This takes place three months later. It's November now :)

Chapter 11: Mixed Emotions

For Finn the love of his life hasn't been easy on him. Rachel has been going all hormonal which wasn't a good thing in her case. She also cries here and there. Ashley has started the fourth grade at Lima Elementary school. She loves it so far and has made tons of new friends.

He felt horrible for leaving Rachel alone knowing he had work on and off. Her fathers had work as well so Rachel got used to staying home alone. She wished she still kept in touch with some friends from New Directions so she wouldn't be lonely. She really hasn't been happy with the way she looks. She's only three months pregnant and soon her stomach would even be huge than it is. Her biggest fear is that Finn would stop loving her.

She places her hand on her baby bump. "I don't want your daddy to leave us." She tells her unborn baby. She had a lot of fear in her but she couldn't talk to her fathers, Ashley, Kurt, and especially Finn.

Later that day Finn came home with Ashley as he picked her up from school Ashley greets her mom and kisses the baby that was inside her mom's stomach. Finn offers to make dinner knowing he, Rachel, and Ashley already ate lunch. "What did you have for lunch?" Finn asked.

"A salad and bananas." Rachel responds Finn could tell that inside her voice something was bothering her. "Are you okay?"

Rachel shrugs her shoulders. "I'm ugly." She cries.

"No, stop it. Baby? You're not ugly." Finn protests. "You're beautiful and sexy...that's all that matters to me."

"But I'm ugly. I'm so fat... that's why you haven't asked me to marry you yet." Rachel cries. There goes her tears again. Finn walks over to Rachel. He places his two hands on her legs.

"I want you to stop with all this non-sense. You are not ugly or fat." He pauses as he thought about what Rachel had said. He really thought about proposing to her but he wanted to do it on a on a random night, or a special holiday, or maybe even the first night of Hanukah, even though he never celebrated it. He knew how much Hanukah meant to the Berry family. "I want to make you wait till you least expect it. I'm going to make that night super special for you."

"But I want to be married NOW! Before the baby arrives." Rachel cries. Finn also notice how she starts her sentence with BUT.

"You will be married to me, baby. I promise." Finn kisses Rachel.

"Don't kiss me. I don't feel pretty." Rachel says. She gets up from the chair. "I want to take a nap."

"Okay, baby." Finn says. "What do you want for dinner?"

"Pasta with mashed potatoes." Rachel responds. "I also want pickles and peanut butter together."

Finn had the shivers as Rachel has told him what he wanted. "Babe? Together?"

"Just do it, Finn. I'll be hungry." Rachel tells him and heads upstairs.

Rachel Berry has always been crazy but he's never seen the crazy side of her during her pregnancy. He didn't think he could actually be scared of the love of his life.


Rachel woke up in a panic. She felt her heart beating so fast. The nightmare felt like a reality. She places her hand on her heart to relax herself. Her body was shaking. She couldn't believe the nightmare she's had. "FINN!" She yelled on the top of her lungs.

Finn was helping Ashley with her spelling words the minute he heard Rachel yell. Leroy and HIram were home but decided to let Finn go upstairs to check on their little angel. They would stay with Ashley. Finn ran upstairs as fast as he could. He puts his arms around Rachel as she begins to cry. "What is it? Is it the baby?"

"No." Rachel responds. "You left me."

"What? No, baby. I'm here. I haven't left..."

"But in my nightmare you left me because I was huge. I wasn't pretty...you left me for Quinn."

Finn couldn't believe what he was hearing. He lets Rachel cry on his shoulder. "Don't leave me, don't leave me...please." She begs as she holds tightly onto Finn.

"I'm never going to leave you." He says stroking her hair. "Let's have dinner now. You should be hungry." He carries Rachel down the stairs into the kitchen.

She tries to forget about her nightmare. She's been telling herself that it's just a nightmare.

Why can't he marry me now?


It's been a long day for the Hudson's. Rachel ate quietly while Ashley spoke about her day at school. Finn lies on bed with Rachel as she's fast asleep. She wasn't even in the mood for her strange cravings.

Finn couldn't sleep. He's had a lot on his mind. he should of never bought up Quinn. He understood why Rachel had such a nightmare. In high school, he kept breaking up with her for Quinn. It was not going to happen this time.

Besides Quinn is in love with Puck. They act like a married couple. They felt bad for not keeping in touch with Rachel while they were in New York. They knew if they did they would of told Finn about Rachel. They knew how miserable he was without Rachel. It was also Rachel's fault for not keeping in touch with anyone else.

He felt horrible for leaving Rachel hanging on like this. He really wants to propose to Rachel and have a beautiful wedding but no one knows she's even here yet. He wants those days to be special; filled with her family and friends.

And those friends are the people she's met in New Directions.

They deserve to see her.

She deserves to see them.

He stares at Rachel looking like a beautiful sleeping beauty. And it hits him when he realizes he has to do this now. He has to do everything now.

He wants to make her feel beautiful. He knows she'll refuse to wear a wedding dress but he won't let that happen.

I have to be married to her before the baby arrives.

His thoughts fade as he hears his phone vibrates. He opens the text message.

Quinn Fabray- Hey, Finn. It's been a while. How are you?

Finn Hudson froze. He felt his hands shake and drops his phone on the ground. What could Quinn want? She's madly in love with Puck, she graduated from Yale, and she's a hair/ make-up stylist. Last time he checked she and Puck were living in San Diego.

This isn't high school anymore. Quinn Fabray will never ever get in the middle between Rachel and I.

So he did what he thought was best. He deletes the text message and as well as her phone number.