Hey everyone! I'm back from camp and also back on Fanfiction! I wasn't sure if I was going to continue to write Finchel stories after I found about Cory, but camp was a nice break for me to figure what to do about writing. I decided to keep going because all of us writers have support from each other to get through this together. I also I feel like we should Finn alive through fanfiction because I know that Cory would want us to not part with his beloved character even if he is not there to play the part. Also, I'm going to add in an extra middle name in memory of Cory. The baby's name is going to be Liam Christopher Cory Hudson. Please enjoy this next chapter!
In early December when Rachel is about five and a half months pregnant her baby bump starts to show a bit more, and to be honest, she's not handling that very well. She feels huge and it's not even close to her due date yet. Of course, she knows that she has Finn to keep her sane and tell her she's beautiful when she needs to hear it, but that hardy even lessens the body image issues that being pregnant gives her. Rachel hasn't really been in the best moods lately either, her hormones are making her crazy and she cries a lot, more than anyone expected. Finn notices this and he, being the sweet, caring and supportive husband he is, decides to start planning Rachel's baby shower. He knows he told Kurt that he could plan the whole thing, but Finn decides that he'll do it himself, because Rachel needs this to cheer her up and she needs it as soon as possible. This is going to be perfect, after all, it is for Rachel, it has to be perfect.
"Hey Rach, I'm going to go to the store for some stuff, Will you be okay here without me for a little while?" Finn asks Rachel after dinner.
"Of course I'll be ok Finn, I'm pregnant, not deathly ill." Rachel says, a small teasing smile on her face.
"I know, I just really hate leaving you alone. You need me to be with you, I'm always worried that I'll miss something, you know, something important."
"Don't worry, you won't miss anything, I'm not due for three and half more months."
"No, I mean like if you need me to be here when you feel like crying or something."
"You're very sweet and you know I love that about you, but you really don't have to spend every waking moment worrying about me."
"Okay, so, just so we are clear, you're going to be ok if I go to the store without you , right?"
"I'll be fine, go do whatever it is you're going to do."
"Alright, bye babe, I love you, and Liam. I love him so much."
Finn flips through aisles and aisles of stuff until finally he knows all of the stuff is absolutely perfect for Rachel's baby shower. Unfortunately for Finn, when he gets home he finds Rachel crying.
"Honey, what's wrong? What happened?" He asks immediately.
"I-I'm just s-scared that I won't be a good mother." Rachel says, her voice shaking
"Shh, shh, don't say that, you know it's not going to be true."
"How are you so sure?"
"Because, I know you, when you see our son you're going to love him so much more than you already do right now, and loving him that much is going to make it impossible for you to be a bad mother."
"But I'm scared that when I go back to shows, I'll be a bad mother because I'll be so busy."
"Look at me, you know our son is going to grow up knowing that his mommy's a star and he'll know that you love him, no matter how busy you are."
"What if something is wrong with him? What if he's not healthy when he's born?"
"He'll be fine, the doctor always makes comments on how healthy he looks in the ultrasounds. You need to stop worrying so much Sweetheart, he'll be okay, you'll be okay, everything will all be okay."
"I'm sorry, I'm just scared, really, really scared."
"I know you are, and that's okay, that's perfectly okay, just don't stress yourself out so much, it isn't very good for you and I really do not want anything bad to happen to you."
"I know, but I just want our baby to be okay because we've wanted a baby for so long that it would crush me if anything went wrong with him."
"If our son is going to be anything like you, he'll be just fine, you always come out on top."
Rachel lets a small smile spread onto her lips, "Yeah, you're right."
Rachel's baby shower is quickly approaching, and to be honest Finn's kind of freaking out about it. The entire thing has to be perfect. He tells Kurt about the idea and at first he's quite furious that Finn did not recruit him to help with the planning, but then Finn explains the reason behind Rachel's much earlier than planned baby shower and Kurt quickly forgives him. On the day of the baby shower Rachel doesn't even have the slightest clue as to what is going on, she is very surprised to say the least.
"Finn, what on earth is all of this?!" Rachel asks, the biggest surprised look on her face.
"Your baby shower, I decided you should have it a little early." Finn replies grinning
"You did all of this by yourself?"
"Yeah, I did. You like it?"
"I love it, it's perfect."
"Well good, I'm glad, I was kind of afraid you wouldn't like it."
"Oh Finn, don't be ridiculous, I'd love it no matter what, it's the thought that counts."
"I just want everything to be perfect for you and for our son, so naturally, I kind of stressed out over making this baby shower perfect and all."
"Well, you did an amazing job and I cannot thank you enough."
"Well, I better get going, I should just let you get your girl time at this baby shower, I'll be back in a few hours to clean everything up and show you your other surprise."
"You have another surprise for me, what is it?"
"Well silly, if I told you, it would not be a very good surprise now would it?"
Rachel giggles "No it wouldn't be, bye I love you."
"Love you too."
Once the baby shower starts , Rachel is much happier than she has been recently.
"So Rachel, have you and Finn decided on a name yet?" Quinn asks
"Yeah, we have, our son's name is going to be Liam Christopher Cory Hudson." Rachel replies smiling.
"Aww, that's cute."
When Rachel starts opening baby gifts, she opts to open the one from Kurt first, because she's not going to lie, she's been curious about this gift for ages. She opens up the gift back to find outfits of course, but not just any baby outfits, these outfits are practically mini versions of Finn's."
"Oh my god, this is so cute, Liam will be all matchy-matchy with his Daddy!" Rachel squeals.
"I designed them myself, after all, I only want the best for my adorable nephew." Kurt says smiling
"Kurt, you don't even know he'll be adorable. He is not even born yet."
"Rachel, you're being silly. How is that baby even going to have the slightest chance of not being adorable with you and Finn as his parents?"
"I guess so."
"You seriously have no idea how cute your kid is going to look in those outfits."
"Uncle Kurt is very silly, isn't he Liam?" Rachel coos placing a hand on her swollen belly."
"Rachel, don't let your son form opinions on me when he isn't even born yet." Kurt says
"Oh don't worry he'll love his fabulous uncles."
Kurt smiles. "Good, I can't wait to meet the little guy."
"Me neither."
When Finn gets home he finds Rachel flipping through a stack of new onesies, smiling as se folds each one of them up.
"Hi Honey, how was the baby shower?" Finn asks sitting down next to Rachel.
"Good, you want to see some of Liam's cute little outfits?" Rachel says grinning
"I'd love too."
"Kurt designed these outfits for him, aren't they cute? They are supposed to match with your outfits."
"Of course Kurt would do something like that, but yeah, they are adorable."
"There's this one too, it's from Quinn, it's got little racecars on it. She also got him this little stuffed giraffe and I think it's pretty adorable."
"Pretty darn cute, but not as cute as the stuffed lion that you and I bought for him."
"Thank you so much for planning all of this for me, it was very sweet of you."
"It was no big deal at all Rachel, really it wasn't. You've been pretty upset and I figured this would be the perfect way to cheer you up."
"I'm glad you did all of this, it really did work in cheering me up ."
"Good, I'm glad. Would you like me to show you your other surprise now?"
"Oh, yes please, I almost forgot that you have another surprise for me!"
"Alright then, you just follow me… and no peeking ."
What Rachel doesn't know is that Finn finished painting and decorating the entire nursery.
"Aright you can open your eyes now." Finn tells Rachel
"Oh my god Finn! You finished the nursery! thank you, thank you, thank you!" Rachel exclaims.
"I take it you like it then?"
"I absolutely love it, it really is perfect."
"Do you like the crib set up, I put his little lion in there and everything."
"It's absolutely adorable, I can't believe he's actually going to be ours in just a few short months."
"I know, I can hardly believe it either."
"I bet we're going to spending a lot of late nights in here."
"Yeah, but at least he'll have you to sing him to sleep."
"I think he's happy, he's been kicking several times today."
"Is he kicking right now?"
"Yeah, he is, he's getting pretty strong too."
"May I feel?"
"Of course you can."
"I bet you never get tired of feeling that, it's amazing."
"It feels like a miracle."
Finn smiles. "Do you mind if I talk to him?"
"No, I don't mind."
"Hi Liam, it's Daddy. First of all, I want you to know that your mommy and I we love you so much, and we can't wait to meet you. You're our own little miracle, you know that right buddy? Also, this room is your room and Mommy and I wanted to make it really special for you, because you are going to be a very special little boy, our very special little boy." Finn says, his hand gently resting on Rachel's baby bump.
"I think he likes the sound of your voice." Rachel says smiling
"How can you tell?"
"He just kicked, I feel like he does it a lot when he's happy.
"Oh, well you know, in just a few months he'll finally be here, and we will finally be a family.
Rachel smiles as she takes Finn's hand. "Yeah, we really will be."
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