I'm back guys! Seriously I don't know where time got to me, but before I knew it I hadn't updated in months! I'm so sorry and it won't ever happen again, I just got so caught up in cheer season and then finals, there was no time for writing a new chapter! But it's over and trust me I'll be updating much more often(: Anyway, I hope this chapter satisfies you and feel free to review all you like! Ideas are very warmly welcomed and I hope to be back very soon(:

Hauling the last suitcase into the trunk, Finn closed it, and waved to his mom and Burt at the door before getting into the car. As he started it up, he looked at Rachel smiling and took her hand in his, then put the car in reverse and started to drive away thinking about his time in Lima.

Seriously, the last few days were awesome because having Rachel Berry as your girlfriend was so much better than just life with Rachel Berry. Now that they were dating, he could just surprise her out of nowhere and lean over for a kiss, or randomly wrap his arms around her waist and just get lost in her embrace. And they didn't have to go through that awkward moment anymore when they ran into an old friend, cause now they could just say 'this is my girlfriend or boyfriend'. Plus, he'd gotten sex every night so far, and let me tell you, pregnant sex was mind blowing. Except, maybe that was just sex with Rachel, but either way he knew it was the greatest thing ever and he would never get sick of it. Even if it was a little cute and funny when Rachel's stomach touched him, and he was kinda creeped out that his son might know the things he was doing to his mom. All he knew was that, the time they spent together was amazing.

He loved how his mom and Rachel had spent a day baking in the kitchen, and that his mom completely adored her. Or that she accompanied him to the football practice Coach Beiste had asked him to join and help with. His favorite though was how she died of laughter when he told her he used to make forts in the living room when he was in high school, and then informed him that they had to make one. It was so the best one he'd ever created and she loved it, then they had the greatest movie marathon ever inside of the beast fort they had made. He didn't want to leave Lima, because now that he was actually out of it, when he came back it was good to be home. Plus, he was now going somewhere that scared him shitless. They were traveling back to New York to meet Rachel's dads. He was bad enough as it is talking to parents, let alone two dads who's daughter he knocked up. Thinking about a guy doing that to the future daughters he wanted made him want to punch himself in the face. Sure, Rachel assured him that they'd love him, but she didn't know how bad he was at talking. Rachel was so much better at it, and she already knew his whole family before he even impregnated her. He on the other hand, always seemed to say the wrong things, and would get so nervous he'd start sweating. So then, he'd get awful armpit stains making him not want to raise his arms causing him to look more awkward than he already is. The only thing that would get him through this dinner was the reassuring comfort of Rachel, and the thought that tomorrow they'd be going to make sure Rachel approved of the apartment he wanted, and they might even go shopping for the nursery.

That was one thing that had him thinking lately, because honestly he had no idea where there son would be sleeping once he was born. Yes, he made sure the apartment he wanted had an extra room for a nursery, because he'd thought it'd be nice to have the kid stay over at his place sometimes, to give Kurt a break. But now that him and Rachel were dating that kind of messed up the plan. I mean, his girlfriend staying at his brother's apartment while he lived alone, that was just not right. Along with the fact that he wanted to be there every night to help raise Chris too, and could never let Rachel do that alone. However, he saw her viewpoints about the risk of them living together, and their relationship falling apart, leaving their son with parents who are hostile towards one another. He saw the kids whose parents were divorced, and though they'd never admit it, it was tough on them. Watching the two people who had created you, just suddenly stop loving each other, that was hard. So of course, he never wanted to let their kid go through that.

His mind wandered around more as he drove, and he looked over to his right and saw Rachel peacefully sleeping in the passenger seat. A huge grin broke out on his face, because seriously he was falling in love with this girl. He watched as she rustled in her sleep, placing a gentle hand on her stomach with a soft smile falling on her lips. Pride and adoration filled Finn, because he couldn't think of any other girl he'd like to be with than her. Glancing back towards the road, Finn turned on the radio softly to fill the silence. Once REO came on, he had to join in and he gently started singing to the music, but he stopped when Rachel moved in her seat. A frown appeared on her face and she opened her eyes to look at him,

"Why'd you stop singing?" She said quietly.

"I thought you were sleeping." Finn said cocking an eyebrow. A small smile finally played on her lips.

"I was, but it seems our son likes your singing just as much as I do, and he started kicking like a madman, waking me up."

"So why didn't you stop me when you woke up?" He questioned.

"Because I liked how peaceful and happy you looked. Plus, I like your singing best when you don't know I'm listening, you're always less embarrassed about it. Which by the way you have no reason to be." All Finn does is shake his head smirking, and taking Rachel's hand in his over the counsel. Slowly Rachel pulled her seat up, taking in her surroundings.

"Where are we?"

"Ugh, about 2 hours into Pennsylvania why?"

"Babies hungry." Rachel said giggling, and rubbing swirls on her belly.

"Next exit." Finn said nodding, and pulling Rachel's hand up to kiss it. She beamed up at him and they both shared a look of happiness, and Rachel thought of how she couldn't wait to start their family.

6 hours and 7 pee breaks later, the couple drove their way through the familiar streets of New York, before making it to the outskirts. Butterflies started to make their way into Finn's stomach as their car drove closer and closer. Feeling his nerves, Rachel leaned across the seat, and planted a sweet kiss on his cheek and recaptured his hand in hers. "Relax baby, you're going to be fine." She whispered soothingly, and he tried to smile as best he could. So many thoughts plagued his mind, different scenarios playing in his head of what could go wrong. Several images played in his mind of her fathers beating him up, then kicking him out and taking Rachel for themselves. Another one flashed of Rachel trying to convince her fathers he was a good guy, before realizing he wasn't and leaving him. However, what really scared him were the true possibilities. Like, him accidentally telling them their daughters awesome in bed, or making an awkward joke that neither of them find funny.

Breaking him out of his thoughts, Rachel told him to turn right here. Slowly, he pulled into a quaint little neighborhood, filled with very beautiful colonial houses. After driving past several, she pointed to a house ahead, and Finn pulled the car in the driveway before turning it off. He took in the house in front of him, gazing at how pretty it was. Candles lit each window in the front, and a large stoned sidewalk lined a path to the door. A huge oak tree stood to the left of the open yard, complete with a small wooden swing hanging from a branch. His heart started to beat faster, with the realization that her fathers were right through that door.

"Finn it's going to be okay." Rachel said quietly, staring at Finn with her deep brown eyes.

His nerves seem to melt when he looked into her eyes. Nodding, he leaned down for a quick kiss, then pulled away, opening his door and running over to help Rachel out. She beamed down at him, and gladly took his help and turned into a fit of laughter when Finn bent down and placed huge kiss to her stomach then went to fetch the luggage. Rachel loudly protested from the steps as Finn insisted he got their suitcases and she stay. Finally rolling the last one up and locking the doors, he took her hand in his. The couple shared a look, before Rachel reached up and pressed the doorbell, hearing it chime.

A sudden skidding was heard from the other side of the door, then fumbling until it burst open revealing a middle-aged bald man with glasses and a sweater. Suddenly there's squealing and the man flings his arms around Rachel while she shouts, "Daddy!" The man rubs her back and squeezes her once more, then pulls back to look at Finn who's standing their awkwardly. A firm glare is held on his face, and he looks Finn up and down, like he's deciding if the size difference will be too much for when he beats Finn up. The boy gulps at the father and Rachel quickly intervenes, fearing for her boyfriend.

"Umm, daddy I'd like you to meet my boyfriend Finn." She says nervously, watching her father's movements and reactions to what she said.

"Boyfriend?" Leroy says harshly, clenching his fist angrily.

"Yes daddy, as of four days ago he is my boyfriend."

"I see well..." Rachel's dad pauses sticking a hand out towards Finn, "Hello Finn, it's good we're finally meeting the guy who got our daughter pregnant and is now dating her." With that, he shakes Finn's hand, sending a firm grip causing Finn to wince in pain.

Carefully he takes his hand back, nodding fearfully. Rachel stands between the two terrified and she coughs to break the face off going on. Once the stare-down stops, Leroy widens the door, letting the couple bring in their stuff, all the while never stopping his eye contact with Finn. The pair turn around once more to look at him while he states,

"Rachel, show Finn your room and bring your luggage up there. Once you're rested and ready, you two come down for dinner so we can talk." She nods shouting hi to her dad in the kitchen, and planting a kiss on her daddy's cheek. Then she takes Finn's hand and he follows nervously behind, feeling her daddy's eyes burning into his back.

She turns to the third door on the right and opens it showing Finn her childhood room. Inwardly chuckling to himself, he sets their bags down, and looks at the bright yellow walls lined with Broadway posters. On the bed lay dozens of stuffed animals and the whole innocence of the room just makes him like Rachel Berry even more. She turns to him embarrassed,

"I'm sorry, it's so awful I know, but I liked it when I was 12." Her cheeks reddening, Finn only grins down and pulls her into his embrace, and places a kiss on her hair.

"I think it's totally adorable." He mumbles, and then leans back only to go down and give her a real kiss. She moans a little into his mouth but stops.

"You don't know how difficult it is going to be refraining from you in my parent's house." She says groaning, and Finn nods agreeing.

"Yeah, but I want to make a good impression, so ravishing you while your dads are on the floor below us won't make them too happy. I already got the dart of getting you pregnant." He says, but Rachel stares at him so he stops talking.

"Hey, I know you don't have the best circumstances, but if I love you, then in the end my fathers will like you too."

"Well your dad didn't seem too happy with me already, but I guess it's expected. I will just have to trust you that it gets better." Rachel beams enthusiastically, giving Finn a huge kiss for that then stops to talk sternly.

"Now, I'm going to shower and you are going to rest your eyes because I can tell you're tired. Then when I'm done you can hop in, and then we will go down together." She says turning around.

"I'll miss showering with you babe." Finn states jokingly, and smacks her butt while she walks away. Rachel sends him a disapproving look but he just smiles until she's in the bathroom. Finally, feeling his body's exhaustion, Finn launches himself on the bed over all the stuffed animals and is asleep in a matter of seconds.

His palms are sweating more than ever before, and he can feel the moisture building between his arms and shirts. Luckily, Rachel suggested he wear the dark colored button up, because it's less likely to show stains. Now, though he doesn't think it will help as he sits in the dining room next to Rachel, staring at her dads before them. The meal is completely silent, only with the clatters of knives and forks, while they cut up their food. Finn thinks they are just torturing him, because from what he's heard Rachel and her fathers always talk. So, she's pretty much just as stunned as he is, and can't help but hate the quietness of the dinner. Her dad seems to be a little more warming to Finn, but not much, and come on can either of them take their eyes of her boyfriend and give him some time to breathe? Literally, Rachel thinks they maybe looked away twice, it was like they were judging him by his table manners. As she finished her last bite, she looks over to see Finn doing the same. He sets his silverware down slowly, and looks up to see her dads staring at him once again. Averting their looks, Finn turns to his side and smiles at Rachel, who grins taking his hand under the table. When the pair looks back towards the Berrys he swears that made them more angry. Rachel coughs to break the silence, and it seems to be a secret signal for the fathers to start talking because right after, Leroy begins to speak.

"So Finn, were you never taught about the proper use of contraceptives? Didn't your dad tell you to always respect women and you know always use protection?"

"Daddy!" Rachel shouts, squeezing Finn's hand in hers, but he only shakes his head and squeezes back ready to start the war.

"No Rach, it's fine he's right." He starts and Leroy nods still glaring, "Umm, Mr. Berry my father died when I was a baby and my mom raised me. N-not that that's an excuse but I'd just like to get that out there. And as for the protection, yeah that was a stupid reckless thing of me to do, and I'm really sorry about what I did to your daughter but I can't regret what has come out of it."

"I see, so you're glad you ruined Rachel's future?" Hiram asks this time.

"No!" Finn shouts forcefully startling everyone. He reddens in embarrassment but keeps going, "I know Rachel's destined to be a star, and I'm not happy I slowed down her process to fame. But you of all people should know that nothing's going to stop her, so I don't find her future ruined just postponed." Leroy and Hiram seem taken aback by the answer, and a huge grin breaks out on Rachel's face, but it's only for a second until the questioning begins again.

"We do believe in our daughter 100%, but don't forget you are going to have a child playing in the mix." Hiram adds, and Finn shakes his head understanding before Leroy starts, "Have you even thought about the responsibility you are taking on? You are going to have a baby to take care of, feed, lose sleep with, how do you plan on doing that son? Cause I don't see you being capable of that." Rachel gawks at her dad, and starts to talk but Finn stops her.

"Well, I actually just earned my degree in musical education so I've been applying to several places. Also, I have two jobs right now for support, and to pay for medical bills and all the baby needs. It may not seem like it but, I'm prepared for my son and I'm ready to take care of the child I created." Finn finishes. The dads look at each other and share a look, so Rachel and Finn prepare for a long speech. Leroy coughs then sternly starts to talk,

"You ruined my babies life, and for that I will never repay you. I don't like you, because I don't think you are good enough for my daughter. She deserves the world and frankly you're not it. However, we can't stop what happened and family is what's important so I will deal with you for the sake of my future grandson. Just know that, I hate you."

"Daddy!" Rachel screeches and her dad holds his hand to stop her, but she stands up to start to yell. Finn grabs her arm and Rachel pauses to look down at his eyes, which show complete sincerity in them. She freezes and waits for him to talk.

"Rach." He says pleading her to stop and sit down, she sighs and nods, plumping back down in the chair. Finn rubs her arm soothingly, then let's out a heavy breathe when he turns towards her dads once again and begins.

"Mr. and Mr. Berry, I understand why you hate me, really. And honestly, I agreed with you when you said I'm not good enough for Rachel. She's perfect, so so talented and beautiful, and I will never be able to give her what she deserves. You have to know though, that I will do whatever it takes to give her and my son the perfect life. They're my world, and I will protect them and won't ever let anything hurt them. I'm gonna make mistakes, and I'm not perfect, but I love her. I'm in love with her and there's nothing you can do that's gonna stop me from spending the rest of my life with her."

He swears he catches tears in Rachel's eyes when he looks down at her. She clasps his hand, leaning into his side and taking in his lovely scent. Leroy and Hiram sit shocked, taking in the words they just heard. The husbands seem to share the same thought and also take the other's hand in their grasp. Suddenly, something softens in both their eyes while they watch Rachel stare at the boy in the chair next to her. They'd anticipated this, knowing there'd be a time when they'd have to give her up. However actually watching your daughter fall in love was terrifying. Knowing she had a new man in her life that would always protect her, shower her with unconditional love, and fill in the spots so she no longer needed you. That was the exact look Rachel sported, one of pure adoration and Finn sent the same down to her with both of them forgetting about the parents across the table. Now, a tear tickled down Leroy's face and he quickly wiped it away not wanting the couple to know they'd touched him.

Once Finn leaned down and placed a soft kiss on Rachel's head, pulling her into his side lovingly, Hiram and Leroy stood up to address them. Signaling that they should stand up, Rachel in Finn unwrapped from one another's arms, and pushed their chairs back. Slowly, Finn watched as Rachel's parents moved to the other side of the table and stood before them. Just then, Leroy outstretched his hand towards Finn, who took it willingly also. Firmly, they shook and then Finn switched and gave Hiram one too who even softly smiled at the boy. Silently Rachel did a cheer, and the intensity of the evening disappeared as Leroy began to speak,

"I may not approve of what you did to our daughter, and it's going to take me a while to forgive you. However, I respect you for what you are doing. Not most men would be standing here in your position, taking responsibility and for that I will forever be grateful." Finn nods at him, a smile forming on his lips. Leroy ponders something, and once again looks at the couple before him, then up to his husband, then back again. "You know I love Rachel more than anything in the world, and I'd do anything to see her happy. To my disappointment I can't choose who she falls in love with, and while I watch her, I know she's slowly falling love with you. Her eyes show the same worship I have for my soul mate, and I know when you get that, there's no stopping her. So, I'm asking you to take care of her. I know she's a handful at times, but whatever you do don't give up on her, because she's truly amazing. Now, there's one thing I have left to say," Leroy pauses sternly taking a long breathe then walking forward and wrapping Finn in his arms. "Welcome to the family."

Later that night, Hiram gets up from bed to go get a glass of water. He looks down at the man lying in bed next to him, and still can't believe how lucky he got. Mindlessly he walks through the hall to the kitchen and fetches himself a glass of water. While he sits by the counter and sips his drink, he hears the TV sound flooding through the house. Placing the cup in the dishwasher, he wanders down to the living room, but pauses when he catches someone inside. Slowly, he rounds the corner and stops in awe at the view before him. A blanket is splayed across the floor, and then leaning against the couch is Finn and Rachel. She's lying in between his legs, with her head resting on his chest, fast asleep. Finn smiles down at her, and continues to rub circles on her stomach. When he looks up at the TV he catches sight of Hiram who stands staring down at the two of them. Finn sends a soft smirk to him, and he just nods towards the two placing a hand over his heart then turns and leaves the room.

When he gets back to the room, and lies back in bed Leroy adjusts and cuddles to his form. Hiram sniffles lightly not realizing he was crying. Leroy hears it and opens his eyes to look at his husband who just shakes his head and pulls Leroy into him. They lay together until Hiram mumbles, "We're giving our baby to good hands." Then the two softly fall asleep blissfully thinking of how much their daughter has grown up.

The first thing she thinks when she wakes up is how comfortable and awesome it is to sleep in Finn's arm. Like she could never get sick of it, and his body is where she is meant to be for the rest of her life. After a while of basking in Finn cuddling her, she shifts and let's her eyes flutter open to see Finn staring down at her. His lazy morning eye beam towards her and his infamous smirk appears when he sees her wake. She can't help but giggle at how adorable they look, and places a hand to his cheek, leaning up to give him a quick kiss.

"Good morning." She mumbles, pulling the covers over her more and stretching her body out.

"Hello beautiful." Finn says back, pulling Rachel back into his side, which she tries to protest but she knows she can't say no. As she looks up into his eyes and sees his smiles, Rachel knows she will never be able to refuse him. And if their son get's that smile and dimples, forget about it. Hell, if she could say no to Finn they wouldn't be in this situation in the first place. Laying a hand on his chest, she takes in his intoxicating scent and he grins down at her showing her how much he adores her. She still can't believe that someone actually looks at her that way, and honestly cannot comprehend how Finn Hudson is the one who loves her. They're having a baby together and never did she imagine this was her future, or that she'd be so happy with it. The dream she had last night said it all, and Rachel basked in the memory of how awesome it sounded.

Rachel pulled the keys out of her purse carefully, and put them into the lock revealing a lovely apartment before her. The kitchen to the right wafted of dinner being cooked, and the fridge inside sported dozens of pictures and kid's drawings and awards. Kicking her shoes off, Rachel turned to throw her keys into the bowl but stopped to gaze at the picture frame sitting on the desk. There she was in a beautiful white wedding down, and standing right next to her was Finn Hudson, his face showing pure and utter pride, proving how happy he was to have made Rachel his wife. Her eyes moved the bottom if the picture, and who was positioned in front of the newlyweds. Sporting the same half-sided smile and dimples, a mop-headed replica of his father grinned towards the camera, and was probably the cutest 3 year-old she had ever seen.

On command, there was a pounding from down the hall, and Rachel set down the picture to look up and see Christopher in the flesh charging towards her. Skidding to a halt before her, there was a loud incoherent shout of 'Mommy!' and then he wrapped his arms and hugged her. She squeezed the boy back and finally looked down to notice her ever-growing stomach. Just then another pair of footsteps came through the home and she let go of her son to find her handsome husband coming to engulf her in his arms. Rachel smiled into him, and leaned up for a kiss which Finn reciprocated happily then placed one on her stomach too. The boys seemed to fall into their simple habits and Finn went into the kitchen to finish up dinner, while Chris dragged her into their living room to rattle off stories about all his crazy kindergarten tales. Sitting on the couch, Rachel noticed how awesome the two Tony's looked on the fire place. Just then dinner started and the couple gathered to listen to their son talk more, and Finn chatted about how the kids were today in his class.

Eventually Rachel woke up, but her mood hadn't changed from how beautiful the dream was. Their home was pretty and appeared to have memories of raising Chris in it, with the happiness of welcoming a new child soon. Both she and Finn had reached their dreams, and they'd gotten married and were carrying their lives on together. Nothing could've been more perfect, and while she thought about the vision of future, Finn noticed her look and broke her daydream.

"Whatcha thinking about?"

"Nothing, really just a dream." She answered quietly and smiled up at him.

"What was it about?"

"Just the future." Rachel said quickly, and scooted over as Finn got out of bed to throw on a shirt. She sat up and ran her hands over her stomach, trying to get herself out of bed, and watched as Finn got ready.

"So I see you want me in it." Finn said slyly as he was walking towards the bedroom door.

"Now how can you be so sure Mr. Full of himself?"

"Oh I don't know, maybe because you mumbled my name in your sleep." He responded smirking, before running out the door and closing it leaving an embarrassed Rachel to get ready for the day ahead.

The breakfast was much smoother than the dinner, that's for sure. Her dads actually held a meaningful conversation, they asked him about his aspirations in life, and where he was thinking of teaching. After the meal, the pair got ready to leave, and Rachel started to cry about leaving her parents. Once Finn had calmed her down, she gave them both a hug and kiss, and Finn exchanged two firm handshakes, and even one hug from Hiram. The men told him to take care of her, and find a good place to raise their grandson before Rachel and Finn closed the door and got into the car. Pulling out of the driveway, they waved goodbye and then started towards the city to really plan out where their life was going.

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There were three choices, and Rachel hated the first two. Sure, Finn understood that she wanted the perfect place for their kid to grow up in. Except, she hadn't seen some of the places Finn had been taken to before, because seriously some of them were just disgusting. Plus, the things she hated about them were just things she was choosing to be bad. Like this one has an extra bedroom, 'but what if I have guests or maybe we have another kid.', but no that's just too many rooms for Chris to get lost in. Or, the kitchen's too large and I like my cooking space tight and together for easy baking. By the end of the second tour Finn is exhausted, and he can tell the realtor was about to strangle Rachel by her own two hands. Their fate was resting on the third apartment, which was the priciest of one's but Finn loved it and was crossing his fingers Rachel did too or else he was out of luck on a place to live and help raise his son.

The elevator opened into the hall, and they walked out to find the apartment. Their hands intertwined and Finn smiled at Rachel, because so far so good, she hadn't criticized the elevator or hallways yet which was a good sign. Once they reach the doorway, the woman jingled her keys and opened the door, which the pair walked through and Finn holds his breath looking at Rachel for her reaction. His heart stopped though when she said nothing, she just gazed around wide-eyed, which Finn didn't know if it was a good thing or a bad thing. She starts to wander off done the halls, to look at the living room and everything else. When she makes it to the extra bedroom, she stops to look around. Finn and the lady stand at the door fearfully and confused, waiting for Rachel to say something. After an eternity, she turns around to look at them, and they notice the tear tracks down her eyes. Finn starts to say something, but she stops him by launching herself into him, wrapping her arms around his neck. Stumbling backwards, he pulls her into him startled, and squeezes back still waiting for Rachel to say something. Sniffling, she untangles herself from Finn and looks at him with red-rimmed eyes, then finally speaks softly.

"It's perfect Finn." He beams at her, and leans down for a quick peck, then she pulls back and takes his hand, starting to tear up while she speaks again. "This is where we are going to raise our son. I see him taking his first steps in the living room, and us rocking him in the nursery running on no sleep. He's going to sit at the counter after school while I make him a snack and he tells me about his day. This is our future Finn and its perfect."

All Finn can do is smile and stare back into her eyes, because it is what he wants and he can see it too. A life with Rachel and their son, 5 months ago he would've been disgusted by this and probably in some random person's car waking up from a hangover. Little did he know, he was going to make his greatest mistake ever, by sleeping with Rachel Berry. Just then there was a light cough, and the pair came back to reality to look at the realtor smiling and nodding their heads ready to sign for this apartment.

Finn wasn't one for shopping, Rachel knew that and he knew that, so finding stuff for his apartment was proving to be very difficult. They'd been to like five other stores, and everything was either too expensive or not right. So now, they were searching yet another store, with Rachel about to set a rage of hormones at him for being such a pain. They roamed the aisles until they landed to the beds, which Finn was about to pass easily, however Rachel stopped him.

"Finn, you need a new bed." She said irritated. He rolled his eyes but made his way towards her, and she intertwined their fingers while they walked through the different beds.

"My bed in Ohio is just fine Rach." He says whining, while she looks at the price tag to one and he coughs, cause he cannot afford that. She seems to think the same thing, because she walks on and he breathes a heavy sigh of relief until she turns toward him.

"Yes Finn, but it's in OHIO. We can't take the difficulty of moving it, plus we need a place to sleep when we visit your family." Finn shakes his head, realizing once again she is way smarter than him, but frustration hits him when he notices he's going to have to cough up more money than he has.

"Babe, you're right." Rachel smiles satisfied but he keeps going, "But, with Chris coming we can't spend that much, I'm totally cool with a twin bed like my dorm room." Suddenly as he says that, something changes in Rachel, and he watches as her eyes go from chocolate to dark brown with anger. He doesn't know what he said, but he's in the doghouse because she doesn't even address him after that and just goes off to look at more beds. Frustrated he stops behind her and takes her hand to spin her around. When she's turned around Rachel looks at him as if nothing is wrong, and just smiles up at him.

"Honey, what about this one?" She asks sweetly, gesturing to the king sized frame behind them. Shaking his head, Finn looks at her in complete confusion.

"Uhh Rach, I told you I don't need a big bed."

"Yes, but the bed has to be big enough for the both of us." Rachel says nodding, over emphasizes the last word in the sentence. Eyebrows knitted together, Finn just stares at her in complete and utterly puzzled. "Cause you know I don't enjoy you kicking in the middle of the night, so I need lots of room after we go to bed." She adds once more, trying to get him to comprehend what she is saying. Then just like that it dawns on him, and his eyes light up like its Christmas morning. Stuttering he starts to speak,

"Y-you mean you're gonna live with me?" Rachel shakes her head up and down, confirming. Suddenly, Finn wraps her in his arms, giving her a huge kiss then pulls back with teary eyes. "W-Why?" He asks giddily.

"Because I realized how crazy our idea of raising a newborn in two different places was, and I really didn't want to start Chris' life with a divorced parent's lifestyle. And when I saw that apartment, I just knew it was where WE were going to raise our son, and go through life together there. Plus, living with my hot and sexy boyfriend sounds pretty fricken awesome." Finn smooches her once more after that, then starts to walk around more, the idea of finding furniture for his and Rachel's home not nearly as bad anymore.

To say the shopping had gone well after that was an understatement, somehow when Finn knew that him and Rachel were going to be sharing the apartment, millions of ideas opened up in his mind, along with his wallet becoming much more lenient. Surprisingly they agreed on most things, and buying everything had gone smoothly, and setting up the furniture delivery dates had gone down without a hitch. Planning the paint had been another story though, because Finn did not want any normal paint colors. Off white, and burgundy were out of the question, but bright orange and neon green were completely acceptable for their living room. Eventually though, she had broken him down like always with her whispering what she would do to him later that night. She was exhausted by the end of the day, and Finn had to carry her sleeping body up to Kurt's where they were staying until everything was moved into their apartment.

Two hours later after a very successful nap, they'd ordered Chinese for dinner which Rachel was on her way to pick up now. To her surprise, Finn had actually let her venture by herself since he was too enwrapped in the Call of Duty game him and Sam were having. So, now she walked happily to the take out place watching as the people walked past her, content and pleased with how her life was going.

As she walked into the restaurant, the smells of almond chicken and fried rice wafted through, and she realized just how hungry her and the baby were. Placing her hands on her stomach, she walked forward and the man smiled at her, taking her name and running back to get her food. Grinning, Rachel looked around the place, and all the families imagining her future and everything that it would hold. The man brought back her food and she started to pay and thank him when someone broke her out of her trance, and she spun around when she heard her name.

"Rachel!" The person looked her body up and down then questioned, "Wait, Rachel?" Putting a hand on her stomach she awkwardly smiled then said,

"Mercedes, how about a cup of coffee?"

The walk was uncomfortable, as both girls stood side by side, waiting for the other to start talking. Neither said a word until a block later at the cafe, where Rachel sat sipping her hot chocolate and Mercedes drank her latte. How was she supposed to face this topic?

Mercedes had been her best friend in high school, like she told her everything, but once college hit and she went to NYU while Mercedes chose Julliard, they'd grown apart. Then Kurt came along, and well their bond was just too strong so they immediately became best friends, and Mercedes was slowly forgotten along with all the other high school friends.

Except, now they sat two years since they'd last spoken and Rachel's stomach was the giant white elephant in the room that neither wanted to bring it up just quiet yet. Finally, Rachel coughed to startle Mercedes, then began to speak.

"So, it's been a while. How have you been?" Mercedes looked at her with a puzzled look, but then smiled to start to speak.

"Yeah it's been a couple years. I've been good, just graduated last month and now I'm trying to you know get in the business and sign a record deal. What about you?"

"Great, I actually just graduated NYU with honors and am going to try for Broadway." Rachel answered quickly, avoiding the topic that needed to be faced. Mercedes just nodded her head, not wanting to ask any questions. So the silence hit again, until Rachel spoke once more. "So, how's your family been?"

"Really good, my mom and dad just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary and uhh Michael just got engaged."

"Oh that's so exciting I'm glad for him. Do you like your future sister-in-law?" Rachel asked excitedly, truly happy for the brother that used to be like her own.

"Yeah, she's a really nice girl, you would've approved. A nurse major from New Hampshire, fits in our family perfectly." Mercedes finishes, then takes another sip of her coffee while Rachel stares back at her. Sighing, she pats her stomach fondly then looks at Mercedes with serious eyes and points to her stomach.

"So I guess you're wondering about this aren't you?" Setting her cup down, Mercedes nods to Rachel, then down at her empty left hand and back up to her eyes as Rachel sighs before starting to talk again. "Well, it wasn't planned if that's what you were wondering," Mercedes just takes in the information shocked at how crazy this situation was.

If she was told in high school that Rachel Berry would have an unplanned pregnancy, and they wouldn't be friends, she would never have believed you. But, that's where she was and she still couldn't grasp the conversation they were having. Rachel became quiet and waited for Mercedes to ask the questions she knew was coming. Finally speaking up Mercedes said,

"Who?" Casting her eyes downward, Rachel avoided her gaze and took in a breathe before calmly saying,

"Finn Hudson." Mercedes nearly choked on her coffee, and coughed when she heard the name come out of Rachel's mouth. Because, well Finn was famous in the colleges around here, she wasn't even in the "cool" crowd, and even she knew who he was, and she went to a completely different school! So, yeah she'd heard about the legendary Finn knocking up a girl, and she was not surprised. Hooking up with that many girls, the odds are going to have it, but not once did she think Rachel Berry was the girl who he would be having a child with.

"Finn? Wow Rach didn't know you knew him." Mercedes says stunned.

"Oh believe me, I didn't." Rachel says chuckling, "But, whatever people say about him isn't even close to being true. He's sweet, loving, and never once backed down from the idea of becoming an unplanned father. Which is why we're now dating and going to move in together to raise our baby." She finishes and watches as her old friend takes in the information. Anxiously she waits for Mercedes reply while she ponders on the information. Finally a small smirk forms on Mercedes lips which breaks out into a huge grin when she leaps up to pull Rachel into a huge hug.

"Congratulations Rachel! I'm truly happy for you." Rachel squeezes back and suddenly the ice and intensity between them melts away, the old bond between them coming right back. They sit back down excitedly to finish their drinks when Mercedes says, "So tell me, is Finn really that awesome in bed?" Which earns a smack from Rachel who just chuckles, but then they both fall silent until Mercedes leans in hinting for a real answer.

"Best I've had every single time." Rachel says quietly and the girls die and talk about all the things they missed.

What did ya think? Was Mercedes good? Did Rachel's dads react wrongly? Review review review and tell me(: And if you give me suggestions I will try to incorporate them. Special thanks to emiiix for getting me back on track and giving ideas(: See you next chapter!

P.S. Who's loving the finchel right now? Finn's proposal was to die for, along with Lea's solo. Don't forget about I Just Can't Stop Loving You..I cried, those two will be the death of me.