Life As We Know It

Chapter 21: Engaging Fights

The morning sun hits Rachel's face and she squirms out of her sleep before an overwhelming sensation of nausea takes over and she has to run off to the bathroom. It's a few minutes before she feels calm enough to return to the bedroom but not before she stops to hear Finn talk to Cassie as he gets her dressed for day care.

'I know you don't understand yet but in seven months you'll have a little sister to look after' Finn cheerily tells Cassie as he pulls her t-shirt down her head and pulls her hands through one by one.

'She'll be as gorgeous as mummy and be as pretty as you too' he giggles poking Cassie's nose 'are you exited to meet the baby?' he asks Cassie as she repeats 'baby' after him.

'Yes baby girl, baby. I knew you'd be excited. I am too, so so much' Finn has managed to put Cassie's trousers on but is now battling her hair. He fiddles with her straight brown locks and lets out a little laugh as Cassie fidgets.

'I guess I'll need the practice with brushing hair, hey Cass? Mummy always complains about the way I do your pigtails, they look perfect to me' he muses.

A very hormonal Rachel finds it difficult not to let her emotions get the better of her as she stands at the bathroom doorway watching Finn and Cassie through the opening of Cassie's bedroom door. She stands there with a big smile and tears running down her face, tears of the happy kind. Things between her and Finn seem to be resolving themself and they're letting the natural course take them wherever it does. Last night they ended up in each other's arms and where things just felt right. There was happiness, excitement and love. For the first time in a while everything started to feel like it was falling into place. There were still some unanswered questions and some big decisions to be made regarding the so called 'wedding' but Rachel didn't want to think about just now. She wanted to enjoy the happy place she was in at the moment. She has the man she loves; she is carrying his child and also has the best nearly-two-year-old you could ask for.

She watches Cassie smile and giggle as Finn talks to her and can't help but feel a tinge of guilt. Cassie's parents were no longer here with her because of a stupid plan they cooked up to get her and Finn together. She understands that it was out of her control and nothing could have changed it but when you see that little girl, stare into her perfect green eyes she inherited of Sarah's and look at the straight brown hair her father had and the button nose that is a mixture of both her parent's nose, Rachel is always reminded of her best friends who were sharing the exact same excitement as her and Finn were when Sarah first discovered she was pregnant. They planned out a lifetime with their daughter and here Finn and Rachel were doing everything in their place. It's Cassie's smile that reminds her each and every time that she needs them here; she needs Finn and Rachel to be her mum and dad because she figures they were sort of always meant to be; from being her Godparents to becoming her parents. In all honesty Cassie felt every bit her own and she was pretty sure Finn felt the same way, besides her physical appearance, Cassie was all her and Finn and that thought made Rachel feel warmth inside. She was Finn and Rachel's and Jason and Sarah's. This kid was so special and undoubtedly she would be a brilliant big sister.

Rachel is so lost in thought she doesn't see Finn walk out of the bedroom with Cassie at hand and come towards her.

'Hey baby' he says, softly placing a kiss on her lips, making her smile. 'Spying are we?' he quirks an eyebrow. Rachel squats down to place on Cassie's cheeks with a 'Good Morning baby' before getting a big hug off Cassie.

'What are the tears for?' Finn asks worriedly.

'They're happy tears. I was just thinking that's all' she smiles up at Finn and scooping Cassie up in her arms.

'Are you sure?' With things being so up and down lately his weary of what could set Rachel off forgetting that hormonal pregnant women cried pretty easily at anything and everything.