Hey guys! This chapter was definitely one of my favorites to write. I always love writing Finchel family moments and moments of the various Glee families interacting with each other. Though I must give one of my readers credit for something in this chapter. The idea for Allie wanting the stork to take Caylie back comes from my reader ravennasolo408. She left a comment about Allie possibly wishing the stork will take Caylie back, and after talking with her I just had to use it! I thought that would be so funny! Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter and review if you want me to continue.
Two other things. One, I'm REALLY hoping to be a finalist for best Finchel fics, best Finchel author, or best in any category in the Glee Fanfic Awards. I'm hosting it and am accepting nominations until June 30. So if you'd nominate me or any of my fics, it would mean the world to me. The Tumblr is gleefanficawards2013.
And one more thing - with all the weddings that have gone on, I thought you guys would like to see what the girls' wedding dresses and the bridesmaid dresses looked like. So I posted photos of all the girls' dresses and bridesmaid dresses on my Tumblr. Feel free to check them out :)
Chapter 37: She's Coming!
"Can we get that pumpkin?" Allie asked excitedly. It was now mid October, and Finn, Rachel and Allie were at a pumpkin patch in Connecticut, picking out a pumpkin for Halloween to bring back to New York. They'd visited Puck, Quinn, Daniel and Bailey earlier that day, and this was a patch that they'd recommended. Since it was hard to find a good place for pumpkins in New York, Finn and Rachel had figured why not?
Finn looked at the pumpkin Allie was pointing to. He thought there was no way she'd find one bigger than last year's, but she just had. Allie loved Halloween. She loved going dressing up, going door to door with her friends and collecting candy. This year Allie was going dressed as Piglet from Winnie the Pooh. Several of her friends from school were dressing as other characters from those books. Mia's mom had made their costumes.
"Yes, I like that one!" Rachel said. Finn looked at his wife, noticing how uncomfortable she looked. He didn't know if coming here today was such a good idea, but Rachel had insisted she come along. Getting the pumpkin was a family tradition.
"So do I," Finn said. He picked up the pumpkin and began heading over to the cash register, Allie walking alongside him.
"FINN!" Rachel shouted.
Finn turned around, Rachel was standing a few feet back. Several other people at the patch were looking now, too. Could her water have just broken?
"Is it time, babe?" Finn asked, though he knew the answer.
Rachel nodded nervously. "This is it."
Finn put the pumpkin down. "Oh my God. Allie, go help your mom find a place to sit down while I get the car."
Allie looked upset. "What about the pumpkin?"
Finn sighed. He knew this wasn't the best time for the baby to be born. "Allie, I promise we'll come get a pumpkin soon. Mommy needs to go have the baby."
"I don't even have my stuff!" Rachel moaned, calling after Finn.
"I'll have Kurt and Blaine bring it in!" Finn shouted as loud as he could so Rachel could hear him. He sent a quick text to Puck, asking for the address of the nearest hospital and asking if Puck or Quinn could meet them there to look after Allie while Rachel was in labor.
Finn pulled up the car to where Allie and Rachel were waiting and helped Rachel into the back seat. He looked at Allie, noticing she looked sad. "Allie, are you disappointed?"
"I wanted to get a pumpkin!" Allie repeated.
Finn gave his daughter a hug. "We'll get one as soon as we can."
"Fine," Allie said. Once Rachel and Allie had their seatbelts on, Finn drove to the hospital Puck had recommended. It was about twenty minutes from the pumpkin patch, so not bad. He checked in, and shortly after he came in, Puck came into the waiting room.
"Thanks for coming," Finn said to his friend.
"No problem," Puck said. "Quinn would have come too, but Bailey's napping. I'm sure she'll bring Daniel and Bailey later."
The doctor came out. "Mr. Hudson, we need to get your wife to the delivery room."
Finn nodded. "Okay." He helped Rachel into the wheelchair and looked at Allie. "Be good for Uncle Puck, okay?"
"Okay," Allie said. She sat down as Finn wheeled Rachel into the delivery room.
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"So, Allie, you're about to be a big sister," Puck said.
"Yeah," Allie sighed.
"What's wrong?" Puck said.
"Maybe the stork should just go home," Allie said.
"The stork?" Puck asked.
"Yeah, the stork that brings babies," Allie said, as if stating the obvious.
"Oh, I forgot, you still think babies come from a stork," Puck laughed.
Allie gave him a confused look. "You mean they don't? Then where do they come from?"
"You should probably ask your parents that one," Puck admitted.
"But you're a daddy, too!" Allie said.
"They come from the stork," Puck declared.
"Yeah, sure," Allie said.
"And why don't you want the stork to bring Caylie?" Puck asked.
"Because I like it with me and my mommy and daddy," Allie said. "They were getting her room ready when I wanted to play with them. And they went to the doctor a lot. And we were just going to get our pumpkin for Halloween, but we couldn't because they saw the stork."
Puck put his arm around Allie. "Allie, you know your mommy and daddy love you. They never stop talking about you whenever I talk to them."
"Yeah," Allie said. "But what if they love Caylie more? Who do you love more, Beth, Daniel or Bailey?"
"I love all three of them the same," Puck said. "They're all perfect in their own way."
"So you don't have a favorite?" Allie asked.
"I don't have a favorite," Puck said. "I have three favorites. And your mom and dad will have two favorites."
Allie sat there quietly for a little before three other familiar faces came in. Allie smiled when she saw who it was. "Uncle Kurt! Uncle Blaine! Aunt Santana!"
"Hey Allie," Kurt said, giving his niece a hug.
"We brought your mom's bag," Santana said. "Brittany would have come too, but she's feeling pretty tired, and we didn't know if Bryan would be good at waiting around."
"She's in the delivery room already," Puck said.
"I'm sure she's being a big drama queen," Kurt said.
"My mom hates it when people call her a drama queen," Allie said.
"I know she does," Blaine said. "But she isn't here."
"It's not nice anyway," Allie said.
"You really are just like your parents," Santana pointed out.
"I love them," Allie said.
"They love you," Blaine said.
"Allie's a little upset because Rachel's water broke when they were picking out a pumpkin," Puck said.
"Yeah," Allie said. "The stupid stork. He should have waited."
The adults laughed. "The stork didn't know what you guys were doing, Allie," Blaine said. "Otherwise I'm sure he would have waited."
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Rachel lay on the bed. Luckily, she'd gotten to the hospital in time for an epidural, so she was calmer than before. "Are you okay?" Finn asked his wife nervously. "Anything I can get for you?"
Rachel grabbed her husband's hand. "Just don't leave me."
Finn gave his wife a kiss. "I promise I won't."
"I hope Allie's okay," Rachel sighed.
"So do I," Finn said. "She's been on and off about this from the beginning."
"She'll be fine," Rachel said. "She'll be a great big sister."
"I told you that I called your dads and they'll come in from Lima as soon as they can, right?" Finn asked.
"Yeah, and my mom's coming in from New York, you said," Rachel said.
"That's right," Finn said.
"I just wish I could push," Rachel sighed. "I'm ready for her to come out."
Finn looked at the doctor. "How many centimeters is she?"
"She's about eight and a half," the doctor said.
Rachel groaned and fell backwards. She still had some time to wait.
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Allie was looking through her book in the waiting room. She still hadn't heard anything about whether not the baby was coming, and that was fine with her. She was still feeling pretty unsure.
"Hi Allie." Allie looked up and saw Beth.
"Hi Beth," Allie said.
"Any news from Rachel?" Shelby asked.
"Not yet," Puck said. "We're all waiting impatiently."
"You'll be a big sister, just like me!" Beth said.
"Beth?" Allie asked.
"Yeah?"
"Your mommy and daddy still loved you after Daniel and Bailey were born, right?" Allie asked.
"Duh!" Beth said. "And my other mommy still loved Rachel after I was born."
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"You can do this, babe," Finn said, holding Rachel's hand. Rachel was ten centimeters dilated, and she'd already made two pushes, but it still wasn't enough.
"I can't do this anymore!" Rachel sobbed.
"I know it hurts," Finn said softly.
"No you don't!" Rachel snapped. "You've never done this before! This is the second time I'm doing it!"
Finn looked hurt. Rachel looked at her husband and sighed. "I'm sorry."
"Look, if you feel pain, squeeze my hand," Finn said.
Rachel squeezed Finn's hand and screamed as she pushed as hard as she could. "She's almost out," the doctor said. "Give us one more big push."
Rachel made another push as she heard a cry. She looked at Finn and smiled. She'd done it again.
Finn threw his arms around Rachel. "I love you."
"I love you too," Finn said.
A few minutes later, the nurse came up to the couple. "Here she is." She placed the baby in Finn's arms.
Finn and Rachel smiled as they looked at their second daughter. "Hi, Caylie," Rachel said softly.
"We're so glad you're finally here," Finn added.
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A few minutes later, the nurse came into the waiting room and saw the group. "You're all here for Finn and Rachel Hudson?"
Blaine stood up. "Yes, I'm the godfather of their child." He motioned toward Allie. "This is their other daughter."
"Well, Rachel gave birth to a beautiful baby girl," the nurse said as everyone cheered.
"Finn and Rachel want their other daughter and the godparents to come back and meet her first, so I'll let those three go now," the nurse said. "You can come with me."
Allie sighed as she took Santana and Blaine's hands. This was it. She was about to be a sister.
They walked down the hall and finally went into the delivery room, where Rachel and Finn were sitting with a bundle. Rachel smiled and looked up. "Allie!"
"Hi Mommy," Allie said, forcing a smile.
"Want to come meet your baby sister?" Rachel asked.
Allie hesitated. "Okay." Caylie had arrived, so Allie figured why not just come see her?
"Do the godparents get to see her too?" Santana asked.
"Of course you do!" Finn said.
Allie walked over to her parents and peered into the bundle. Right away, she noticed how cute the baby was, and all her negative thoughts were forgotten. "Hi Caylie," Allie said. "I'm Allie, your big sister."
"Yes you are," Finn said, moving closer to his wife and daughters.
"She looks kind of like I did in the pictures you showed me from when I was a baby!" Allie exclaimed.
"Yes she does," Rachel said.
"She is so beautiful, you two," Blaine said.
"Luckily for both your girls, they didn't get your nose," Santana teased Rachel.
"I'm thankful they got Finn's, too," Rachel said.
"I love your nose!" Finn said to Rachel.
"Yeah, I like your nose, Mommy," Allie said.
"Listen to us," Finn said to his wife.
"Thanks so much for making me the godfather," Blaine said.
"And I'm so honored to have her for my first godchild," Santana said.
After some more time, Blaine and Santana went to get Kurt, Puck, Shelby and Beth, leaving Finn, Rachel, Allie and Caylie alone. "When can we take her home?" Allie asked.
"In a few days," Finn said.
"Darn!" Allie said. "I want Coda and Nibbles and my friends to meet her."
"Oh, I bet they'll love meeting her!" Rachel said. She smiled at Finn, both their daughters really were perfect.
Chapter 38 preview: Finn, Rachel and Allie take Caylie home. Lots of nice family moments. The Puckermans visit the New Yorkers and bring a surprise for Allie :) May also include the birth of Klaine and Brittana's twins ;)