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Episode 15

Finn and Rachel's House – West Village – Saturday Morning

"Hello?" Finn said as he answered his mobile. He had been grading his student's papers in his home office when his phone had started to ring.

"Hi Finn, Its Fiona, Fiona Fields" Fiona answered. Finn was shocked. He had not heard from Fiona in almost a year. She had personal called them after everything that had happened with Sugar to tell them how sorry she was it hadn't worked out and then he had not heard anything from her since.

"Oh hi Fiona, what can I do for you?" Finn wondered

"I know it's only been a few days since we last spoke but I've just had a call from the Mercy Children's Home in Brooklyn. They had an unusual case recently. Two children were left on their doorstep" Fiona explained with usual business tone despite the circumstances of the call.

"That's awful"

"It is yes but now that the children have been put into the system they can be adopted by loving parents and I think those parents should be yourself and Rachel" Fiona concluded. Finn almost fell out of his seat, he couldn't believe what Fiona had said.

"What?"

"I know it's strange me calling you like this but these children have had a rough time of it lately, just like yourself and Rachel and I truly believe you can give these children a loving home" Fiona explained cautiously. Finn knew she was probably stepping out of her job description by calling Finn directly.

"This is quite sudden" Finn said. Finn was also starting to wonder how he was going to explain to Rachel that instead of doing what she wanted by taking them off the adoption list Finn had just changed her number to his on their records.

"I know so how about you just come to the home today and meet them. I know it's not the route you and Rachel wanted but I think you should give it a shot"

"Okay, umm when should we come down?" Finn asked. While he knew he had to explain everything to Rachel and they would no doubt fight about it, Finn couldn't deny that he wanted to take the conversation further.

"How about today at around five, I'll email you the address. I'll be there as well" Fiona added cheerfully.

"See you then Fiona"

"Bye Finn"

Finn shoved his phone back into his pocket and went in search of Rachel. He found her in the dining room. There was papers and photos littered on the table and Finn hated interrupting her when she was clearly hard at work for the magazine.

"Hey you okay?" Rachel asked. She looked up from the photo she was obsessing over to see her husband take a seat across from her, with a worried expression.

"I just had an interesting phone call from Fiona" Finn answered. He quickly explained the unusual conversation he had had with the social worker. Rachel looked wide – eyed at him as he finished off his explanation. Rachel remained silent for a few moments as she went over everything that he had said to her.

"I don't understand, we're not on their list anymore. Why would she call us" Rachel asked shaking her head. She put down the photos in her hand, she looked at Finn who seemed unable to meet her eye line.

"Except we are still on her list"

"What do you mean?" Rachel asked sharply. Finn eventually looked over at her with an apologetic look.

"I never called her and told her we wanted a break. I thought you might regret it eventually and I didn't want it to delay us if you did" Finn quickly examined

"So you've been lying to me" Rachel stated shocked. In their eleven years of their marriage Finn had never kept anything from Rachel and she couldn't believe he had kept something so big from her for months and had do so quite easily.

"I knew you would change your mind. Just last week you told me you wanted us to try again" Finn reasoned, although he knew it was a weak argument.

"Exactly last week and already you want us to get involved with them again after everything that happened, all the heartache we've had" Rachel argued.

"That doesn't mean we should just give up, don't you think we owe it ourselves to at least try" Finn argued. He knew how much the adoption falling through and the miscarriage had hurt Rachel but his wife had never been the kind of person to run from things that scared her and he hoped he wasn't wrong in this case.

"That's all we seemed to do and with no pay off" Rachel sighed running her hands through her hair.

"This might be different" Finn pressed. Rachel looked away from Finn as she thought about everything he had thrown at her in the last five minutes. Rachel had no clue how to feel about it all and she knew if she stayed in the dining room any longer she would say something she would regret later.

"I have to get of here" Rachel said softly, she rushed out of her chair and quickly walked out of the dining room.

"Rachel let's talk about this" Finn argued, he followed Rachel to the reception area of the house where she already had her bag and coat in her hand.

"Not right now, I need to think" Rachel said before slamming the door behind her.

Quinn's Apartment – Upper East Side – Saturday Morning

"I mean he just lied to me for weeks and just expected me to be okay with it after dropping this huge thing on me" Rachel ranted as she threw herself back onto Quinn's couch.

After leaving her house Rachel had walked around for a while before ending up at Quinn's apartment. Puck had taken NJ to the park so the two were alone for Rachel to tell her best friend everything about her conversation with Finn.

"So you could just go see these children today and decide if you want them" Quinn asked in disbelief. She took a drink of her coffee as she watched her friend process everything she had learnt in the last hour. Quinn was a lot calmer about the situation than Rachel was.

"I hadn't really thought about it" Rachel shrugged off, she was lying as it was all she had thought about since Finn had dropped the news on her.

"Well maybe you should" Quinn pressed giving her friend a look "Rachel I know you're mad at Finn for lying to you but see the bigger picture here. You could be giving a home to two young children. You could finally have what you've always wanted"

"Something could still go wrong Quinn" Rachel relented. She was determined to not get her hopes up again just to see it all crash down around her, Rachel knew she wouldn't be able to take it a third time.

"I know some terrible things have happened Rachel but that doesn't mean you give up. You've been given another chance Rachel and we both know you need to take it" Quinn argued

"Do you really think this could be it" Rachel whispered. Rachel had been hurt when she had told Finn she didn't want to have children anymore but Rachel knew now how much that had been a lie. All Rachel had ever wanted was a family with Finn.

Quinn shrugged her shoulders "I have no idea. But neither do you unless you actually try"

Rachel and Finn's House – West Village – Saturday Afternoon

"I can't believe you could actually meet these kids today and then they could be yours by next week" Puck said shaking his head. He looked over at NJ who was sat on the floor playing with his Thor action figure then back over at Finn.

While Puck had been at the park Quinn had sent him a text to go over to Finn and Rachel's house to check on Finn. When he had got there Finn had told him about the conversation with Fiona and then the argument with Rachel.

"That's if Rachel forgives me for lying" Finn added, he leaned back on the sofa and looked up to the celling.

"Of course she will, she's just shocked that's all" Puck waved off.

"I should have told her the truth from the start" Finn admitted. He knew he was wrong for lying to Rachel and he had never wanted it go on for so long but Finn had honestly thought he was doing what was best, now he wasn't so sure.

"We all know Rachel wouldn't have listened. You know your wife Finn; you knew she would change her mind" Puck reasoned.

"I just hope she understands that; I don't want to ruin our chance because Rachel's mad at me"

"We should probably talk then"

Rachel was stood at the arch way that lead to their kitchen. Puck looked back at Finn then at Rachel, who were both just staring at each other.

"I'll just…" Puck muttered trying to think of an excuse to leave, he then realised that neither Finn or Rachel cared "Leave then" He finished. He picked up NJ and rushed out of the living room and towards the front door.

"Hey"

"Hey" Rachel returned as she took a seat next to Finn on the sofa.

"Rachel I shouldn't have lied to you. I just knew in my heart that it wasn't what you really wanted" Finn exclaimed before shaking his head. "I know that doesn't make it right that I lied to you"

"I understand why you did it. When I said that to you I thought I meant it and you trying to convince me against it wouldn't have helped anyone" Rachel realised. Finn edged closer to Rachel and took her hand in his own.

"I promise from now on we decide these things together and whatever happens with the meeting later today we can decide from there what we want to do. Together." Finn said seriously. Rachel nodded her head slowly, she cuddled into Finn as he wrapped his arm around her.

"Do you really think we are ready for this?"

"Of course, I've always thought we were ready even after all this time" Finn encouraged, he kissed Rachel's temple "And I know you're scared but you know we are ready for this as well… we always have been"

Mercy Home for Children, Children's Home – Brooklyn – Saturday Afternoon

"Thank you for coming in. I realise how unusual this situation is" Fiona said before introducing Shannon who was the manager of the home.

Three hours later Rachel and Finn had changed into some smarter clothes and driven over to the Children's Home. Rachel had grown more nervous with each passing hour and she was squeezing Finn's hand so tightly as they took their seats that Finn could no longer feel his fingers.

"I'm not sure I even understand the situation" Rachel admitted with a sigh.

"You and Finn are approved for adoption and that doesn't have to just be with mothers giving up their babies. I know a baby is what you wanted but you can provide a loving home to a child of any age" Shannon explained as Fiona nodded her head in agreement.

"I guess we never really thought about it, we just always wanted a baby of our own" Finn stated as he looked over at Rachel who had solemn look.

"This doesn't have to mean anything; Fiona works closely with our home and she thought you would provide something to Rose and Henry that they have never had but this of course is your decision to make" Shannon explained carefully.

"What happened to their parents?" Finn asked. Shannon and Fiona shared a look before they turned back to Finn and Rachel.

"We are not sure really, they were left on our door steps 3 months ago. The police have tried to track down their parents but they were left with nothing but a few clothes" Fiona explained with a sad expression. Finn realised that no matter how long Fiona had been doing her job, some cases were just hard for everyone involved.

"How do you know their names then" Rachel asked.

"Rose told us, of course it might not be true but without any other information that's what we've been calling them" Shannon answered as she handed Rachel and Finn each a file "This is what we've been able to come up with so far but again it's not much"

"We've been looking up dental records but I'm afraid with budget cuts that going to take time" Fiona added "These parents however probably don't want to be found"

Rachel and Finn both nodded their heads as they looked over at files they had been given, each had very little detail about each child, just a few medical details and what their behaviour had been like since they had arrived at the home.

"The children are mixed-race I hope that won't be a problem" Shannon wondered with a slight worried tone.

"Of course not" Rachel answered immediately knowing Finn would agree. If they did decide to adopt the children neither of them were bothered about the colour of the children's skin.

"Why don't you meet the children first then we can go from there" Fiona said. Finn and Rachel got up from their chairs and followed Fiona and Shannon out of the office.

XoXo

"So this is Rose" Fiona pointed to the young girl who was painting at a small table at the back of the room. Shannon leaned down to get Rose's attention.

Rose had long curly hair that fell down her back, she had bright green eyes and looked far too skinny for Rachel or Finn's likening. She was wearing old clothes that were too big for her and looked like she hadn't slept properly in days but the little girl still smiled at Finn and Rachel when they took a seat next to her at the small table.

"Rose this is Finn and Rachel; they are going to sit with you for a while if that's okay" Shannon explained, Rose nodded her head then went back to her painting. Shannon looked back at Rachel and Finn who were both watching Rose.

"Henry is in the baby room, sleeping. I will take you in their after" Shannon added before leaving the room.

"Thank you" Finn said eventually although Shannon had already left the room. Both of them were watching Rose as she continued to paint.

"What are you doing there Rose" Rachel asked cautiously. Rose put her paintbrush down and held up the picture.

"Painting, this is Belle from beauty and the beast. She's my favourite" Rose answered. She put the picture back down but didn't continue the painting, she looked over at Rachel and Finn.

"I love Beauty and the Beast. Snow White was my favourite when I was a kid though" Rachel said.

"I like her too" Rose agreed smiling at them both.

Finn took Rachel's hand as Rose continued to talk about the other Disney princess she liked. Rose seemed to warm to them straight away as she continued to chat with them for the next hour about everything she liked. Time flew by for all of them and before they realised Shannon came back into the room with Henry in her arms. She handed Henry over to Rachel and the one-year-old immediately started playing with her hair while Finn helped Rose finish off her Belle painting.

"You really good at that" Rose smiled at Finn as he drew a picture of Beast to go next to her picture of Belle. Rachel and Finn shared a smile as they continued to play with Henry and Rose.

The Diner – Park Avenue – Saturday Afternoon

At the same time Quinn and Santana were sat in the diner waiting for Rachel and Mercedes to arrive. After another five minutes Mercedes breezed through the door with shopping bags in her hands. She took a seat next to Quinn and smiled at her friends.

"Finally, where have you been?" Santana sighed as Mercedes took the seat across from her "Is that a Chanel bag"

Santana looked over at the new black quilted Chanel bag that had to have cost at least three grand. Quinn looked over the bag before handing it back to Mercedes who but it down next to her four shopping bags.

"Do you like it, Matt bought it me" Mercedes smiled.

"It's lovely" Quinn said evenly. She was the best at not showing her real feeling when Mercedes talked about Matt.

"What are you going to have to do in return" Santana quipped rolling her eyes. Quinn gave Santana a look who just looked away.

"Can we order now; I'm starving" Quinn rushed out. She held up her hand for the waitress's attention who quickly took their regular order.

"What about Rachel?" Mercedes asked once the waitress at left to repair their order.

"She's not coming today, she had some where to be" Quinn answered with a smile.

"Where?" Santana asked giving Quinn a look.

Quinn explained to them both everything that Rachel had told her about Henry and Rose and how Rachel and Finn were currently at the children's home meeting the two new children.

"Wow, do you think they are going to go for it" Santana wondered.

"Rachel seemed apprehensive when I spoke to her this morning but she's going to see those children and I think it will all change" Quinn replied. She knew that by the end of the day Rachel and Finn would decide to adopt the children, Quinn was sure of it.

"How come she told you and not us" Mercedes snipped. Quinn and Santana looked at Mercedes unsure why she had such a sullen attitude about something that was a joyous thing.

"What does that matter?" Santana snapped

"Just curious that's all" Mercedes shrugged off.

"We should do something to celebrate" Quinn interjected trying to change the mood at the table.

"They still might say no" Mercedes reasoned, Quinn give Mercedes another look of confusion while Santana just shook her head.

"Please I guarantee Rachel has already picked out the colours for their new bedroom" Santana proclaimed. Quinn nodded her head and quickly started a list of things they could get.

Mercy Home for Children, Children's Home – Brooklyn – Saturday Afternoon

"So we are going to go now but we will be back tomorrow if that's okay" Finn said as he got up from the table after handing Henry back to Shannon.

"We can watch Snow White" Rose wondered looking up at the pair with wide eyes.

"That sounds like a great idea" Rachel beamed. Rose waved at the pair then went back to the new painting she had started after giving the finished Beauty and the Beast picture to Finn and Rachel.

"Bye Rose" Rachel and Finn called back to Rose before leaving the Rec room with Shannon. Neither Finn and Rachel were eager to leave but Shannon had told them it was time for the children to eat and Shannon had said they could come back the next day.

"Rose really warmed to you both, it was lovely to see. She's been very shy since arriving here" Shannon said once they had reached the office where Fiona was waiting.

"I can imagine it's been a lot for her to take in" Rachel reasoned.

"So do you need more time to think about it, I realise that this is an unusual and difficult decision" Fiona asked. Finn and Rachel shared a look and without even speaking they both knew what to do, they had known as soon as they had seen Rose and Henry. Finn wrapped his arm around Rachel as she smiled over at Fiona and Shannon.

"I think it's time those children had a loving home to go to"

Finn and Rachel's House – West Village – Saturday Evening

"Hey what are you doing" Finn asked as he walked into his and Rachel's office an hour later. Rachel was typing away at her laptop with papers already littering her desk. Rachel didn't look away from her screen as she answered.

"I want to make sure we are fully prepared. Some things are going to be different especially with everything that Rose and Henry have already to deal with these last few months. I mean we don't even know what the last three years have been like for Rose so we need to be prepared" Rachel explained as she handed Finn some papers "I've printed out this article about children who have experienced trauma at an early age that I want you to read"

"I promise I will but first I want you to come with me" Finn said he pulled Rachel's chair away from her desk then pulled her out of her seat.

"Where are we going?"

Rachel allowed Finn to pull her down stairs and into their dining room where all their friends were waiting. Mercedes, Quinn and Santana were sat at the table with Brittany and Puck behind them. Their table was filled with baby clothes as well as a bottle of champagne and seven glasses. There was also a huge 'Congratulations' sign attached to their wall. They had shown up just ten minutes before arms full of things to celebrate the new arrivals.

"What are you guys doing here" Rachel wondered, she looked up at her husband "Did you tell them already"

"He didn't have to we knew what you were going to decide" Quinn answered with a wide smile as Puck began to fill the glasses with champagne.

"What's all this?" Rachel asked as she got a closer look at everything on the table.

"Some baby essentials to get you through. Just some of NJ's old things, new presents are to come" Quinn explained. Rachel gave Quinn a quick hug then looked through the clothes and toys on the table.

"You don't have to do this"

"Please like half of this wasn't from you and Finn" Quinn waved off as she wrapped her arm around Rachel "I'm going to be an aunt. It's our job to spoil"

"Here you go" Puck handed the married couple a flute of champagne each, then turned to face everyone raising his own champagne flute.

"To Finn and Rachel, despite everything they have faced we all knew this day would come. If your even half as good at being parents as you are at being godparents, then those kids are going to be very lucky indeed" Puck proclaimed holding up his drink. Everyone else nodded their heads in agreement as Finn and Rachel shared a quick kiss.

"Cheers"

XoXo

Two hours later their friends had gone home as they all had work the next day and Finn and Rachel had decided on an early night so that they could get up early to visit Rose and Henry.

While Finn was in their en-suite brushing his teeth Rachel notice a blue plastic container on their bed. She looked inside to find parenting magazines, Rachel's favourite chocolates and sweets, paint samples, a Bloomingdales catalogue and other essentials for the next few weeks.

"Finn what's this?" Rachel asked when Finn walked back into their bedroom. Finn wrapped his arms around her and kissed her temple.

"This is your present from me" Finn kissed Rachel's cheek as she looked back over the basket of gifts.

"When did you have time to get this" Rachel mused, shaking her head playfully as she kissed Finn again before she started taking things out of the container.

"I have my ways" Finn smirked as he got into bed "It's a mother essentials kit, everything you'll need to be the wonderful mother I know you will be"

"Thank you" Rachel smiled as she climbed into bed next to Finn and immediately starting kissing along his jaw as she climbed into his lap.

"You know we should make use of a quiet house because sex will go out of the window when there are kids in the house" Rachel laughed lightly in Finn's ear.

"Then let's make use of the time we have left" Finn laughed flipping Rachel on to her back as she laughed along with him.

Mercy Home for Children, Children's Home – Brooklyn – Sunday Afternoon

The next day Finn and Rachel walked back into the children's home. Shannon showed them into a smaller room than yesterday, that had a television and DVD player as well as three sofas and love seats. Rose was already in their waiting for them watching cartoons.

"Hi Rose" Rachel greeted the young girl. Shannon left the room to get Henry from the baby room while Rachel and Finn took a seat next to Rose.

"You came back!" Rose beamed at them both. She had on the same clothes as the day before and the same wide smile.

"We told you we would" Finn smiled.

"We've brought Snow White; do you want to watch it" Rachel asked as she took the DVD out of her bag to show to Rose. Finn got the DVD ready for them as Rachel sat with Rose. Shannon brought Henry into the Room quickly handing him over to Rachel before she left again.

Finn took a seat then looked over at Rachel and nodded his head. They had told Shannon that they wanted to be the ones to tell Rose about the adoption and she had readily agreed that was the best idea and so they had decided to do it while watching the movie.

"So Rose how would you feel about living with me and Finn" Rachel wondered. Shannon had explained to Finn and Rachel when they had arrived that the adoption process had already gone through and they would be able to take Rose and Henry home in four days' time.

"At your house" Rose gasped looking at Finn, then Rachel then back to Finn like she couldn't believe what they were saying.

"Yes, we have a big back garden and you would have your own room and be able to watch Disney films whenever you wanted" Finn explained.

"What about Henry" Rose whispered clearly worried for her brother.

"He would come too" Finn promised.

"It's up to you Rose, you can stay here if you want" Rachel added

"I can really have my own room" Rose wondered with excitement, her mind already racing with ideas about how the room could look.

"You can"

"Can it be pink?" Rose asked cautiously looking between Finn and Rachel with wide eyes.

"Any colour you want. We can make it a princess bedroom" Rachel smiled.

"Really?" Rose gasped her smile growing wider.

"Of course"

"Wow, I'd like that" Rose enthused. Finn sat down with Henry in his lap and Rachel sat down next to Rose who inched closer to her. Rachel looked over at Finn who was showing the small teddy to Henry that they had picked up on the way.

"Shall we watch the movie now" Finn asked. Rose eagerly nodded her head so the new family sat together on the sofa as the opening credits of Snow White started.