"Hello?" Dani asks answering the phone.
"Honey, when are you coming home?" Dani hears her mother's voice.
"I don't know. We just finished breakfast."
"Remember you have to go to the studio again today."
"Okay. I'll ask to see if they could drop me off or if they would like to come if they aren't busy. Two again?"
"Yes. And a phone interview with the radio station. They will call your cell at noon." Giving her the radio station, Dani repeats it and nods. Hanging up, Dani turns to Santana.
"Are you busy today?" Dani asks nervously.
"Just hanging out with you and Em. Why?" Santana questions.
"I have a phone interview at noon with a radio station and I have to be at the studio at two."
"So you're leaving us?" Dani shakes her head.
"I was hoping you and Emily would like to come?"
"I'm your ride too."
"Kind of. But I could take the subway."
"No, I'll drive. And we'll come."
"You sure?"
"Yes."
Laying out Emily's shirt from the day before, Dani starts to get dressed and as she pulls out her jeans and t-shirt, the door opens and Santana walks in.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Santana apologizes covering her eyes as she closes the door.
"We're both girls and have the same parts, nothing new." Dani laughs slipping on her jeans.
"Yeah, but you're a guest."
Smirking to tease Santana, Dani removes her bra and lies down on the bed.
"You can uncover your eyes now." Doing so, Santana's eyes widen and she licks her lips as her eyes darken.
"Is this really what I have to do to get you to kiss me?" Dani asks. Santana rolls her eyes.
"We had interruptions."
"So far we don't. What's stopping you?" Santana crawls onto the bed and straddles the younger girl before kissing her. Moaning in the kiss, Santana accidentally touches Dani's chest and immediately pulls away from the kiss.
"I'm sorry." Santana whispers. Not saying a word, Dani takes Santana's hand and slides it up from her waist to her chest.
"It's okay. No one has touched me here, I never allowed anyone. You're the first." Dani reassures. As they continue to kiss, there is a knock on the door and Santana sighs before kissing Dani one last time before stepping out. Dani quickly gets changed the rest of the way before fixing her hair and throwing it into a ponytail.
For the rest of the morning, Dani and Santana plays with Emily and watch TV, and just talk about work and Emily's school. By noon, Santana tunes into the radio station and allows Dani to use her room to do the interview. Emily and Santana sit in the kitchen as the phone rings.
"And now, here is Danielle Taylor," The radio host speaks up before greeting Dani, "Hello Danielle."
"Hey. How are you?"
"I am doing great. How are you?"
"Very well. Just hanging out with a special someone and her daughter."
"Is it the same two girls from last night that the paparazzi caught you leaving the show last night with?"
"Maybe."
"You had an amazing concert last night by the way."
"Thank you."
"So are you recording your first album yet?"
"I am. I finish today actually. A few of the songs are originals. Some I wrote at Camp Rock."
"Wow. For around a total, how many songs have you wrote in one summer there?"
"Over seven that are completed. But those are solos. Duets are around three, maybe six. Then group songs around nine." Santana is stunned.
"Holy. You are talented."
"Thank you."
"Good luck on your album and we all look forward to hearing it."
"Thank you, sir. Thank you for having me."
"Anytime. And that was Danielle Taylor, everyone."
As Dani walks out of Santana's room, Santana pulls Dani into a kiss making Emily squeal in happiness.
"What's that about?" Santana asks.
"Are you together?" Emily questions excited.
"It's complicated right now. We just met yesterday." Dani nods in agreement, "We are probably friends right now but will get together soon."
"I agree with your mom." Dani agrees, "It's too soon right now."
"No kissing other people?" Emily wonders.
"We can, but I won't be." Dani answers.
"Neither will I."
Arriving to the studio at two, Emily and Santana sit at the table as Dani goes behind the glass and sings the lyrics. Emily and Santana watch memorized lost in the lyrics and Dani's voice.
It turns out, over the last couple of months they have had the music all performed and ready and all is needed is Dani's voice.
Singing the same song a few more times, Emily stays quiet and watches Dani get lost in the music.
"You nailed it." The producer smiles releasing Dani for the day. That took two hours. It's the final song that needed to be done.
"It's nice seeing you again Charlie." Dani smiles giving Charlie a hug.
"You too, Dani." Charlie returns the hug.
As they leave, it starts to thunder and rain, the thunder scaring Emily. Immediately climbing into the car, Santana locks the doors before following Dani's instructions to her house, which are two subway trips and a fifteen-minute walk from the apartment.
Pulling up to the house, Dani kisses Santana's cheek before waving at Emily.
"I'll see you soon. Okay, Emily?" Dani asks.
"Okay."
"Do you have my number?" Santana questions. Shaking her head, Dani and Santana exchange numbers before hugging each other goodbye.
Grabbing her bag, Dani runs through the pouring rain up to the house and waves at them goodbye before turning and heading inside.
Earning a slap in the face, Dani holds her cheek to see her mother and father standing there. Getting pulled to the closet, Dani gets locked in immediately.
Dani uses her hair pins that she uses to hold her bangs back to try and unlock the door. She has a small flashlight in her mouth and she just got a text message from Rachel asking her if she could come over to help with Emily.
Hearing a soft click, Dani pushes the door open and clicks the flashlight off, hiding it under the floorboard again. After locking the closet door, Dani sneaks out through the window and closes it since the lock is broken. Happy she has enough cash on her to get to Santana's, Dani rushes to the subway, jogging through the night.
Before texting Dani, that evening Santana had to work so Rachel is in charge of getting Emily ready for bed. Due to the storm outside that was harder than normal.
As Rachel tried to get her to take a bath Emily screamed and cried and fought Rachel when she tried to get her in the tub.
"Come on, Em, you need to take a bath. It's just a rainstorm it won't hurt you."
"NO! I want Mommy or Dani!"
"Mommy and Dani are busy. You're safe here with Kurt and I."
"No," Emily cried. "I want Mommy or Dani!"
Emily was crying hysterically and shaking. Rachel sighed defeated. She had no idea what to do so she texted Dani.
Cuddling Emily to her, Rachel tells her that Dani is on the way and in the subway on the way over.
Once Dani arrives, she is soaked from head to toe. Rachel hears knocking on the door and passes Emily to Kurt. Opening the door, Rachel covers her mouth seeing blood on Dani's hands.
"Let's get you cleaned up before Em sees." Rachel whispers leading Dani to the washroom after closing the door and locking it. After cleaning Dani's hands and pulling out the broken glass carefully, Rachel removes it all.
"Do you still need help with Emily?" Dani asks as Rachel bandages Dani's hands.
"Yes. She won't stop crying for Santana or you."
"Why me?"
"She's grown attached to you."
"I'm sorry."
"Hey, you have nothing to be sorry for, Dani. You did nothing wrong."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive."
After giving Emily a bath with Rachel, Dani and Rachel put Emily to bed, who starts crying again and begging Dani to come to bed too.
"My clothes are wet though sweetie." Dani points out.
"Wear mommy's." Emily crawls out of bed and points to the drawers that have pyjamas. Awkward, Dani opens one and finds a nightgown and pulls out a pair of shorts.
"I'll get changed, I'll be right back." After getting changed in the washroom, Dani returns to the awake five-year-old. Crawling into the bed, Dani turns off the light and feels Emily cuddle up to her.
"Thank you." Emily whispers.
"No problem sweetie." Dani kisses her hair.
Santana arrives home at six in the morning tired and grumpy. Unlocking the door to the apartment, she locks it back up and heads straight to bed. Jumping seeing someone in her bed, Santana doesn't see who it is. Walking out of her room, Santana storms to Kurt's room and wakes him.
"What the heck, Satan?" Kurt groans.
"Who is in my bed with my daughter?" Santana growls.
"Dani. Em was crying for you and Dani." Seeing Santana relax, Kurt knows he and Rachel are in the clear. As Santana gets changed into her pyjamas, she crawls in beside Dani, who is in the middle of the bed on her stomach with her left arm around Emily. Santana kisses Dani's cheek waking the younger girl.
"Hmm, morning." Dani whispers turning her head to look at the older girl while rubbing her eyes.
"Morning, thank you for coming over." Santana whispers back.
"No problem. I needed to get out of that house anyways."
"Why?"
"I was locked in the closet and had to break out again. No surprise." Santana's eyes widen.
"I think you should just move in here completely. Get you out of there."
"I can't do that. They'll find me and take me back."
"Not if you report them."
"Plus we just met. You won't be able to handle a five-year-old and a soon-to-be seventeen-year-old."
"Hey, I have the help of Kurt and Rachel." Santana teases. Dani laughs softly and rolls her eyes, "But I'm honest, you should."
"It would be too crowded."
"Please think about it?"
"Okay." Santana leans down and pecks Dani's lips. As they watch Emily sleep, Santana watches Dani fall back to sleep. Cuddling up to her, Santana moves Dani's hair from her neck and hides her face in Dani's neck, kissing it lightly a few times before wrapping her arm around her and falling to sleep.
Around nine in the morning, Dani's cell phone starts to ring, waking everyone in the apartment. Dani literally jumps over Santana and dives to the floor, wincing as she lands on her sore hands and grabs her phone to stop the ringing.
"Hello?" Dani whispers.
"Where the fuck are you?" Her father growls.
"I ran away." Dani rolls her eyes.
"When you come home, I'm going to literally kill you." Dani freezes listening to the dial tone. As her breathing picks up, Santana quickly gets out of the bed and pulls Dani into her arms as she breaks down.
"Em, go watch TV and send Kurt and Rachel in here." Nodding, Emily knows it's not the time to argue. As Kurt and Rachel walk in, they sit on the bed as Santana calms Dani down enough to tell them what happened.
"That's it, you're moving in. No arguing." Santana decides.
"But," Dani starts.
"No. You are." Rachel agrees.
"I agree." Kurt nods.
"But we barely know each other." Dani points out.
"So? We have all the time in the world to get to know each other."
"Do you need anything from your house?" Rachel asks.
"No. I can just buy new clothes." Dani answers, "And a new guitar and keyboard."
"You sure?"
"Positive. Besides, knowing my parents they broke them. And burnt my clothes."
"We'll take you out clothes shopping as soon as the storm is over. Until then you can wear my clothes." Santana offers.
"Are you sure?" Dani questions.
"Yeah. I'm sure." Relaxing in Santana's arms, the other two get up and leave to watch Emily letting Santana and Dani have a calming moment, "I'll make room in my closet over there and we'll buy you a dresser. I hope you will get used to sleeping with me and Em."
"I wouldn't have it any other way." Dani turns her head and kisses Santana's lips. As the kiss deepens, Dani shifts in Santana's arms so she is on facing her. Santana licks Dani's lips and Dani grants her access.
"What would you two like for breakfast?" Kurt asks walking in to only freeze in surprise, "Oh sorry."
"It's okay. Pancakes?" Santana offers letting Dani shy away, hiding her face in her neck, blushing.
"Sure. Dani?"
"Sounds good." Dani agrees.
After breakfast, they have a lazy day, staying in their pyjamas watching movies and playing with Emily. Suddenly Dani's cell phone rings making Dani groan before picking up.
"Hello?" Dani asks.
"Mitchie?" Dani perks up hearing her best friend Caitlyn's voice.
"Caitlyn, what's wrong?"
"Your parents called me asking if you are here." Dani rolls her eyes, "Did you run away again?"
"Yes I have. I'm still in New York."
"What did they do this time?"
"Same as always. But they added a new twist."
"Which is what?"
"Threatening my life." Caitlyn gasps.
"You have to report them."
"I know."
"Are you safe? Do I have to get my mom to come pick you up again?"
"Yes I am safe, and no I don't need to be picked up again like the other three times." Dani chuckles.
"Why are you laughing?"
"I have no idea. I guess because I'm finally free after sixteen years."
"Almost seventeen."
"Exactly."
"Is this person," Caitlyn starts until Dani cuts her off.
"People."
"Are these people your friends?"
"Yes they are. New ones at that."
"I want to talk to them." Dani sighs and puts her on speaker.
"They are all here and you're on speaker." Dani informs her best friend.
"I don't know how many of you there are, but you better protect Mitchie with all you have, because her parents will stop at nothing until they get her back. Except, they will never break the law, right Mitch?"
"No they wouldn't." Dani shakes her head agreeing with Caitlyn.
"That is why you have to convince Mitchie to report them."
"Fine!" Dani cracks as Kurt, Rachel and Santana stare at her and she knows Caitlyn would be too, "We'll do it when the weather is better."