“LIZZIE!” shouted Finn as he entered the Hummel-Anderson household. The baby squirmed in Kurt’s arms and held her own out to her uncle. She had an odd connection with Finn – Kurt found it both intriguing and adorable.

Kurt handed the baby over to Finn who hugged her to his chest tightly. “And how is my favourite niece today?” Finn said happily.

“Fwinn” came the reply. Elizabeth had started to talk more, they weren’t necessarily sentences but they were words and that was more than enough for Kurt and Blaine.

“Kurt, she said my name!” Finn said excitedly. “She knows who I am!”

“Yes Finn, you said that yesterday when she said the exact same thing” Kurt said dryly. “What have you done with Rachel?”

 “She had to work late. I think she is trying to distract herself, she still hasn’t heard about Wicked”

“Oh. Right, she will get it , I’m sure” Kurt said smiling.

“Hey, are you okay by the way? Blaine told me you were, er, a little jealous of her auditioning” Finn said, looking down at the baby in his arms to avoid eye contact.

“I’m fine. Seriously, I will always love Broadway but me and her just were not meant to be. I love teaching, it’s rewarding! I’m very happy for Rachel.”

“She feels bad you know, that you didn’t get to Broadway”

“It’s not her fault. I get to live out my other dream. I have the world’s best husband and the world’s most beautiful daughter” Kurt kissed Elizabeth on the head happily.

Finn smiled quickly “You’re an admirable person, dude, I’m proud”

“Thanks, I guess” Kurt said, giving Finn a quick squeeze of the shoulder.

Blaine came down the stairs shortly after, having just got out of the shower; his black hair was un-gelled and curly and he was wearing his glasses rather than his contacts. Internally, Kurt was thinking Hot damn, my husband is hot, externally; Blaine was greeted with a “Hi Honey” and a quick peck on the lips.

“Hi Finn” Blaine waved at his brother-in-law, before placing himself comfortably in Kurt’s lap.

“Blaine, there is a perfectly good chair over there”

“You’re more comfy” Blaine answered, reasonably, lifting an arm and putting it round Kurt’s neck. Kurt didn’t particularly mind anyway, and he brought his arms round Blaine’s waist.

“Stop being cute!” Finn suddenly shouted.

“What?” Kurt and Blaine answered at the same time.

“Not you two, Lizzie! She’s so cute!” Finn said, staring in awe at the baby. She was gripping one of Finn’s fingers tightly.

“Try not to let her fall asleep Finn please, we are trying to get her to sleep the whole night through” Kurt said, gratefully.

“Fine, come and play with your Uncle Finn Lizzie!”

Finn knelt down on the floor and Lizzie crawled towards the table where her some of her toys were laid on top of it. She put her hands on top of it and pulled herself to her feet.

The three men looked at each other quickly before Blaine said ‘Is she going to...”

“Yeah” Finn finished the sentence off.

Lizzie held onto the table for a few moments to balance herself before she let go and stood by herself, she moved two shaky steps, smiling at her surroundings. Then she fell shortly and swiftly to the ground.

“Lizzie” came the cries from all three of them as they rushed to her side. She, on the other hand, sat there happily, pleased with what she had just done. Kurt and Blaine both leaned in to kiss her cheeks, while Finn was almost in tears of joy.

“Oh Finn, don’t cry, it should be me who is crying!” Kurt laughed at his brother.

“It’s just so overwhelming! I want a child!” Finn’s eyes widened with what he had just said. “Yeah, Yeah, I want a baby” he said softly, more to himself then to Kurt and Blaine.

“I gotta go, Kurt, see you later. Bye Blaine” Finn walked out the door quickly.

Kurt and Blaine looked at each other. What just happened?