Title: Through The Years
Author: Guyana Rose
Rating: M
Pairing: Rachel Berry & Brittany Pierce
Word Count: 2,520
Summary: While on vacation with their family, Rachel & Brittany reminisce about their lives together thus far. Brittberry/Pieberry Week, Days: 7-AU Future Kids, 5-Kid!Brittberry, & 1-Wedding/Proposal.
A/N: I found out about this week a day or two before it started. I wanted to do all the prompts, but life is busy sometimes, so I picked these three and rolled them into one story. As I type this now I only a few hours ago finished up a one shot for Fabang Week. Needless to say I was on crunch time to get them done so I do hope I did the ladies justice and you guys enjoy this. Please do let me know what you think.
Prompt: Brittberry/Pieberry Week, Day 7: AU Future Kids.
Disclaimer: I own only the story itself. Glee belongs to R.I.B.

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Chapter 1 – Vacation

Rachel smiled as she took her final bow. She and her cast mates were all smiles as they looked into the cheering audience. Another well deserved standing ovation. Her eyes roamed the second row but she was distracted by a short blonde walking up to the stage. The young girl stopped in front of her and held up a bouquet of flowers for her to take. She knelt down and pulled the little girl up on stage with her then balanced her daughter and the flowers once she stood back up. Tiny arms wrapped around her neck and little legs around her waist.

"Happy birthday Momma," the girl said as she snuggled into her mother's embrace.

The audience awed as they continued to clap. This would be her final performance on Broadway for at least a year. She wanted to work on smaller projects so she would have more time with her family. She finally spotted her wife standing in the aisle holding their other twin. Their little boy wasn't feeling well but he had refused to miss his momma's last Wicked performance. Her wife had finished touring with their friends Mercedes and Santana a month ago. She was also looking forward to their upcoming vacation. The blonde smiled at her wife and motioned towards the door; signaling that she'd meet her and their daughter at the car. As she walked away their son waved over her shoulder to his other mother standing on the stage.

Rachel soon after took her leave of the stage. She signed a few autographs and took a few pictures with fans while still holding her daughter in her arms. When she finally stepped into the limo she sat next to her wife and shifted their now sleeping daughter more comfortably in her lap. Her wife's free arm wrapped around her shoulders as her hand grazed over the hand of her wife that was resting on their son's head.

"He feels warm," she said.

"Yeah, I'm going to give him a quick cool bath and some Children's Tylenol when we get home … maybe skip the bath," the blonde said as she looked out the windows of the limo.

There was a heavy crowd on both sides of the barely moving vehicle. Once they got out of the crowd they still had to get through heavy New York traffic. It could take awhile to get back to their brownstone.

Rachel reached up and turned her wife's face toward her.

"Hey love," she said as she looked into deep blue eyes.

"Hi baby," the blonde replied with a loving smile.

"I missed you Britt."

"It's only been a few hours," Brittany replied as she tightened her hold on her wife.

"That's long enough; we really have been far too busy this past year."

And they had been. Luckily their parents had all moved to their current state of residence and they'd been able to help with the twins. The time apart had however put a strain on their marriage, so they were both slowing down and taking time away from their dancing and acting careers.

"I know; I'm so ready for vacation."

Brittany leaned down and connected their lips. They only pulled apart when their son started to squirm.

"I missed you too by the way."

"Momma?"

"She's right here Liam," Brittany said as she pulled the boy up to sit in her lap.

"Hey big boy, how are you feeling?" Rachel asked.

"Hot," he answered as he cuddled up to Brittany and played with a few strands of Rachel's hair.

"We'll be home soon love and we'll get you cooled down okay?" Brittany said.

"'kay," Liam whispered as he began to fall back to sleep.

Rachel's phone began to ring soon after and she quickly tried to silence it so she didn't disturb her children. She looked at the name on the caller ID and sighed. Nerva Patterson's name was on the screen. Nerva was one of the choir members of the cast. She was also one of the problems that had contributed to the dark cloud that had settled over their relationship in the past year. Rachel handed the phone to Brittany who rolled her eyes when she saw the woman's name flashing on the screen. Liam had started to stir in her arms again so she pushed the button to send the call to voicemail. Almost immediately the phone began to ring again and this time Leesa started to stir in Rachel's arms. Brittany hit the accept button and held the phone to her ear.

"Hey sexy you got away before I could find you…"

"Nerva," Brittany's jaw tensed as she interrupted whatever the woman was going to say, "my wife and I are on our way home," Brittany paused for a moment to remind herself to be mindful of the young ears around her, "our children are asleep in our arms at the moment and you're disturbing their slumber. Do the right thing, and lose my wife's number."

"Oh please those brats are the only reason she's even still with you. And the only reason she hasn't hit this yet is because you just so happened to walk in and interrupted me getting my swerve on."

Rachel felt Brittany tense and looked at her now mostly awake children and whispered two words.

"Ear muffs."

The children promptly covered their ears.

"Never talk about our children. And I don't give a damn about whatever moment you think you had with Rachel but I can guarantee you that when she's inside me there's not even a shadow of a thought of you anywhere in her mind. Bitch, you keep fucking with me and I will have half the Bronx looking for your skank ass. I don't like repeating myself so listen this time; Stay. Away. From. My wife. Don't make me have to tell you that again."

Brittany hung up the phone and reached around Rachel to set it back in her purse. She could feel Rachel's eyes on her but she refused to look. She was both upset and sad. She remembered the time Nerva had spoken about. She was on tour with Shakira and Rachel was working on the revival of Rent. They hadn't seen each other in several months and had had very limited time with their children. They'd been arguing back and forth about the littlest things every time they got a chance to speak. Brittany had decided to take a week off and surprise Rachel. The brunette had been feeling the same strain that she had. And in a lapse of judgment during a very trying rehearsal, Rachel let herself be pulled into an embrace that turned into a kiss which she returned for the shortest of moments. Her dressing room door opening made her pull away from the woman.

Rachel ended up taking the same week off. They argued more but had come to a somewhat tense make up once the week was over. Another month went by and Brittany came home to celebrate her birthday. Things were still tense between her and Rachel so Puck and Santana decided to take Brittany to a strip club to relax. Things were fine until Brittany got a little too drunk and ended up in a very heated make out session with the woman giving her a lap dance. Santana luckily interrupted before things got too far gone and she and Puck practically dragged Brittany home kicking and screaming. As expected another argument ensued when she arrived home. Puck and Santana had stayed to make sure neither woman said nor did anything they would both regret later. That's when they decided that after their next projects were over; they would slow down and take time to be with each other for awhile.

Brittany had already signed on to choreograph all the numbers for Santana and Mercedes' upcoming tour, and Rachel had already signed her contract for Wicked. Brittany wasn't happy that Rachel would be working with Nerva again, but they had reached a place where they knew that neither would ever stray nor have any further lapses in judgment; and it's not like Rachel had a choice in who was cast in the play. Nerva however, didn't seem to know how to take no for an answer.

Brittany wasn't just making empty threats. When she graduated from McKinley High and left Lima to join her then girlfriend and friends in New York, she was no stranger to the city. She'd spent a great number of her childhood summers in the Bronx with her aunt, uncle, and three cousins. She was welcomed back to the block by many of the neighborhood kids every summer she was there like a celebrity coming back to their hometown. She didn't like violence but she was not above using any means necessary to keep someone from hurting or even trying to break up her family. Yes, she and Rachel had both lost their way once; but that was far behind them and it would never happen again. But sometimes, she let doubt creep into her heart. Even now sitting next to Rachel on their way home; Brittany knew things could have gone very different for them.

"Don't do that."

Rachel's whispered voice interrupted her thoughts.

"I don't know what she said to you, but don't let her get in your head," Rachel reached up and turned Brittany's face so she could look into her eyes, "I'm not going anywhere."

They got home without further incident and put the kids to bed. Their bags were already packed and waiting by the door but they decided to postpone the trip to Hawaii for another two days to give Liam time to get better. When they went to bed Rachel took all lingering doubts that Brittany still had away from her. Every caress, every kiss, every roll of her hips, every swipe of her tongue to the blonde's bundle of nerves, and thrust of her fingers into Brittany's wet heat told her wife how much she loved her.

A week later they were walking hand in hand on a private beach in Hawaii watching their six year olds run around in front of them. The twins were a mixture of their mothers. Brittany had carried them; using one egg each from Brittany and Rachel. Leesa had Brittany's blonde hair and blue eyes, while Liam had Rachel's brunette hair and brown eyes. Leesa was a Momma's girl and Liam was Mommy's little boy.

Their personalities at times seemed to mirror their parents. Mercedes said it all the time; especially when Leesa went into mini monologues about whatever cartoon or comic book character happened to be in discussion. In fact, the children seemed to be in a similar discussion as they walked.

"That doesn't make sense," Liam said.

"It makes perfect sense Liam," Leesa rolled her eyes at her brother, "they're married why wouldn't they have babies?"

"Cause Jean likes Storm."

"No she doesn't," Leesa disagreed.

"Cyclops is just her bestie acting like her boyfriend cause she doesn't want to come out yet."

Behind them Rachel shook her head and smiled as Brittany chuckled.

"That makes no sense."

"Yeah it does."

"No it doesn't. Jean and Cyclops are married. Storm is just their friend. Jean and Cyclops have been together forever. Even when she turned into Dark Phoenix and they had to fight to get her back and get rid of her darkness, Cyclops never stopped loving her. They're meant to be together. You don't even read the comic books how would you know anyway?"

"Reading's boring, the cartoons are better; you can actually see them."

"You can see them in the comic books too."

"So, they don't move in the books, the cartoons do. No Jean and Cyclops; her and Storm are going to get married and have rainbow super babies."

"Ugh, you're so ridiculous. Need I remind you that the comic books came first; whatever concoction you think you may be seeing on the cartoons is wrong. There is absolutely no way that Jean and Storm would ever want to be together. You're just making things up because you and Aunty Quinn don't like Cyclops."

"And you use too many words. No idea why Shawna likes you."

Leesa quickly slapped her brother on the arm for mentioning Quinn and Mercedes' daughter.

"Ow, what was that for?"

"What was that about Shawna?" Rachel asked.

"Nothing!" Leesa yelled and started to run up the beach away from her parents and brother.

"You big baby you're gonna pay for that!" Liam yelled as he ran after his sister.

"Mercedes thinks they like each other. Apparently they hold hands and kiss each other on the cheeks all the time," Brittany explained.

"When did that start?"

"A few months ago; its puppy love Rachie, don't worry about it."

"I'm not, they're just … aren't they too young to know whether they like each other like that?"

Rachel sighed as they reached the lounge chairs and large umbrella that was set up for them. She sat with her legs on either side of the chair, giving Brittany room to sit in front of her. The blonde leaned back into her embrace and pulled Rachel's arms around her.

"Don't go too far into the water kids," Rachel yelled.

"Okay," they replied simultaneously.

"Can you honestly say that you didn't feel anything more than friendship for me when we were their age?" Brittany asked after a few moments of silence.

Rachel smiled and kissed Brittany's neck as the memories of their childhood flooded her mind.

"No, I suppose I can't," Rachel replied.

To be continued…