Lying and Scheming. Chapter One: Risking.

She was in my arms. My beautiful baby girl. She had his eyes. God, they reminded me so much of him. I felt a tear run down the side of my face as I touched the top of her head. She had hair. A lot of hair. It was brown, but the same brown as Noah's, not mine. Her skin was slightly darker than mine. She was identical to him. I rolled my lips together as my phone went off.

I told Noah that I was pregnant, and that I planned to put her up for adoption. But the couple I had chosen ended up getting pregnant, so they fell through. I was supposed to meet with the agent to discuss other options, but now that my daughter is in my arms, I can't. I just can't let her go.

"Rachel?" I hear my Dad say as I check my text message. It's from Puck. He messages me every day.

Puck: Send me a picture. Just got your text.

"Hmm?" I look up at my dad, and he smiles.

"They want to know if you've chosen a name for the birth certificate?" I shake my head, reaching my hand out, which held my phone.

"Take a picture?" I say with my genuine smile. "For her dad." He takes my phone and snaps a picture of her in my arms and then hands my phone back to me.

I hit the "send" button on the bottom of the screen.

Rachel: Noah, it's your baby girl. Since you can't be here, why don't you name her?

Just as I hit send, I opened initiated a face-time chat with Noah. I smiled when I saw his face answering. He was in the bathroom at school.

"You're at school?" I ask, and he shakes his head.

"Glee."

"You saw the message?"

"She's beautiful, Rachel." He looks down, and then back up. "She needs a jewish name. I found this website with a bunch of Jewish names. Oprah was on the list. Let's name our daughter Oprah."

I roll my eyes, holding back a laugh. "Seriously?"

"No, not seriously. I was joking. Picking a name is a big deal, my favorites wereJohanna, Anika, Moriah, and Gabriela"

I nod, rolling my lips together. "I like Johanna and Gabriela. They're the prettiest."

"I think Gabriela was my favorite."

I nod before looking down at my daughter and smiling. "Gabriela Johanna Berry-Puckerman." I whisper, looking up at my phone for confirmation. I see tears in Puck's eyes. Something I've never seen before.

"Sounds like a heartbreaker name." he chuckles, obviously not wanting to seem like a whimp.

"Then it's perfect." I sigh, closing my eyes. "I wish you were here."

"I wish I was, too. But you made the choice to not tell me until you left. I'm going to try to come visit you when you guys get back to your apartment and settled."

"Don't." I say. "I'm coming back to Lima. Once I'm released, Dad and I are flying down, while Daddy drives his car. It's a short flight and we don't want her in a car for that long." I see a smile come across his face, and in the background I hear the door creek open.

"Puck, Mr. Shue wants you back in the choir room to practice for sectionals." I hear Kurt say. He nods and looks back to his phone.

"Rachel, I'll call you -" he starts, but gets cut off.

"Is that Rachel?" I see Kurt come into the shot and I smile.

"Hey, Kurt." He smiles.

"What's your babies name? When your dad texted me he said you hadn't picked one yet.

"Gabriela Johanna Berry-Puckerman." I say with a content smile. "A heartbreaker name."

"Guys!" I hear someone snap from behind the phone.

"Gotta go." Puck says quickly before hanging up the call. I shake my head. It wasn't a voice I recognized, must be someone new. My dads walked into the room, carrying a tray of food.

"You've had enough time. My turn." Daddy says, walking over and taking Gabriela from me.

"You decided on a name?" he asks, and I nod, telling him what Noah and I choose, and explaining the call.

Two days later, we were released, and since our apartment was already packed up, we went straight to the airport. I dressed Gabi in a cute pink stripped top and a pink diaper cover. She had socks that looked like ballet slippers. everything I had or her, besides her carseat, were from when I was a baby, so they were a little worn.

The flight was short, and Gabi woke up hungry right as we took off. I hated the fact that I had to breastfeed her on the plane. But Daddy had all the bottles with him. Besides, I didn't have anything in them.

We landed and the glee kids were there. Crap. They hadn't seen me yet, luckily, so I handed Gabi to my dad and he went to baggage claim.

"Guys, what are you doing here?" I asked, as they walked up and hugged me.

"Kurt told us you were coming back!" Brittany said, and I nodded.

"Yeah.. Thanks, Kurt." I said with a slight glare. He shrugged, and I knew that he regretted it.

"Are you coming to glee on monday?" Tina asked, and I shook my head.

"The new semester starts in like, a month, so I'm starting then." I said, glad that it was true.

"Ah." she said with a nod.

"Come over to my house, we'll have a "Welcome back Rachel" party!" Mercedes said.

"I-" I sighed, and shook my head. "I'm really tired. How about tomorrow?" I pleaded, deciding that I'll come up with an excuse later. I looked up to Puck, who was standing in the back. I rubbed my arm. "I have to go find my dad right now.. Help him with Ga.." I caught myself "Our bags." They looked disappointed, but nodded.

"Alright, how about we come over later? Help you unpack." Finn suggested, and I nodded. "Okay." I'd have to tell them sooner or later right? They started to walk off, giving me hugs.

"Can I help you?" I heard Noah ask, and I nodded.

"Sure." Why wasn't he mad at me? He should be.

We met my Dad, and as soon as Noah saw her, his eyes widened. I motioned for him to take her from him, and as soon as he held her, his smile was immediate.

Maybe that's why he wasn't mad at me. Because, if he was, it would make her life harder.

Macie Note[1]: Hey, I'm Macie Jayde! I'm a sucker for AU/noncanon stories, so that's where the idea for this came from. Also, I want to update everyday, but, that might not happen. As of right now, i've written up to chapter 10.

Macie Note[2]: If any of you are readers of the Falling Over Again series I've written for Castle, I promise an update for "Ours" is coming eventually. When my laptop stopped connecting to the internet, God knows why, I lost all my work for that story, so I've been going through my filebox in my room where I keep everything I've written down and I've been trying to find the outline I have for that. I don't want to start ALL over again

Macie Note[3]: Visit my Polyvore profile (Username: lovefromoverhere) to see pictures of Rachel's outfit for the flight, Gabi's outfit, as well as a picture of Rachel & Gabi. (Okay, I know it isn't Rachel, it's actually some chick from 16&Pregnant, but it was the closest I could find...)