'Flight 307 from New York, now arriving..'
Santana was dragging her roller bag as she walked from the plane into the airport, breathing in that Ohio scent that she has yet to breath since her last visit. She notices that nothing has really changed physically, but the atmosphere of the state felt foreign to her. For the first time she is clueless about how things are going to turn out there, it's safe to guess that the only way she is able to find out is by taking those steps back into the small bumsville town known as Lima.
The weather was what you would expect winter to feel like, but worse, you could practically freeze sperm at the temperature that Santana was enduring. She made it to her parents home, she had the house to herself for the winter, which was in Santana's favor severely. The Latina was dumped the week prior to her arrival in Lima, so she was back on the market, and she figured that she could potentially find some new meat for her to grasp.
Santana plopped down onto her couch, kicking her feet up onto the table as she was tired from the plane ride and the car ride to her home. In that instance she was bored with everything there, this was one of the reasons she left Lima in the first place. "Fuck.. There's nothing to do.." she groaned as she picked up the TV remote, she turned the TV on and flipped through the channels in hopes to find something good to watch. While she was browsing through the channels her phone lit up, Santana set the remote down to look at the text.
'Hey Santana, I heard you were back in town.. How about you come by the school sometime? - BootyChin'
Santana snickered at the fact she had Will's contact under "BootyChin", it never crossed her mind to go to the school, she didn't really want to go ever since the week of Finn tributes. "I could go.. Maybe it'll help explain my reason for being in this wasteland." she softly spoke to herself.
'You are now watching Sanjay and Craig, on Nick.' the TV blurted out which disgusted Santana in many ways. "They canceled Victorious, and Wendell and Vinnie but put this up? Yuck.." she groaned before getting up, turning off the TV in the process. The Latina slipped on her jacket, then put on a pair of tennis shoes rather than her dress shoes, not really the weather to be looking perfect obviously.
Once she got herself completely ready, she walked out of the house, locking the door behind her then continued towards the car she had bought when she turned 16. "Baby, it's been a long time since I got to ride you." she leaned on the car, embracing it for a few moments then unlocked the car to get inside it.
Santana started her car, then turned on her stereo "I knew I shouldn't have let Kurt take my iPod.." she sighed somewhat angrily. Santana had loaned her iPod to Kurt so he could listen to it when he goes to the gym and work on his cardio, but it got stolen from his locker when he was taking a quick rinse in the shower. Sometimes the innocent can be the bane of Santana's existence. She put her seatbelt on and backed out of the driveway.
Meanwhile..
"Hey Marley." Jake softly greeted while leaning against the locker besides Marley's.
Marley rolled her eyes while continuing to look through her locker. "What do you want Jake? I have gotten all your texts, your letters, and I got your Facebook posts on my timeline. I don't know what you want me to say to you." she expressed before closing her locker and glaring at the young Puckerman.
Jake looked down for a few moments, biting his lower lip. "I want you to say that you forgive me, and that we can try again.." he explained to Marley as he looked back at her with sad eyes. "I need you Marley.. What I did was stupid, and I shouldn't have ever considered it in the first place."
The brunette lightly patted Jake's shoulder and sighed. "Maybe you should have thought of that beforehand.." Marley said before walking away, her voice was broken after hearing Jake's words. To make matters worse, she started to loose her feelings for Jake, she didn't seem to care about one single person outside her family. Marley was fed up with the constant attempts at bettering her life and only getting her heart broken in return, all she wanted was at least ONE thing to go right in her life that she had control of. Her mind wasn't all there anymore, the passion she once had, now fading away.
Marley made her way to the choir room, and what she saw outside of the students was a rather energetic Will Schuester. She was going to ask about it but decided to keep quiet and walk to her seat in the classroom.
"Mr. Schue, why exactly are you dancing around?" Ryder asked while readjusting himself on the chair, for a few moments he gazed at Marley with a slight smile on his face.
Will smirked at Ryder, softly chuckling before sitting on a stool. "Well I got a mix of good and bad news, good news is that we have a new person joining the club. But the bad news for a certain few of you.. It's Bree." the second he mentioned her name, the entire glee club murmured amongst themselves.
"Oh my god.."
"Not that bitch.."
Marley stood up in protest, before she could speak Bree walked in with all sorts of confidence with each step, and a look of disgust with each look she makes towards the New Directions. "Okay, Schue you said I wasn't going to be annoyed. They are all staring at me and I am getting annoyed by their mere presence." the cheerio calmly barked before going to a chair to sit down.
Various kids shrugged off Bree's harsh comments, Jake rolled his eyes and looked towards Will. "So, you said you had good news and bad news, we got the bad news. Where is the good?" he asked while glaring at Bree.
Bree raised her eyebrow and tilted her head to the side. "You weren't saying that a month ago when I was getting down on you." she retorted with anger causing every kid with the exception of Marley to gasp. "Besides, why would you care if I am here or not?" Bree started to get snippy towards Jake.
Will stood up and sighed. "Bree, Jake, leave your problems outside the glee club please." he requested in a calm manner, sadly that wasn't working out in his favor as Bree stood up and walked towards Jake with angered eyes.
"Tell me Jake, why should you care? I am just as good if not better than all of you combined. So why am I not allowed to sing with you?" Bree intensely asked while crossing her arms.
Jake just looked up at Bree, having an annoyed expression on his face. He was wanting to speak his mind but at the same time felt it wasn't worth it.
Bree chuckled softly. "I guess sleeping with me gave me dominance over you, it's a shame knowing your families history of being manwhores." she moved her face closer to Jake's, having a confident smirk upon her face.
Jake stood up looking down at her. "Listen Bree-" he was about to tell her off when Marley stood up.
"Bree you know why it's a big deal? It's because you are a FUCKING leech that sucks everything around it, the only downside is you don't die when you are done. You continue to suck, and suck, and suck until everything is dried up and crumples by one touch! What makes your existence worse is that you could care less what happens to anyone here, and Mr. Schue, no offense but you are clearly not educated enough if you are willing to stand there with the straightest of faces and tell us that Bree deserves to be here." Marley exclaimed angrily, clenching her fists due to how angry she was.
"You know Marley, maybe if you were a decent girlfriend and put out for your precious boyfriend, maybe he wouldn't have cheated on you in the first place." Bree softly chuckled some more before walking back to her seat.
"Okay that is enough!" Will yelled angrily. "Marley, I am afraid I am gonna have to suspend you from my class for the week. I will not have that language in my classroom." he sternly spoke as he walked over to his desk, writing down a slip to the principal's office.
Marley growled under her breath, storming out of the classroom, taking the slip as Will held it out for her. She was walking down the hall and boy was her mind on fire with hate. 'Seriously!? Bree acts like a complete bitch, and when someone calls her out on it, they get in trouble but not her? What the fuck!' The young brunette growling some more when she lightly bumps into someone, she was looking down at the ground so she didn't see the person she bumped into. "Watch where you're going.." she demanded as she looked up.
"Okay I know you aren't talking to Lima Heights finest.. Marley?" Santana looked down at the young Marley Rose with a shocked look on her face. "Oh my god, you grew a bit since I last saw ya." she said with a slight chuckle. If only Marley was in the mood for jokes as she was close to exploding right in front of Santana. "Hey, what's wrong?" Santana placed a hand on Marley's shoulder.
Santana opt to take Marley to her house as part of an agreement with Sue that she not expel Marley from school grounds for the things that were said in the classroom. Marley was silent throughout most of the drive to Santana's place, even though Santana tried her best to involve Marley in some form of a conversation. To make sure Marley could at least feel at home, Santana offered to get the brunette a soft drink from the 7-Eleven, but Marley turned it down. They eventually made it to Santana's house, Santana doing what she could to keep Marley somewhat content, she helped her pupil into her house. Marley slowly walked from the front door to the chair that was in the living room then sat down, she looked around the room blinking slowly.
"Hey Marls, you wanna tell me what's up now?" Santana asked as she sat on the couch, in the spot closest to Marley. "I was able to get you out of your suspension from glee club since I was a top Cheerio, so the least you could do is tell me what's wrong.. If you want to or something."
Marley looked at Santana for a few moments then she sighed. "What do you do when you get cheated on, and the person that helped cause the cheating to happen, waltz into what you like to do?" she asked, her eyes went from angry to sad during her question.
"I.. I don't know hon.. I never gotten cheated on.. I have gotten heart broken, you kinda know my history with Brittany, but never once did I get cheated on." Santana reached out for Marley's hand. "But when Britt and I broke up, and she and Sam hooked up, I was fed up with the world.. I damn near hated Sam for something that Brittany also agreed to." she said while running her thumb against Marley's hand.
Marley started to tear up at Santana's gentle touch, almost as if that is exactly what Marley needed, was someone to act like they cared. As tears streamed down her face she smiled at Santana for a few moments. "Thank you, I haven't really cried much about this since it happened. Hell even when it happened I didn't cry much.." the brunette explained as she wiped her tears with her free hand. "Mr. Schue allowed Bree to join the glee club.. And she helped ruin my relationship with Jake.."
Santana's eyes went angry. "Are you talking about that preppy bitch that tried taking away the Finn memorial at his old locker?"
Marley slowly nodded.
"And what did her and Jake do? Fuck?" Santana continued to ask.
Marley nodded once more.
Santana growled a bit under her breath. "I can see why you freaked hon.. I really can, but what you need to do is pick your moments. Right now, up to my knowledge you only have glee club, right? So it's important to keep hold of the few things you do have in life." she explained before getting off her couch, she quickly ran upstairs into her room.
Marley raised an eyebrow at what Santana was doing so suddenly. She slowly took her jacket off, placing it on the arm of the chair and decided to get up to take her own tour of the Lopez home. Observing the table that had a bunch of family pictures, giggling at the pictures of Santana as a little kid. 'Holy crap did she look cute as little kid..' Suddenly every reason Marley had for being upset faded, not too much but faded for sure.
Meanwhile Santana was browsing a wardrobe that she had in her closet, opening the cabinet and began shuffling through the clothes, trying to find a specific outfit for Marley, as if she was preparing for a moment such as this. 'I am gonna help my pupil MAKE Jake jealous, and while we're at it.. That bitch that wishes she could fill my shoes.' Santana started humming softly when she found the PERFECT outfit, now what she needed to was get a few girls other than Marley do backup for her. Once she got the outfit laid out on her bed she walked towards her door and bellowed out "Yo! Marls! Get over here, I got a bit of a surprise for ya!"
Marley walked down the hallway, into the first room that was lit, to her surprise she saw Santana pulling out different outfits. "Uh.. We playing dress up or something?" the brunette asked while lightly scratching the back of her head.
"Nope, I have a plan to get back at Jake and Bree. You are going to perform something in the gym after school tomorrow." Santana demanded as she sat Marley on her bed. "You are gonna dress up kinda punk rock-ish but it'll suit you very well." she admitted while observing Marley's head carefully.
"Well.. What am I gonna perform? Since I probably won't have a say so in the song.." Marley asked as she looked up at her mentor who was messing with her hair for some random reason. "Also why the gym of all places? Why not the auditorium?"
Santana stood up and chuckling loudly, then looked down at her pupil "It will add ambiance to what you will be performing." she winked. Santana pulled out a big tote bag, placing the clothes for Marley to wear inside it. "Plus you're getting free clothes out of it. So you can shut up and let Auntie Snix take care of her darling." she playfully demanded then handed the bag to Marley. "Believe in Santana Lopez, and you will have a happy life."
Marley smiled a bit at Santana following up with a nod "O-Okay." she was nervous but excited to see what Santana had in store for her.
The next day..
The lunch bell rang and kids were heading to the cafeteria with the exception of Jake and Bree whom received a note telling them to go to the gym for reasons oblivious to them. Jake was the first to make it to the gym of the two, he was looking around, his mind was pondering as to why he was told to go to the gym.
"Holy shit Jake get over me!"
Jake quickly turned to see Bree standing with disgust on her face, he then crossed his arms and his eyes shooting daggers towards the snotty Cheerio. "Maybe you should get over me, why did you have me come here?" he barked towards Bree.
Bree chuckled loudly and placed her hands upon her hips. "Why would I try to bother with you after last month? I told you I was done with your ass, you just can't let go can you? Not that I blame you." she spoke with such confidence to back her lash towards Jake.
"Yeah, whatever you say." Jake retorted while rolling his eyes.
Right as Bree was about to say something, the lights in the gymnasium went out, the doors shut, both students nervous about what was currently transpiring. Small beams of light went past both Jake and Bree, forming around the middle of the gym, then one light shines down in the middle of the gym, a figure could be seen under that light.
Jake looked closely but kept his distance, he noticed the shape of the said figure, the young Puckerman gulped nervously "M-Marley?" he asked.
The figure slowly looked over at Jake and Bree, a smirk could be seen on the face of this figure, then a chuckle followed the smirk. A few figures walked from behind the one, standing beside it, then the lights went out once again. Two small beams of light shot up at the figure and it was indeed Marley, her eyes filled with pure confidence, she clenched her fists as she raised her head up and tilted it to the side partially as she finally yelled. "Ring the alarm! I've been through this too long, but I'll be DAMNED if I see another chick on your arm!" Various kids formed from behind Marley, humming in the background as Marley sang.
Jake stood there gazing at Marley with serious eyes, shocked that she would drag both him and Bree, his mind was racing even more than usual. Meanwhile Bree was trying to find her way out of the gym as she was embarrassed, what made things worse for her is she knew what Marley's message was behind the cover.
The lights came back on once Marley finished, and Jake's jaw dropped as he got to see Marley's entire outfit that she had decided to wear. "M-Marley.. You look-"
"Shut the hell up Jake.. You hurt me, you hurt me bad.. And you Bree, everything literally gets handed your way, you never once had to work to get accepted.. I always did, but no more. I don't care for either of your twos opinion on me." Marley announced with pride as she walked towards Santana who was watching everything go down.
Bree observed the fact Marley was walking to Santana, she smirked a bit then crossed her arms "I guess I would feel at home if I had a dyke to back me up." she chuckled a bit. "Yes, I know all about your coming out horror story. How your dimwitted ex-girlfriend leaked a sex tape of you two ravishing each other, and how she is currently in MIT and you are here not amounting to anything." Bree began to laugh softly. "It's funny how things turn out right? I guess having girls with the brain of a little kid wasn't enough for you huh? Now you are tapping a minor to help yourself feel better? Just sad."
Those words struck Santana right to her core, as she growled under her breath and stormed towards Bree angrily. "You wanna see fucking sad? I will show you fucking sad!" Santana screamed out. Marley quick on her feet, ran towards Santana and held onto her, pushing her head against the Latina's shoulder, planting her feet on the ground as much as she could in hopes of slowing the aggravated Santana Lopez down. The Latina's eyes are wide, angry, piercing towards Bree "You are a fucking skank who couldn't hold my pom-poms on her best day, you are envious of me because what I accomplished." she shouted, becoming more angered. "You wouldn't have lasted 2 seconds under Sue's leadership! I lasted over 3 years, bitch. So why don't you get your ass over here and say half of that shit to my face!"
Marley looked up at Santana with tears in her eyes. "Santana Lopez!" she shouted at her mentor somewhat angrily. "She.. Isn't.. Worth it.." Marley softly said, her voice was breaking in between each word that was spoken. "Stop yelling please.." she quietly asked as she began to cry on Santana's shoulder. "They hurt me enough.. I don't need you being hurt when I am already a mess." she sniffled a bit.
Santana looked down at Marley with calm eyes and nodded. "I am sorry Marls.." she stroked Marley's back gently, embracing the brunette as much as she could. "It'll be okay.. I promise." she continued to stroke her pupil's back.
Jake had a look of worry on his face as him and Bree left the gym.
Santana offered to take Marley home since Millie had to take a shift at Breadstix, kinda ironic since that was the only place Santana ever really ate at when she went out. Santana was mainly focused on Marley though, once again Marley was silent, but this car ride was indeed different. Marley held Santana's hand a lot during the drive, only letting go when Santana needed to shift gears. Marley was happy with how things turned out, with the exception of Bree running her mouth, which caused Santana to have an uproar which scared Marley. Outside of that Marley's day was rather well, she was happy throughout the school day, she got to call Jake and Bree out on what they did, and it was mainly thanks to Santana Lopez. They made it to the Rose household, Marley turned her head towards Santana and smiled at her lightly.
"Thank you Santana, you know.. For being there for me today and yesterday." she unbuckled her seat belt but kept an eye on Santana.
Santana tasseled Marley's hair gently "I am gonna be here awhile kiddo, so I will make as much time as needed for you. Just text me and I will drive my fine ass from Lima Heights all the way to here, kay? Even if you have a midnight snack craving." she told Marley with a giggle towards the end of her statement. "I mean it too, I wanna make sure you are taken care of while I am in Lima."
Marley's cheeks tinted a shade of pink, hearing the words that came from Santana made Marley smile a bit more. "Thanks again Santana.. You have a safe drive home." she requested as she got out of the car, shutting it behind her, then she made her way into her house.
Santana sighed softly, smiling a bit at seeing Marley so happy, it warmed Santana's heart to see someone so happy and that she was the cause of said happiness. But Santana would be lying to herself if she said she wasn't phased by what Bree had said in the gym, she needed something or someone to get her mind off of the things said.
"I guess having girls with the brain of a little kid wasn't enough for you huh? Now you are tapping a minor to help yourself feel better?"
Santana shook her head lightly as she pulled out of the driveway 'Calm down Santana, Bree is just a stupid kid..' she slowly but surely calmed down and started to drive away from Marley's house. Santana's mind was pacing for reasons she couldn't figure out. She was all the way in Lima, away from three people she possibly could have needed at this point in time.
Marley was in her room, twirling around happily to "Santa Baby", softly singing along to it as she prepped her room just for Christmas, which was 5 days away. Marley saved up all year to get her mom just what she needed, a brand new TempurPedic mattress since Millie has been sleeping on a basic mattress since they moved to Lima. Marley gazed at her jar filled with multiple dollar bills, feeling excited that she was going to do something really nice for her mom for the holidays. "I wonder if they will install it.." she said to herself as she sat down on her bed, looking out at the night sky. "I guess I could round up like $20 and buy myself a tool set just in case they won't install the mattress.." she was contemplating when her phone rang. "Hello?" she answered happily, smiling a bit. But it didn't last long. "Is she going to be okay?" she asked somewhat frantically. "I-I will be there as soon as I can." Marley hung up, her eyes were wide as she was scrambling her entire room putting on warm clothes, socks, then boots. After she got dressed she grabbed her phone and jar of money, then ran down the stairs. She placed the jar on the shelf in the hallway and dialed a number. "Please pick up.."
RING..
RING...
RING...
'M-Marls? It's kinda late.. What's up?' Santana's voice was tired but concerned.
Few tears went down Marley's cheek, she was doing her best not to lose it over the phone. "My mom had a heart attack... They took her to the St. Vincent's in Cleveland.. I need you San." her voice turned to a soft whine towards the end of her explanation. "I-I really need you."
'I will be there soon..' Click!
15 minutes later...
Santana made her way to Marley's house, she got out of the car, leaving it on to keep the inside warm. She then walked to the front door, knocking on it a few times. Marley opened the door, holding onto the jar of money. "..Hi.." she softly spoke before walking past Santana.
Santana gazed at the young brunette with worry, observing the way Marley was walking, all down and depressed. Rightfully so, but Santana didn't like seeing Marley like this, especially after the good day they had, Santana was hoping that her visit this late at night would have been over snacks. Santana walked back to her car, got in, buckled herself, then started the car. She softly sighed, looking over at Marley "She's gonna make it Marls.. I promise you."
It took Marley every ounce of pure will power to not break into tears "T-Thank you San.." she was able to utter out as Santana pulled out of the driveway, and headed towards the hospital.
It took them a little while to get to the hospital, Santana didn't take to account that Cleveland was a somewhat busy city, especially when Christmas is just around the corner. Santana kept her eyes focused for the street that the hospital was on, once they got to the street she turned on to it, driving towards the parking lot of the hospital. They eventually found the hospital and parked the car closest to the entrance, without being in the handicap spot. Santana got out and stretched for a few moments, groaning in slight pain "I swear the traffic was a pain!" she looked over at Marley, the young girl was more focused on checking on her mom. Santana walked to Marley, wrapping one arm around her shoulder to give off a warm embrace "Listen, no matter what happens.. I promise, I will take care of you." she softly spoke before kissing the top of Marley's head.
Marley nodded and sighed, both girls made their way inside the hospital. Marley's mind was racing, she was scared about going inside the hospital, especially after dealing with her mild Anorexia as a child. They made it to the waiting room, Marley jetted towards the reception desk "M-Mam, I am here to visit Millie Rose, room 206. I am her daughter.."
The lady at the desk gave a light smile at Marley "Okay dear, let me contact the doctors on the 2nd floor to see she is ready to have visitors." she explained to Marley as she picked the phone off the base to make a call.
Santana gently moved Marley over to where the chairs and TV were located, once she sat down Marley sat beside her, leaning against the Latina. Santana kept Marley close as they watched what looked to be reruns of the Jerry Springer show, both girls softly giggling at the various moments on it.
The doctors were murmuring about Marley's mother, when finally a doctor walked over to where they were sitting at. "Mam, could I take you away from Marley for a few moments, there are just some questions I need to ask you." he asked in the most polite voice he could muster.
Santana looked at Marley with a worried expression, but Marley lightly nodded. She got up and walked over to a corner of the waiting room, the doctor following "Okay doc, what's up with Millie?" Santana quietly asked.
The doctor frowned slightly, he rubbed the back of his neck "Millie.. Passed away. She suffered a second heart attack nearly an hour ago.." he regretfully said as he looked back at Marley whom was curled up on the chair.
Santana's face slightly dropped down a bit "But.. What about Marley? What is she going to do?" she asked while looking at Marley. Santana was fighting tears due to what she had heard, she may not have gotten to know Millie all that well, but she cared deeply about Marley, and she knew exactly how Marley was going to react. Santana gently moved the doctor aside and walked towards the young brunette, the doctor kept his distance out of respect for the two.
Marley looked up at Santana with sad but curious eyes "W-Well.. How is my mom?" her voice was soft, somewhat dry due to her not drinking anything for a long time.
Santana frowned noticeably and her heart sank from what she was about to confess "M-Marley.. She didn't make it.." saying that was difficult for Santana to do, and was the last thing she wanted to do, especially so close to Christmas.
A shock went to Marley, her lips quivering a lot, her body shaking slightly "W-What?" she asked quietly. She didn't want to believe it, and why would she want to? Millie was all Marley had in life, there was rarely anyone else.
"Marley I am so sorry." Santana's voice went some what scared. Quickly she grabbed a hold of Marley and tightened her grip around Marley.
Marley was shaking even more so, all that was playing in her mind was the last thing her and Millie spoke about. "I.. I wanna go home Santana.." she demanded, her voice had a shakier tone to it.
Santana nodded slowly, then looked at the doctor. "Is it okay if I take her home?" she asked while rubbing Marley's back.
The doctor nodded "We will handle getting her to the morgue, since we have Marley's number on record we can contact her when all of Millie's things are together.." he expressed.
The drive home was silent.. Neither girl wanted to speak, no one could blame them. Not even the Christmas music that was playing on the stereo could help with the mood, Marley was lost for emotion, Santana simply lost for words. When they pulled up in the driveway of the Rose household Santana stopped the car and looked at Marley for a few more moments.
"Marls.." Santana softly called out.
Marley was motionless, but a sniff was heard from her.
"I am gonna stay with you, until we can get you set up somehow.." Santana said as she unbuckled her seat belt and took the keys out of the car.
Marley slowly turned her head towards Santana, her eyes were slightly red from being tired, but at the same time she was holding back all of her tears.
Santana frowned and tucked some hair behind her ear "Marley.. Please, talk to me." she asked worryingly.
"W-Why.." was all she uttered, it was quiet, but not enough for Santana to not hear.
"Because I am all you got now.." Santana answered with regret. "And also.. I love you Marls." she explained kindly, the "I love you" part was said with a hint of happiness but at the same time seriousness.
Hearing that was all Marley could take, as she cried out into her hands, finally letting all her emotion out. Santana held onto her pupil as tight as she could, looking down at her with worried eyes. Marley's cries turned to sobs, her sobs forming screams and various points in time. Santana making out few words during Marley's sobbing, all she could do was watch as her pupil spills out all form of sadness that she had in her body, Santana unwillingly had tears dripping down her cheeks.
Santana softly started to sing "Never Say Never" by The Fray, with each lyric Marley slowly stopped her tears and looked up at her mentor, the young brunette's lips quivering. Santana continued singing which surprisingly calmed Marley down to the point where she held on to Santana and partially smiled at her for a few seconds.
"I love you too San.." Marley softly said before getting out of the car, she then headed towards the front door to unlock it. Santana got out and followed Marley closely, keeping a close eye on her. "Thank you.. For being here for me, I really am grateful that I have someone like you in my life."
Santana tilted her head and smiled at Marley "I told you I was going to take care of you, no matter what.. Now let's get you inside, you need to rest up." she told Marley while gently grazing the brunette's shoulder.
The girls placed their things on the couch and ventured upstairs, Marley walked into her room and changed into some night clothes, Santana removed the pair of pants she was wearing, underneath the pants were a pair of Hello Kitty shorts. Santana walked over to Marley's room to check on her, Marley was laying in her bed looking at a picture of her and Millie from when Marley was a little girl.
"I am gonna be sleeping on the couch downstairs if you need me, you good up here?" Santana asked then yawned quietly.
Marley nodded slowly "I will be fine, you sleep tight Santana.." she softly spoke.
Santana gently bowed towards Marley then walked down the stairs, she moved the things that were on the couch over to the coffee table, then she placed the couch pillows on one side, afterwards she rested on the couch, curling under a throw blanket that was placed on the couch. It took her a little bit, but Santana was able to fall into slumber.
A few hours later..
Marley woke up, not due to a bad dream, although she felt as if she was currently living one, she felt lonely in her bed. She quietly got out of her bed, pulling her blanket with her. She walked down the stairs, being as quiet as she possibly could, Marley saw Santana sleeping on the couch. Marley couldn't help but notice that Santana was shivering, this worried Marley quite a bit, she walked to the couch, carefully, lifting up the throw blanket and placed it on the table, after that she laid on the couch facing Santana, then pulled her blanket over them. Santana's shivering came to a halt, and almost as if Santana knew that Marley was in front of her, she gently hugged Marley's head to her shoulder. Marley looked up at Santana for a few moments then wrapped her arms around Santana's waist, she then closed her eyes, a couple tears fell down her face as she fell asleep in her mentors arms.
'Never leave me San.. Please..'
A/N:...Holy crap was it hard for me not to cry while writing the end of the chapter, especially since I love Millie on Glee.. Just.. I can't believe I was able to write a chapter this sad, at least it was sad for me.. Anyways, do that lovely thing you know I love you doing.. I am gonna try to dry some of my tears. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.