Hey guys! I hope you enjoy this chapter, it's one of my favorites! Thanks so much for all the reviews, they mean a lot to me. And I'm sorry for the confusion over the weekend, I was having problems with uploading. Hope you enjoy and review if you want me to continue.

By the way, who's excited for tomorrow night? I'm so excited! FINCHEL!

Chapter 3: Broadway

Rachel smiled as she looked at the tickets to go see Annie that sat on the dresser. Tonight, she and Finn would be taking Allie to her first ever Broadway show. She was so excited.

Finn came into the bedroom dressed in a suit and tie. "Almost ready to go?"

"Yeah, I can't wait," Rachel said. "It's so exciting!"

"I know it is," Finn said.

"To be fair, we'll take her to a football game in the fall," Rachel said.

"Oh, I already got her Jets, Giants, Mets, Yankees, Knicks and Nets gear," Finn smirked. "Plus Browns, Bengals, Cavaliers, Clippers, Reds and Indians gear to remind her of her Ohio roots."

"Went a little overboard, didn't you?" Rachel giggled.

Finn gave Rachel a hug. "Where is she, by the way?"

"She's with Kurt and Blaine," Rachel said.

"We should probably get going," Finn said, taking Rachel's hand and walking into the dining room, where Allie was flinging her food around.

"Allie got her food on my shirt," Kurt whined.

"Kurt, please," Finn said. "She's still learning how to eat."

"I should get her changed," Rachel said. She lifted her daughter out of the high chair and noticed that Allie was smiling as she carried her daughter into her room and changed her into a little purple and pink striped dress.

"She looks so cute!" Kurt said when Allie and Rachel came out.

"She takes after her mommy!" Finn said.

Allie began squirming in Rachel's arms when she saw Finn. "Want to carry her?" Rachel asked her husband.

Finn smiled. "I'd love to." Finn and Rachel said goodbye to Kurt and Blaine and then left the apartment.

"It's so exciting!" Rachel said. She remembered her excitement the first time her dads took her to a Broadway show as a four-year-old.

"I think we picked out a good kid-friendly one for her first show," Finn said.

"Yeah, and since it's the matinee, there's probably going to be other families there," Rachel said. The family got on the bus to Times Square. While on the bus, Finn gave Allie a bottle so they wouldn't have to worry about that at the show. On the bus, Rachel felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned and saw Jesse St. James.

"Jesse, why are you here?" Rachel asked, feeling in shock. She was sure Jesse was out of her life forever. Wasn't he coaching Vocal Adrenaline back in Akron?

"Don't you remember, Vocal Adrenaline only keeps coaches who can lead the teams to a National victory?" Jesse sneered. "I'm at Juilliard now."

Rachel forced a smile. "Do you like Juilliard?"

"It's fine, but I would have preferred NYADA," said Jesse, giving Finn and Allie nasty looks. "You're at NYADA now, I'm guessing?"

"Yes, so are Kurt and Blaine," Rachel said.

"Kurt got in?" Jesse snapped. "How could he?"

Rachel clenched her fists. "Kurt's really talented."

"Whatever," Jesse said. He turned to Finn. "Hi, Finn. What's a small town boy like you doing in New York?"

Finn smirked and held up his hand, showing off the ring on his finger. "Rachel and I got married, didn't you hear?"

"I was hoping you wouldn't," Jesse said as Rachel began to feel more and more uncomfortable. Then Jesse pointed at Allie. "What's that thing?"

Rachel couldn't hold it in now. She slapped Jesse. "You do not insult my daughter."

"You have an illegitimate bastard child?" Jesse said. "Oh my God."

"Leave me and Finn and our daughter the fuck alone," Rachel snapped. "Jesse, I love Finn. And we're married and with our daughter, we're a family. You are not part of that, and you never will be."

Jesse looked annoyed and walked away. Then Rachel turned to Finn. "I can't believe he's here in New York."

"You did a pretty good job with telling him off," Finn said, giving Rachel one of his famous half smiles.

"No one gets away with calling Allie an illegitimate bastard child," Rachel said, feeling her anger coming back.

"Let's not think about him," Finn said. "Let's just enjoy the show with Allie."

Rachel smiled and moved closer to her husband and their daughter.

x

A few minutes later, Finn, Rachel and Allie got off the bus at Times Square. Finn put Allie in the stroller and decided to push it while they walked around. Rachel was always so in awe whenever they went to Times Square, even though it had been over a year that they'd been living here. Finn noticed Allie smile as she looked around. He was so happy that this was the place they were raising their daughter.

Rachel was walking ahead, so she was already waiting by the theatre by the time Finn and Allie got there. "We're really doing this!" Rachel said, giggling.

It made Finn so happy to see Rachel so excited. Clearly, the encounter on the bus was behind her. Finn got out the tickets as they walked into the theatre.

Their seats were in the balcony since those were less expensive. The show wasn't due to start for a while, so Rachel changed Allie's diaper before they went to their seats. As they sat down, Finn looked at Allie who was now in Rachel's arms. "This is like your mommy's favorite thing to do, Allie," he said. "Some day in the future, you and I are going to come see her in a show."

"You guys will get front row seats, right?" Rachel asked.

Finn smiled. "Of course we will!" He couldn't wait to take Allie to see Rachel in Broadway shows.

The theatre darkened and the show began. Allie was quiet during the beginning of the show, and that was a relief. Finn had been worried in the back of his mind that Allie wasn't quite ready for this, but Rachel had really wanted to do this.

During another song, the actors on the stage were loud, and Allie began talking in baby gabber. Finn and Rachel tried calming her down, but she kept babbling. The people in front of them turned around. "Get your daughter to shut up!" one of them snapped.

Finn did not like having someone talk that way about his daughter. Even though New York was a pretty liberal city, there were still people who were clearly judgemental of two young people having a child.

Finn took Allie out of Rachel's arms and cradled her to calm her down so that Rachel could enjoy the show. "Allie, they're not talking to you," Finn whispered.

Allie giggled and looked up at Finn.

"Allie, you need to be quiet," Finn whispered.

Eventually Allie calmed down, and Finn thought that she was enjoying the show. When the curtain went down for intermission, Allie was clapping along with the audience. Rachel noticed this and turned to Finn. "She enjoyed the show!"

"Yes she did!" Finn said, kissing his daughter's head.

But the people in front of them were not as happy. "You two need to keep your daughter quiet!" the same person who had complained earlier said.

"She's only one," Rachel said.

"Isn't she a little young for this?" one of the other people said.

"Then again, you two are a bit young to have a child," the first person said.

"We've got to go get a snack," Rachel said, taking Finn's hand and leading him and Allie out of the theatre, dragging the stroller in her other hand. "I hate it when people say we shouldn't be parents!" Rachel protested.

"Rachel, you are an amazing mother, and I don't think someone ten or twenty years older could be as good as you are," Finn said, kissing his wife.

"I feel the same way about you," Rachel told Finn. "And I love you and our daughter."

The family sat together in the lobby before they went back to the theatre. Allie stayed calm for the second half of the show. At the end, she was clearly excited. She was giggling and clapping as the cast took their final bow. As the theatre lit up, Finn looked at Allie. "Did you enjoy your first Broadway show, Allie?"

"Bahway," said Allie.

Finn looked at Rachel with excitement. "Did you hear that?"

"You know that this is Broadway!" Rachel said, hugging her daughter.

"Bahway," Allie said again, smiling.

"She's starting to talk!" Finn exclaimed as he put Allie in her stroller. "We'll have to tell Kurt and Blaine and Santana and Brittany when we get home. And we'll have to call our parents."

"Yes!" Rachel said as she pushed the stroller.

"Should we count this as her first word?" Finn asked. "I mean, the pronunciation wasn't quite right, but she knew what she meant."

"We'll need to ask our parents what the situation was with us," Rachel said. "But Finn, the point is, she's starting to talk!"

The couple smiled as they looked at their daughter who had fallen asleep in her stroller. "The show was during her usual nap time," Finn pointed out.

"I'm glad we went though," Rachel said. "We'll have to take her to another one soon."

"After we take her to a sports event," Finn teased his wife.

Rachel looked at Finn. "I guess that's fair."

"Of course it is," Finn said back.

x

Finn and Rachel put Allie in her crib for the nap when they got back to the apartment, but they couldn't wait to share the news with their roommates. Kurt, Blaine, Santana and Brittany were watching TV in the living room when they got back, and Finn and Rachel went to join them.

"How was the show?" Blaine asked.

"It was good," Finn said. He couldn't hold it in. "Allie said Broadway!"

"She did?!" Kurt exclaimed.

"Well, the pronunciation wasn't quite right, but we knew what she meant," Finn said, smiling and putting his arm around Rachel.

"Wow!" Brittany said. "My first word was cat."

"Of course it was," Santana said.

"I want a cat for our apartment," Brittany said.

"We'll see about that," Santana said to her girlfriend.

Rachel looked at Finn. "Allie would probably like to have a pet here."

"I think so, too," Finn said. They sat back to watch TV with their roommates until Allie was up from her nap. When Allie was up, they took her into the living room.

"Hi, Allie!" Santana said.

"Hi," Allie said.

Finn and Rachel smiled at each other. Allie had talked again, and gotten the pronunciation right this time. They were so proud of their little girl.

Chapter 4 preview: It's Puck and Quinn's wedding, and the gang heads back to Lima. Allie will be the flower girl along with Beth. Finchel sing the first dance song. Someone from the past reappears.