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Honeymoon

Santana thinks that this could be her version of paradise. She's laying under the sun, on a golden sandy beach, just a few feet away from the clear blue ocean. The best part of it is that she is not alone, she has Rachel with her; the woman that she married just a week ago and made her hers, her wife.

It was pure bliss. They were lying together soaking up the sun and just relaxing in this serine, peaceful picturesque landscape.

"Mami!" A voice yells, destroying Santana's peace.

The voice belongs to Azaria, Rachel and Santana's daughter. They had discussed the decision of whether to bring the five year old on their honeymoon or not, but they thought that since it was their first vacation since they reunited, that they should go as a family.

"Mami, I want to go and swim in the ocean."

"Why can't Mommy take you?"

"I wanted you to come with me" Zari says with that pout on her face that she knows is Santana's weakness. She now understands why she was spoilt so much as a child, her own pout must have worked on her father just as much as Azaria's works on Santana's.

Although it seemed that the pout wasn't the only thing that Azaria inherited from Santana, the little girl could also have a mighty temper on her. She was a little hybrid of both Rachel and Santana and as much as Santana loves her, that thought was also scary sometimes.

"I'm sure that Mami will take you when she's ready sweetheart, just let her relax for a little bit and maybe make a sandcastle. I can help you if you'd like."

"It's fine Rach, I'll take her for a swim."

Santana's glad that they were on a private beach, most people knew about her condition, but that still didn't stop her from feeling awkward if someone caught a look at her in her Speedos. As a child she always wore baggy swim shorts to hide her secret from the other children, but now she was older and more confident she wears her Speedos to get a better tan.

The other positive to being on a private beach was that there were no paparazzis around. The press had a field day when they found out that Santana had a secret child, but her PR team had managed to control it and weeks later it was old news, allowing them to adjust to becoming a family.

"Come here then baby girl, let's get you ready."

Zari bounces over to her mother with a big smile on her face. Santana grabs the bottle of waterproof sun screen and applies it liberally on her daughter's skin. She applies some to her own skin, with the help of Rachel who applies it to her back.

She then grabs Zari's water wings and securely places one on each of Zari's arms before grabbing her hat and placing it on the little girl's head.

"I think we're ready. Are you joining us?" Santana asks her wife.

"I think I'll stay here and watch from the beach."

"Okay then, let's get going baby girl."

Santana takes her daughter's hand as they walk down the golden sandy beach towards the ocean.

"I've never been in the ocean before" Zari says.

Santana has missed a lot of firsts in Azaria's life. She missed her first step, her first word and even her first day of school but she's also finding that she's been a part of many new firsts for the young girl. This was her first time in another country, her first trip on a plane and now she'll get to experience her daughter's first swim in the ocean. Santana wonders if that's why Rachel didn't want to come, she got to experience a lot of Zari's firsts by herself and maybe now she wants to give Santana the same experiences too.

"Mami, are there sharks in the ocean?"

This is one of those moments where Santana has to carefully think about her answer, usually Rachel would answers Zari's questions, but she wasn't here so Santana was by herself on this one.

"There are, but only in certain places. We'll be fine."

"Okay."

That was it, one simple word to prove that the little girl whose hand is clutched in hers trusts her completely. Azaria has been back in her life for just over a year now, but Santana still feels like she's learning how to be a parent every day. Rachel tells her that she's a good mother and Azaria always tells her how much she loves her, so maybe she's not too bad at this parenting thing.

Rachel smiles as her wife and daughter play in the sea together. It only took Santana a few months after reconnecting before she proposed. She had told Rachel that she had left her get away once before and she never wanted that to happen again. They were married less than a year later, Rachel still can't believe that it was just a few days ago that they had exchanged their vows.

It was nice to spend some time together just as a family. Once they get back to reality Santana would be working on her new album, Rachel was going to start audition again and on top of that they had decided to buy a house together.

It seems such a long time ago since that fateful Christmas Eve, but Rachel couldn't be happier with her life now.

"Hey" Santana says as she sits down on the towel across from Rachel. She puts on her sunglasses and lies down so she can dry off in the sun.

"Did you enjoy your swim?" Rachel asks her daughter who sits on her mother's lap.

"Yep! It was cold at first, but it was fun."

"That's great sweetie."

"Can we get ice cream?"

"Sure, we're on vacation right?" Rachel replies.

"Mami, come on we're getting ice cream" Zari says getting up from Rachel's lap and going to stand over Santana.

"Don't worry love, I'll take her. You can stay here and relax a little longer."

"It's okay. I'll come with you. I could go for some ice cream too."

Santana holds out her hand for Rachel to take, they might as well use this as an excuse for a romantic stroll up the beach as Zari walks slightly ahead of them, dancing along the golden sands as she goes.

The family has just enjoyed dinner at a nice little restaurant, but Santana decides that it was too early to go back to the hotel, so they start to look for a child friendly place they could spend the rest of their evening in.

"What about this place?"

"Santana there is a half naked woman dancing on the table. I doubt it's an appropriate place to take five year old."

"I think she's a belly dancer, but okay we'll keep looking. There must be a kid friendly place around here somewhere."

"What about that place? It looks like a karaoke bar and there are a few children inside" Rachel suggests.

"That sounds good to me."

Santana didn't really care where they stopped anymore, she just wanted to sit down, have a few cocktails and enjoy her night. It took them nearly an hour to find an appropriate restaurant for them to eat dinner in. They had to find somewhere to suite not only Rachel's diet but also Zari's who had started to become more fussy with what she would eat. She never had the chance to complain when she was living in hostels and homeless shelters with Rachel, but now she had somewhat of a choice she was using that to her full advantage.

They find a quiet booth at the back of the karaoke bar, there is someone singing their own rendition of 'Dancing Queen', as a few children dance and play on the dance floor.

"I'm going to get us a few drinks."

"Okay but I don't want to drink too much because Zari might wake up early."

"We'll just have one or two."

"You can drink as much as you want, I'll get up in the morning. You just enjoy yourself."

Santana doesn't think it's fair that Rachel always tries to sacrifice things for her. She thinks it's because Rachel felt like she had intruded on Santana's life when they found each other again. She had told Santana that she didn't want to interrupt her life and even though Santana reassures her that she's not, sometimes Rachel still feels that way.

"Babe, it's fine. I don't want you to have to take care of both of us, besides I want to remember this vacation, it is our honeymoon after all."

Santana was actually starting to enjoy her night. Rachel and Zari had got on stage and sang one of Santana's songs on the karaoke. She hadn't realized that her music had reached the Caribbean, but the people seemed to enjoy her wife and daughter's performance.

It was starting to near ten o'clock at night and Santana was only on her second cocktail of the night. Before Rachel and Zari, her night would just be starting at this time and she probably wouldn't remember the rest of it.

"Santana, I think we should get our little one to bed. She's falling asleep."

"Alright, let me take her."

Santana takes her half asleep daughter from her wife's lap and holds her close to her chest, she might be five years old, but luckily she's small for her age.

When they arrive back at the hotel, Santana changes Zari into her pajamas which is a lot harder with the girl too sleepy to cooperate than it normally is. Once she's finished she places her daughter into bed and kisses her goodnight.

Santana makes her way to the room she's sharing with Rachel and finds her wife already in bed.

"Everything okay?"

"Yeah, she's out like a light" Santana replies, as she strips out of her clothes and slips in the bed next to her wife.

She gets as close to Rachel as possible who wraps an arm around her waist. Santana moves her hand so she can softly caress her wife's face before placing a kiss on her lips.

"I love our daughter, but I'm glad that I'm finally alone with you."

"I know what you mean. We're on our honeymoon; I can't believe that we're actually married."

"Well you better believe it baby, I have a certificate to prove it and you have one hell of an expensive rock on your finger" Santana laughs.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Santana leans in for another kiss, one that's a little less tame this time. Her hand moves from Rachel's face so she can let it roam over Rachel's body. This was her idea of a honeymoon; they had just got married and expressed their love in front of all of their family and friends, that's what the wedding was for. The honeymoon, however, was for them to express their love for each other, alone.

Rachel's hand starts to trail down her back as Santana decides to move her lips from Rachel's to her wife's neck instead. This is what she's been waiting for all night.

"Mom, Mami?"

"Seriously?" Santana whispers against her wife's neck.

"What is it sweetie?" Rachel asks, pushing Santana onto the other side of the bed.

"I don't like sleeping in a strange place without you."

"Alright, come on in baby girl" Santana says lifting up the sheet to let her daughter climb into the bed.

"Love you, night night" Zari says as she snuggles in between her mothers.

Santana puts an arm around her daughter, her hand stretching out so she can reach Rachel's too.

"I'm sorry this wasn't the honeymoon you expected" Rachel whispers through the darkness.

"Maybe it wasn't, but I wouldn't change it for the world" Santana says as she looks down at her sleeping daughter cuddled between herself and Rachel.

Word suggested by: Indianara

Universe: Fairytale Of New York (Christmas Circumstances)

TA/N These might take a little longer to get out as I'm trying to work on my Christmas one-shots too. If anyone has an ideas for those, please suggest them to me!