A/N: So... I decided to go ahead and make a chapter story based on Chapter 9 of Together Forever which is about Santana, Rachel, and Ryder. This will only cover when the two are still in high school. The first chapter is the same as Chapter 9 of Together Forever, just to give the back story. Enjoy! Thanks to Gleek1990 for the idea!


"Rachel I-" Santana Lopez stopped talking as she walked into her girlfriend's living room. She'd been dating Rachel Berry for six months and she'd only ever been inside her house once. "Holy shit. There's a child in here." Santana said. Rachel looked up from her spot on the floor and stared at her girlfriend in surprise.

"Santana... I thought we were meeting at the Lima Bean at eight." she squeaked. Santana nodded.

"We are... I just thought I'd surprise you and pick you up." she said, staring at the child. "Who's that?" she asked, nodding at the toddler in Rachel's arms.

"Him? Oh this is my little brother." Rachel said. Santana raised an eyebrow.

"Ray?"

"Yea?"

"You wrote a song about being an only child, remember?" Santana reminded her.

"Shit." Rachel muttered. The little boy looked up at Rachel and the diva's eyes instantly widened. "Ryder I-"

"You said a bad word." the child said, laughing. Santana chuckled in amusement as the boy looked over at her. "Mommy said a bad word." Santana raised an eyebrow.

"Mommy?"

"San-"

"Is it true?" Santana asked. Rachel nodded.

"Santana, this is my son, Ryder Daniel Berry." the diva said.

"How old is he?" Santana asked.

"Almost five." Santana raised an eyebrow. "Sanny, I was going to tell you..." Rachel said.

"When? When we met? The two years we were in Glee Club before we started dating? When we started dating? Sometime in the past six months? Uh no... let's see... that only leaves when we move to New York, because I'm assuming he's coming with us." Santana said.

"I'm still working on that part, actually." Rachel admitted.

"You'd leave your own son behind while you move to New York?"

"I don't know yet. Of course I don't want to." Rachel said.

"Well who's the dad? It better not be Finn, St. James, or anyone else from the Glee Club." Santana said.

"It most definitely is not Finn. You wouldn't know him. I was at some workshop thing during Christmas break in eighth grade. Some guy there kept flirting with me and he wanted to sleep with me, but I wouldn't so he kept giving me shot after shot until I was completely wasted. Anyway, he convinced me in my drunken state to sleep with him and then when I got home I found out I was pregnant. I gave birth during the summer before our freshman year of high school. He was two months premature." Santana nodded.

"So when we had sex, you lied when you said I was your first." she accused.

"No. I don't count that experience as my first time. I can't even remember it happening. If it weren't for Ryder, I probably wouldn't even know it happened. What happened with you? That is what I'll think of when I think of losing my virginity. That was my first time that mattered. I've only had sex with two people and only one of them is important enough to go back to. One gave me a son. One gives me love. Santana, you are the only person I ever want to have sex with. I know I shouldn't have hid this from you, but I was afraid you'd leave me. I mean when Quinn got pregnant, you just sort of..."

"Yea. I know I did. I shouldn't have done that to her and I'm not going to do that to you." Santana said, kneeling in front of Rachel. Rachel smiled.

"Ry, why don't you go play with your toys for a little bit. Mommy will play with you later, I promise." she said softly.

"Mommy?"

"Yes sweetie?"

"Who's that?" Ryder asked, pointing at Santana. Rachel smiled at the Latina.

"Why don't you ask her?" she suggested softly. The boy looked at Santana before shying away into his mother. "Aw baby... don't be shy. That's Santana. She's the one I'm with whenever you get to spend the night alone with Grandpa Danny and Grandpa Bobby." Ryder turned around to face the Latina.

"Mommy talks about you a lot." Santana smiled.

"She does?" Ryder nodded. "Guess what? I talk about her a lot too." she said.

"Wanna know what Mommy said?" Ryder asked. Santana nodded as she sat down fully. "She said that you a good singer, but not as much as her." he said. Santana looked at Rachel.

"That was before we started dating. Ryder, how come you can remember that, but you can't remember to pick up your toys?" Rachel asked. Santana laughed.

"Its okay, Ray. Ryder, I know that I'm not as great of a singer as your mommy. But you know what people say about her clothes?"

"Santana." The Latina in question laughed.

"Sorry, baby girl." Rachel turned to her son.

"Ryder, you know how Grandpa Danny and Grandpa Bobby are in a relationship with each other?" she asked softly. The boy nodded. "Well, Santana and I are in a relationship with each other." she continued. He looked at Santana and walked over to her.

"You're pretty." he said. Santana smiled.

"Thank you." she said.

"Mommy can I marry her?" he asked. Santana bit her lip and smiled.

"I don't think so, Ryder." Rachel said.

"Why not?"

"Because I love her and it would make me very sad if you took her away from me." Rachel explained. Ryder looked at Santana, who kissed him on the cheek.

"Don't worry Ryder. I'll probably like you more than I like your mom anyway." she said, laughing. Rachel glared at her. "Oh you know I'm just kidding Ray." Santana said.

"Ryder, go play with your toys." Rachel said, not breaking eye contat with her girlfriend. "I'm sorry." she whispered, settling into the Latina's side.

"Don't be. Its okay. I'm just surprised you managed to hide a kid for five years in Lima, Ohio of all places. That's some serious hiding right there, Ray." Santana said. Rachel smiled.

"Yea..."

"So why wouldn't Ryder be able to come to New York with us?" Santana asked softly.

"I don't want to rip him out of his school and I wouldn't be able to take care of him plus go to class, plus go to auditions." Rachel explained.

"Well, he's five, so I don't think he's too attached to his school yet. And as for the juggling time thing, when you're in class, he'll be at school. I can totally watch him whenever you want to go on auditions, or if I'm busy Brittany or Artie can watch him. They're going to New York too. We could totally make it work." Santana said.

"But his friends-"

"He'll make new ones, Ray. Baby, if you leave him here, he's going to think that you don't want him. Besides, when you make it to Broadway, you'll want him there with you and by then he will be attached to his school. Just bring him with us. It'll be fun and exciting." Santana said.

"Interesting is more like it." Santana laughed.

"That too. But you know what? I want to see what happens. Can he come with us?" Santana asked. Rachel smiled.

"Yea. Ryder can come to New York with us... but I want to get settled in New York for a year before we bring Ryder into all that chaos. Its going to be madness when we first move in. I want to get used to New York before I bring my baby boy into all of that." Rachel said. Santana nodded.

"Sounds reasonable." she said, kissing the diva.