Here's chapter 17 :) Hope you like it.
Also I want to give a huge shoutout to my Twitter friend, Sabby (Sabby_22) She helped with the songs and costumes for Regionals :D
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Rachel closed her eyes and took a deep breath as she tried to control her nerves. She opened her eyes and looked at herself in the mirror. She was sitting at the make up table. Quinn was standing behind her, curling Rachel's hair.
It has only been a week since Rachel went to Quinn's house. She was amazed by how much stronger their new friendship got over the past week. Quinn went back to Shelby's apartment everyday with Rachel. They just talked about the pregnancy. Rachel felt so much better after talking to Quinn. Even Quinn had moments when she cried while talking to Rachel about her pregnancy and what happened with her parents.
"All done." Quinn said as she put the curling iron down.
Rachel smiled as she looked at her curly hair. "Thank you. Wow, Quinn maybe you should be a hair and make up artist. You have a real talent."
"Thank you." Quinn said as she herself and Rachel walked over to the mirror and looked at their costumes. "I have to say we have the best costumes this year."
Their costumes for Regionals this year was red dresses with a black bow around the waist. The dresses had dark red sequences along the top. They wore black tights and black high heels.
Finn was not happy with the idea of Rachel dancing onstage in high heels. He didn't want her to fall and hurt herself or the baby. So they agreed that Rachel should wear, black flat dolly shoes. Rachel hated it. All the girls in Glee were taller then Rachel, now they all have to wear high heels except for Rachel.
The boys wore black trousers, red shirts and black ties. They all agreed that the girls should curl their hair and wear red headbands to match their dresses.
"Quinn!" Puck called as he walked into the dressing room. "Are you seeing Beth this weekend?"
"Yeah, I'm taking her to the park on Saturday." Quinn said as she looked at him and gave him a small smile. "I might think about inviting you."
"Why wouldn't you invite me?" Puck laughed.
Quinn rolled her eyes and playfully threw a hair brush at Puck. "Get out of here!"
Rachel knew there was something going on.
"Are you and Puck dating?" Rachel asked when Puck left the room.
Quinn smiled. "Let's just say we grew closer after Shelby came back with Beth. We're taking it slowly."
"I'm really happy for you." Rachel said with a smile.
"Hey beautiful." Finn said as he walked in and wrapped his arms around Rachel. "You look amazing."
"Thank you." Rachel said before she kissed him.
"How are you feeling?" Finn asked.
"Excited." Rachel said with a smile. "The baby is still to small to start kicking but if it could I think it would be kicking like crazy."
"Just be thankful it's not due for another five months." Quinn said as she fixed her make up. "Beth picked the wrong time to want to be born."
Rachel laughed. "Hopefully that won't happen again."
Finn wrapped his arms around Rachel and put his hands on her stomach. "Five months until our baby is finally here."
Rachel looked up at him and smiled. "I can't wait."
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"I can't do this." Rachel said as she started to panic. "If I mess this up we won't be going to Nationals."
"Why are you freaking out?" Finn said as he put his hands on her shoulders. "I've never seen you get this nervous before a performance before."
Rachel sighed and covered her face. "This is our last ever chance at making it to Nationals."
"Rachel, listen to me." Finn said as he wrapped his arms around Rachel. "We got to Nationals last year. You helped us get there by singing a song that you wrote yourself. You can do it again this year by singing an Adele song."
Rachel smiled before she kissed Finn on the cheek. "Your going to be an amazing dad."
They heard their name being announced. Rachel took a deep breath and quickly walked onstage and stood on front of the microphone stand. Finn watched as the curtain went up and Rachel started singing 'Set Fire To The Rain.' Finn smiled as he walked her sing. He noticed during most of the song Rachel put her hand over her small baby bump. He still found it hard to believe she was pregnant. The rest of New Directions came onstage as Rachel sang the of the song. They sang 'I Gotta Feeling' by The Black Eyed Peas as their group number. They audience seemed to enjoy it.
"You think we did good?" Rachel asked nervously as they walked offstage.
"Hello Nationals!" Quinn yelled as she put her arm around Rachel.
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They didn't have to wait long to be called back onstage. They stood together, holding hands and waited nervously to find out if they were going to Nationals. The announcer walked onstage holding a card in his hands.
"The group that is going to Nationals is.." He said through the microphone. "New Directions!"
Rachel fell into Finn's arms when she heard their name. The group screamed and pulled each other into a group hug. When they finally walked offstage Santana gathered them all around.
"Okay guys, since we're going to Nationals how about we go out for a celebration tonight?" She said.
"I can get the drinks." Puck said.
"Great idea!" Quinn said. She turned her attention to Rachel who was being very quiet. "You okay, Rach? Are you going to come with us tonight?"
Rachel shook her head. "I can't really go out and drink alcohol."
"No problem. I'll stay with you and we can have a movie night." Quinn said with a smile.
Rachel shook her head again. "No way. You go out and have fun."
"Do you want me to stay with you?" Finn asked.
"No." Rachel said. "I want you to go out and have fun. I'm just going to practice my lines for the musical."
"We will have a small celebration in the choir room since Rachel can't come with us tonight. Okay?" Kurt said.
Rachel smiled and nodded. "Sounds awesome!"
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Rachel was lying down on the couch reading through her West Side Story script. The show was in two weeks and Rachel wanted to make sure she was ready. She wondered what Finn was up to with the rest of the group. She didn't want to call him. She knew these past few weeks have been stressful for him so he deserved a night out.
She held cries coming from Shelby's bedroom. She knew Beth had woken up. Shelby was in the shower so Rachel knew she had to take care of Beth. She had never taken care of Beth without Shelby before. She was afraid Beth would freak out since Shelby wasn't there.
Rachel got off the couch and walked into Shelby's bedroom where Beth's crib was. She turned on the bedside lamp and saw Beth sitting up in her crib. Rachel thought that Beth must have had a bad dream. Rachel was a bit surprised when Beth held her little arms up to her. Rachel gently lifted the crying girl out of her crib. She sat down on the bed with Beth on her lap. She slowly rocked Beth back and forth to try and calm her down. She started singing to Beth, remembering when her daddy use to sing to her when she was little. She looked down a minute later to see Beth had fallen back to sleep with her head resting on Rachel's chest. Rachel smiled down at the little girl and heard Shelby walk in.
"Is she okay?" Shelby asked.
Rachel nodded and talked quietly so Beth wouldn't wake up. "She was crying. I think she had a bad dream or something."
"You got her to go back to sleep?" Shelby said, surprised. "Normally she would never go back to sleep straight away."
Rachel smiled. "I just started singing to her."
"Well, I think she likes you." Shelby said as she took the sleeping girl from Rachel and put her back into her crib.
"Mom, do you think I'll be a good mom?" Rachel asked nervously as she put her hands over her bump. "Do you think I'll be able to handle everything with the baby?"
Shelby nodded and put her arm around Rachel. "I think you will be an amazing mom. I think you will handle it with no problems."
Rachel smiled and looked down at her bump. She couldn't wait to meet her son or daughter.