This is slightly AU, and everything that happened in Season 5 already happened except Dani and Santana haven't meet yet. Hope you guys like it!
What Really Matters
"Come on mijo, I only have forty minutes to get you to daycare and then get to work, and I can't be late I'm training a new waitress today" Twenty year old Santana Lopez said to her three year old son Ryan.
Ryan came out of his room wearing his favorite Captain America T-shirt and blue jeans with Nike high tops. Ryan was the perfect mixture of Santana and his father Noah Puckerman. He had Puck's dark brown hair, Santana's round dark brown eyes and high cheek bones, and the same exact ears and jaw structure of Puck. He acts a lot like Santana and Puck but he's also completely different from them, he's kind and sweet, and extremely loveable, by everyone, especially Kurt, and Rachel.
"Okay mommy I'm ready" Ryan said smiling up at his mother.
Santana smiled at her little boy bending down in front of him "You look really handsome mijo, are you ready to have a good day at daycare?" Santana asked.
Ryan smiled nodding his head "Yeah Carrie said that she's going to color with me today, and Noah and I are going to play with hot wheels" he said excitedly.
Santana laughed ruffling his hair as she stood up "Well that sounds very exciting mijo. Do you remember who's picking you up today?" Santana asked as she moved to grab their jackets from the closets, along with their bags.
Ryan ran after her "Yeah, Uncle Kurt and Uncle Blaine are picking me up and taking me to the diner so we can have lots of chocolate mile and ice cream" he said practically jumping up and down.
"After you eat your dinner though" Santana said giving her son a stern look, as she held out his jacket for him to put on.
Ryan sighed "Oh okay fine" he mumbled causing her to smile and shake her head.
"Alright let's get going mijo, we can't be late" Santana said taking her sons hand and leaving their small barely two bedroom apartment.
As she and Ryan walked down the streets of New York, Santana thought about how she had gotten to where she is today. She had gotten pregnant with Ryan when she was seventeen, by one of her best friends Noah Puckerman or Puck. They had been dating on and off for a while, and it wasn't until after they had broken up and Santana had finally admitted to herself but no one else that she was gay and was in love with her best friend Brittany Pierce that she realized she was pregnant. Even though it was the toughest time of her life, she wouldn't change it for anything, Puck, Brittany, Quinn, and the entire Glee club was by her side the entire time. When she first found out she was pregnant she considered adoption but when she first heard Ryan's heartbeat and saw the alien looking picture of him she knew she couldn't go through with it.
Even though her parents were disappointed they supported her and Puck's decisions all throughout high school and helped the two teenagers give Ryan the best possible care. After Ryan was born she and Brittany started secretly dating, and about a year later Santana was forced to openly admit she was gay. Puck was a really good father, he was always there for Ryan, and helped Santana buy him the things he needed. After graduation Santana started college, of course taking Ryan with her, he was her only comfort when she and Brittany had their horrible break up.
Eventually she realized college wasn't for her, so she and Ryan joined Rachel and Kurt in New York, actually living in the building next to them, in their small two bedroom apartment. Santana currently worked as a waitress at the Spotlight Diner, and occasionally filmed some small commercials. After Finn died, Puck joined the Air Force which of course meant Ryan didn't get to see his dad very often, but Puck called every other night to talk to Ryan, and every time he was able to Puck came to New York to see Ryan, and eventually he started bringing his girlfriend and one of Santana's best friends Quinn with him, who Ryan loved.
Her life had its ups and downs but she wouldn't change anything, she had great friends (of course ones she never thought she would ever have) and an amazing son, and she was slowly working her way to having her big break in acting.
Pulling out of her thoughts she realized they were in front of Ryan's day care, once inside Ryan immediately left his mother's side and ran to his best friends Carrie and Noah.
"Good morning Santana, how are you doing?" Ryan's teacher Mrs. Tacket asked.
Santana smiled as she put Ryan's stuff in his cubby "Good, all I have to do is make it to work on time. Ryan's lunch and everything is in his bag, and my friends Kurt and Blaine will be picking him up today around four" Santana explained.
Mrs. Tacket smiled "Oh yes I remember them, Ryan was really excited the last time they picked him up".
Santana laughed "Yes because they always spoil him. I should say bye and then get going" she said moving towards Ryan who was coloring with Carrie. Bending down to his level Santana ran her hand through his hair "I have to get going mijo, but I'll see you later at the diner when Uncle Kurt and Uncle Blaine pick you up, okay?" Santana said.
Ryan nodded his head as he looked at his mother "Okay mommy I hope you have a great day" he said moving to wrap his little arms around Santana's neck.
Santana smiled hugging him back "Thank you mijo, I hope you have a great day to, I love you sweetie" she said kissing the top of his head.
"Luv you to mommy" he said kissing her cheek. Santana smiled ruffling his hair one last time before she stood up leaving the day care and heading towards the subway.
Line Break
Santana rushed into the diner with barely five minutes to spare "Cutting it pretty close Santana" Rachel said from behind the counter.
Santana stuck her tongue out at her "Yes well getting Ryan to eat breakfast was like pulling out teeth this morning, plus the subway from the daycare took forever" Santana said as she took off her jacket and moved towards the back of the diner to punch in, Rachel following after her.
"You must be lying because Ryan is a perfect angle" Rachel said with a smile.
"Yes a perfect angle who didn't want to eat breakfast" Santana said "So when does the new girl get here?" she asked as she tied her apron on.
"About an hour I think, which gives you plenty of time to come up with ways to terrify her" Rachel said.
Santana just smiled as she shrugged "What I can't help it, I have to make a good first impression".
Rachel rolled her eyes at the Latina "Whatever Santana just get out there and do your job" she said lightly pushing the Latina.
"And what exactly were you doing when I got here?" Santana asked.
Rachel smirked "I was cleaning" she said even though both women knew it was a lie.
Santana laughed "Yeah cleaning my ass Berry" she said as she moved towards her section of tables.
An hour later Santana was on her way towards the kitchen to give the cooks a new order, she was looking down at her tablet not even paying attention when she bumped into someone.
"Oh my gosh I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention I was trying to tie this evil apron and oh gosh I'm so sorry" a female voice rambled from in front of Santana.
Picking up her tablet Santana looked into the most beautiful brown eyes she'd ever seen "I uhh…ummm… it…it's alright" Santana stumbled out her usual confidence completely disappearing.
The beautiful girl in front of her smiled, she had dark brown hair underneath and blonde hair on top, part of it was pulled back and she was wearing the standard Spotlight Diner uniform, but dear god did she make that outfit look sexy as hell.
"I'm Dani by the way" she said sticking her hand out for Santana to shake.
"Uhh I'm Santana" she said shaking Dani's hand hoping to God she didn't notice how sweaty her hands were.
"Oh Gunther told me you're the one who's supposed to train me" Dani said with a large smile.
Santana had never seen such an amazing smile, hell she'd never been attracted to someone so instantly before. "Yes uhh I am, let me go put this order in to the kitchen and then I'll start showing you the basics" Santana managed to say without completely embarrassing herself. Giving the order to the cooks Santana came back to find Dani standing by the counter, she leaned against the counter as she lightly drummed her fingers on it, bobbing her head to the rhythm.
"So are you ready to learn how horrible this place is?" Santana asked from beside her.
"Well I actually already know" Dani said with a grin.
Santana raised an eyebrow "What do you mean?" she asked.
"I used to work here. When I first came to New York this was my first job, worked here for about a year and a half before I started traveling all over Europe" Dani said a grin.
"Wow that's amazing I've always wanted to go to Europe. So why exactly does Gunther want me to train you if you used to work here?" Santana asked already completely amazed with this girl.
Dani smiled "I have no idea, I guess he installed a new menu and computers and what not, and that's what you're supposed to show me I guess" Dani said with a shrug.
"Oh umm okay" Santana said moving towards the computers to show Dani how they did everything.
A couple hours later after the lunch rush went by and the diner had slowed down before the dinner rush Santana found herself refiling ketchup bottles at a table with Dani. They had been doing it in relative silence for a while now when Santana decided to break the silence and try to get to know the beautiful women in front of her.
"So did you parents like knew that you were gonna grow up to be a lesbian giving you a boy name?" Santana asked with a slight nervous laugh.
With a straight face Dani answered "I'm not a lesbian" she said.
Eyes widening and feeling that annoying panic sweet building up underneath her boobs Santana slightly panicked "Oh, uh.. you just wear so much eyeliner….I don't…" she said trying to fix her mistake.
But a laughing Dani cut her off "I'm just kidding. I love lady parts" Santana immediately relaxed but the annoying panic sweet was still there "Dani is short for Danielle. And no I don't think they knew. My parents are actually kind of d-bags. They caught me making out with a girl in the basement and all hell broke loose. I grabbed my guitar, and never looked back" she said with a strong amazing smile.
Santana slightly frowned she could never think of her parents acting like that, hell they were relieved when she admitted she was gay, there would be no more accident pregnancies "What about you?" Dani asked.
"My parents were pretty cool. Grandma not so much. I had a girlfriend. And she was bi" Santana said with a slight sigh, still trying to deal with the hurt, she didn't want to bring up Ryan right away and completely scare her away, like it had so many other times before.
"Any chance of you guys getting back together?" Dani asked as she scratched her hair.
"I love her, but, umm, its over" Santana said with a shrug.
"It's probably for the best. I think you need a one hundred percent Sapphic goddess" Dani said giving Santana a flirty smile.
Oh god the panic sweet was getting worse "Um..I think I'm gonna go get the salt…the salt sh-shakers" Santana said nervously as she stood up making the silverware rattle "Shakers" she mumbled before finally moving towards the counter, leaving a smirking Dani.
"Oh, my, god, I am sensing some serious energy exchanges happening over there" Rachel said with a shit eating grin.
"No, no, help me, okay?" Santana said nervous and panicked and it only getting worse when she looks back at Dani who smiles and waves at her making Santana give a very uncharacteristic nervous laugh. "I'm getting that stinky panic sweat under my boobs" Santana said.
"Why? She's cute, she's sweet, she's gay, ask her out" Rachel said like it was the simplest thing.
"Okay, I've never been with an actual lesbian. It's been all bisexuals like Brittany, or college girls tying to experiment" Santana said panicky.
"You're scared. I've never seen you scared before" Rachel said like it was the best to happen since coffee was created. "It's so cute!"
"You tell no one of this. Seriously. I think that I might like her, and it is terrifying" Santana said.
"Listen. She seems like a really smart girl. And if she's a smart girl, then she's not gonna miss out on an opportunity to be with someone as amazing as you." Rachel said setting her hands on Santana's arms and making her relax.
"Your right" Santana said finally calming down.
"Okay?" Rachel said.
"She's smart" Santana said thinking about what Rachel said and the fact that her son would soon be here which meant that Dani would know she's a teenage mother.
"Okay, go clean up" Rachel said before going back to her tables.
"Okay" Santana muttered before turning to look at Dani again.
But before she could go to the back to freshen up and think about the fact that Dani would soon know she had a son Santana's thoughts were interrupted as the diner door opened and a little voice yelled out "Momma".
Turning away from Dani who's eyes slightly widened Santana smiled at the blur of brown hair that flew towards her, squatting down Santana smiled as she opened her arms for her son "Mijo" she said as he barreled into her almost knocking her over, wrapping her arms around the little boy Santana kissed his head "I missed you Mijo" she said squeezing him lightly.
Ryan giggled "I missed you to momma" he said with a large grin.
Standing up Santana lifted him onto her hip, moving the hair out of his eyes she smiled at the little boy "How was your day with Mrs. Tacket?" Santana asked.
"Good, I played with Noah and Carrie and we got to go outside" Ryan said excitedly "And Uncle Kurt got me a new toy, it's in my backpack, I'm not supposed to tell you" Ryan said not getting the fact that he was supposed to keep it a secret.
Santana raised an eyebrow looking up from the little boy to Kurt who was trying to hide behind a menu "Oh really now, well then I guess Uncle Kurt and I will have to talk about what happens when we break rules" Santana said looking at Kurt who peeked out from behind the menu to give her a sheepish smile.
Ryan giggled "Uncle Kurt's in trouble" he said.
"Ry Ry my favorite little man, I haven't seen you in forever" Rachel said coming up next to Santana.
Ryan smiled "I saw you yesterday Anutie Rachel" he said with a laugh.
Rachel laughed pulling the little boy into her arms "I know and that was forever ago, I need some Ry Ry hugs" Rachel said tickling the little boy. Ryan giggled wrapping his arms around Rachel and hugging her "Come on buddy let's get you set up at a table with some French fries" Rachel said taking him to one of the tables in the corner.
Santana shook her head moving towards Kurt and Blaine "You guys spoil him way too much" she said glaring at them.
"Come on Santana your kid is adorable, it's impossible to say no to him" Blaine said with a smile.
"Yes I know that, but you don't have to buy him a toy every time you pick him up" Santana said sternly.
"Were his Uncles, isn't that what were supposed to do, spoil him rotten, and drive you insane about it" Kurt said with a grin.
Santana huffed "I hate you two so much right now" she said.
Blaine laughed "Yes you say that every time Santana. Anyways were going to go eat dinner with our nephew, while you finish your last couple hours of work, so we can all go home" Blaine said grabbing Kurt's hand and pulling him towards the table where Ryan and Rachel sat giggling with one another.
Shaking her head Santana went to move back towards her tables, but jumped back in shock when she saw Dani standing right in front of her "Jesus Christ you scared the crap out of me, what are you a freaking mime or something?" Santana said taking a deep breath.
Dani laughed "No I'm a musician" Santana noticed how Dani's eyes moved towards the table where Ryan was sitting with her friends "So I think there may have been something you forgot to mention earlier" she said with a soft smile.