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Chapter 8: Bunnies

Rachel looked at the calendar and couldn't believe it. Today, she and Finn were going to take Allie to visitation day at the preschool they were hoping to send her to next year. NYADA and NYU were still on winter break, but the preschool had started up again. Kurt and Blaine were visiting Blaine's brother in Los Angeles and Santana and Brittany were visiting their families back in Lima, so the three of them were in New York by themselves.

"Do you think she'll be nervous?" Finn asked, seeing Rachel looking at the calendar.

"I don't know," Rachel said. They hadn't told Allie that they were visiting the preschool yet.

Allie came out of her room. "Morning Mommy. Morning Daddy."

"Morning Allie," Rachel said.

"Ready for breakfast?" Finn asked.

"Yes!" Allie said. The family sat down to eat breakfast before Rachel helped Allie get dressed. After Rachel dressed Allie, they decided to tell her about their plans for the day.

"Guess what we're doing today, Allie?" Finn asked.

"What?" Allie asked.

"We're visiting your preschool," Finn said.

"What's a preschool?" Allie asked.

"You know how Daddy and I go to school?" Rachel asked. "It's like a school for little kids like you."

"I don't want to go to school!" Allie said, running to her room.

Finn and Rachel didn't know why she didn't want to go, but they followed their daughter into her room. "Why don't you want to go, Allie?" Rachel asked.

"I don't like school," Allie said. "Too much boring stuff."

"Preschool isn't like the school Daddy and I go to," Rachel said. "You'll like it, there will be people like you there."

"But you said strangers bad," Allie said.

"These people will be fine," Finn said.

"I don't wanna go!" Allie pouted.

"Allie, we're only visiting," Rachel said. "We'll come home. You won't have to go for a long time."

"I wanna stay home!" Allie protested.

Finn and Rachel hadn't anticipated it being this hard. "Allie, it's like we said, you won't have to go for a long time," Finn said.

"I never wanna go!" Allie said.

Rachel had to think fast. They had to leave soon. "Allie, we have to go today, and Mommy and Daddy can't leave you home alone. If you come with us, we'll buy you a toy on the way home."

"Okay then," Allie said. Rachel and Finn looked at each other and sighed with relief. They hadn't gotten Allie any new toys since Christmas a few weeks ago anyway.

Allie seemed pretty at ease on the bus ride to the preschool. When they got off the bus, she seemed to get scared again. When Finn said it was time to get off the bus, Allie refused to get out of her seat.

"Allie, we need to get off," Rachel said. Apparently their conversation earlier was forgotten.

"I don't want to!" Allie said.

"Aren't you forgetting about the toy?" Finn asked.

"Oh," Allie said, getting off the bus. Finn and Rachel followed their daughter off and led her to the building. The preschool was part of a larger New York City public elementary school. The elementary school closest to their apartment didn't have a preschool, so this was their closest one.

The family walked in and saw that other families had begun to arrive. The kids would be in the preschool room while the parents went to a meeting. They went to the registration table, where some PTA members were checking in the preschoolers and their parents.

"Names?" the PTA officer from the elementary school asked. She gave them a weird look. Finn and Rachel were clearly in their early twenties, and Allie was clearly two and a half. When you did the calculations, things were pretty clear.

"I'm Finn Hudson, and this is my wife Rachel and our daughter Allie," Finn said.

The PTA officer checked their names off on the list and gave Allie a name tag. "She'll be in Room 124," the PTA officer told them. "Then, you two can go to the parent information meeting in the gym."

Rachel tried not to get annoyed as she walked Allie to the room. When they arrived, she turned to her daughter. "We'll see you soon, okay?"

Allie wrapped her arms around Rachel's legs. "Mommy, don't leave!"

"I have to," Rachel said. "I have to go to the parent meeting. But I'll be back later."

"Don't go!" Allie repeated.

The teacher came to the door. "Hi, I'm Ms. Seaman."

Rachel smiled. "This is Allie. She's a little shy today."

Ms. Seaman knelt down. "Hi, Allie. I'm Ms. Seaman."

Allie turned around. "Hi."

"You're going to have fun today," Ms. Seaman said. "You'll get to meet some of your friends for next year, and you can draw a picture, and we'll have a snack."

Allie managed to smile. Then she turned to Finn and Rachel. "Bye Daddy. Bye Mommy."

"Bye Allie, we love you," Finn said. He and Rachel each gave their daughter a kiss before leaving to go to the meeting.

x

When Finn and Rachel were gone, Allie stood in the preschool room and looked around. There were a few other boys and girls in the room, playing with toys, coloring or flipping through books. She'd never been with so many kids her age before.

Allie walked up to a girl playing with stuffed animals. "Hi."

"Hi!" the girl said.

"Can I play?" Allie asked.

"Yes," the girl said.

Allie picked up a bunny. "I like bunnies."

"Bunnies best!" the girl said.

Allie giggled. "I got one like this at home."

The teacher came over. "Hi, Allie. Hi, Mia. You like the bunnies?"

"Yes!" Allie said.

"You Allie?" the other girl asked. "I Mia."

"Yeah," Allie said. The girls went back to playing with the stuffed bunnies.

x

Finn and Rachel took their seats in the gym for the informational meeting. They were undoubtedly the youngest parents there. Other than the PTA officer when they came in, no one seemed to be bothered by it. Waiting for the meeting to begin, Finn wondered about Allie.

"Are you okay?" Rachel asked Finn.

"I'm fine," Finn said. "I'm just wondering if Allie's doing okay."

Rachel gave Finn a kiss. "I'm sure she is."

"Can you believe she'll be in preschool in the fall?" Finn asked.

"Hard to believe," Rachel said. "But one of the upsides of that is that we can just schedule our classes for when she's in school."

"Next year's our senior year of college!" Finn said, barely believing what he was saying.

"I know, it's nuts," Rachel said. "And this year, Katie and Anna are graduating from NYADA, and Santana's graduating from Tisch, and Quinn's graduating from Yale, and Mike's graduating from Joffrey, and Mercedes is graduating from UCLA."

"Wow," Finn said.

Someone came to the podium to speak, letting them now that it was time for the informational meeting to begin.

x

"Mommy! Daddy!" It was the end of the meeting, and Finn and Rachel saw Allie running toward them.

"Hi Allie," Rachel said. "Did you have fun today?" (Finn didn't know why Rachel was asking, Allie looked pretty happy.)

"Oh yes!" Allie said. She pointed at another girl. "That's Mia."

Finn and Rachel looked at the girl Allie was pointed to, with who they assumed was her mom. "Hi," Finn said. "I'm Finn Hudson, it looks like our daughters were playing together."

"That's great," Mia's mom said, as Finn and Rachel both breathed a sigh of relief that this woman didn't mind her daughter playing with the child of college aged parents. "Before school starts in the fall, maybe we could get the girls to play together."

"That sounds good," Rachel said. She got out a piece of paper. "Here's our phone number."

"I'll call you guys," Mia's mom said.

"Great!" Rachel said.

"Bye Mia," Allie said.

"Bye Allie," Mia said. The girls left with their families.

"So, you had fun?" Finn asked his daughter.

"So much fun!" Allie said. "They have fun toys there, they do." She picked up a piece of paper and handed it to Rachel.

"What's this?" Rachel asked as Finn looked on.

"It's me, and Mommy, and Daddy," Allie said. Finn looked on and saw a drawing with three stick figures.

"That's very nice, Allie," Finn said. "I like it."

"Ready to go get lunch?" Rachel asked.

"Oh yes!" Allie said.

The family got on the bus to a nearby restaurant for lunch. Since they'd gotten the visit out of the way, Finn felt relieved that the first day of school would probably go better in the fall. As they lined up at the restaurant, Rachel heard a voice. "Rachel! Finn! Allie!"

Finn turned and saw Beth running toward them, followed by Shelby.

"Beth! Grammy!" Allie cried.

Beth gave Allie, Finn and Rachel each a hug. "How was your preschool visit?" Shelby asked them.

"It was fun!" Allie said.

"Beth, why aren't you in school?" Finn asked.

"No school today," Beth said.

"Her school lost electricity," Shelby explained.

"Oh, I see," Finn said.

"How are the three of you doing?" Shelby asked.

"We're great," Rachel said.

"That's good," Shelby said. "Do you three want to sit with Beth and me?"

"We'd love that," Rachel said.

Finn, Rachel and Allie went to join Shelby and Beth at their table. It made Finn and Rachel happy to see their daughter getting along so well with Puck and Quinn's daughter, who was also Rachel's sister.

"So, NYADA's going well?" Shelby asked Rachel.

"Yeah, it is," Rachel said. Finn felt good when Rachel said that, as he knew the beginning of her time at NYADA hadn't been easy. Now that Cassandra July wasn't working there and Rachel had friends there, things were a lot better.

They sat at the restaurant for nearly an hour before Shelby and Beth took off for their house and Rachel, Finn and Allie began heading home. As Finn and Rachel began looking at the bus map, Allie tugged on Finn's sleave. "Daddy?"

"What is it, Allie?" Finn asked.

"Don't forget, you and Mommy said I can get a new toy," Allie said.

Finn and Rachel smiled at each other. Allie never forgot anything. "Guess we'd better get to the store then," Rachel said.

Finn and Rachel took Allie to the store to pick out a toy. She picked out a stuffed bunny and told them that it looked just like the one they had at the preschool.

"What's her name?" Finn asked Allie on the bus ride home.

"Bunny," Allie said.

Finn and Rachel smiled at each other. "I like that name," Rachel said.

"Bunny likes you, Mommy and Daddy," Allie said.

"Awww, we like Bunny too," Rachel said.

"When can I go back?" Allie asked.

"Not till the fall," Rachel said.

"You go every day!" Allie pouted. "No fair!"

Finn laughed. By the time Allie was their age, she'd probably wish she didn't have to go to school every day.

Chapter 8 preview: Finn, Blaine and some of Finn's friends from NYU take Allie to a game. Another Glee couple gets engaged.