Chapter Two: Rachel Tells Finn (March 20, 2013)
Finn was just left speechless after the news Rachel just delivered to him. He wasn't speechless in a bad way but in a proud way. He always pictured having a future with Rachel, including her being his wife and the mother of his children. Finn held Rachel in his arms while he played back the conversation they just had a little while ago.
"Finn before we get married tomorrow, there is something that you need to know...I hope you still want to go through with all this with me." Rachel said.
"Rach, what is it? I will always want you." Finn asked.
"I just want you to know that I'm telling you the truth because I love you too much to lie to you. I have no doubt in my mind that what I am telling you is the truth. If you don't believe me, I could prove it to you anyway. I am telling you this because of your past." Rachel said, carefully.
"Rach, what is it? You can tell me, you're starting to get me worried." Finn said.
"I'm pregnant Finn. I'm having your baby. I didn't know what to do, I didn't know if I was able to tell you. I didn't want you to think that I came back here just because I was pregnant by you, I wanted to come here and let you know that I was still madly in love with you just like I have always been. Remember, two months ago when we hooked up at 's wedding? Well, that's the last time that I ever had sex and there is no way that it could be anybody else's. About a month ago, Santana found the pregnancy test in the trash can where I tried to hide it from everyone that way I could sort out how I was going to tell you, I even thought of this beautiful way of telling you. But when Nosy Santana found it, I lied to her when we went to the doctor and got the confirmation. I asked the doctor when the baby was conceived and he told me on Valentine's day. We didn't use protection, remember? Now I am a little more than two months along but Finn if you don't believe me, we can go to the doctor's right now and get it confirmed. But, I have never lied to you before and I am never going to lie to you." Rachel said, she broke down in tears. She knelled on the floor with her head in her hands. She picked up her head just to say, "Finn, please don't hate me! I don't want to lose you again. I am having your baby and I don't want to raise the baby alone."
Finn saw the woman that he loved in tears on the floor and his heart sank. He hated more than anything was to see the woman he was crazy in love with crying. He knew in his heart that she wasn't lying to him, she would never lie to him, that wasn't her especially after what Quinn did to him. In fact, Rachel hated that Quinn lied to him into thinking the baby was his when the baby wasn't.
He went and picked Rachel up from the floor and sat door on the chair. He placed Rachel on his lap.
"Rach, I believe you. I can't believe that I am going to be a father. I'm so excited!" Finn said, tears started to come down in his face. "When can I see the baby? Like in a picture because we won't be able to see the baby til she's born."
"I was going to ask you if you wanted to go with me to a doctor's appointment and there he can tell you when the baby was conceived just in case you have any doubt or if you want to get a DNA test, he can tell you how but I know the baby is yours. It's the only possibility."
"I know that you wouldn't lie to me about something this serious. I just want to get married to you like we just planned and start our family in New York. I just want to be your husband and live with you where you can follow your dreams. I can take my dreams of being a teacher with me anywhere but you can't bring Broadway over here. I won't ever let you give up your dreams just like I know you won't ever let me give up mine. I love you Rachel Barbra Berry." Finn said, planting a kiss on her.
"I love you more, Finn Christopher Hudson." Rachel replied.
"If you say so." Finn said.
He pulled her down to lay next to him again so he could hold her in his arms. Rachel within 5 minutes fell asleep. Finn stayed up and started to think. He was thrilled to be marrying Rachel tomorrow and becoming a father about 8 months, in November. This is the life that he wanted. This is what he wanted. He leaned over and gave Rachel a kiss on her cheek before he went to message his mom and step dad to let them know that he was going to go visit them in a while.
Rachel woke up after being asleep for about 20 minutes. When she turned over, Finn wasn't laying next to her. She thought that Finn changed his mind about marrying her after all. She started to get her things together to leave when Finn walked into the room.
"Where are you going?" Finn asked.
"Home?" Rachel replied.
"Why? What happened?" Finn asked.
"Isn't that what you want? When I woke up you weren't here so I thought that you wanted to give me a hint that you wanted me to leave. I get it, this isn't what you wanted. I mean we are in college, we shouldn't be getting ready to start a family." Rachel said.
"Wasn't it MY idea for us to get married? Even before I knew that you were pregnant. I made the mistake of letting you leave to New York without me and I made an even bigger mistake of letting you go. I promised myself that if I ever got the chance to be with you again, I wasn't ever going to let you go. Remember what I said at the wedding, I meant it. You're my girlfriend. We are endgame. I know that and you know that. Being with you is where I was meant to be. I wasn't lying when I said that I wanted to move to New York and spend the rest of my life with you." Finn replied. "I went to talk to Puck outside to tell him that you were going to stay here tonight and maybe a couple of nights so we were going to need our privacy. I was thinking that we tell our parents in a little while our plans to get married tomorrow."
"Yes, it was your idea to get married. And you're my boyfriend, soon to be husband, soon to be dad." Rachel said, grabbing Finn to give him a hug. "Now, I'll just change and we can head out."
Rachel and Finn drove to her parents house first because they thought it would be easier to break the news to them. Rachel was still nervous though while Finn thought that his mom would be understanding. I mean, he did kind of go through it before.
When they arrived at Finn's parents house, they just walked in like they always did before when they would go to his house after Glee rehearsal. Finn had text his parents when they were on the way so they could be ready for them when they got there. They went into the living room and saw them waiting for them. Burt and Carole got up to give them hugs. They always loved Rachel like their own daughter because they knew she was the best for him. So they were happy to see them back together again.
"What is the big news that Finn was being mysterious about? Is that you two are back together because we knew it was bound to happen. You two are soul-mates." Carole asked Rachel.
"Mom, Burt. We did get back together but there's even bigger news that we wanted to share with you." Finn said.
"I called Finn a couple days ago when I was preparing for my big audition for Funny Girl. I realized that Finn was still in love with me just like I was in love with him and I made the biggest mistake of my life letting him go. Well when I was done with the audition, I decided to hop on a plane and fight for him back. When I got there, I told him that I would give up Broadway for him because he was my dream. Being with him was my dream. He's my hero. He's my true love." Rachel said. When she said that she grabbed Finn's hand.
"Yes, I told her that I didn't want her to give up her dreams for me. SO I came up with a plan. It's something that we should have done the first time that we had the chance. When we had originally planned on it happening. I asked her to marry me tomorrow. After the wedding, we are going to go on a small honeymoon and I am going to transfer to a college in New York." Finn said. "I just hope that you accept this because it's going to happen and we would love for the both of you to join us. We want you there to celebrate this marriage."
Both Carole and Burt looked at each other. They had already talked about this before. They saw how lost Finn was without Rachel and they promised that they would support anything Finn wanted to do. If this marriage was something that he wanted, they were right behind him.
"Of course son. We will be there. What time is going to be at?" Burt asked.
"11:00 A.M." Rachel said. "But, there is something else we got to tell you. The news I'm about to tell you isn't the reason why we decided to get married but it just happened to work out that way."
"What is it?" Carole asked. She didn't think any other news could be bigger than their son back with the true love of his life, them getting married and him moving to New York.
"Rachel's pregnant. We are having a baby. Yes, it is mine. We had unprotected sex on Valentine's day." Finn said, holding on to Rachel so that she knows that he is by her side.
"I'm going to be a grandma?" Carole asked, smiling. "That's the best news ever, I wish you would have waited a couple of years but things happen for a reason. Oh my gosh, I can't believe it. You guys sure laid it down on us. First, you tell us that you're back together, that you're getting married, that you're moving to New York and now you're telling me that you're going to be a father?"
"You're not mad?" Rachel asked, surprised.
"How could I be mad? You're going to be my daughter in law and you're giving me my first grandchild. I've always loved you for my son and now we going to have you in our family officially." Carole said. She grabbed Rachel from Finn and gave her a big hug.
"Congratulations, you guys." Burt said.
"So glad to hear that. So we will see you guys tomorrow?" Finn asked. "I don't mean to rush but it's getting late and we still have to tell Rachel's dads. We will really celebrate tomorrow."
Finn and Rachel finished their goodbyes to Finn's parents. They were relieved that they took the news so well. She knew she always loved Finn's family for a reason and that was because they were always so accepting. She loved them and she was glad to hear that they still loved her despite what she put their son through this past year. But now was the real test, she had to tell her dad's. She hoped they didn't disown her because she still could use their help. They did pay for the apartment that she was in and she knew it was a long shot but she hoped they still would. It was too soon for her to get her own place with Finn. When they pulled up to her dad's house, she thought she was going to get sick. She didn't think she could go through with telling them.
"Finn, I don't think I can do this. I don't think I can tell them. How am I suppose to tell them this?" Rachel said to Finn as she grabbed his hand.
"Yes, you can Rachel. But, no matter what, I'm here for you." Finn said as he gave Rachel a kiss on the forehead.
Rachel and Finn approached the front door. Rachel didn't feel right just opening the door so she knocked on the door and waited for one of her dad's to answer to let her in. When the door opened, she saw her dad, LeRoy answer.
"Sweetie, this is still your house so you could have just came in. You didn't lose your key, right?" LeRoy asked. When he saw Finn, a smile appeared on his face again. "Finn? I didn't know you two crazy kids were back together. I'm happy to see you back with my daughter again. You were always the one I wanted my daughter, not with that asshole who took up my daughter's time and didn't let us talk to her."
Finn looked at Rachel and realized that Brody was a bigger jackass than he thought. He was glad that he beat him up when he found out the truth from Santana. He was surprised when he got the call from her but he was happy to finally lay it out on him.
"Don't worry, Mr. Berry. I let that asshole know exactly how I felt when I gave him a surprise visit when I found out who he truly was. I made the mistake of letting her let me go and into the arms of that jerk." Finn said, smiling. He didn't want to reveal too much because he didn't know if Rachel told her dad's the truth about Brody being a man whore.
"You can call me LeRoy, you know that Finn. You're family. I know someday you will marry our Rachel." LeRoy said. "I knew I always liked you. You were always protective of our star."
"Daddy. We have some big news to tell you."Rachel said.
"Well, come in. I'll get your dad." LeRoy said as he opened the door for them to come in.
Rachel and Finn went to sit in the living room when both of her dad's had entered. Her dad's sat in front of them.
"I have to say this before I lose my nerve to tell you. I hope you still accept me and love me because I never want to lose either one of you." Rachel blurted out. "Two months ago, me and Finn reunited for one night on Valentine's day at the wedding of Mr. Schue. I realized that I might have made a mistake but when I didn't hear from Finn, I thought he thought it was a mistake. Than a month ago, I found something out that changed my life forever. I knew that I was still in love with Finn when I saw him two months ago but when I found out the news, I realized that I was just wasting my time not being with him. I didn't think he still loved me though, not as much as I loved him. Well, when I found out what he did to Brody for me, I realized he was still in love me. I didn't want to waste anymore time so I tried to think of a way to get him back. Well when I called him for his advice for an audition song, I realized that I was going to fight for him back. I realized that being on Broadway wasn't my dream but he was my dream. Being with him was my dream come true. From the moment that we met, I knew he was the one for me. He never tried to change me, he loved me for who I was and he made sure that I followed my dream. So I packed my things to tell him what I realized. We decided that we are going to get married tomorrow and we want you there. If not, I understand but I really want my dad's there and I want your support. I can't live without the both of you in my life. Also, I'm pregnant. Finn's moving to New York so I wouldn't give up the dream." Rachel finally blurted out.
LeRoy and Hiram Berry were both shocked with the news that there daughter was getting married and she was pregnant by Finn. They always knew that this day would come but they hoped it wouldn't be for another ten years. They knew that their daughter would do what she wanted to do and they didn't want their daughter to not be in their life.
"We would never tell you not to be in our lives. I mean, this isn't an ideal situation especially since we wanted you to be a big star on Broadway like you always wanted. I just don't want you to give up on your dream, star. But, it seems like Finn won't let that happen since he decided to move to New York with you so you wouldn't." LeRoy said.
"So I'm going to be a father in law and a grandfather?" Hiram asked.
"Yes and we would love for the both of you to be there tomorrow to see us get married." Finn said.
"Of course, we wouldn't miss it for anything." Hiram replied.
They finished talking and Rachel's dad said that they would still help pay the bills that were needed so Finn could go to school and not drop out to get a full time job or Rachel not go back to New York. When they were done catching up a little, Rachel and Finn said goodbye.
On the ride back to Finn's dorm room, Rachel and Finn were playing with the radio. They always had the best time together. Rachel looked at Finn drive and was thankful to be back with Finn again. She never wanted to give this up again. She let him go twice and she was going to make sure that there wasn't a third time.
When they finally arrive at the dorm room, she was ready to lay in bed with Finn. She was so excited for tomorrow that she didn't think she would get any sleep. Than in a couple of days, they were going to go to the doctor and see the baby. This was going to be the best week of her life and than she was going to be with the man of her dreams everyday as husband and wife. They both got in their pajamas and laid down in bed. They talked about what they dreamed for the future and what they were afraid of. Finn never felt more close to Rachel than right now and vice verse. They gave each a beautiful kiss that took her breath away. He finally felt happy that she was back in his arms where she belonged. One of the happiest days of his life was tomorrow and Finn couldn't wait to be her husband tomorrow.
"I will love you forever, Finn Christopher Hudson. I cannot wait to be your wife, the mother of your children. I can't never tell you enough but you are the man of my dreams and my hero." Rachel said.
"Just like I will love you forever, Rachel Barbra Berry, soon to be Hudson. I cannot wait to be your husband and the father to your children. You're my hero and woman of my dreams." Finn said.
They held each other til they both fell asleep...