Chapter 2- Finn's POV
I knocked on the door. Thoughts drifted in and out of my head as I waited for what seemed to be an eternity. I couldn't believe the whole thing. Rachel, the crazy girl who had a picnic with me in the auditorium, was pregnant. With my child. I haven't told my parents yet. I can only imagine the look of disappointment on my mom's face.
Suddenly, the door opened, and I saw Rachel's face. Her eyes suddenly looked lighter, and a small smile came to her face. In this way, she was always so easy to please. "Finn!" She grinned, not sure whether or not to hug me. I gave her an awkward smile back. "Please come in," Rachel said as she gestured to her loft apartment.
We both sat on her couch. "Where's Kurt and Santana?"
"Kurt had to go to school today to practice with his new glee club for a performance, and Santana's out working." She paused for a minute, looking down at her hands. "Finn-"
"What?"
"Who is she?" Her brown eyes looked up at me as if she was an innocent five year-old girl.
I wasn't sure what to say. "Rachel-"
"Please just tell me. It's better we just get anything we have to say out right now."
I sighed. "Her name's Hannah. We met when Blaine and I went out for some coffee a month ago."
She looked down again, and I could tell she was hurt. "Oh."
"What's wrong?"
"I just can't believe you've moved on already."
I laughed a bit under my breath. "You're saying I've moved on? Look at you, Rachel! You invited an ass to come live in your house and sleep with you every night and he ended up ditching you. Did you think all this time that once you and Brody were done, you could just come crawling back to me and I'd have my arms wide open for you?"
"I'm sorry, okay?!" Her eyes were welling up with tears.
My mien instantly changed. "Rachel, don't cry." Instinctively, I wrapped my arms around her.
She leaned on me. "I've missed you, Finn." We sat there together in silence for a while, my arms around her petite body. Finally, she spoke. "Tell me more about Hannah."
I looked at her suspiciously. "You're not going to get all pissed if I tell you more about her, are you?"
"No, I promise."
I wasn't sure I believed her, but I continued anyway. "Hannah is working on getting her teaching degree in English. She works at Lima Bean part time, and likes pretty much the same things I do."
After processing this, Rachel looked like she was going to say something, but instead of her, I heard the opening of the apartment door and "What is dough boy doing here?"
"Nice to see you too, Santana," I replied sarcastically.
She looked at us. "Good evening, ladies."
Rachel glared at her. "Santana, please."
Kurt came in to the apartment building. "Santana, why didn't you help me carry all of this sheet music?"
"Oh, I'm sorry Lady Hummel, I couldn't hear you over the hideousness radiating from your outfit."
He sighed, and was about to say something else to her, but when he saw me, he ran over to me and gave me a hug. "Hi, Finn!" he exclaimed. "What are you doing hereā¦" He dropped the question after he asked it though, because he realized exactly why I was here; I was helping Rachel. He looked around awkwardly for a minute, then said, "Well, I'll go and get some Chinese food for all of us!" He went and grabbed his coat. "Be back soon!" he yelled as he closed the door behind him.
There was a short pause before Santana spoke. "Yeah, well, as much I would like to stand in here with you two, I think I'm going to go and FaceTime Brits."
After they were both gone, we looked at each other for a moment. "Listen," Rachel said, "I really can't talk about-" she gestured to her stomach area "-this right now. Can we talk about it tomorrow?"
I knew it must be hard on her. "Yeah," I stuttered, "Yeah, of course."
She indulged me in a small laugh. "Well, tell Kurt I'm sorry, but I'm exhausted, so I need to go to bed."
"Okay, I will." I replied. She got up from the couch, and so did I.
She embraced me. "Thank you so much, Finn; I mean it. I'm so glad you're here." I grinned as she left.
I sat back down on the couch, confused. There was no doubt that there was chemistry between Rachel and I, but was it really worth trading for what I had with Hannah? Besides, I couldn't just forget about everything she'd done to me in the last year. She rejected me and went out with a jerk. I loved her though. No matter what, I knew I would always love her. What would happen to this baby? Rachel and I would be forced into a relationship if we wanted him or her to have a steady life. I was going to be a dad. It scared me. I hardly remember anything about my dad at all. I decided I wasn't going to be a father like him, even if Rachel and I didn't build any relationship. I walked to my bedroom, leaving Kurt to come home and eat Chinese food alone.
