Author's Note: DON'T OWN GLEE! I'm so sorry I haven't updated much this week, I've been so busy with my show Sweet Charity, and I haven't had time! The good news is that I only have two weeks left of playing the god awful part of Charity Hope Valentine and then I get a break before we start Spring Awakening. I have no idea what part I got yet, but I think you know which one I'm dying to get ;). Anyway, I'm still not getting very many reviews and that kinda scares me, so I'm hoping that people are actually liking this story. If you are then please please please review, it'll make me update faster! Also if you have any ideas/questions about anything send me a message and I will respond! Happy reading :D (Rachel's dream is in italics)
Noah P.O.V
The next morning I woke up feeling well rested to an empty bed. I sat up looking around for the girls and found they were in the bathroom. This morning sickness thing was a bitch. There hadn't been one day where Rachel had woken up and not puked. I felt bad because it was technically my fault she was sick, so I decided to make it up to her and make her favorite strawberry covered waffles. After I had made breakfast for the girls I decided it was time to tell Rach about our plans with Shelby.
"Babe we need to talk" I said, placing the tray down over her lap. I didn't want her walking anywhere, even to the kitchen for food.
"Okay" she said with her mouth full of strawberries. "Is it about the babies?" she asked.
"No it's not, it's about Shelby baby" Santanna said.
"W-what? Why?" she stuttered.
"Don't be mad please" I begged. I had a feeling she wasn't going to like the fact that we went behind her back.
"She doesn't get a say in this Puck, it's our only option" Santanna interjected.
"Stop talking about me like I'm a child, I'm having my own baby for goodness sake" Rachel said, rolling her eyes.
"Shelby is becoming your legal guardian for the next two years" I said.
"Really?" she asked in a slightly hopeful voice.
"Yes really" I answered kissing her lightly. She grabbed the waffle and began nibbling on it as she processed the new information. "Did you threaten her?" she asked, narrowing her eyes at Santanna.
"No, but I was going to if she gave me any crap" Santanna answered, stealing a strawberry.
"She wants to help me? Why?" Rachel asked.
"She's sorry babe. She's really upset by what happened with your dads and Quinn and she wants to support you" I said.
"No she doesn't, she just wants to help because she feels guilty for abandoning me. Does she even know I'm keeping the babies? Or that I'm living with my boyfriend and girlfriend? Does she know that I don't want to be on broadway anymore? I bet if she did, she wouldn't want to have anything to do with me" Rachel said, looking down.
"Baby she knows all of those things, except the last part though. Why don't you want to sing anymore?" Santanna asked.
"Don't change the subject, we'll talk about it later" I said. "We need to know how you feel about Shelby being apart of our lives".
"I want her too" Rachel said crying. "I've wanted her to be with me all the time. I wanted her to comfort me when I was bullied and tell me I was special. I wanted her to help me when I realized I liked girls and boys and tell me it was okay to be different. I needed her to be there for me when I found out about the triplets, but she wasn't. She didn't want anything to do with me, so she replaced me" she sobbed.
"No baby, that's not it at all" Santanna said.
"She's right, you need to hear Shelby's side of the story and then maybe you can decide if you want a relationship or not. But as for the guardianship, you will be in Shelby's care legally. You don't' have to live with her or even speak to her, but she will be paying for your health insurance whether you like it or not" I said. I know it seemed harsh, but I was only doing what's best for my babies.
"Isn't there another way?" Rachel sniffled.
"No baby, there isn't" Santanna said, rubbing her back.
"I don't want her pity, I want her to be my mother" Rachel said quietly. "I need her Noah, I'm scared".
"Of what babe?" I asked, instantly feeling bad for yelling at her.
"I have a monitor strapped to my baby! I'm not gaining weight like I'm supposed too and I'm tired all the time. What do you think I'm scared of?" she snapped.
"You're also moody" I mumbled.
"Baby relax, it'll all be okay. Why don't we take a nice bath and look at some baby books or something, I have the perfect name picked out. Then you can call Shelby and make your decision" Santanna said, kissing her forehead.
"Okay" she answered, wincing as she sat up. "What about you Noah?" she asked me.
"I'm gonna go get that badass baby shit I found at the store the other day and visit my Ma. She doesn't know about the incident and she's been calling me everyday, asking about you" I said.
"Have fun" Rachel said as Santanna removed the bandages.
"I'll have fun at he store, those baby toys are awesome, but as for my Ma. I think I'd rather die than go shopping with her" I said, getting dressed.
Santanna P.O.V
I undressed Rachel carefully and helped her get outta bed carefully.
"Are you in any pain?" I asked, setting out all the medicine she would need for the day.
"Just a little sore around the stitches" she said, wrapping her arms around my back.
"Do you want me to get you a pill?" I asked worriedly, I didn't want her to be in any pain at all ever again.
"No, I want you to take a bath with me" she said, pulling down my pajama pants.
"Sounds like a plan" I said, kissing her gently.
When we had settled in the bath, I leaned back, relaxed, and scanned her body like I had before in the locker room. Her hair was piled on top of her head and it seemed shiner and had grown a few more inches. Her boobs had definitely gotten bigger with the pregnancy and I was not complaining about that. I ran my hands over her shoulders and around the sides of her breasts gently, marveling at how smooth her skin felt. I then brought them down to rest of her belly and began rubbing the hard spot beneath her bellybutton where Baby A and B were. I couldn't wait until they started kicking.
"Do you really want three boys?" she asked breaking my trance.
"Yep" I said, kissing her temple.
"Why?" she asked.
"I told you, boys are easier to deal with. If we have boys, then I can take care of them while Puck goes to work and you do your shows" I answered.
"San, I don't think I want to go to New York anymore" she said quietly.
"Why not? It's always been your dream" I said. I couldn't believe Rachel was even considering this.
"I want to be a good mom" she said, taking my hands in hers and rubbing them over her rounded belly.
"You will be, we both will" I said reassuringly.
"I can't be a mother and a performer" she said sadly.
"Why not?" I asked.
"Because babies are expensive San, especially when there's three of them. I'll never be able to pay for college and give them a good life at the same time" she said.
"Baby there's a little thing called a scholarship. You get like straight A's and you've never missed a day of school until this year and that's because you were sick and needed surgery. I highly doubt those days even count" I said.
"I don't think I can do it" she whispered.
"Yes you can, you wanna know why?" I asked, tilting her head towards mine.
"Why?" she asked.
"Cause you're Rachel freaking Berry and if anyone can do it, it'll be you baby" I said, hugging her close.
"Shelby couldn't" she said so quietly I barely heard her.
"What?" I asked.
"That's why she gave me up. She wanted to chase her dreams and be on broadway, but she needed money. I'm never going to choose anything or anyone over my babies Santanna, that's why I don't want broadway anymore" she said.
"I had no idea you felt that way" I said. It pissed me off that she felt she had to give up her dreams for the babies. I thought back to the day when I found out she was pregnant. I was beyond mad because I knew she wouldn't reach her goal with a baby, but now I knew she could. She had almost died a few days ago and she bounced right back. I was one hundred percent sure she was going to do the same after the babies were born. "Just promise me one thing" I said.
"What?" she asked.
"Keep going. Keep trying to pursue your dreams until you graduate. Puck and I have been working our asses off so we could get into a school in New York and we all know we can make this happen. I need you to keep trying and when the babies are born, you can decide where we'll go" I said. There was no way in hell I was letting her give up that easily.
"Okay I promise" she said.
"Thank you" I said, kissing her lips. "So what do you want them to be?" I asked trailing my hand lower on her belly.
"I hope we get at least one boy and one girl" she said happily.
"I think we should give them similar names" I said.
"Yea?" she asked.
"Yea, like Mason and Maria or something" I said.
"I like that" she giggled.
"Yea?" I asked, dipping my fingers between her folds as I kissed her neck lightly.
"Mm..yea" she moaned.
"What about Nate and Nick?" I asked, pushing two fingers into her opening.
"Yes" she gasped.
"Or Colby and Caroline?" I continued as I pumped my fingers into her.
"God San..that feels amazing".
I knew it had been a while since we'd had sex so and we couldn't exactly get it on when she could barely move so I decided to give her a little pleasure in anyway I could.
"You like that?" I asked, rubbing my thumb over her clit while lightly pinching her sensitive nipples.
"Uh..god yes" she moaned, as her hips bucked against my hand.
"I'm gonna make you come so hard, you'll be screaming my name" I said, sucking on her pulse point.
"Sannnn!" she yelled as I pinched her clit.
"Yea baby" I cooed.
"Uh..umm..god yes San" she yelled as she came hard around my fingers.
I continued to rub her clit until she relaxed her back against my chest and came down from her high.
"Thank you baby, I really needed that" she whispered.
I nodded my head in response. "You ready to go back to school? I heard you've been all over Jacob's blog and people can't wait to see you" I said, rinsing the shampoo out of her hair.
"Yea I miss the glee club. I think we should tell them about the babies" she said.
"Baby they already know, it was in the school newspaper and all over Jewfro's blog" I said.
"Yes, but they may have thought it was a rumor. Do they even know what happened?" she asked.
"Only Mercedes and Tina. I know you trust them so I asked them to keep it a secret for us" I said.
"Thank you" she said quietly.
"Baby I know you don't wanna deal with it, but what are we gonna do about Quinn?" I asked.
"I want to talk to her" she said.
"Absolutely not" I said. There was no way I was letting her anywhere near that bitch.
"San it's not your choice, it's mine and I want to speak to her on my own" she said sternly.
"Uh..fine" I said, throwing my head back,
After we had finished our bath, I went to work on her injuries. I hooked up the monitor, wrapped her stitches in a new bandage, and handed her the pills she need to take.
"No" she said, pushing them back towards me.
"Rachel come on" I begged, I know she hated swallowing pills for whatever reason, but it still aggravated me that she refused them every time.
"I don't need them" she said smugly.
"Baby you need this one for the babies because I will not have scrawny, bald, ugly children. You need this one for the nausea because I'm not holding your hair back again, and you need this so you can move around without feeling any pain" I said.
"Ugh" she groaned as she swallowed the last one.
We spent the rest of the morning doing homework and getting caught up with our schoolwork when Puck came home with a shitload of bags.
"Noah what on earth is all this?" she asked.
"Badass baby shit" he said smiling.
"Noah stop swearing" Rachel said.
"Why did you buy all this?" I asked. Rachel was only three months pregnant, did he really think they needed all this?
"Wanted to get a head start" he shrugged, heading to the room that would belong to the babies.
I turned and looked at my laughing girlfriend and wrapped my arms around her carefully so I didn't bump the monitor.
"He's insane" Rachel giggled.
"More like obsessed" I said, kissing her head.
"I think he's going to like the toys more than the babies are" she said.
"Knowing Puck, he'll probably be the only one playing with the toys" I laughed.
"I'm ready now" she said quietly.
"For what?" Puck asked, pressing a button on a light up firetruck.
"To see Shelby" she said.
"Okay. Why don't you go with Puck and get dressed and I'll call her over" I said.
"Sounds good, but what about lunch I'm hungry" she said, rubbing her belly.
"I'll start that as soon as I finish the call" I said smiling.
"Thanks baby" she said, kissing my lips.
"Mmhmm" I mumbled against her. "Oh wait!" I yelled as she turned towards the bedroom. "Show Puck what we figured out today" I said excitedly.
"Look" Rachel said as she flicked a little switch on the monitor.
I watched as Puck froze with a smile on his face.
"Is that what I think it is?" he asked happily.
"It's the heartbeat" Rachel said, referring to the whooshing sound of our baby's heartbeat that filled the room.
"I accidentally hit the button when I was adjusting it for her" I said. "It's pretty cool isn't it?" I asked
"Fuck yea, I get to listen to it whenever I want" he said, smashing his lips onto Rachel's.
"Mmph..Noah stop swearing! My babies' first word will not be vulgar" she said.
I laughed as they made there way into the bedroom to get Rachel dressed, while I called Shelby.
"What did she say?" Rachel asked, coming out in a beautiful blue dress clung to her belly and really showed off the small bump and unfortunately the monitor as well.
"She's on her way" I said smiling as I set her soup down in front of her.
After we had eaten a quick lunch, we decided to relax and watch a movie while we waited for Shelby. We had just gotten to the good part when the doorbell rang.
Shelby P.O.V
When my phone rang that afternoon I pounced on it, hoping that it would be Rachel. I couldn't stop the smile that was spreading on my face when I heard Santanna tell me she wanted me to come over. I debated over whether or not to get a babysitter for Beth, but decided to tale her with me.
I got Beth ready in one of her good outfits for Puck and I put on a nice dress for Rachel. I really wanted to impress her, so any little bit would help and i figured he would appreciate meeting his daughter for the first time when she looks her best.
I hesitantly walked up the stairs and rang the doorbell. I had no idea how Rachel would react to be being a part of her life, part of me begged for her forgiveness and the other part wished she would hate me. It would be a lot easier of she did, then I wouldn't have to worry about disappointing her. What would happen if we developed a relationship and she realized that I wasn't worth her time?
"Hey Shelby" Santanna said, pulling the door open for me.
"Hi Santanna" I said entering the apartment. The first thing I noticed was that Rachel was sleeping, curled up against Puck and covered by a white blanket with gold stars. She looked so peaceful and happy, that I wondered if she even needed me as much as Santanna said she did.
I took time to look around the apartment to get an idea of how my daughter was living. Judging by the fresh paint and fairly new furniture, I could tell they had just remodeled.
"Your apartment is gorgeous" I said, admiring the décor.
"Thanks Rachel and I remodeled for the babies and so Puck wouldn't have to live in such a girly home" Santanna said with a smile.
"You did a great job" I complimented.
"Is that Beth?" Puck asked untangling himself from my sleeping daughter.
"Yes, would you like to hold her?" I asked, placing the small blonde child in his lap.
"She doesn't look anything like me" he said, looking into her eyes.
"You're right" Rachel said, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
Beth was almost a year old and had blonde hair and dark brown eyes. She didn't look exactly like either of her parents but she slightly resembled them both.
"Can I take her to the park?" Puck asked heading towards the door.
"Sure" I said, throwing him my car keys. I knew it was crazy to let someone I barely knew take my child away, but I trusted him. He was her father and he was about to become a new dad in a few months. "You'll need practice" I smirked.
"Thanks" he said, tossing Beth into the air making my heart jump, before leaving us alone.
"How are you feeling Rachel?" I asked, sitting down next to her.
"Fine" she said, struggling as she sat up.
"How are you recovering?" I asked, she looked to be in pain.
"Baby, do you want me to get you more medicine?" Santanna asked.
"Great, I'm getting the stitches taken out tomorrow and then I can go back to school" she said completely ignoring Santanna's question.
"Rachel?" Santanna asked, rubbing her back lovingly.
"No, I don't want any pills San" she answered.
"Are you sure, I know you hate taking them, but I'd rather hear you bitch for five minutes than see you in pain" Santanna said.
"How often are you supposed to take them?" I asked, apparently we both hated taking medicine.
"Whenever she is uncomfortable" Santanna answered. "Do you want me to get you anything else?" she called from the kitchen.
"No" Rachel answered back.
"Don't lie to me, I know you're hungry" Santanna yelled back.
"Then why did you ask?" Rachel giggled.
Just from the way they spoke and interacted with each other, I could tell they were in love. I instantly felt bad for rejecting her. Santanna was letting her live with her and she supported her and technically she had no reason to. Rachel's babies were of no relation to her and she had no reason to take responsibility for them. How could she be willing to give her life to someone, when I couldn't even make time for my own daughter?
"Do you want to see the babies' room?" she asked quietly, breaking me out of my trance.
"That would be great," I answered. I was surprised she would want me to see something so private without letting me know where our relationship stood.
"Let's go" she said, grabbing my hand and pulling me up with her.
When she stood, the white blanket had dropped to the ground and I was able to see her entire body.
"Wow" I gasped. I knew she was pregnant, but seeing it made it all too real. I mean she was only 16 years old!
"There's three of them" she said smiling as she rubbed the small, but defined bump on her stomach.
"I know, can you feel them moving yet?" I asked, walking closer to her.
"No, not yet but hopefully I will soon" she answered happily.
"What is that?" I asked, pointing to the square box that was taped to her belly.
"It's a heart monitor for the baby" she answered. "It's heartbeat is a little too fast so we need to keep an eye on it" she answered.
"May I?" I asked, reaching my hands towards her belly.
"Yea, you're the first person to touch it, besides Noah and Santanna" she said.
I bent down on my knees and reached my hands forward, pressing my ear against the bump. To my surprise, it was rock hard which meant it was all baby and no fat.
"Hello babies" I said quietly. "I'm your grandma" I whispered, rubbing a circle around it when I felt something wet hit my arm. I looked up and noticed Rachel was crying in her hands.
"Honey what's wrong?" I asked, pulling her hands away.
"Do you mean it?" she asked, her brown eyes staring straight into mine.
"Mean what sweetheart?" I asked confused.
"Will you be apart of my life?" she asked.
"If you'll let me" I said, hugging her tight.
"I want you too, I've always wanted you to be there" she sobbed into my shoulder.
"I'm sorry Rachel" I said, letting the tears fall from my eyes.
"Why weren't you there?" she asked. "You found me and then you left, was I not good enough?" she asked me sadly.
"No! God no Rachel that's not it at all" I said, pulling her away to look her in the eyes. "It's me who's not good enough" I said.
"I barely had a handle on my own life, there was no way I could be a good mother to you" I said.
"But you replaced me" she sobbed.
"Rachel, that's not why I adopted Beth. I saw a little girl who needed a home, and I had one to give her. I knew that if I took Beth, I could be a good mother to her and somehow that would make up for me failing you" I said honestly.
"You didn't fail me" Rachel said.
"Rachel, you wanted the mother who could comfort you, take you shopping, and teach you life lessons and last year I couldn't do that. I may never be a mother to you, but I would really like to be a grandmother to your kids" I said quietly.
"You would?" she asked.
"Yes, you have no idea how much I wish I could change the past. I want to help you and I want to be involved in your life".
"You have no idea how long I've been waiting hear you say that" she said, hugging me tightly.
We stayed like that for a while and it was nice. I liked that I could finally call her my daughter and I could be involved with everything in her life. I liked that I could rest my chin on her head and run my hands through her hair like all the other mothers did.
"Do you want to see the room now?" she asked, folding the blanket and putting it back on the couch.
"I'd love blanket looks really old" I told her, eyeing it carefully.
"I've had it since I was a baby" she said.
"I know" I smiled. "Where did you get it?" I asked.
"I don't know, I got it when I came home from the hospital. My dads said it was sitting in the room when they came and got me" she said, shrugging her shoulders.
"Oh" I said simply, I couldn't believe her dads never told her the truth.
"It was you" she gasped.
"I left it for you, I wanted you to have something personal from me" I said, wiping the tears from my eyes. "I asked your dads to make sure you'd get nothing that wasn't made for a star" I said.
"So you've always known I wanted to be a star?" she asked.
"No, but I hoped you would" I said.
"Thank you" she said wrapping her arms around me tightly.
"Hey baby, I made some mac and cheese for you" Santanna said coming out of the kitchen.
I pulled away from Rachel and wiped the tears from her eyes.
"I thought you guys were going to see the room" Santanna asked.
"We were, but we decided to work through our problems first" I said, smiling at Rachel.
"And now we're going to eat because I'm starving" Rachel said, hurrying to the kitchen.
After Puck had brought Beth back, we discussed the paperwork for the guardianship.
"Rachel I've been thinking about our situation and I think it's best that I just adopt you" I said, watching as Beth fought with Puck over her food.
"W-what?" she stuttered.
"I see no reason why you should even belong to you're dads legally, they've obviously made their opinion pretty clear" I said.
"But then you'd have full custody of me" she said worriedly.
"I know, that's exactly my point" I said.
"You would do that?" she asked.
"I wouldn't take you away from Puck and Santanna, you can still live here, but I'd really like to be able to introduce people to my daughter both biologically and legally" I said.
"Can I meet your family?" she asked quietly.
"Of course" I said smiling. Even though she was about to become a mother, I could still see how much of a child she really was.
"I'd really love for that to happen, but I don't think it would ever work out" she said, pushing her food around.
"Why not?" Puck asked.
"Because we'd have to get my dads to agree with it, and I really don't want to go back to that house again. And even if they did agree to it, we'd have to go to court and I'd have to face them again" she answered.
"We'll do whatever you want Rachel" I said, placing my hand over hers.
"I want to try" she said slowly.
"Baby you don't have to if you don't want to" Santanna said. "This could be stressful for you ad the babies and I really don't want anything else to happen".
"I want to San, I want to be a part of my mother's life" Rachel said.
"Thank you" I said quietly.
After lunch Rachel and I went to the babies' room and she showed me where everything would go and what they had bought so far.
"These are going to be very lucky babies" I said, placing my hand on her belly.
"Do you think they'll be happy?" she asked.
"Of course, anyone would be lucky to have you in their life Rachel" I said.
"Thanks, I just really want to be a good mom" she said. "I know Noah will be a great dad and I know Santanna will adjust, but I'm still worried that I won't be able to handle it" she said.
"I'm not going to lie, motherhood is hard Rachel. When I adopted Beth, I had no idea how hard it is to handle a baby. But I have faith in you and if anyone can raise triplets at sixteen years old and still conquer their dreams, it's you" I said, kissing her forehead.
After I spent some more alone time with Rachel it was started to get dark and all three of them needed to be up early for their appointment tomorrow. I walked with Rachel to the door and gave her a final hug.
"Don't worry so much, everything's gonna work out fine" I assured her.
"I can't help it, every time I think about what can go wrong I get anxious" she said, biting her lip.
"About what?" I asked.
"The pregnancy. The doctor told me that the delivery would be complicated because of the blood loss in the incident and I can't help but think that something will go painfully wrong. I'm already wearing a baby monitor, I almost lost a baby, and I have yet to feel a single kick from any of them" she said tiredly.
"Just try to look on the bright side, in a few months, you'll have three beautiful babies and they'll be perfectly healthy" I said.
"I hope you're right" she sighed.
"I am" I smiled as I picked up Beth and stepped outside the door. "By the way, you didn't move until I was around 15 weeks. You had me scared to death for a while, but when you started you never ever stopped and it drove me nuts, so enjoy it while it lasts" I laughed.
"Thanks mom" she said, kissing Beth's cheek.
"I love you Rachel, I always have and I always will" I said, tearing up at the way she called me 'mom'. For once, everything felt at peace.
Rachel P.O.V
Today had been an extremely tiresome day. I rekindled my relationship with my mother, filled out a ton of paperwork, and gained the support of another individual who meant the world to me.
After Shelby had left Noah, Santanna, and I had dinner and went about our nighttime routines. Noah went in the spare room and lifted weights, Santanna cleaned and vacuumed the house, and I fell asleep. I really didn't mean too, I wanted to help Santanna with the cleaning or help Noah with his homework, but my body felt like a ton a bricks and my brain was turning to mush. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was off into dreamland.
"Push Rach" Noah yelled as I gripped his hand.
"God this hurts" I moaned.
"But you're doing so good baby, she's almost here" Santanna whispered from behind me.
"One more big one honey, that's all" Shelby said, squeezing my other hand.
"Ah!" I groaned one last time before the final baby was delivered.
A few minutes later Noah, Santanna, and I were holding our babies and they were perfect.
"They're so beautiful Rachel" Shelby cooed to the baby sleeping on my chest.
"And so small" Noah gasped as the little girl he was holding wrapped her hand around his pinky.
"Perfect" Santanna smiled. "Just like their mother".
"I love you guys, all of you" I said closing my eyes.
"I told you everything would be alright" Shelby said in a sing-song voice as I feel asleep.
We woke up the next morning and headed to our doctor's appointment. I was extremely anxious even though I knew it was nothing special. I was only going to get the stitches removed, but the sooner I did that, the sooner I could go back to school, and the sooner I could get back to glee.
When we arrived at the doctor's, I noticed a worried look on both Noah and Santanna's faces and it aggravated me. Ever since the incident, they'd been looking and treating me as if I were made of glass and would break any minute.
"Okay what's wrong now?" I asked.
"Nothing baby, why do you ask?" Santanna said innocently.
"Because you keep giving me funny looks" I snapped.
"Babe relax, we're just a little worried about school" Noah said, soothingly.
"I'm sorry" I cried. "I can't seem to control my temper, I'm really tired, and I hate it when you guys treat me like a child" I said.
"Baby, I promise you, we don't mean to make you feel that way, it's just-" she said before I cut her off, I knew what they were thinking. I had been wondering the same thing myself.
"You're wondering if I can handle school right now on top of everything else?" I asked.
"Yeah, how'd you know?" Noah asked.
"Are you sure you're ready for it?" Santanna asked me.
"Let's just see what the doctor says" I suggested.
About three hours later, I was picking out my outfit for school tomorrow and ironing all three of our clothes while Santanna made dinner, and Noah studied for his test. Seeing Noah studying made my heart swell because I know he hates it, but he does it for me. He thinks the only way I will get my dreams is if he and Santanna get good enough grades to transfer to a school in New York in two years.
When I woke up in the morning I immediately felt sick, but not from the babies. This was a nervous kind of sick, one that I rarely ever got. I had butterflies in my stomach and my hands wouldn't stop shaking. I was absolutely terrified of how the school would react to my situation. Dating Noah and Santanna had majorly boosted my popularity and I was actually liked. The slushies and bullying had stopped and people were looking up to me, I couldn't help but wonder what would happen after they heard I was knocked up and then beat up in a bathroom. Would I go right back to square one? Would I walk into the school and be greeted with a slushy facial?
"You ready baby?" Santanna asked, walking into the bathroom in her Cheerio's uniform.
"Yea" I said, rinsing my mouth out before brushing my teeth.
"Just think, in a few days you'll be 4 months and the morning sickness should stop" she said, kissing my lips.
"Can't say I'll miss it" I laughed.
"Come on" Noah groaned from the living room.
"Alright calm down already christ" Santanna mumbled.
We held hands on the way to school just like we had before everyday and stopped at the store for our grape slushy. When we got to the parking lot of WMHS I noticed that both Noah and Santanna had become rigid next to me and took their stances that proved they were 'badasses'.
"You know you guys don't need to protect me" I said, tucking myself under Noah's arm while I reached for Santanna's hand.
"It's just a reflex babe" Noah smirked as he kissed me roughly.
"Rachel!" I heard a high pitched voice scream as I walked through the door.
I was immediately swept up in a hug by none other than Kurt Hummel.
"Kurt what are you doing here?" I yelled in surprise. "Why aren't you at Dalton?" I asked confused.
"Because I am no longer a student there, I'm back in action and one hundred percent devoted to New Directions" he said twirling me around. "Now I've heard everything that has happened and I can honestly say that this pregnancy has changed your fashion sense for the better" he said approving of my red strapless dress and gold sandals.
"Thank you, I'm glad you agree" I said.
"You look hot" Mercedes said, pulling me in for a hug.
"Oh my Barbra, what is god's name is that?" he asked, pointing to the monitor under my dress.
"It's my baby monitor, I need to wear it to keep an eye on Baby C's heartbeat" I said.
"Now Rachel, it's time to get serious" Kurt said.
"About what?" I asked.
"We need to start getting ready for these babies to make their debut. They'll need clothes, picked out by yours truly" he said, gesturing to himself. "And I will not have my godchildren sleeping in anything less than a highly fashionable nursery. They need a room with a good aura and designer clothes" he shrieked, clapping wildly with excitement.
"We've got that under control" Noah said aggravated.
"We've picked out the furniture for the room and a stroller for the babies" I clarified.
"Oh please, we've got so much work to do" he huffed as he pulled me down the hall towards our first class.
As I headed down the hall, I was greeted by almost all of the kids including the jocks. It seemed as though my absence had no effect on my social status. I decided to smile and wave like any star would and enjoy being popular while it lasted. I was happy that Kurt, Mercedes, and Tina were supportive of the babies and I couldn't wait to tell the rest of the glee club, until I spotted her. The one person I wanted to avoid for as long as possible. I knew we'd have to take some form of action again each other, but I wanted to put it off until the last minute.
"Rachel, can we talk for a minute?" she asked quietly.