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Chapter 5: Family Vacation

"Are you excited to go to the beach?" Rachel asked Allie as she tickled her daughter's feet.

"Yes!" Allie said.

Rachel smiled to herself. Allie had a few basic words down and this was one of them. After all, she would be turning two at the end of the summer. But this was only the beginning of the summer. NYADA and NYU were both out for the summer, and Rachel, Finn and Allie were taking their first trip as a family - just the three of them - to Cape Cod. Finn and Rachel decided that it would be fun to take Allie to a beach.

The semester had gone well for both Rachel and Finn. They'd set up their schedules so that there was always someone home with Allie, and they'd both gotten pretty good grades. Even when they were both studying at home, someone would always be with Allie.

Rachel had performed in the spring showcase again, but Kurt and Blaine had won with their duet, "Come What May." Finn and Rachel had agreed that it was the best duet Kurt and Blaine had ever done and that they deserved to win.

Rachel heard a knock on the door. "Come in!"

Kurt came in and picked up Allie, who was lying on the bed. "We're going to miss you guys while you're on vacation," he said, sitting on the bed.

"I'll miss you too," Rachel said. "But you'll still have Blaine, Santana and Brittany."

"Yeah, Santana and Brittany are getting back from their trip tonight," Kurt said.

"Do you think you and Blaine will go on vacation this summer?" Rachel asked.

"I'd like to," Blaine said from the door.

"You should," Rachel said, finishing putting clothes in suitcases.

"Are you going to miss me and Kurt when you go to the beach?" Blaine asked Allie.

"Beach!" Allie said, looking excited.

"She's excited to be going, but of course she'll miss you," Rachel said. She stroked her daughter's brown hair as Kurt held her.

"She'll be wearing the swimsuit I got her at the beach, right?" Kurt asked.

"The one with the gold stars on it?" Rachel asked. "Of course she will!"

"Good!" Kurt said.

Finn came into the bedroom. "Hey," he said, kissing Rachel and Allie.

"You got the stuff you think we'll need on the plane?" Rachel asked her husband.

"I did," Finn said. "I'm so excited! Our first family vacation!"

Rachel smiled at Finn. "Me too."

Allie reached for Finn. Finn picked her up. "Hey baby girl, Daddy missed you."

"Daddy!" Allie said.

"You three probably should get going soon," Blaine said.

Rachel looked at her watch. "Yeah, we should. Almost ready, Finn?"

Finn looked at the suitcases Rachel had packed. "Yeah, let's go."

"We'll see you guys in a week," Blaine said, giving Allie a hug.

Rachel gave Kurt and Blaine each a hug. "Bye, guys. Take care of the apartment." She put Allie in her stroller as she and Finn took their bags and headed for the airport.

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Finn felt Rachel nudge him. "Finn, the plane landed."

Finn opened his eyes and looked at Rachel. "Oh no. I'm sorry Rach. I should have been helping you with Allie." He just realized he'd slept the whole time. He'd never been a good flyer or liked planes very much, and he felt like a wuss for sleeping on a flight from New York to Boston.

"Allie was fine," Rachel said, smiling.

Finn smiled with relief. "Good." He took his daughter out of his wife's arms. Even though they'd had her for two years, neither of them could get enough of her. They got off the plane and caught the bus from Boston to Cape Cod. Allie fell asleep on the bus, but when they arrived, Finn gave her a small nudge to wake her up.

"Beach, daddy?" Allie asked.

Finn smiled, knowing that Allie knew where they were going. "Not yet, sweetheart. We'll be there soon though."

Allie smiled as they walked from the bus stop to their hotel, which was only a few blocks away. The hotel was also within walking distance of the beach, and once Finn and Rachel got some rest, they intended to take Allie to the beach. They checked into the hotel, got the hotel's crib for Allie, and went up to their room. Allie was walking around the room as Finn and Rachel unpacked. They turned on the TV with cartoons for her to watch as they rested. It turned out that Allie's favorite cartoon from back home was on, so the timing turned out well.

After some time of resting, Rachel looked at Allie. "Do you want to go to the beach now?"

Allie smiled. "YES!"

"I thought so," Rachel said. Finn and Rachel helped Allie into her swimsuit and put on theirs, then got their beach bag and their swimsuits and walked to the beach. When they arrived, Allie immediately seemed fascinated by the sand and the ocean.

"This is the beach, Allie," Finn said.

"BEACH!" Allie said with excitement in her voice.

The family put down their bags as Rachel lay down on the sand. Allie began throwing sand on top of Rachel when Finn got an idea. He leaned over and whispered in his daughter's ear, "Let's bury Mommy in the sand!"

"YEAH!" Allie said. The two of them took handfuls of sand and began putting them on top of Rachel. Rachel was lying still, so Finn could tell she knew what they were doing and going along with it, but then she said, "Finn, Allie, what are you doing?"

"Nothing!" Allie giggled.

"Nothing!" Finn backed his daughter up. As Allie continued to put sand on top of Rachel, he took out his phone and snapped a photo, then sent it to Facebook. Within minutes, he felt his phone vibrate with a new notification: "Kurt Hummel likes your photo."

Allie finished covering Rachel's legs and then came over to Finn. "What now?"

Finn put his phone back in the beach bag and began covering Rachel's chest with sand. Allie caught on and went along. "Are you two trying to cover me up completely?" Rachel asked.

Finn and Allie didn't say anything, they both just giggled. Soon enough, Rachel was buried all the way up to her shoulders. Finn took out his phone again and took another photo to send to Facebook, noticing that he had notifications that Blaine, Brittany, Mercedes and Tina had liked the previous photo too.

"Can I come out now?" Rachel asked.

"Mommy!" Allie wailed.

"I guess you can," Finn said. He and Allie helped Rachel get the sand off her. As she stood up, Finn smirked as he noticed how cute Rachel looked in a bikini.

"What is it?" Rachel asked.

"You look so sexy in a bikini," Finn said.

Allie giggled as Rachel put her hands our her daughter's ears. "Finn, she's a little young to hear things like that."

"She has your genes," Finn said. "By the time she's old enough, the boys will be all over her."

Rachel smiled and kissed Finn. "How about we go into the water now?"

Finn nodded as he took one of Allie's hands and Rachel took the other. Together, they walked to the water, where the waves were coming in. Finally, they stood in the water, and Allie babbled excitedly as the waves came in. Every time a wave crashed, Finn and Rachel lifted their daughter up to jump over a wave every time one came in. Allie seemed to love that, but they didn't pick her up in time for one wave, and it knocked her over. Finn picked her up quickly.

"Are you okay?" Finn asked.

Allie started crying and wrapped her arms around Finn's neck. Rachel gently rubbed her daughter's back. "It's okay, Allie."

Allie reached out and took Rachel's hand. "Maybe we should go away from the water for a little to calm her down," Rachel said.

Finn nodded in agreement as the family walked back to the sand where their towels were. Allie seemed to have calmed down once they were back on the sand. As Finn and Rachel sat down on their towels, Allie began crawling around the nearby area. She picked up a seashell and showed it to her parents. "Mommy! Daddy! Look!"

"That's a seashell, Allie," Finn said.

"Keep it?" Allie asked.

"Of course you can," Rachel said.

"Yay!" Allie said. She put it on the towel and pointed to the water.

"You want to go back?" Finn asked.

Allie nodded.

"Okay," Rachel said. "We'll have to make sure you don't get knocked over this time." They walked to the water and Allie began splashing Finn and Rachel. The waves came in, and they managed to lift her up whenever one came in. After a few hours at the beach, the family went to dinner on the pier. After dinner, they got ice cream for Allie and helped her eat it. They then returned to the hotel for the night, deciding to give their daughter a bath and read to her before bed.

As Rachel filled the bath, Finn held Allie, who giggled and pointed to the bath. "Yes, it's bath time," Rachel said. "This water isn't as fun as the beach, but it's still fun."

"She does love the water!" Finn said.

"She does," Rachel agreed, taking Allie out of Finn's arms and placing her in the tub. "We need to get all this sand off you."

Allie began splashing when she got in, even splashing a little on Rachel and Finn. Finn tapped his daughter on the back. "Now Allie, we don't splash Mommy and Daddy!"

"Look at her having fun," Rachel said.

"She's been having a lot of fun today," Finn said.

"She has," Rachel said. "Are you having fun, Finn?"

"Yes," Finn said. "Are you?"

"Yes," Rachel said. "I'm so glad we decided to do this." She lifted her daughter out of the bath tub and dried her off. "Time for bed now, missy."

"No bed!" Allie said.

Rachel smiled. "Allie, it's late. But we'll go back to the beach tomorrow."

"Yay!" Allie said. The family went into the hotel room, where Finn and Rachel read to Allie, who fell asleep on their bed. They gently put her in bed and then turned to each other.

"I love you," Finn whispered to Rachel.

"I love you too," Rachel said. "And I love our little girl."

Chapter 6 preview: Finn and Rachel return to school. How will Allie take it, after being used to having them around all the time and playing with them all summer? Also, Rachel prepares for a Broadway audition!