Based on the song 'Tea and Toast' by Lucy Spraggan. Follows Dani's and Santana's relationship in three chapters.
'Tom was born in 1942
With eyes of blue
And the doctors said that his birth was far too fast
His heart stopped twice
But yet he survived
As he took his first breath
His mother took her last
And his father knew that he wasn't to blame
But he never quite looked at Tom the same after that
And he rarely spoke about her
But when he did
He said your mother used to say this
When the skies are looking bad my dear
And your heart's lost all it's hope
After dawn there will be sunshine
And all the dust will go
Skies will clear my darling
I'll wake up with the one I love the most
And in the morning, I'll make you up
Some tea and toast'
Dani fought tooth and nail to enter the world and ultimately this lead to her mother's death. Her heart had stopped beating three times in the time it took to remove her from her mothers womb and place her in an incubator and as her mother was slipping from this world air was finally filling Dani's lungs and she had let out her first scream. In truth Dani hasn't stopped screaming since.
Her dad struggled for the first three months of Dani's life and although he knew that Dani was not the reason that his beautiful wife had died he was still unable to look Dani properly in the eyes. He would never tell her this but he was close to giving up and sending Dani away to his mother's house until late one night when he was calming Dani down from a fever that he realised that Dani was only his responsibility and that she would need him no matter how he felt.
As Dani grew she struggled to get her dad to open up and allow her to hear stories about her mother and that left a gap she couldn't for the life of her fill. However, when her father knew that Dani really needed to know about her mother he would sit her down with a cup of tea and remind her of the words that her mother would use to comfort him with.
'When the skies are looking bad my dear
And your heart's lost all it's hope
After dawn there will be sunshine
And all the dust will go
Skies will clear my darling
I'll wake up with the one I love the most
And in the morning, I'll make you up
Some tea and toast'
At 11 Dani got her first period and she was terrified the cramps would never go away.
At 14 Dani realised she was a lesbian and she cried for a week in her room thinking she would never have the life she wanted.
At 16 Dani split from her first serious girlfriend and she felt her heart break every second she was awake.
At 17 her father kicked her out of his house because of her sexuality and she felt the hole left by her mother dying increasing with the realisation that she had no family.
All through these difficult times of her childhood the words of her mother rang through her head and she was able to survive throughout the night when she was sure she couldn't take anymore.
And as Dani stepped onto the plane headed towards New York the words she was left with calmed her as she knew that she would survive anything.
I do not own Glee or this song what so ever. Enjoy!