The next morning Rachel woke up and took a shower. It was Saturday. She went down for breakfast and got dressed to go out shopping with Kurt as planned. She drove to Kurt's house and walked up to the door, knocking lightly. Finn answered, wearing nothing but PJ pants. He blushed, "Hi Rachel. Here to pick up Kurt?"
Rachel giggled a little at the sight. She'd forgotten their parents had gotten married, "Yeah."
Finn shuffled his feet, "Uh, he might be a while. You know Kurt, wanna come in?" Rachel nodded and followed him inside, where she sat on the couch. Finn's mom said hi and Kurt's dad nodded. She just sat there waiting, watching Finn look for something to eat. She stood up and went into the kitchen. She tapped Finn's shoulder and when he turned around, she kissed him. He smiled and hugged her, "What was that for?"
"I don't know, just felt like it."
Then Kurt came down, "Hey Rachel, Rachel's lover. You should have heard him talk about you last night when he got home. Oh boy, I thought I might go deaf." Finn blushed, "Anyway, lets go. I have a date with Blaine later that I will not miss." Finn and Rachel laughed a little.
"Let's go Kurt, bye Finn." They walked out and the two got in her car. They started driving and Kurt turned the music on. Rachel looked down, "What did he say about me?"
"How beautiful you were last night, and sweet, and only focusing on him. Basically you were wonderful and amazing and perfect and he's missed you so much. He also mentioned something about Puck being a lousy boyfriend to you."
Rachel felt bad. She was using him, "Oh, that's so sweet."
Kurt shrugged, "Yeah. So where are we shopping?"
"Forever 21 first. The I don't know." They got to the mall and found the store. After about an hour of shopping, Rachel frowned and ran out of the store. Kurt quickly followed her. She ran to the bathroom so he had to stop and wait outside.
She came out five minutes later, "Uh, what the hell Rachel?"
"I think I need to go home."
"Why? What happened?"
"I threw up."
Kurt's eyes widened, "You aren't, you know. I mean you did mention being your period being late."
Rachel shivered, "I don't know."
Kurt put his arm around her shoulders, "It's ok, we'll just go to a drugstore, and I'll buy a pregnancy test, and everything will be fine. I promise." Rachel nodded and they left the mall without buying anything. When Kurt went in and up to the register to pay for it, he saw Santana at the counter. She laughed when she saw what he put on the counter, "Wow Lady, did you decide you weren't gay after all?"
"No, it's for a homeless lady down the street."
"Oh, so Manhands?"
Kurt gaped, "Uh, no. Why would you think that?"
Santana rolled her eyes and pointed, "Maybe coz there's a brunette sitting in Manhand's car that looks like Manhands, and has a worried face."
Kurt bit his lip, "Oh yeah. She's driving me to the homeless lady."
"Whatever." Kurt finished paying and left. He got in the car and handed it to Rachel.
"Was that Santana?"
Kurt made a nervous face, "Yeah. And she sorta figured it out."
Rachel breathed in, "Ok, one, I'm not telling anybody but you until I have to, two, I'm sorry, I have to dump Finn, and three, you can't tell ANYONE!"
Kurt mocked surrender, "Yeah, sure, duh." They drove to her house, her parent's out on a date or shopping or something. She went up stairs and Kurt waited on her couch for about ten minutes. Rachel walked down the stairs, a noticeable tear running down her cheek. "Well?" Rachel rubbed her eye and took a deep breathe, about to speak but burst into tears. "Was it positive?" Rachel nodded and he hugged her. "It's ok, it's ok. I'll be here. Your best friend. I swear. In fact, I'll go with you to dump Finn too."
Rachel sniffled, "Ok, ok. I can handle that. Oh my god, I'm gonna have a kid. How am I gonna go to Broadway? Or ever leave Lima? How will I accomplish anything?" She burst into tears again. Kurt went to the fridge and grabbed her a Sierra Mist. She drank it without stopping, "Thanks."
He shrugged, "Pull yourself together and then we'll go back and break up with Finn." And so, they went to MTV and watched some crap for half an hour, and Kurt fixed her make-up and they drove back to his house.
Kurt opened the door, "Dad, Carole, I'm back!"
Finn peaked his head around the living room wall, "They had double date with Rachel's parents."
Rachel whispered something to Kurt and he went to the kitchen. She walked over to Finn and sat next to him, "Uh, Finn, I don't think we should keep going out."
Finn frowned, pain filling his eyes, "Why?"
"It's just, I think I still love Noah."
Finn stood up and threw his bottle of root beer to the floor with a crash, "Dammit! Puckerman's always getting my girlfriends! Just go."
Rachel left, keeping in tears as she drove to Puck's house. She knocked on the door and waited. His mom opened the door, "Oh hi Rachel. Noah's upstairs, just go knock on his door."
Rachel smiled and headed for the stairs, "Thanks Mrs. Puckerman." She ran to his door and knocked anxiously.
She could hear his voice. "Jeez Ma, I told you knock once and I'll- Hey Rachel."
"I want you back."
He smirked, "Miss your Puckerone love?"
"Yeah." Her phone buzzed.
Kurt: Finn is so frickin' pissed. He won't stop going on and on about how Puck is such a man whore and steals all the dudes girls. Is being with him worth it?"
Rachel: Do I wanna be Quinn?
Kurt: Ugh! Fine. You owe me
Rachel: Yeah the "you owe me" list keeps getting longer and longer.
"Uh, Red?"
She looked up, "Sorry, Kurt. Something about not having gotten the right color of shirt. I don't know." She smiled and laid in his bed. He laid next to her and hugged her. She breathed in. Suddenly tears started to roll down her cheek again.
Puck touched her tear with his thumb, "What's wrong?"
Rachel sniffled, "Nothing. Nothing, I'm fine." She laid with him for about an hour before she complained about needing to go home. After she got home, she called Kurt. "Hey, I don't know if this is a good idea. Maybe I should get an abortion."
Kurt grumbled, "No you should not. You're pregnant, it happens. I mean duh, that's how we repopulate. But seriously, don't. You can do this, you're strong. And your dads will help you. Pinky swear."
"Ok, fine. Well I need to go to sleep then. I'm gonna chill tomorrow, so I'll see you on Monday. Night."
"Night."
Rachel laid down and covered her body with her blanket, and face with her pillow. Monday would be tough.
