#33: Phase Amnesty - #6: Fanficition
Challenge #06
Title: Same Exact Smile
Word Count: 560
Rating: PG
Fandom: Glee
Pairings (if any): Finn/ Rachel
Warnings (Non-Con/Dub-Con/etc): mentions character death
Summary: AU: Rachel really is pregnant in 4x15.
"This was such a mistake," Rachel sighed, leaning into Finn's steady shoulder.
"No, baby, we're here, we gotta go through with it. It's too late to go back now."
Rachel nodded, but she couldn't be as confident as him, at least not in this way. She was only confident in one place, and that was under shiny lights. She wasn't sure she'd ever be able to do that again. She looked up into his dark eyes. "How can you be so calm about this? I mean, you don't even know for sure it's yours." Rachel almost felt sick at the thought. This baby could belong to Brody and she couldn't even process that, not now that she knew the truth about what kind of person he was.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," Finn smiled a little. "And hey, I've been here before, you know?"
"Yeah," she couldn't help chuckling a little. "I guess you have." She thought about what Finn did for Quinn, the pretty cheerleader. He had been willing to raise her child, no questions asked. Would he do the same for her? Did she even want him to? "You know, you don't have to do this for me, especially if it turns out..."
"Shh...that's not important."
"Come on, be realistic."
"Yeah, I care about you and I care about this child, I don't care who the father is. I mean, I would love if it's my kid, but I'm gonna take care of it all the same."
Rachel sighed. Finn had just started school and she knew she couldn't go back to NYADA, not with a kid. "What are we gonna do?"
Finn shrugged and looked up as the nurse entered the waiting room. "Rachel Berry? You can go in now."
Rachel stood up. Finn looked up at her. "I'll come in with you." It was half a question, half an expectation.
She studied him for a long moment and knew he was being sincere. She nodded. "Yeah, that would be nice."
Finn took her hand as they walked into the exam room. The technician prepared the sonogram and the doctor came in to read it. "It's a boy," he announced and suddenly, that baby became alive in Rachel, he became a real person.
==
Almost a year later, Rachel looked down at little Finn, trying to smile. It was hard not to look at him and cry at all the things she had lost. She had lost her spot at the best drama program in the country, when she told them she was pregnant. She lost a lot of her friends, when she told them she had to move back home. And she lost him. The love of her life.
Little Finn was babbling away, crawling and playing with his toys on the same rug that had been in her fathers' house for as long as she could remember. She had probably crawled on this same rug, played with these same toys. Her dads had promised her baby would have the best life, but she knew she couldn't leave it up to them forever. She wanted the best for her son, no doubt about it. The best for Finn's son.
She smiled down at the boy. He had his eyes, the same exact smile. And that much almost made the sacrifice worth while.
Title: Same Exact Smile
Word Count: 560
Rating: PG
Fandom: Glee
Pairings (if any): Finn/ Rachel
Warnings (Non-Con/Dub-Con/etc): mentions character death
Summary: AU: Rachel really is pregnant in 4x15.
"This was such a mistake," Rachel sighed, leaning into Finn's steady shoulder.
"No, baby, we're here, we gotta go through with it. It's too late to go back now."
Rachel nodded, but she couldn't be as confident as him, at least not in this way. She was only confident in one place, and that was under shiny lights. She wasn't sure she'd ever be able to do that again. She looked up into his dark eyes. "How can you be so calm about this? I mean, you don't even know for sure it's yours." Rachel almost felt sick at the thought. This baby could belong to Brody and she couldn't even process that, not now that she knew the truth about what kind of person he was.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," Finn smiled a little. "And hey, I've been here before, you know?"
"Yeah," she couldn't help chuckling a little. "I guess you have." She thought about what Finn did for Quinn, the pretty cheerleader. He had been willing to raise her child, no questions asked. Would he do the same for her? Did she even want him to? "You know, you don't have to do this for me, especially if it turns out..."
"Shh...that's not important."
"Come on, be realistic."
"Yeah, I care about you and I care about this child, I don't care who the father is. I mean, I would love if it's my kid, but I'm gonna take care of it all the same."
Rachel sighed. Finn had just started school and she knew she couldn't go back to NYADA, not with a kid. "What are we gonna do?"
Finn shrugged and looked up as the nurse entered the waiting room. "Rachel Berry? You can go in now."
Rachel stood up. Finn looked up at her. "I'll come in with you." It was half a question, half an expectation.
She studied him for a long moment and knew he was being sincere. She nodded. "Yeah, that would be nice."
Finn took her hand as they walked into the exam room. The technician prepared the sonogram and the doctor came in to read it. "It's a boy," he announced and suddenly, that baby became alive in Rachel, he became a real person.
==
Almost a year later, Rachel looked down at little Finn, trying to smile. It was hard not to look at him and cry at all the things she had lost. She had lost her spot at the best drama program in the country, when she told them she was pregnant. She lost a lot of her friends, when she told them she had to move back home. And she lost him. The love of her life.
Little Finn was babbling away, crawling and playing with his toys on the same rug that had been in her fathers' house for as long as she could remember. She had probably crawled on this same rug, played with these same toys. Her dads had promised her baby would have the best life, but she knew she couldn't leave it up to them forever. She wanted the best for her son, no doubt about it. The best for Finn's son.
She smiled down at the boy. He had his eyes, the same exact smile. And that much almost made the sacrifice worth while.