Grumbling into her pillow, Quinn slowly stirs awake when she feels a weight on her back, but relaxes when she realizes that it's just her wife crawling over her.

"Happy birthday, baby," Rachel whispers in her ear.

"Thanks," Quinn yawns. "Now let's go back to sleep."

"But I have the whole day planned for us."

"And I have to get up now?"

"Yes."

Quinn turns over and cuddles into her side. "Five more minutes."

Rachel smiles, "Okay."

With the brunette shuffling eagerly, Quinn knows there's no going back to sleep. "How long have you been up for?"

"About an hour."

Glancing at the clock, she frowns, "Rachel, it's not even seven. And it's Saturday."

"It's just what I'm used to," Rachel shrugs.

Quinn finally feels awake enough to move and sits up to stretch. "I'm going to take a shower now."

"Okay."

"Would you like to join me?"

"I already showered and got ready." Rachel gestures at her attire.

"Wow. I'm being denied shower sex on my own birthday," Quinn laughs.

Rolling her eyes, her wife says, "Get going, you."

Quinn hurries and finishes her shower in record time. When she turns the water off, she hears Rachel speaking to someone in a hushed voice. She wraps a towel around herself and leaves the bathroom to see the brunette sitting on the bed and talking on the phone.

As soon as Rachel sees Quinn, she quickly says, "I have to go now. Bye."

"Who was that?"

"Oh, it was just the director asking if I was still able to perform for tomorrow's matinee," Rachel waves off.

Quinn knows she's lying with the way she answers the question.

"He called this early?"

"Yes."

She decides to drop it and figures that it's best to just go with whatever it is Rachel is up to.

She starts drying herself off and asks, "Is there any specific criteria for how I should be dressed for today's events?"

"No. Today's dress code is business casual," Rachel winks. "Now get ready so we can go have breakfast."

"Why can't we eat breakfast here?" Quinn asks.

"Because Quinn, I have to take my wife out for breakfast on her birthday," Rachel says like it's the most obvious thing in the world.

Quinn laughs and says, "Alright, Rach," before going back to the bathroom to get ready.

They end up at one of their favorite diners around the corner from the apartment. Rachel gets started on her pancakes while Quinn is still waking up with her second cup of coffee.

"So, what's on the agenda for today?"

Rachel grins mischievously, "You'll just have to wait and see."

Quinn mumbles something under her breath and drinks more coffee. When she's finished, she sets the cup down and says, "I hate surprises."

"I know. But try to bear with me on this."

Their waiter drops off the check and Quinn realizes that she's missing something. "Damn it. I forgot my purse."

"Don't worry. I'll get it," Rachel says as she pulls out her credit card.

"I'll have to go back home to get it before we begin this mystery day."

"No! I mean, you don't need it."

Quinn blinks at her. "I'm pretty sure I need my ID and my money."

"I'm going to be paying for everything today anyway. So no, you don't need it."

"Um, okay?"

Rachel grins at her, "You're cute, you know that?"

"Don't try to divert my attention," Quinn says and they both laugh.

The waiter comes back and asks Quinn if she would like more coffee. She politely shakes her head, "No thank you." She instead gets back to eating her pancakes.

Rachel watches her wife and doesn't realize she's getting lost in her own thoughts again. It's been pretty hard for them lately as they're still desperately trying to have a baby. When Rachel's results came back, they were assured that everything was okay with her. Since then, Quinn has been suggesting to see if maybe something was wrong with her instead.

Knowing that it's not something Quinn is comfortable doing, but is so willing to do it regardless, Rachel keeps insisting that they try a bit longer in hopes that something will happen. But it's already been a while and she doesn't know how much longer Quinn will wait.

"What are you thinking about? You're just watching me stuff my face and it's a little creepy," Quinn lifts an eyebrow teasingly.

Rachel laughs, "Sorry." She bites her lip. "I love you, Quinn."

"Love you too," the blonde smiles. "And thanks for breakfast."

Rachel nods, feeling a little broken. All she wants is to give her everything.

After taking Quinn around all over town, from the park to a ferry ride to hours of shopping, Rachel finally decides that it's time for them to get back to the apartment during the middle of the afternoon.

As they walk up the stairs with all of their bags in tow, Rachel takes Quinn's hand and squeezes it.

"Thank you for doing all of this," Quinn says. "You really didn't have to."

"I just want your day to be special."

Quinn smirks as she starts unlocking the door. "It would be even more special if you could suck - "

"Quinn! Do not finish that sentence!" Rachel shrieks.

The blonde scoffs as she opens the door. "You know you like - Ahh!" She screams and clutches her chest when she realizes that there are people in her living room.

"Surprise!" They all shout out in unison.

She gapes with her jaw dropped at her parents, Kurt, Blaine, Santana, Brittany, and Puck all smiling at her.

"Oh my god..."

Rachel kisses her cheek and whispers, "Surprise."

Judy and Russell are the first ones to approach and hug her. She holds back tears as she says, "I can't believe you guys are here."

"We just flew in last night. I'm so happy we got to come," Judy says.

Russell laughs and shakes Quinn's shoulder, "Don't cry! You're going to make me cry."

Rachel decides to give Quinn a moment and goes over to Kurt. "Thank you so much for helping me out today."

"It's fine, but you owe me," he says and she nods in agreement.

After her parents finally release her, Quinn is then pounced on by Brittany before Santana and Puck join in.

"Happy birthday, Quinn!"

"Thanks Britt," she laughs.

"The flight was so long getting here. We got stuck next to this fat guy that wouldn't stop snoring."

"You'll have to tell me all about it."

Puck is next to give her a hug. "I'm so glad you guys are all here," she says.

She looks and Santana and smirks, "You almost look happy for once."

Everyone laughs while her best friend rolls her eyes playfully, "Whatever. Can we all eat now?"

"Yes, let's eat," Kurt agrees. "I'm starving."

"Okay well you all go ahead and get started," Rachel tells them. "I'm just going to put these bags away."

As everyone starts chatting and grabbing their plates for the food, Quinn looks at her bedroom door and decides to follow her wife inside.

Rachel comes out of their closet and smiles at her. The blonde wastes no time in wrapping her arms around her. "I can't believe you did all of this for me," she says.

"You should have known something was up." Rachel smiles sheepishly, "I mean, it was pretty obvious."

"Well, yeah. But I didn't think it would be something like this."

Leaning up to kiss her, Rachel says, "You're welcome, baby. Now let's go see what everyone's up to."

Quinn come out of her room and goes straight to her dad in the kitchen. He drapes an arm around her shoulders and says, "Just a few more months and you'll be done with college."

"It's gone by so fast," Judy says.

"You're telling me," Quinn shakes her head.

Puck, Santana, and Brittany are loading up their burgers when Puck asks, "Did you guys tell them yet?"

Quinn frowns, "Tell who what?"

He grins and nods his head toward Santana, "I'm moving to California with them."

"Really?"

Santana scowls and says, "Yes."

"I'm going to expand my pool cleaning business out there," Puck explains.

"That's great," Quinn says, genuinely happy for him. She knows that he was taking business classes in Lima and was always serious about this being his career.

"I'm excited to have another roommate," Brittany beams.

"And I only agreed to this because I'm getting a cut of the profit for helping out," Santana says, as if she's reminding Puck of that fact.

"Look, I told you I need to make back what I'm putting in for startup costs first, and then we'll talk about - "

"That is not what you said!"

As the two begin another one of their many arguments, Quinn looks across the room at her wife.

Rachel smiles at Quinn before turning her attention back to Blaine.

"And some of these kids are just so disrespectful. One of them won't stop calling me 'Mr. Bow Tie'."

"Don't listen to him when he complains about teaching," Kurt cuts in. "He secretly loves it there."

Blaine grins at his husband and nods his head in defeat. He continues to go on about his school, but Rachel finds herself distracted again when she makes eye contact with Judy.

The older blonde gives her a nod with a smile, and Rachel does the same.

Later in the evening, after several hours of talking and just hanging out with one another, everyone decides to call it a night.

"Where are you staying?" Quinn asks her father.

"We're all staying at the Marriott," he answers. "Even they are," he looks at Puck, Santana, and Brittany.

"At least we're all at the same hotel," Judy says.

He disagrees, "It's never a good thing with those three."

"Hey!" Santana shouts over her shoulder while she and Puck pack up all the leftovers to take with them.

Kurt walks over to Quinn with Blaine in tow to give her a hug. "Happy birthday," he says. "We're going to head out now."

"Thanks guys. See you later," she tells them.

Russell pats her on the back and says, "Bye kiddo."

"You're still coming by tomorrow, right? You're in town all weekend?"

"Hell yes," Puck answers before Russell can. "We still have to go to the zoo again!"

Quinn laughs and nods in agreement.

Rachel smiles as she watches everything happening from the corner of the living room. She's a little surprised when Santana approaches her.

"Are you doing all right?" the girl asks.

She answers with, "Of course. Why do you ask?"

"Quinn's been keeping me up with what's been going on," Santana says with a pointed look.

Rachel nods and looks down at the floor. If she thought she was before, she's even more surprised when Santana touches her arm.

"You guys probably don't know what's going to happen, but at least you'll always have Quinn."

"I know," Rachel says. She then smiles, "Is this the first time that you've actually been nice to my face?"

The Latina smirks, but then gets serious, "I told you once that I was rooting for you with Quinn and that hasn't changed, you know."

Rachel remembers that conversation vividly. She also remembers how lost she felt without Quinn. "Thank you."

"It's going to be okay for you guys. It always is."

Thinking that she's said what she needed to, Santana leaves Rachel alone with her thoughts.

After she washes up for bed, Rachel comes out of the bathroom to see Quinn typing away on her laptop.

"You still working on that manuscript?"

"I'm almost done with it. I just know it," the blonde says before putting the laptop away on the nightstand. "Any day now."

Rachel turns the light off and crawls in bed next to her. Quinn instinctively presses against her side and rests her head on her shoulder, making herself comfortable.

"Did you have a good birthday?"

Quinn raises her head and says, "It was perfect. You're amazing."

Rachel hums and runs her fingers through Quinn's hair because it relaxes both of them.

The blonde clears her throat, "So..."

She smiles, "We can do shower sex tomorrow, okay? I'm already changed for bed and I'm really tired."

Quinn shifts to lay on top of her. "That's because you're just getting old."

"Hey!"

The blonde swiftly tilts her head down to kiss her. She then laughs, "It's okay because I'm exhausted too. But I just need to be close to you right now."

"I know, baby."

She brings Quinn's head down to kiss her again and starts to move their bodies together. She reaches for Quinn's shorts and says, "Take these off."

Quinn quickly gets them off as well as her t-shirt. She then wraps her hand around her shaft and starts pumping to get herself ready for Rachel.

"I'm going to call the clinic on Monday to make an appointment," she says between breaths.

Rachel shakes her head, "Let's not worry about that tonight. Because it's just you and me right now. Just us, and nothing else matters, okay?"

Quinn nods, "Sorry."

"Don't be sorry. I love you."

"I love you too."

She pulls Rachel's nightgown up and carefully pushes herself inside of her. Rachel sucks in a breath and holds still for a moment before relaxing underneath her.

"You okay?"

"Mhmm," she nods, exhaling slowly and opening her eyes. "It just feels really good."

Quinn lowers her body down to drape over Rachel's as she thrusts in and out of her at a slow pace.

Rachel loves being intimate with Quinn no matter what the situation is. But there's something about making love with her like this that was just a whole different experience of which she couldn't explain.

Quinn's rhythm starts to speed up. She gasps out, "Rach?"

"I know, baby."

She pulls her wife's face up to kiss her softly.

"You're so beautiful," the blonde whispers.

After a few minutes, Quinn shudders over her and Rachel comes with a high pitched moan. Her wife collapses on top of her and she holds her close, whispering 'I love you' until they both fall asleep.

At the end of another long day of work and school, Quinn is ready to go home. She's staring off into space during her last class of the night when she gets a text message.

Rachel: Are you coming home right after class?

She yawns before responding.

Quinn: Yes. Why? Is everything okay?

Rachel: I just miss you :)

Quinn is exhausted after today. But she's excited to see her wife too.

Luckily, her professor is wrapping up the lecture just as she realizes what time it is. She sends one more quick text.

Quinn: See you soon.

When she gets home, she frowns when she sees that all of the lights are off except for the bedroom. She walks to the room and sees Rachel sitting on the bed, biting her lip and thinking to herself.

"Rach?"

She instantly perks up when she sees Quinn.

"What's going on?" the blonde asks because she can feel that something in the air is different.

Rachel gets up from the bed and takes hold of both of her hands. "Quinn..."

Quinn feels herself becoming a bit scared. "What?"

"I'm pregnant."

Staring at her with wide eyes and a huge smile, Quinn repeats, "What?"

Rachel nods happily, "I must have taken dozens of different pregnancy tests, but they all say the same thing!"

Quinn covers her own mouth with one hand. "Oh my god." Rachel can see that she's on the verge of tears, though she's not far behind herself.

Pulling her into a loving embrace, Quinn chokes out, "Rachel..."

"I know." Rachel squeezes her tighter and closes her eyes. "We're having a baby."

"I can't believe this. A baby," Quinn cries. "I was so scared. But now - "

"I was too. But it's okay now. We did it, Quinn." She lets out a content sigh. "We finally did it."

Quinn is in the middle of carrying a heavy box up the stairs when she hears yelling.

"Make sure you put it down carefully!"

She makes it up the rest of the stairs and goes into one of the rooms to see her very pregnant wife instructing a couple of very annoyed movers on where to put a bookcase.

"Right there. Against the wall."

As soon as they're finished pushing it against the wall like she asked, she says, "Actually, it might look better in the other corner.

"Maybe we can worry about this later." Quinn steps in. "I mean, there's still a lot of stuff to get down from the truck."

The movers nod in agreement and make their way out of the room to get to work. One of them gives Quinn a grateful look of relief on his way out.

"You're a little more bossy than usual today," she teases her wife.

"Quinn, I'm eight months pregnant. I can be as bossy as I want."

Quinn nods and sets the heavy box down on the floor. She grabs a screwdriver to open it and starts taking several books out to put on the shelf, one of which was her own published novel.

When she's done, she takes a look around at what's going to be the baby's room.

"How does it feel to live across the bridge now?"

Rachel smiles, "It's going to take a while to sink in." She suddenly squeezes her eyes shut and groans, "She's kicking."

Quinn rushes over to place her hands on her stomach and smiles when she feels the baby kicking. "I think she's excited to be here."

"I think so too," Rachel agrees.

Pressing a kiss to her forehead, Quinn says, "I'm going back down to get more stuff."

"Just let the movers get it for now. That's what we're paying them for."

Quinn chuckles before moving behind Rachel and resting her chin on her shoulder with her hands on her stomach.

"I think the crib can go over there," she says, gesturing to the space next to them.

"That's what I was thinking," Rachel says.

They both continue to stare at the room, taking it in, each lost in their own thoughts.

"What are you thinking about?" Rachel breaks the silence.

"About how happy I am that you got on that plane back to Lima," Quinn smiles. "That you gave me a chance with you."

Rachel smiles at the thought and leans her head back against Quinn's shoulder. She thinks about how strange it is that life doesn't always turn out the way you expect.

Sometimes, if you're lucky, it turns out even better.

She knows that while they've already been through so much, they still have an entire future ahead of them. Not only theirs, but their daughter's as well. And while the ups and downs are inevitable for Rachel, there's no one else that she'd rather have by her side through it all.

The End.