Hi everyone! Thanks so much for all your support. Originally the plan was for this story to be 60 chapters, but I decided to make it a little longer so I didn't feel rushed to the end. Again, thanks so much for all your support. Enjoy this chapter and review if you want me to continue :)
Chapter 59: First Crush
Finn and Rachel looked up at the screen, two silouettes moving around. Rachel was about four months pregnant now, and today, if possible, they could find out the genders of their babies.
"I can tell you that both your babies are doing great," the doctor said. "They're both perfectly healthy. Now, would you like to know the genders?"
"Yes, please," Finn said, holding in his excitement.
"You've got two little boys in there!" the doctor said.
"Boys!" Rachel squealed as she smiled at Finn. They would have been happy with more girls too, but they'd been hoping for boys so they could have both.
"Yup, two boys," the doctor said. "I'll go print some pictures for you."
"I'm so excited!" Finn said to Rachel as the doctor left.
"Me too!" Rachel agreed.
After the doctor gave them the photos and they began to head home, Finn turned to Rachel. "So, any names in mind for our little guys?"
"Do you still like Christopher William Hudson for one of them?" Rachel asked Finn.
"Yeah," Finn said. "I've always known I want to name my son after my dad. And Mr. Schue was like a dad to me."
"Okay, so we have one name," Rachel said. "Any other ideas?"
"We could name him after one of your dads," Finn suggested.
"Eh, I don't really like my dads' names," Rachel laughed.
"Well, I'm telling you now, we aren't naming him after any characters from Broadway shows," Finn said.
"Fine," Rachel said. "But we aren't naming him after any star athletes either."
"Didn't we have this conversation with both the girls?" Finn asked.
"Yeah, we did," Rachel admitted. "Our other little guy needs a name though."
They both thought for a few minutes. "How about Liam?" Finn said. "We're naming our other son after my dad, and Liam has a little bit of both your dads' names in it."
"I like that," Rachel said, smiling and putting her hand on her baby bump. "Now, what's his middle name going to be?"
"You pick," Finn said. "I picked out his first name."
They were both quiet for another few minutes. "Burt," Rachel said. "Liam Burt Hudson. That way, our boys will have all the father figures in our lives in their names. And I think that sounds good."
Finn smiled at his wife. "So do I. So, should we tell the girls they're getting a brother?"
"We want to keep it a secret still!" Rachel protested.
"Okay," Finn agreed. They drove back to their apartment and went inside, where their daughters were watching TV with Kurt and Blaine. "Did you guys have fun?" Rachel asked as she came in.
"Yeah!" Caylie said. "I love Uncle Kurt and Uncle Blaine."
"We love them too," Blaine said. "And besides, it's nice to get to hang out with them when the kids are with their mommies."
"So, how's the baby?" Kurt asked.
"The baby's fine," Finn said, trying to resist telling his daughters, brother and brother-in-law that it was two babies, two little boys. He and Rachel really wanted it to be a surprise that it was twins, and they worried that if they revealed that it was one boy, it might slip out that there were two.
"Can we see the pictures?" Allie asked.
"You sure can," Finn said as he showed the photos to his daughters, brother and brother in law.
"I wonder if he'll be tall like you, Daddy?" Caylie asked.
"It's tough for anyone to be as tall as your daddy," Rachel said. It was so hard to not tell their daughters that they were going to have two little brothers.
x
Allie looked through the closet, trying to find something nice to wear to school. Last week a new boy named Justin had moved to New York from New Hampshire and was in Allie's class. Allie thought he was cute, but he hadn't really noticed her.
Allie looked at the dresses she'd worn at the various Glee weddings. The only one that would really fit her now was the one she'd worn for Joe and Kitty's wedding, since the one for Jake and Harmony's wedding hadn't arrived yet. She'd liked the dress from her parents' wedding best, but that was naturally too small now. She put on the dress from Joe and Kitty's wedding, also slipping on tights and a cardigan to keep herself warm (it was December, after all). Then she went to join her parents and Caylie for breakfast. The Christmas tree was on, they always turned it on at breakfast time during the weeks leading up to Christmas.
"Allie, what are you wearing?" Finn asked.
"My dress from Aunt Kitty and Uncle Joe's wedding," Allie said.
"I think that dress is a little too nice for you to wear to school," Finn said. "I don't want anything to get on it."
Allie tried to think of something to say that wouldn't give it away to her parents. "But I like this dress!"
"I know you do, I like the dresses we wear for weddings too," Rachel said. "But you should wear something more casual for school."
Allie pouted and went back to her room. Somehow, she had to get Justin to notice her. She sighed as she took off the dress and instead put on a skirt, a blouse and a cardigan. It was still nice, but not as fancy as the dress from the wedding. She went back to the living room. "Okay, Dad, I'm ready for school."
Finn and Rachel looked at Allie. "Is there a special event at school today that we don't know about?" Rachel asked.
"No, I just want to wear some nice clothes," Allie lied.
Finn and Rachel both looked suspicious. "Okay then."
x
"Are you going to some Broadway event after school today or something?" Mia asked Allie when they got to school.
"No," Allie said as she and Mia put their bookbags in their lockers. She wasn't sure if she wanted to tell anyone, not even her friends, that she had a crush. The girls went to sit at their desks as Allie saw Justin come in.
"Hi Justin," Allie said.
"Hi Allie," Justin said.
"Do you like New York?" Allie asked. At least she'd gotten the nerve to talk to him.
"It's big," Justin said.
"Yeah, it is, but I love it here," Allie said.
"You're the one whose mom was on Broadway, right?" Justin asked.
He knew that? How? "Yeah, she was," Allie said. Maybe he'd come to one of Rachel's shows sometime?
Justin went back to his seat and started talking to one of the other boys in the class. "Why were you talking to a boy?" Mia asked Allie.
"He's new here, so I wanted to be nice," Allie said. That at least could seem believable.
"Okay," Mia said. "So, didn't your mom find out if the baby was a boy or a girl yesterday?"
"She still won't tell us!" Allie pouted.
"What do you think it is?" Abby said as she sat down next to Allie and Mia.
"I think it's a boy, but I want to know!" Allie said.
"Maybe she'll tell you at Christmas," Abby said.
"I hope," Allie sighed.
x
The next day, Allie was determined to have another talk with Justin. She had another skirt that she could wear to school today, as well as another blouse. She went into the living room and saw her parents. Right away, Rachel said, "Dressed up again today, I see."
"I like skirts," Allie said.
"So did you when we were in elementary school," Finn said.
"I did," Rachel said.
Allie sat down and began eating her breakfast, glad her parents didn't say anything more. She was sure they'd ask too many questions if she said anything. She just treated it like any other school day and was talking to her friends, but watched out of the corner of her eye when Justin arrived. He didn't seem to notice her. That only made her want him to notice her more.
At lunch that day, Allie and her friends were sitting at their table when Allie felt a nudge. She looked up and saw Justin, not believing he'd come up to her. "Hey," she said.
"Hey Allie," Justin said. "You have a red spot on the back of your skirt."
Allie groaned. Red spot. She knew what that meant. Her period was back. Rachel had told her that it would be less consistent during the first few months, but it had been consistent so far. This was a week earlier than she expected it this month though.
Out of all the things the boy she was interested in could have noticed, this was it.
"Thank you," Allie said before getting up from her table and going to the bathroom. Her mom had told her that cold water was good for getting blood stains out of clothes, so she had to rinse her skirt. Of course, then there was the issue of having a wet skirt the rest of the day.
She didn't understand why her period had started so early. Her mom hadn't gotten hers until right before she started high school, and she read that most girls started in middle school.
"Are you okay?" Allie looked behind her in the bathroom. Mia, Abby and Gracie had followed her there.
"He had to notice the stain on my skirt," Allie groaned.
"Are you okay?" Gracie asked. "DOn't worry, he's just a stupid guy."
"He's a cute guy," Allie sighed, then noticed her friends' looks. "Don't tell anyone."
"What happned to your skirt?" Abby asked.
Allie sighed. "I got my period." She almost felt bad saying the word. She hated the blood, hated the cramps she got in her stomach.
"What's a period?" Mia asked.
Allie remembered what Rachel told her. "It's when blood comes out of the part of your body that makes babies."
Gracie made a face. "Ew. That sounds gross."
"It'll happen to you guys, too," Allie said. "It happens to all girls."
x
"Bad day at school?" Rachel asked Allie.
Allie sighed and looked at her mom. "Yeah. My period came back and the cute boy noticed that there was blood on my skirt." She groaned at the memory.
"Cute boy?" Rachel asked, looking interested.
Allie looked down. "Yeah, the boy who just moved here from New Hampshire."
Rachel smiled. "Well, when you're old enough you'll have no trouble getting boys to date you. But you're too young."
Allie sighed. "I know." Her parents had told her before that she couldn't date until high school. "I just wish he hadn't noticed THAT, Mom. Abby and Gracie and Mia don't have their periods yet."
"I know it's upsetting," Rachel said as she put her arm around her daughter. "It's probably hard seeing your friends not dealing with this when you have to. But it's like I told you, this happens to all girls eventually."
"Do you think he'll make fun of me?" Allie asked.
"I'm sure he won't," Rachel said. "At your age, most people don't know what it is. He'll probably forget by tomorrow."
"You're lucky you and Dad found each other," Allie said. Even though she was young, she'd already began thinking about boys.
"You'll find your someone - when you're old enough," Rachel teased.
Allie laughed. "Thanks, Mom."
Chapter 60 preview: Finn, Rachel and Allie start teaching Caylie how to read. Allie visits the middle school.
