Santana lay on the beach, entirely content with her surroundings. The temperature was just right with the wind providing just enough coolness to keep her satisfied. The beach was relatively empty, and the waves created the perfect background noise. Her Ray Bans were down on her face as she quietly hummed along to music from her iPhone. The only thing missing was her girlfriend, Tessa. The two had been dating for 3 months now, and Santana had to admit, this was happy as she has been in a relationship since HER. Tessa was gorgeous. She was tall with caramel-colored hair, bright green eyes, a tan complexion and a great smile. Her personality matched her looks on the outside: optimistic, entertaining, and smart. Santana was confident that this relationship had more promise than any of her others since HER, but she was sure that would all go downhill at some point. SHE always sprung up in the back of her mind.

As these thoughts run through her mind, Santana believes the beginning of the downfall of her and Tessa will be today when she meets Bergen, Tessa's five-year-old daughter. Santana had no issues with children. She just couldn't see herself having any unless the child's other mother was HER. That was definitely not gonna happen though, so Santana cast away any thoughts of children. When Tessa told Santana about Bergen though, she felt bad turning her away. She liked Tessa enough to give it a try. Maybe Bergen could change her opinion on children. So now, here Santana is, waiting patiently for her girlfriend and her daughter for their daycation at the beach.

Santana had to admit, she needed a break. Things at the small recording studio she had been working at for 4 years now, were picking up. She was being featured on more artists' albums and she couldn't be more grateful. As a 25-year-old female trying to make it in the music industry, she wasn't doing that bad. She knew she had HER to thank for this, but she always pushed those thoughts away. If she thought about HER, all of Santana's regrets would come flooding back. Instead, she needs to concentrate on the here and now.

This was made infinitely easier when she saw her beautiful girlfriend walking across the beach with the most precious little girl she had ever seen, who she assumed was Bergen. Santana couldn't help but be struck by the little girl. She had bleach blond hair that hung in natural ringlets and grey-green eyes, similar to Tessa's, but not quite. Santana did remember Tessa saying that her ex had carried Bergen. Maybe they were the ex's eyes. Either way, they seemed familiar.

She has the largest smile on her face as she skipped, bare-footed through the sand. Tessa walked up to Santana with Bergen skipping along. "Hey you. Sorry we are late. My ex is not a very punctual person and didn't arrive at the park we were meeting at until 11:00. But this is Bergen. Bergen, this is Santana, the woman I was telling you about."

"Hi! Mommy was right, you are pretty."

With that, Santana was certain she could get used to this little girl. She also wanted to know why she had this nagging feeling in the pit of her stomach that she had seen this little girl somewhere before.

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Brittany made her way through town, not really paying attention to the time even though she had to be at work in 20 minutes. It just didn't seem important at the moment. As usual, there was too much going on in her head, which always made her lose track of reality. For the past two nights, she hasn't stopped dreaming of her old life, her old friends, the Glee Club. Six years ago, Brittany gave up on things with HER and began dating. She didn't really want to but she knew in order for her and HER to ever work out, she was going to have to move on, so she did. She met a great girl. She was very similar to herself: happy, funny, and intelligent. It was nice for Brittany to be with someone she had so much in common with. It was definitely different from HER. It wasn't good, it wasn't bad, just different.

The two had gotten along and really enjoyed themselves. Eventually they became inseparable and even moved in together when they both turned 20. That's when it happened. They went out to celebrate their new apartment. They went to a dance club and were talking about being spontaneous, and asked a guy to dance. Long story short, the guy ended up going to their new apartment with them, and bam, Brittany was pregnant. When her and her girlfriend found out, they were a little surprised but figured that this could have happened eventually anyways.

So Brittany had the baby and from the moment that little girl came into this Earth both her and her girlfriend could not have been more excited. That little girl brought so much joy to their lives, and for two years, that's how things went with Brittany. She was with an amazing woman who she definitely loved, not as much as HER but she did love her, and their beautiful little girl. Things were great until Brittany went back for a Glee Club reunion. She told herself she could handle it. She left her girlfriend and beautiful daughter at home and went. She saw HER. They didn't talk or even stand near one another. They just simply gave each other one longing look and an innocent smile. That was all it took for Brittany to remember that she still loved HER.

She hadn't talked to HER since they said goodbye in the Glee room before she left for MIT. Brittany tried to talk to HER. After all, SHE was the most important person in the world to her, but it was too painful. SHE had moved on and started dating and Brittany just wasn't sure how to be HER friend anymore after all they had been through together. So she separated herself from HER and the rest of her friends, knowing that she could never truly move on when so many people were a part of their shared past.

That smile and look they shared at the reunion did a number on Brittany though. She returned to her little family, completely different. Within six months of returning, Brittany ruined everything. The life her and her girlfriend shared was forever over. They moved into separate places and now shared custody of their little love bug. To this day, Brittany never shared why she became so distant with her girlfriend. She also has stayed single ever since.

Shaking the thoughts from her head, Brittany was glad that her feet automatically walked her to "Daring to Dance", the dance studio she has been working at since she moved three years ago. Work would be a welcome distraction from her long weekend without her little love bug.

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Santana couldn't believe that she had a five-year-old child sprawled across her legs, fast asleep, and she was entirely okay with it. Tessa, Bergen, and Santana had spent the entire day at the beach together, playing in the waves, building sand castles, eating snow cones, and listening to music. Around dinnertime, they reluctantly left the beach and found themselves at a Burger King, per Bergen's request. Santana couldn't remember the last time she ate at a Burger King, but watching Bergen play in the tubes and wave down at her from a little window, made the fast food worth it. They eventually made their way back to Tessa's place and began watching "The Lion King", which led to Bergen being fast asleep on Santana's lap.

"We can move her, babe. She sleeps like a rock."

Santana giggled lightly at the comment. That was how SHE slept. "That's okay. She is keeping me warm," joked Santana, not wanting to admit that she felt very comfortable with Bergen right where she was.

"Well I want to move her anyways because, I would like to occupy that spot," Tessa responded, voice low and suggestive.

Santana argued no more as the little girl was moved off of her lap and brought to her bedroom. While she waited for Tessa to put Bergen to sleep, she looked around the apartment. She had only been there one other time to pick Tessa up. They usually stayed at her place. She saw tons of pictures of Tessa's family and Tessa with Bergen. There were no pictures of her ex though. For a number of unknown reasons, Santana wanted to know about Tessa's ex. Why would she leave her? Santana literally saw no problems with the woman. Her interest was quickly forgotten though, when Tessa came up behind her and carried her into the bedroom.

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"Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!" Bergen screamed as she quickly ran from her mother's arms into Brittany's.

"I had the best weekend, mommy!"

Brittany laughed as she picked up the little girl and gave a small wave to Tessa, before putting Bergen into her booster seat. "You have to tell me all about it, love bug."

"Yeah! So I met mumma's new girlfriend. She is so pretty and nice. We played at the beach all day and then she even watched Lion King with me! But then I fell asleep."

"Oh. So you like mumma's new girlfriend?"

"Yeah. Is that okay, mommy?"

"Of course, sweetie. Your mumma told me you were going to meet her. As long as she treats you right, it's okay."

"Oh good because I really like her. She looks like that pretty lady in the picture on your nightstand, mommy."

Brittany had to mentally slap herself to keep her concentration on the road. "Isn't that nice. Well I'm glad you enjoyed your weekend, how about we go get some ice cream together?"

"Wow! Ice cream two times in a weekend? Yes please," responded Bergen, entirely clueless of her mother's ongoing inner dilemma.

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Santana slowly stroked Tessa's hair as she slept across her chest. Tessa had been asleep for hours. Santana couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard she tried. She just kept thinking of HER. She missed HER all of the time. She never should have suggested that they have some space from each other so SHE could concentrate on MIT. What an idiot. She was just being selfish. She just wanted space to move on, maybe so they could get back on track. Well that idea really bit her in the ass.

To make matters worse, she feels like a complete jackass because she is laying with a beautiful naked woman, but only thinking about her best friend and ex girlfriend. It wasn't entirely her fault though. She was always going to love HER the most and it didn't matter if they hadn't spoken in seven years, SHE was still her person and that would never change. She wanted to change things and contact HER again, but since she was too stubborn for so long, she had no idea how to do that. She should have gone up to HER at the Glee reunion three years ago, but she didn't, and she was kicking herself constantly because of that.

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"Come on sweetie, you have to get up. Your mother is going to kill me if we are late again."

"But mommy, the bed is so comfy and warm. Tell mumma , 5 more minutes."

Brittany couldn't help but to laugh at her daughter's antics. "Okay, I'll tell her but I guess that means no chocolate chip pancakes for you."

Brittany laughed when her trick worked like a charm, Bergen was up, out of her bed, and sprinting towards the kitchen before Brittany was able to blink an eye. "Now that's more like it."

As Brittany made her way into the kitchen, she was greeted with a pancake half wedged into her daughter's mouth with syrup dripping down on all sides. "You, my little jellybean, are a hot mess."

Bergen finished chewing before sticking her tongue out at her mother. "At least I'm out of bed."

Brittany laughed again at her daughter, thankful that she was optimistic just like her and Tessa. "I suppose you're right. So are you excited to see mumma for the next couple of days?"

"Yeah. I hope her girlfriend comes too. I wish I could remember her name."

"Well I think her girlfriend is coming to pick you up, too."

Brittany only smiled as Bergen began to animatedly talk about how excited she was. Brittany wasn't exactly jealous of Tessa. She was the one who screwed them up after all. It was hard to see her so happy though, when Brittany still felt so lost. She wasn't able to get lost in her thoughts long, however, when Bergen grabbed her by the hand and dragged her to the bedroom to get ready.

An hour later, Bergen was sitting on the couch of their apartment, playing her DS. Brittany was watching, entirely confused as to why animals were interior decorators in the game. Luckily, there was a knock on the door breaking her out of her confusion. Bergen shot out of her seat, DS thrown onto the couch as she went to answer the door. She immediately ran into her mother's arms, as Brittany rounded the corner and looked at Tessa. She could never have been prepared for what she saw when she looked next to Tessa, however. "Santana…."

Thanks for reading! This has been going through my head for ages now. Should I continue? Please review to let me know!