When Alex was just two years old Rachel made the decision that she wanted another child. Santana was quick to reject it, but when her Mamá was informed of this, Santana found herself with not only the short diva yelling at her, but also her mother who was yelling in Spanish.
"Why do you not want to have a bigger family?"
"Santana I would really like to have another child. Alex is getting older and I believe it would be beneficial to her to have a sibling so she can have someone to play with when Eveline is not available."
"Santana Maria Lopez you had better listen to what your mate is telling you. You should give her what she wants."
"Plus Alex would love to have a baby sibling. I have already talked with her, and she has advised me that she does not care whether or not it's a boy or girl, and just wants a sibling."
"I love Alex with all my heart, but I want more grandchildren, and Miguel is still far too young to start having them, and Daniel is nearly a lost cause. He still hasn't found a mate, so right now you're my best chance."
"And Brittney and Quinn are having another baby, so I don't see why we can't."
"And one more thing-"
"Alright already!" The Latina had yelled out to stop the constant comments from being thrown at her left and right.
"Ok we can have another, just…stop talking." With that said the wolf walked away from the other two women, a hand to her head and a slight stomp to her step.
"I think that worked out quite well." A bright smile spread across Camilla's face and when her daughter was fully out of sight she quickly turned to Rachel who held a matching grin.
"Yes it did. Now when should I expect my next grandbaby?" Rachel gave a light laugh before moving towards the living room area.
"Would you like specifics or a date?"
"Preferably a date, I try to keep my mija's sex life out of my mind."
"In around seven months, give or take a few days." Camilla gave one last smile before giving the diva a quick hug.
Rachel had expected to have a baby in her arms within the six months it normally took, but then again she didn't plan for the possibility that their baby could turn out human without the wolf gene. And that is what happened.
"Is it possible that one of them could have it and the other doesn't?" Santana shrugged and continued swaying the pink bundle in her arms.
"It's highly unlikely, since you went the full nine months with them, instead of the six." Rachel gave a small sigh as she ran a tan hand across a head full of dark hair.
"But I still can't get over the fact of how we couldn't have known you were having twins. I mean you were so much bigger with these two, than you were with Alex." The singer shot the Latina a glare, that didn't stay up long when the door to her hospital room opened, and a smaller Latina came stumbling in, since she's just now starting to master walking.
"Mamá, Mommy I wanna see! I wanna see!" Rachel didn't really get to say much before her eldest daughter jumped up onto her hospital bed and crawled her way up until she sat in the brunette's lap, staring at the blue bundle being held in her mommy's arms.
"This is your brother Gideon. Now if you want to hold him, you have to do it the way I showed you. You remember how?" Dark hair swayed at her nod.
"Ok." Rachel waited until the three year old had the proper posture before carefully placing the baby boy in his older sister's arms.
"Hi Giddy I'm Alex, your hermana. That means sister in Spanish. Don't worry if you don't know it, Mamá will teach you."
Two years after the twins were born Alex's school called the Lopez's household. The five year old lucked out that her Mamá was the one to answer the phone, and was the one to come to her school to talk to her Principal.
"Hi Mrs. Lopez, please sit down." The older Latina glanced at her daughter sitting in the chair next to the door. Her right knuckles were a light shade of purple, and from what she caught before the five year old ducked her head, she had similar bruising around her eye.
"Now I'm sure you know why we called you here today?"
"Yeah." She drawled out while taking the seat in front of the Principal's desk.
"Alejandra would you like to tell your mother what happened?" The older wolf turned in her seat to gaze at her daughter with a raised eyebrow and slight smirk that was slowly forming.
"Not really." Santana fought off the smile that wanted to spread across her face.
"Alex, tell me what happened." The younger Latina heard the smile in her Mamá's voice and took at it as a good sign.
"Well Timmy was being mean to Evey, calling her bad names and pushing her around, so I pushed him back, cause Evey would never do anything. And then he hit me and started calling me bad names so I hit him back, gave him a bloody nose, then he ran away crying." Santana didn't even try to fight the smile from dancing its way onto her face.
"Ok now that I've heard what happened, where's the other kid?" The Principal gave a sigh and leaned his elbows against the edge of the desk with a look that was clearly not amused.
"Timmy was sent home early. He has been suspended for three days, and I'm thinking the same for your daughter. Unless you have any objections?" The Latina shook her head, and wordlessly signed the paper that was passed to her.
"Alright, you're free to go Alex." The little wolf smiled and slid out of the chair, but with one look at her Mamá's stern look, sent her smile flying off.
"Thank you Mr. Reed." The older man gave her a slight nod.
Once out of sight of the Principal, Santana turned to her daughter with a bright smile.
"I can't believe you gave him a bloody nose. I was expecting just a bruise, or you push him, but a bloody nose? Way to go Pup."
When Santana and Rachel turn twenty four they are invited to Brittany and Quinn's wedding. It was small, only close friends, and family, but it was almost like a picture out of a fairytale. Eveline was a very pretty flower girl, with her blonde hair curled so it frames her face perfectly. And the white dress, with a pink bow that tied off in the back, only added to her adorableness. And although Lucas was only four, he made a very handsome ring bearer, in his freshly pressed mini tuxedo.
Quinn was a beautiful bride, that was easy to say, but everyone was stunned to see Brittany. Of course people knew she was beautiful, but something about the way her strapless dress clung to her, and the glow of a new bride to be, made Brittany look beautiful beyond words.
The wedding was fast, and the after party was short, but all in all it was an amazing wedding. Or it was until the Lopez's got home, and Carmen and Gideon began asking questions.
"How come you aren't married?"
"Don't you love each other?" One twin began, and the other ended.
"Of course we do."
"Then how come-"
"-you're not married?" Santana sighed and bent down so she was level with the twins.
"All you need to know is that we love each other very much. Now go get ready for bed." They both give a scoff, so much like Santana's, and so much in time, that she begins to think that maybe it was planned, and rehearsed. With Rachel as one of their mothers, she wouldn't put it past them. But just as she got the twins to leave she turns and finds a six year old Alex with a bright smile on and her hands crossed behind her back as she gently rocks back and forth on the balls of her feet.
"Alex." Rachel tries to hide the smile as she watches her long term girlfriend, and mother/father of her children, look slightly cautious of their eldest child.
"Ma." Rachel didn't even try to stifle the laugh that escaped at Alex's mocking tone.
"Is there something you want?" Santana raised one fine eyebrow at her, waiting for another smartass remark. But instead she was given a nod.
"And what would that be?"
"Can you marry momma now?" The Latina wolf let out a small growl that sent her daughter running towards the stairs, her laughter trailing behind her.
When Alex is seven almost eight her Mamá Santana finally proposes to her momma Rachel. She doesn't really know what she did because she was sent to her Aunt Brittany and Aunt Quinn's for the weekend, along with her brother and sister, but when she returned she found her momma smiling a lot more than she was when she left, and her Mamá looked proud. Of course the ring on her momma's left hand didn't go unnoticed, so she simply asked,
"When's the wedding?" The wedding wasn't too long after the proposal, and it went very much like Brittany and Quinn's. Only close friends, and families were invited, although as they started making the list of guests, and of course Santana's mother's addition to the list, along with Rachel's father's own list, their guest list was rather long. Santana didn't really care though, because at the end of their vows she got to break a glass covered by cloth.
The reception was a bit rushed by Santana, because hello, honeymoon in Aruba with her wife sounds a lot better than a room full of all her relatives. But overall it was a great wedding.
Santana and Rachel decide that they're done having kids at the age of thirty when their last child, León is born. Alex is twelve, and the twins are nine, and the figure this would be a good stopping point for them, seeing as how Brittany and Quinn did the same three years ago, after Jacob was born. And by now Alex was nearing puberty, which means the wolf inside her will start becoming restless after twelve years of silence.
Alex is twelve when she was given a long speech, by Rachel insistence, of what she is, and what was going to happen to her now that she's beginning to grow up. She was told that she would be able to change back and forth between human and wolf fairly easily as long as she concentrated on it long enough. She was also told that she would be under the order of her Mamá to which she said,
"Well that's no different." Before getting a hand smacked to the back of her head, and a pay attention from her Mamá. She was then given a brief description of what would happen if she got a female mate, which she almost immediately started freaking out about, claiming she was too young to think of those things. But the older Latina just chuckled and went on to say that she would have one mate for the rest of her life, so make she picks the right one.
It was a few days later during school when Jimmy Falen, Timmy's twin brother, had decided that Alex was going to be his target today. Bad idea.
"Jim, you shouldn't mess with Lopez." His slightly younger, and short haired brother tried to reason with him.
"Why, just cause she gave you a bloody nose when we were five?" Timmy gave him a look that clearly said 'Uh yeah.'
"She's not tough Tim, she just acts like it." While normally Alex wouldn't care what they did, and would just walk away, like her momma had told her, but today was different. She seemed to find everything anyone said either annoying or irritating in some way. So when Jimmy found her in the halls between classes, grabbed her shoulder and spun her around to slam her into the lockers, she suddenly found herself boiling with anger.
"What is your problem?" The bigger boy was slightly taken back at the shear anger in the smaller girl's eyes, and almost, almost, backed off.
"My problem is you. And your stupid dykey moms." Jimmy saw something flash in the girl's eyes before he abruptly found himself on his back on the ground with one Alejandra Lopez on top of him, throwing punches at his face left and right.
"Oh shit…" Timmy quickly wrapped his arms around Alex's waist before lifting her off his brother.
"Don't talk about my family like that!" She yelled at him before taking off down the hall, several sets of eyes following her on her way out of the school.
Alex didn't stop running until she found herself standing outside her house, which surprised her since it was a ten minute drive. She didn't really question it, and just walked up the steps and started knocking on the door until her Mamá answered. Today was her Mamá's day off from the firm to take care of her younger brother León, while her momma was busy at the theater, getting ready for yet another one of her plays.
It didn't take long for a tired looking version of her mom to answer the door.
"Alex? What are you doing home? Why aren't you in school?" Santana quickly ushered her daughter in while trying to balance baby León in one arm.
"This kid at school was making fun of our family. And I usually just ignore him like Ma told me to, but today I just got so angry and I…I beat him up." There was no time for the proud to swell within her this time. She knew that feeling all too well. She went through it as a kid, just a few minutes before she made her first change.
"Alex what you're feeling is completely normal for someone like us. When I made my first change, I did the exact same thing you did. Now how long ago was this?" The younger wolf shrugged suddenly finding herself full of anger again.
"I dunno like twenty minutes."
"Ok I need you to take off your clothes and wait on the couch while I but your brother down." Alex tried to protest, while asking questions, but Santana was already out of the room in the blink of an eye.
After making sure León was fast asleep in his crib, Santana returned to the living room to find her daughter, naked, and sitting on the couch with her arms wrapped around her chest, and legs squeezed close together.
"Mom why am I naked?" Santana gave a sigh before taking the spot next to her.
"Cause when you change it's going to rip your clothes apart. Now you're going to feel a burning in all of you, don't fight it. It'll be over in a few minutes." Alex raised an eyebrow at her, and opened her mouth to talk, but a sudden flame burst through her body, making her feel as if she's on fire.
She didn't scream, or rather she couldn't. She was too caught up in the burning sensation that seemed to fill every inch of her.
"Don't fight it Alex." She tried not to fight it, but it was hard. All her senses where telling her to fight the feeling, to flee, or try and somehow relive the feeling of burning. It wasn't until she began feeling her teeth expand, her muscles and limbs start to become stronger, and longer, that she found herself taking her mind off the pain, and focusing on the changes happening to her.
"It's almost over." Her Mamá's voice seemed so much clearer to her now, as if all this time she had been listening to her with cotton shoved in her ears.
"How do you feel?" Alex opened her mouth to speak, but a bark came out instead, causing her to jump at her own voice. She knew what she was, her mom had been preparing her for it, but the noise was still foreign to her new ears.
"Hang on a second." Alex didn't know what her mom was doing as she left the room, but she could hear the soft pads of her feet as they hit the carpeted floor one after another. It wasn't until a few moments later did she return with León in his baby carrier.
"You stay here, I'm gonna drop Lee off at Aunt Brittany and Quinn's." Alex nodded her brown head at her, wordlessly watching as she walked out of the door.
Alex began to wonder if this is what her Mamá heard, and smelt all the time. If it was, she totally wishes this would've happened sooner. Now she can clearly hear the slow drip of the sink and the gentle sound of a lawn mower going just a few blocks down. She can smell the fresh cut grass, and while it smelt good when she was human, it smelt even better now with her heightened senses. She must've been lost in thought because before she knew it her mom was back, and waiting in the doorway.
"Ok time to go." The brown wolf followed its Alpha as she lead them to the back of the house where it lead to the back door.
"We're going to Abuelita's." Santana told her, as if knowing what her daughter was asking, before she quickly stepped out of her pants, and underwear, and slipping her t-shirt and bra off.
"Ready?" If Alex was human, she would've flushed at the sight of seeing her mom naked in front of her, instead she was just glad she couldn't see her blush as she nodded, and observed her mom as she transformed into a beautiful black and white wolf.
"Abuelita's is twenty minutes away, so keep up." The younger wolf was stunned to hear her mom's voice so clear inside her head, and she must've said it out loud, because she was silently laughing at her.
"Come on."
The rush of the trees, and feel of the adrenaline pumping through her veins was like nothing Alex had ever felt before. She felt so alive…so free. Even the fast paced speed they seemed to be running at was something Alex wanted to feel over and over, but it came to an end when they came to a stop just outside the backyard of her Abuelita's. Alex stayed close to her mom as they trotted up to the screen door.
"Wait here." She was told, and she found herself not agruging as Santana easily shifted back to human and opened the door.
"Mamá! Mamá Alex cambió." The young brown wolf heard the unmistakable sound of her Abuelita's voice before her Mamá, and Abuelita where standing in the doorway, her mom wrapped in a robe.
"Ahh Alejandra, come, come." Alex sat back up and trotted the little ways inside.
"She's so beautiful. You and Rachel did a great job." Santana couldn't help but smile at the wolf's pride swelling within her.
"You want me to help her?" The younger of the two Latina's nodded.
"Of course."
"Gracias Mamá." She softly said to her as she gave her a hug before turning to Alex.
"Alex your Abuelita is going to show you a few things that my Abuelita showed me. It'll only be for a few days, but once you're done you'll feel much better and you'll be able to control the wolf a lot more, do you understand." A brown head nodded at her.
"Good, now cuide de ella Mamá."
"Of course. Now shoo so I can teach." Santana gave a light chuckle before giving her daughter's head a small pet. She hung the bathrobe on the hook beside the door on her way out, but not before talking one last look at her daughter before leaving.
"Step one Alejandra is to…"