It seemed to Finn that things were finally starting to come together for him. Things were working out well with him and Quinn living together, Quinn was finally past the morning sickness stage so he was starting to get more sleep again. He and Quinn had started thinking of names for their baby, lately Quinn had been liking the name Elizabeth, personally though he still was hoping she would let him name her Drizzle. Sectionals was only a few days away and the Glee Club seemed stronger than ever, in spite of the fact that it would be Ms. Pillsbury, not Mr. Schue going with them.
Glee Club practice had just ended and Finn was headed to his locker to grab his backpack and of course Rachel was following him. "Will this girl ever give up?" he thought. All he had said was he thought it was nice of her to give Mercedes the solo for Sectionals and in typical Rachel fashion she had taken it as an invitation to follow him to his locker.
"Finn," Rachel said, before he could make his escape to go find Quinn. "I want you to be happy. And when you care about someone you can't sit around and watch them suffer when you know you can do something about it."
"Wh-What are you talking about?" he asked starting to get a little worried.
"I have to tell you something. You're not the father of Quinn's baby, Puck is."
"What are you saying? Quinn is pregnant with my baby! I mean that's just crazy, she would never- I mean. This is ridiculous, why the hell am I even listening to you?" Finn said as he tried to walk away.
"Finn, stop! I'm telling you the truth. I would never lie to you about something like this. I overheard Mercedes and Tina talking, apparently Puck told Mercedes a few weeks ago."
"No!! NO!!!! It can't be true!!!! It's impossible!" He said as he ran back to the choir room, he needed to find Quinn and Puck and get this all figured out.
"Finn, I'm not trying to hurt you, but you deserved to know the truth," Rachel said following Finn as he ran towards the choir room.
The next few seconds went by in a blur. He walked into the choir room and saw Puck standing there and instantly went over and punched him and threw him on the ground. Hearing all the noise the rest of the Glee Club, along with Mr. Schue and Ms. Pillsbury ran back into the choir room.
"Hey, come on! Come on!" Mr. Shue said, attempting to break up the fight.
"Tell the truth!" Finn yelled as Mike and Matt pulled him off of Puck.
"Who told you this, Finn?" Quinn asked as she stepped forward crying.
"Obviously it was Rachel," Kurt said.
"What? I didn't do anything," Rachel said realizing she just made a huge mistake.
"Yeah, it was Rachel, but I wanna hear it from you. I wanna hear it from both of you."
"Finn, just calm down," Mr. Shue said as he once again stood in between Finn and Puck.
"NO!!! They're both lying to me!!!! Is it true? Just tell me. Is it true?" Finn asked hoping and praying that it wasn't true.
The second Quinn walked up to him with tears streaming down her face, he knew it was. "Yes. Puck is the father."
"So all- all that stuff in the hot tub-you just made that up?" Finn asked, still in shock over the fact that Quinn had cheated on him.
"You were stupid enough to buy it," Puck said. Finn once again tried to punch Puck, but was stopped by Mr. Schue.
"I am so sorry," Quinn said crying. Finn had to admit the look on her face almost broke his heart, but he couldn't believe she had done this to him.
"Screw this! I'm done with you!!!" Finn yelled at Quinn. "I'm done with – I'm done with all of you!!!!" Finn said as he kicked a chair and then stormed out of the choir room.
"Finn! Please, wait! I wanted it to be yours, I so wanted it to be yours! Please, just listen to me. Please," Quinn said as she attempted to run after Finn.
"Why the hell should I listen to you? You cheated on me with my best friend! I don't have to listen to you anymore. I don't owe you a damn thing!" Finn said without even looking back at Quinn as he continued to walk away.
Quinn was sitting in the hallway crying, she couldn't believe what had just happened. She knew Finn deserved to know he wasn't the father, there had been so many times she wanted to tell him but just couldn't. Finn deserved to know, but Rachel had no right to tell him for her. Then Rachel, in an attempt to try to make everything better, apologized to her for telling Finn and told her if she needed a place to stay that she could stay at her house. And then because she really had no other choice, there was nowhere else for her to go, she accepted her offer.
As Quinn sat waiting for Rachel to grab her stuff from her locker so they then could go to Finn's house to get her stuff before Finn got home, Puck walked up and sat down beside her. "Just the last person I want to deal with right now. Can't everyone just leave me alone?" Quinn thought.
"Hey. So, I know you're upset now. But I want to be with you and I'm gonna do everything I can to be a good dad to our baby," Puck said.
"Thanks. But I honestly can't handle any more stress in my life right now. I'm gonna do this my own. I know you don't understand, but please respect it," she said as stood up to go find Rachel. The truth was she really didn't want to do this alone, she wanted to do this with Finn, but if she couldn't do it with Finn doing it alone was better than doing it with Puck or anyone else for that matter, she only wanted Finn. As she turned around she was shocked to see Puck had already walked away in the opposite direction. She couldn't believe that he would just let her walk away and not come after her. Finn would never do that, but then again Puck wasn't Finn. Finn would've told her that he wasn't going to let her do this alone and that he was going to be there with her for everything. Since the day she had told Finn she was pregnant he had been there right beside her through everything- until now.
She had understood why Finn had reacted the way he did. I mean, she was pregnant with his best friend's baby, what guy wouldn't walk away? As she stood waiting for Rachel, she wanted nothing more than for Finn to be there holding her telling "Everything's gonna be okay," but this time he wasn't there. This time, she was all alone.
Finn heard his Mom's car pull in the driveway, so he knew she must be just getting home from work. He stood in the kitchen waiting for his Mom to walk in the door. He knew had to tell her right away, mostly because he just couldn't keep it in any longer, right now he just really needed his Mom.
"Hey, honey," Carole Hudson said as she walked in the door. One look at Finn, standing there with Quinn nowhere in sight, she knew something was wrong. "Where's Quinn?" she asked cautiously.
"Um, yeah, that's what I need to talk to you about. Apparently, I'm not the father of Quinn's baby, so she's no longer staying with us. Don't worry, I heard she's staying at Rachel's house so it's not like she's out on the street or anything," Finn said as he sat down at the kitchen table.
Although Carole instantly had several questions run through her mind, she knew the best thing would be to just let her son tell her on his own time.
"Mom," Finn said as laid his head down on the kitchen table and broke down crying. Carole didn't say anything but just walked over and put her arm around him and just listened to him pour his heart out. "Mom, she cheated on me with my best friend! Puck is the father of her baby. How could she do this to me? How could he do this to me? Puck is supposed to be my best friend! Best friend's don't sleep with each other's girlfriends! And they definitely don't get their best friend's girlfriend pregnant and then lie about it for four months! I mean it was just a few nights ago Quinn and I decided that we were going to keep the baby and raise her together."
"What?" Carole asked.
"Well, I mean, assuming it would've been okay with you, we just hadn't had a chance to talk with you about it yet. But now you don't have to worry about that because I no longer have a daughter or a girlfriend."
Carole could tell her son was utterly distraught and heartbroken. She also could tell that although he probably wouldn't admit it right now, he missed Quinn and that deep down he still loved her and her baby. "Did you try talking to either Quinn or Puck after you found out about all of this?"
"No, Quinn tried to get me to stop and talk to her, but I told her that I didn't need to listen to a single word she said."
"Finn, I know you're probably not going to like what I'm going to say but did you consider the fact that even though Quinn knew Puck was the biological father of her baby, that she chose you instead?"
"In other words, she was using me. God, I am so stupid!"
"No, that's not what I'm saying at all, Finn. Honey, Quinn chose you. Whatever happened between her and Puck she obviously regretted doing. Quinn chose you to be the father of her baby because she loves you and couldn't see herself raising her child with anyone else but you."
"Oh my God, I can't believe it, you're sticking up for her."
"No, Finn, I'm not sticking up for her. I'm just saying I think you should at least consider talking to Quinn before you decide to completely walk away from her."
"Unbelievable! You're sticking up for your son's girlfriend-I mean, ex-girlfriend, who's pregnant with another guy's child instead of your own son! I mean shouldn't you be glad that I'm not going to be a father at 16?"
"Finn, I know she loves you. Over the past several weeks she's been staying here it's been quite obvious to me that she really loves you. And I could tell that you really loved her, and deep down I think you still do."
"Well, Mom, that's where you're wrong and if you're going to keep sticking up for Quinn, I'm going up to my room. I can't deal with this right now!"
"Finn, I promise this is the last thing I'm going to say about this situation: I can't force you to talk to Quinn or to do anything. You don't have to listen any of my advice, but I hope you would at listen consider it."
"Yeah, fine whatever," Finn said as he stood and headed upstairs to his room.
Finn walked into his room, which seemed much bigger now that Quinn's stuff was gone. He closed his door, lay down on his bed and cried himself to sleep.
At Rachel's house, Quinn lay in her bed in the guest room and had been trying to fall asleep for the past three hours. She'd be almost asleep and then her baby would start kicking. "Drizzle, please stop kicking Mommy," Quinn said out loud. Drizzle, that was what Finn wanted to the name baby, she never even liked that name so why would she suddenly call her baby Drizzle. She knew the answer to that question instantly, because she missed Finn. She really, really missed Finn.
As she lay there to trying to fall asleep, Quinn realized just how alone she truly was. Her parents didn't care about her. Finn didn't care about her anymore. Puck didn't care about her or even his daughter enough to go after her. She was forced to stay at Rachel's house, her least favorite person in the world. In other words, Quinn was truly alone. Finally, Quinn was able to cry herself to sleep.