I Found you

Authors Note(I don't own any of the Glee characters) Sorry for deleting this, but after reading it again, I couldn't not fix the mistakes, it was driving me crazy. Anyway, for those of you who have read it already, nothing really changed. Enjoy!

It's a nice, hot summer day. People are outside mowing their lawns in small town Lima, Ohio. Six year old Quinn Fabray is packing her little My Little Pony backpack full of clothes. She'll be spending the night at her best friend, Santana Lopez's house. She met the little Latina in Pre-K and the girls have been attached to the hip ever since.

Quinn runs into her bathroom, grabs her toothbrush then puts it in a sandwich bag and puts it in her backpack. Then runs downstairs with a big smile."Mommy, I'm ready!"

Judy Fabray is in the kitchen cleaning up from lunch. She smiles as Quinn walks in with her book bag on her back, dressed and with no shoes on. "Did you get everything?" She nods, and Judy raises her brow."Are you sure?"

Quinn frowns. "I got clothes for tomorrow, my pajamas, underwear and my toothbrush. What else do I need?"

Judy giggles. "It would help to put on your shoes, baby."

Quinn looks down at her feet and blushes. "Oh yeah. Can I wear my new ones? I wanna show Tana."

Judy shakes her head. "You can't wear them, but I'll take them with us so you can show her. There for school, remember? We don't want to ruin them."

Quinn smiles. "Ok. Is Daddy in his office? I want a kiss goodbye before I go."

Judy nods and watches Quinn run out of the room, then shakes her head. Quinn timidly knocks on the office door. Russell normally doesn't like to be bothered when he's working. He works as an architect and also owns a few hotels, and restaurants.

"Come in." Quinn cracks the door open and peaks her head in. Russell looks up and smiles."It's ok, princess, I'm almost finished."

Quinn smiles and closes the door behind her. "I'm going over Tana's for the night, Daddy, and I wanted a kiss before I left."

Russell picks her up and sets her on his lap. "That is very thoughtful of you, princess. You're a very kind and sweet little girl. Promise you'll never change."

Quinn giggles. "I promise."

Russell leans down and kisses her forehead. "Good. I'll see you tomorrow, have fun."

Quinn gives him a sloppy kiss to his cheek then hips off his lap. "I always have fun with Tana, Daddy."

Russell laughs and playfully hits his forehead. "Of course you do, how can that of slipped my mind?"

Quinn laughs. "You're a weirdo, Daddy." Russell winks in response.

"Quinn, come on, baby." Judy yells for her.

Quinn rubs to the front door where Judy is waiting, and puts on her sandals. "Did you get my shoes?"

She nods and gestures to the small box she's holding under her arms. "I just called Maribel. We should see Santana waiting on the front porch."

Quinn smiles and takes Judy's hand as they walk out of the house. "Mommy, why can't I walk there myself? It's only at the end of the street."

Judy sighs. "Because not everyone are nice people, baby, and you're not old enough."

"When will I be?"

"Never."

Quinn gasps. "No fair."

Walking past their neighbors, Judy waves. "Good afternoon, Mrs. Voice."

The older women sitting on her front porch reading, waves. "Good afternoon, Judy. Hello, Quinn."

Quinn politely waves. "So, not everyone is as nice as Mrs. Voice, Mommy?"

Judy smiles at her innocence."No."

"Why?"

Judy shrugs. "I don't know."

Quinn hums in thought. "Are they mean, like Mr. Miller?" Mr. Miller lives two houses down from the Lopez's. He is always yelling at Quinn and Santana, but mostly Santana.

"Yeah, baby, like Mr. Miller. But you remember what Mommy told you about him?"

She nods. "Be polite and stay out of his way. If he doesn't have an excuse to yell, he'll leave us alone."

Judy smiles at her rehearsed speech. "Good girl."

The house starts to come into view, and Quinn can see Santana sitting on the porch swing waiting for her.

She smiles up at Judy. "Please, Mommy, can I?"

Judy sighs and rolls her eyes, albeit with a smile. "Fine, go ahead."

Quinn squeals and runs the rest of the way."Tana!"

The little Latina's head shoots up as she hears someone calling for her, then smiles seeing Quinn. "Quinnie!"

Santana meets her halfway and little girls hug each other tightly.

"I missed you, Tana."

Santana giggles. "I missed you more, Quinnie...my Quinnie."

Judy catches up to Quinn, her smile growing at the sight. "Good afternoon, Santana. Your mom inside?"

The girls reluctantly pull away, and as they do, Santana holds Quinn's hand, lacing their fingers together. "Yeah, she told me to tell you she has another job for you."

Judy is a landscape designer, and Maribel usually gets most of her clients, which mostly consist of the women's friends.

Judy giggles. "Ok, thank you, Santana." Judy moved to go inside but Quinn stops her.

"Wait, Mommy, I wanna show Tana my shoes." She reminds her mother. Judy gives Quinn the box, then goes inside while Santana and Quinn sit on the porch steps.

"These are my school shoes I got at the mall yesterday. Mommy wouldn't let me wear them, but I wanted to show them to you. Close your eyes." Santana covers her eyes with her hands. Quinn makes sure she can't see before opening the box. "Ok, open them."

Santana gasps. Inside the box are pink and purple sneakers with My Little Pony and rainbows on them, with velcro.

"They're really pretty, Quinnie."

Quinn smiles proudly. "I picked them out myself."

Santana runs her little finger over the side of the left shoe. "I like the rainbows. Rainbows are pretty, like my Quinnie."

Quinn blushes. "Thank you, Tana. You're pretty too, like a red rose."

Santana also blushes. "Gracias."

The screen door opens and the girls turn around at the sound."Ok, baby, Mommy has to go now. Have fun."

Quinn covers the box as she stands then gives it back to Judy. "Tana loves my shoes, Mommy."

Judy smiles. "Maybe when you go shopping with your Mami, you can get the same."

Santana smiles. "I'd like that."

Maribel rolls her eyes. "Of course you would, Mija." She turns to Judy."Bye, Judy, don't worry about Quinn, we're going to the grocery store today, so the girls will be busy for awhile."

Santana groans. "Mami, me and Quinnie don't wanna go to the store. We wanna play in the tree house."

Maribel gives her a stern look. "Well that's too bad, Mija, cause your father has surgeries today, and I have no one to watch you. After we put the food away you and Quinn can play in the tree house, and I don't want to hear anymore arguing." Santana pouts.

Quinn smiles and squeezes her hand. "It's ok, Tana, I just want to spend the day with you."

Santana smiles back with a blush, which doesn't go unnoticed by either Maribel or Judy. Judy kneels down and hugs Quinn. "Bye, baby. Be good and listen to Maribel, ok?"

Quinn nods and Maribel waves her off. "Quinn is a very good girl, Judy. We love having her here." Judy hugs Maribel then finally leaves.

"Santana, go with Quinn to take her bag in your room so we can leave."

Santana nods then gently takes Quinn's bag from her. "I'll carry it for you, Quinnie."

Maribel shakes her head smiling fondly as the girls go in the house.

Santana puts Quinn's bag by her dresser then runs to her window where a jar sits."Look, Quinnie. Me and Mami caught some more butterflies. When we come back, maybe we can set them free in the field together."

Quinn gasps looking at the butterflies colorful wings. "They're so pretty, Tana. You think we can catch some more too?"

She nods. "There's a billion of them, but we can't forget to let them go. Mami said they have families too, and we shouldn't keep them from them."

"Your Mami is smart."

Santana giggles then sets the jar down. "We should go now." Santana holds out her hand, and Quinn gladly takes it. They run down the steps and out the door.

"Mija, lock the door!"

Santana rolls her eyes and does what she's told then runs to the car with Quinn. Maribel turns the radio on and the girls sing along up until they reach the store. But sometimes Quinn only mouths the words, so she can hear Santana sing. When they arrive, Maribel parks then gets the cart.

"Mija, Quinn I want you both to hold the cart, ok?"

Santana frowns. "Can Quinn hold my hand instead, Mami?"

Maribel playfully rolls her eyes. "Sure. Quinn don't let go of Santana's hand, ok?"

Quinn smiles at Santana. "Ok, Mrs. Lopez."

Again, Maribel rolls her eyes as they walk inside.

"I have to get some lettuce first, then some vegetables." She says walking into the produce section first. Quinn shivers.

"I don't like this isle, it makes me too cold." She says with a pout.

Santana hugs her while rubbing her back. "I'll get you warm, Quinnie."

She smiles in Santana's neck and breaths in smelling the little Latina's body wash. "Gracias. Tana."

Santana kisses her temple. Maribel looks back, seeing they're left behind. "Come on, Mija, hold on. Quinn hold Santana's hand."

Throughout the shopping trip Santana and Quinn stay close to the cart, and every so often helps Maribel fetch some food. When they get back to the house, they help put away any food they can until Maribel let's them go outside. The girls run into the back yard, and to the tree house Carlos built for Santana.

"You can go first, Quinnie."

Quinn climbs up the posts nailed to the tree's bark up into the tree house, then Santana follows. The girls have the floor covered with blankets. They also have some toys and chalk laying around. Santana and Quinn have a few drawings on each of the walls.

"What do you wanna do, Tana?"

Santana hums. "Miss Mary."

Quinn smiles. "Ok."

They sit indian style across from one another with their knees touching.

"Miss Mary Mack Mack Mack

All dressed in black, black, black

With silver buttons, buttons, buttons

All down her back, back, back.

While singing they clap their hands together.

She asked her mother, mother, mother

For 50 cents, cents, cents

To see the elephants, elephants, elephants

Jump over the fence, fence, fence.

They jumped so high, high, high

They reached the sky, sky, sky

And they didn't come back, back, back

'Til the 4th of July, ly, ly!"

Quinn pouts."Miss Mary is sad."

Santana looks confused. "Why? We always play it."

"Why would she stay away from her family and friends for so long?" Santana shrugs. "You wouldn't stay away from me for that long, would you, Tana?"

Santana shifts on her knees and hugs Quinn tightly. "Never ever. You're my Quinnie, I'd miss you too much."

Quinn smiles. "You're my Tana. I'd miss you more." The hug lingers until they both lean back.

"Wanna play soccer? I got a new ball and net. Papi set it up between the trees. We can take turns being goalie."

Quinn shrugs. "Ok."

Again Santana lets Quinn climb down first, then has her follow to the shed in the back of the yard. "You'll like my new ball, my Uncle got it for me when he came back from his vacation." Santana says as she opens the door. "Close your eyes."

Quinn covers her eyes with her hands much like Santana had earlier. She hears Santana shuffle her feet until they stop in front of her.

"Open them." Santana whispers.

Quinn uncovers her eyes and smiles. Santana's new soccer ball is pink and silver. "Pretty, Tana. I like it."

She smiles. "Told you so."

Santana closes the door and takes Quinn's hand as they walk to the other side of the yard. There are two large trees with a net attached to them both. "You can kick first. Papi said I need to practice my goalie skills."

Santana puts the ball at Quinn's feet then stands in front of the net."Go head, Quinnie, kick it as best as you can!"

Quinn looks down at the ball a little timid then pokes her tongue out as she slowly pulls back her leg. Then quickly she kicks as hard as she can to the net. Santana follows the ball and easily blocks it.

Quinn frowns. "I'm not a good kicker."

Santana returns with the ball. "You can be goalie then. I bet you'll be better at that." The girls switch places. "Ready?" Santana asks.

Quinn nods. She kicks the ball real hard and at a curve so it passes Quinn, hitting the net. She pouts. "You're a lot better than me, Tana."

Santana gets the ball and holds out her hand. As always, Quinn doesn't waist any time taking it. Santana walks them to where she had been standing then sets the ball down at their feet.

"I'll show ya how to kick." Quinn smiles."My Papi taught me, so I'll teach you." Santana drops Quinn's hand.

"Before you kick, make sure you know where you want the ball to go. Like if you want it to go left, that's where you'll aim, ok?" Quinn nods. "To get the ball to go there, hit the side of it instead of the middle. So, kick the right side so it'll go left."

Quinn looks at the ball, then the net. "Ok."

Santana steps back giving Quinn some room. Quinn pokes out her tongue again, then kicks the left side of the ball. It goes to the left, but instead of hitting the net, it goes over it instead, going into the yard of the house behind them.

"Ops."

Santana shrugs. "It's ok. I'll get it."

She runs to get the ball, and as she does, Quinn notices a little girl coming out of the house. She looks a little pale, and has a bandana covering most of her head, and has green eyes. She's wearing a pink romper with white sandals kind of like Quinn's.

"Tana, aren't you gonna show me how to kick the ball?"

Santana smiles at her. "Quinnie, this is my other friend, LeeAnn. She's not allowed to be outside a lot anymore since she got sick, but I get to sleep over her house sometimes. She used to play soccer with me all the time."

Quinn forces a smile and holds out her hand. "Nice to meet you."

LeeAnn looks sadly at her hand and Santana pushes it down. "She can't touch you, it'll make her more sick."

Quinn frowns. "Sorry."

LeeAnn shrugs. "It's ok. It's nice meeting you too. Tana talks about you all the time."

Quinn glares at LeeAnn. Only she can call Santana, Tana. That's always been her nickname for her. "My mommy says it's not good to be rude but, only I can call Santana, Tana. She's my Tana." Quinn proves her point by holding Santana closer to her.

"It's ok, Quinnie. I'll always be your Tana, but sometimes you have to share."

Before Quinn can say anything they hear a women yelling at LeeAnn. "What are you doing out here? I was looking all over for you." Who Quinn assumes is her mother, the women walks towards them holding some kind of mask. "You know you're not supposed to be out here." She puts the mask on her.

"I just wanted to see Santana."

The women smiles down at the little Latina. "Hi, Santana. Who's your friend?"

"This is my Quinnie. She's my best friend in the whole world."

Quinn smiles. "It's actually Quinn, Quinnie is Tana's nickname for me." She says shyly.

"Nice to meet you, Quinn. Say goodbye to Santana, LeeAnn. Maybe next time she can visit with Quinn and the three of you can play." The girls wave and Quinn holds on Santana's hand tighter.

"Bye, Annie." LeeAnn waves shyly to Quinn after she and Santana separate, then walks with her mother back to the house. Santana turns to Quinn and notices she's still pouting. "What's wrong, Quinnie?"

"Do you like LeeAnn more than me?" She asks timidly.

Santana shakes her head then hugs Quinn tightly. "Never. I love my Quinnie more than anything in the world."

Quinn hugs Santana just as tightly. "I love you more, Tana."

After they pull apart, Santana continues to show Quinn how to better kick the ball until they both get bored."Let's play hide and seek." Santana suggests, then tags Quinn."You're it!" She runs away and Quinn starts counting while leaning against the tree.

"One,two,three,four,five, ready or not here I come!"

Quinn turns around pursing her lips as she looks around the yard. She runs to the tree house first, climbs it, but finds it empty. Then climbs back down and again looks around the yard, humming with her lips pursed.

On the side of the house there are bushes, separating the Lopez property from the neighbors, so Quinn looks there next. Santana isn't there either. Looking at the front yard, there are more bushes next to the front porch. Quinn giggles seeing familiar shoes sticking out from one of them. She runs over to them and pulls the bush apart.

"I found you, Tana."

Santana smiles. "You're the best seeker, Quinnie."

Quinn looks down blushing. "Gracias."

A car suddenly pulls into the driveway, and Santana squeals running to the car. "Papi!"

Carlos climbs out of the car and scoops Santana in his arms."Echaba de menos mi niña grande. ¿Te comportas mientras yo no estaba?" (I missed my big girl. Do you behave while I was gone?)

Santana nods. "I missed you too, Papi."

Carlos kisses her forehead, then looks passed Santana and sees Quinn. "Hola, Quinn. How are you?"

"Good, thanks for asking. How are you?"

Carlos smiles as he closes the car door. "Tired, but I still love my job."

"That's because your the best, Papi."

Carlos giggles walking to the house. "I don't know about that, Mija. There's a lot of very good doctors at the hospital. Is Mami inside?" He asks putting Santana down.

"Si. She's making steak and vegetables for dinner."

Carlos rubs his stomach. "Mm, good choice. Papi is starving."

Both Santana and Quinn laugh. "Papi, can you play with us?"

Carlos hums, pretending that he's thinking about it. "Hm, I don't know if I can, but the tickle monster does." The girls scream and run to the back yard as Santana takes Quinn's hand. Carlos chases after them.

"The tickle monster loves little girls! They're his favorite to tickle!"

They run around the tree, holding the tree house, still screaming, then run behind the shed.

"Let's split up." Santana suggests.

Quinn nods. "I'll go hide behind the bushes."

"And I'll go under the back porch."

The girls run to their spots and Carlos goes after Quinn first since she's closer, making her scream. He starts to gain on her and so Santana runs after him with the soccer ball. She throws it at his leg, making him stop.

"Oh, you shouldn't have done that, Mija. The tickle monster doesn't tolerate thrown objects!"

Santana screams and runs back to the porch. There's a hole in the fencing that surrounds it. She crawls through it and Carlos grabs her ankle, getting another scream. "Quinnie, help me!"

Quinn runs to them right away and climbs in top of Carlos' back. "Let go of my Tana!" Quinn starts tickling his sides making the man laugh.

"Ok, ok, I surrender. The tickle monster has been defeated by his own game."

Quinn slides off his back then helps Santana out from under the porch.

"Haha." Santana says then sticks out her tongue.

Carlos laughs. "Ah, I'm getting too old for this. Papi's tired."

The girls giggle and they hear the back door open.

"Time to eat. Come on girls, wash your hands, you know the drill."

Automatically Santana's hand finds it's way to Quinn's as they walk inside. Carlos stretches then follows suit, but stops at the door way, and greets Maribel with a tender kiss.

"How was your day?"

"Good. Surprisingly, I got some shopping done with the girls. You know Santana is at her best when Quinn is here."

Carlos smiles. "Our daughter has a girlfriend."

Maribel snorts. "Too bad Santana doesn't know, or Quinn, for that matter."

He laughs, then sighs after the laughing has died down. "And we're ok with this?"

Maribel shrugs. "Why wouldn't we be?"

He smiles. "Just making sure we're on the same page." He pauses glancing in the kitchen where Santana is helping Quinn by putting some food onto her plate, and nods towards them. "So, when do you think they'll figure it out?"

Maribel looks in on them and shrugs. "Give it six or seven years."

Carlos looks taken back. "That long, huh?"

Maribel grins. "Oh yeah, defiantly. When they realize boys aren't exactly on their mind like the other girls, they'll realize it."

He hums. "How do you know that?"

Maribel pulls him closer to her by his shirt. "Did I forget to tell you that I'm Bi?"

Carlos laughs. "Oh really?"

She nods bringing their lips closer together. "My first kiss was with a girl that lived down the road from me."

Carlos closing the gap between them into a passionate kiss.

"Ew."

They quickly break it together and see Santana grimacing and covering Quinn'd eyes with her hand. "What are they doing, Tana?" The couple laugh.

"Nothing, sweetie." Maribel says rolling her eyes."Mija, enough, let's eat."

Authors Note

I think that's a lot better, don't you? I know my older stories are kind of bulky like that too, but fixing those would take too much time that I don't have, sorry.