A/N: Well here is it - the 50th chapter of this story! EEEEKKKKK! Seriously bugging on how far this has come! What was my crazy wacky idea - crossing Glee within a Friends story line, is in some ways coming now around to fall circle.
Thanks once again for all the reviews on the last chapter - and this is probably one that a lot of you have been waiting for, for a long time!
Therefore without further ado, here it is - the extra super duper long chapter 50! And remember as always review at the end!
Love to you all,
KJ xoxoxo
Chapter 50 –
Rachel was nearing the end of her pregnancy, and her and Puck were eagerly awaiting the birth of their daughter.
Mikki, Blaine, Rachel and Puck were sitting in the coffee shop on a Friday afternoon, waiting for Sam and Brittany to arrive, and since Rachel was so close to the end of her pregnancy and was likely to have her baby at any time, Jayden was going to be at Santana and Dani's over the weekends until the baby was born.
Rachel came back from having gone to the bathroom, and sat back down in one of the chairs.
"I'm so over this" said Rachel, as she took a sip of her water.
"You'll have the baby soon, Rach. I'm sure of it" said Blaine.
"Yeah, I know. Just sick of the constant needing to pee, the sore ankles and the fact I haven't seen them in months and just the tiredness I am having as well" said Rachel.
"Oh boo freakin' hoo. Get over it Rachel, we don't need to be hearing this all day every day, poor is woe little pregnant you" said Mikki.
They all looked at Mikki, who was sitting on the sofa next to Blaine.
"Excuse you, don't talk to Rachel like that" said Puck.
Mikki looked to her cousin. "Oh like you're not sick of her constant complaining already, the way she is acting you'd think she's the only one who has ever been pregnant or something"
"Uh Mik, you might want to stop talking right about now" said Blaine, looking to her and then to Puck to see the seething look that he was giving her.
"Why because I might hurt poor little Rachel's feelings and she might cry" said Mikki.
"Mikayla, I am warning you, if you don't stop being rude right this second" said Puck.
"Oh you're just as bad as she is" replied Mikki, standing from the sofa and grabbing her bag. "I'm out of here, going somewhere where it's peaceful"
Mikki turned away from them and walked out of the coffee shop.
"Are you just going to let her talk to Rachel like that and then walk away" said Puck, looking to Blaine.
"Umm, I...I should go as well" said Blaine, standing also as he sort of realised why maybe Mikki was acting the way that she was.
"That's great, thanks man. Thanks a lot" replied Puck, as Blaine also walked out of the coffee shop to head after Mikki.
"They're right, I am being horrible. All I do is talk about myself" said Rachel, with a sob.
"Hey princess, no. You're not horrible, you're amazing. My cousin is the horrible one, and she shouldn't have said what she said" said Puck, standing from his chair and going and sitting next to Rachel on the arm of hers and putting his arm around her.
"I am though, I'm horrible and I'm fat and I look like a huge whale" said Rachel.
"You're not any of those things, okay. You're beautiful and our little girl will be here soon, okay. Just a little bit longer that's all" said Puck, placing a kiss to her hair.
Rachel just nodded.
"How about we head back home and I will run you a nice warm bath and that will help you to relax a little" said Puck.
"'kay" replied Rachel, looking to him with a nod.
"Yeah" replied Puck, kissing her. "And you're beautiful to me Rachel, you will always be beautiful".
"Thank you" said Rachel, as Puck stood from the arm of the chair and then held his hand out to Rachel to help her up from the chair.
"Come on my beautiful princess" said Puck, grabbing Rachel's handbag and the two of them then left the coffee shop to head back home to their apartment.
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Blaine exited the coffee shop, and went running after Mikki who was already a fair way ahead of him in heading back to the apartment.
"Mikki, wait up" he said, as he caught up to her.
"Go away Blaine" replied Mikki, as she quickened her pace.
"What, no I'm not going to go away" said Blaine, as he took her hand. "You want to tell me what's going on here?"
"Nothing is going on, that's just it" replied Mikki, as they got to their apartment block and walked inside.
Blaine just looked at her, not wanting to push anymore at least for the moment, with the two of them being out in public somewhat, as they climbed the stairs to their apartment floor.
Mikki got her keys out of her handbag and opened the door, and the two of them walked in.
"Mik, please tell me what is bugging you" said Blaine, as he closed the front door of their apartment.
"It's not fair that's what is it" replied Mikki, as she put her handbag down on one of the arm chairs.
"What isn't fair?" asked Blaine.
"That someone women who aren't even in a relationship can get pregnant, and yet those women who are in one or even married, can't get pregnant" said Mikki.
Blaine went over to Mikki and wrapped his arms around her. "Is this because this morning, you got your period?"
Mikki nodded as she hugged him. "Which means another month and we're not having a baby"
"I know sweetie" said Blaine, kissing her. "But that doesn't mean we won't have one, the doctors said we were both okay and nothing was wrong with either of us"
"I know that, it's just frustrating that's all. We're married, we should be having the baby first and not Rachel and Puck, who hooked up for one night, and she gets pregnant" said Mikki.
"I totally agree with you, and believe me it's been hard on me too as well, seeing all this happening as well when we want to have a baby of our own" said Blaine.
"Yeah, and hence why I kind of got mad at Rachel. Just the way that she is carrying on at the moment, I know it's not deliberate on her part but it's kind of like in a way she is rubbing it in our faces" replied Mikki.
"I'm sure she's not even aware that she is doing that" said Blaine.
Mikki nodded. "I think she knows now though"
"Yeah, I think both her and Puck do. And I think also Puck is pretty mad at you right now as well" said Blaine.
"I should probably apologize right" replied Mikki.
"Yes, but maybe make it tomorrow, I don't think a screaming match between you and Puck right now would be a good thing" said Blaine.
Mikki smiled and kissed him. "No, I don't either. That and I do have a splitting headache"
"Did you want an aspirin?" asked Blaine.
"Yeah, I was going to go and take one" replied Mikki.
"Sit and relax, I'll go and get it for you" said Blaine.
"Really?" asked Mikki.
Blaine nodded and kissed her.
"You're too sweet for words" said Mikki.
"Hmm yeah, that's because I love you" replied Blaine.
Mikki looked at him and smiled. "Love you too" she replied, kissing him.
"Okay sit, and I will go and get that aspirin for you and then we can watch some trashy reality tv together" said Blaine.
Mikki laughed, and went and sat on the sofa and Blaine went and grabbed her the aspirin and glass of water, before the two of them curled up together on the sofa; both of them secretly hoping that their time to be parents would come sooner rather than later.
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The next day, after talking things over more with Blaine the day before over the way she had spoken to Rachel, Mikki went over to their apartment.
She knocked on the apartment door, and Puck came and opened it.
"What do you want" he said, crossing his arms across himself and looking at his cousin.
"Is Rachel here?" asked Mikki.
"Yes, she is" replied Puck.
Mikki nodded. "Can I talk with her?"
"Are you going to be nice to her or have you come over to dish out more insults?" asked Puck.
"To apologize and be nice" replied Mikki.
Puck looked at her.
"And I should also say sorry to you as well, I shouldn't have spoken with Rachel that way in the coffee shop yesterday" said Mikki.
"You're right, you shouldn't have" said Puck.
"I know" replied Mikki.
"Come on in" said Puck, holding his door open.
"Thanks" replied Mikki as she walked into the apartment, and he closed the door behind them.
"Rach, babe. Mikki is here, she wants to say something to you" said Puck, walking towards the bedroom.
"Okay, just a sec" replied Rachel.
Mikki glanced around the apartment and saw that Puck had gotten everything ready for the birth of their daughter.
"Looks like you pretty much set here for everything" said Mikki.
Puck looked at her and nodded. "Yeah" he replied, as Rachel came out of the bedroom.
"Hi" she said.
"Hey" replied Mikki.
"I'll go and finish putting the crib together in our room, babe" said Puck, placing a kiss to Rachel's cheek.
"Okay" replied Rachel.
Puck turned and looked to Mikki.
"I'll be listening as well, so don't say anything mean" he said.
"I promise, I won't" replied Mikki, with a nod.
Puck walked into the bedroom and Rachel walked over to the living area and sat on the sofa.
"Take a seat Mik" said Rachel.
Mikki nodded and went and sat in one of the arm chairs.
"So I wanted to apologize for what I said to you yesterday" said Mikki.
Rachel looked at her. "It's fine. I know I've probably been a little unbearable lately"
"Still, I shouldn't have said what I said and I'm sorry" replied Mikki.
"Rachel nodded. "Forgiven"
"Thanks" replied Mikki.
"Well we're all allowed to have a little meltdown now and then" said Rachel.
"Just seeing you so close to having your baby, when Blaine and I..." Mikki stopped, almost telling Rachel that she recently miscarried. "...are still trying to have one, kind hurts"
"It will happen, when it happens, and I'm sure it will happen for both of you" said Rachel.
"Or you could just stop doing it as much" said Puck, from inside the bedroom.
"Noah, are you listening in?" asked Rachel.
Puck walked out of the bedroom. "Yes, I was listening in. Just to make sure that Mik didn't say anything mean again"
"I haven't" said Mikki.
"I know. But again, stop doing it so much and maybe it might happen" said Puck.
Mikki laughed. "I'll have you know that we don't do it that often and it's just a matter of getting the timing or whatever you want to call it, right"
"I don't want to suggest this Mik, but have you thought maybe there could be problems for one of you in conceiving a child?" asked Rachel.
Mikki looked at her friend and shook her head. "There isn't, we had some tests done both Blaine and I to make sure that there was no problems, and we're both okay with everything, it's just as my doctor said a timing thing"
Rachel nodded. "I can understand that, my dads did say it took them three implantation attempts before my birth mother got pregnant with me"
"I know this might sound a little weird and all, but have you ever thought about wanting to find her?" asked Mikki.
"No, not really. Even when I found out I was pregnant and the doctor asked me for my maternal family history, there was no desire to find her. She's the woman who gave birth to me, and whilst I probably do share some features with her, she wasn't the one who was there for me growing up, that was all my dads and I don't feel the need to know who she is" replied Rachel.
"Sure, yeah I was just wondering. Because one of the things Blaine and I did discuss was possibly maybe adopting if we couldn't have our own" said Mikki.
"And you wanted to know the desire one has for wanting to find a birth parent" said Rachel.
Mikki nodded. "Yeah"
"Well it's never been a desire for me, but I can't speak for anyone else either" said Rachel.
"Still I say stop doing it so much and then Blainers might get you pregnant" said Puck.
Mikki looked to her cousin and laughed, as did Rachel.
"Yeah, well I should be going. I just wanted to stop by and apologize for yesterday" said Mikki, standing up from the chair she was sitting in.
Puck went to say something, but Mikki looked at him and cut him off. "I know what you're going to say, and it's no I'm not. I have to go and do some grocery shopping"
Puck laughed and Rachel shook her head, standing from the sofa also.
"I'll see you both later, and I'm sure it's going to be real soon, that your little girl is here" said Mikki, giving Rachel a hug.
"She better be, because I really want to be seeing her soon. Well that and my feet again" said Rachel, with a smile.
"Yeah" replied Mikki with a laugh, as she walked over to the apartment front door.
"See you cous" said Puck.
"Yeah later" replied Mikki, and opened the front door and left the apartment.
Puck went over to Rachel and wrapped his arms around her, and she sighed as she also wrapped her arms around him.
"You okay, sweetie?" asked Puck.
Rachel nodded. "Yeah, I just hope Mik and Blaine can have a baby soon, I do like the idea of our children being close together in age"
"And I'm sure they will" replied Puck.
"If they just stop doing it as much, as you so eloquently put" said Rachel, with a laugh.
"Yes" replied Puck with a laugh. "Come on, come and help me finish putting this crib together.
"Okay" replied Rachel and the two of them went to put the crib together and hope that their baby would soon be with them.
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Early the next morning, Rachel woke up feeling a sharp pain in her stomach, as she tried breathing through it, she nudged Puck who was asleep in the bed next to her to wake up.
"Noah" said Rachel as she nudged him.
"What, go way" muttered Puck as he turned away from her.
"Noah, the baby" said Rachel.
"What, I'm awake, I'm awake" replied Puck, sitting up quickly in the bed.
Rachel looked at him as she continued to breathe through the contraction she was having.
"Is everything okay, please tell me it's okay" said Puck, looking at her and taking her hand.
Rachel nodded as she breathed, and then stopped the breathing she had been taught in Lamaze class when the pain stopped.
"Yes it's all fine, but I think our little girl is ready to make her appearance" said Rachel.
"So you want to go to the hospital then?" asked Puck.
"I would like to have her there, yes" replied Rachel, with a laugh.
"Okay dressed, we should get dressed" said Puck, kissing her quickly and standing up from the bed.
Rachel laughed as Puck grabbed a pair of jeans and pulled them on over the boxer shorts he was wearing, as she also stood up slowly from the bed and changed into some clothes to wear to the hospital.
Puck went over to the closet and opened it. "What did you want to take with you?"
Rachel looked at him and laughed as she slipped her dress on. "Noah, I have a bag already packed, it's by the sofa in the living room, remember"
Puck looked to her and nodded. "Right of course"
"I think you need to be taking a deep breath also" said Rachel, going over to him and taking his hands.
"Deep breath" replied Puck as he took one.
"Better?" asked Rachel.
"A little, yeah" replied Puck. "You okay?"
"At the moment yeah, just that contraction hurt like hell" said Rachel.
Puck looked at her and smiled. "Well let's get you to the hospital my baby mama"
"Yeah, can you call the others and let them know it's happening" said Rachel, as the two of them walked out of the bedroom.
"I will in the cab on the way to the hospital" replied Puck, grabbing Rachel's bag that she had packed for the hospital, before the two of them left the apartment so that their daughter could be born.
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Mikki and Blaine were both asleep, the two of them curled up with one another, when the apartment phone started to ring.
Mikki groaned as she heard the ringing, waking her from her slumber and moved away from Blaine and reached over him to grab the phone that was on his bedside table.
"Not the marshmallows" muttered Blaine, as Mikki grabbed the phone and looked at her husband with a slight laugh.
"Whoever is calling me better have a damn good reason for it" said Mikki as she answered the call.
"Did I wake you up?" asked Puck, on the other end.
"No of course not because I am always awake at close to three in the morning" said Mikki, looking to the time on the clock.
"Sorry, just heading to hospital now" said Puck.
"Really?" asked Mikki.
"Yeah, heading in a cab there now with Rach" replied Puck.
"Okay, and" said Mikki.
"Well you and the others said you'd all be here, when Rach has our baby" said Puck.
"It's three in the morning Noah" replied Mikki, looking over to Blaine, who had now also woken up having heard her talking.
"Please Mikki, I really want you and the others here with me too" said Rachel, having leaned into the phone to speak.
Mikki sighed. "Okay fine. We'll be there soon"
"Can you let Sam and Britts know" said Puck.
"Sure can do" replied Mikki.
"Oh and also my Ma and Rachel's dads, we're almost at the hospital now" said Puck.
Mikki yawned. "Yep, will do. See you soon"
"Thanks Mik, see you soon" replied Puck and ended the call.
Mikki sighed as she hugged Blaine, and he wrapped his arms around her.
"Who on phone?" asked Blaine, clearly not at all fully awake.
"Puck. Rach is in labour" said Mikki.
"Really?" asked Blaine.
"Uh huh, and she wants us there, because we all promised we would be" said Mikki.
"So we have to go, now?" asked Blaine.
"Hmm, yeah" replied Mikki.
"Okay then" said Blaine, kissing her.
"Can you go over and let Sam know, and I will give my Aunt Lydia a call" said Mikki.
"Yeah" replied Blaine as the two of them untangled themselves from one another and went to get out of their bed.
Mikki looked at the phone that she was still holding and went through the address book to find the number for her aunt in Ohio, as Blaine went to walk out of their bedroom.
"Oh sweetie, what about the marshmallows?" asked Mikki, as she went to connect the call.
"Huh, marshmallows? What?" asked Blaine, looking to her.
"I don't know you tell me, you muttered something in your sleep about not the marshmallows" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"I have no idea" replied Blaine, with a laugh also.
Mikki smiled as she connected the call to Ohio, and Blaine pointed in the general direction of Sam's apartment.
"Hello?" asked Lydia on the other end, as Mikki nodded and Blaine left their bedroom.
"Aunt Lydia, hi it's Mikki" she replied.
"Mikki, sweetheart it's like three o'clock in the morning" said Lydia.
"I know and I apologize for ringing, it's just Noah rang me and he and Rach are heading to the hospital now" said Mikki.
"Rachel is about to have her baby?" asked Lydia.
"Guessing so, yes" replied Mikki.
"Well how far apart are the contractions? Has her water broke yet?" asked Lydia.
"Not sure on either, sorry. Noah just called and said they were heading that way now, and that Rachel wanted us all there that are here, and also asked if I could call you and also her dads" said Mikki.
"Okay, well. I can have a look at flights out of Ohio later this morning and hopefully get one and be there soon" said Lydia.
"Yeah that be good, and if you could let Hiram and Leroy know also, that would be great. I don't have their number handy" said Mikki.
"I will do that sweetheart, and I will let you know my flight details as soon as I know them" replied Lydia.
"Okay and I will let you know if anything happens here. I'll see you soon" said Mikki.
"Yes, and tell Noah and Rach I love them when you see them" said Lydia.
"Will do Aunt Lydia, see you soon" said Mikki.
"Bye sweetheart" replied Lydia.
"Bye" replied Mikki and ended the call.
She sat on the bed looking at the now disconnected phone, for a moment and then put in down on the unmade bed and got up, going over to her dresser drawers to get some underwear out, before getting dressed.
Blaine came back in just as Mikki was doing her jeans up and wrapped his arms around her from behind, kissing her on the crook of the neck.
"I scared the shit out of Sam. He thought I was some crazed robber guy" said Blaine, with a laugh.
"Well you do look all kinds of crazy with bed head and scruff" said Mikki, with a laugh also and turned in his arms.
"Yeah but you secretly love me like this" replied Blaine, kissing her.
"You're right I do" replied Mikki, with a laugh, as she grabbed the top that she had put on the bed. "And you also need to be hurrying up as well, and get dressed"
"Okay, okay" replied Blaine, as he removed his arms from around Mikki and grabbed clothes of his own.
"I got to call Britts as well, let her know what's happening" said Mikki, as she slipped her top on.
"Sam was going to call her" replied Blaine, as he pulled on a pair of his own jeans.
"Oh, okay cool" replied Mikki. "Aunt Lydia is going to ring Rachel's dads and let them know, and they should all hopefully be here early in the morning"
"It's already early in the morning" said Blaine, with a laugh as he pulled on a shirt.
"Well normal early morning time, like eight I am guessing" replied Mikki, with a laugh.
"Yeah" replied Blaine, as he put on his glasses not wanting to bother with his contacts and then went over to Mikki and took her hand. "You okay?"
Mikki looked at him and nodded. "I'm fine"
"You're sure, because just the other day you had that massive meltdown in the coffee shop at Rachel and now she's having her baby, I just don't want you to be upset and her either" said Blaine.
"Sweetie I'm fine, you know why I had a meltdown, and that's because I got my period and obviously means that this month we're not pregnant. But I'm okay, I promise. I'm happy for Rach and Puck" said Mikki.
Blaine nodded.
"Are you okay?" asked Mikki, looking at him.
"Yeah, it will happen for us soon" replied Blaine.
"I'm sure it will" said Mikki, kissing him.
"Uh huh, love you" replied Blaine, his arms around and kissing her in return.
"Love you too" said Mikki.
"Guys, hello. You ready?" came Sam's voice from outside their room.
"Yeah man, we are" replied Blaine.
"Let's go, shall we" said Mikki, and the two of them headed out of their room, so along with Sam they could head to the hospital for the birth of Rachel and Puck's daughter.
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Rachel and Puck arrived at the hospital where she would be giving birth and after paying the cab driver, went up to the maternity ward floor.
Rachel's contractions were roughly thirteen minutes apart and in the time that it had taken to drive to the hospital had experience two more of them.
They went over to the reception and the nurse on the desk, looked at the two of them. "Can I help you?"
"Hi, I'm Rachel Berry, I'm having a baby" she replied.
"Okay, and you're have contractions?" asked the nurse.
Rachel nodded. "About thirteen minutes apart"
"And has your water broken yet?" asked the nurse.
"No not yet" replied Rachel.
"Okay that's fine" replied the nurse and moved to type on her computer.
"Can we get a room then?" asked Puck.
The nurse turned to Puck and gave him a smile. "Just give me a minute, and I will organize that. Seeing who your wife's doctor is Mr Berry"
"Oh he's not my husband, and his last name is Puckerman" said Rachel.
The nurse looked to Rachel and then Puck. "Apologies, you just look like a married couple that's all"
"No offence taken" replied Puck, with a smile.
"Okay Rachel, it says your doctor is Doctor St. Pierre" said the nurse.
"Yes that's correct" said replied Rachel.
"I will page him and let him know you're here and also have one of the other nurses escort you to your room" said the nurse, looking over to one of the other nurses at the admittance desk.
"Nurse Bailey, can you take Ms Berry to room 401" said the admittance nurse.
"Sure thing Nurse Roz" replied the nurse identified as Bailey.
"This way please" said Nurse Bailey as she started to walk, with Rachel and Puck following her to the room that Rachel would be occupying.
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A short while later; Brittany, Sam, Blaine and Mikki who had all met out the front of the hospital, made their way up to the maternity ward.
They approached the admittance desk, where Nurse Roz was still sitting and doing some typing on the computer that was there.
"Hi, we were wondering if you could tell us if a Rachel Berry has been admitted yet?" asked Blaine.
Roz looked to them, and nodded. "Yes Ms Berry came in about twenty minutes ago"
"Can we see her?" asked Brittany.
"Are you family?" asked Roz.
"Well I'm am, the father is my cousin and this is my husband" replied Mikki, pointing to Blaine.
Roz nodded and looked at Sam and Brittany.
"We're just friends of Rachel and Puck" said Sam.
"Okay, that's fine. I can't however permit all of you to go into the room, so it will only be one of you at the moment I'm afraid" said Roz.
"You go Mik, and tell Rach and Puck we're out here" said Blaine.
Mikki looked at him and nodded, and then turned back to Roz. "Room number?"
"401" replied Roz.
"Thanks, I'll be back in a bit guys" said Mikki, quickly kissing Blaine on the cheek before heading to Rachel's room.
"Guess we just wait now" said Brittany, as the three of them moved over to the chairs to wait for whatever was to happen next.
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Mikki walked to room 401, where Rachel was located and she knocked on the door.
"Come on in" came Puck's voice from inside the room, and Mikki turned the door handle and walked in.
"Hey" she said as she walked in, and saw that Rachel, Puck and also Rachel's doctor who was examining Rachel were in the room.
"Hi" replied Puck, giving his cousin a smile.
"Sister?" asked Doctor St. Pierre, as he continued to examine Rachel.
"No, my cousin" replied Puck.
"Well hi cousin" said St. Pierre, with a laugh.
"Hi" replied Mikki, with a laugh of her own.
"Okay Rachel, you're dilating well, however your water has yet to break so we'll keep an eye on that" said Doctor St. Pierre.
"So everything is okay?" asked Rachel.
"Yes fine, the baby's heart beat is strong we can see that on the foetal monitor and everything looks to be progressing normal" said Doctor St. Pierre.
Rachel nodded. "Okay just never done this before"
"Well you're in good hands here, and I will come and check on you in a little while okay, and see how it's all going then" replied Doctor St. Pierre.
"Thank you" said Rachel.
"Yeah, thanks Doc" said Puck.
Doctor St. Pierre gave a nod and then left the room.
"So you feeling good?" asked Mikki, looking to Rachel.
"Kind of, the contractions hurt like a bitch though" replied Rachel, with a laugh.
"Well it all will be over soon, and your little girl will be here" said Mikki.
"Yes" replied Rachel.
"So where are the others?" asked Puck.
"Out in the waiting area, only one could come back to see you at the moment, so it was decided should be me" replied Mikki.
Puck nodded. "Did you call my Ma?"
"I did and she is going to organize a flight for the morning, well later this morning" said Mikki.
"And my dads?" asked Rachel.
"I didn't call them" replied Mikki.
"But I want my dads here, they'll want to be here" said Rachel, looking as if that moment she would burst into tears.
"Mik, seriously. You couldn't call Hiram and Leroy" said Puck, looking at his cousin.
"I didn't have their number and besides your mom said she would call them" said Mikki.
"So they know?" asked Rachel, with a sniff.
"I'm sure they do, and Aunt Lydia said she would let me know the details when she gets the flights" said Mikki.
"Has she let you know yet?" asked Puck.
Mikki grabbed her phone out of her handbag and looked at it, and shook her head. "No, but I'm sure she will soon"
Rachel groaned as she felt another contraction coming on.
"Okay, just look at me and breathe through it" said Puck, taking her hand.
Rachel looked at him at him as she did the controlled breathing that she had been taught, and also felt her water break.
"Noah, my water broke" said Rachel.
"Really?" asked Puck, as Rachel nodded and continued to breathe through the pain.
"Okay I'll buzz the doctor then" said Puck, grabbing the cord that had the nurse call button on it and pressing it.
Rachel let out a long deep breath as her contraction ended and the door opened and the nurse that had shown them to the room, Nurse Bailey walked in.
"Everything okay in here?" she asked.
"My water broke" replied Rachel.
Nurse Bailey moved to the bottom of the bed and looked. "Yes it has, I'll go and get Doctor St. Pierre and let him know and have him come and check your dilation"
"Thank you" replied Rachel.
"I should go, and tell the others what is happening and that" said Mikki.
"Okay thank you for being here" said Rachel, looking to her friend.
"Sure, you know none of wouldn't want to be anywhere but" replied Mikki, giving her a smile.
"I'll keep you posted on what is happening" said Puck.
Mikki looked to her cousin and nodded. "Yeah and I'll let you know what is happening with your mom as soon as I find out"
"Thanks Mik" replied Puck.
"See you later guys" said Mikki, and headed out the room back to the waiting area to fill the others in on what was happening and how Rachel was progressing with her pregnancy.
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Five hours later, the four of them were still sitting in the waiting room, awaiting the arrival of Rachel's baby. The dilation had only progressed a little more and Rachel, was getting extremely cranky with the long process of it all.
Mikki had received a message from Lydia Puckerman, telling her that she and also Rachel's dads were catching a flight from Ohio to New York at seven o'clock, and from the airport they would take a cab to the hospital.
"So tired" said Brittany as she leaned her head on Sam's shoulder who she was sitting next to her.
"Same here, why couldn't Puck have called us when Rachel was close to have the baby" said Sam, with a yawn.
"Because you don't know how long these things will take" said Mikki.
"Hmm, still tired" replied Brittany.
"Yes and weekends are meant for sleeping in" said Blaine.
"That and cuddling" replied Mikki, quickly kissing him.
"Don't need to know what you also do on a weekend guys" said Sam, with a laugh.
"All I said was cuddling, because we don't get to do that of weekday and just do that" replied Mikki.
"Not wanting to know" said Sam, with a smile.
"Any baby yet?" asked Lydia Puckerman as she approached the four of them, along with Leroy and Hiram.
"Oh hey Aunt Lydia, no not yet" replied Mikki.
"Rachel's water did break a few hours ago though, but still no baby" said Brittany.
"Well if was anything like the time I was in labour when I had Noah, then she will be in for a long run of it" said Lydia.
"How long?" asked Blaine.
"I think it was about sixteen hours for memory" said Lydia, with a smile.
"Sixteen hours" said Sam.
"Yes" replied Lydia.
"Well since you're all here I will take you to Rach's room so that you can see her" said Mikki.
"That would be lovely, thank you Mikki" said Hiram, as Mikki stood up from the chair that she was sitting in and stretched herself out.
"Back in a bit, sweetie" said Mikki, leaning down and quickly kissing Blaine.
"Hmm okay" replied Blaine.
"Is okay if we leave our bags here with you?" asked Leroy.
"Of course" replied Brittany, with a nod and Leroy gave her a smile.
"Rach's room is this way" said Mikki.
"Can you tell Rachel to hurry it up, please. I don't want to be sitting around her for sixteen hours" said Sam.
"I will let her know that Samuel" said Leroy, with a laugh and Mikki headed towards Rachel's room with Puck's mom and Rachel's dads following.
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Mikki opened the door of Rachel's room, and walked in with the other three adults.
"Look who's arrived" said Mikki as they entered the room.
"Dad, Daddy" said Rachel, when she saw her fathers.
"Oh my little girl" said Hiram, going over Rachel's side and kissing her on the forehead.
"How you feeling angel?" asked Leroy.
"Yeah okay, just a little tired" replied Rachel.
"Well it will all come in time Rachel" said Lydia, as she too walked over next to Puck and kissed her son on top of the head.
"Glad you could get here Ma, and you too Mr and Mr Berry" said Puck, looking to the two men in the room.
"We wouldn't dream of missing the birth of our grandchild" said Leroy, placing a kiss to Rachel's cheek.
"Yes, well I wish your granddaughter would hurry up and just come already" said Rachel, with a laugh, as she felt another contraction coming on.
"Okay breathe remember" said Puck, taking her hand.
Rachel looked at him and nodded as she focused on her breathing.
"How far apart are the contractions?" asked Lydia.
"The last one was about six minutes ago" said Puck, looking to his mom as Rachel continued to breath through the pain.
"Well that's good, shouldn't be much longer now" said Lydia, as Rachel let out a long sigh as the contraction ended.
"Good, that's good" replied Rachel.
"Not long now angel" said Hiram, brushing some hair off her face.
Rachel nodded. "Can someone get me some more ice please?"
"Sure sweetheart, where do we get it from?" asked Leroy.
"There's a jug just there on the side table, but I can't reach it" replied Rachel.
"Okay here you go angel" said Hiram, as he took the cup from Rachel that she held out to him, and Leroy filled the cup with some more ice chips for her.
"I'll go and let the others know it shouldn't be too much longer" said Mikki.
"You're all still here" said Rachel, looking to her.
"We are, yes. Although Sam is wishing that you would kind of hurry things up a bit" said Mikki.
"You can tell Sam he can go and get fu..."
Hiram looked at his daughter in shock. "Rachel Babara Berry, do not finish that sentence"
"Well Sam does not understand the excruciating pain I am in here, so he can go and do that. Or alternatively I will just kick him in the balls when I have had my baby, so he can understand some of the pain I am going through" said Rachel.
"Okay, let's hope our little girl is born soon, because you are very clearly over this" said Puck, with a laugh and kissing Rachel's hand that he still had a hold of.
"Just over the waiting" replied Rachel, looking at him.
"Yeah, I'll leave before I am subject to your wrath as well" said Mikki, with a laugh.
"Thanks Mikki, we'll let you know how things go, and hopefully soon" said Lydia.
Mikki looked to her aunt and nodded and then left the room to head back to the others in the waiting room, and left the grandparents to be with the expectant parents to be.
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About an hour later, Lydia along with Hiram and Leroy came out into the waiting area. Mikki was curled up next to Blaine half asleep as he sat messaging Cooper on his phone, Brittany was reading one of the magazines that had been left in the waiting room and Sam was also close to sleep in one of the chairs that was against the wall.
"Has she had the baby?" asked Brittany, upon seeing the three adults enter the room.
"No, but it shouldn't be much longer now, the reason why we came out here is because she was going to start pushing" said Lydia.
"Oh this is so exciting" said Brittany, putting the magazine down, and standing up and going over to Sam, to nudge him away.
"So like a few more minutes maybe then" said Blaine, as he too nudged Mikki to wake.
"What, what" said Sam, as he opened his eyes and rubbed them.
"Hopefully" replied Leroy.
"Rachel had the baby?" asked Mikki, looking to Blaine and then her aunt and Rachel's dads.
"Nearly, just in the final parts of labour now and the actual pushing part of it" said Lydia.
"You're not in there with her?" asked Sam.
"No, too many people. It would be too stressful for Rachel" said Hiram.
"And besides this is a moment that Noah and Rachel should experience, just them" said Lydia.
"Are you going to be staying for a little while after Rachel has her baby?" asked Mikki.
"I was thinking of staying for a few days, yes" replied Lydia.
"So were Hiram and I" replied Leroy.
"Well you're quite welcome to come and stay with me and Mikki, Lydia" said Blaine.
"You wouldn't mind, because I can just as well as get a hotel" said Lydia.
"It's no problem really, and besides mom would probably tell Blaine and I off if we didn't offer you to stay" said Mikki.
Lydia laughed. "Okay then thank you"
"And you're also quite welcome to come and stay with me, Mr and Mr Berry, I have a spare room also" said Sam.
"We wouldn't want to be putting you out Sam" said Leroy.
"You wouldn't and besides our apartment block is only over the road from Puck and Rachel, so you'd be nice and close to them" said Sam.
"Well thank you for the offer, Sam. That is very kind of you, and we accept" said Hiram, as Puck came running out into the waiting room.
"She's here, my daughter is here" said Puck, as he came to almost a skid stop near his mom, Rachel's dads and his friends.
"So it's definitely a girl then" said Brittany.
"Definitely a girl" replied Puck, with a huge smile.
"Can we meet her?" asked Lydia.
"Yeah, of course. All of you can, I cleared it with the doctor and nurse for you all to come back with me" said Puck.
"Well what are we waiting for, let's go" said Hiram, and they all followed Puck back to Rachel's room, so they could meet baby Puckerman.
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Puck opened the door to Rachel's room and they all quietly walked in.
"Look who's here to see you Rach" said Puck, as he went over to the far side of Rachel's bed.
Rachel was sitting up in the bed, with her daughter in her arms.
"Hi" said Rachel.
None of them replied to Rachel, instead there was a chorus of 'awwws' at the sight of the little girl that she was now holding.
"She's so tiny" said Mikki.
"Yeah and thankfully so is her nose" said Sam, with a laugh, which earned him a punch in the arm from Blaine and a glare from Puck.
"She's perfect, angel. Really" said Leroy, kissing his daughter on the top of the head.
"So have you thought of names yet, or not?" asked Lydia.
"Well there were a few that we saw and liked, but we weren't really set on choosing one until she was actually here" said Puck, sitting on the bed with Rachel and putting his arm gently around her shoulder.
"But now that she is here, we think we know what we are going to call her" said Rachel, looking down at her little girl.
"So don't keep us hanging here" said Blaine.
"Okay, well meet Elisabeth Ava Puckerman" said Puck, looking at Rachel with a smile and then too his family and friends.
"That's a pretty name" said Brittany.
"It is, and we liked it because there are so many nice little names you can also get from it as well" said Rachel.
"I think it's a lovely name angel, and also the Ava is a nice touch as well" said Hiram, looking at his daughter, with a smile.
"I thought you would like that" replied Rachel, with a smile of her own, since Ava was the name of his mother who had since passed.
"Yes thank you" replied Hiram, kissing her on the top of the head, as Rachel stifled a yawn.
"Tired?" asked Puck.
Rachel looked to him and nodded.
"We might met you get some rest Rach, and come back later then" said Sam.
"Okay, thank you so much for being here, you don't know how much it means to be that you all are" said Rachel.
"We wouldn't want to be anywhere else Rach" said Brittany.
"Get some rest angel, and we'll come back in a little while" said Leroy.
"Okay thank you daddy" said Rachel, looking to him.
"So proud of you right now" said Lydia, giving Puck a kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks Ma" he replied, with a smile.
"We'll come back a little bit later" said Blaine.
"Thanks guys" replied Puck.
"See you" said Mikki, and they all left the room, so that Puck and Rachel could spend some more quality time with their daughter, and also for Rachel to finally get some rest.
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Puck was getting a coffee from the machine that was located up in the ward, whilst Rachel had a little sleep, exhausted from the long labour that she had gone through.
"Noah, I'm going to head to Mikki and Blaine's place now and Leroy and Hiram to Sam's, but we will all be back in a little bit" said Lydia, going over to her son.
"Okay thanks Ma, for coming out here" said Puck. "You're staying for a bit?"
"Yes, Mikki has said I can stay in the spare room at hers and Blaine's apartment and Sam has offered his to Leroy and Hiram" replied Lydia.
"Okay that's good you're both here a bit longer" said Puck.
Lydia smiled as she pulled Puck in for a hug. "Sweetie, there is nowhere else I would rather be, and the same with Rachel's dads"
"Yeah, and considering you couldn't get here for when Santana had Jay" said Puck.
"It doesn't matter though sweetheart, all that matters is that you make those two beautiful girls you have happy for the rest of their lives, and Jay also" said Lydia.
Puck nodded. "I will"
"And there is something I want you to have as well" said Lydia, reaching into her handbag and pulling out a little black jewelry box.
"Ma, is that?" asked Puck.
Lydia looked at him and nodded. "Yes"
"Bubbe's ring" said Puck.
"Give it to Rachel, when you feel the time is right to ask her to marry you. It doesn't have to be now, but when you do I want you to give her this" said Lydia, handing Puck the little black jewelry box.
Puck opened the little black box to see the ring that his Sabba had given to his Bubbe when his mother had been born.
"Are you sure Mikki won't be upset about this, me getting this?" asked Puck.
Lydia looked at her son and shook her head. "I have already spoken to her with this a few months ago and she was okay with it"
"Okay, I just want to make sure. Because I know she always loved it as a kid when were younger" said Puck.
"Yes, well it was always to go to the oldest grandchild and that is you, and I know that my parents would have loved Rachel just as much as we all do" said Lydia.
Puck looked at her and smiled, giving her a hug. "Thanks Ma, this will be perfect when I do propose to Rachel"
"Okay sweetheart, you go back to those beautiful girls of yours. And I will see you later on" said Lydia.
"Yeah thanks Ma. See you later" replied Puck.
Lydia placed a kiss to her son's cheek, and walked off. Puck looked at the jewelry box that he was holding and smiled to himself and then placed it into his pocket, finally knowing when it would be the perfect time to ask Rachel to be his wife.
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A short while later Puck walked back into the room, with the ring now in his pocket. Rachel, who was now awake, looked at him and smiled as he entered.
"Hi, where did you go?" she asked.
Puck sat down in the chair next to her bed. "Just went to get some coffee"
Rachel nodded.
"Did you have a nice nap?" asked Puck.
"Yeah, still kind of tired though" replied Rachel.
"Well did you want me to go and see if I can get you a tea maybe or something?" asked Puck.
"No, I'm fine" replied Rachel.
"Okay, well I might send Mikki a text a bit later and ask her to pick up on of your fave coffees from Kurt on the way over here, since you can now drink it again" said Puck.
Rachel smiled. "The others gone home?"
Puck nodded. "Yeah, just for a little while though. To get your dads and my mom settled in for a few days"
"They're going to be staying for a few days?" asked Rachel.
"Yeah, of course they are" replied Puck.
"That's good" said Rachel, with a nod.
"Uh huh, your dads are going to stay with Sam, and my mom is going to be staying at Mik and Blaine's place" said Puck.
"That was nice of them to offer up their spare rooms" said Rachel.
"Well we all think of one another as family, and that extends to our parents as well" said Puck.
Rachel nodded. "Still it was very nice of Sam to let my dads stay with him"
"Yes" replied Puck, giving her a smile.
"So where is our little girl?" he asked.
"In the nursery. The nurse said she would bring her in shortly for a feed, and see if I can get the hang of this whole breastfeeding thing" said Rachel.
"I'm sure you'll be great at it Rach, you're going to be a great mom" said Puck.
Rachel smiled. "I hope so, I'm just so scared though. I have a little girl now who is going to depend on me for the rest of her life"
"We have a little girl, and I am going to be right by your side the whole time" said Puck, standing up and sitting on the bed with Rachel, and putting his arm around her shoulder.
Rachel leaned in towards him and nodded. "We're in this together"
"We are, forever. Me and my two princesses" said Puck, kissing her.
Rachel smiled and Puck took the box containing the ring out of his pocket, knowing that he couldn't wait to ask her to be with for the rest of their lives.
"Rachel, I love you and what to spend forever with you" said Puck, moving slightly to face her just a little more.
"I love you too, and this us, even though it's come about in a weird way, I want it to be forever also" said Rachel.
Puck looked at her and nodded as he played with the small box in his hands. Rachel looked down at what he was doing and saw the box, a tiny gasp escaping from her mouth.
"Noah?" she asked, looking at him.
Puck looked at her and smiled, finally getting the courage to open the ring box and held it out towards Rachel.
"Rachel Babara Berry, will you do me the greatest honor in the world of becoming my wife?" he asked.
End Note:
So there you have it, we now have Puckleberry baby - and I hope you like the name that they have chosen for her. Whilst I did like the name Emma, I also have an ex friend called Emma, and didn't want to be associating with that when I writing; so hence the slightly different name. But as like Rachel said, so many different shortened variations that can also choose to call her as well.
And also if you can guess the cameo of other Glee people from through out the run of the show, a big congratulations to you! Let me know in a review or PM if you do know who I have sneaked in a minor cameo role!
Also I know Mikki was a little mean at the start as well, also. But it's got to be hard for her to see her friend so close to having a baby when she has just lost hers, so hence the kind of meaneaness there.
As for what someone asked about Mikki and Blaine, possibly having both their own children and also adopting - maybe that could be something that happens in the future for them, although I am not going to divulge anything as to that yet.
The next chapter with Rachel's answer will be up next week - what do people think she is going to say?!
Anyway until then, if you haven't already checked out there is a new chapter up also of "Everywhere You Look" (shameless self plug I know!) - so there is always that to tide you over until.
Once again, thank you all so much for reading this story and getting me to the 50 chapter mark!
Love to you all always,
KJ and the forever crazy furbies! xoxoxoxo