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May 14th, 2015

Rachel brought Leroy home. Arabella came walking in behind them. She asked innocently, "Papa gonna come home?"

Rachel said, "Sweetheart, papa isn't going to be able to come home. He is in Heaven with Jesus now."

"Oh. Go see him?"

"I'm sorry baby, but we can't."

Leroy said, "I'm going to go lie down for a while. Call Finn and see if he will come sit with you and Arabella for a while. The two of you need to talk about what you are going to do. You are going to be leaving soon. He needs to have some time to get to know his daughter. It isn't going to be easy on him to see you go and I know it is going to be hard on me when you leave."

"We aren't going to go back to New York."

"Yes you are! You love it there."

"But you are more important. I'm not going to leave you here alone. That just isn't something that I'm going to do."

"Rachel Barbra Berry, New York is your dream city. I'm not going to take that from you."

"You aren't taking anything from me. I want to be here for you. I don't want Arabella to miss out on getting to know you. I wouldn't forgive myself."

"What if I want to go to New York? I don't think I can live in Lima without your father. It has always been the two of us."

"There isn't much room in our apartment, but we can make Arie's room into a room for you and she can stay in my room. It isn't a big deal. It would be lovely to have you in the city with us."

Leroy smiled. "Good. What are you going to do about Finn?"

"I don't know yet."

Rachel picked up Arabella and went into the living room to change the subject from the one at hand.

The three of them were sitting in the living room watching television. Arabella wouldn't leave Leroy's side. The doorbell rang. Rachel said, "I'll get it."

Rachel went to the door and saw Finn when she opened it. She said, "Umm… Hi Finn."

Finn said, "Uh… Hi Rachel. How is Leroy?"

"He is as well as can be expected. He misses daddy."

"Yeah. The two of them were inseparable."

"Yeah. I talked him into moving to New York with me so he won't be alone."

Finn had tears running down his cheeks. "So I guess this is goodbye and I'll never see you again. I guess it wasn't meant for me to have a family or know my daughter. Don't worry I won't tell anyone about her since you obviously don't want anyone to know about her. I'll send you money. You don't owe me anything. I'll leave you alone now. I know you don't want me here." Finn turned around and went walking towards his truck. He was broken hearted at the thought of a future knowing he had a daughter, but not being part of her life.

Rachel stood there and watched Finn for a minute. Then she ran and stopped him from getting in his truck. He really wanted to get to know Arabella and she couldn't blame him for Quinn scaring her away. It really was her that had kept the father from his daughter.

Rachel said, "Finn, please come in. I know daddy would love to see you. Arabella hasn't stopped talking about the tall guy from yesterday."

Finn lowered his head. "I don't know if that is such a good idea. I don't want to get too attached. I don't think I would be about to take it when you left. I'll just leave you alone and go see my mom."

"Finn, I'm not going to keep her away from you."

"But you are. You are going to be in New York and I am going to be here."

"Finn, can we go out and talk about this? We can work something out. We can make trips down here to see you and you can make trips up to see us. I know daddy will want to see you as well. Thank you for being here for my fathers while I was not."

"They were the only people that truly understood how I felt when you left. No one else got it. I went to Quinn because she was there, but she was the biggest jerk alive. It took me too long to figure that out. She did something to take you away from me. What did she do?"

Rachel lowered her head and said, "She threatened me…"

Finn exclaimed, "She what?"

"She told me if I didn't leave or get rid of Arabella that she would do something. I didn't want to take the chance of her hurting our little girl. The moment I found out about her that was where my life went. I was going to tell you the day that I left, but I couldn't."

"I wouldn't have let her do anything to either of you. I never stopped loving you or thinking about you. I would have gone with you if you really wanted to leave. Rach, you didn't have to leave. You and Arabella would have been safe with me. You know the rest of the glee club would have had your back, too."

"Don't kid yourself, Finn. None of them liked me. They probably didn't miss me. They wouldn't have cared if something did happen to me."

"Rach… Kurt was a mess after you were gone. The others were asking about you as well. That isn't true. You were more special than you give yourself credit for."

"I don't know if I can believe that."

"I know tomorrow is going to be a long day for you, but could we go out to dinner after the funeral to talk about things? We don't have to. I just thought my mom and Burt could watch Arabella to give Leroy some rest and a chance to relax from his injuries. I understand if you don't want mom to see her. She can get pretty worked up and all."

"It would be good for your mom to meet Arabella. I just know she isn't going to be happy with me for running away. I didn't know what else to do. I think it would be lovely to go out tomorrow. Maybe it will give me something to take my mind off of things."

"Okay. I'll go ahead and give mom a heads up tonight. I'll go in for a minute to see Leroy and Arabella before heading over to her place."

"Alright."

The two of them walked into the house.

Leroy was sitting in the living room listening to Arabella go on and on about something. Then he noticed Rachel walk in with Finn.

Finn came over and asked, "How are you feeling?"

He looked up at the younger man and said, "I have been better, but I'll make it."

"I just wanted to come check on you. I'll see you tomorrow. I don't want to bother you."

"You have and never will be a bother. It is always nice to have you around. Thank you for coming to check on me, Finn. It means so much to me."

"I'm always here if you need me for anything, but since you are moving to New York you won't be needing anything here." Finn sniffled and said quickly, "I'm going to leave. I'll see you tomorrow."

Arabella came over and tugged on his pants leg. He looked down at her as she looked up and said, "Don't go, mister. You like princesses?"

Finn chuckled. She was a mini Rachel if he had ever seen one. He said, "I don't know. I'm more of a prince kind of guy. The princesses are really pretty. Just like you."

"Mommy say I'm Belle."

Finn smiled. He could see the princess in the little girl. He just hoped that she never fell for a beast. "I can see that, but you are much prettier than she is."

"Cindy Ella is my favorite. She lives in big castle."

Finn got down on the floor. He noticed the little doll in her arms. He asked, "That is a pretty doll you have there. What is her name?"

"Maria! Mommy gonna be her someday."

Finn smiled. Even at two she knew that Rachel was going to be a Broadway superstar. "Of course she is. Your mom is an amazing singer."

"You sing?"

"A little. I'm nowhere near as good as your mommy is though."

Rachel said, "Arabella, do you want to see something?"

"Yeah mommy!"

Rachel went over to the cabinet by the television. She pulled out a DVD and stuck it in the player. The four of them waited for what was going to come on the screen. Finn was surprised to see their performance from regionals their junior year. Arabella exclaimed, "Mommy on TV!"

Rachel chuckled and said, "Who else is with mommy?"

Arabella looked real close and said, "Finny!"

Finn laughed. "Yep, that's me."

"You sing good, silly."

Finn smiled. "Thanks sweetheart."

Arabella came over and sat on Finn's lap. She didn't take her eyes off of the screen. She couldn't believe that her mom was on television.

Finn said, "I guess I should be going."

Arabella looked up at him with big tears in her eyes. She said, "Daddy, don't go."

Finn said, "Uh…"

"You daddy, right? Mommy showed me picture." Arabella grabbed a worn out picture. He took a closer look at it and saw that it was from their last competition together. He had his arms around her from behind and they were smiling at the camera. He remembered it like it was yesterday.

Finn didn't know what to say to the little girl. Rachel took control and said, "Finny is your daddy, baby. He just didn't know."

"See him more?"

Rachel chuckled. "We are going to work that out, sweetheart. This isn't something for you to worry about."

Arabella looked up at Finn and said, "Love you, daddy."

Finn had tears running down his cheeks as he said, "I love you too, baby. You aren't going to get rid of me this time. I need to go see my mommy though. I will see you tomorrow. I promise."

"Kay." Arabella gave Finn a wet kiss on his cheek and he held her close. He didn't want to let her go. He had just met her, but he was head over heels for the little girl. He was sure that it was how it was going to be for the rest of his life as well.

Finn walked into his mom's house. Carole said, "Hey Finny. Where have you been the last couple of days?"

Finn sat down at the kitchen table and said, "So much has happened, mom. I just don't know what is going to happen from here."

"What are you talking about?"

"You should probably sit down."

Carole sat down across from Finn and took his hand. What is going on, Finn?"

Finn took a deep breath and said, "Hiram Berry was killed yesterday in an accident."

Carole gasped. "That is terrible. Poor Leroy! How is he doing? Does he need anything? What can we do?"

"That isn't all of it."

"Okay…"

"Leroy was with him. He is pretty banged up."

"So you left him over there by himself? Finn! Go back over there and help him. You are the closest thing he has to a child and he needs the help."

"Whoa! Before you go saying that I am a terrible person, Rachel is with him."

Carole gasped again. "Rachel is back?"

"Yes. She is over there helping him. My daughter is there, too."

Carole looked at him with a puzzled expression on her face. "With who?"

"My daughter. Mom, I'm a dad. I have been for two years. I have a daughter."