Regionals is 3 days away and so is Stella's birthday, and the twins are teething, so needless to say everything is chaotic. Christopher has been the more whiney one of the twins, during the whole teething process, but of course Rachel couldn't blame him, the poor baby was completely miserable, he starts to cry, so Rachel quickly grabs a teething ring from the freezer and sticks it in his mouth to numb the pain in his gums.
"There you go, Sweetie, that'll make it better Honey I promise" Rachel tells him.
Fyero gets home from school and he seems very excited, Rachel is glad he's been feeling better, he's been going to a psychiatrist for a couple of weeks now, and It has been helping him greatly already.
"Mom they added a solo to our set-list for regionals and I got it!" Fyero says smiling widely
"Of course you did! You have magic running through your vocal cords!" Rachel tells Fyero smiling back at him."
"I have you to thank for that."
"I can't really take all of the credit your father is really good too."
"I know but I've wanted to be on stage like that ever since the first time I watched you on Broadway when I was three years old."
"Thank you Honey, that's really sweet, you'll be on Broadway one day, you'll probably beat my Tony record and I will be so incredibly proud of you."
"You believe in me that much?"
"Honey, I believe in you more than you will ever truly be able to understand."
"Thank you Mom."
"You are very welcome Sweetheart."
Stella comes out to the living room while Rachel is in the middle of doing laundry.
"Momma, can Kylie come over on my birthday?" She asks.
"Of course she can Sweetie." Rachel tells her.
Finn gets home and both of twins are crying their heads off and Rachel is trying to balance both of them so she can put teething rings in their mouths.
"Here, let me take Alexis from you." Finn tells Rachel.
"No, I've got It all under control." Rachel argues
"Rach, let me have her, you just take care of your little man, since he's such a little momma's boy."
"Oh alright, you can take your little girl, just warning, you, she's been pretty fussy." Rachel says handing Alexis over to Finn.
"Hey there Butterfly, don't cry, this will make you feel much better, I promise" Finn says putting the teething ring into Alexis's mouth.
"Finn, I swear, you are magic, it took me forever to get her to stop crying every single time today, and as soon as you have her she just stops crying." Rachel says.
"Nah, she just really likes her Daddy, she's my butterfly." Finn replies smiling as he kisses his daughter on the forehead."
"She does like you a lot, so did Fyero tell you his big news?" Rachel asks Finn.
"No, he didn't, what's his big news?"
"He has a solo at Regionals!"
Oh, That's awesome!"
"Yeah, he's seems pretty excited about it, I'm so proud of him."
"Me too, now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go play the role of embarrassing father."
Finn goes to Fyero's room and just sits down next to him.
"Soo, I hear you have a solo at Reigionals." He says in the most embarrassing way he can possibly think of.
"God Dad, you are so embarrassing. So I'm guessing that Mom told you." Fyero says, his cheeks turning red.
"Yeah, she told me, and I'm proud of you, you're going to kick some ass."
"Dad!"
"It's true, you are a badass singer, and it's in your blood."
"I don't think I'll do so good though, I've never had a solo at a competition before."
"You are going to be amazing, and if you get nervous, just picture everyone that's watching you in
their underwear, well everyone except for your boyfriend let's just not go there, that's not necessary."
"Dad! Oh my god! That is just oh my god! I would never!"
"Uh huh sure, sure you wouldn't."
"Dad, seriously just stop it, you are being such a pervert!"
"Ok that's cool, you don't want to joke around with your old, man I see how it is."
"I' m cool with joking around, just stop being such a pervert."
"Okay, okay, I'll stop, but only because I don't want to screw you up in the head"
"So, does picturing people in their underwear really work for nerves?"
"Yeah it works like a charm , every single time you use it."
"Awesome, I'm going to use it all the time then."
"You can do that, as long as you're not picturing Eric in his underwear, I'll let you use it."
"Don't tell me that, I know you used to picture Mom in her underwear all the time."
"I'm a married man I can do that."
"Alright, whatever you say Dad."
The day of regionals and Stella's birthday rolls around quite quickly. When Stella gets up she is very hyper.
"Daddy, it's my birthday!" She says happily.
"I know, I can't believe you are five already, you're growing up way too fast. Happy Birthday Princess" Finn says, giving Stella a huge hug.
"Thank you Daddy"
"Hey, it's my baby girl's birthday today. Oh my goodness, you're five. I love you Birthday Girl." Rachel tells Stella.
"Thank you Mommy, I love you too."Stella replies.
Fyero comes downstairs in his navy blue shirt and white tie outfit for regionals. "Hey Sis, Happy Birthday. Sorry I couldn't get you a birthday present, I'll make it up to you, promise." He tells Stella.
"That's ok Bubby, you really don't have to make it up to me at all, I get to hear you sing a song on my birthday, and I think that is really awesome birthday present if you ask me." Stella says smiling very widely at Fyero.
"Aww thank you Sis, that's really nice of you to say, and I will make sure to do an extra special good job today just for you."
"I think you are going to do a super good job, you are a really good singer."
Before they go on to perform, Fyero paces around backstage very nervously.
"I'm going to fail." Fyero says, his voice nearly shaking.
"Honey, no you aren't! You are going to be so amazing that everyone in the audience will be speechless, and if you get nervous look right at me I'll help you." Eric says kissing Fyero's cheek
"Yeah, don't be nervous, you sound absolutely amazing, you are going to kick some serious ass ,and everyone is going to be so incredibly proud of you." Elizabeth says encouragingly.
"Thanks guys, I love you both so much." Fyero says smiling.
"You're welcome Babe." Eric says
"Break a leg dear cousin" Elizabeth says grinning
"Let's do this!" Fyero says excitedly.
"Yeah let's win us a regional Championship." Elizabeth and Eric say back.
Fyero goes out on stage speechless at the size of the audience he takes a deep breath and thinks to himself 'this is it. This is my big moment, I was born to sing.' The music for his song, Music of the night from Phantom of the Opera starts and he lets himself go, just singing feeling the music not thinking about a single other thing. When the song is finished Fyero feels absolutely amazing. He did it, his very first competition, and he wasn't even nervous for a second. Before the group numbers Eric gives Fyero a kiss on the cheek and congratulates him. The group numbers go well and of course they win.
"Sweetie you were amazing." Rachel tells Fyero.
"Yeah, you were incredible. You kicked some serious ass." Finn says.
"Thanks Mom and Dad" Fyero says smiling
"Bubby you were really really good, that was a really pretty song you sang too. I liked it a lot." Stella says smiling at Fyero then hugging him.
"Thank you, I'm really glad that you liked it because I wanted it to absolutely perfect for you because today is your fifth birthday and you deserve a totally awesome present." Fyero replies smiling at Stella.
"Well it was the best present ever ,thank you so much I loved it."
"You are very welcome Sis."
Stella sits in front of her cake waiting to blow out the candles. Kylie and Juliet are beside her, and the rest of the family is standing by her singing Happy Birthday.
"Make a wish Honey" Rachel tells Stella smiling at her.
Stella closes her eyes and makes a wish then she blows out every single candle in one blow.
She won't stop smiling and that's one of the greatest feelings in the world for Finn and Rachel when they see Stella smiling because that means that she is a very happy little girl, and for a parent that's all you want for your child. All you want for your child is happiness, and at that moment all four children are happy.
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