So, I received this review from Guest and I want to clarify some things about my story.
"Emily isn't Latino. She's Filipino. It's lame that you have them all related. By your story all Latinos are gay. And learn to use quotation marks. Disappointed in the way you're doing this :/"
Everyone who watches Grey's Anatomy, Glee and Pretty Little Liars knows that Callie, Santana and Emily are gay. I thought it would be fun to make them all related, 'cause they are some of the characters I like most, but it wasn't my intention to imply all latinos are gay. In this chapter and the next ones you'll see a lot of new characters who are part of the same family and are not gay. I only focus on gay characters as the story is mostly about them. By the way, I'm latina and I know not everyone around me is gay ;p
As fanfics are about imagination, I don't really see a problem with the fact that Emily isn't originally latina.
Finally, I know not everybody has to love my story, but I felt the need to explain stuff 'cause it's pretty bad when someone says your story is disappointing just 'cause they didn't understand what you meant :s
Welcome to the Torres ranch
"This place is awesome!" Brittany said with a lot of enthusiasm in her voice.
"It really is awesome." Arizona agreed, finally believing Callie's stories and descriptions about the ranch.
The van had stopped in front of the entrance of a house so big it looked more like a hotel or a castle. The structure was all rustic and very well unspoiled.
Callie woke Sofia up and went out of the van with her, followed by Arizona with Timothy, Santana, Brittany and Quinn.
"Good afternoon, sir, my name is Jerome. Could you please give me the car's keys so I can park it on the parking lot?" A skinny and short employee asked Antonio after another one, more stronger and taller, had finish taking all the baggage out of the vehicle.
"Sure." Antonio answered giving his keys to the Jerome.
Each person grabbed their own bag and, together, they passed through the giant front doors to find an amazingly decorated and spacious room.
There was a huge and sophisticated staircase right in the middle of the room, which led to a second floor where people would find a lot of bedrooms. There were like 20 of them.
Sticking to the first floor, there was an area with lots of couches and a fireplace. There was also an amazing piano, paintings that looked like were worth millions of dollars, classic furniture, carpets, family photographs and a chandelier so beautiful that could make anyone's mouth wide open.
"Shit. This living room is bigger than my entire house, and, God, my house is anything but small." Quinn said staring at every detail of the room.
"Where's everyone?" Arizona asked realizing they were the only people in the room, except for two women doing some cleaning and the big and strong employee that helped them with the baggage.
"With this hot weather I bet everyone is in the pool." Maribel concluded after looking at the clock and realizing it was just half past two.
"Mommy, can we go to the pool? Please, tell me we can go! I love to swim and you know that! Pleeeeeease?" Sofia practically bagged with a frenetic voice while she was pulling Callie's blouse.
"Of course we can go, sweetheart, we just need to put our thing in our respective bedrooms. And we need to change clothes, right?" Sofia nodded and gave Callie a bright smile.
"Excuse me, kid." Antonio spoke directly to the baggage employee "We need to know where we'll be staying and I guess Carlos has the bedroom's keys, so, where is him right now?"
"Right here, Antonio." Everyone turned their heads to see Carlos Torres on the top of the staircase.
He smiled and started to go downstairs in a quick walk. He was wearing shorts, flip-flops and a t-shirt without sleeves, which obviously meant he was intending to go to the pool.
Carlos shook hands with Antonio, kissed Maribel's cheeks and waved politely at Santana, Brittany and Quinn. Then he looked at his daughter and opened a huge smile.
"Dad!" Callie ran right into her father's arms and gave him a tight hug.
"Calliope. I missed you so much." When Callie and his father pulled away, Carlos went straight to Sofia and gave her a hug.
"Hey, grandpa!" Sofia greeted Carlos with a smile on her face.
"Hey, little bug." Carlos smiled at his granddaughter "You are so tall!"
"I grew a couple of inches." Sofia told him proudly.
"How are you, Carlos?" Arizona asked with a shy smile on her face and Carlos hugged her carefully, because of the baby in her arms.
"Much better now, Arizona." Arizona's smile became from shy to truly happy "Oh, God, is this Timothy?"
Carlos eyes shined as he looked at his grandson in such a caring way. Callie's heart was filled with joy just by looking at the scene in front of her. She knew, right away, that Carlos loved her little boy just like he loved Sofia. Callie was afraid her father wouldn't consider Timothy as his grandson because of the fact that Arizona was the one who got pregnant with him. She was glad to be wrong.
"Yes, daddy, this is Timothy." The boy, now awake in Arizona's arms, smiled at his grandfather.
"He's really handsome, Calliope." Suddenly, Carlos expression changed from happy and smiley to sad and guilty "I'm so sorry I didn't go to see you guys when he was born. There's no excuse for that, so I won't even bother trying to explain myself."
"It's ok, dad. I know why you didn't go and it's fine." Callie knew his father would've gone to see his grandson if it wasn't for Lucia "The important thing is that you are able to meet him now."
Carlos smiled to Callie and she could see in his eyes how thankful he was that she understood.
"So, let me put you guys in bedrooms and then let's all get to the pool, because the sun is shining and the day is absolutely beautiful." Carlos said and started to walk towards the staircase.
"Hum, uncle Carlos?" Santana manifested herself with a strangely polite tone and everyone suddenly looked at her "It's just that I'd really love if I could share the bedroom with my girlfriend." Santana put an arm around Brittany's waist to show her uncle who her girlfriend was.
"Oh." Carlos blinked a couple of times and looked at Brittany and Santana with a surprised expression.
"Santana, what do you think you're doing?" Maribel asked and turned her head to face Carlos "Apologize Santana, Carlos. She's just… Well, I don't see a problem with them sleeping together, but I understand if you do. No, I mean… I didn't mean that. It's just that…"
"That's no problem at all, Maribel. Please, breathe." Carlos interrupted Maribel's nervous speech and waited for her to breathe after continue talking "Look, I know this family is not as accepting as it should be, but I'm not like most of them. If you, who is Santana's mother, don't have a problem with her sharing a bedroom with her girlfriend, than I don't have either."
"Your uncle is super cool, Sanny." Brittany said with a huge smile on her face and Santana smiled back.
"Yes, he is, Britt-Britt." Santana answered and then smiled at Carlos.
"Sorry if I overreacted, Carlos. I'm just always worried about my child." Maribel apologized and Carlos nodded.
"I understand." Carlos locked eyes with Callie.
"That's really nice of you, dad." Callie said giving him her best smile.
"Well, now that everything is ok, let me put you guys in your rooms so we can get to the pool as quickly as possible." Carlos said and started to go upstairs. This time, everybody followed in silence and with smiles on their faces.
Callie and Arizona took a bedroom with a double bed and a crib. Sofia was put in a bedroom with multiple single beds that was supposed to be for kids her own age or close to it. At first, Callie wasn't sure if it was a good idea to have Sofia sleeping far away from her and Arizona, but her daughter loved the idea of sharing a bedroom with kids she could play with.
Maribel and Antonio took a bedroom with a double bed just for them and Santana and Brittany took a bedroom with two single beds, that they quickly put together to form a pretty big double one.
"Wait, if Brittany and Santana's bedroom has just two beds, where am I supposed to sleep?" Quinn asked suddenly realizing she was a 'plus one' that didn't fit anywhere.
"I imagined you could share the bedroom with Emily. There's a spare bed there and it's right next to Brittany and Santana's bedroom." Carlos said pointing to the door next to Brittany and Santana's one.
"Your cousin Emily?" Quinn asked in a low voice so just Santana could hear her.
"Yeah. My perfect cousin Emily." Santana put a lot of sarcasm on the word "perfect" and rolled her eyes.
"Great." Quinn said with false enthusiasm. Carlos handed her a key and she got into the bedroom.
There was no one in there, but Quinn could tell that one bed was already taken. There were clothes and a huge bag on the bed closer to the door that led to the room's balcony.
"I bet you'll have lots of fun with her." Santana said sarcastically to Quinn and started laughing. Now it was Quinn's turn to roll her eyes.
"Well, guys, now that everyone knows what are your rooms I will go right to the pool and expect to see all of you there soon." Carlos said and started to walk away, but Callie stopped him.
"Is everyone here yet?" Carlos looked at his daughter and found worry in her eyes.
"Everyone except from my brother Miguel, but he'll come just tomorrow because of a work thing." Carlos said casually and then put a hand on Callie's shoulder "Don't worry, Calliope. Everything will be fine."
"Mom didn't want me to come, did she? And what about Aria?" Callie whispered to her father with tears coming to her eyes.
"I asked Aria if she was going to invite you and she said she couldn't get married without her sister around." Callie smiled a little bit and then her face became all sad again.
"But mom didn't want me to come. Am I wrong?" Callie's expression was breaking Carlos heart, but he decided not to lie to his daughter.
"You're not wrong, Calliope." Carlos eyes faced the floor as he wasn't able to look into Callie's eyes anymore "But, please, don't be sad. You know how difficult your mother is. And stubborn."
"I know, dad."
"I'm so sorry, sweetheart. I'm very deeply sorry." Carlos didn't know what else he could say.
"It's not your fault, daddy." Callie cleaned her eyes and tried to put the sad face away "Now go enjoy your pool. We'll be there in a moment."
"I love you, Calliope." Carlos said giving his daughter a hug.
"I love you too, dad." And then Carlos pulled away and made his way to the pool.
Callie stared at the staircase for a while wondering what her mother would say when she saw her and her family. She thought about Santana and Brittany too. A fear shiver went down her spine.
"I think you should put some swimming clothes on Sofia right now or she's going to freak out." Arizona said bringing Callie's mind back to the real world "Hey, don't think or worry too hard. I'm here with you."
"I love you so much, Arizona." Callie said wearing her best pair of puppy eyes and Arizona couldn't stop herself from smiling at her wife.
"I love you more, if that's even possible." Callie smiled as well and gave her wife a sweet kiss on the lips.
"It's not." Callie said after pulling away from the kiss.
"Could you two stop with the grossness and give me my bikini? I wanna go to the pool. Now!" Sofia complained with her arms crossed, just like she always does.
"Alright, princess. Let's put you into a bikini and get to that pool as fast as we can." Callie said already looking for Sofia's bikini.
"Yeeeeeeees!" Sofia celebrated, which made Callie and Arizona laugh.
Emily wasn't enjoying the pool at all, something pretty unusual as the place where she felt most comfortable was into one. Her mother was, like always, talking about how Emily was the best student, the best daughter, and the best everything. That pissed her off a lot.
"You know, Lucia, Emily broke her own record and became the captain of her school's swimming team. Which is amazing because just seniors are nominated captains, and she is just a sophomore." Pamela told her sister with a voice full of pride.
"Wow, that's incredible! Congratulations, Emily!" Lucia said and Emily forced a smile at her aunt.
"There are colleges surrounding her already." Pamela continued and Lucia smiled.
"You don't know how lucky you are of having a daughter like Emily." Lucia said and replaced the smile on her face for a serious expression "I mean, Aria is always making me really proud, but, you know, she's not my only daughter after all."
Emily felt truly disgusted with how Lucia said the word 'daughter'. It was like she wished she wasn't Callie's mom. And what was the big deal about saying her name?
"Mom, I think I'm going to my bedroom to lay down a little bit. My headache might be coming back." Emily lied and started to stand up to walk away as fast as she could.
"That's a shame, my daughter. Take a pill, ok? And rest." Pamela said and stood up to kiss Emily's forehead.
"Alright." Emily said walking away already.
When Emily got to the second floor of the enormous house, she hurried to get into her bedroom. She quickly unlocked the door and walked in. And then she had a surprise.
Standing beside the bed that didn't belong to Emily, there was a blond girl with hazel eyes and, oh, my God, half naked. The girl quickly put the top part of her green bikini on and wrapped herself into a towel. Emily's mouth was dry and her heart was pounding really fast. She knew she had to say something, but her brain seemed to have forgotten how to form sentences.
"You must be Emily." The girl said shyly. She looked extremely uncomfortable.
"Yes." Emily answered only and instantly felt like an idiot. The only thing she could say was 'yes'? Really?
"My name's Quinn. Apparently I'm your roommate." Quinn said and gave Emily a nervous smile.
"Why don't I know you?" Emily asked happy that she was finally able to form a sentence.
"Well, I'm not family, but you must have figured that out already." Quinn answered with the nervous smile still on her face "I came with your cousin Santana."
"Then why are you sharing a room with me instead of her?" Emily asked harsher than she intended to and Quinn's smile faded away.
"Hum." Quinn thought for a second if she was the right person to tell Emily that her cousin was sharing a room with her girlfriend, which automatically would make Emily know that Santana was gay. Well, she would probably know anyway "I'm here because…"
"Let's go, Fabray! It's fuckin' hot in here and Britt and I wanna get to the pool right now!" Santana screamed from outside of the bedroom, interrupting what Quinn was about to say.
"Get your ass in here now, Lopez!" Quinn screamed back to Santana. It was better if Santana told her cousin about Brittany, after all, it was her life and her family, not Quinn's.
Emily was kinda confused. First because this two weeks thing was supposed to be a family thing and Santana clearly came with two friends. And second because she knew Quinn for like two seconds and was already feeling… different about the girl. Quinn had such a beautiful smile, such beautiful eyes and a body so perfect that made Emily's body shiver. Oh, crap.
"Why in hell do you need me now, Q?" Santana asked getting into the bedroom with her left hand wrapped with Brittany's right one.
"Your cousin is here." Quinn said with a casual voice and Santana suddenly noticed Emily's presence in the room.
"Wow, Sanny! She looks just like you." Brittany said surprised with how Santana and her cousin looked like each other. They could be sisters as far as Brittany was concerned.
"Except I'm much hotter, babe." Brittany smiled at her girlfriend, who nodded frenetically.
"So Emily wants to know why I'm the one sharing a bedroom with her and I thought you should be the one telling her why." Quinn explained the situation to Santana, who looked totally pissed and bored.
"Come on, Fabray. It's no big deal and I don't intend to keep it a secret anyway." Santana rolled her eyes and turned to face Emily "Quinnie here is your roommate because I want to sleep with my girlfriend. I'll be kinda polite and introduce her to you. Emily, this is my super hot girlfriend Brittany and Brittany, this is my super perfect cousin Emily. Now that we are done with formalities, can we just go to the pool?"
Emily knew her expression was pure shock. Santana was gay? And she brought her girlfriend to the wedding? So aunt Maribel didn't care about her daughter having a girlfriend? And now Emily had to share a room with extremely gorgeous Quinn because of that? She was so screwed.
"Are you okay, Emily?" Quinn asked putting a hand on her shoulder. Emily was so distracted with her own thinking that she didn't even noticed Quinn's approach.
"Yeah. I just… I didn't know Santana was gay." Emily was freaking out because of Quinn's hand on her shoulder, but she needed to cool it down.
"And now you know." Santana said impatiently "Let's go, Quinn." Santana went out of the bedroom, taking Brittany with her.
Quinn smiled at Emily and walked away as well. Emily instantly felt her body responding badly to the absence of Quinn's touch.
"See you later." Quinn said and Emily couldn't control her smile at the girl.
When the door was closed, Emily jumped right on her bed. Her mind was racing. She couldn't stop thinking about Santana, Brittany and specially Quinn.
Emily was never close to Santana, even when they were kids. Pamela usually didn't let her play with Santana because her cousin was a "kid without manners" that could probably teach bad things to her little perfect girl. Emily always thought she would really like Santana if they had a chance to interact, but they never did.
Santana now thought Emily was just an annoying teenage girl that did exactly everything her mother wanted her to do. Emily, because of her mother, thought Santana was just a rude show-off girl that didn't really deserve hers or anyone's attention. At least Emily thought like that until their recently short meeting in her bedroom.
Now Emily couldn't stop thinking about how brave Santana was and how she was jealous of that. She wished she was brave like her cousin and capable of telling her mother that she was… Well, yeah, that she was gay.
"I can never tell mom. She thinks I'm so perfect and I couldn't deal with her disappointment." Emily told herself with a really low and weak voice.
Emily's mind then flew to hazel eyes she had just met. Thinking about Quinn made her sweat and shiver. Emily knew she was attracted to the girl and knew it wasn't just any kind of attraction. She felt an urge to know Quinn better, be around her, make her laugh, kiss her…
"Stop, Emily! You can't!" Emily rebuked herself and took a deep breath "She mustn't be gay anyway."
Following her friends to the pool, Quinn couldn't stop herself of thinking about Emily. The girl was gorgeous and caught her attention right away. She didn't consider herself gay. Actually, she hated labels. Quinn always told herself she was attracted to people, any kind of people, and she was definitely attracted to Emily.
Quinn knew almost nothing about Emily. Santana just used to tell her she was kinda freak and a mommy's baby. Quinn thought she looked like a scared girl. She felt she needed to understand Emily somehow and help her deal with her crap. Well, she felt there was some crap behind the perfect façade. Then Quinn thought she was being totally insane.
"Emily looks… nice?" Quinn said and Santana rolled her eyes.
"Oh, please! The girl is a fuckin' pain in the ass. She's just like her mother and I don't call Pamela bitch two for no apparent reason." Quinn thought Santana might be right. She should just forget about the attraction and move on.
"Yeah." Quinn agreed with her friend but something inside of her mind didn't let her drop the subject. Emily actually could be nice. And she was so amazingly hot and beautiful and interesting and…
'Shut up, Quinn!', Quinn's mind protested, 'Just drop it. It's clear Emily is not into girls!'.
Quinn shook her head and started to concentrate on the sunny day and the amazing and super big pool of the Torres' ranch.
So, things will start to get messy from now on. I'll probably take at least a week to update again, but don't worry, it will be worth the wait (: Thank you all for your reviews. If there's anything you would like to see in this story, just tell me and I'll add to my own ideas. XOXO
