CHAPTER TWELVE: BOY OR GIRL
Rachel had confided into Puck about the events that happened between her and Brody. She just thought he would have a better head on his shoulders than Finn would have. Besides, she didn't want anything to happen to her husband because of her ex. But, she did not expect for the next event to happen and she couldn't help but feel at fault.
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It took a week for it to happen but I guess he was just waiting for the right time. Rachel thought that she could trust Puck with what happened at the diner. She knew that if Finn would find out about it, he might go after him again and she didn't want to stress either herself or him about someone who wasn't even worth the time of day. Rachel was excited because tomorrow was her big appointment to find out if she and Finn were expecting their first son or first daughter. Her and Finn had already came up with the names that they had in mind. Kurt was finishing up the final details of the baby shower where they were going to announce the results so of course everything was gender friendly but classic. Kurt hated the idea of either using the color green or yellow as the theme so he went with the classic black and white theme colored.
Rachel got dressed for her doctor's appointment and she was thankful that Finn was going to be there when they found out what they were having. Finn told her that he wouldn't miss it for anything and she believed him. He always kept reminding her that he loved his family and would do anything for them. Rachel decided to go with something comfortable since she was now five months pregnant and her bump was showing a little more than before. She wore her favorite shorts with a simple white t-shirt and flats. Yeah, she always got looked at while walking with Finn when she wasn't her heels due to their insane height difference but she was concerned that something might happen if she was wearing heels. She couldn't risk anything happening to the baby. Besides, she loved that Finn was so much taller than her and she didn't care what people thought because it wasn't their relationship anyway. Finn decided that he was just going to write his favorite lucky vest to the appointment.
"I'm so nervous, Finn." Rachel said as they left their room and entered the living room.
"Why are you nervous?" Finn asked.
"I just want to know if we are having a boy or girl. I really want a girl. While you want a boy." Rachel asked.
"Hey guys." Puck said.
"Today is the big day right?" Quinn asked.
"Yes, I think I am having a girl or I really want it to be a girl. Finn thinks it is a boy." Rachel said.
"I say girl." Puck said.
"I say boy." Quinn said. "Do you have any names picked out or no?"
"Yes, I let Rachel pick those out since she is the one carrying the baby." Finn said.
"I think it's a great name with such history behind it." Rachel said. "You will find out today at the baby shower. Remember to go to Kurt's and we will meet up with you there. Well we have to go. Finn?"
Rachel and Finn decided that they wanted to walk to the doctor's office since it gave them a chance to get some type of exercise in. They just loved holding each others while walking in New York together because this is all Rachel ever wanted. To be in the city that she loved with the man that she loved. Nothing was better than this and soon they were going to have the baby they conceived out of love. While they were walking to their doctors appointment, Puck and Quinn were at the apartment talking.
"I just can't believe that he had the nerve to approach like that." Quinn told Puck. She was cleaning up the kitchen so Rachel didn't have to do it later.
"Me, either. I don't know what I should do. If I should tell Finn. Rachel trusted me with this issue and she doesn't want to worry about her husband getting arrested or something for kicking his ass again." Puck said.
"Well, if she trusted you with this that must be for a reason." Quinn said. "It's crazy to see you as tamed as you are know because the Puck that I knew. The bad-ass Puck wouldn't have let anyone talk to anyone he thinks of as family like that." Quinn said.
"Yeah." Puck said. That's all he could say any way. He couldn't get Brody and his rude comments to Rachel out of his mind. He kept thinking of what if Brody has the nerve to do it again. He obviously didn't learn from the ass kicking Finn gave him to stay away..
Kurt was next door in the apartment that he was sharing with Blaine, Brittany and Santana setting up everything for the baby shower. His and Finn's parents were going to be arriving any minute. Unfortunately, Rachel's parents weren't able to make it since they were on a business trip but Rachel and Finn were going to Skype them tonight to tell them the news.
"Is everything coming together smoothly?" Brittany asked.
"Yes. Now, we just have to wait for mine and Finn's parents. I know Emma and Mr. Schue were going to be coming over in a few. Mike and Tina are on their way with Sam and Mercedes. I even invited some of the New Directions that didn't graduate to come over. It was sweet because they all chipped in for the gas for the road trip over here." Kurt said.
"I just cannot wait to find out what Frankendaddy and The Little Jew are having and what name they are giving the baby." Santana said.
"Me either. I have a feeling it's a girl. I hope it's a girl." Blaine said.
At that the doctor's office, they were waiting to get called in.
"Mrs. Hudson?" The nurse called.
Rachel than got up and grabbed her husband's hand. The nurse directed Finn to their room but told Rachel that they needed their urine sample to make sure everything was okay. When she was done, Rachel was then directed to the scale to weigh her and have her blood pressure taken. After that was done, Rachel was told to wait in the room til the doctor came in to check on her. Rachel went back to the room where Finn was waiting for her. She than soaked in it, that this was the moment that they were going to find out if she was having a baby girl or a baby boy.
"Hello, Mrs. Hudson. How's your pregnancy treating you so far?" The doctor asked when he walked in the door.
"Good. Just always hungry and tired but I'm sure that is normal." Rachel said.
"Yes, that's normal. I see you are here to find out what you're having. Is that right?" The doctor asked.
"Yes, I'm so nervous." Rachel said.
"Okay, lets check this out." The doctor said. "Okay, lets check you out to see how your growing." He than measured her stomach and wrote the measurements down.
"This is cold so beware." The doctor said as he put the gel on Rachel's stomach. "Okay, let's check this out. That's the baby's head. That's the baby's legs. It seems the baby has his/her legs crossed. This is her arm. Let's listen to the heartbeat before the big reveal."
Finn was holding Rachel's hand as they were looking at their baby in the sonogram. He was already getting tears in his eyes as he was looking at his baby. He always got emotional at the doctor's office when they had chances to see the baby or hear the baby's heartbeat. When they started to hear the heartbeat, Finn's eyes started to water more. This was his baby. His first baby. He was already so in love with him. He couldn't wait to hold him in his arms and teach him things. He looked at Rachel as she had tears started to form in her eyes.
"Okay, Mr. and Mrs. Hudson. It seems like you are having..." The doctor said.
Everyone had arrived at Kurt's apartment when Kurt received the text message from Finn saying, "We are done at the doctor's office, little bro. We know what we are having. Can't wait to share the news with everyone. Be there in 20 minutes. -Finn"
"Everyone they will be here in 20 minutes, Rachel has the news on to whether it is a boy or girl." Kurt yelled.
At that time, everyone started to gossip about their thoughts of whether it was a boy or girl. Half the room thought it was a boy and the other thought it was a girl. Kurt had decided that when Rachel and Finn announce what they were having, he was going to have them split up into two. On one side of the apartment where going to be the people who believed they were having a girl and they ones who thought that she was having a boy.
The second that Finn and Rachel got into the room, the room grew silent as they stared at the couple. Rachel and Finn did their rounds of talking to each guest and they wanted to eat first before saying anything especially since Rachel was very hungry.
"Okay, since I have now gotten food in my stomach, I will tell you what we found out today." Rachel said.
"Okay everyone who thinks Rachel is having a boy, step over here. If you think that she is having a girl step over there with Blaine." Kurt said. As he said that, the group of people divided into two.
Rachel and Finn got in the middle of the two groups. Finn was already nervous to for Rachel to announce what they were having in front of the people they loved.
"Okay, me and Finn already know what we are having plus we already have the name picked out." Rachel said.
"Yes, I felt that since Rachel is the way to go through this pregnancy and actually have to push the baby out, she should be the one to choose the name." Finn said, he grabbed onto his wife.
"Me and Finn are happy to announce that we are having..." Rachel then looked at Finn. Then at the group on her left which was Santana, Brittany, Tina, Sam, Marley, Ryder. Puck and Blaine who think she is having a girl while on the left was Mike, Mercedes, Jake, Puck, Artie, Kitty, Mr. Schue, Carole, Burt, Emma and Kurt who said she was having a boy. "A boy. Me and Finn are expecting a baby boy."
Everybody cheered out for them. The ones on the right were teasing the ones on the left since they lost.
"What's his name?" Carole asked.
"We choose to name him William Noah Drizzle Hudson." Finn said.
"Let me explain to why we chose that name. William was chosen as to honor William McKinley High School where we met and more importantly to honor our favorite teacher Will Schuester. If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't have talked or sang together. You wouldn't have given Finn the courage to do what he loves and now we have a family. Also if it wasn't for your almost wedding on Valentines day, we wouldn't have conceived the baby then. Noah is after his godfather, Finn's best friend and my new best friend. He acts like he is my big brother and I love it especially since I grew up an only child. Drizzle is because Finn said he loved that name back when Quinn was pregnant and he thought that was the perfect baby name since..how did you say it, Finn?" Rachel than asked Finn.
"I said that Drizzle would be perfect name because it's not really raining outside so it smells like rain but you don't need an umbrella to go outside." Finn said.
Carole at that moment looked at her son and saw that he was a bigger dork than she thought. But that's the one thing that she loved so deeply about him and she loved how much Rachel loved him.
"So I want to introduce you to our son, William Noah Drizzle Hudson." Rachel said. She then grabbed the sonogram out of her purse and showed everyone. She gave a copy to Finn's parents because she knew that they would love that. Everyone gathered around her and just wanted to talk to her more and more. They all had fun laughing and catching up but one by one people started to say goodbye.
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The next day, Puck asked Rachel if he could walk her to work since Santana and Kurt were off that day and he wanted to check out where Rachel worked at. Rachel told him to seat in her section so she could serve him. But, they were both in for a surprise when they got there.
When Rachel first noticed who was there, she got nervous. Not for herself but for Puck to see who it was. This was the last person she ever expected to see here again. Puck was not going to handle this very well. Rachel just wanted to hide and skip work today. She hid behind Puck.
"Puck. I think we need to go." Rachel whispered to Puck. She just hoped that Puck didn't look around to see the reason why. "I'll call Gunther in and tell him that I can't make it today."
"Rachel? What's going?" Puck asked confused since Rachel was now pushing him out of the restaurant.
"Oh look who is working today." The voice said. Rachel just pushed Puck out and she was pulling his hand to hurry up. But the person just kept following them.
"Wait, who is that guy?" Puck asked as Rachel pushed him in the alley to get away.
When Rachel thought the coast was clear. She said, "That's Brody. I just didn't want to hear him insult me or Finn again today. I told him to stay away from my place of work. I don't know what to do. I don't want to tell Finn so he could get manly and kick his ass again. I don't need this stress right now." Rachel then held on her stomach. But even them going into the alley didn't stop Brody from following them. He obviously didn't know what he got himself into.
"Oh I see even when you're married, you still choose any guy over Finn. I'm still here. I know we never had sex but maybe now you're ready for it with a real man." Brody said.
"Ewww that's gross. Don't make me throw up. Finn is more of a man than you can ever be." Rachel said.
"Hey, dude. You need to back off." Puck said, stepping between Rachel and Brody.
"Who are you? Another lame Finn?" Brody asked.
"Don't you ever insult my best friend or his wife in front of me. You think that Finn kicked your ass but I am the one who was the original bad ass. I dumped people in dumpsters for a hobby. I went to juvie. I am the one who showed Finn how to throw a good punch. You have no idea who you're messing with or whose family your messing with." Puck said. "Let me heard that you come to my little sister's work again or insult my family again, I will mess up that wannabe pretty face. You know what, forget that. Finn gave you the first warning to stay away from his wife. Here's mine."
At that time, Puck just threw a punch at him. He then grabbed Brody by the shirt and threw him against the wall. Puck just kept punching Brody and Brody wasn't even able to fight back. Brody then somehow got in one punch but Puck quickly punched him twice in return. Rachel was telling them to stop but couldn't do much more because she didn't want to get hit in the fight. She got near the boys to stop them and almost got hit by accident when she felt somebody grab her up and carry her away. When she looked back she noticed that Blaine and Sam were trying to break up the fight and Mike had saw that she was about to get pushed so he carried her to safety in fear that something would happen to her or the baby.
"I think you need to get out of here before you have the three of us kicking your ass." Blaine yelled.
"Yeah, dude. You almost hit a pregnant woman. Now get out of here before we call her husband who kicked your ass in the first place." Sam chipped in.
Rachel was surprised that Finn wasn't with them but she was surprised how lucky she was that they were all walking past by when this happened. Kurt was next to Tina and Mercedes. He was probably the one who told them that it was Brody and she knew they all knew what Finn did for her.
"Are you okay?" Puck asked Rachel.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Rachel replied. "I think I am going to have to tell Finn about this and the first time."
"Do you mind if we have the apartment alone for a couple of hours? It just might help me confess to him better." Rachel said.
"Yeah, I'll go with you so I can get Quinn and we can go somewhere, just text me when your done." Puck said.
"Thanks guys for being at the right spot at the right time." Rachel told her friends.
When her and Puck arrived at the apartment, Finn was in the shower and Quinn was in the living room.
"Puck! What happened?" Quinn asked when she saw her fiance come into the apartment.
"We will talk about it over dinner and a movie. Let's leave Rachel and Finn alone. They need to talk about something important." Puck said.
Quinn agreed and grabbed her things. Rachel sat in the living room and waited for Finn to get out of the shower. While she waited, she started to cry. She didn't want anything to happen. She hopes Finn doesn't think that she was trying to hide anything.
"Babe? What's wrong?" Finn asked. He had heard Rachel crying from the room. He went up to her and placed his hand on her shoulder.
"I have to tell you something." Rachel said.
When they got to the restaurant, Quinn requested to know what happened.
"Today when she went to work, Brody was there again. So she tried to leave and she pushed me away but he followed her. He started to talk smack so I had to lay one on him. Apparently during the fight though, Brody almost hit Rachel." Puck said. Before he could finish Quinn interrupted.
"Oh hell NO! He didn't hit Rachel or the baby did he? If he did, I will get Santana and we will track him down ourselves." Quinn said, angry. Yeah she knew that her and Rachel didn't have the best track record in the past but they grew extremely close and she was extremely protective of her especially when it came to the baby.
"Calm down, babe. I guess Tina, Mike, Sam, Mercedes, Blaine and Kurt were passing by so Mike managed with his quick feet to get Rachel out of the situation before anything happen. Then Sam and Blaine broke us up and threatened to kick ass or tell Finn." Puck said.
"Thank goodness Rachel is okay. So she is planning on telling Finn?" Quinn asked. "I wonder how he is taking it."
Finn was furious but not at Rachel but because Brody almost hit his wife and was talking down on her the way he was. He was about to go kick his ass when Rachel stopped him. She was the only person that had the ability to calm him down.
"He is not even worth it, babe." Rachel said. "I don't think he will be coming back around. The guys kind of threaten to kick his ass again."
"It should be me protecting you though. I am your husband." Finn said.
"You do protect me. You always take care of me but I don't want to worry about something happening to you. I promise if he bothers me again, I will let you kick his ass, okay?" Rachel said.
"Fine, I love you to too much to let you stress over that asshole." Finn said.
"No I love you more." Rachel said.
"That's not possible." Finn said.
"I'll show you." Rachel said.
She led Finn into the bedroom. She told him to sit on the bed and wait for her. She went to the restroom and pulled the bag that she had under the sink that she marked "female products" because she knew that Finn wouldn't touch it if it said that. She pulled a bag out that was red see through lingerie with a red thong that had stockings attached. She immediately put it on and put her up in a high ponytail because loved it when he could see her face perfectly, she remembered.
"Close your eyes!" Rachel yelled from the restroom.
She went into the bedroom and stood right in front of Finn.
"Do you want to know how I know that I love you more?" Rachel asked. "Because no matter how I feel, I will still try my best to look sexy for you. Open your eyes."
When Finn opened his eyes, he was speechless as to what was in front of him. He woke up every morning and went to sleep every night thankful that Rachel was all his. For the rest of his life. He promised that he would spend his life cherishing her and it was the easiest and best thing he could ask for.
"You look...you look...man I am one lucky man." Finn said. That's all that he could manage to get out.
"No I am lucky because I have the sexiest, most handsome man as a husband ever." Rachel said. As she said that, she climbed on top of his lap as to ride him. She then lightly pushed him against the bed as she laid on top of him to start planting kisses on him and down his neck. She loved moments where she felt intimate and close to her husband and this was one of them.
"You make me feel like the sexiest woman in the world. It's my turn to show you how much I love you and appreciate you." Rachel said. "I'm always thankful that you were the one boy who I gave myself to and the only man who has ever had me this way. You're the only man for me, Finn Hudson."
**DO YOU THINK BRODY WILL RETURN? DO YOU THINK HE LEARNED HIS LESSON? DO YOU THINK RACHEL SHOULD CONTINUE WORKING AT THE DINER? DO YOU THINK SHE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO REHEARSE FOR FUNNY GIRL NOW THAT SHE IS FIVE MONTHS PREGNANT?**