Chapter 36:

"You do realize that our apartment is like the size of the bottom floor of your house, don't you?" I asked as Kurt and I walked through 'Bed Bath & Beyond' trying to find some things for our new place in New York. Having found the perfect one Kurt, Finn and I all put in an application and we were contacted within a few days offered the apartment. We agreed together to have the check for the first month and last month in hand when we arrived to New York at the end of the summer. But we had the apartment and all that was needed was a diploma in our hand and our bags packed.

"Do you realize that we're going to be in Harlem?"

"Harlem isn't that bad, it's just the more you go uptown is where the trouble is. We're closer to Manhattan than we are going to be uptown." Throwing a in a few bed pillows "It's not like what you see in movies Kurt, their aren't like legit gangs trying to shot out at each other in broad daylight. Even if they do, you would know to stay away from there. Some places just look like they should be in a scene of West Side Story. Promise, you won't get killed."

"I better not, I have a wonderful life to live and I plan on surviving my first year there."

"You will." Reassuring me and than pointing at two comforters "Which one do you think Finn would like chocolate or navy?"

"Just rub in my face why don't you." Kurt sighed and than pointed at the brown one

"I can't help the fact that Julliard finds it necessary for Blaine to stay in their dorms their first year."

"Yeah well I'm going to be stuck with you and Finn being all happy, together in the apartment when I'm going to be wishing I was with Blaine."

"Oh please, Kurt don't even. You know that we're going to have a great time. Plus Blaine will be able to spend the night whenever he wants to. It's not going to be any different than when Blaine is at Dalton and you are in Lima, well except you'll be closer than Dalton is to Lima."

"True, except I'm going to have to listen to you and Finn get down and dirty" Kurt smirked, laughing at my red face

"Will not"

"Please as if I don't already" Kurt chuckled picking through some some towels

"Yeah, well I'm not talking about it."

"Your right" Kurt said defeated at the stack of towels on the shelf before finding the right color and putting a few in his cart "What you and my brother do in the bedroom is none of my business."

"Correct"

"So keep the noise in there" Glaring, he walked down to the washrags. Was he purposely trying to embarrass me, because I really think he was. Not that I would let it get to me since it was perfectly normal for a woman of my age to be having sexual relations with my boyfriend who I loved dearly. Ignoring him, I pick out black towels and washrags to match I mean there wasn't anything special about them, there didn't need to be .

"Look, Kurt these are organic and they are so soft" Noticing the tag on my towels and washrags I just grabbed

"Yeah, I saw that too. I got them in brown and creme." Kurt motioned to inside his cart as he continued to grab it. I grabbed a black toothbrush holder and dark grey bath rugs with a matching toilet cover. "Do you think there will be mirrors in the bathrooms."

"Probably above the sinks. Not in the bedrooms though. The woman did say that there was a dresser, small closet and a bed in the rooms already and we didn't need to buy anything like that. So what Finn and I were thinking would be getting a new mattress because you can't be to cautious about bed bugs. So that's all we plan on getting when we get down there. The sales tax on things are crazy, so the more we get in Lima the better."

"That's probably what I'll do than. We need to save all the money we can with rent every month."

"We'll find some part time jobs. I mean seriously, do you know how many restaurants there are in N.Y.C, there are tons. If we get a job at like a high rated place we'll get amazing tips."

"This is true." Kurt threw a coffee maker into his cart

"I'll get my candles another day, I love the one's from Bath and Body Works."

"They are amazing" Kurt agreed

Grabbing two table lamps, splitting the cost for each I grabbed a lamp for my bedroom. Well our bedroom, it felt so unknown to say. A year ago, I wouldn't of even thought twice about sharing a room with my boyfriend who is following me to New York, to be with me. The more I thought about it, the more silly it seemed. I mean Finn was going to New York with me after only knowing me a year, not even that.

"Rachel!" Kurt snapped his fingers in front of me, shoving a phone in my face. "I just got this from Finn."

She's having the baby!

"No way!" I gasped looking up wide eyed at Kurt

"Yes way now let's get checked out so we can get down to the hospital." Rushing our carts to the front of the store, I checked out giving the man the cash from both Finn and I. Running out to the car we practically threw everything in and Kurt led the way to the hospital. Oddly, I didn't know where it was even after it was just about a year of living in this town.

Arriving in just a little over fifteen minutes, Kurt skipped the front desk telling me he knew where they were already waiting. Taking the elevator up, I was antsy. I was so excited for Carol's baby to come and for Finn and Kurt to have their baby sister. There was a ding and than the doors opened. Kurt grabbed my hand leading me down the hallway and finally I see Finn and his grandparents sitting in the chairs.

"We got here as soon as we could." Kurt said as we finally reached them, Finn looked up from a magazine as his grandparents also looked up.

"We would have been here sooner but we were shopping."

"You could have taken your time." Finn shrugged flipping the page "I mean the baby is going to take a while coming. Mr. Oliver said in health that a baby could take like hours to come out."

"You actually payed attention?" Kurt scoffed sitting down in one of the chairs

"Yeah totally, that stuff is interesting." Finn nodded but than suddenly shuddered "Except that movie at the end of the semester, I could have gone my whole life without looking at that. They could have warned us that we were going to see the woman's, junk."

"Vagina, Finn. Her vagina." I giggled, sitting next to Kurt. "Plus what else did you think it came out of?"'

"I knew it came from there but guy's just like to think it pops out."

"Well us ladies wish it happened like that, instead of hours of intense pain. The head is like a watermelon coming out from down there."

"Gross" Kurt scrunched his face, Finn agreed

"Teenagers." Malory, Carols mom said winking at me. "You young men will learn later in life."

"I'm gay, I'm lucky. I'll have a surrogate later in life. I will just pick up the baby and take it home."

"When you get attached to that baby growing in the woman's womb you'll want to be in that room." Mallory stated.

Kurt seemed to think it over but he shook his head. "I won't."

Feeling Finn's stare, I look over and he smiles at me before going back to his magazine.

"Hey guys." Hearing Burt's voice we all look up at him as he sat on the chair, slumping into it.

"What's going on?" Finn asked

"Is there anything wrong?" Kurt followed

"No" Burt sighed "Everything is fine, Carol is probably going to be here for a long time. She's only three centimeters dilated."

"She's got to be like ten, right?" Finn questioned while Burt nodded answering him.

"I'm going down and get something to eat. I was at the shop when your mom called me and I didn't get to eat lunch. You guy's can go in and see her while I'm down there. If anything changes, which I doubt it than call me."

"No problem dad!" Kurt slapped his shoulder "We're going to go in and see her. Go eat and we'll see you when you come back up."

Burt nodded leaving down the hallway as Finn, Kurt and I went down the hallway knocking on the door. Kurt opened it to reveal Carol eating some ice chips.

"Hey mom" Finn walked through kissing her forehead "How you feeling?"

"Just peachy" Carol chuckled holding her stomach "You know, just major pain shooting up my stomach every few minutes."

"If I could go through the pain for you I would mom." He smirked sitting on the edge of her bed looking around "Looks like you go the hook up."

"Oh for sure, I mean this is like the labor room for the rich." Carol laughed and than looked at us. "How did your shopping trip go?"

"Good, we purchased lots of things for our apartment." Kurt sat down on a chair next to the bed "We didn't get everything because we got the message from Finn that you were having the baby."

"But we got the majority of it, we'll have to show you two when you get home with the baby!" Smiling, I sat down on Kurt's lap. Carol's face contorted showing that she was going through another contraction. Holding my hand out, Carol was grateful as she grabbed it and squeezed it through the contraction. Sure it hurt but I was happy to be there for her.

"Thanks." Carol whispered letting go and taking some more ice chips. Another five hours, Finn was getting restless and his grandparents were asleep out in the chairs. Kurt and I had bought some cards to play while waiting and finally we go so bad that we all decided to go for a walk outside of the hospital. Taking Finn's hand in mine we got outside, which was dark now that it was seven at night, almost eight. Finn pointed to the McDonald's across the street and insisted that we go there to eat. Figuring that I could get some fries or something, I agreed.

That distracted us for about an hour and we decided to go back and try to see how she was doing. Finn's grandparents were awake and said that Burt came out saying that Carol was fully dilated. Now all we had to do was wait just a little more. Neither one of us could sit still as we waited and waited. Looking up at the clock it was a little after ten. We've been here for hours and hours and still no baby. I mean it's not like this is Carol's first baby. She shouldn't be taking this long.

Hearing the door to the waiting room open we were startled.

"It's a girl." Burt laughed as we all scrambled up, Kurt bringing him in a hug and pulling Finn into it. I watched in happiness for the family. Burt looked at me before grabbing my hand pulling me into the hug. This was such a happy moment and I was glad to be a part of it.

Burt went back to Carol as we stayed in the waiting room because we weren't allowed to visit her right now. But Kurt directed us out into the hallway and down a little. Just as we got there, there was a baby being rolled in and being taken to get tests. Squinting my eyes, I read 'Hummel' on the cart and realize that, that was the baby. Tugging on Finns jacket I point it out and I want to cry.

That's Finns and Kurt baby sister. She was so tiny and little, such a baby. Watching the baby girl as she gets tests taken she was taken out of the room and down the back hallway. Following the hallways we just took we knocked on the door and Finn took the lead in.

"Is it okay to come in?"

"Come on in." Carol didn't take her eyes from the bundle in her hands. Finn tugged me behind him as we crowded around the bed with his grandparents. Catching a glimpse of the baby girl, I gasped. She was so gorgeous.

"Wow" I smiled at Carol "She's so beautiful."

"I would like to introduce you all to Kailey Nicole Hummel"

"Love the name" Kurt smiled leaning over the headboard looking down at Kailey

"I love you guys" Carol leaned up kissing Kurt's forehead and blowing kisses at the rest of us and finally resting a soft kiss on her own baby. I can't believe that she finally had the baby, being a part of this moment made me feel so blessed I found Finn who had such an amazing family who I loved and I was loved back. Leaning into Finn I watched Kailey's reflexes go off and we all laughed a little as she punched up in the air. Simply amazing.

Cute! Baby Hummel has arrived. Next will have more finchel, promises! Thanks for the reviews from the last chapter. I adore you all!

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