Blaine bounced a little in his chair as he took Kurt's hand in his and squeezed. "But I'm so excited! We're going to find out what we're having today!"

"Shh…we're in a doctor's office Blaine. Try to act like an adult, please?" The smile on his face belied the words. He was just as excited as Blaine, but as usual, had an easier time than his excitable husband at keeping himself under control.

He smiled at the pregnant woman with the huge baby bump sitting across from them. She smiled back at him. "You're having a baby?" she asked.

Kurt's smile broadened even more. "Yes. Our best friend is our surrogate. She's back there right now for the exam then we get to go back for the big reveal during the ultrasound." He looked over at Blaine. "We're a little excited."

"Congratulations. That's great."

Before Kurt could ask her about her own pregnancy, the door opened and a nurse stepped out and called out "Kurt and Blaine?"

"Good luck!" the pregnant woman whispered as they walked by.

Blaine took Kurt's hand as they walked through the doorway and followed the nurse to a closed door. She opened it to reveal Rachel lying on a table with a standard hospital gown tucked up under her breasts, revealing the gentle swell of her belly. Noah was standing next to her holding her hand and the ultrasound machine was set up to the side.

"Hi guys!" Rachel said cheerfully. "The exam went great. Everything looks fine, baby and I are both doing wonderful. We're ready for the ultrasound, now."

Blaine walked over and kissed her lightly on the cheek, then cradled his hands around her belly and leaned down to kiss it gently. This whole experience had brought the friends so much closer, and Rachel enjoyed when the two fathers rubbed her belly or talked to the baby. Noah had been a little freaked out the first time it happened, until he remembered how he had interacted with her belly during both of their pregnancies; now he was just glad they were already bonding with the baby.

Blaine stepped back as Kurt walked over to kiss Rachel's cheek and pat her belly. "You're feeling okay, hon? Are you sleeping better?"

"Noah's started massaging my back before we go to sleep. I've been sleeping like a baby the last couple of nights. How are you two coping?"

Kurt looked at Blaine while the nurse got the machine ready and squirted gel on Rachel's belly. "We've started talking names and d�cor for the nursery. Blaine talked to his boss yesterday about taking paternity leave for a few weeks after you give birth. I won't have to worry about that; it'll be easy for me to work from home for as long as I want to. And all our coworkers are so excited for us. I think we're going to get a baby shower from both workplaces."

"That's great guys!" Rachel exclaimed.

"Okay everyone, are we ready?" the nurse asked. When everyone nodded eagerly, she took the wand and placed it on Rachel's gelled up belly and moved it around. She pointed to the screen and started moving her finger around, "Alright, there's the head, the arms, legs are curled up here, here's the back…and looks like…" she looked up at the two fathers, "it's a girl!" she said with a smile.

Kurt let out a cross between a sob and a laugh, throwing his arms around Blaine, who was just standing there with tears in his eyes. "It's a girl, Blaine! We're having a baby girl!"

Blaine laughed as a couple of tears escaped and rolled down his face. He wrapped his arms around his husband and looked over Kurt's shoulder at Rachel. She was also crying, but with a huge smile on her face. Noah was gripping her hand tightly and also had tears in his eyes and a happy smile on his face as he watched the two men revel in the news.

"Congratulations guys!" the nurse said happily. She pointed back at the screen. "Here's her face; her forehead, her nose, and it looks like she's sucking her thumb. She's going to be beautiful." They didn't need to know that she told all the parents-to-be that. They were adorable and their excitement was so infectious.

The nurse reached up to flip a switch on the machine, and a fast, steady thumping came out of the speakers. "There's her heartbeat, guys."

Blaine looked up in wonder. "It's so fast," he murmured. "Is it too fast?" he asked her in concern.

"Nope, it's perfect. Babies have faster heart rates than adults - and even children - do. It's right where it should be. She's in perfect health, as is Rachel, and everything is on track for you to have a beautiful baby girl in a few months."

She pushed a few more buttons on the machine then turned to the two men. "I'm going to print off some pictures for you guys to take home. If you wouldn't mind stepping back out into the waiting room so Rachel can get dressed, I'll send them out with her."

Blaine and Kurt both gave Rachel one more peck on the cheek, a quick rub on the upper belly that was still free of the gel, and hugged Noah on the way out of the room. They walked out into the waiting room hand in hand and sat down in a couple of chairs. The waiting room was empty at the moment; Kurt absently thought to himself that the pregnant woman must have been called back for her own appointment.

Blaine pulled him out of his mental rambling when he put his head on Kurt's shoulder. "This is really happening, isn't it?" he asked dreamily.

Kurt chuckled quietly. He was just as dazed as Blaine was, but never turned down an opportunity to tease his husband. "You mean it didn't sink in when Rachel showed up on the doorstep at midnight with a positive pregnancy test in hand? And ew, by the way. Or the Saturday morning we were woken up at seven by a call from Rachel griping at us about the misery that is morning sickness? Or the first time she showed us the baby bump? Or…"

"Alright alright. I get your point, you meanie head," Blaine pouted. "But Kurt, we saw a picture. Of our baby girl. And we got to hear her heartbeat. This is real. We're having a baby, and she'll be here in a few months. Oh my God we'rehavingababyandshe'llbehereinafewmonths! We have to go home! We have so much to do! Kurt we have to…mmph!"

The rest of his sentence was muffled by Kurt's mouth. Kurt felt the tension melt out of Blaine when he started to kiss him back. Kurt sometimes wondered what his life would be like with their child. Being Blaine's biological child, Kurt was prepared for a lot of dramatics and hyper excitability. He wouldn't have it any other way.

"Alright you two, break it up. You ready to go?" Noah asked.

Kurt and Blaine separated, smiling at each other. Noah was standing in front of them and Rachel was over at the counter, dressed in her own clothes again and making her next appointment.

"Yep. Let's head to the restaurant. Our treat," Kurt said. He looked at Blaine as he took his hand and twined their fingers together. "After we eat, Blaine and I have some shopping to do."

This normally would have drawn a joking groan from Blaine, who had a love-hate relationship with Kurt and shopping; he loved seeing Kurt's happiness while shopping, but he hated that Kurt could take hours to find something as simple as a belt. Today, however, Blaine was all smiles.

"For the baby?" he asked excitedly.

"Of course," Kurt said. "We have a nursery to decorate and clothes to buy. I shudder to think about all the pink that we'll end up getting from well-meaning friends and family. And I refuse to have a daughter that doesn't wear anything but pink for the first eighteen months of her life; it's so clich�. Maybe we'll just tell everyone we don't know her gender so they get all unisex stuff. Except that won't work; there's no way you'll be able to keep it to yourself. We'll just have to make sure that we get enough clothing ourselves to balance out her wardrobe. Or maybe I should just make all of it. That way we know it'll be good quality as well as fashionable."

Blaine smiled back at Noah and Rachel as Kurt chattered on about onesies, burp cloths, and bedding. They walked out into the early summer sunshine and headed toward their cars. It was a good day.