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Rachel and Santana were walking through the park with Briella. Santana had sent a text to Puck telling him where they were going to be. She couldn't wait to see the look on the face of the two stubborn adults. Santana was really looking forward to giving Puckerman's wife a piece of her mind for messing with her best friend.
Rachel looked at Santana and saw her scheming smirk that was all too famous. She asked, "What are you scheming? That smirk gives you away."
Santana said, "Nothing. I'm just glad to see you out of the apartment."
"Thank you for making me get out. I needed the fresh air."
Briella exclaimed, "Mommy! Look! It's Finny and Day!"
Rachel's head shot up and she just wanted to turn around and run away. She didn't know how she was going to face him after what she did to him. He deserved so much better than her. If she was going to hurt him that way he didn't need her. She wanted him to be happy in everything in his life.
Finn looked up and was met with the face of the one he loved. He looked over at Puck and said, "You had something to do with this, didn't you? Don't lie to me. I know you."
Puck told him, "Santana and I got the kids to get you here. The two of you are being too stubborn and we know you want to be together. You just needed someone to help the process along. I can't stand to see the two of you so low. It has been four days. That is four days too long. Your kids love each other and I know the two of you love each other, too."
"You are right. I'm going to go talk to her. Keep an eye on the kids."
"Sure."
Dayton looked up at Finn and said, "Get your girl, daddy!"
Finn chuckled, "Thanks, bud. I'll try my best. Go play with Puck. I'm sure Brie will play with you."
Finn started walking over to Rachel.
Rachel had that nervous feeling in her stomach that she always got when she saw or was with Finn. She knew she still loved him no matter how much she just wanted to let him go.
Santana said, "Come on, munchkin. Let's let mommy and Finn talk. We'll play with Puck and Dayton."
Briella gave Rachel a hug and ran off.
Rachel looked up at Finn and bit her lip. She said, "Hi."
"Hey."
"I just wanted to tell you how sorry I am. I didn't mean to hurt you or upset you, Quinn and Dayton. I didn't think through my actions. I have been so stressed out and I didn't know what else to do. You don't need my added stress on top of everything else you have going on in your life. I didn't mean to hurt you. I really didn't. I love you and I just want you to be happy."
Finn took her in his arms. He held her and said, "I don't know how you don't see it. You are what makes me happy. You and Brie make me happy. You make us happy. You are the mother that Dayton always wanted. I want you to know that I will always be there for you when you need me. I don't want you to be upset. I want to do anything I can to make you feel better and take some of your stress away. I want you to trust me and to let me help you with your problems. My life sucks without you. I'm not happy. Dayton isn't happy. We need you and Briella in our lives to bring the best out of both of us."
Rachel sniffled at looked up at him. "I don't know how you can forgive me for what I did. I let my fear and stress get the best of me. It shouldn't have happened, but it did. I didn't know what else to do."
"Rach, everyone has time when they are scared. You just have to believe that I can help you through it. I love you and I want to marry you. That is why I was so different and kept things from you. I wanted to surprise you. I wanted to come up with the perfect proposal with the help of the kids. I just wanted to give you something that you deserved."
"I don't deserve anything after what I did to you. Quinn was right. You don't need me."
"What are you talking about?"
"I called yesterday to apologize. Quinn told me you and Dayton didn't need me anymore. That I was just going to keep breaking your hearts and she wasn't going to let that happen. That isn't what I want at all. I just want you. I want the two of you to love Briella and I. You are the first man that has ever showed me what it really means to be loved."
"You did the same for us. Rachel, it is going to take us a bit to get back to exactly where we were, but I want the two of us to be together. I love you and that is never going to change."
"I want nothing more than be with you."
"Wait, you said that you talked to Quinn?"
"Yesterday. I called your phone and she picked up."
"She told me it was a wrong number. I would have talked to you. Rach, what happened? Why did you try to push me away?"
Rachel looked up at him. She stepped back and took his hand. "I thought I was pregnant." She lowered her head then in shame. It was stupid of her not to tell him to begin with and now she really saw it.
"What? Why didn't you tell me? Are you? Are we going to have a baby? Am I going to be a dad again?"
Rachel could have worn that it sounded like he was excited. She shook her head no. "No. It was just a scare. I started this morning. It was the stress and everything else that is going on that has we off."
"Oh. Would it have been that bad if you had gotten pregnant? If we did have a baby?"
Rachel sighed. She shook her head no. "No. I can't lie that I wasn't relieved that I wasn't pregnant because I don't have a job right now and there is no way I would have been able to raise two children. But I was also saddened that I wasn't carrying a baby. Your baby. If I were to have another baby I wouldn't want to have a baby with anyone other than you."
Finn took her in his arms. "Well, we are going to have a baby someday. We will have beautiful babies. They are going to be lucky to have such a beautiful mom and two big siblings to look after them."
Rachel smiled. "Don't forget how lucky they will be to have their daddy that loves them so much in their life. Finn, I love you so much. I hope you can still believe that. I don't know why I didn't tell you what was bothering me. If I could go back in time I would. I would have told you and I would have been in your arms through it all. I just didn't want to bring you down with me. You have just as much going on in your life as I do."
"That doesn't mean I want you to keep things to yourself. I want you to come to me if anything bothers you. If we are going to make this work we have to trust each other no matter what is bothering is. We may have been going through this alone for so long before this, but we aren't alone anymore."
"Thank you. I am truly lucky to have you in my life. I hope you will let me."
"Of course. Actually I have something for you." He reached in his pocket and pulled out the engagement ring. He went on, "I want you to have this. I want to marry you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want Dayton to have the mom he deserves. I want to be a father to Briella and any other babies we may have."
Rachel had tears in her eyes. "You still want me?"
"Always and forever. So, will you marry me Rachel Barbra Berry?"
Rachel smiled and said, "Yes please."
Finn chuckled. That would be a Rachel reply. He took her hand and put the ring on it. "Let's go see the kids. I think we need to go out to dinner as the family we are going to be soon."
"I agree. They are going to be very happy. Briella has really missed you."
"Dayton has missed you, too." The two of them walked towards the kids holding hands. They looked up to see the kids running full speed at them. Rachel picked up Dayton in her arms while Finn scooped up Briella. Each of them held the child in their arms like they were going to lose them forever. They hadn't realized how much they had effected the lives of the children in their lives.
Santana and Puck high fived each other and grinned as they looked at the picture in front of them. They had done just what they had hoped they would. They were willing to deal with the two of them being upset with them for meddling, but they got them together just like they had planned. There was no hiding the glimmer on Rachel's ring finger that told them that they were together for good this time no matter what came their way.
Puck walked into his apartment to find Quinn lying on the couch with Elle asleep on her chest. Puck said, "Why don't you go put the baby in her crib?"
Quinn smiled. "Why? Are you going to do something to me that isn't appropriate for baby eyes?"
Puck told her, "As much as I love our alone time, not this time. We have to have a talk."
Quinn took Elle to the nursery and came back. She asked, "What is the matter, baby?"
"You know exactly what is the matter. How could you lie to Finn like that? Telling him that it was a wrong number when Rachel called. That is low for even you. You said you wanted to save him from heartbreak, but you caused even more. You were lucky that Santana and I stepped in. Finn and Rachel are back together. They are actually engaged now and really happy."
"How can you just let her back in our lives so easily after what she did?"
"She thought she was pregnant, Q. She was freaking out. I'm sure if you would have gave her time to talk she would have told you that. Or she may have and you just didn't listen. I don't know. She didn't want to bring Finn into something that he may not have wanted so she thought it would have been best if she ended it for him. She was freaking out. You said that you were her friend, but you didn't even give her time to explain what was going through her mind."
"But she hurt us all!"
"She tried to fix it yesterday by calling, but you wouldn't give her the chance. She was really hurting as much as Finn was if not more. You wouldn't know that because you didn't listen to her."
Quinn gasped. "But…"
"There are no buts to this situation. I thought you had outgrown your old ways. What you did yesterday was just like high school. Like all the bullying and everything else you did. You were her only friend besides Santana. Do you know that she considers Briella to be her best friend because she has no one else. She doesn't trust just anyone, but she trusted you. I don't know what you are going to do to fix this, but you better do something. If we want to still have Finn in our lives you are going to have to figure something out. He loves her and they are really good together."
Quinn started crying and threw her hand to her mouth. She sniffled and said, "I can't just let her back in that easy. I just can't trust just anyone. Macie was my best friend and when she left Finn she left me, too. I don't want that to happen again."
"Q, you are fragile. That is okay, but you can't do something like what you did yesterday again. You almost took Finn's potential happiness away again. That just isn't right. I love you. I really do. I hope you realize what you did is wrong."
"Please don't leave us. I can't raise Elle alone."
"Hey. I may be upset with you, but I'm not going to leave you. I am always going to be here for you and our little angel. The two of you are my life. You may be crazy, but you are my crazy. You really need to apologize to Finn and Rachel though. Rachel is upset that she lost your trust and your friendship."
"I miss her. She was the only person that would go shopping with me without complaining."
Puck laughed. "Then you have to get her back. No one wants to go shopping with you willingly."
Quinn playful slapped him. "I can't trust her just yet, but I'm willing to work on it."
"That is all that I am asking. Okay, let's go sit down while the munchkin is sleeping. I need some cuddle time with mommy."
Quinn pecked his lips. "I could use some relaxing time with daddy. We really missed you today. I can't wait until football is over for the season. We miss seeing a lot of you."
"I miss my girls, too. We are going to be okay." The two of them spent the rest of the evening relaxing with each other like they hadn't had the chance to for a while. It was refreshing for both of them after all that had been going on the last few days.
