"I have a baby" Rachel grinned widely when she awoke from the deep sleep she had fallen into, "Where is she?" She asked when she looked around and saw only a nurse in the room, she snapped herself out of the drowsy just woken up feeling and panic set in, and she jumped up and scanned the room for her little girl
The nurse quickly seen this and rushed to her "Rachel, it's okay... she's just outside with one of your friends, I had to do some tests on you and I asked your friend to leave and he took the baby with him, she's perfectly fine"
Rachel breathed a sigh of relief and settled back down into the bed, pulling the blankets up round herself.
"How are you feeling?" The nurse asked her, taking her wrist and checking her pulse
"I'm ok" Rachel said "A little tired" she added
The nurse nodded "That's expected, but no sickness or pain?" She asked her, Rachel shook her head "Well it looks like you will be out here soon, we'll have someone bring round papers for you to sign and then you can go, it should be about an hour or so"
Rachel smiled and nodded "Can you tell them to come back in?" She asked the nurse as she was leaving
"Sure" The nurse smiled and left the room.
It wasn't long before the door opened and Finn walked in cradling her baby in his arms, she was expecting Quinn to still be here, but when the door closed behind him and no else appeared she realised only Finn was there "Where's Quinn?" she asked him
"Puck took her home about an hour ago, she thought you would just need some time" he said "And I think the baby stuff was really getting to her, she had a brave face on, but you could tell she was upset"
Rachel nodded "I didn't even think of that" she said and sighed thinking of how terrible her friend would be feeling right now "How is she?" Rachel asked
Finn looked down to the baby in his arms "Perfect" he smiled, he crossed the room and stood closer to her bed, he reached down and placed her in Rachel's arms "Does she have a name yet?" he asked her and saw Rachel flinch a little bit, maybe it was too much for her he thought
Her face lit up with a huge smile the minute she looked at her baby girl "Hello" she cooed, she looked back up at Finn and shook her head "I had it narrowed down to 4 but I can't choose" her eyes filled with tears, but she blinked them back "I can't name her, what if I decide I can't keep her?" she asked him, one tear escaping, he wiped it away
"You're doing pretty well, you haven't cried or anything, you haven't thought of him. She's your baby Rachel" he told her
"I can stop thinking that's he's out there, what if he finds out and he comes after me to take her away!"
"I would never allow that Rachel, He won't find out anything, she's your baby no one else's!"
Rachel nodded "Bella" she said
"Bella?" Finn asked "That's a beautiful name"
"It's a name that I've always liked, and when I was younger and I just think about my mom, I used to think about her as Bella, I don't know why, but she was Bella to me"
Finn smiled "Bella Berry?" Finn laughed a little at the sound of the name "She already sounds like star with a name like that"
Rachel giggled a little "Ok, maybe I didn't think this through; I want her middle name to be Beth, Bella Beth Berry? That sounds awful" she said
"No, It sounds beautiful, just like her" Finn took hold of Rachel's hand and smiled at her "Congratulations Rachel, You'll make a wonderful mom"
"Thank You" she smiled
-XX-
It had been 3 days since Rachel had her baby, she had been staying at home and she hadn't really left her room, it was turned into a sort of nursery now, there was no spare room, so the baby stayed in Rachel's room, not that that bothered her, she hadn't left her side, afraid of anything happening to her, when someone else was holding her she was right by them.
The doorbell rang "Can you get that" She yelled down the stairs, not wanting to leave Bella alone for even a second. The door opened and she heard Finn's voice echoing through the house, she then heard footsteps coming up the stairs and she smiled as he entered her room, his smiled was larger than usual, she noticed
"You need to come with me" he said
"Why?" she asked wrinkling her nose as she asked the question
"You just do, trust me" he said, he took her hand and pulled her to her feet "Can you leave Bella with your dad's?" he asked her
She looked horrified at the thought of leaving her "Just for half an hour, Rach... You'll have to leave her sometime" he said and noticed she still wasn't keen on the idea
"Ok" she said slowly, she lifted Bella from her crib and took her downstairs "Can you look after her for a bit?" both Leroy and Hiram looked at one another before nodding "Thanks" she said handing the baby over to Leroy, who smiled as she took hold of his little finger.
"Can you tell me where were going?" She asked Finn when she turned around to look at him; he shook his head "Please?" she asked her best puppy dog eyes now in play
"Just come with me, it's important"
"Ok" she said, he took hold of her hand before they left, she blew a kiss to Bella as she closed the door, and she felt even more reluctant to leave her when she was outside, Finn noticed this he gripped her hand tighter and lead her to the car.
When the pulled up the police station Rachel was even more confused that before "What are we doing here?"
Finn turned to look at her, taking her hand in his "They found him" he told her, he studied her face, expecting to see floods of tears, but instead it was blank "Are you ok?" he asked her
She nodded "Are you sure?" she asked him
"That's why we are here, we have to identify him in a line up" he told her, he squeezed her hand tighter when he noticed her reluctance, the color sort of faded from her face, probably at the thought of seeing him again
"Ok" she said stepping out of the car, Finn got out the other side and joined her quickly "Are you ok with this?" he asked her
"Yep, the sooner we go in there the better, and my life can finally be good again, and free from all of this, come on" she said grabbing his hand and trailing him into the building.
They stood behind a glass window and waited, one by one 5 walked into the room, Rachel's attacker being number 4, her heart stopped for a second when she seen his face again and a tear fell down her cheek "Number 4" she said with no emotion to her voice
"Are you sure" the police officer asked her
"Do you think I would forget the face of my rapist?" she asked him and he nodded at her
"And you?" he asked Finn
"Number 4" Finn said, the police officer thanked them and told them they could leave
When they got outside, tears were falling swiftly down Rachel's cheeks, Finn wiped them away with his hand and placed the other on her shoulder "its ok Rachel" he said embracing her in a hug
"I can move on" she said stepping back out of the hug "He's behind bars, he can't hurt me or Bella or anyone else again" she said and for the first time a smile crossed her face
She hugged Finn again, she looked up to his face "Thank you" she said
"For what?" he asked her
"Everything" she kissed his lips softly "I love you" she told him and kissed him again, this time the kiss was filled with passion, The broke the kiss, Finn took Rachel's hand and led her back to the car, smiling the whole way and never once breaking contact with her eyes
"I've always loved you, and I'll never stop... and I want to be there for Bella too, if you'll let me"
Rachel's smiled grew wider, she nodded "She's needs a dad like you" A tear escaped Finn's eye as he kissed her again; every emotion filled him as he thought about Bella being his.