to be hard to look after since she'd always been stubborn and independent, so he agreed she could walk a couple of steps on the soft grass outside then they'd all sit together under the sun for a while "can we look at the list now?" Rachel nodded to her and she ran away to retrieve the envelope "whats she talking about?" Finn lay across the blanket with his head on his hands "Shelby sent over the audition song list for the show but we haven't opened it yet" she informed watching the little girl topple back towards them excited.
She opened the white envelope teasingly slow towards the impatient child, "some time today" she mumbled crossing her arms, Rachel chuckled before pulling the leaflet out, "so... god there's twenty five songs" the older brunette's eyes scrolled down the list but she only took in the familiar ones, "read them" Ava interfered, "well theres definetly don't rain on my parade..." she chimed proudly "err there's: 'on my own' casting Eponine, 'come what may' your uncles will like that one..." Finn chuckled slightly as she went on "tomorow - Annie" it was only that once she said it she realised what she'd said "Annie! as in my age Annie?" she came forward on to her knees, Rachel awkwardly looked towards her ex-husband "err yah" Ava's face lit up completely "oh my god! can I? please, please, please!" she put her hands together and practically begged. Oh crap.
Finn proped himself up to lean on his elbows "Ava honey we have to talk about it" the girl didn't react she just sat staring into space with her mouth agape "but-but-
but it's broadway..." she muttered incredulous making Rachel giggle, she was literally her at that age "I know but it's a big deal" she pulled the petite girl across her good leg to lay inbetween her parents. After a moments silence as they got comfortable the child spoke "I want to be on broadway mama" she smiled, not just any smile, the kind of smile every child has but only pulls it out when they really want to persuade you to do something "I know" she replied simply.
Living with her ex-husband and daughter was turning out to be much more fun than she expected, a year ago the only thing she'd think once her eyes opnened of a morning would be of how much she wished her family would be there to greet her, now though she didn't even have to ask as most of the time Ava woke her up herself which to her was the best feeling in the world. Rachel was yet to decide what was going to happen with her apartment so they decided to just leave it for now and focus on her getting better, all the men pitched in to help her move some of her stuff to the house so she sat at home being entertained by: Ava, Quinn, Brittany, Santana and baby Connie who was currently sitting on her knee "how are you feeling Rach?" Quinn asked sitting across the room with her fingers interwined in her coffee cup "good, better than what I did and I can walk a few steps now which is a good sign" she raised her head for only a moment before turning all her attention back to the baby "what about you San?" she asked not moving her eyes.
"Same really, I get both my casts off in a couple of weeks halleluiah" she joked leaning closer to her wife, "hows things with the adoption going?" the older blonde interfered "we're just waiting till they get back to us" Brittany sighed leaning her chin on the latino's head "it's shouldn't be too long" Santana assured with a half hearted smile. Ava had soon stole the baby and sat quite happily playing with her on the grass area outside while the women moved to the outdoor sitting area "are you happy about moving?" Quinn asked making conversation "very..." she smiled to herself, the other three women giggled like teenage girls, they were soon cut off by a tired toddlers ear piercing screams "thats my cue" Quinn said getting up, "mom I'm bored" Ava soon followed "summer vacation just started, if you're bored now?" Santana began to laugh "what?" Rachel exclaimed giving them curios looks "you sound so mommy dearest" she stumbled out through her giggles making the bruenette blush.
It didn't take long for the men to come back, Finn sat with Rachel practically on his lap with her head on his shoulder "you guys have any plans for summer?" Quinn asked as she cradled the sleeping baby "err not really" he looked towards the petit bruenette "London" she sighed negatively, "you're going to London?" Blaine interfered sounding much more excited "yah but I don't want to" she informed, "we went to London a couple of years ago, and honestly we had the best time" Brittany chimed.
"Come with if you want?" Rachel suggested monotone looking towards the couple, Santana instantly smiled towards her blonde wife "we just might" well that was settled, "so why are you actually going?" the latino asked, "Shelby's asked me to participate in some westend swapover thing" she muttered, "don't tell Kurt he'd freak out" Quinn giggled, "Don't tell me what?" Kurt said coming out of the house with the baby on his hip "we're going to London" his face lit up in a matter of seconds "oh I love London!" he chimed, "why are you going?" he directed towards Rachel "westend swapover" off course Kurt knew everything about it and began rambling about how much he wanted to go hoping his husband would get the hint...
Rachel's first physio appointment finally arrived which she was not looking forward to, after two hours of being stretched, pushed and lifted her pout was officially permenant "Hey! how was..." he stopped his fake over enthusiasm when he noticed her face, "whats wrong?" he knealt infront of her wheelchair and placed his hands on her knee's, "I don't like being so dependent" her voice choked up in frustration "I couldn't even get out of this chair without someone lifting me" tears began to dribble down her face as she sunk into his open arms.
"Look at me..." she leant back and stared into his eyes "you're gonna be out of this chair in no time... I promise" he stroked the back of her hand before wiping away the stray tears, "you think?" "I know" after a moments silence Ava skipped around the corner of the hospital with Kurt following behind, "mommy how was it?" she ran straight towards her and wrapped her small arms around her mothers neck "oh err it was great" she lied with a watery smile, luckily Ava was too oblivious to notice.
"Can we make cupped cakes?" the innocent child grinned from across the kitchen "do you mean cup cakes?" Rachel giggled until she was abruptly stopped "no. cakes in a cup - cupped cakes, me and daddy used to make them" after a moments thought the older woman spoke "why not". Finn had gone shopping considering his ex wife was in no state, entering the house he realised it was extremely quiet yet he could hear slight mumbles from the kitchen area, opening the door his face stretched and a laugh escaped his lips "what's going on in here?" he dropped the bags and raised his arms observing the fiftey mugs or so that scattered across the kitchen island, Rachel pulled herself around on her swivel chair before biting her lip " we got a lil carried away with the cupped cakes" she used her thumb and index finger to show a small gap making him chuckle.
He put the food in the correct places and finally gave in to being as Ava put it 'taste testerer', so he sat opposite the two girls at the island and reached for one of the dozens of cups. To be perfectly honest it wasn't even that bad, expcept the ones that were either under cooked, over cooked or the ingredients where wrong, so the three cups that 'did' taste good went down a treat. He talked his girls into having a movie night but distruptions where high "I don't like this movie" the child whined slumping across her chair, "I do" Finn muttered resting his head on Rachel's side, he was enjoying how her hands gently storked the side of his face every now and then "daddy?" "Ava?" "what?" "shh" he placed a single finger on his lips making her even more annoyed.
She was a very stubborn child so off course she got her way, an hour into the movie they switched it off and sat around talking "so when do you get your casts off?"
Rachel thought for a moment "two weeks but I have to wear a fabric brace on my leg for a while afterwards" the lack of conversation was getting to the child and so she sunk into the couch and observed her parents as they both fell asleep. She decided to toddle off and go to bed on her own but before she did she took a few steps towards both adults and climbed onto the edge of the couch where they lay "night dad" she placed a gentle peck on his cheek, "good night mama" she replicated with her mom, quite pleased with herself she left the main room and after blowing a kiss in their direction.
"Finn... Finn... FINN" he felt a shaking so he shot up "mmm" he grumbled stretching, once he was fully awake he realsied it was dark and Ava was gone "what times it?" he turned towards a sleepy Rachel "one AM" she replied, "we must of fell asleep" he stated the obvious shuffling forward "I was so comfortable" he smirked knowing how much sleep was annoying her lately "I make a great pillow" she began to laugh and kicked him slightly. She watched him stand up and stretch before volunterely leaning down to pick her up "what are you doing? and wheres Ava?" he shushed her before making his way up the stairs, firstly he went towards their little girls room "aww" Rachel smiled as she comfortabley slept in her bed wrapped in a quilt and buried between numerous teddy bears and stuffed animals, "she must have came up here herself" Rachel was wondering whether he was doing it on purpose "yah think?" he chuckled quietly before making his way out of the room and towards Rachel's.
Finn slowly lowered the petite bruenette onto her neatly made bed and before he could leave she grabbed his arm "c-can you... lie-with-me?" she rambled the last part way too quickly, but his ears looked for those specific words "sure" he smirked. The taller man lay behind her and wrapped one arm around her waste allowing her to bury her head in his kneck, after a few minutes she spoke "I like this" he pulled her closer before replying "me too" she fell into a deep slumber being soothed by the humming of his breaths, he loved more than anything holding her as she slept and in the moment he realised he'd do anything to keep her.
A week passed and not much happened, Finn and Rachel had slept in eachothers arms nearly every night and they where mutually happy to carry on, as it was a Thursday Finn was taking his daughter to dance class as usual so Rachel relaxe in the main room... that was until she heard the loudest of bangs at the door, so she slowfully hobbled and pulled open the door "heyyy!" the latino sang cast free "oh so you've came to rub your glory in my face" she joked letting her hug her, "no I've came to tell you the amazing news... and show off my awesome scar" Rachel cringed playfully taking the help she offered to get back to the couch.
Santana made herself comfortable and got them both a drink "so?" Rachel watched the corners of her lips rise "we got the call..." she smirked waiting for her to figure it out, Rachel pulled a face and sat contempt for a moment "oh my god..." she raised her hands to her mouth and gasped "and?" her tone of voice was much more desperate and excited "and we meet her in three weeks" if it wasn't for her severly broken leg she would have jumped of the couch in pure joy so instead she burst into tears knowing how happy it was making them. The latino soon moved towards her and so they hugged eachother "when? where? how?" she rambled all at once "oh my god... she!" Santana couldn't get a word in edge ways so she raised her eyebrows and let her talk it all out... "she's one and a half, her names Hannah Sophia, hopefully she'll soon be Hannah Sophia Lopez-Pierce" Rachel squealed again in delight.
Santana pulled out the pictures of the little girl she had been sent, she was only small and had a little head of brown hair, her eyes where bright hazel and her skin was perfectly light yet tanned, "oh San she's beautiful" Rachel gawped holding them close to her face, "I know, we can't wait neither of us could stop crying for days after they called" it felt nice witnessing the latina's soft side, it also felt nice witnessing Rachel - as Rachel, perky and squeamish "and you're gonna be aunt Rach aren't you?" "you won't stop me, Awesome aunt Rach I'll be" they giggled before hearing the click of the door. "Oh hey San" Finn greeted entering the room childless,
"hi" she had a smug grin plastered across her lips, "something going on?" he looked unsure observing the whole room, she took the picture and took a few steps closer to him, he held it to his eyes witha confused expression "... Hannah... your niece" he froze for a second before his face lit up...
"No! no way" Santana was slightly stunned when he picked her up and swung her in a circle "ok Finnegan I got my casts of a couple days ago" he placed her on the ground caustiously "she's gorgeous" he placed a kiss on her forehead completely over joyed for the woman considering they were like brother and sister. After Sanatana left they sat cuddled close on the couch "they deserve it" Finn mumbled "yah they'll be amazing" in the moment Rachel couldn't help herself, she leant closer to his face and kissed his lips but she didn't stop, they both carried on getting stronger and closer "I love you so much" he exclaimed catching his breath, "I love you too" he knew exactly what she meant when she grabbed the top of his shirt but he didn't rebel, and so their night was perfect... completely and utterly perfect.
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Ok so I know I haven't updated in a while I'm such a horrible person,
but I've been SO busy and lifes so hectic at the moment so I sincerely apologise. Pre warning- there'll probably be another large gap till my next update but I'm not sure... don't hate me XD btw thankyou to my constant reveiwers I know there is about ten of you and I love you all, so to those of you who don't review please do as I appreciate the soo much and they help me get through the long stressful days...
Another thing: I don't have writers block, I'll never admit to having writers block as I always have ideas it's just lately I don't know what ones to use so it would be really awesome if you could help me out and tell me what you want...
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