Here's Chapter 12 :)

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"Good morning, Finn." Shelby said as she opened her apartment door. Shelby was holding Beth in her arms. She moved over and let Finn in.

Finn smiled as he walked into Shelby's apartment. He looked at his watch and saw it was nearly 9:30am. Finn would never get up this early on a Sunday morning. He wanted to make today special.

"Where's the birthday girl?" Finn asked with a smile.

"She's still asleep." Shelby said as she put Beth into her high chair. "You can go in and wake her if you want."

Finn smiled again. Rachel didn't know he was coming over. He wanted to surprise her.

He went into Rachel's room and closed the door behind him. He quietly walked over to her bed and kneeled down on the floor beside her. He watched her as she slept. She held her pink teddy bear close to her chest. He smiled, he remembered buying that teddy bear for her during summer vacation. He noticed the picture of their baby was in a pink frame on her bedside table. He gently stroked her hair and Rachel slowly opened her eyes.

"Finn?" She said.

"Morning, birthday girl." Finn said with a smile. "How does it feel to be seventeen?"

"Not much different to being sixteen." Rachel said with a laugh. She sat up in her bed. Finn sat next to her and put his arm around her.

Rachel put her head on Finn's shoulder. "I didn't know you were coming over."

"Well, I wanted to make your birthday special. Which reminds me." Finn said before putting a small rectangular box out of his pocket.

"Finn, I told you not to get me anything." Rachel said.

"I know but I wanted to." Finn said with a smile. He gently kissed the top of Rachel's head. "Open it."

Rachel pulled off the bright pink wrapping paper. She opened the box and saw a gold bracelet with gold star charms. "Finn, it's beautiful."

"I saw you looking at it when we were at the mall a few weeks ago. I thought it would be the perfect birthday present."

"Thank you, Finn. I love it." Rachel said as she leaned up and kissed Finn.

Finn took the box from Rachel and carefully took the bracelet out. "I wanted to make this your special day. I know these past few weeks have been really hard on you."

Rachel nodded. "To be honest, all I wanted for my birthday was you with me."

Finn took Rachel's wrist and put the bracelet around it. "Just think, for your 18th birthday we will have a son or daughter to celebrate with us."

"To be honest, I'm scared about next year." Rachel said quietly.

Finn sat back on the bed and put his arm around Rachel. "What are you scared off?"

"Well, I don't know where I'm going to be. If I'm going to New York or not. Or where your going to be. I don't want us to be apart." Rachel said.

"Rach, we both knew that being separated for college wouldn't be easy. It's harder now with our child on the way. When it's time for that to happen, we can work something out." Finn said before he placed his hand on Rachel's stomach. "We might have to be separated for a little while. I promise, for birthdays, Christmas or anything else. We'll be together. The three of us."

Rachel smiled as she wrapped her arms around Finn. "You always know how to make me feel better."

Finn smiled and kissed Rachel's head. "You better go and see your mom."

Rachel pulled the blanket's off her and got up. She held Finn's hand as they walked into the kitchen.

"Good morning, sweetie." Shelby said as she went over to Rachel and kissed her forehead. "Happy birthday."

"Thank you mom." Rachel said with a smile.

Shelby turned to Beth, who was sitting in her high chair. "Should we give Rachel her present now?"

"Mom, I told you that you didn't have to get me a present."

"I wanted to." Shelby said as she handed Rachel a small box with gold wrapping paper on it. "Happy birthday darling."

"Thank you." Rachel smiled as she took the wrapping paper off the box. She opened the box to see a BlackBerry phone. "Oh my god. Mom, you didn't have to."

"Well, you said your old phone wasn't working. Finn helped me pick it out." Shelby said.

"Thank you." Rachel said as she gave her mom a hug.

"Look at the back of the phone." Shelby told her.

Rachel took the phone out of the box and looked at the back. She laughed when she saw a gold star on the back of it. "I love it."

"I'm glad, sweetie. I'm going to get started with your birthday breakfast." Shelby said as she went into the kitchen.

Finn grabbed Rachel's hand and brought her over to the couch. "I'm gonna teach you how to work your new phone."

Rachel smiled as she sat down on the couch with Finn and put her head on his shoulder.

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"Finn, tonight was amazing. Thank you." Rachel said as she walked into Finn's house and took off her coat.

Finn smiled, he wanted Rachel's birthday to be a 'stress free' day. He didn't want Rachel to be worried about the baby or upset over her dads. He wanted this day to be special for her. He took her to see a movie. Then took her for dinner at BreadStix. They went back to Finn's house to spend some time alone. Since it was a school night, Shelby wanted Rachel home by eleven.

Finn wrapped his arms around Rachel's waist and kissed her. "Best part about having the house to myself. Just me, you and our baby. No one else."

"This is perfect." Rachel said before she kissed Finn back. "I love you."

Finn took Rachel's hand and brought her into the living-room. "Okay birthday girl, What do you wanna do?"

"I was thinking maybe we can cuddle on the couch and watch a movie." Rachel said with a small smile.

"Funny Girl?" Finn asked. Rachel smiled and nodded.

Finn smiled as he got the DVD of the shelve. He set up the DVD player and went over to the couch. He sat down on the couch and pulled Rachel onto his lap. He wrapped his arms around Rachel and held her close. Rachel cuddled into his chest.

Finn looked down at Rachel as she watched the movie. He still couldn't believe they were going to be parents. Rachel was so tiny, Finn smiled as he tried to imagine Rachel with a baby bump.

Rachel looked up at him and kissed his cheek. "Best birthday ever."