Piercing cries came through the baby monitor. Quinn pried her eyes open and saw that the alarm clock read 4:02. Right on time she thought. Rachel, who was resting with her head on Quinn's chest, rolled away from her, kicking her gently as she did so, "Your turn."

Rachel mumbled as she settled down on her side of the bed, pulling the covers more tightly around her body and in the process pulling them completely off of Quinn. The blonde groaned but sat up in bed, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. Rose's feeding schedule was not quite conducive for sleeping through the night, leaving the girls often very tired. Fortunately, today was their last day of school before summer started, allowing them some reprieve from the exhausting cycle. The blonde sleepily shuffled downstairs to warm some breast milk up for the hungry baby. She made it downstairs, squinting into the bright light of the refrigerator; she pulled out one of the prepared bottles. She had just stuck it in the microwave when she heard the crying cease.

She sighed, her head falling forward as if it were too heavy for her to keep it up herself. She took the still cold milk from the microwave and returned it to the refrigerator. She tripped back up the stairs and made her way to the nursery. The cheerleader peered inside and looked at the sight that always managed to make her heart flutter.

Rachel was already in the rocking chair with Rosie contentedly feeding. The brunette was reclined back with her heavy eyes shut and she sang softly, "Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens… These are a few of my favorite things."

Quinn just leaned in the doorway and observed the two girls. Watching Rachel and Rose made her feel close to tears. Both of them just made her so happy that it melted her ice queen exterior, which not much could do. This was her family now and it was so perfect. Rachel opened her eyes and instantly saw Quinn. She smiled sheepishly at her girlfriend. Quinn smiled back.

"You know baby," Quinn walked into the room, "You always say it is my turn but you inevitably seem to make it here before me."

"I am sorry." Rachel said bashfully, "But I can't help it. I have to come see her."

She looked down lovingly at Rosie who was sleeping peacefully now. Quinn understood completely. It had been nearly two weeks since they had found Rose and it was nearly impossible for them to draw themselves away from. For the first week, Rachel barely put the baby down, unless she was letting Quinn, Puck, or her fathers hold her. School days went painfully slow as both girls just waited until the moment they could go home to Rosie, especially Rachel. It was as if she were afraid that if she let go, or let her out of her sight, Rose would disappear again. It was the most frightening experience of their lives and they did not want to go through that again. Quinn was actually surprised that Leroy and Hiram were not here. They too were constantly hovering over her granddaughter.

"How is the little angel?" Suddenly both of Rachel's fathers wandered in wearing matching blue striped pajamas. Quinn threw her arms up in the arm.

"Can some explain to me why I am up right now if this little girl has three people looking after her?" Quinn asked pretending to be exasperated.

Rachel laughed lightly, "Oh stop it Quinn. You know you would be here no matter what as well."

Quinn shrugged guilty, "Now let me see her."

Rachel lift Rose away from her body and easily transferred her over to Quinn. The blonde swayed to lull the baby back to sleep after being jostled. She nestled against Quinn, who became mesmerized by the slumbering child.

"We should try to get some more sleep." Rachel said regretfully as she stood up, breaking Quinn out of her trance.

"You do have to be awake in a couple of hours." Hiram agreed.

"Easy for you to say." Quinn griped as she laid Rose done in her rightful crib, "You get to spend all day with her."

Hiram was the lucky one who had been able to take time off of work and look after Rose while the girls finished high school for the summer.

"Only until tomorrow." Hiram looked sadly down into the bassinet, "Then it is back to work. I will miss my quality time with my little Rose."

No one made any movement to leave the room. Quinn looked over to Rachel, "How about we just watch her sleep?"

"Tempting but no." Rachel leaned down and brushed a kiss against Rose's forehead. "Come on, well need to get some sleep. Tomorrow is our last Glee rehearsal ever."

Rachel said glumly. Now that Rose was home, they could return to their lives once again. Before, Rachel was nearly catatonic at times, uninterested in anything, including singing. Everything was suspended in time, waiting for the lost daughter to be returned so that they could move on. But now moving on meant they had to face another reality of the Glee Club disbanding. The blow of losing New Directions was lessened by the gravity of the situation involving Rose but it still sucked.

"I know." Quinn sighed, "Let's just enjoy the moments we have left."

Rachel nodded and they headed back to her room to try and get some sleep.

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"This is the cutest baby ever." Mercedes stated as she took her turn in holding Rose. All of the Glee members sat on the choir room in a circle and passing the baby around, fawning over the precious infant.

"Agreed." Kurt held her little foot and cooed at the baby, "And such a little fashionista."

"Alright cut the crap. My turn." Santana demanded, "Hand her over Wheezy."

Mercedes glared but gave the bright-eyed baby over to the Latina. Santana absolutely melted when the little girl looked up at her, "Hi Rosie. Oh Auntie Santana loves you."

Rachel laughed at the normally tough girls antics with her daughter. Her Papa had surprised her and Quinn by dropping Rose for their last practice together. It was a perfect way to end the year.

"She is so tiny San. Can we keep her?" Brittany asked innocently. Rachel stiffened at Brittany's question. The blonde girl meant no harm in it, but the thought of someone else having her child still scared her.

"It is alright." Quinn whispered in her ear, having felt the diva panic, "She is not going anywhere."

Rachel relaxed, leaning more into her girlfriend. It was wonderful that their friends knew about their relationship now. They could finally just be who they were, bestowing little affections, not having to hide the secret from them anymore. Of course that did not mean the rest of the school was ready to know about the odd couple's relationship. But Rachel knew that when they finally came out that they would have the support of eight fantastic people. Finn however was a different story. He had yet to show up to Glee Club since he had stormed out at Regionals. Whenever he saw Rachel or Quinn in the hallway, he would scowl and immediately walk off in the other direction.

"I don't think so Brit." Santana laughed lightly, "In fact someone seems to be getting fussy for her mommy."

Rose was indeed beginning to scrunch her face and squirm in discomfort. The newborn could only be passed around so much before she got cranky and she had seen a lot of hands today. Rachel was quick to stand and reclaim her daughter from her friend.

"What is the matter little one?" Rachel soothed, "Are you missing your nap?"

The brunette took her seat next to Quinn, rocking Rose lightly. Quinn softly played with the dark shock of curls on top of the little girl's head and soon she was drifting off to sleep.

"You are so natural with her Rachel. You too Quinn." Tina watched the couple in awe of how natural it looked. If you were to have told her a year ago that Rachel and Quinn were going to be in love and have a baby together, she would have checked them into the mental hospital.

"Hey what about me?" Puck asked pretending to be offended. Everyone laughed.

"You know, you are an excellent father Noah." Rachel smiled at him as he looked proudly at the infant in her arms.

Mr. Schuester walked in on the precious scene with a grin, "I see we have a new member for New Directions today."

"Yeah, Rachel's father dropped her off for the rest of the afternoon." Quinn explained happily.

"It is too bad that she will only get to be apart of the team for one day." Puck said gruffly but his voice was still stained with disappointment. The smiles in the room faltered. It was a happy time, but the disbanding of their favorite club was a rain cloud hover over them.

"Yes, it would have been wonderful for Rosie to grow up and be a part of something this special." Rachel sighed sadly that this opportunity would not be afforded to her daughter.

"About that…" Mr. Schue leaned against the piano with a secretive smile. New Directions leaned forward in anticipation as the choir director paused for dramatic effect, "We have another year!"

"What?" Kurt shouted, jumping out of his seat.

"Hell yeah," Puck bumped fists with Artie while the others cheered. Unfortunately the commotion disturbed the sleeping infant who promptly began to cry at being startled.

"Oh sorry baby." Rachel apologized and tried to get Rose to settle back down.

"Here let me." Puck offered as he took his daughter. "Hear that Rosie, we get a second chance."

Rachel laughed at Puck as he celebrated with the baby. She felt Quinn's arms slip around her waist and she happily turned to face the blonde, her own arms finding her way around Quinn's neck, "Looks like we have another shot at this."

"So it seems." Rachel toyed with blonde hair, "It won't be easy, you know."

"I know." Quinn nodded.

"Sue will probably be trying to sabotage us at every turn." Rachel sighed.

"Probably." Quinn agreed.

"David and the rest of the school will still be uncultured Neanderthals." Rachel reminded her.

"Of course." Quinn conceded.

"We have to raise a baby, graduate high school, and make it to Broadway." Rachel listed off.

"Yeah, but we will make it." Quinn said confidently.

"How do you know?" Rachel let some insecurity slip into her voice.

"I know because not only do I believe in you, I have complete faith in us. As long as we are together, I know that we will find some way to make it work." Quinn looked down on her girlfriend with total adoration. "And we will always have our friends and your family to rely on."

"They are your family now too Quinn." Rachel told her. "What is mine is yours."

"Our family." Quinn corrected herself glancing around the room at the people who she had become so close to in the last year.

"I love you Quinn." Rachel rested her forehead against Quinn's, her lips hovering centimeters from the blonde's as she took comfort in her words.

"I love you too baby, so much." Quinn closed the gap as their lips moved gently together. They did not even notice when the Glee Club's cheering became directed at them.

It has been a while I know. But I got way busy. I feel done with the story. So this is a sweet little wrap up to Season one.

You think it needs a sequel? I would be interested in having some discussion as to where the story could go.

Let me know what you guys think! It would be very appreciated