Haha! RiverKirby stay outta my head! You have guessed a bunch of stuff across my stories and it's just creepy... ;)

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Quinn slumped on the park bench with a very audible gulp. Staring unblinking out across the playground her eyes lost focus. She didn't see the children. She didn't hear the honking horns or the city. She didn't feel the shift in the bench as a young mother took the space next to her. All she could hear was the repetition of the doctor's words and the vision of the ultrasound image.

Quinn smiled gently down at Rachel's prone body. The pregnant woman's rapidly growing belly was protruding from between her rolled up maternity blouse and the stretchy band of her maternity pants. The brunette squeezed her hand. Rachel had been reluctant to allow her to accompany her on this visit. She understood, she was trying not to force herself too much into the role of second parent, all the while balancing being a supportive girlfriend. She knew that Rachel was still afraid of her. Well, not afraid of her so much as afraid of trusting her completely…afraid that she would just up and run. She was trying to prove that she wasn't going anywhere by taking whatever Rachel was giving. She knew that the only real reason that she was allowed to come was because Artie had already had plans with Rinoa, it was Mercedes' anniversary and Kurt was on a talent scouting trip. It kind of hurt that she was the last choice, but again she understood why and was still aiming to change her position.

"Hello Ms. Berry and who is this lovely young woman?" The grey-haired doctor greeted them as he entered and shut the door behind him.

"Quinn Fabray…the girlfriend…?" Quinn hated how the end came out like a question.

"Well, welcome Ms. Fabray, I'm Doctor Farley and today we're going to get a picture of Baby Berry and hear the heartbeat in surround sound." The man smiled genuinely at her then looked down at Rachel, "How have you been, Rachel?"

"Morning sickness has been giving me some trouble. I thought it was gone, but it's been coming back with a vengeance." The small brunette shrugged.

"Have you been keeping down the pre-natal vitamins?" She nodded.

"Well, don't worry about it, some women have morning sickness throughout the entirety of their pregnancy."

"That's gotta suck." Quinn groaned. She witnessed Rachel's morning sickness more than once she didn't wish that amount of vomit on even Sue Sylvester.

"I imagine it does." He replied offhandedly as the door opened and a young woman walked in pushing a cart full of machinery.

"Hey, I'm Nina….Hey! Aren't you Rachel Berry? I saw you off Broadway last year, you were awesome!" The woman blushed, "I mean, um…I'm you're Ultrasound Technician."

Rachel smiled widely. "Hello, Nina."

"So, brace yourself because the gel is kind of cool." The woman fussed with some knobs and switches on the machine and then reached on the second shelf and came back with a small bottle.

Quinn watched Rachel's face grimace as the gel was squirted on her belly and Nina grabbed the transducer (so sue her she'd done some research…okay a lot of research) and eased it around the circumference of the brunette's belly.

"So," Nina spoke up as an image showed up on the screen, "let's see….hmmm…" The room was quiet as she adjusted the sound on the machine then they were surrounded by a steady beating. It wasn't until the third or so beat that Quinn realized that it wasn't just one rhythm.

"What is that?" She asked before she had a chance to stop herself.

"Curious…." Dr. Farley murmured "…Nina let's see if we can get a visual." Nina moved the transducer toe the middle of Rachel's stomach and Quinn watched as a blob came into sight.

"Oh my god…" Rachel gasped gripping her hand as the blob moved then moved again.

"Ms. Berry…the reason you're baby's heartbeat sounds like that is that you're not just having one baby, you're having three…" Nina said and Quinn glanced from the screen to the technician to Rachel and then back at the screen. She felt faint, but somehow kept herself upright.

"Triplets?" Rachel had tears in her eyes.

"Yes," Nina moved closer to the screen and circled one figure then another and finally a third, "here, here and here. I'd say at least two of them are boys, I can't really get a good image of the last one."

"How did that happen?" Rachel breathed out.

Dr. Farley shrugged and smiled. "I am of the belief that there's nothing that you do that is of the small scale, Rachel."

"He's right about that…" Quinn mumbled and received a light smack on the thigh from the diva.

"Wow…"

"Yeah, wow, Baby..." Quinn smiled nervously.

Quinn had been rather quiet after they'd left the hospital. She was excited but also scared; one baby was one thing, but three? Three? She didn't even understand how Rachel was so cool about it, it wasn't even her pregnancy and she was shitting bricks.

When they'd gotten back to Rachel and Artie's apartment Rachel had been craving tofrutti and almond butter neither of which she had so she'd volunteered to run down to the store and get some. Somehow she'd gotten sidetracked by her thoughts and ended up where she was now: sitting on the edge of this park, trying not to have a panic attack.

"Hey are you alright?" The redhead mother next to her asked scooting away slightly.

"Triplets…"

"You're having triplets?" The woman looked at her flat stomach skeptically.

"My girlfriend, Rachel."

"Oh, congratulations. We were lucky just to have our one." The woman glanced at the playground.

"Which is yours?"

"The little boy on the swing, Evan, he's a handful sometimes and boy do you ever have your work cut out for you, but not a day goes by that I regret him." She smiled softly and suddenly Quinn didn't want to be on that park bench any longer, she had somewhere else she was needed.

"Thanks." She grinned, standing and grabbing her plastic bag by the handle and strolling back towards Rachel's apartment.

Rachel lay down on her side on her couch. Triplets. She thought darkly, she would be having triplets. She was in no way unhappy with the news, but she did feel it was rather ironic that even in pregnancy she was overachieving.

She dialed Noah's number and set her iphone up so that she could see him and he could see her. She needed to talk and Quinn had gone out to get her, her craving. She wondered what the blonde was thinking, what she'd thought when she'd heard the Technician confirm that she was having triplets. Worry gnawed at her; what if she ran…what if she was running now?

"Why are you eating you're bottom lip, Jewbabe?" Noah's deep voice brought her from her thoughts.

"Hmm…oh, Noah, you'll never guess." She smiled tucking her arm under her head.

"Well you've gotta give me more of a hint than that." He chuckled.

"I'mhavingtriplets." She mumbled.

"Alright, now rewind and slow it down."

"I'm having triplets." She repeated.

"Alright, Abrams!" He whooped bouncing around the screen, "Who knew that he had it in him!"

"Really, Noah?" She rolled her eyes tempted to hang up on the man.

"Really, even I only rolled double."

"I find myself wondering why I even called you." She sighed.

He shrugged but regained his composure. "So, you got three for the price of one, instant family, Rach. You took Quinn with you right?" She nodded and he continued. "Well, how did she react?"

"She was rather taciturn on the ride home and she'd gone for my craving…what if she runs, Noah? She never signed on for a child to begin with, but Triplets…" She frowned.

"Hey, Jewbabe, don't make assumptions about Q, alright…she might surprise you." He shrugged again and she heard the door open behind her.

"Hey Rae, we've got Tofrutti, Almond Butter and those Vegan Sesame candies you've become addicted to." Quinn called and she heard the other woman's footsteps come closer.
"Q!" Noah screamed and Rachel rolled her eyes again at the man's antics.

"Hey Puckerman, how's the family?" The blonde sat the bag down next to the phone then nudged Rachel so she sat up. Quinn sat down and then indicated for Rachel to lay her head in her lap.

"Excellent…" He started then turned away from the phone and started screaming, "shit, I've gotta go…Noah Puckerman, Junior! Get your hands off that vase!" There was a crash then the phone hung up.

"Are you ready for that?" Quinn laughed fingers combing through the divas hair.

"Controlled chaos." Rachel smiled closing her eyes, enjoying the feel of Quinn's massaging fingers.

"So, Artie's shooting out super sperm." Quinn laughed again and Rachel turned her head and bit her lightly on the thigh.

Rachel slowly turned her body so her face was looking up. Quinn bowed her head so hazel eyes met brown and smiled the lines near her eyes crinkling in mirth. Maybe Quinn wasn't ready, she wasn't completely either, but she hadn't run. She could have been one of those stories: gone out to the "store" and not seen of heard of for years. She needed to trust in Quinn…she wanted to, but there was a niggling voice of doubt, a voice that sounded distinctly like her at seventeen that wouldn't let go of her pessimism.

"Rae…" Quinn 's palm touched her cheek "…I love you." She felt Quinn's other palm flatten on her stomach and for a moment that nagging voice was quieted.

Awwwww...

Who wants that other baby to be a girl? boy? I've got the boys' names...that third kid is still kinda in the air.

More Artie/Rinoa next chap...and Katie...mhmmm...

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