Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated this in a while. I try to update my stories at equal pace, but I got confused about which one I needed to update next. Anyway, I hope this chapter was worth the wait! As always, review if you want me to continue!
Chapter 15: Baby Puckerman
"Isn't Nibbles cute?" Allie asked, standing by her rabbit's cage and feeding a carrot.
Rachel smiled as she watched Nibbles eat the carrot. "Yes she is!"
Allie took the lid off the cage and patted her rabbit's head. "I love you, Nibbles."
Santana and Brittany came into the living room. "Rachel, we're wanted on Skype," Brittany said.
"What's going on?" Rachel asked.
"I don't know, I just got a text from Mercedes saying she had to talk with us ASAP on Skype," Santana said.
"Can't it wait until Finn and Blaine get back from the Knicks game?" Rachel asked.
"Apparently not," Santana said.
"Okay," Rachel said. "I'll be right back, Allie."
"Grown up stuff?" Allie asked.
Rachel honestly didn't know. "We'll see." She followed Santana and Brittany into their bedroom, where Kurt was sitting in front of the computer.
"Okay, let's find out," Brittany said as Kurt logged on to the computer. Mercedes had graduated last year, and her band had come out with two albums and was performing open acts at various concerts throughout the Los Angeles area. Maybe her band had gotten a big break?
Kurt called Mercedes on Skype and she answered the call almost immediately. "Good thing all four of you are here!" Mercedes said when she picked up the call. Then she held up her finger. She had a ring on her finger.
"Is that what I think it is?" Rachel asked. She hoped it was, ever since prom their junior year, she thought Sam and Mercedes were perfect for each other.
"Yes it is!" Mercedes said. "Sam took me out to dinner tonight and then he proposed."
"That's amazing!" Rachel said. "Let me go get Allie so she can see the ring."
"Yes, get her!" Mercedes said. Rachel went into the living room to get Allie as she heard Kurt, Santana and Brittany telling Mercedes about how cool her ring was.
"Allie, guess what?" Rachel said.
Allie looked up from her book. "What, Mommy?"
"Aunt Mercedes and Uncle Sam are getting married!" Rachel said.
"Yay!" Allie said.
"Want to see the ring he gave her?" Rachel asked.
Allie jumped up. "Yes!"
Rachel took her daughter's hand and walked her back to where the skyping was taking place. "Santana, you'll be my Maid of Honor, right?" Mercedes asked on Skype.
"Of course I will!" Santana said.
"Apparently Sam already asked Blaine to be the best man," Mercedes said. "I'm surprised Blaine didn't let it out that Sam was proposing."
"He's good at keeping secrets," Kurt said.
Mercedes then seemed to notice Allie. "Hi, Allie!"
"Hi, Aunt Mercedes," Allie said. "Can I see your ring?"
"Of course!" Mercedes said, holding up her hand.
Allie looked at the screen. "Wow, it's so pretty."
"You'll be the flower girl, right?" Mercedes asked.
"Duh!" Allie said.
Rachel smiled. "I think Allie's already committed to every Glee wedding."
"Are you getting excited for yours?" Mercedes asked Kurt.
"Yes!" Kurt said. "I wish it would come already."
"I almost forgot to ask, Rachel, Brittany, you two will be bridesmaids, right?" Mercedes asked.
"Yeah," Brittany said.
"Of course!" Rachel added.
"I'm also going to ask Quinn, Tina, Sugar, my sister and Sam's sister," Mercedes said. "Sam's also going to ask Finn, Kurt, Mike, Artie, Puck, Rory, Joe and his brother to be groomsmen."
"You can tell him I say yes," Kurt said.
"Speaking of Quinn, how is she?" Mercedes asked. "That baby should be coming any day now."
"She's doing fine, from what we've heard," Rachel said. "Puck told Finn she's been tired a lot, but so was I, the last few weeks."
"At least she's already done it once," Brittany said.
"I should probably Skype some of the others," Mercedes told the group. "But I'll see you at Kurt and Blaine's wedding in a few weeks."
"We can't wait!" Brittany said as they logged off.
"Wow, another wedding!" Rachel said.
"Aunt Brittany, Aunt Santana, when will you two get married?" Allie asked.
Rachel gave her daughter a look. "Allie!"
"It's fine, Allie," Santana said. "Hopefully, it'll be soon."
x
With graduation fast approaching, Finn was getting even more stressed about whether not he'd have a job after he graduated. Sure, he was expecting to graduate from NYU with honors, but he was living in the biggest city on Earth, and he was pretty typical in terms of how good he was at things.
He admitted to himself - this was probably the job he wanted the most out of the jobs he'd applied for. He'd applied all over New York for jobs. But he knew he wanted a career in teaching. Working with the New Directions the fall semester after he graduated high school had proved that to him. This job would be the ideal one because it was at the school Allie would be attending for elementary school. He admitted that he was jealous that Blake had already gotten a job for after graduation working in the communications department for the New York Jets.
"You can do this," Finn told himself as he walked in. Rachel was at classes now, as were all their roommates, and Allie was at preschool.
Someone came into the waiting area after Finn checked in. "Are you Finn?"
"Yeah," Finn said.
"Come with me," the person said. "I'm the human resources director, Michael Cummingham."
"Nice to meet you," Finn said as he followed the communications director to his office.
When they got to the office, Finn sat down, trying to calm himself down. He'd applied to other jobs to...
"So, Finn, you're just about to graduate from NYU?"
Finn nodded.
"I see you're graduating with honors, and that you also graduated from high school with honors."
"Yeah," Finn said. "My grades at high school weren't the best at the beginning, but I joined Glee club and that changed my life. The teacher who led Glee club really inspired me in all aspects of my life, he helped me become a better singer, a better drummer, a better student and a better student. He's actually who inspired me to go into education."
"Very nice. So, what's your college career been like?"
"I actually have a daughter who was born right before I started at NYU, so I've spent the last few years working hard to give her a nice life. My wife and I have been doing our best to take care of her and get our degrees, because she's so important to us."
"I admire you for sticking with school even after your daughter was born. So many young people give up college after their children are born."
That boosted Finn's confidence. "My wife and I have been in love since we were sophomores in high school, she and my daughter are my whole world." He went on to talk about his work with the New Directions and the leadership roles he had in high school. When the communications director told him it was time to go, Finn had a feeling the interview had gone well.
x
Finn rang the doorbell of Puck and Quinn's apartment building as Rachel held Allie's hand. They'd wanted to come visit Quinn and Puck for a while, and Rachel remembered how hard pregnancy could be during the last few weeks. They'd put together a care package for Quinn.
Finn heard Puck's voice on the speaker. "Finn, Rachel, Allie, is that you?"
"Yeah!" Allie said.
"Come on in," Puck said as he buzzed the door. The Hudsons got on the elevator and went up to Quinn and Puck's floor, knocking on the door of their apartment.
Puck came to the door and opened it. "Good thing you guys are here."
"How's Quinn?" Rachel asked.
"She's having mood swings," Puck said. "Maybe seeing you three will cheer her up."
"Puck, may I please have some tea?" Finn heard Quinn moan.
"Sure thing, babe," Puck called. Finn, Rachel and Allie went into the living room. Allie gave Quinn a hug.
"Hey, Allie!" Quinn said, managing to smile.
"Hi, Aunt Quinn," Allie said. "Are you excited to have the baby?"
"I am," Quinn said. "He's moving around a lot today."
Rachel handed Quinn the care package. "I remembered how hard this time is, so I thought you could use some things to cheer you up."
Quinn gave Rachel a hug. "Thank you, Rachel."
Puck came back in the room. "Here's the tea you wanted, Q."
"Thanks," Quinn said, taking the tea from her husband. "Now that Finn, Rachel and Allie are here, can you please stop worrying about leaving me alone and go work on that crib?"
"All right, all right," Puck said.
"I can help if you want," Finn offered.
"Thanks bro," Puck said. They left Quinn, Rachel and Allie in the living room as Puck led Finn down the hall into the bedroom. "This is going to be his room."
Finn looked around. "It looks nice so far."
"We painted it green, Quinn thought painting a baby boy's room green was too cliche," Puck told Finn.
Finn began to put together the pieces of the crib that were on the floor, remembering when Rachel had called him a cliche back in high school.
"Thanks for helping me with this," Puck said, noticing that Finn had begun to put the crib together. "I'm afraid to leave Quinn for more than a minute."
"It's okay, man," Finn said. "I felt the same way about Rachel when she was pregnant with Allie. But Rachel went through this, so I'm sure she'll make sure nothing bad happens to Quinn."
Finn and Puck continued putting the crib together and had just finished when they heard a scream from the living room. "PUCK!"
Finn recognized the tone of Quinn's voice. Puck looked at Finn, as if he was asking if this was what he thought it was, and Finn nodded. Finn and Puck then took off for the living room, where Quinn was breathing heavily and holding Rachel's hand. Allie just stood there looking confused.
Quinn looked up at Puck. "My water just broke."
"We'll get you to the hospital," Puck said. He got his keys off the table and threw them at Finn. "Go get our car!"
Finn made a rush for their garage and got the car, pulling it up to the front of the apartment building. He sent a text to Rachel when he got there. Puck ran out carrying Quinn, and Rachel and Allie followed close behind.
"It's all right man, I'll drive," Finn said. Puck, Quinn and Allie got in the back seat while Rachel got in front next to Finn. Finn drove as quickly as he could to the hospital. When they got there, Rachel checked them in while Puck got a wheelchair for Quinn. As Puck began to wheel Quinn into the maternity ward, Quinn called out that she wanted Rachel with them too. So Rachel went to the delivery room while Finn and Allie sat in the waiting room.
"Is Aunt Quinn going to be okay?" Allie asked.
"Of course she will," Finn told his daughter. "She's just having the baby."
"Okay," Allie said.
Finn got out his phone to call Jake in New York and Quinn's mom and Puck's mom back in Lima. He also called Santana and Brittany, who said they'd catch a train as soon as they could with Jake. He didn't call Shelby because Puck had told him he wanted to be the one to call Beth.
A few hours passed, and there was no word from the delivery room. Finn was tempted to send Rachel a text, but he knew that Quinn was probably freaking out, and Rachel was needed to help calm her down. He hoped there would be news soon, since Allie was complaining about how bored she was in the waiting room.
"Hey, Finn. Hey Allie," Finn heard Jake say. He looked up and saw Jake coming in with Brittany, Santana, Kurt and Blaine.
"No baby yet!" Allie told them.
"I was about to ask," Jake said. "Sara texted me, she said that she and her mom got a flight tonight. Harmony, Ryder and Marley are going to come in later."
"It's taking longer than it took Rachel," Santana pointed out.
"So now Rachel's doing what I had to do when that was her," Kurt said.
"And I think I did a good job!" The group looked up and saw Rachel.
"Any news, Rach?" Blaine asked.
Rachel smiled wide. "Jake, you have a nephew."
"How's Quinn?" Santana asked.
"She's doing great," Rachel said. "Well, now she is anyway."
"Can we see her, Mommy?" Allie asked. "And the baby?"
Rachel picked up her daughter. "Of course we can." Rachel took Allie's hand and they led Finn, Jake, Santana, Brittany, Kurt and Blaine to the room. Quinn looked exhausted in the hospital bed, but she and Puck were looking at the baby. Finn was reminded of the first time he and Rachel held Allie.
Puck looked up, noticing they had visitors. He nudged Quinn, who looked at them, looking so happy.
"Who's this handsome young man?" Kurt asked.
"This is Daniel Jacob Puckerman," Puck said.
"You're naming him after me?" Jake asked.
"Of course I am," Puck said. "And I was wondering, would you like to be his godfather?"
"I'd love to," Jake said.
"We're going to ask Sara to be his godmother when she gets here," Quinn said.
Finn looked at the baby. He had Quinn's eyes and mouth, but his nose, hair and face shape were like Puck's. "He looks so much like both of you."
"He's so cute," Allie said.
"Are you excited to have a little cousin, Allie?" Quinn asked.
"I am!" Allie said, looking at Daniel and smiling.
"I'm so glad we don't have to give him up," Puck said.
"I bet you are," Finn said.
"That reminds me, we should call Beth so she can meet her brother," Puck said.
"You'd better!" Santana said.
"I'm so glad they have a baby now, too," Rachel whispered to Finn.
"So am I," Finn whispered back.
Chapter 16 preview: I'm still deciding, maybe Klaine's wedding? Or it might be more of Finchel looking for post graduation jobs and Allie at preschool. Sorry to keep you hanging.