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Chapter Three
"Abuelita I was wondering if you could watch Alex for about an extra hour and a half after school today"
"Why, you didn't get in trouble already did you Santana it's only been three weeks" she began to lecture
"I'm not in trouble I wanted to try out for the cheerleading squad, and they are holding tryouts this afternoon"
"No"
"Okay then can you have him ready, and I will just pick him up and bring him with me"
"No you're not doing that either because you're not going to be a cheerleader you have too much on your plate already"
"It's fine I mean I was back in New York, and it didn't affect my grades any"
"But it led to you getting pregnant. Your parents might have let you flaunt your shame around, but I want and I'm not going to let it happen again so you will not be joining anything, and that's final" she said as she sat down at the table with her breakfast in front of her. Santana just sighed and gave up as she got up from the table grabbing her keys off the hook by the door.
"Mami I go with you" her son asked
"I'm sorry baby, but you can't I have to go to school besides abuela is taking you to school"
he folded his little arms as he leaned back in the chair his face scrunched up as he pouted "Her not my abuela, I don't like her, and I want to go home NOW" he shouted into her face. She let out a deep sigh this had been going on for a while now with him not wanting her to leave or him crying to go with her making it harder for her to leave the house.
"Hey" she raised her voice something she never did with him, but it seemed appropriate at the moment to establish whom was the child and who was the parent "first of all, you don't yell at me do you understand" she stated firmly but lowering her voice
"Yes mami I sorry" he responded apologetically
"And second we don't say we dislike someone it rude and disrespectful you know better, and I know she's not your abuelita but she loves you and we live here now-"
"I don't care" he interrupted her; she decided to stop arguing with him because like her parents told her he was just like her stubborn as he still sat with his arms crossed he looked back at her trying his best to look angry and intimidating it was cute, but she held back her laugh.
"okay I think you need a little more sleep. Why don't you finish your breakfast then go lay on the couch until it's time to go"
"But I'm not tired" he protested as she helped him down out of the chair
"Do you want another spanking" he shook his head as he hid behind Santana "then don't argue with your mother do as your told" she scolded him as he walked from behind her keeping his eyes on the older woman as he disappeared into the other room
"You hit my kid" she asked in shock once he was out of ear shot
"I didn't hit him; I spanked him, there is a difference besides from what I just saw he could use a little discipline"
"He's three" she reminded her
"Your mother was three when I began to discipline her, and she turned out just fine maybe if she had done the same you wouldn't have been flaunting around New York like a common whore sleeping around"
"Hey I'm not a whore, and I never slept around and if you think so little of me why did you take us in"
"Because your family and you're a minor where else would you have gone" she replied "Now get going you have school, and I want you back here by 3:30"
"Alex sweetie put your shoes on" she called out to the little boy who came running into the room with his ninja turtle sneakers in his hand
"What are you doing" she asked as Santana sat him down putting his shoes on then lifted him out of the chair
"I'm taking him with me while I look for a daycare center, I don't want you alone with him anymore"
"oh and how will you pay for it" she pushed as she took a sip of coffee "You can't touch the money your parents left until you turn 18 and that's 7 months from now"
"Then I guess I will be looking for a job while I'm out as well" she huffed as she shifted the little boy on her hip grabbing his backpack of the chair
"You're over reacting and you're not skipping school"
"I'm protecting my son okay my parents nor I have ever spanked him, and you're not going to do it either"
"That's fine do whatever you want I need to get to my doctor's appointment any how" she remarked as she walked past them.
"I'm going to school with you mami" he asked
"No but you're going to hang out with me today for a while okay" he nodded as he wrapped his arms around her neck resting his head on her shoulder as she walked out the door.
"Hey Rachel what's going on with you and that new girl" Mercedes asked as they all sat in the lunchroom, Santana had been at school for two weeks now and normally Rachel annoyed people, and she knew that but once she had shown her around, she was sure that Santana would eventually ditch her for the popular kids. But she didn't she still hung out with the diva but only at school which Rachel found a little strange as well as the fact she never talked about herself that much or her old home for that matter. Whenever Rachel asked her questions or brought up New York Santana would somehow manage to change the subject to something else so after four days of that Rachel stopped asking much to Santana's relief.
"Nothing really we are kind of friends I guess I've been showing her around"
"Oh well what do you know about her I mean she's my lab partner in physics, but she doesn't even talk to me"
"I don't know much except that she is from New York-"
"Oh my gosh really I bet she had a lot of stories about Broadway. I wonder if she ever ran into any celebrities" Kurt gushed in delight "is she here" he hadn't met the girl yet so he didn't know who to look for
"No I haven't seen her today, and she doesn't really like talking about New York every time I ask her about it, she brushes me off"
"Well maybe she's shy and just needs a little time to adjust" Artie spoke up
"I know I asked her about joining glee club, but she refused"
"speaking of glee and people joining what are we going to do to recruit a member you guys know this is our last year, and I really want to win" Mercedes piped in as Tina became silent as she nudged Kurt in the side
"Uh oh the devil at 12 o' clock" she whispered as they all turned to see Quinn Fabray in her cheerios glory walking their way with Brittany by her side.
"Losers leave now" she barked at them as she sat down Mercedes, Tina .Artie and Kurt picked up their trays and scattered as Rachel tried to stand up Quinn pulled her back down "Where do you think you're going Rupaul did I say you could leave?"
"Well you said losers, so I thought that meant me"
"I didn't mean you. I mean we are sort of friends right?" she asked as she draped her arm around the tiny brunettes' shoulder.
"um no as I recall you just threw a slushy in my face this morning and just a minute ago you called me Rupaul"
"Do you work for the fucking broadcasting company, I don't need a recap every time I do something to you no wonder you don't have many friends you talk too much"
"good-bye Quinn" she sighed as she got up once again not noticing the blonde had followed he out of the cafeteria until she pushed her against the locker
"Look I'm sorry okay I apologize but I kind of need a favor"
"You're kidding right" she laughed, but she saw that Quinn was serious she stopped "why would I help you with anything"
"Because if you don't I will make this year your worst" she gritted her teeth
"You know normally when someone asks another person for a favor, they are polite and less intimidating"
"I'm sorry about Q. she hasn't gotten laid in a while" Brittany spoke up as she pushed the angry cheerleader behind her
"that explains a lot" Rachel said under her breath Brittany chuckled "But what does that have to do with me"
"well it's not really you but your friend"
"Which one"
"The new girl"
"Santana, what about her"
"Well Quinn likes her-"
"again what does that have to do with me" she interrupted her
"Can you just tell us where she is, and then we can go back to not speaking" Quinn cut in
"I don't know" she answered honestly
"What do you mean you don't know I see you with her all the time?"
"So what that doesn't mean anything I'm not her keeper, and besides even if I did know I wouldn't tell you"
"I thought you glee nerds and Broadway dorks were into that love stuff are you really going to stand in the way of true love"
"You're not in love your in lust and I like Santana, she seems like a good person, and she's new here and as her friend I'm not going to let you hump her and dump her so go find another victim" she responded as she tuned and marched away down the hall as Brittany suppressed a laugh as Quinn faced her.
"you know she's kind of hot when she's angry" Brittany observed as she watched Rachel walk away
"Whatever who needs that dwarf" she huffed as she made her way down the hall with Brittany following her to practice. She didn't know why she asked Rachel anyways but every time she tried to approach the Latina, she became nervous and would turn and run away no one had ever had this effect on her.
She had returned home at 3:30 after a long day or searching she did manage to get Alex enrolled in the Learning Castle Day-care center where he would be dropped off at noon every day after preschool until she picked him up at 4. It was within driving distance of school and the two places she applied for a job. A place called Breadstix which looked pretty nice and the food was okay she had tried the Breadstix while she waited they were now her new favorite food. She also applied at a coffee shop but given how they looked at her when she told them Alex was her son and not her brother she didn't think she would get the job. She had said she could only work on weekend she didn't want to overdo it and it would be enough with the 200 bucks Alma gave her a month for things she would need for her and Alex it would be enough. She sat on the couch as she held Alex in her lap reading him a story it was her favorite when she was little, her mom would read it to her over and over again when she was sick it made her feel better. She had started reading it to him every night since he was 1 ½ and he still loved it as she cradled him in her arms his light golden hair brushing against her face as she began to read kissing him lightly on the head as he snuggled into her.
"A mother held her new baby and very slowly rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth And while she held him, she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be."
She thought about how her mom the feeling of being held in her tight embrace it made her feel safe like nothing could hurt her or touch her as long as she was there.
"The baby grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was three years old-"
"like me" he interrupted her
"Yeah just like you" she smiled as she continued to read "and he ran all around the house. He pulled all the books off the shelves. He pulled all the food out of the refrigerator and he took his mother's watch and flushed it down the toilet."
"I don't do that mami" she nodded as she smiled at her little boy
"Sometimes his mother would say, "this kid is driving me CRAZY!"
But at night time, when that three-year-old was quiet, she opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor, looked up over the side of his bed; and if he was really asleep she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth While she rocked him, she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
The little boy grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was nine years old. And he never wanted to come in for dinner, he never wanted to take a bath, and when grandma visited he always said bad words. Sometimes his mother wanted to sell him to the zoo!
But at night time, when he was asleep, the mother quietly opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor and looked up over the side of the bed. If he was really asleep, she picked up that nine-year-old boy and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth And while she rocked him, she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
The boy grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was a teenager. He had strange friends and he wore strange clothes and he listened to strange music. Sometimes the mother felt like she was in a zoo!
She continued to read as he didn't interrupt her this time as he began to rest his eyes but had yet to close them all the way. She thought about when he became a teenager it was easy now that he was little but the thought of her baby growing up scared her a little
But at night time, when that teenager was asleep, the mother opened the door to his room, crawled across the floor and looked up over the side of the bed. If he was really asleep she picked up that great big boy and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth While she rocked him she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
That teenager grew. He grew and he grew and he grew. He grew until he was a grown-up man. He left home and got a house across town. But sometimes on dark nights the mother got into her car and drove across town. If all the lights in her son's house were out, she opened his bedroom window, crawled across the floor, and looked up over the side of his bed. If that great big man was really asleep she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth And while she rocked him, she sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living
my baby you'll be.
She was getting to the end of the story when Alex yawned she knew he was almost near sleep she decided to close the book.
"No Mami not done yet" he said sleepily. She nodded as she opened the book to the last page and began to read
"Well, that mother, she got older. She got older and older and older. One day she called up her son and said, "You'd better come see me because I'm very old and sick." So her son came to see her. When he came in the door she tried to sing the song. She sang:
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always...
But she couldn't finish because she was too old and sick. The son went to his mother. He picked her up and rocked her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth And he sang this song:
she suddenly stopped as tears formed in her eyes she thought about her parents and how they would never get to see her grow, or Alex how she would never get to take care of them and she couldn't finish she was brought out of her thought when she heard her son's voice
"It's okay Mami I finish it" he smiled up at her and read the line in the book "I'll love you forever, I'll like you always, As long as I living my Mommy you be." She couldn't help but cry
"That's right honey you will always be my baby and I will always be your mommy and I will always keep you safe" she promised him as he leaned back into her and closed his eyes. She placed him on the couch as she lay beside him. He clung to her body as she soon drifted off after him.
A/N- the story Santana is ready to her son is 'Love You Forever' by Robert Munsch
