Decision
Decision
Rachel didn’t know everything but she knew enough to put the puzzle together, and now that she knew it all added up, the hidden glances, the numerous phone calls between friends, the many trips home to see family. Her boyfriend was cheating on her, with who she wasn’t sure but she had an idea of who it was. As she sits here on the train to Connecticut she really wonders why she didn’t see the signs in the first place its not like they weren’t right in front of her face the whole time. But yet here she was finally putting the pieces together after three years. She wishes that it was other events that had transpired in order for her to come this understanding, finding out Finn was hurt shouldn’t have been what started her on this journey and for the most part it wouldn’t have been if Carole hadn’t said that someone need to contact Quinn to let her know too. But there it was the tipping point that set off the events that led Rachel to board a train bound for New Haven instead of a flight to Germany to see Finn. Why she was going there instead, she wasn’t so sure of yet the standing theory she had was to tell Quinn to back the hell up.
Once the train pulls into the station two hours later she’s come to the conclusion that she’s here to tell Quinn to back off at least that what she thinks she decided to do. She nods in silent approval of this plan as the cab pulls up to Quinn’s apartment building. After paying the cab driver she makes her way into the building taking her time as to come up with the speech she’ll tell Quinn before she leaves to head to Germany. The speech for the most part is made up as she knocks on the door only for it to leave her mind as Quinn opens the door. Rachel thinks Quinn is being subtle as she pulls the baggy shirt she’s wearing down more over her slightly slender frame, at first she thinks nothing of it however once Quinn has ushered her in and has started to make tea for them she notices it. At first once she’s taken a good look at her she thinks Quinn has just gained some weight which is noting new a lot of college students gain weight at least that’s what she tells herself. But that idea is thrown out the window when Quinn reaches up too pull two mugs down out of the cabinet and her shirt rises up just enough to alert Rachel to the barely noticeably bump. Its not truly confirmed that Quinn is pregnant until Rachel excuses herself to the bathroom in which she finds the pre-natal vitamins in the medicine cabinet in her attempt to find something for her growing headache. Its then that she decides that she has to make a decision on what’s she’s going to do. Leaving the bathroom she notices that Quinn in no longer in the kitchen nor in the living room. Quickly she pulls the pad of paper that’s on the counter closer to quickly write down short note telling Quinn that Finn’s hurt and that she thinks Quinn should get on the next plane to Germany. After quickly signing her name and placing the paper under Quinn’s mug Rachel grabs her things and rushes out the door. Instead of leaving the building Rachel hides behind some large boxes to see if Quinn leaves or not. Its not long till she hears a door open and close down the hall and see Quinn rush down the hall towards the stairs while talking on the phone to someone who she suspects is Carole. Its then that Rachel wonders if this may have been Carole’s plan the whole time.
Its nearly a year since Rachel had went and seen Quinn and nearly as long since she had spoke with anyone of their friends. Finn had sent a letter weeks after he had been hurt informing her that he would be home soon and that he was moving to New Haven and that he would be by to pack up his things soon after. She’s not sure when he came and got his things having decided to stay at a friends place a full month just to make sure she wasn’t there when he came by. When she did finally go home she found his note telling her how sorry he was but that his heart belonged to someone else and that he hoped that one day they all could be friends. She wasn’t sure that she made the right decision in letting Finn go till she received a birth notice from Finn and Quinn. At first she left it on her kitchen table unopened however over time curiosity got the best of her till she opened it. It was then as she looked at the photo of Finn holding Quinn from behind while she held a few weeks old Amber Grace Hudson with both of them looking over the innocent Childs face that she knew she had made the right choice. Just the looks on both of their faces told her that she had done the right thing. It wasn’t the glint of gold bands on their fingers but it was the truly happy face that both of them were sporting.
The end