A/N: I know I promised to be better but my muse has been testy lately as has my schedule. Please please bear with me, I have so many plans for this it's just a matter of getting the story in my head into words.
CrazyCaz - Thank you for sticking with me and this crazy story. Hopefully, her dads will come around in the long run but until then I'd say she's got a pretty decent support system.
Blue Moon Solstice - Sadly her dads anger got the best of them and people say things that they may not really mean when they're angry.
MsAllea- Maybe eventually they'll realize that they were wrong but until then Rachel has to focus on her baby or else she may lose it mentally.
Guest - You'll just have to wait and see how things go with her fathers and how things develop with people reacting to her and Noah as well as the baby. She won't be attending McKinely though, at least not right now.
Sammiloves2write - Thanks for all the love, I really appreciate it.
Gwennie49 - Her fathers didn't listen but Rachel also didn't give them a chance to calm down either so there was probably a lot left unresolved there. We'll just have to wait and see how things play out.
akd25101- Thanks for taking the time to comment. Hope you enjoy the new chapter!
Seeing as Rachel was supposed to start school the Monday following her father's outburst, Mrs. Puckerman insisted on sitting down and discussing with the two teenagers how they were going to handle this. Obviously, Rachel couldn't drive back and forth every day, that was just too much. She'd suggested having Rachel enrolled at McKinley, but that was furiously denied by Noah who insisted that there was no way he was putting her through the torment she would be bound to receive at the hands of his classmates. He'd been through that with Quinn and seeing as Rachel was a nobody there it would only be worse for her.
Ultimately, it was decided that Rachel would enroll in cyber school. She had the work ethic to manage it on her own and it would provide the best possible alternative for her to still graduate while going through the pregnancy and having a baby to care for. Seeing as she'd always been a good student, Rachel found the first week easier than she had expected. That weekend she and Noah drove back to her house to gather the remainder of her things and to leave a note for her fathers letting them know that she was alright and taken care of. She was still angry and upset with them but she figured that they should at least know that she was alright.
The next few weeks passed without incident, Noah returned to school as well and when Rachel wasn't battling morning sickness or doing schoolwork she was helping around the house: doing laundry, fixing meals, and cleaning up. Everyone had insisted that she didn't have to but since Mrs. Puckerman was putting a roof over her head she felt like it was the least she could do, especially since it seemed like the house needed it.
It had been three weeks since Rachel had discovered she was pregnant and today she and Noah were heading down to her doctor's for the next sonogram. While Rachel had seen the baby once already and Noah had seen the picture from that visit, this time he was going to be there with her and that meant everything.
After signing in at the office, Rachel sat down next to her boyfriend and reached for his hand. "Everything is going to be fine…" She whispered being able to sense his nerves. She couldn't tell if they were from just being at an obstetrician's or whether he was worried about her and the baby but she really just wanted him to calm down so that they could enjoy this together.
When she was settled in the room and the doctor entered, he seemed surprised to see that she had company. "May I assume this is the baby's father?" He asked, and when Rachel nodded he reached a hand out to shake Noah's. "Well we're glad you're here and I'm sure you're excited to see this little one, am I right?"
"Excited but nervous at the same time," Noah admitted, and Rachel took his hand, pulling it up to her mouth to press a kiss softly against it.
"I keep telling him that everything is going to be fine but I don't think he's going to believe it unless it comes from you Dr." She explained, swinging her legs back and forth as a way of trying to channel her own nerves. The doctor proceeded to ask her a few questions, assuring her that her morning sickness was entirely normal before he suggested that they get things started. Now that Rachel was a little further along in her pregnancy he explained that they were going to attempt a normal ultrasound and only if that didn't work would they proceed with a vaginal. Rachel was more than okay with that as she was sure Noah was as well by the look on his face. Simply draping a paper shield over her lower half after lifting up her dress, Rachel leaned back against the table as the Doctor got things set up.
It was only a minute or so later before the cold gel was squirted on her stomach and the doctor moved the wand first to check on the mass before moving to the baby. "Good news Miss Berry, it appears as though the mass is about 30% smaller than it was our last visit and that its density is waning as well. I can't see it posing any problems for you or the baby though we will continue to keep a close eye on it."
Already Rachel was tearing up, hearing that things were going smoothly on that front was a huge relief and now she just wanted to see her little one again. When it appeared on the screen it looked a little bit like a jelly bean but it was certainly more recognizable all the same. "Noah….that's our baby…" She breathed, her cheeks wet with the happy tears that kept falling. As the doctor checked the heartbeat and assured them that everything looked and sounded perfect, Rachel felt Noah grab her hand and she glanced over at him, seeing the awe on his face as he clearly fought back tears himself.
After getting confirmation that she was about 9 weeks and 3 days pregnant, the doctor reminded her of a few things including getting prenatal vitamins if she hadn't already. Then he flipped the machine off after printing their pictures and handed Rachel a towel to clean up her stomach with. Leaving them alone, Rachel slid off of the table and moved to stand in front of her baby's father. "So...what do you think?" She asked, giggling softly when he leaned in to kiss her stomach before standing up and pulling her into his arms.
"I think that you are amazing…" He murmured sure that he had never had feelings as strong as the ones he was having right now for this woman. "I'm honestly kind of in disbelief right now. That's our baby Rach and already that little bean is pretty freaking incredible."
"More than a little incredible." She agreed. "I love him or her so much already and I'll never be able to thank you enough for giving them to me." Her hormones were evident and while they were still very new to this whole relationship thing, they were both in deeper than they'd initially envisioned.
Realizing that they should probably head up to schedule her next appointment and to gather the pictures, they left the exam room and then the office minutes later. The entire drive home, Rachel couldn't stop staring at the picture of their child and when they arrived back at the house, his mother was waiting for them, eager to share in their excitement.
Rachel was sure that Mrs. Puckerman nearly lost it upon seeing her grandchild and the tears that filled the woman's eyes had mirrored her own. This baby was going to be so very loved by this family and Rachel felt luckier and luckier by the minute. Despite everything, today, this….it told her that things were going to be okay. She and her baby were going to be okay.