Here's chapter 29! Thank you for all the favs, alerts, and reviews!

I don't own Glee. I only own the characters Cory, Rae, and Bridget.

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Rachel gently put Cory down for another nap, hoping he'd stay asleep for awhile. Lately, it had been just her, Finn, and Coryat night because Carole was staying over at the Hummel household more often. Finn was still a work, so she decided to just relax for a bit.

School was going to be starting in a couple weeks, which meant they had to figure out what they were going to do about Cory. She should probably look at some options, even though they had to chose between two. They could either hire a babysitter or they could take him to a daycare center. A daycare center would probably be the best option, since it would be cheaper than hiring a babysitter. However, he would be exposed to germs in a daycare center. Cory had his six week vaccinations awhile back though, so he was good until his next appointment. She'd have to talk to Finn about it later.

"I'm home!" Rachel heard the door open to hear Finn's voice. She smiled and ran into the kitchen to give him a hug.

"Hey there, you're home early," she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Yeah, there wasn't much traffic on the way home. How's Cory doing?"

"He's fine. What do you want for dinner tonight?" she asked while looking around the kitchen, "Your mom is going out with Burt for dinner tonight, so she won't be here."

"How about mac and cheese?" Finn asked while getting a bottle of watch from the refrigerator.

"Sure," she grabbed a box from the pantry and preheated the oven, "So, since school is starting soon, I think there's something we need to talk about."

"Alright, lay it on me," he sat down in the dining room and Rachel followed, "If this is about telling our classmates we kept the baby, we can't."

"Oh no, it's not that. I think we need to decide if we should put Cory in a daycare center or if we should hire a babysitter. Neither of us can miss school, so we'll have to decide soon."

"Oh...well, how do you feel about a daycare center?" Finn asked.

"I think that's our best bet. If we were to hire a babysitter, and we were in school and they had to cancel, we'd be in trouble. Plus, babysitters can get expensive. I did a little research earlier and I found a daycare center close by that does negotiations. And if he's put in a daycare center, I can get a job so we'll be equally providing for Cory. He'll also be around other people which would be good for him."

"That sounds good. What's the name of the daycare center?"

"Bright and Sunny Daycare Center. It was apparently started by these two sisters, so they should be nice," she answered, remembering the webpage for earlier, "We'll have to schedule an appointment to see them though."

"Can you schedule it for tomorrow? I'm off in the morning," Finn seemed okay with the whole idea of Cory going to a daycare center. If they could agree on something, they probably should check it out.

-complicated-complicated-

"We're here!" Rachel squealed from the front seat, beaming at Cory who was now awake. The daycare was very close to Wal-Mart, so if they called saying there was something wrong Finn would be able to get Cory. It was 10:00 AM, which was a little early for Cory to be outside in the real world. They didn't take him out much since he was still little.

"Let's hope this'll go over ok," Finn said while the two of them walked into the building with Cory in his carrier. The walls were painted a very bright yellow that was like the sun; it hurt your eyes when you looked at it.

There were two woman sitting at the main desk, doing work silently on the computer. One had auburn colored hair, and the other one was blonde. Besides the difference in hair color, they looked like sisters.

"Uh, excuse me?" Rachel asked, and both of their heads shot up, "We have an appointment with Bridget and Rae at 10:00. Do you know where they are?"

"Oh, hello!" the one with blonde hair said, "I'm Rae, and this is my sister Bridget." Finn and Rachel shook hands with both of them and escorted them to a conference room.

"I'm Rachel Berry, and this is my boyfriend Finn Hudson," the brunette introduced themselves to the two sisters as they sat down. She placed Cory's carrier next to her chair so she was right nearby, "And that's our son, Cory."

"He's very cute," Bridget complimented, "He looks just like you, Mr. Hudson."

"Please, call me Finn," he didn't like being called Mr. Hudson, that was too proper for him at the moment.

"Now, what can we help you with?" Rae asked.

"We were wondering if we could enroll Cory in your daycare services. School is starting up for us again, and we'd prefer if he was in a daycare center," Rachel explained.

"How old is he?"

"He's eleven weeks old. He'll be thirteen weeks when school starts."

"Then he's allowed to be here. The minimum age here is six weeks, and all the babies under one year old are in a separate room. Here's a form to fill out," Bridget handed them a clipboard with a form on it, and they filled it out together within five minutes. They handed back he form together, and they saw the two sisters review over it carefully, "Oh, the both of you are sixteen?"

"Yes, we are," the way people reacted to the two of them being teenage parents hadn't gone over well. She remembered one that particularly hurt her emotionally. It hurt her so bad she hadn't even told Finn about it.

"Excuse me," Rachel was pushing a cart through the grocery store with Cory sleeping in his carrier. She had just past a woman who had two small children with her that appeared to be under the age of seven.

"Such a shame," she heard the mother mutter. The brunette rapidly flipped her head over to the woman looked at cans of soup.

"Excuse me?" she asked, taking herself and the cart back over to the woman.

"I said it's such a shame. With looks like yours you could have become famous, but since you have a child," she looked over at the sleeping baby, then back at Rachel, "your dreams are at a halt. Your boyfriend is probably still with you, saying he'll be there no matter what, right? He'll probably stick around for awhile, and then he'll realize he's wasting his teen years raising a child."

"You have no right to judge me, miss," Rachel snapped, "You don't know me, my boyfriend, or my life."

"Look at her, children," the woman told her kids, "Don't become like her. Your dreams will be shattered if you have a child this young."

She was mortified. How could someone be so cruel to say something like that to her?

"Is there a problem over here?" one of the store workers came over to them.

"Not at all," the woman walked away with her two children with a disgusted look on her face. Why would someone say something like that? Rachel felt humiliated while finishing her shopping. Looking at Cory made her feel better though, which made her realize that she shouldn't listen to that woman. Cory was her dream now.

"We've had a few parents come in here who were teen parents. We're not judgemental," she breathed a sigh of relief. She thought she was going to go "all Lima Heights on this joint" as Santana would say. The four of them talked for a little while longer before setting a date for Cory to start attending. They decided he would start the Friday before they started school so he could get used to going there. She had a feeling he'd so just fine.


Coming up in chapter 30: Rachel decides to apply for a job as a waitress. How will the meeting with her potential boss go?