Thanks for the reviews last chapter. I'm so glad that thus far you all have enjoyed this story.

Brittany and Sam sit Spencer and Aidan down at the table, two days after Santiago stopped by. Sam is against telling the boys, but Brittany wants to and he realizes that now with Santiago back he has to be more careful. If he does something she really doesn't like that she can now go running to Santiago. He'll have to pick his battles carefully. So he relented to allowing her to tell the boys.

"Spencer, Aidan you know how you've been asking about your real father lately?" Brittany says.

Both boys nod excitedly, they've wanted to know more about him over the past two years since realizing that Sam's not their real father.

"What about him?" Aidan asks.

"He's back in town and would love to see you two." Brittany says smiling.

"Really?" Spencer asks a huge smile on his face.

"Yes, he would like to get to know the two of you." Brittany softly says.

"That sounds like fun; does this mean we get to live with him?" Spencer asks.

"I'm sure after you get to know him you can spend some nights with him." Brittany says glad he seems so interested in his father.

Brittany who has noticed how quiet normally loud Aidan is doesn't say anything. She's waiting for him to speak up.

"Why is he back now? Why not before?" Aidan asks looking at his mother.

"Because now he is." Brittany says not wanting to tell him the reason why.

"But why?" Aidan asks glaring at his mom.

"Aid-"

Sam stops when Brittany elbows him hard in the gut.

"Keep your trap shut." Brittany whispers knowing he was going to tell him. "Listen Aidan I don't want any attitude from you. Your father is back now and wants to see you. I'll only force you to see him once after that it's up to you if you want to see him. Any questions you have about him you can ask him."

"Fine," Aidan huffs.

"I'm excited when can we meet him?" Spencer happily asks.

"In a few days after he's settled." Brittany tells them. "Now you can go play some video games or something."

Both boys get up and run upstairs. They're both happy to get out of the war zone before their parents start arguing.

"You seriously don't want to get to know our real dad?" Spencer asks as they walk into the game room.

"I just want to know what took him so long to come and see us." Aidan says. "He's had nine years to see us, why now."

"Maybe he has a good reason." Spencer says.

"A good reason for leaving mom when she was pregnant with us." Aidan laughs. "I doubt that."

"Let's just meet him before you decide not to see him again." Spencer says.

"I guess I can agree to that." Aidan sighs starting the video game.

Meanwhile downstairs Sam is pacing and ranting.

"He's really selfish thinking he can just come back into their lives." Sam rants.

Brittany doesn't say anything knowing it will only anger him.

"I mean they've been perfectly fine without him for nine years." Sam continues to rant.

"He's their father though, he deserves to have a chance to get to know them." Brittany calmly says.

"Well maybe they don't want to know him." Sam questions.

"Then we'll let them decide that after he meets them." Brittany says.

"Fine, but I still don't like this." Sam growls.

"And I'm not asking you to." Brittany softly says grabbing his hand and pulling him into the couch. "All I'm asking for is for you to be nice to him and not to influence the boys on wither to like their father or not."

"Okay," Sam sighs.

Brittany pulls him into a soft kiss.

"I love you so much Britt, I'm just scared to lose you and the boys." Sam says.

"I care for you too." Brittany says.

With Santiago back she doesn't feel like she can tell Sam that she loves him. She's never loved anyone the way she loves Santiago.

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Santiago nervously stands at the door. Today is the day that he gets to meet his boys. He's both excited and nervous at the same time. He hopes that they like him and don't hate him for being gone so long.

"Hey San," Brittany softly says opening the door.

"Hi," Santiago nervously says.

"Don't worry," Brittany says taking his huge staking hands in her small ones. "I'm sure they will love you. Sam and myself will be in the kitchen after I introduce you."

"Thank you for doing this." Santiago says.

"I know you would have been here for them if you could, I don't fault you." Brittany says completely understanding that with the lifestyle that he was bound to end up in jail.

"Still thank you." Santiago says pulling her into a hug.

"Come on Spencer and Aidan are excited to meet you." Brittany softly says.

"This is scary." Santiago says wiping his sweaty hands.

"Don't worry you'll be fine. Just let them see the soft side that normally I only get to see." Brittany says. "Boys your dad is here!" she shouts.

Spencer comes running down all smiles. He's extremely excited to see his birth dad. Aidan walks down much more calmly even though he's nervous about meeting the man. He doesn't want to like him more than Sam who's always been there.

"Spencer, Aidan." Brittany says grabbing them by their shoulders. "This is your birth father Santiago Lopez."

"Hi," Santiago says waving at them.

Spencer who's smiling even more runs over to him and hugs his waist tightly. Santiago smiles and pats Spencer on the back. While this is happening Aidan just stares up at his father. He looks just like him. All thoughts of not liking this man drop out of the boy's mind.

"We look like you." Aidan says.

"You both sure do." Santiago says smiling at his other son.

"We have so many questions." Spencer says pulling Santiago's attention back to him.

"Well I will try to answer as many questions as I can." Santiago says following them to the couch.

With that Brittany quietly slips into the kitchen.

"Why don't I hate you?" Aidan says as Spencer elbows him.

"I get that you're angry with me for not being here for you two or your mom. I have to earn your trust and I'm willing to try to." Santiago softly says.

"So are we," Spencer replies for the both of them. "You'll have to excuse Aidan he really likes Sam and doesn't want to lose him."

"Is this true Aidan?" Santiago asks.

"Yes," Aidan says looking away.

"Don't worry I won't try to replace him. He can still be your dad and I'll just be Santiago." Santiago says even though it's breaking his heart not to have his own sons call him dad.

"Thanks that means a lot to me." Aidan says.

Santiago smiles thinking his boys are pretty mature for only being nine, he'd honestly think they were teenagers if he didn't know better.

"It's nice to finally see were we get our looks from." Spencer says. "I mean aside from our blue eyes, those are definitely from mom."

"So true, I love your mother's eyes." Santiago says smiling at the thought of her eyes.

"Mommy's eyes are amazing." Aidan agrees.

For the next forty minutes they talk about everything from what the boys like to do, to how Santiago met their mother, to how the boys are doing in school.

"Do you two have any other questions?" Santiago asks.

"Yeah why didn't you come see us at all before this?" Aidan asks.

"What took you so long?" Spencer adds.

"Um well…it's complicated." Santiago says unsure if he should tell them.

"I don't care how complicated it is. I want to know why you left mom to take care of us alone." Aidan shouts.

"Well…I'm not exactly a good guy." Santiago sighs deciding to tell them everything. "I grew up with my dad in charge of the mob. I've never known anything else. When I meet your mom, I was my dad's second in command. We were together for five years before she found out she was pregnant with you two." he stops to whip away a tear. "I was so excited to be a dad, but my past misdeeds caught up to me. I ended up arrested on gun charges. I got sentenced to ten years in jail when your mom was two months pregnant."

"You've been in jail this whole time?" Spencer asks shocked at what he's hearing.

"Yes,"

"Why couldn't we come see you?" Aidan asks feeling less angry that his dad at least didn't intend to abandon them.

"I told your mother that I didn't want her or you boys to see me in prison. It's not a pretty place and I hope that you never have to find out about it." Santiago says.

They continue to talk until Brittan comes in and says it's time for them to get ready for basketball practice.

"When will we see you again?" Aidan asks.

"Soon, really soon." Santiago says. "In the next few days if that's okay with your mom. After that we'll see what kind of schedule we can make out if you want."

"Yes, I want to spend lots of time with you." Spencer says all smiles.

While Aidan may be close to Sam, Spencer has never really liked him even as a baby. He's just happy to have a male role model now that he actually likes.

"I'll see you boys later." Santiago says hugging them before heading to the door.

"Call me if you want to hangout around the boys." Brittany softly says.

"I will," Santiago says smiling at her.

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"They're amazing," Santiago gushes as he lifts.

"Dude stop gushes like a girl." Puck says wishing they could workout in silence.

"I'm not, but man I just met my sons yesterday for the first time." Santiago says.

"I know and I'm happy for you, but I don't need a play by play about how it went." Puck says wondering what happened to hardass Santiago.

"It's just for ten years they're all I thought of." Santiago tells him.

"Only thing?" Puck says giving him a questioning look.

"Shut it," Santiago says blushing. "Yeah I thought about Britt too."

"Now that's more interesting." Puck says smirking.

"Don't you fucking dare think of her like that." Santiago growls.

"Hey man, I wasn't." Puck says holding his hands up.

"I know, I think I'm going to ask Britt I can go see the boys today." Santiago says.

"Dude just be careful of Sam." Puck warns.

"Oh I know," Santiago says.

He pulls out the phone he just bought and texts Brittany.

To Britt: Can I come see the boys?

From Britt: They're at school until three thirty.

To Britt: Oh, can I stop by after they get home?

From Britt: Come over now and surprise the boys when they come home.

To Britt: I'll be over in ten minutes.

"See you later man." Santiago says.

"Off to see the kids!" Puck shouts.

"First Britt then the kids!" Santiago shouts back smiling.

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"Hey San," Brittany says hugging him.

"Hey Britt, you look stunning as ever." Santiago says holding her to him.

"The boys will be home in an hour." Brittany softly says. "We can sit and talk until then."

"I've missed you so much Britt." Santiago says.

"I missed you too." Brittany says.

The way that she's looking at him gives him hope that she still loves him. So he decides to bite the bullet and ask her.

"Do you still love me?" Santiago asks staring into her eyes.

"What?" Brittany asks shocked that he's asking her this.

"I'm so in love with you still. I never stopped loving you. You were the reason I stayed sane in jail, the thought of you and the boys." Santiago tells her. "So I need to know if you still love me or not."

Brittany just stares at him trying to process everything. She knows that she's still deeply in love with him, but she's still married to Sam.

"I love you, you know that." Brittany says.

"What do you want me to say San? I 'm married to Sam." Brittany says.

"But you're still in love with me." Santiago says.

"San," Brittany softly says.

"I know you love." Santiago says pulling her in and slowly leaning down to kiss her.

Brittany first gasps then starts kissing him back.

"Oh god, I love you so much." Santiago moans.

"San," Brittany moans pulling him back into a kiss. "I've missed you so much."

She can feel tears starting to build up. She's tried so hard to ignore her feelings and now they're flowing out.

He pulls her into his body, allowing her to cry into his chest.

"I'm so sorry that I left you for so long." Santiago whispers kissing her cheek. "I never should have put us in that position."

"Never do that to me again." Brittany says.

"I'll never leave you again." Santiago says kissing her.

"What the FUCK!"