A/N: Guys stop being so awesome! No don't stop but seriously, you're amazing!

It had been an hour. She was still sitting in the room, cradling the baby in her arms and staring at a spot on the wall. She had been thinking. She was still thinking and she had come to the conclusion that she needed to go out there.

Her daughter was out there with some stranger she had barely met a few hours ago.

A stranger that saved her and her babies' lives and gave them a place to stay.

A stranger that she trusted.

But a stranger none the less.

It's why she had run away. She was getting too comfortable in her strong, yet soft embrace. She was getting too attached. She was setting herself up for heartache and pain. Just like she always did.

Not this time.

She would find a job, somewhere, somehow and she would build a life for herself and leave this stranger to her life. Her very fortunate life.

She didn't mean to cry. But then again, when did she ever mean to cry. She had been terrified even though deep down she knew there was nothing to fear. But her brain was not responding to logic. It saw and it acted. It brought up terrible memories of what she had gone through and who had put her through it.

Sometimes she had to remember what good she got from her terrible life to keep herself sane. She got her daughter. And no matter how much she knew she would be better off if her life had been different, she wouldn't change it for that one reason. She got Isabella and she would do it all over again just for her little girl.

And her son. Got knows how much time she contemplated…terminating her pregnancy. But the moment she saw his face, the moment the nurse handed him to her and she felt his softness and had him latch on to her pinky, she knew that she had made the right decision.

But this stranger, she had no idea what to make of her. Santana. The name was beautiful and the woman even more so but Dani wasn't use to generosity, especially not from strangers. She always thought there was an ulterior motive. Simply because in her past experiences, there always was one.

She couldn't face the woman outside, not after she had basically clutched to her for all of ten minutes, wiping her hot tears and snot all up in the woman's no doubt, designer leather jacket. Santana never seemed to mind. She was the one who initiated the hug in the first place. But they never seemed to mind. Until one day…they do.

But her daughter was out there. She hadn't seen her for an hour. It's the longest she's ever willingly been away from her and that's the only reason why she got up off the bed and made her way to the door, baby still in her arms.

Or that's what she told herself.

Santana was worried.

She knew Dani was fine physically, but she had no idea if the woman was inside that room having a panic attack. She didn't check. She was packing out the bags that she had left neglected on the floor.

Her little helper wasn't doing a very good job at helping, but that made it all the more adorable.

Adorable. Santana had never used that word in her life. Not even to describe her coworkers' kids. Why start now?

Because her coworkers' kids had nothing on Izzy.

The little girl was currently clutching a stuffed tiger that Santana had seen and just had to get because she thought it was…adorable.

Toys were scattered out around her and Izzy but the little girl had only picked up the stuffed tiger, even though she had given her permission to play with them all.

She had become attached to the animal in such a short period of time.

Santana snorted. Figures. It's the same way she was slowly becoming attached.

Dani. Her mind travelled back to the woman again. She couldn't help but glance at the door like she had been doing every minute for the last hour.

She nearly broke her neck spinning it back around quickly when she saw the woman who had been invading her mind walk through the door.

She was holding baby Mathew in her arms, like he was going to protect her from whatever danger she would be facing right now.

Santana liked to think of herself as dangerous. But not to these people.

Never to these people.

Santana got up off the floor, brushing off her jeans even though she knew her house was spotless.

She didn't walk over to Dani. This time, she'd make Dani come to her. Maybe that's where she had gone wrong.

But Dani didn't move. She just stared.

Until Izzy spotted her.

"Mama!" The little girl was smiling from ear to ear when she spotted the woman at the opposite end of the room. She got up from where she had been sitting on the floor and half walked half ran over to her mother.

Dani broke eye contact with Santana and smiled down at her daughter who was now clutching to her leg.

"Hey." Santana said, feeling the need to break the silence.

Dani looked back up at her but didn't answer so Santana felt the need to keep talking.

"I was just packing out these stuff. Izzy was being my little helper." Santana said.

"Well, it looks like she didn't help much."

And Santana laughed. Because she was relieved. She had thought Dani would start ignoring her and just keep staring. She was glad that wasn't the case.

Dani smiled at her and then looked down at the bags that were still littering the doorway. Some of them were empty now, their items now on the floor.

"What are those?" Dani asked even though it was very obvious what they were.

"Yeah, Umm, I think I went a little overboard." Santana said, looking down, hands behind her back.

"A little?" Dani asked, eyebrow raised.

"Okay, a lot. Happy?" Santana loved this easy bantering. She thought things would be weird. They were practically strangers living in the same house. Of course she thought it would be weird. But she's glad that wasn't how it was going to be. Well, for now. She had no idea what would happen in the future. She hoped it was nothing too serious. She'd had enough drama in her life.

Dani just smiled at her before ruffling Izzy's hair.

"So you gonna help me or what?" Santana asked, feeling a little more comfortable to be herself. She wasn't hiding before but she wasn't being Santana Lopez either.

Dani looked at her for a moment before she walked over to where Santana was standing, still keeping some distance between them.

"I'll pay you back." Dani's aid and the Santana looked confused.

"Pay me back?"

"For this." Dani clarified, pointing at the bags and numerous toys that littered the floor.

Santana looked at her for a moment before answering.

"You can." And Dani was about to respond with an affirmation but Santana interrupted her. "But I won't let you." It was Dani's time to look confused.

"Why?" Dani asked with a tilt of her head. Santana tried to ignore the adorableness of the gesture and answer the question.

"Because, I'm doing this out of the goodness of my heart. I don't do that often. And I don't know if it's the act or just you Dani but it feels damn good." And Santana wasn't lying. As embarrassing as it was to say, she wanted to get the point across. She thought she did.

Dani didn't say anything at first. She just watched as Izzy sat back down on the floor, the stuffed tiger still clutched in her hand, staring up at the two adults in the room.

"Okay."

"Okay?" Santana asked, genuinely surprised. She had expected Dani to insist. She seemed like the stubborn type. Maybe she had the same effect on Dani like the woman had on her.

Did she just admit that Dani had an effect on her?

…No.

"You said you needed help?" Dani broke her out of her inside conversation.

"Uh, yeah." Then Santana remembered something. "Oh! I bought this." She said before walking over to one of the biggest bags on the floor.

Dani just watched curiously as she opened the bag and her eyes widened when she saw what was concealed inside the bag.

Santana carried it back over to them, putting down in between herself and Dani. She looked up at Dani's face and immediately felt the need to justify her actions.

"I have a clean record. I don't wanna mess it up because I put a baby's life in danger." Santana said. And it was partially true. She wouldn't put Dani's kid in danger.

She realized Dani had yet to speak. She was still staring at the car seat like it would disappear if she took her eyes off it.

"Dani?" Dani's eyes snapped back up to meet Santana's.

"I have to pay you back for this." And there was no argument in her tone. She looked as serious as a heart attack.

"Okay." Santana found herself saying although she wasn't actually thinking of letting the blonde pay for it. She couldn't bring herself to charge Dani. The woman didn't even have a job and when she did get one- because Santana was going to make sure she did- she would be using it to build back her life and Santana was not going to take that money from her.

But she would give Dani the illusion that she had some semblance of control. Santana almost laughed at that. She liked to be in control all the time and now she was just giving it away.

Her life really was changing. That much was obvious.

For better or worse?

Well she didn't know yet. But she had a feeling it was the former.

A/N: So i know this is short guys and I'm sorry. I'm super sick right now but I promised you guys that I wouldn't take so long to update again so bare with me okay guys? I promise the next one will be longer.

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