AN: Well this is it kiddos. I really hope that you've enjoyed this story because this is the very last chapter =( Sadness I know, but I hope that you adore the ending as much as you have the rest of the story!

The next morning they were lying in bed after satisfying one another when the phone rang. Its shrill noise jarred them from their afterglow and Puck watched as Rachel scrambled across the bed to grab her phone. With one glance at the screen, her face went white.

"What is it, babe?"

"It's the hospital," she choked out and he could see her hand visibly shaking.

"Do you want me to answer it?"

Rachel shook her head once before taking a deep breath and flipping it open. "Rachel Berry." She paused for a moment, her expression blank before her eyes slid shut and tears began to slide down her cheeks. "Mmmhmm, yes I understand. Thank you for calling."

Puck felt his heart drop as he watched her flip close the phone. The only thought that was running through his mind was that their son was dead – had to be. Why else would she be crying? And fuck if it didn't tear him in two, but he had to hear it from her. He had to be sure.

"Babe?" He touched her arm lightly.

When she turned to him a small smile lit up her face though her eyes were still glassy from unshed tears. "He's awake. Nathan's awake."

"Oh thank God." Puck took her into his arms, holding her to him while he sent up every prayer of thanks that he could think of. His son was alive.

They'd made it to the hospital within the hour and as they stood outside of Nathan's door, Rachel squeezed Puck's hand. When the phone had rang this morning she had been so sure that their son was dead, that they'd lulled themselves into a false sense of happiness by getting back together and were now going to have the death of Nathan crushing their hopes to oblivion.

She knew she had freaked Puck out when she started crying, but she hadn't been able to keep the tears of joy from sliding down her face. They were finally going to get the chance to be the family that they should have been from the beginning. The were going to get a second chance and this time she was determined to do nothing to mess it up.

She pushed the door open and felt tears welling up in her eyes when she saw Nathan sitting up in the bed, pale but awake. "Mama!"

"Oh my baby boy!" Rachel dropped Puck's hand and ran across the room, pulling the frail boy into her arms. "I'm so happy that you're awake."

"The nurse told me that I slept for a really long time." Nathan nodded when Rachel pulled back. "She said my body was trying to make me better."

"And look at you." Puck ran his hand over the boy's head. "You're looking so much better."

"Hi, Dad!" Nathan grinned up at Puck.

"Hey, kid." Puck smiled down at him before pulling up a chair beside the bed.

Rachel pulled Nathan to her again, squeezing him. "I love you so much. I've missed seeing those eyes of yours."

"Mom, too tight." Nathan laughed when Rachel let him go.

"I'm sorry. I'm just so happy that you're awake." Rachel gave him a small smile.

Nathan frowned as he looked at her. "Then why are you crying?"

Rachel raised a hand and dragged it across her cheek; sure enough, she was crying and she hadn't even realized it. "Sometimes you cry when you're happy, baby. I'm just so, so happy that I can't seem to stop."

Nathan looked to Puck who just shrugged. "You're not going to cry are you?"

Puck let out a bark of laughter. "No, I'm not going to cry. It's more of a girl thing."

"Yeah, and we're men, not girls." Rachel and Puck laughed together as Nathan puffed out his chest.

"So we have something that we'd like to talk to you about, baby." Rachel sat on the bed beside her son, taking his hand into hers.

He raised his eyebrow at her, his gaze questioning and for a second all she saw was herself in him. "What, Mom?"

Rachel glanced at Puck who just nodded at her, telling her that she was in charge of telling Nathan the plans that they had made that morning. "I – I mean we – were wondering what you would think of moving here to Ohio."

"Here where Grandma and Beth live?"

Rachel shook her head. "No, a few hours from here in Lima where Mommy and Daddy grew up."

Nathan turned his head to look at Puck. "Are you coming, too?"

"Yes." Puck nodded slowly. "We were actually thinking that the three of us could move there together and get a house."

"Like a family?"

Rachel felt like her heart was going to break. Nathan sounded so excited at the concept of having a real family and she knew that it was something she should have given him earlier, but her stupid pride had stood in the way. She took Puck's hand in hers as she nodded. "Yes, baby. Like the family we are. And you'll be close to Beth, both your grandma, Abby, and of course your granddads. And I'm sure that you'll be great friends with Auntie Quinn and Uncle Sam's kids."

"I liked them." Nathan nodded. "I think we should do it."

And with his blessing, the decision was made. Puck would transfer to the Lima Police Department and Rachel would find a job as an admin assistant. It wouldn't be the same as working for a Broadway producer, but she now knew that no job was more important than family. She wanted Nathan to be raised around his family and their friends. She never wanted them to be alone again, and when Puck squeezed her hand, she knew they would never again be alone.