Love in a different light
Santana walked down the street towards her apartment building just like any other day, except this time her eyes fell towards a bundle that wasn't there this morning. Santana felt an odd pull to this obscure mountain of sheets in the middle of the street.
Cautiously Santana walked closer to the sheets enough to recognise that they were moving in a sort of breathing manner. She approached the bundle even more, realising this bundle wasn't big enough for an adult be be on the streets, even a teenager. Meaning she was either going to find a dog ready to maul her face off or a child.
Either way she wasn't prepared for the outcome.
Lifting the first sheet off she only discovered another so she repeated the action twice more to find a small blonde girl. Shaking the child awake Santana was met with shining blue eyes that had started to tear. Santana bent down to look at the girl at her level.
"Hello what's your name honey?" Santana asked in a half whisper.
The child stared into Santana's deep brown eyes trying to find any reason not to trust the older woman, only finding love behind the pools of brown did the girl answer her. "Spencer, my names' Spencer."
"Well Spencer. What are you doing out here, all by yourself princess?" Santana asked putting on her sweetest most caring smile.
"My mommy told me I had to stay and wait for her, she left me my teddy, Mr bear and told me he would keep me safe always." Spencer replied, before Santana could jump to any conclusions Spencer continued. "That was two days ago, I'm really hungry. She only said that I had to stay here, and that if someone found me I should give them this." Spencer handed Santana the note.
She proceeded to open it not looking into Spencer's eyes afraid of what the girl might see. She was struggling to keep her tears back whilst the girl was smiling fondly and bravely at her,opening the note fully she read the words on the page.
Take care of her ,because I can't.
That's all it said.
Santana knew right then and there she would take care of this child no mater the cost, it didn't matter that she was only 19 and in college, all that mattered to Santana was keeping this child safe and showing her love.
"Sweetie why don't you come with me we'll go to my place I'll make you some food and then you can sleep in a bed" Santana asked her voice nearly breaking.
"NO! I cant what if my mommy comes back for me and I'm not here?" Spencer shouted catching the attention of passers by.
"What if we leave a note so she knows where we are, I just don't want you getting sick on the streets Honey." Santana says trying to compromise.
Spencer nods her head agreeing with that option, they wrote a note on a piece of paper from Santana's bag, taping it to the wall.
With Spencer satisfied with this she asks Santana for a lift up with a tug on Santana's jeans and the universal hand sign for up. She lifts her up and automatically Spencer snuggles into her neck craving the warmth. Santana feels bad now she has felt Spencer's body temperature it is late October how she didn't think the weather would affect the little girl, when she herself was wrapped in a pea coat and a scarf whilst the girl is in a tattered t-shirt and a pair jeans in the same condition.
Hurrying the girl to her apartment she missed the looks she got on the way past from the door man.
Once they arrived at Santana's apartment she looked down to see Spencer content and asleep in her comforting arms. Trying to get her key Santana starts to think how she will do this without waking the girl, finally figuring she get's the keys in the locks and enters her apartment. She walks straight to her bedroom and puts Spencer in her bed, tucking her into the warmth.
Santana returns to her kitchen, leaning on the bench she takes a deep breath in wonder what she is going to do now.