Back with a brand new story! This is like a prequel/sequel/midquel/whatever, basically, a companion fic to Untold Secrets. It'll be a series of oneshots involving Finn, Rachel and their kids. The date each little story takes place in will be posted at the top. Most will take place after Finchel reunited, though I might include some of Rachel and Clayton and of Finn and Cody before Untold Secrets. So, it isn't necessary that you read Untold Secrets first, but you will have a better idea of what's going on if you have. You will also see a lot more of Callie, and other Glee characters and their kids will appear as well. (Leave a request if there's someone you want to see!) And this is where you guys come in: if there's a scenario or a story you want me to write for the Finchel family, please request it and I'll write it! Hope you enjoy the new story and let me know what you'd like to see me do for future chapters!
March 2029: Welcome To The Family
"I want an epidural," Rachel moaned.
"I'll see what I can do," Finn said, rubbing his fiancee's back. He looked up at the doctor. "Could we get her an epidural?"
"Yeah, sure," the doctor said before leaving the room. Finn started to follow the doctor out, hoping that he could make sure everything was okay.
Rachel grabbed Finn's hand. "Finn, don't leave me."
Finn sat back down at Rachel's side. "You know I won't. I didn't last time, either."
Last time. Rachel thought about last time. Last time, she pushed two babies out and said goodbye to one of them and to Finn and then had to pull herself up to raise one of her sons, thinking she'd never see her other little boy again. Last time, she'd spent the whole time wanting to beg Finn to give things a chance, but kept remembering that the relationship counselor had told them if either of them compromised, they'd only end up resenting each other and it wouldn't be fair to the boys.
How wrong that counselor had been. She, Finn and the boys were happier than they'd ever been and her only regret was that they didn't have this for fifteen years.
When Finn spoke about last time, his thoughts went back to the last time they were here sixteen years ago. He looked over at Rachel and could tell she was thinking about that too. "Baby, the past is in the past. We're together and in love, we're with both our boys and we're about to bring our little girl into the world and when she's old enough to walk down the aisle with us, we're going to get married again."
Rachel smiled at Finn. "I love you." She looked down at the ring at her finger. She and Finn had gone to Times Square with the boys on New Year's Eve. After the ball had dropped, Finn and Rachel finally had the New Year's Eve kiss that every couple needed to have. And when they'd pulled apart, he'd gotten down on one knee and given her an even prettier ring than last time. Kurt had already begun planning the wedding, but they knew they wanted their daughter to be part of it.
"I love you and our boys and our girl," Finn said.
"You knew she would be a girl," Rachel giggled. "Even before I did."
Clayton and Cody sat in the waiting room. They both knew they didn't want to see their mom going through the pain of labor. "It's crazy, we'll be in our thirties when she graduates high school," Clayton told his brother.
"I know," Cody said. "Speaking of graduating, I really hope our parents let us stay home tomorrow. It's almost midnight already."
"Yeah, but I'm not tired at all," Clayton admitted. "I can't wait to meet her."
"Yeah, I'm running on adrenaline," Cody agreed.
Rachel's dads came in. "How's our granddaughter?" Hiram asked.
"We're waiting to meet her," Cody said.
"Your mom's probably being a drama queen," LeRoy laughed. "I hope your dad's okay. Where are his parents?"
"They're coming up tomorrow," Clayton told his grandfathers."
"Alright Rachel, you're fully dilated," the doctor said.
Rachel sighed with relief. It felt like it had been forever. She was in a lot of pain already and knew even worse pain would be coming. Still, it would all be worth it when her daughter was here and their family was complete.
"She's about to be here!" Finn said excitedly.
Rachel grabbed Finn's hand. "Yeah."
"On your next contraction, I want you to push," the doctor said.
Sure enough, Rachel felt a contraction. She took a deep breath and pushed with all her might. The doctor looked down. "Okay, she's starting to come out."
"My hand hurts," Finn complained.
Rachel looked at Finn. "Your hand hurts? I feel like my stomach's being ripped apart."
With that, Finn knew he probably shouldn't complain anymore.
"Can you give me another push, Rachel?" the doctor asked.
Painful or not, Rachel knew she wanted her daughter to come out. She pushed again, but then felt like she was in too much pain to keep pushing.
"You're doing great, baby," Finn said, kissing Rachel's forehead.
"We're almost there," the doctor said. "With one more push, she should be here."
That was motivation for Rachel. At the count of three, she pushed with all her might. Finally, the began to wear down and a small cry filled the room.
"She's here," Finn said to Rachel.
"Congratulations, healthy baby girl," the doctor said. "Does she have a name?"
Finn nodded. "Her name is Callie Barbra Hudson." He looked at the baby. "She's perfect, just like her brothers."
Rachel wrapped her arms around her fiancé. "I love you so much."
"I love you too," Finn said, kissing Rachel as the nurses took the baby away to clean her off.
Rachel smiled widely as the nurse brought over Callie and placed her in Rachel's arms. The baby girl looked just like Rachel's baby pictures her dads had shown her, but when she opened her eyes, Finn and Rachel saw that she had Finn's cinnamon eyes. "She is perfect," Rachel told Finn. She looked down at her daughter and kissed her head. "Nice to finally meet you."
Finn also leaned down to kiss his daughter. "Hi baby girl. I'm your daddy. And this is your mommy. We both love you so much..."
As amazing as this moment was, it didn't feel complete without the boys. "Go get the boys. I want them to meet their sister."
Hours had passed, and Cody and Clayton's phones were blowing up with text messages from family members, friends and friends of Finn and Rachel's. "Maybe we should have kept this a secret and just waited until she was born to tell everyone Mom went into labor," Clayton complained.
Before Cody, Hiram or LeRoy could say anything, Finn came into the waiting room. "Who's ready to meet their little sister?" He noticed Rachel's dads. "Or their granddaughter. I wasn't expecting you two."
"We came as soon as the boys texted us," Hiram said.
Cody jumped up. "She's here?"
"How is she?" Clayton asked excitedly.
"She's perfect," Finn said. "Only a few minutes old, we couldn't wait for you two to meet her."
"How's Mom?" Clayton asked.
"She did great," Finn said. He'd heard all sorts of horror stories, but Rachel had done amazing.
"We'll let you and Rachel and the boys have a little time with her, but we want to meet her, too!" LeRoy said.
Finn smiled at his fathers-in-law. "Thanks." He led his son's back to Rachel's room, where Rachel sat with the baby in her arms.
Clayton broke out in a huge smile as soon as he saw his sister. "Oh my gosh, she's so cute!"
"We have a baby sister!" Cody gasped.
The baby girl opened her eyes and looked over at her brothers. "She knows you're her big brothers," Rachel said, smiling at her sons.
Clayton sat on his mom's bed and began tickling his sister's feet. "Hi, Callie. I'm Clayton, I'm your big brother. I'm going to make sure no boys ever hurt you and if any boys ever hurt you, I'm going to hurt them..." He was already in protective big brother mode.
Rachel smiled at her son. "Do you want to hold her?"
Clayton felt a bit overwhelmed. He'd never held a newborn baby before, let alone his sister. "Yeah, I would." He tried to hold in his nerves as he looked at his little sister in his arms. "Hi Callie. Hi," he said softly. Callie looked up at Clayton. He looked over at his parents. "She has the same eyes and nose as me and Cody."
Rachel sighed. "Sorry all three of you got stuck with my nose."
"I love your nose!" Finn told Rachel, sorry that after all these years, Rachel was insecure about her nose.
After a few moments of Clayton holding Callie, Rachel looked over at Cody. "Cody, would you like to hold her?"
Cody felt nervous about holding Callie. He'd never held a newborn baby before and she was so small and fragile. What if he dropped her or somehow hurt her? "Are we sure that's a good idea?"
"Of course it is," Finn said. "You're her brother." He looked at Clayton cradling Callie close. "Though it may be hard to get her away from your brother."
Cody gulped. "I would like to hold her."
"You'll love holding her, trust me," Clayton said as he passed his sister to his brother's arms.
Cody felt overwhelmed as he looked down at his little sister. "Hi Callie. I'm Cody, your other big brother. I'm going to take you to see shows on Broadway. I bet you're going to be a really good singer, just like me and our mommy." As he held his sister, he realized there was no need to be nervous. She was perfect. And as she snuggled up to him, he got a feeling that she knew he was her brother and that there was already a connection.
Clayton smiled at his brother. "See, I told you holding her was amazing."
Cody smiled back as Finn and Rachel smiled at the interaction between their children. They could already tell that all three of their children would have such a special bond. They'd been a little worried because of the age difference and because Clayton and Cody were already so close, but now they knew that their three kids would be just as close as Finn and Kurt, and as Rachel and Beth, who also didn't let the age difference get in the way of their bond.
"You two are so good with her," Finn told his sons as he put his arm around Rachel. Once Cody had gotten a little more time, Finn spoke. "I'd really like to hold her." Since Rachel had gotten to hold her first and he'd gone right away to get the boys, he hadn't gotten to hold her yet.
"Oh, I'm sorry baby," Rachel said. She felt awful for not realizing Finn hadn't gotten to hold Callie.
"I wanted the boys to hold her," Finn told Rachel. "But I really do want to hold her."
"Of course you can hold her, you're her daddy," Cody said, passing his sister over to his father.
Finn looked down at his daughter in his arms. "Hi Callie. Daddy loves you so much."
Rachel blinked back tears watching Finn interacting with their daughter.
Once Finn, Rachel, Clayton and Cody had some more time with Callie, they decided to get Rachel's dads. After all, it was late and they had come to the hospital. The twins went to get their godfathers, leaving Finn and Rachel with Callie. "I love you all so much," Finn told Rachel. "I'm going to do everything I can for all of you for the rest of my life."
Rachel took her fiancé's hand. "I love you all very much."
Callie began crying softly. "What's wrong, Callie?" Rachel asked softly.
"I think she wants to see her mommy," Finn said, handing Callie to Rachel. "After all, she knows you best. She did live in you for nine months."
Rachel giggled as she took her daughter in her arms. "Hi baby girl. Hi."
Callie's cries calmed down as Hiram and LeRoy came in with their grandsons. "Where's our granddaughter?" LeRoy asked.
Rachel smiled up at her dads. "Right here."
Hiram and LeRoy came over. "Oh, Rachel, she's so perfect!" Hiram said. "She looks just like you when you were a baby."
"Thanks for waiting around all night," Finn told his soon-to-be fathers-in-law.
"We had to meet our granddaughter, and besides, it's not like we have to go to work in the morning anymore," Hiram said.
Rachel looked over at her sons. "Yeah, and before you two ask, you don't have to go to school tomorrow. You might not be tired now, but I'm sure you will be in the morning." She and Finn had both worked up until she felt herself going into labor this morning. Once they were sure this was it, they'd called the boys right after school to get to the hospital. It had been a long day, but it was so worth it.
Burt and Carole arrived the next day with some baby clothes. They didn't even go to Kurt and Blaine's townhouse, they came straight to the hospital. "Finn, Rachel, she's so precious!" Carole gushed, holding her new granddaughter.
"She is, isn't she?" Finn said. "Thanks for getting here so fast."
"Maybe now is a good time to tell you guys," Burt said. "Since I retired from Congress after my last term ended, we're thinking of moving to New York. That way we'll be close to you and Kurt and your families."
"I'd love that," Cody told his grandparents.
"Yeah, we've missed going to your glee competitions this year," Carole told Cody.
"Think Callie's up to flying to LA for Nationals in May?" Cody asked his parents.
"Oh, she won't miss seeing her brother at Nationals," Finn said.
The door opened, and Kurt and Blaine came in with their kids. "She's so beautiful!" Kurt said, grinning at his new niece. "I can't wait to take her shopping." He handed a package to Rachel. "Here's some onesies I designed for her."
"Thanks, Kurt," Rachel told her best friend.
"He said she'll be the best dressed baby in New York," Tracy told her aunt and uncle.
"I'll take Kurt's word for it," Finn said, grinning at his brother.
"Are you excited to be big brothers?" Tracy asked Clayton and Cody.
"Yeah, it's awesome!" Clayton said.
"Don't boss her around," said Hepburn. "I don't like it when Tracy bosses me around."
Everyone in the room laughed. Tracy did love to be the bossy big sister to her little brother. "We won't," Cody assured his cousin.