Awards, Wedding and Baby
AN: I'm so sorry for the delay on this update. Real life keeps interrupting. I have to send much love to Allie, Erica and Sara. Obviously, I allowed my eight years old self write the last chapter when I said that the baby would be born on Mother's Day. The baby is due around Father's Day.
Disclaimer: I don't own Glee or the songs that I may decide to use. I however do claim all of my mistakes.
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The gang has been back in Los Angeles for about two weeks, and finally life is starting to return to normal. They weren't able to escape the paparazzi that stack out LAX when they returned. Finn about got himself arrested because he was ready to fight anyone who got too close to Rachel; already being the over protective father to their unborn child. Puck grabs Finn right before he's about to punch an overzealous paparazzi in the face. Finn and Puck has been spending long hours in the office, allowing Sam to take some much needed time off so he and Kitty could spend some time together before becoming a family of three. The closing of Rachel's house went through without a hitch; Blaine is now living with Kurt at Finn's house that now currently sits on the market.
Finn had insisted that Rachel told her producer immediately that she was pregnant so they could adjust her working schedule. Since Rachel doesn't have to work today, she finds herself locked in the office looking at homes for sale near the area that had twenty-four hours security that Finn has insisted on. Kurt starts banging on the door, trying to get her to let him in. (Was it a mistake to allow him to not only design her wedding gown and all of the bridesmaid's dresses but also to plan the wedding?) "Kurt, I will be out in a minute; I think that I found a house that looks promising." She hollers back through the locked door.
"It better have plenty of outdoor space for my niece or nephew to play in; now hurry up we need to decide on tablecloths for your big day." He yells back before turning around to wait in the den for her to unlock the stupid door. He knows that Rachel is known for her dramatics but a pregnant Rachel is way over the top. As Kurt waits on Rachel to come out of the home office the telephone rings. "Hudson, Hummel, Berry and Anderson residence, this is Kurt speaking."
On the other side of the telephone line is Rachel's music producer, Maverick telling Kurt that Rachel has been nominated for 'best new album of the year', 'best single of the year' and 'best female artist of the year' and asked him to relay the message to his soon to be sister-in-law.
"Oh most definitely, thank you so much for calling; I'll let Rachel know. Goodbye." Kurt tells the producer as he starts visually designing Rachel's dress for the American Music Awards ceremony.
Finally after about an hour later, Rachel comes out of the home office. "I have made an appointment to go see that house on Wednesday; it's perfect as far as I can tell from the listing. It even has a guest house!" Rachel beams before realizing that Kurt is actually jumping up and down in front of her. After a short pause she asks him what in the hell is wrong with him, "do you need to pee or something?"
"Really, Rachel I'm not a five years old little boy nor Finn or Puck. While you were locked in the office you received a phone call." He huffs with his hands on his hips.
"Are you going to tell me who called me?" she flatly asks figuring it has something to do with the wedding that started as a small ceremony to one with about four hundred guests.
"I spoke Maverick and apparently the nominees have been released because you have been nominated for three AMA's." He tells her as he resumes bouncing up and down.
"I have what? Which ones? Oh my Kurt; I need to call Finn." She nearly whispers with tears falling down her face. She really wasn't expecting this. She knew that her album sales had been good but she would have never thought that she would be nominated for one award, much less three; she feels like she's dreaming.
After Kurt tells her what awards that she is nominated for he allows her to call Finn before showing her all of the tablecloth designs that he's found.
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"Goodbye babe, I'll see you at the doctor's office at three this afternoon." Finn tells her before hanging the phone up after hearing Kurt fussing in the background at the house.
He stands up and walks out of his office heading toward Puck's office next door. He knocks lightly on the door out of fear that Quinn is here visiting Puck at lunch. That isn't a memory that he'll be forgetting any time soon after hearing Puck telling him to come in, he walks in and tells Puck to guess where they will be going on Sunday.
"Dude, don't tell me that porcelain hasn't scheduled another 'emergency' wedding meeting." Puck asks as he makes quotation signs with his hands.
"No, we will be sitting in the front row of the American Music Awards. My baby has been nominated for three awards." Finn proudly boasts.
"We, am I going to be sitting in the front row of the most kick ass award show there is?" He responds.
"Yep, Rachel has three sets of tickets and she wants her cousin there with her; and I quote, Quinn and Puck is a package deal." Finn smirks at his best friend.
"Who else is going with us?" Puck questions, even though he's pretty sure that he already knows that he will be spending the night with Kurt flipping his shit over all of the artist that he hasn't already met.
"Well Kurt is my brother and Blaine is one of Rachel's best friends so they will be going. Santana and Britt are going to be in New York; Tana is taking Brittney to meet the parents and Kitty would be miserable sitting there for three hours; so it all works out great." Finn tells him. "Oh by the way, you need to be at my house this evening around seven so Kurt can get your measurements for your tux." Finn adds as he walks out of Puck's office door.
"Great." Puck mumbles to Finn's fleeting form.
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Finn leaves the office at one o'clock so he can swing by LAX to pick his mom up, true to her word; she has flown out to LA for each of Rachel's doctor appointments. She is planning to stay for a couple of weeks this time so she can go with them to look at homes.
"Hey mom how was your flight?" he says as he leans over and kisses her on the cheek while he puts her luggage into the back of his Range Rover.
"It was lovely, not fast enough though. I want to see my grandbaby." She answers as she sits down in the front seat so Finn can close her door.
Finn chuckles as he fastens his seatbelt, "you do know that you have two sons out here too, right?"
"Yes I do, I know I have Rachel, Kurt, Blaine and you here too. I've been here a billion times to see you; I want to see my first grandbaby." She answers with a smile. She has been over the moon since they had told them that they were expecting. She is so grateful for Finn finding Rachel when he did; she had been concerned that her son would be forever broken after being told that the baby that he thought was his wasn't. They pull into the driveway; Finn grabs her luggage and escorts her into the house. Carole makes a beeline straight to Rachel, who is sitting in the den waiting on them to arrive. "Rachel darling, how are you feeling?" she asks while hugging the now standing Rachel.
"I feel wonderful, the morning sickness is gone; and Mr. warden there isn't letting me work more than three days a week." She giggles at the expression on Finn's face.
"Hey, I'm just worried about my future wife and our child." He shrugs before pulling her into a gentle hug.
"Come on, let's go see baby Hudson." Rachel tells Carole and Finn as she grabs her sweater and wraps it around her shoulders.
Rachel signs herself in and goes back to sit back down next to Finn as he carries on a conversation with Carole about Rachel being nominated for the AMA's.
"Carole, I can call the record company and see if I can get another ticket so you can attend too." Rachel cuts in on their conversation.
"Lord no sweetie, I would much rather stay at your house and watch it on that ninety inch flat screen on the wall of your den, those award shows are too long for me to sit in one place." She tells her with a smile.
The nurse comes out to the waiting area and alls Rachel's name. Rachel goes back by herself at first to get weighed and give a urine sample. Once she's in the room the nurse goes back out to the waiting area and tells Carole and Finn that they can come back now.
They walk into the room and find Rachel lying on the bed dressed only in one of those itchy paper gowns that she always has to put on. "The doctor says that the baby is growing perfectly, the ultrasound tech should be in here any minute, and she told me that we may be able to find out the sex of our baby." Rachel beams up at her gorgeous fiancée.
"Do we want to know?" Finn whispers, grabbing her hand and sitting down in the chair beside her bed.
"Kurt wants to know how to decorate the nursery." Rachel shrugs with a laugh.
"Of course he does; he said that his niece or nephew would not have a neutral nursery." Finn chuckles; seriously sometimes Finn thinks that Kurt thinks that he's planning his wedding and that he is expecting the baby.
Carole's eyes fills with tears as she watches her son rub Rachel's hand gently with a loving look in his eyes, "We need to find out if possible so I can start buying baby clothes." She tells the young couple.
There is a knock on the door before it opens as Kristy the tech walks in. "Hi Rachel, Finn and Carole how are we doing today?" she asks the trio that she had met at Rachel's first appointment in LA.
"I'm feeling great, excited to see if we can tell if our little one is going to be a boy or a girl." Rachel tells her.
"Well, let's see if we can find out; congratulations on the nominations by the way." Kristy tells her while draping the paper blanket over Rachel before lifting the gown up to expose her bump.
"Thank you, I didn't even know that they were going to be announced today. I'd all but forgotten that this is the beginning of the award season." She chuckles as Kristy squirts the cold gel on her stomach.
"Well, no wonder with all that you have going on." Kristy answers as she moves the wand around Rachel's belly taking measurements and snapping pictures. Kristy turns the monitor facing Rachel and Finn after she finishes; before she asks "Are you ready to find out if you are having a girl or boy?" she questions.
"Most definitely, let's find out!" Finn answers.
Everyone has their eyes glued to the screen on the monitor as Kristy points out different parts of the baby and tells them that everything looks great for their little girl.
A tear falls down Finn's face, "We're having a daughter. I'm going to be a daddy to a little princess."
Kristy smiles and shakes her head yes as she hands the pictures to Finn. She tells Rachel that she can get dressed now after cleaning the gel off of her stomach. Once Rachel is dressed, the trio walks back out to the receptionist desk to schedule her next appointment.
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Finn walks Rachel and Carole into their home, making sure that they get in safe before heading back to the office for a couple more hours; promising that he'd be back in time for dinner and his fitting with Kurt.
Rachel and Carole are sitting in the home office so Rachel can show her the homes that they were interested in looking at when Kurt walks in with his sketchbook in hand.
"Hello mom, I'm so happy that you're going to be spending some time here with us. How's dad doing?" Kurt says, hugging his stepmom around her shoulders.
"Hi there Kurt, Burt's fine he sends his love and promises that the next time that I come he's coming with me." She answers.
"Do I need to design a dress for you for the awards too?" He questions, she is the mother of the Kurt Hummel and if she's going to be sitting at the AMA's she must have on one of his designs.
"No honey, like I told Rachel when she offered to get me a ticket, I'd much rather just see my boys and precious future daughter-in-law on the TV. What do you have there?" she asks as she motions towards his sketchbook, "I thought that you had already designed all of the dresses for the wedding." She giddily adds.
"I have, Quinn is going to wear a gown from my new collection, but our darling diva there needs a special design to show off my unborn nephew or niece." He tells his mother as he flips to the design of the first or five dresses that he's designed since this morning.
"Niece." Rachel tells him, pointing to the new pink picture frame on the desk with the ultrasound picture in it that says "Your little girl loves you Daddy."
"Yay, we're having a little Rachel Berry." He says, clapping his hands together while his sketchbook falls to the floor.
"You do know that in a couple more weeks that you won't be able to call me that any more right?" Rachel asks, she's already decided that she was changing her name professionally to Hudson also because she didn't want her children confused as to why people called her Rachel Berry.
"I know, but I'm going to warn you that Puck will always call you Berry or Berry pie. Anything besides Rachel." He smirks as he picks up his sketchbook so Rachel can pick which one that she wants to wear so he can get the design and specifications to his team so it can be ready in two days so she can try it on so he can make sure that it fits properly. Really it's a wonder that Kurt has made any money since the announcement of their engagement since he's been busy designing the attire for the whole wedding party, and now a dress for Rachel to wear to the AMA's but he somehow just released a summer collection in the midst of all the wedding preparation.
Rachel picks the first design, Kurt suggests that she wear it in emerald since everyone is speculating on the gender of her unborn child and emerald wouldn't give anything away. Yeah, so what if he has already prepared Finn's accessories in emerald.
"Emerald would be lovely Kurt, it will make Finn's eyes sparkle." She smirks.
"And with this cut, no one will be able to deny that you are indeed with child." Kurt adds as he tells the women that he'd leave them to their house hunting for now but he'd need to get Rachel's measurements later on in the night.
"Well hopefully since award season is here, people will start talking about that instead of my secretive life and pregnancy. I swear, one would think that I never left the house." Rachel sneers. Ever since the production company had announced that she was expecting a baby the tabloids have been having a field day with her name. Several of them had even bombarded Finn when he walked out of their law firm one evening, of course with threats of lawsuits for trespassing if they returned; he hasn't had any more trouble with them.
"How much work do you have on 'Full Moon'?" Carole asks Rachel once they start scrolling through the real estate site again.
"All of the filming is finished; we had finished it before the holidays. I still have a few songs to record. I'm hoping to be done by the end of next week." Rachel tells her why pointing to the pictures of the guest house on the property that they were going to go tour this week.
"That would be perfect for Kurt and Blaine." Carole tells her just as Blaine pops his head in the office to greet Carole.
"Hi Carole, we've been looking forward to seeing you again." He tells her before placing a kiss on her cheek, "and what would be perfect for Kurt and me?"
"We have an appointment to go look at a property this week, I was just showing Carole the guest house." Rachel tells him as she accepts a kiss on her cheek as well.
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It's Sunday night; Finn found out on Saturday morning that the owners had accepted their offer on Rachel's dream property. He had told her that since it was a private estate that they would be adding extra security measures and hiring a security firm so they would have round the clock protection.
Carole is snapping pictures of all of the couples, she has been doing this for about an hour before Puck finally pipes up, "Momma Carole, I feel like we're heading to the prom, I'm sure that you have plenty of pictures." He laughs.
"The limo is out front guys." Blaine tells the group.
The young adults all wish Carole goodbye as she wishes Rachel good luck and tells her that she'd be watching for her and Finn on the red carpet. They all climb into the limousine for what they all believed would be one of the happiest nights of Rachel's life.
As the limousine waits in the line of all of the other limousines a police officer knocks on the window and asks how many people would be walking the red carpet with the star. Rachel looks at her friends and sees that Puck and Blaine both are shaking their heads no. "Quinn and Kurt would you two like to walk the red carpet with us?" Rachel asks her cousin and designer of the amazing gown in which she is wearing. They both answer yes and Rachel tells the officer that there will be three people walking the carpet with her. The officer gives directions to Puck and Blaine on how to get into the event after the group who was walking the carpet got out. Rachel hands Puck and Blaine their tickets as the limo pulls up to the beginning of the red carpet and tells them that they will see them inside.
The valet opens the door and the cameras start flashing Kurt gets out of the Limousine first and offers his hand to help Quinn out; Kurt is making a name for himself with the Hollywood elite so the cameras continue to flash, Kurt whispers in Quinn's ear as they link arms, "It will be all over the gossip rags tomorrow that I am dating you."
Quinn chuckles and tells him that he is probably right. They stop at the first mark on the carpet as they were instructed to do by the police officer and they both turn toward the car because they know that once Rachel steps out of it, the place would go wild.
Finn gets out of the limo to a round of flashes and even a few people calling his name, something that he never expected for himself. He's just a lawyer after all. He takes Rachel's hand and helps her out of the car and immediately wrapping an arm around her back as cameras started flashing and microphones where being stretch out over the barriers that has been put in place to keep the paps back. "Rachel you look stunning, you've got that pregnancy glow." One of the paparazzi shouts over the rest. Rachel recognized the voice as Madison; she is a real journalist who works for a real newspaper who prides themselves for staying away from all of the unproven gossip. Rachel likes Madison because of this; she turns toward the young girl, and tells her, "Thank you Madison, we couldn't be happier." She says with a wink.
It seems like it takes forever for them to make it down the red carpet. Rachel has spoken to a few of the journalist who were stationed on the red carpet. She has made the point of introducing Quinn as her cousin and Kurt as her future brother-in-law who also designed her gorgeous emerald gown which shows off her beautiful baby bump. "It's not easy designing anything for a pregnant woman." She jokes before adding that it certainly is a blessing to be able to say that she is marrying the brother of one of the most talented designers in Hollywood today.
They finally make it inside of the Staple Center and are ushered to their seats, which are indeed dead center of the front row. The lights flicker to signal that the show is about to go live. All of the artists in the audience hushes as L.L. Cool J walk out on the stage to start the show. After his monologue he announces the presenter for the first award of the night, "The Best Female Artist of the Year".
As Jenna Tatum and Jordan Knight take turns announcing the names of the nominees Rachel tightens her grip on Finn's hand as her heart starts racing when she hears her name.
"And the AMA for "The Best Female Artist of the Year" goes to…oh I have this girl's album on repeat…Rachel Berry." Jenna announces Finn stands and helps her up, the crowd of her peers are on their feet applauding her as she gently walks up the stairs to the stage, secretly thanking God that she had chosen a shorter gown to wear so she didn't have to worry about tripping.
Jordan hands her the trophy, and they both give her a hug before stepping away to allow her to speak to the crowd. "WOW just WOW, never in a million years would I had thought that I would be nominated much less win this award with my first album. Thank you all very much, this award is for my fans…I have a few people in my life that I need to thank, first my wonderful fiancée, Finn for standing by me always; my cousin, Quinn who has always had my back, even as people told me that I would never make it. Santana and Blaine for helping a small girl from Ocean City, Maryland survive the wonders of New York City and to my father, who always believed in me, I love you papa and I dedicate this award to my other daddy who is Heaven. Thank you all so much." Rachel walks off stage to another standing ovation. She is stuck there until the first commercial break, so she stands in the wing and looks out at Finn and her amazing friends; she can't help but smile as she sees the pride on all of their faces.
The night proceeds wonderfully. All of Rachel's guests are enjoying themselves. Puck and Quinn find themselves in awe every time a celebrity has spoken to them. Rachel has just made her way back to her seat after winning "The best Single of the Year". She leans over and whispers into Finn's ear, "If I'm dreaming please don't wake me up," before placing a tender kiss on his lips.
The show resumes after the commercial break; L.L. Cool J is standing at the podium reviewing the year in music before announcing the presenters of the final award of the night "Album of the Year". Taylor Lautner and AnnaLynne McCord walk out with the sealed envelope and the AMA in their hands. AnnaLynne starts with the announcement of the artist and albums which are nominated…Rachel Berry "This is Me" than they alternate between the names of the other nominees. Taylor announces, "And the best album of the year…Taylor and AnnaLynne say in unison, "This is Me" Rachel Berry.
Rachel makes her way to the stage for the third time of the night, once again to a standing ovation. "I must once again thank my fans for purchasing and loving my album. This is going to be an amazing year; I'm getting married in two weeks to the love of my life, Finn Hudson; yeah I know more than several of the people in this room knows who he is. We're buying our first home together that has the perfect yard for our precious daughter and any future children that we may have to play." She speaks as she places her hand on her tiny bump before adding, "If this is your dream, don't let anyone get in your way. Take it from the untraditional, big nosed Jewish girl; if you work hard enough, you too can do it. Thank you and Good night."
As L.L. Cool J. announces that this is the end of the show; Rachel makes her way back down to her fiancé and friends. It takes the group almost an hour and a half to make it back to the limo due to all of the microphones being thrust into Rachel's face, questions such as 'Has it been confirmed that you are indeed having a girl?' 'Where's the wedding?' 'When are you going to be doing your sophomore album?" Questions that Rachel answered with 'yes'; 'not telling you'; and 'I will be taking time off until after the baby is born' as she makes her way to the open door of her awaiting limousine.
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Tonight is the night of the rehearsal dinner, Rachel has told Finn at least twenty times that she's about to kill his brother if he doesn't quit nagging her. Kurt is making everyone in the crowded house crazy by the way that he is bouncing around and barking orders at everybody. "Rachel, it's time to get you ready; I sure hope that I don't have to let the dress out anymore." Kurt huffs as he leads her up the stairs.
Finn notices the frustrated look on Rachel's face; he turns to his mother and whispers, "I'm going to go up and try to save Rachel from Kurt; or vice versa."
"Kurt, that's too tight; loosen up the sash!" Finn hears Rachel growling at Kurt. Finn swings their bedroom door open just in time to hear Kurt's smart ass reply; "Well if you weren't gaining five or six pounds a week this dress would still fit."
"Kurt, shut up! She is pregnant; she is supposed to be gaining weight. The dress looks gorgeous on her, now do not make it uncomfortable. Do you understand?" Finn angrily responds to his brother's comment.
"Yes, geez why don't you two lighten up, it was a joke; just so you know, I'm ecstatic that she is carrying my niece." Kurt sasses as he loosely tightens the sash and escorts her to her vanity so Santana can fix her hair and makeup. "Now you;" Kurt says as he points at Finn, "your suit is in the guest room; get in the shower and get dressed. I will be in there in twenty minutes to make sure that your suit doesn't need to be altered and try to do something with that mess on top of your head that you call hair."
"I can fix my own hair, and why would my suit need altered? I just wore it a few days ago!" he grumbles as he walks out of the bedroom to get himself ready.
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They arrive at The Pacific Palms, without anyone killing Kurt; where they were having their rehearsal dinner before heading to Malibu for the wedding that is planned on the beach the next afternoon. After they all enjoyed their meals and went over last minute details before heading to their waiting cars, Kurt has insisted that Rachel and her wedding party stay at the house with Carole while Finn and his side of the wedding party would be staying at a hotel close by; citing that just because Rachel's pregnant didn't mean they shouldn't practice some tradition. Finn leans down and places a tender kiss on Rachel's lips once they find themselves outside of the SUV that they girls were taking to the beach house, whispering, "I'll see you at the alter tomorrow; I'll be the one with the big smile on my face."
She stands on her tiptoes and places another kiss on his lips before responding that she would be the one in white. They both tell each other good night and that they each will miss each other. Rachel closes her door behind her and turns to her cousin, "I already miss him; I can't wait to marry him." She squeals while wrapping her arms around her growing belly.
"I know sweetie, I am really happy that you found him. You deserve every bit of happiness that he is giving you." Quinn tells her as she pulls her cousin into a hug. It is almost midnight when they reach the house, the ceremony is scheduled for one o'clock and Kurt left strict instruction with Quinn that she was to make sure that Rachel went straight to sleep because her beauty team would be at the house at promptly ten o'clock to get her ready. Quinn finally gets Rachel settled in bed about one o'clock telling her that Kurt is going to kill her tomorrow if Rachel has bags under her eyes.
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Ten o'clock sharp, there's a knock on the front door. Quinn woke Rachel up at nine so she could have breakfast before all of the preparations started. Quinn opens the door and finds Rachel's beauty team. Quinn invites everyone in; she has just closed the door when there is another knock on it, not surprised she finds Kurt standing outside of the door. Quinn moves to the side and motions him to come into the room, where he immediately starts barking orders. To everyone's surprise, Carole is the one who puts her son in his place by telling him that everyone knows what needs to be done and what time that they need to be down at the beach as she opens the door and tells him to keep an eye on the men of the wedding party.
Elsa starts on Rachel's hair as Sherri starts on Brittney's makeup while Santana and Quinn goes to put on their gorgeous gowns. All of the gowns are designed in the same pattern; Rachel had insisted that she wanted a colorful wedding with each of the gowns being of a different color. Quinn's gown is made of turquoise silk; Santana's gown is lilac; Brittney's silk gown is yellow; which matches the colors of their escorts ties and cummerbunds. Once Elsa finishes Rachel's hair, she moves into the make up chair as Quinn sits down to have her hair fixed. At twelve o'clock everyone is dressed except for Rachel. It's time for Rachel to put of her beautiful one of a kind Kurt Hummel designed wedding gown. The long white silk and lace gown adorned her baby bump perfectly. Kurt designed her tiara styled veil with one satin ribbon matching each of the bridal parties gowns entwining with the lace down the floor length train, the short veil is pure white lace that covers up the jewel encrusted tiara that will reveal a authentic turquoise gem, yellow topaz gem and an alexandrite gem once Finn removes it from her face.
Once Rachel is completely dressed, Carole whispers through her tears, "Oh my Rachel you make such a beautiful bride; my son isn't going to know what hit him when he sees you."
"Thank you Carole, Kurt did a beautiful job with my gown; I feel like a princess." Rachel smiles back to the woman who is about to become her mother-in-law.
Quinn offers Rachel a glass of water before it's time to walk down to the beach. Rachel has just placed her empty glass on the table when there is a knock at the door, signaling that it's time to go to the beach. Santana opens the door to Rachel's father, who immediately starts to cry, telling her how beautiful she is and how proud her papa would be of her today. Rachel hugs her father and reminds him that her papa is in their hearts therefore he is also present at their wedding before lacing her arm through her father's arm and whispering, "Come on daddy, escort me to the alter."
Rachel stands back behind the sheer drapes that have been placed at the end of the aisle way, watching as Clara, one of Rachel's costars daughter and Christopher, the son of one of the lawyers who works in their firm walks down the aisle, Clara statistically dropping a few petals on the aisle way as Christopher just practices balancing the pillow so he didn't dump the rings. Once the flower girl and ring barer reaches their spot at the top of the aisle; Quinn and Puck links arms and makes their way down the aisle to stand beside their best friends followed by Brittney and Blaine and Santana and Kurt. Sam and Kitty were sitting in the audience; Kitty's due date is just around the corner so the doctor suggested that she decline the invitation to be in the wedding. As soon as Santana and Kurt makes it to the spots the music transitions to the 'Wedding March' as Rachel and her dad comes into view all that you can hear over the music and the breaking of the waves in the oceans is a collective gasp. Finn's eyes locks at his beautiful bride to be as he watches her walk down the aisle toward him to become his wife. He never thought that it was even possible, but he is fairly certain that he's never loved her more than he does at this moment.
The celebrant asks who would be given the bride away; Leroy steps forward and tells that he would be given her away with his blessing and in honor of his husband Hiram as he places Rachel's hand into Finn's awaiting one.
The celebrant starts the ceremony asking if anyone has a reason while these two should not become husband and wife; which causes both Finn and Rachel both to hold their breath in fear that Lucy or Brody may have snuck onto the beach. Once a few seconds past, they both control their breath and looks into each others eye. The celebrant continues with the vows, which they both felt that the traditional vows where perfect for their lives. After the vows are recited; the celebrant asks for the rings, which he blesses before handing Rachel's to Finn and Finn's to Rachel. "Rachel Barbra Berry; do you take Finn Christopher as your lawfully wedded husband?"
While her eyes fills up with tears; she whispers, "I do." As she slides the white gold band on Finn's left ring finger.
The celebrant turns to Finn and asks him, "Finn Christopher Hudson; do you take Rachel Barbra Berry as your lawfully wedded wife?"
As he gently wipes the tears from her eyes (thank God for waterproof mascara) he looks into Rachel's eyes as he replies. "I do forever." As she slides her matching white silver band on her left ring finger.
"By the power invested in me by the state of California and with these guests are your witnesses; I now pronounce you husband and wife; you may kiss your bride." The celebrant announces as the guests stands and cheers as Finn places an urgent yet gentle kiss on his wife's lips. As they turn to face their guest, the celebrant announces Mr. and Mrs. Finn Hudson. They walk up the aisle amidst congratulations as they head to the beach house where the reception is being held. They both run up to their room to change into more comfortable clothing before going back down to celebrate their union with their friends. Rachel turns her back toward her gorgeous husband and asks him to help her out of her wedding gown. While he slowly unties the corset top and zipper; he leans into his bride and asks her if she thinks that they would miss them if they hung out in their bedroom instead of joining their guests. Rachel turns and looks up into her husband's auburn eyes as she slowly allows her gown to fall to the floor. There she stands there in front of him in nothing except for beautiful white lace lingerie. "Well we did have to spend last night a part and we can always blame it on my pregnancy hormones." She smirks as she rises up on her tiptoes to place a passionate kiss on his lips.
"But my darling husband, I think that you may have on too much clothes." She whispers huskily as she reaches for the buttons on his button down shirt.
"You are the most beautiful woman that I've ever seen in my life, and with you carrying my daughter makes you even more beautiful." He whispers as he leans in and captures her lips in his. He gently pushes her back onto their bed before telling her that the guest could wait a few extra minutes on them as he hears the rest of the wedding party coming upstairs to change their clothes. "I'm sure Puck is planning on taking advantage of Quinn before allowing her to go downstairs. He whined as much as I did last night." He tells her before untying the silk ribbon that is holding her lingerie together.
"She places her finger on his lips and whispers shhhh, and tells him to make made passionate love to his wife before the guests start looking for them. She unfastens his belt, unbuttons and pulls down his zipper faster than he has time to register what she is doing. Thanks to her tiny baby bump; she isn't able to use her feet to push his slacks down his legs so she reaches inside of his pants and starts stroking his growing erection.
Through gritted teeth, he growls as he pushes his slacks off of his legs and moves her tiny thong to the side before he pushes his manhood inside of her, this feel different; it feels more real, could this because this is the first time that they are consummating their marriage? "I love you so much Rachel, you mean the world to me and I promise to always take care of you and our children." He tells her never swaying his eyes from hers.
"You made me the happiest woman in the world once again today when you made me Rachel Hudson. You have answered all of my dreams baby, we are having our baby in four months; I am now your wife and we have a beautiful first home waiting on us when we return from our honeymoon," She tells him as she starts swiveling her hips faster and pushing them into his body even closer, she's so close to her sweet release; all of these pregnancy hormones aren't always bad, like now she isn't able to get enough of her husband lovemaking.
The sudden change in her moving pushes Finn over the edge with her falling right along with him. Finn collapses beside her on the bed as they both try to catch their breath. After they lie there silently and have regained their composure, Finn props his head up on his hand and tells her that they really need to get dressed and head downstairs to the reception. Begrudgingly, Rachel rolls off of the bed and walks into the en suite bathroom to take a quick shower before dressing, being very careful not to mess up her hair because she knows that Kurt will be snapping another zillion pictures at the reception. She quickly washes and gets out of the shower to put on the outfit that Kurt had designed for her to wear to the reception as Finn jumps in the shower and quickly washes his body off before climbing out of the shower, wrapping a towel around his midsection before walking out to their bedroom to dress in the clothes that Kurt has laid out for him. Rachel is already dressed and is standing at the mirror doing a touchup on her makeup when she spies Finn dropping his towel. She practically purrs as she turns around and looks at the handsome body that is standing in front of her, still unable to believe that this perfect specimen of a man is all hers.
Finn notices the "I want to fuck you look" that he has been seeing so much more lately; not that he's complaining, he would live inside of her if he can; but he needs to be strong and quickly throws his clothes on as Rachel pouts. He promises that they have all night to make love plus two weeks in Hawaii. He reaches for her hand and asks, "Are you ready Mrs. Hudson to meet our guests?"
"I sure am Mr. Hudson, let's get this party rolling because the sooner we start, the sooner we will be done and then I will be able to bring you back up here and have my way with you all night long. We can sleep on the flight to Hawaii." She smirks as she tightens her grip on his hand.
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True to her words, she had kept Finn up all night long enjoying his body and allowing him to explore hers. They are currently sitting in LAX waiting to board their plan for their two weeks honeymoon.
They both fell asleep during the short flight to Hawaii; they are both woken up by the flight attendant once the plane has landed on the landing strip. Finn reaches for his wife's hand as they make their way to the baggage claim to pick up their luggage. Once Finn has retrieved their luggage they walk out of the front doors of the gorgeous airport to their awaiting limousine. They spent their days on the island as tourist and their nights making love on every surface inside (and out) of their private honeymoon suite. After what Rachel is sure was the shortest two weeks that she has ever experienced, they once again find themselves back in route to LAX where they are expecting Burt and Carole to pick them up and take them to their new home that their family and friends have spent the last two weeks getting it ready for the newlyweds.
When they pull up to the front of their home, Rachel starts walking to the front door and Finn tells her to wait on him, because the traditions state that he is to carry her over the threshold of their new home. With a chuckle she replies, "Baby that tradition dates back to the days when woman weren't already pregnant when they married. I really don't think that it would be a good idea for you to carry me over the threshold."
"I'm carrying you over the threshold, you still only weigh about a buck fifteen, I think that I can manage." He smirks as he picks up her bridal style as Burt opens the front door for him to carry her through the door, where they find all of their family and friends waiting in the corridor to welcome them to their new home. The house looks as if it came straight out of one of those home design magazines, no doubt in her mind that all of their friends had been subject to Kurt's demands all week. "Oh guys, this looks amazing. You all did such a wonderful job; I don't know how we will every repay you." Rachel tells her friends.
"You'll get the chance to help the rest of us on day." Puck tells the petite woman as he drapes his arm around Quinn's shoulder.
"Are you thinking about moving out of the neighborhood too? Where are you looking?" Finn asks his best friend before placing a kiss on the top of Rachel's head.
"Well actually the house on the left side of your property just came on the market and Q really seems to like it a lot and she really likes the idea of being right beside Rachel especially after the baby is born." Puck shrugs his shoulders before adding, "I got that John guy to put an offer in for us. We should know something in the next couple of days."
"Why did you have John put your offer in? I thought that we were going to throw everything to Sam to help with the baby expenses." Finn questions Puck with his arms crossed.
"Well Sam's kind of busy; Kitty had the baby yesterday, a little boy that they named Ryder James and he weighed 9 lbs and like 21 inches long, but I did make sure that all of the papers were filed under Sam's attention so he can make commission on the sale too." Puck tells Finn, feeling proud of his self for having the perfect answer to tell the 'big brother' of the firm.
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Rachel wakes up on June twenty-first with the most painful pain in her abdomen and back that she has every experienced. She has been having Braxton Hicks contractions for a few days and one thing that she is sure of, these contractions are definitely not Braxton Hicks contractions. She reaches over and taps Finn on his back, quickly glancing at the alarm clock and notices that the time is only three in the morning; she is going to have to fight to wake him up, Finn Hudson is the hardest person in the world to wake up. She continues to shake and tap him on his back calling out his name. As she was about to shake him and call for him again, she feels the sharpest pain yet which causes her to scream out his name. That gets his attention, he turns toward his wife and he can tell by the expression on her face that she is definitely in pain.
"Rach, baby what's wrong?" he whispers as he wipes the tears from her eyes.
"Finn, I think it's time to meet our daughter, do you want to help me get up and take me to the hospital to meet her?" Rachel asks through a smile.
Finn helps her out of bed just as her water breaks. This makes him nervous; and as she fights the pain she is trying to calm her husband down. She keeps reminding him that this is perfectly normal. He calms enough to drive, he picks up her hospital bag and leads her to his Range Rover and helps her up into the passenger seat. He starts calling everyone on the "you better call me when she goes in labor list", thank God for Bluetooth connection in his vehicle, he goes through the list with his mother being the first that he calls. Rachel's dad is back on the east coast and he was the last that Finn called, Leroy promises to be on the first flight out in the morning and makes Finn promise to take care of his little girl. Finn promises before hanging up, by the time that he is finished making the calls he is pulling up to the maternity ward of the local hospital and running in to get help with his wife, who's contractions are now less than five minutes apart and the pain has increased dramatically since leaving their home.
The nurse gets Rachel set up in her room, hooks her up to all of the monitors and starts an IV. Rachel had chosen to have an epidural since the baby has measured larger than average at all of her appointments, the doctor has promised that he would do what every he could for her to have a natural delivery versus a C-section birth. Once the nurse has her prepared, the doctor comes into his room and checks to see how far she has dilated. She has already dilated eight centimeters so he calls the anesthesiologist to Rachel's room STAT to get her epidural started. He looks at Rachel and Finn and tells them that if he would have to guess, he thinks their daughter should be here within the next two hours before he exits their room. The anesthesiologist has just finished inserting the epidural in Rachel's back when the nurse comes back into the room and checks to see how far Rachel has dilated, she looks up at Rachel and tells her that she is a full ten centimeters and soon it would be time to start pushing. The nurse calls the doctor back into the room and he confirms that it is indeed time to start pushing.
"What? I was told that I could be in labor for hours before I would be ready to deliver. Is something wrong? This is going way too fast." Rachel panics as she waits for answers.
"Well normally for the first birth the labor can be very long and painful; some woman luck up and that isn't the case. You were the lucky exception. The baby's heartbeat is perfect and she is just anxious to meet her mommy and daddy. So Rachel when you feel the next contraction coming I want you to push down as hard as you can, okay?" He asks her.
Rachel nods her head just as the next contraction hits; she pulls herself up and pushes with all of her might. She lies back down, already totally exhausted; the doctor asks Finn to grab one of Rachel's legs as the nurse grabs the other, he tells him that the next time Rachel pushes he wants him to pull on her legs. No sooner than the doctor got the instructions out; another contraction comes, Rachel pushes as hard as she can as Finn and the nurse pulls on her legs. The doctor tells Rachel that he sees her daughter's head and one more good push should be all that she will need to do to meet their bundle of joy. More determined than ever; when the next contraction surfaces Rachel lifts her top of her body up and pushes as Finn and the nurse assist with pulling her legs out. Rachel lies back down; the silence of the room is interrupted by the sound of their daughters cry.
The baby is checked out and she is perfectly healthy, weighing in at eight pounds and ten ounces and she is twenty inches long. Each of the family members came into the room to see Rachel and the baby. Everyone is in awe at how beautiful she is. The doctor comes in and runs everyone besides Finn out of the room stating that Rachel needs all of the rest that she can get before taking the baby home.
Just as they are about to walk out of the room; Santana turns to the couple and asks, "So what's her name?"
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Once again I apologize for the long delay. Only the epilogue is left. I promise to try and not let it takes so long to get it posted. I hope that you have enjoyed this story and check out Finding Love on Tour and I will be starting another Finchel Fanfic soon. Please read and review and let me know what you think…And I promise that you will know the baby's name in the epi. Much love, Melanie