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Rachel stood in front of the mirror and turned towards the side, staring intently at her reflection. She was so caught up in her study that she hadn't realized that the bedroom door had opened and her husband had come in.
"Rach, baby?" Finn quirked an eyebrow. "Why are you standing in front of the mirror in just a bra and jeans? Not that I'm complaining, or anything. You're incredibly gorgeous."
Normally, Rachel would have smiled and blushed at Finn's compliment. But she was on a mission. She smoothed her hand over her bare stomach and looked hard at reflection.
"Can you see a bump?" Rachel demanded.
Finn froze, completely unsure of how to answer that question. It could go one of two ways: either she would be upset that there was a bump because that meant she was getting bigger, or she would be upset that there wasn't enough of one. Either way, this wasn't exactly going to swing in his favor.
"Uh… Can you see a bump?" Finn asked as he stepped closer to her.
Rachel's brow furrowed. "That's just it. I'm not sure."
Figuring that it was safe, Finn went the rest of the distance over to Rachel and wrapped his arms around her, sliding his hands across her stomach. He could feel a tiny bump there, and he smiled as he ducked his head to kiss her shoulder.
"You're so beautiful," Finn said.
This time, Rachel did smile. "You're just trying to get on my good side."
Finn kissed from Rachel's shoulder to her neck. "I'm pretty sure it's working."
Rachel allowed Finn to kiss her for a few moments before she pulled back and pouted. Finn tugged on her bottom lip with his thumb. He kissed her pout tenderly.
"Hey, what's the pout for?"
"Do you know what Santana said to me today?" Rachel demanded.
Finn sighed. Santana was one of Rachel's best friends, and she could be kind of abrasive. Finn had no doubt that Santana had said something to get on Santana's nerves. "What did she say?"
"She said that I wouldn't be able to wait to find out if we were having a boy or girl." Rachel scowled as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"I mean, we haven't really decided on whether or not we would like to find out," Finn said. They were due for the first ultrasound where they would be able to find out in just two days. Finn had never been so excited for a doctor's appointment in his whole life, and he felt like that every time they went to one.
Rachel turned around in Finn's arms to face him. "I know, but I completely resent the fact that Santana thinks I'm not patient enough. And Noah thinks the same thing!"
Finn couldn't help but laugh at that. In addition to being Rachel's older cousin, Noah Puckerman was also Finn's best friend. They had gone to high school together; as a matter of fact, it was through Puck that Finn had met Rachel. One of Puck's favorite things to do annoy Rachel, so Finn had a feeling that Puck had done something along those lines.
"It's not funny, Finn!" Rachel exclaimed. "Santana and Noah don't think that I can wait long enough to find out. Noah even said that I was anal retentive. I am not!"
Finn chose not to bring up the particular way Rachel had their fridge organized.
Instead, Finn pressed a kiss to Rachel's forehead. "It's our baby, Rach. If you want to find out if it's a boy or a girl, we can do that. If you want to wait, we can do that too."
"Are you sure?" Rachel asked as she looked up at him with her big doe eyes. "We can find out if you want to. It's up to you too, you know."
Finn smiled. "Babe, don't worry about me. It doesn't matter to me if we have a boy or a girl. I just hope that our baby is healthy and happy."
Rachel beamed at Finn and surged up onto her tiptoes to kiss him, throwing her arms around his neck. The force of her tackle caused them to fall back onto the bed. Laughing, Finn rolled Rachel underneath him and continued to kiss her.
On the day of the ultrasound, Rachel got up early and made breakfast. Finn came into the kitchen and greeted her with a kiss, smoothing his hands over her slightly rounded stomach. He grinned when he saw the familiar determined look on her face; Rachel had made her mind up about something.
"I'm going to do it," Rachel said.
"Do what?" Finn asked as he sat next to her at the kitchen counter.
"I'm going to prove Santana and Noah wrong. I'm going to wait to find out if we're having a boy or girl."
Finn gave her an amused look. "Okay."
"I'm serious, Finn," Rachel said. "We're going to wait."
Finn kissed her forehead. "Okay." He had a feeling that the next few months were going to be very interesting.
"I am five months pregnant and I still haven't asked about the gender of my baby." Rachel planted her hands on her hips and gave her best friend a pointed look. "So there."
Santana shook her head. "You still have four months to give in, so I wouldn't get too confident yet."
"Ugh." Rachel rolled her eyes. "I know that I can do this. I've had plenty of opportunities to find out, and I haven't yet. That's pretty good, wouldn't you say?"
Santana shook her head and smirked. "I won't give you that credit until you see your baby for the first time. You're just going to have wait for another four months."
"I hate waiting," Rachel grumbled.
"Exactly."
Throwing her hands up in the air, Rachel called out, "Finn! Santana is being mean to me!"
In the office at the back of the apartment, Finn rubbed his temples. He had spent all day referring this argument between Santana and Rachel, and he was tired. "Rach, I love you, but I'm not getting involved!"
"Noah, knock it off!"
Puck smirked and tossed another Cheerio at Rachel. "Come on, cuz. It's been seven months. I'm surprised you haven't tried to cheat and find out yet."
Rachel lifted her chin stubbornly as Finn sighed and pressed his palm to his forehead. He had heard this argument too much over the past seven months. "I would do no such thing, Noah!" Rachel said shrilly.
Puck snorted. "Yeah right, Rachel. You're forgetting that I grew up with you. I know how this works. I bet you tried to bribe the doctor to tell you."
"I don't have to bribe the doctor to tell me. She's my doctor, she'd tell me if I asked!"
Finn wrapped an arm around Rachel in order to get her to calm down. To Puck, he said, "Would you stop it? You know how she gets."
Rachel whipped around to face Finn. "And how do I get, exactly?"
Puck started laughing hysterically and Finn sighed heavily. The next two months were going to be very long.
"How are you feeling, Rach?" Finn asked. He rubbed her ankle, and she smiled over at him.
"I'm fine, Finn." Rachel was currently reclined on the examination table in her hospital gown. They were waiting for the doctor to come in so that she could get her appointment done. "But, actually… I was thinking."
"Hmmm." Finn pushed his chair over so that he was situated next to Rachel's head. "About what?"
Rachel bit her lip and twisted a lock of hair between her fingers. "I want to find out what we're having."
"Okay," Finn said simply.
Rachel looked at him in surprise. "You don't mind?"
Finn smiled and leaned forward to kiss her. "Do you remember what I said to you all those months ago? All I want is for our baby to be happy and healthy."
Rachel kissed her husband again as her eyes filled with tears. Her hormones were way out of whack at that moment. "You're amazing," she said with a bright beam.
It was then that the doctor came into the room. She went through all of the usual things before Rachel told the doctor that they wanted to find out the gender of the baby. The doctor shared an amused look with Finn (somehow, everyone had found out about the little bet), but she complied as she got the ultrasound ready.
"Well, well. It looks like the two of you are having a baby boy. Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Hudson."
The tears in Rachel's eyes spilled over, and she reached up to wrap her arms around Finn's neck. "A baby boy," she whispered.
Finn touched his forehead to Rachel's his own eyes burning. "We're having a son."
"And he'll be just like his daddy," Rachel said. "Amazing."
Finn grinned and kissed her. "He'll be amazing because of you."
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