Chapter 61: Quite A Surprise

February – Age 21 – Last Semester

Finn was really excited. He went out and got a rose for both of his girl and a nice silver bangle for Santana. They were gonna go out for a family dinner at Chilies. Amanda was going out for the night with John. Finn told John about that cool Greek place they liked, and he jumped all over that.

The wait staff at Chilli's thought Charlotte was adorable. It wasn't often they had families in for this romantic holiday. Charlotte regaled them with tales of her school's Valentine's party. One story involved another child puking because he snuck too many pieces of candy past the allotted four pieces allowed by the staff. At that point, they had to make sure there were no more stories about puke, for fear that the other patrons would get angry at them.

Charlotte was so excited when she got home, it took forever for her to calm down. Charlotte and Santana had a dance party in the living room to all their favorite pop songs. Santana suggested slower and slower songs. In the end, Finn picked up Charlotte, pull Santana in and sang Josh Turner's "Your Man". This was just the song that Charlotte needed to finally fall asleep. Finn took her in and put her to bed while Santana waited for Finn in their room.

"Hey baby," Finn said. "What's the matter? Are you crying?"

"That was just so sweet," she snuffled.

"I've sung her to sleep plenty," Finn reasoned. "What's going on?"

"I'm really fine," she insisted. Santana patted the bed next to her. Finn went in and sat down; he kissed her gently. "I got you something for Valentine's day."

"Yeah? You didn't have to give me anything." Santana reached into her bedside table and pulled out a long thin flat box. "You got me a necklace?

"Not exactly," she chuckled.

Finn carefully opened the small box. There was a look of confusion on his face before he looked up at her for confirmation. "You're pregnant?"

"I'm pregnant," she confirmed, smiling. "Hence my being overly emotional."

"You're pregnant?!" Finn whisper screamed. He scooped her up and hugged her tight. "How far along are you?"

"10 or 12 weeks," she replied. "I need to go get everything checked out to be sure."

"I can't believe it."

"So you aren't mad?"

"Of course not, why would I be mad?"

"Well, we aren't done college yet, not married..." she trailed off.

"Santana Admira Lopez, I love you, so much. Being able to start a family with you is all I could ever ask for," Finn said, kneeling on the ground in front of her. "I never have the best timing with these kinds of things anyway."

"That's true," she giggled.

"Oh my god, we have to call Mom and Burt."

"Thank god it's only 930," she replied. "Go ahead." Finn dialed Burt's number. It only rang twice before he answered, a worried tone to his voice.

"You two okay? Char?"

"Yeah, everything's alright," Finn assured him.

"Oh thank god," Burt sighed. "Why are you calling us on Valentine's day? I figured you guys would be busy."

"We took Charlotte out to dinner earlier. Just got her to bed. But Santana just gave me my present, and we wanted to call you and let you know," Finn explained.

"You're valentine's present?" Burt asked hesitantly.

"Can you put Mom on speaker?" Finn asked. Burt put the call on speaker phone. "Hey, mom, we've got something to tell you guys."

"Is everything okay sweetheart?" Carol asked.

"Everything is great!" Finn assured her.

"But we're very excited!" Santana piped up.

"What is it?" Burk asked.

"Santana's pregnant!" Finn exclaimed.

"You are? Oh Sweetie!" Carol cried.

"Yeah," Santana confirmed. "I found out last week."

"Do you know how far along you are?"

"Not officially, but about 10-12 weeks."

"So, sometime in August?"

"I think so. I have a doctor's appointment next week."

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"I'm scared," Santana admitted. They were lying there, still breathing heavily from their celebration.

"What are you scared of babe?" Finn asked, rolling on his side to see his fiancé.

"Well, not to sound super cliché, but we aren't married, we are still in college. No place to live, no jobs. What are we going to do?"

"We're going to figure it out," he pulled her in for a kiss. "We can get married as soon as we graduate, or tomorrow for all it matters. We can find an apartment or go back to Mom's. I'll get a job. We will be able to handle this, I promise."

"I hope so," Santana sighed, rubbing her still flat belly.