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Rachel woke up on Christmas morning to two children jumping on her bed. She looked to see that Finn wasn't by her side. She yawned and said, "Hey guys."
Dayton said, "Rachel, wake up! Santa was here! There are presents and it snowed! A lot of both!"
Rachel smiled and took both kids in her arms. She said, "I'm coming. Where is your dad?"
Briella told her, "Finn told us to come get you. He is helping Ms. Carole with breakfast."
Rachel got up and walked with the kids to the living room. It was too early to care that she was wearing Finn's old high school football jersey and a pair of sweat pants.
Finn looked up and said, "Hey beautiful. I see that the littles woke you up. They had to wait for you to get up before they could see what Santa got them. I kept them away as long as I could."
Rachel went over and kissed his cheek. "They are just excited. Good morning."
"Good morning to you, too."
Carole said, "Lets open presents before these two do something crazy. I think they may go crazy if they don't see what is under the tree."
Finn took Rachel's hand and led her into the living room to sit on the couch. They watched as the kids opened their presents and got more and more excited with every present they opened. Finn and Rachel could only smile. It was all the way it should be. In less than two months they would be a family to the truest sense of the word and they couldn't wait.
Puck and Quinn walked through the doors at ten. He said, "Sup Hummels, Hudsons and Berries! The party can start cause the Puckermans are here."
Finn yawned and said, "Dude, you missed the party. We have been up since five. All the presents are opened and already being played with. Where have you been?"
Puck wrapped his arm around Quinn and said, "The munchkin decided to give us a Christmas present of her own. We got a full night's sleep for the first time in months. She even slept in. It was magical, dude."
Rachel smiled and said, "That is a huge milestone. Briella was seven months before she slept through the night fully. Congratulations."
Quinn told her, "I don't know how the two of you did it by yourself. This parenting thing isn't easy with two people. I can only imagine how it was by yourselves."
Rachel smiled. "She just made it all worth it. It was hard and very emotional, but when she made those little milestones and did those cute little baby things it all made it worth it."
Finn said, "It was the same with Day, but the two of you know it better than anyone else that I didn't do it alone. The two of you did more than enough of the parenting when I couldn't handle it."
Finn wrapped his arm around Rachel's waist and said, "We are going to have each other this time around."
Puck, Quinn, Carole and Burt all stopped in their tracks. Carole asked, "Are you pregnant?"
Rachel chuckled, "Oh no! We have decided that after the wedding we are going to start trying for a baby. The two of us are ready for it and love each other. We can't wait to have a little baby that looks like the two of us."
Puck said, "Man, you have me worried."
Finn told him, "No need to worry. I want more kids. I want a brood that are the perfect combination of Rachel and I."
Rachel laughed. "I am thinking only two more. I don't know how many times I would be willing to go through labor again. That hurts."
Finn kissed her head. "Whatever you are willing to give me."
Burt said, "Okay. The two of you are going to make the perfect married couple."
"Thanks, Burt."
Carole said, "I love having all of you here. It would only be better if Kurt and Blaine had been able to make it. It is only fair that they went to Blaine's family's Christmas this year."
Finn told her, "It's okay, mom. Blaine and Kurt said that they would be here for New Years to see you, but we have to head back to New York. We are going to take the kids to Time Square and we have to finalize wedding stuff."
"Where are you having the wedding?"
Finn smiled and said, "The bridge in Central Park."
"Oh! That will be beautiful. Are you sure it isn't going to be too cold?"
"We will be okay. It's just too perfect to pass up."
Rachel smiled and said, "I can't wait to marry my best friend. I am so lucky. I would do it tomorrow if it was possible. You and the kids are what matters."
Dayton and Briella came running in the living room. Briella asked, "Can we go play in the snow?"
Dayton said, "Please? Pretty please!"
Rachel and Finn laughed. How could they say no to that.
Rachel said, "Let me go put on some of my warmer clothes. I'll be right there to play with you."
Finn said, "Don't forget me. I'm not going to miss out on this."
By the end of the conversation all of the adults excluding Quinn and Carole had decided to go play in the snow. They had a snowball fight, built a snowman and made snow angels.
They had been outside for an hour. Rachel's cell phone rang. Carole picked it up and said, "Hello?"
A man said, "Hello. I'm looking for Rachel Berry."
"Hold on one moment. I'll get her for you."
Carole walked outside and said, "Rachel, someone is on the phone for you. I hope I didn't cross any boundaries by picking up your phone."
Rachel smiled. "Of course not. Thank you for answering for me."
Rachel said, "Hello?"
The man said, "Miss. Berry, this is Trevor Anders with Beauty and The Beast. We loved your audition. We would love to offer you the role of Belle."
Rachel squealed. She couldn't contain herself. "Thank you so much, Mr. Anders. That would be an honor. I have to be honest. I am getting married in February and I want you to have knowledge of it in case you want to give the part to someone else."
"Miss. Berry that is fine. Congratulations! The understudy can take over the role for the time that you may need off. Do not worry about a thing. We are very flexible here. You have a daughter, correct?"
"Yes and I will have a stepson as well."
"You can bring them with you any time you wish. We have someone here at all times for the actors' children."
"Thank you so much. Thank you for this opportunity."
"Practices start the 3rd of January. I will be looking forward to seeing you and getting to know you."
"Thank you again, Mr. Anders. I will see you on the 3rd." Rachel hung up and went running at Finn. She jumped in his arms and they both ended up tumbling to the ground.
The two of them were laughing. Finn asked, "What was that for?"
Rachel exclaimed, "I got a role! I'm Belle on Broadway in Beauty and The Beast!"
Finn gave her a passionate kiss. "That's great, babe. I knew you didn't have anything to worry about. You get to be the princess I always knew you were. I'm so proud of you. I can't wait to see you in it. When do you start?"
"Rehearsals start the 3rd of January. He told me that he wouldn't have a problem with me taking off for the wedding and everything. Everything is working out just the way it should. I couldn't be happier."
Dayton, Briella, Puck and Burt came over to see what was going on. Briella asked, "What is going on, mommy? Are you okay?"
Rachel smiled and said, "I'm fine. I got a job. I'm going to be Belle on Broadway. I'm going to be playing your favorite princess."
"Yay!" Briella launched herself at her mom. She gave her a hug. Dayton came over and hugged her, too.
Burt told her, "Congratulations. That is amazing. Carole and I will have to come see this show."
Rachel smiled and said, "Thank you. I would love to have the two of you there to see it."
Puck said, "I told you that you had nothing to worry about. Berry, you were too good for them not to choose you."
"Thank you, Noah."
Finn told them all, "Let's all go inside and celebrate with a fire and hot chocolate."
Rachel kissed his cheek and said, "I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate."
When they all started piling in the house Carole and Quinn came over. Briella said, "Mommy is going to be a princess!"
Quinn asked, "What is she talking about?"
Rachel told her, "I got a role! I am going to be Belle in Beauty and The Beast."
Carole gasped. "That is wonderful, sweetheart. Burt and I will be at your first show. No doubt about that."
"I would love to have family there. My fathers never made it to a show. I would love to have someone there for my first show."
"You don't have to worry about that."
Quinn told her, "Congratulations. That is a big deal. You are going to be amazing."
Carole asked, "What are we going to do to celebrate?"
Finn said, "We thought we would put a fire in the fireplace and make some hot chocolate for everyone."
"We can do that. This is a big deal. This is something really big to celebrate. Not just every day do you know someone that is on Broadway."
Rachel smiled as she stood as close to Finn as she possibly could. Finn kissed her head and asked, "Can you guys watch Day and Brie tomorrow? I want to take Rachel for a tour of Lima."
Burt told him, "Carole and I have them covered. We'll spoil them like we should."
Rachel smiled at the fact that he was treating Briella as a grandchild. It made her happy to know that she had found her way to such a caring and supportive group of people that she would know as her family.
It was more of a family than she had ever had. She couldn't wait to be a true member of the family. She had never felt as safe and loved as she did with these people. She was finally getting parents that showed a care for her. Dayton and Briella were wonderful kids that kept her on her toes which wasn't a bad thing. She had Noah who she knew would always be there for her and her children. Things were getting better with Quinn slowly. Santana was just Santana. She would never change which was refreshing that she would have a constant in her life. Then Finn was perfect. He knew her better than anyone. Her life was perfect as of now and she only saw it getting better. It was true that she would have her low points, but now she knew she would always have someone there to help her through them.
