"What?" Rachel exclaimed, grabbing the closest chair to steady herself. Leroy and Hiram just looked at her in concern. Was this going to work? Or was it all too much for her to handle on top of her Senior Year? They should have told her first, consulted her in their decision. She was old enough to get married so she was old enough to handle this. They just wanted it to be a surprise, they didn't want to hurt or confuse their baby girl.

Rachel felt sick, had she heard them correctly? They had expected her to be excited and of course she should be but right now she just couldn't handle all the emotions that were spreading throughout her body. It was a major shock, one she was sure would take a lot of getting used to but underneath all the fear there was a twinge of excitement.

She excused herself from the lounge room, telling her dad's she needed some time to think. She just needed to get away from them and their stressful glances. She reassured them that she was going to be back for dinner as they did not need any more stress at present. They thankfully understood and hugged her gently before she left them to review their decision, again.

As she grabbed her phone and handbag she headed for the front door already dialling a number into her phone. As she turned the handle of the door and stepped out onto the porch her worry automatically declined as she knew that soon she would have her fiancés loving arms around her which would aid in the decision over her emotions.

As always as soon as Finn saw her name on his screen he picked up without hesitation.

"Hey Rachel," he said, cheerful to get a phone call from her this late into the summer break when he knew she would be busy preparing for a new school year.

"Hey Finn," she answered pausing before continuing, "Listen, can I please come over? I know it's unexpected and you may be busy but..." he interrupted her before she could finish what she was saying.

"Of course you can Rach; you know you don't need to ask. Is everything ok?" She smiled to herself at how supportive he always was.

"Ok, thank you heaps, will see you in 10. Yeah, I will explain when I get there. Bye." She finished quickly hanging up before he could ask more questions which she clearly wasn't in the correct emotional state to answer.

As she walked the familiar route to Finn's house she couldn't control the tears so she let them unreservedly stream down her face. By the time she started to round the corner to his street she could tell she was an emotional wreck but she didn't have to try and conceal it because she knew he accepted her despite how she looked.

She didn't even have to knock as he was perched on the front step waiting for her. As he saw her round the corner embarking onto his street a look of worry smothered his face as he saw hers covered with tears. He slowly rose off the step and descended down, slowly making his way towards her. As the distance between them shrunk he held out his arms ready to embrace his clearly distraught fiancé.

She ran the last few steps and lunged into his arms, pouring her heart out onto his sleeve. He held her tightly and silently, knowing that he had to be there for her and that she would open up when she felt ready. As time elapsed the flow of tears slowed and he rubbed circles on her back willing the tears to become nonexistent. She slowly pulled away from his embrace and looked up into his loving eyes. She couldn't thank him enough for the way he held her without a word and helped her overcome the emotional stress she was going through.

Although he would do all this without expecting anything in return she knew she owed him an explanation as to why his shirt was soaked with her tears.

"Finn...I...I" She stammered struggling to find the right words.

"When you're ready Rach." He reassured her while running a hand through her hair.

"Well, I don't know how to explain this. I don't even know how I feel about it but," she paused taking in a deep breath, "I'm going to have a little sister."