20 weeks, it had been 20 weeks since Rachel and Finn had last been together and as a result left Rachel expecting his baby. It had been a few very busy weeks for Rachel. She had gotten luck with "Funny Girl" because the show wouldn't start until after the baby's due date and when the producers had heard the news they had been ready to replace her until she had given them a passionate speech about how the baby's father had died and that she couldn't possibly give this baby up, even for the show of her dreams. Her dads had been amazingly supportive and had already purchased quite a bit of baby gear even though she wouldn't find out the baby's sex until the next day. Burt and Carol called often to check on her and Carol had given her some of Finn's childhood keepsakes, except for his "blankie" which he had given to Quinn when he thought that Beth was his baby and Quinn had never given it back. Santana and Kurt were even great, they'd been planning out who was going to help with the baby and when after he/she came. Shelby had already reserved a spot for the baby at her "Broadway Baby Daycare" free of charge. It all seemed to be going too smoothly. It was night and Rachel had taken her dinner, eggplant parmesan from a local Italian restaurant that had a special vegan menu, onto the fire escape. Kurt was back in Lima for Blaine's graduation and Santana was at work but it was warm in their loft and she wanted some fresh air. As she gazed up at the sky she thought of Finn.
"Finn I wish you were here. I find out tomorrow what our baby is, I miss you so much." She said aloud
Suddenly as she looked at the stars she remembered the last Christmas she and Finn had spent together and she could hear his voice:
"No, I thought about that but then I named it Finn Hudson," Finn replied. "Because there is already a star called Rachel Berry, and she's right here on earth and she's brighter than any of those stars up there. So I wanted to make sure that whenever she feels lonely, she can look up at the sky and no matter where I am, she can know that I'm looking down on her."
"You ARE here and you can hear me. There is a star named Finn Hudson and that's where you are, watching over me and our baby." Rachel smiled as she looked up. And then she felt a firm kick from inside of her.
"And you're here too, if you're a boy you will definitely be a Quarterback, just like your dad." Rachel said with a hand on her small belly bump.
"Rachel! Where are you? Is everything ok?" Santana yelled as she entered the apartment.
"Out here Santana! I'm looking up at the stars." Rachel said
The doctors office was cold. Santana was there with her but had her cellphone to Skype the whole appointment straight to Kurt, Blaine, Burt and Carol. Rachel was nervous.
"Berry relax, this is a good appointment. We're going to see if there's another freakishly tall Frankenteen in there or a Hobbit." Santana smiled at her.
"I'm trying Santana but this is really big, the last time I saw the baby it looked like a tadpole." Rachel said
"Well I'm pretty sure that this time you will be able to see more." The doctor smiled as he came in.
"Hello doctor, it's nice to see you again." Rachel said.
"Hey doc, we're on Skype and I gotta get to work so let's get this show on the road." Santana said gruffly
"Don't mind Santana, she's always like that." Rachel said
The gel was warm, Rachel had thought it would be cold. She watched the screen as the doctor checked on the baby.
"So doc what do we have in there?" Burt's voice came over Santana's phone
"Yeah do I have a grandson or granddaughter?" Carol asked
"You guys are making Rachel nervous stop it!" Kurt said
"Ok, ok, ok since I know that there is quite an audience waiting to hear this I will speed up. Rachel, everyone the baby is...a boy." the doctor said to get everyone to be quiet.
Rachel could hear them all taking in the exciting news but all she could hear was the doctor saying it was a boy. In her head she imagined this scene differently, instead of Santana by her side with all of the family on Skype it should be Finn. She closed her eyes and she could see his face, see him there with one of his crooked half-smiles on his face as he watched the screen and was told that he was looking at his son. A tear ran down Rachel's cheek, "FINN."
"What's that Rachel?" Santana said suddenly aware of Rachel again
"Finn. His name is Finn. I just decided." Rachel replied still crying.