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Chapter Two

January 2027

Rachel stood in the dining room, admiring her handiwork. She adjusted the belt of the dress she wore, giving the table a critical once over. She wanted tonight to go perfectly. She straightened the place mat once more so that it was perfectly straight. Once she was satisfied she stepped back again, just as the timer on the oven buzzed. Rachel skipped into the kitchen and pulled the pan containing Finn's steak from the oven and placed it on the stovetop. She checked to make sure it was cooked thoroughly before placing the lid back on the pan and placing it back in the oven after she turned the element off. She checked the clock and smiled when she noticed she had a few more minutes before she was expecting Finn.

She wanted to do something special for Finn. He had been working so hard in the last few weeks, balancing his work with his class of second graders, working on another paper for his classes and spending time with both her and Camden. It worked out perfectly, Camden had had an early dismissal today because of teacher development so she had taken the afternoon off to spend time with him while Finn attended his meetings. Her father's had picked up Camden afterwards to take him back to Lima with them for the evening. They were going to collect him tomorrow afternoon as they had already planned to go down to visit for Burt's birthday Saturday afternoon.

She had done a lot of thinking in the last few weeks, specifically about what Finn had brought up on their anniversary. She wanted to have a baby with him, and the more she thought about it she didn't know what was holding her back from jumping on her dream. So she'd decided she would put together a fancy dinner just for the two of them so she could tell him that she'd change her mind. She wanted to have his baby.

The rumbling of the garage door opener brought her out of her thoughts abruptly. She straightened the belt around her waist once more before rushing into the dining room to dim the lights. She had soft music playing in the background, a mix she had made a few days ago when Finn had gone to bed early with a headache. She heard the door open and she blew out a breath as she heard the distinctive heavy footsteps that signalled Finn was home.

"Rach," he called. "You here babe?"
She frowned when she heard how exhausted he sounded. Her heart thumped in her chest as she poured the wine she had chilled into the two glasses on the table. She picked them up and turned around just in time to see him coming through the kitchen. She smiled gently as she held the two glasses in her hands.

"Babe," he sighed as he dropped the bag he was carrying to the floor. He walked into the dining room and stopped in front of her. "What's this?"

She smiled softly as she clutched the glasses in her grasp. She could feel the heat from the candles that were burning on the table through the thin material of the dress she was wearing.

"Just a little private dinner for the two of us," she smiled as she extended one of the glasses of wine out to him. She saw him swallow hard as he took the glass from while he raked his eyes over her form. The dress was one of his favourites, black with a lace overlay and a brown belt around her waist.

"It's not my birthday," he said softly, his eyes boring into hers.

"It's not. I just thought you deserved it," she whispered. She trained her eyes on his as she watched him take a sip of the wine. She took the glass from him when he moved it away from his lips and placed it on the table behind her. She leaned up on her tip toes and placed a soft kiss on his lips. She felt him respond lazily, his lips grazing hers gently. "Why don't you sit, and I'll grab dinner?"

He stared at her for a long moment before following her directions. She returned to the kitchen to grab the steak she had made for him and the eggplant shells she had made for herself.

"Babe, where's Camden?" She heard his tired voice call from the dining room.

She walked into the dining room with both of their plates, a soft smile on her lips. "My dad's picked him up after lunch. We'll see him tomorrow afternoon for Burt's birthday party."

He nodded slowly as she placed the plate in front of him.

"This looks amazing sweetheart," he smiled as he looked up at her. She smiled down at him as he turned his body so he was facing her. He reached his hands out to grab her waist and pulled her towards him. She giggled softly as she fell into his lap. Her hands grasped his scruffy cheeks in her hands, leaning forward to press a sweet kiss to his lips.

"You didn't have to make me a steak," he sighed when they pulled away. His hand came up to her cheek and he brushed her hair out of her eyes.

"Yes I did," she smiled as she wrapped her arms around his neck, finding the short hairs on the back of his neck. Her fingers twisted in them, tugging gently. "You've worked so hard these last few weeks and I just wanted to spoil you."

He gave her a touched look, his hands coming to rest on her hips. "Thank you," he whispered quietly.

She smiled as she leaned in and placed another kiss on his cheek before going to move off his lap. He stopped her as he tightened his grip on her hips, pulling her down against him. She giggled as he wrapped his arms around her tightly, pulling her into his chest. She looked up at him as he stared down at her and she couldn't help but let a small smile come to her features. Despite the exhaustion that graced his features, he looked content and happy. She'd made the right choice, both in throwing this dinner for him and the announcement she was going to make as well.

When they pulled apart she heard him groan appreciatively as she walked around the table to her seat.

"How was your day?" She asked quietly as she took a bite of the shell.

"It was okay. Shorter, as you know. But the meetings afterwards were brutal," he groaned as he picked up his napkin to wipe his mouth. "Mark just seemed to go on and on about protocol for sick days and time off. Then we had someone come in from the board to talk about inclusion and babe, I could have given a better presentation."

"Well you are studying it," she winked as she reached for her wine glass.

"What about you? What did you get up to today?"

She smiled as she looked at him. "Not much. Went to the grocery store this morning to get this stuff, cleaned up a bit and then picked up Cam at lunch time. My dad's stopped in when they picked him up so it was nice to see them."

He nodded as he listened to her talk about her day.

"Is your steak okay?"

He nodded. "It's perfect."

When they were finished their meal, Rachel stood up to clear the table. She was approaching his side when he stood up abruptly, wrapping his arms around her waist.

"Leave it," he whispered as he pulled the plate from her hand. His breath was hot on her neck as he pulled her against him.

"Finn..."

"I'll clean it up later..." he mumbled as he placed a kiss on her neck. She shivered at the feeling of his lips against her skin. "Come sit with me."

She turned in his arms and looked deep in his eyes. She felt her body tremble as his gaze pierced hers. It was rare that they had a night alone, and she could see that Finn was formulating plans on how the rest of the evening should go. She bit her lip as his hands gripped her hips and pulled her towards him. She could only nod as she continued to stare at him.

He started to pull her into the living room before she tugged on his hand.

"Come upstairs with me," she whispered.

She watched his eyes dilate and she walked backwards, leading him up the stairs. She pulled him into their room and then into the bathroom, where she had set up more candles around the large bathtub. She stood in front of him as she watched his eyes roam around the room, taking in the set up.

"You did this all for me?" he asked softly as he stared at her. She shrugged, turning to look at him.

"I did it for us," she whispered. "Kind of a do-over for our anniversary."

She watched his features fall slightly before his mouth quirked.

"Babe," he whispered. His hands as he pulled her into his arms. "We don't need a do-over. If I remember correctly it ended pretty well."

She smacked his arm as she pulled away to go and start the tub.

He watched her intently as she moved through the room, and he couldn't help but approach her and grab her hips.

"Finn," she whispered as she turned back to look at him. His eyes bore into hers before he leaned into her and placed a soft kiss on her lips. The kiss escalated as the tub filled behind them, Finn's hands finding the zipper of her dress and gently tugging it down. They undressed each other quickly, both of them in a hurry to be close to the other. Finn groaned as he watched her shimmy out of her underwear, his hands immediately reaching out for her once again. He pulled her close to him, feeling her skin underneath his hands. She responded in kind, her hands moving to span his back as his mouth found her neck. She sighed when he hit her pulse point, her eyes closing at the sensation. It had been a long time since they were able to just spend time with each other. Every other intimate encounter was usually hasty and rushed. Camden slept well through the night, but there was always the chance he could wake up and interrupt them.

They pulled away to get into the tub and Rachel sighed as she leaned back against his chest, his strong arms wrapping around her.

"This is perfect," he whispered against her head as his fingers danced over her stomach. Her eyes drifted closed for a moment as she let the sensations of being this close to her husband take her over. "I'm glad we're doing this."

She opened her eyes and tilted her head up to look at him. She gave him a soft smile. He nuzzled her jaw with his nose as they sat there, the warm sudsy water and soft music lulling them into a peaceful trance. She sighed when his teeth grazed her earlobe and his fingers gently touched her breasts.

"Finn," she whined as his touch became more insistent.

"You're so beautiful," he mumbled as he continued to touch her intimately. She swallowed hard as she fought hard against the sensation he was enticing out of her. It would be so easy to give into the sensations, she lived for these intimate moments with Finn.

She shifted in his lap, pulling away from him slightly trying to gain control. She wanted to tell him. She needed to tell him before things got out of hand, and they were heading that way quickly. "Finn, I just...I want to talk to you about something," her voice came out weak and airy.

His movements stopped immediately, his fingers moving to rest on her stomach again. They dropped as she slowly tried to turn around to face him. His eyes were dark as he stared at her. She bit her lip as she looked at him, her strength faltering.

"Babe," he whispered. "What is it?"

She sighed as she raised her hands to hold his cheeks much like she had done down in the dining room.

"I was wrong," she whispered. A confused expression crossed his features as he looked at her, trying to deduce what she said.

"Wrong? Rachel, wrong about what?" The thoughts began to circulate in his mind, going from bad to worse. "Rach? If this is about the..." They had a small disagreement earlier in the week about a load of laundry that had been left in the washer too long. Finn had thought that they had gotten passed it. He was questioning that now.

"I want to have a baby," she blurted out with a gush of breath. Her heart was pounding in her chest as her eyes drifted to the soapy water they were sitting in.

"You...you do?"

She could hear the hesitance in his voice as he asked the question. Her heart ached from the way it sounded. She had put that there. She wanted to take it away.

Finn couldn't believe his ears. He almost reached over to pinch himself but he couldn't bring himself to tear his eyes away from her. His heart thumped in his chest as the words replayed over in his head. What had changed? A month ago she had protested vehemently about why they couldn't have a baby right now, why they weren't ready and now she was saying she wanted to.

"I do," she whispered, as if reading his thoughts. "I know I said before that we weren't ready and that it would be too much but the more I think about it Finn the more I want it to come true. But I'm so scared at the same time."

His fingers traced her cheekbones as he looked deep into her eyes. "Scared?"

She nodded, leaning into his touch. "I'm so scared but I want to try more than anything. I want to have a baby with you."

He grinned slowly as he looked at her for a moment, but it faded as he thought about what she said. "Babe, what are you scared about? A baby is a beautiful..."

She paused, looking down at her hands. She moved them to touch his chest gently. "I'm not just scared, I'm terrified. I'm terrified that if we have a baby...a baby that is purely yours and purely mine that you won't love Camden anymore," she added quietly.

"Rachel..." his voice trailed as a sigh was emitted from his lips. "That's never going to happen. Ever." He took her chin in his and stared in her eyes. He saw the fear reflected back in her eyes. She was really worried about this. "I promised you when we got back together. I promised again when we got married. I love that little boy more than I love breathing. He's mine as much as he's yours. Yes, it's not my blood running through his veins but he has my last name just like our baby will. And that's more than enough to call him mine." His thumb rubbed across her jaw. "What made you change your mind?"

She bit her lip as she looked at him. She shrugged as her fingers trailed over his chest, trailing down to trace his tattoo on his hip. "Babe?"

"Watching you with Camden," she whispered. "Watching you read to him, play with him despite how tired you were from work, or if you'd stayed up the night before finishing a paper you still got down on the floor and played with him. And that made me love you more and made me want to take that step with you. I just don't want it to change anything."

"It's going to change things. But it's going to be a great change. In the end we'll have two beautiful children that are going to be the best part of you and I. Or maybe more than two," he grinned.

She chuckled as she leaned forward and placed a kiss on his lips.

"Let's not get ahead of ourselves," she laughed as his hand ventured around her neck. "We're not even pregnant yet."

"Than we better get to work, shouldn't we?" He smiled as he pulled her face closer to hers and placed a blistering kiss on her lips.

She giggled uncontrollably as he grabbed for her waist while they made their way up the front steps to his parents house. She swatted him as his gloved hands made their way through the opening between the buttons of her coat, trying to tickle her.

"Would you stop?" She laughed as she stopped abruptly before starting for the stairs that led to the porch.

"Stop what?" He asked innocently as he held up his hands. "I can't help it if I can't keep my hands off you..." he growled as he pulled her against him, his lips finding her neck.

"Down boy," she laughed, pulling out of his arms. She pecked his cheek before taking his hand and pulling him up the stairs.

They knocked on the door of Finn's parents house before making their way inside.

"Hello?" Rachel called as she shrugged off her coat. "Anyone here?"

"Mommmmmmmmmmmy!" A flash of brown hair went by her as Camden flew as fast as he could into the foyer of the house. "Dadddddddddddy!" He launched himself into Finn's waiting arms. He'd barely had a moment to crouch to catch the little boy.

"Hey Pal," Finn laughed as he stood up, Camden on his hip.

"Daddy, Nana maked cookies," he grinned as he took Finn's face in his hands.

Finn dropped his jaw in exaggeration as he looked at Camden. "She did? Did you eat them all?"

"Noooo," Camden giggled. "She won't let me..."

"I let him have one," Carole's voice filled the foyer as she came to join the family. "He's just trying to pull a fast one, aren't you baby?" She walked over and tugged Camden's sweatpants.

Camden giggled as he leaned his head on Finn's shoulder.

"Did you guys have a good night?" She asked as Camden squirmed down from Finn's arms and darted down the hallway when he heard Burt's voice calling for him.

Rachel blushed as she looked down at her feet.

"I'll take that as a yes," she patted Rachel's arm as she laughed while Finn and Rachel grinned at each other. Camden's giggle filled the main floor as they began to walk towards the living room. "We should go save the birthday boy," she chuckled.

The doorbell rang as Rachel made her way down the staircase, Camden's laughter coming from the living room. Kurt and Blaine had arrived shortly after they had and Camden had commanded their attention almost immediately. They were in the process of adopting a baby from China and had taken to spending as much time with Camden as they could. She smiled as she looked in on them in the living room. They were sitting on the couch with Camden between them reading a story. She could hear Blaine giving Pete the Cat funny voices. She heard Carole call out for Finn to get the door while she walked into the kitchen.

"Carole, are you sure there is nothing I can do?" She leaned against the threshold of the room as she smiled at her mother-in-law. Carole was leaned over the oven pulling out the lasagna she had made for dinner. Rachel had asked her a few times over the course of the early afternoon if she could help. Each time Carole had assured her she was fine and sent her into the living room.

"I'm sure sweetie," she smiled as she stood up with the lasagna in her hands. The house got louder as the guests at the door. "Go see who's here."

She nodded and took her mother-in-laws directive. She smiled when she walked into the front hallway where Finn was embracing his cousin Sara. They didn't get to see her or her family very often so it was always great when they could.

"Rachel," the older woman smiled as she broke away from Finn and opened her arms. "It has been way too long."

Out of all of Finn's extended family members, Sara was the one her and Finn were closest to as she was closest in age to them. "It has. Where are Mike and the girls?"

"The truck. There was a battle royal over some game they were playing on the way over so he's giving them a lecture," she huffed as she rolled her eyes. Rachel chuckled as Finn wrapped his arm around her waist. "Where's your little guy?"

"Oh he's around here somewhere," she chuckled as they walked towards the living room together. "Probably getting fed lots and lots of sugar by people who won't have to deal with the melt down later," Finn chuckled just as a blur of brown hair attempted to run past them into the kitchen. "Here he is!"

"Daddy, put me down!" he whined as he immediately began to protest.

"Where were you going in such a hurry, huh? Can you say hi to Sara?"

He immediately froze in Finn's arms as Sara waved at him. He buried his head in Finn's shoulder as the front door opened again and Sara's family came in.
Camden stuck his fingers in his mouth as he looked up Finn. "Cookies."

"See what I mean?" Finn chuckled as he ruffled Camden's hair. "You don't need a cookie Pal."

"You've gotten so big Camden," Sara smiled while glancing at Rachel. "How about I go get you a cookie?"

His eyes lit up as he looked at Finn and then at Sara.

"Thanks Sara," Finn groaned.

She patted his arm. "Consider it payback," she chuckled as she walked back towards the kitchen.

Finn, Rachel and Camden mingled as more of their extended family poured into the house. The house was soon filled with a good mix of relatives from both sides of their family. Burt was turning 60 years old, and Carole had wanted to throw him a big party to celebrate. When Kurt had suggested renting a room at Mario's, Burt had balked at the idea of that much attention being given to his birthday. So he had settled from a party at the house, open house style. As more people came to the house, Camden clung closer to Finn and Rachel. Not even Carole or Burt could get him to leave their sides. There was a lot of new people in the room, as they didn't see a lot of the extended family often and he was being extra shy as it was.

Rachel played with his hair as she sat on the couch talking with Burt's sister Cathy about the house she had just bought in Toledo.

"We wanted to move to be closer to Jessica, she just had her first little girl on Wednesday," she smiled with what could only be described as grandmotherly pride.

"You must have pictures," Rachel smiled as Camden wiggled in her lap. Finn walked in the room and sat down beside them, a glass of juice in his hand. Camden immediately clamoured over to sit on his lap. Finn grunted when he landed particularly hard in his lap. Cathy produced her cell phone and showed Rachel several pictures of her newborn granddaughter.

Finn smiled as he watched Rachel ooh and awe over the pictures of the days old infant.

"She's gorgeous," Rachel smiled. "Isn't she Finn?" Cathy held up the phone for him to see.

He nodded. "What a head of hair!"

Cathy smiled proudly as she put the phone away. "When are you guys going to have another one?"

"It's been discussed," she smiled warmly at Cathy before turning to Finn and giving him a small smile as he placed his hand on her thigh.

If she had thought it through, Rachel probably would have planned to stay in Lima over night. But being that Camden had been away from home the night before, she had wanted to take him home to his own bed. But as she listened to him tantrum as Finn attempted to help him with his coat, she was immediately cursing her poor planning.

"No Daddy," she groaned as she heard him stomp his foot as Finn tried to help put his arm through the hole.

"Camden, you need to put on your coat. We can't leave Nana's house until you have your coat on," Finn's voice dripped with exasperation.

"Noo Daddy." Big crocodile tears began to cascade down Camden's cheeks as he stared up at Finn. He was beyond exhausted and didn't know what to do with himself. "Mommy..." He turned to look at her, his blue eyes watery from his tears.

"Come on Cam. Just let Daddy help you put your coat on," she soothed as she crouched beside him as he hiccupped. "We need to get home to see Perry."

"No go home Mommy," he cried as his tears took over. Rachel's heart ached as she wiped his tears. Finn managed to get his arms in the sleeves of his jacket while he was distracted. When he realized what was going on he fought against Finn for a moment before giving in and letting a sob emit from his mouth. He continued to cry as both Carole and Burt came out of the living room to say goodbye. Finn finally got his coat on him and as a pair they got it zipped up while Camden's tears slowed down.

Finn flinched as he lifted a squirming and crying Camden up into his arms.

"We'll see you later, alright Buddy?" Burt smiled. "Thanks for helping me blow out the candles."

Camden hiccupped, an odd cry coming from his lips as he tried to calm down. "Nana..." he trained his watery eyes on Carole who smiled slightly.

"Have a good night buddy. I love you," she smiled gently. She leaned over and pressed a kiss to his head before Finn moved to take him outside.

"Sorry about that," Rachel mumbled as she hugged both of them. "He's tired and..."

Burt held up his hand. "Don't worry about it. Just get our boy home. Thanks for coming Rachel."

She smiled. "We wouldn't have missed it. Good night."

She walked out to the car and smiled softly when she saw Camden's eyes were already drooping from where he sat in his booster seat. He hiccupped every so often, fighting sleep as Finn started up the car to make the long drive back to Cincinnati.

By the time they hit the highway, Camden had fully succumbed to his exhaustion and subsequent sugar crash.

"They had a good turnout for the party, don't you think?" she asked quietly.

"They did. I know Mom was worried that not many people were going to show up but it looked like a lot did. Even Kurt's Uncle David made it down and Burt was saying he hasn't shown up for anything in at least ten years," Finn commented as he changed lanes and accelerated.

"Was that the man Kurt was sitting with at dinner?" She asked quietly.

Finn nodded. "He's Elizabeth's younger brother. He really took an interest in Camden during cake. Camden wanted nothing to do with him," he chuckled.

"Camden wanted nothing to do with anyone today," she laughed.

"There was too much going on. And I'm sure he was sugared at your dads this morning and then again when he was dropped off to my parents," he chuckled. "It's a wonder our meltdown wasn't worse."

"You get to carry him into the house when we get home, just for saying that," she sighed. He may be a sound sleeper once he was down, but moving him was sometimes a feat. Especially with how exhausted he was.

They made small talk through the rest of the drive, talking about how the party was and what they would pick up at the grocery store tomorrow.

"I also have to work on my paper a little bit tomorrow. Do you need me to come grocery shopping, or is that something you can do with Camden?"

She chewed her lip as she thought about it for a moment. Camden was usually good when they went shopping, but given tonight's exhaustion level the success of the trip would depend on how much sleep he got tonight.

"Yeah. I can do that. Of course I want you to come with us but if you need the quiet I can take him with me..."

Finn nodded. "Thanks babe. I appreciate it," he turned to look at her for a moment giving her a light smile. He placed his hand on her thigh as they drove.

She let her mind drift as they sped towards Cincinnati, Camden's light snores compensating for the silence. Now that she'd made up her mind and told Finn about the desire she had to have a baby, it was becoming more real. And after Camden's exhaustion meltdown, she was beginning to question if she was truly crazy to add a newborn to the mix. But it was what she wanted. She wanted another baby. They'd get through it together. They always did.

By the time they pulled into the driveway, Rachel felt her own eyes getting heavy as Finn turned off the car. She tiredly pulled herself out of the car as Finn moved to get Camden out, unlocking and holding the door open for him. Camden whined in his sleep as Finn carried him into the house and Rachel held her breath as he moved towards the stairs. He quickly changed him into pajamas as Rachel pulled his blankets back. When he was tucked in, they both stood back and watched him as a small sigh left Camden's lips. She followed him back to their bedroom and quickly went through the motions of getting ready for bed. Finn left her upstairs to take Perry out quickly. When he returned she was already under the covers and raised her arms for him to join her.

He snuggled up to her after he had stripped down to his boxers and put on pajamas, nuzzling his nose in the crook of her neck.

"I've never been so excited to sleep," he sighed as she snuggled deeply into his arms.

"Me either. I didn't even do much today and I'm exhausted," she yawned. "Are we crazy for wanting to have another one?" She turned her head to look back at him for a moment. She had to know what he thought. He had been the one to deal with Camden's meltdown the most tonight and she had to know whether it had shaken his confidence about having another baby.

He chuckled sleepily into her neck. "Maybe. But we'll be crazy together. And that's good enough for me."

"Me too," she sighed as her eyes closed. "I can't wait."

Thoughts? So there, Rachel's on the same page now...