He gets the phone call during third period, during his geography class. He tells the kids to behave while he takes this call, and he steps out into the hallway, pressing the 'accept' button.
"Finn, you need to come down to the hospital," Kurt says frantically on the other end of the phone. "Rachel just went into labor."
He nearly drops the phone. "But… she's not due for another two weeks."
"Well, tell that to your baby, because she's sure as hell coming!"
He hears Rachel screech in the background, "Tell him he's never touching me again!"
"She not on the drugs yet?" Finn asks, trying to ignore the racing of his heart. Oh God this is happening it's happening it's happening.
"No, we just pulled into the parking lot!" Kurt says frantically. Rachel shrieks in the background again. "You need to hurry, Finn!"
"I'm on my way," he says curtly, and he hangs up. He doesn't even go back inside the classroom, walking down the hallway instead. He heads into the front office to request a sub.
He has a baby to meet.
And he is scared shitless.
He finally gets back to the room where Rachel is after stopping to talk to Kurt and Sebastian in the waiting room, bracing himself for whatever Rachel might throw at him.
She beams when she sees him. "Hey, Finny. She's still not here yet. I'm not fully dilated."
He lets out a sigh of relief, smoothing back her hair and leaning down to kiss her on the forehead. "How you feeling, babe?"
"Ready," she answers. She smiles. "I just got my epidural before you got here."
The doctor comes in then. "You must be her husband," he remarks.
Finn nods.
"Ready to meet your baby?"
"Yeah," he says, grinning down at Rachel. "I think I am."
"Okay, Rachel, let's check your progress." Finn feels a little uncomfortable that another man is looking at his wife's… lady parts, but he forces himself to remember that he's a doctor, not some perv.
"Okay," the doctor says. "Are you ready to start pushing?"
Rachel's eyes widen in fear. Finn gets the feeling she's not as ready as she said she was.
"I can't do this," she says, breathing shallowly.
"Hey," Finn says, taking the sides of her face in his hands. "Look at me, Rachel. You are going to be agreat mother. We're having our little girl today, okay? And she's going to be the most beautiful, amazing, awesome thing. And I promise that, no matter what, I'll be there, because you and me, together we can do anything, including this."
She stares at him for a second, but then she nods. "I love you so much right now," she admits.
He pecks her on the lips. "I love you, too. Now, are we going to have this baby?"
She smiles. "Let's do it." She looks over his shoulder. "Doctor, I think I'm ready to push now."
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FanfictionHe nods, and he feels like she's walking in slow motion as she brushes past him, heading to the bathroom. They're only twenty-five and they've been married for a year so how are they going to handle a baby? SEQUEL TO DAMAGED BECAUSE OF YOU
