Thank you for the lovely reviews. I just want to write happy Finchel all the time to make up for the finale. Here is the next chapter. I hope you will review and let me know what you think. :)
Rachel was having an emotional day and of course it would be the day that Finn and Puck left for their first game. She wanted nothing more than to go with them, but the kids had school and she was heavily pregnant. There was no way they could have worked it out for her to make the trip with them.
Rachel got out of bed and locked herself in the bathroom. She didn't want to upset Finn or the kids. She wanted to have her moment alone and then go out to be the supportive wife she told herself she would always be.
She had been in the bathroom for twenty minutes by the time Finn knocked on the door and asked, "Baby, are you okay? Is it Drew? Do I need to take you to the hospital?"
She sighed. "Finn, I'm fine. Just finish getting packed. I'll be out soon."
Finn knew her better than that. "Don't try to pull that on me. Open the door. I'll stand right here until you do. You know I will."
Rachel knew he wasn't kidding. He would stand by the door and badger her until she opened the door. She figured she might as well shorten the process and open the door. Her eyes were red and puffy. She tried to keep Finn from seeing her eyes. She said, "See, I'm fine."
Finn lifted her head to look at him. He said, "Oh Rach. Come here." He took her in his arms and hugged her. "What is the matter, beautiful?"
She sniffled. "I don't want you to leave me. I can't do this. I don't want you to go and get hurt again. I can't raise three kids without you. I don't want you to die."
Finn kissed her and said, "Oh baby. I'm not going to die and I'm not going to let anything happen to me. I'm going to be okay. I wish I didn't have to leave the three of you and Drew, but I have to so I can continue to support us all. I hate my job for taking me away from you, but we are going to be okay."
"I just worry about you. I don't want you to leave me and decide not to come back. There are so many other girls that are so much prettier than I am. I'm just fat and you are going to get tired of me. I'm emotional. I hold you back from so much."
Finn put his hands on her stomach. "You are not holding me back from anything. You are giving me a little girl that I am going to love. I love you so much. You are the one for me. No one else could be better."
"I bet you told Macie that, too."
"Rachel, come on. That was a long time ago."
"It may have been, but what are you going to say in a couple of years? You could find another girl and tell her what you just told me. Go finish getting ready. I need to get dressed so we can get you to the airport."
Finn knew better than to make her even more upset. He just kissed her head and did as she asked. They would figure things out.
Finn and Rachel still weren't talking. Finn was getting ready to get on the plane. He said goodbye to the kids after telling them to be good and to help Rachel as much as they could. It broke his heart to leave Rachel like this.
He gave Rachel a hug and said, "I'll be home on Monday. Are you okay?"
Rachel bit back, "I'm fine. Have a good trip."
"I love you."
"Goodbye Finn." It was like a punch to the stomach to not get an I love you back. He just kissed her head and got on the plane with the rest of the guys.
Quinn came over and asked Rachel, "Would you and the kids like to spend the afternoon with Elle and I?"
Rachel managed a small smile. "That would be nice."
"Great. Are you okay?"
Rachel sniffled and said, "I'm stupid. I really messed things up and I don't know how to fix it. Finn and I got in an argument this morning and I just couldn't let it go. He was trying to, but these baby hormones are killing me. I cry at the drop of a hat. I don't know what to do with myself. I'm lucky to have Finn, but he is too good to me sometimes."
"What happened?"
"I had an emotional morning. I kept thinking that he was going to leave me. Then he told me I was the only one that he would ever want to be with, but then I thought of Macie."
"Oh Rach."
"I may have told him that I am sure he told her the same thing."
"Rachel, he loves you and you are the one that he is going to spend the rest of his life with. He loves you and is always going to love you. You and those kids are his life. He hates every time he has to leave you, but the job calls for it. It is going to be okay."
"I'm just so emotional and self-conscious. I still have two and a half months of this. I don't think I will make it."
"You have been through this before. You know it gets better. You are going to be fine. Finn knows that you are going through a lot of changes right now and you don't mean half of the things that you say."
"I didn't tell him I loved him before he left. I always tell him I love him."
"He knows you do. I'm sure he will call you later and the two of you will get it worked out. Then you will have an amazing reunion on Monday when he gets home. It is all going to work out."
"You are probably right. Can we go eat now? I'm starving. This baby is taking everything out of me."
Quinn chuckled. "Let's get some food in you then, momma."
The two of them got the kids together and they went to go eat.
Finn was sitting on the plane with Puck. Puck asked, "Dude, what is twisting your tighty whiteys?"
Finn rolled his eyes. "Rach is in the emotional stage of the pregnancy. She thinks that I am going to die or find someone else. I don't know what to do to make her believe she is it for me."
"Dude, it gets better. Once the kid is out of her it will all be back to normal. She just needs to be reminded that you are going to love her no matter how big she gets."
"Of course I will. She is the love of my life."
"The two of you are cheesier than Q and I."
"What can I say? Love makes you do crazy things. I love her so much."
"I know that and she knows that too. You need to call her later and talk things out. Then when we get home on Monday she will be all over you."
Finn smiled. "You are right. I'll have to do that on our way to the hotel. I can't take any more of this. I just want to know that she is still on my side and we are going to be okay."
"I really don't think you have anything to worry about. I'm sure she will be waiting for your call. I bet she is talking to Q about everything now."
"You are probably right. Thanks for listening, man."
"Anytime dude. Us dads have to stick together, especially when our chicks are emotional messes."
Finn fist bumped him and they changed the subject to the upcoming game and how they were going to show them who the best was.
Rachel and Quinn went to the mall with the kids after having lunch. Rachel just had a feeling in the pit of her stomach that this was going to be a trip that she would not want to have. She just had a feeling that something was about to happen that she wasn't ready for or couldn't handle.
Briella and Dayton each had one of her hands. Briella looked up and asked, "Are you okay, mommy?"
Rachel forced a smile. "Of course I am, princess. I have the two of you. I'm always wonderful when I have the two of you."
Dayton looked up at her and said, "Your hands are sweaty."
"It's just warm in here. I'm okay."
Quinn looked over at Rachel and knew that she wasn't telling the whole truth. She wasn't going to leave her side in case it was more than that.
Rachel looked up and that's when she noticed two men walking their way. Then she saw it was her fathers. She looked at Quinn and said, "We have to get out of here. Now!"
Quinn asked, "What is the matter?"
"My fathers are walking this way. I haven't seen them in months since they showed up at our house. They don't know I'm pregnant and they haven't seen Brie in about a year."
Briella looked up and said, "Granddads!"
The men walked to them. Rachel held onto the kids tighter. She really wished there were times when her daughter wasn't such a loving person.
The men looked at Rachel and said, "Oh, so that is why you got married. It all makes sense now. That guy took advantage of you and you ended up in this position again."
Rachel looked up and said, "Excuse me? That guy is my husband and I love him very much. Now if you will excuse us we have some place we need to be."
Dayton got angry. He held onto Rachel's hand tightly and said, "My daddy is awesome. He loves us. He loves baby Drew, too."
Rachel was so proud of him for standing up for his dad. She knew he would be a great big brother and protector if the time ever came that he needed to be.
Briella said, "Don't be mean to daddy. He loves us. Me and mommy are lucky. We are a family." She looked up at Rachel and asked, "Can we go to the toy store now?"
Rachel chuckled and said, "Of course. You deserve a present today. Both of you do."
Dayton asked, "Can Drew get a present too?"
Rachel smiled. "Of course. I'll let the two of you pick out for her." She looked at the men and said, "Excuse us. We have some toy shopping to do." The group walked away and Rachel couldn't have felt better. Now she just had to make things right with Finn. She missed him and wanted to let him know how much she really did love him and their little family.
Quinn held out her fist to Briella and Dayton. She said, "Good job guys. You know how we do it, huh?"
Briella told her, "Uncle Noah and daddy say that no one can hurt mommy and get away with it."
Rachel smiled and said, "Thank you for taking care of me. I'm so glad I have the two of you. Your daddy and Uncle Noah are going to be very proud of you."
"So that means that you and daddy are going to make up?"
"What do you mean?"
Dayton told her, "We heard you crying this morning and daddy talking to you. He really does love you. He doesn't love that Macie girl." Dayton didn't know that he was talking about his mom.
Rachel wanted to get down to their level and give them each a hug, but she knew that wasn't a possibility. She pulled each of them to her side and said, "I'll talk to him tonight. I'm sorry. Drew is playing tricks with my emotions and sometimes I say and do things I don't mean."
Briella poked her stomach softly and said, "Drew! Be nice to mommy. She is being nice to you."
Dayton said, "Yeah! Mommy is awesome. Don't be mean." To that they received a hard kick.
Rachel chuckled and said, "She said sorry, but doesn't know how to stop." She looked over to see Quinn trying to contain her laughter at the pair. It wasn't a secret that the two of them were going to be good big siblings to their little sister when she was born. Everything was starting to fall into place. Now all that had to be done was a conversation between the adults before bed because they never went to bed angry.