"Rachel I'm so sorry!" Santana and Rachel turned to see Puck coming toward them with tears streaming down his face. "I took him to that pizza arcade and the car came out of nowhere. I'm so sorry." Rachel started crying as she hugged her brother.

"Noah it's okay. He'll be okay, right? It'll be okay." she said. Santana turned to the nearest employee.

"We're looking for Ryder Berry. She's his mother." she said. She got the room number and gave it to Rachel. "I can't go back there with you." she said softly. Rachel shook her head.

"I need you back there. Please." she whispered. Santana looked around for Rachel's father.

"Baby, I'm not sure if I can go back there." Puck turned to the receptionist.

"Our father is Dr. Robert Berry." he said. The receptionist's eyes went wide.

"Ms. Lopez, you're welcome to accompany Ms. Berry to her son's room." she said immediately. Santana raised an eyebrow, but followed Rachel to Ryder's room.

"So... your dad's a bigshot here, huh?" she whispered. Rachel nodded absently as they walked into Ryder's room. Santana held back a sob as Rachel began crying.

"Baby..." Rachel whispered, rushing to her son's side. Santana closed her eyes.

"Rachel, he should be waking up here shortly." Bobby said. Rachel nodded and sat down. Sure enough, an hour later Ryder's eyes opened.

"Mommy?" he said slowly. Rachel smiled and wiped her eyes. "Where's Uncle Puck?"

"He's out there waiting for you, baby." Rachel said, holding his hand.

"Where's Auntie Tana?"

"I'm right here, baby boy." Santana said, walking forward.

"Mommy, I wanna go home." he said. Rachel nodded. "Can I go home?"

"We'll ask Grandpa Bobby, but I'm sure you'll be able to." Rachel said as Santana wrapped an arm around her shoulder.


Three weeks later, Ryder was just getting out of his small walking boot. He'd suffered from a small break, nothing serious, and hadn't had to be out of commission for very long. As a treat, the entire Glee Club was taking him to the local carnival. Unknown to Rachel, every single member of the Glee Club was planning on buying him tickets so that he could do literally anything he wanted to do. "Mommy! Let's go!" Ryder yelled from the bottom of the stairs. Santana laughed as she checked over her hair in the hall mirror. She was wearing jeans, Ugg boots, an American Eagle shirt, and a leather jacket with her hair straightened and into a side ponytail so she could show off her new hoop earrings.

"Ry, chill buddy. Mommy will be down soon. Its all still going to be there when we get there, don't worry." she said. Ryder turned to the Latina.

"But I wanna be there now!" She laughed again.

"We have to wait for everyone in the Glee Club when we get there anyway, so what's the rush?" Rachel asked as she climbed down the stairs. Santana grinned at her girlfriend. "You look beautiful, as always, Sanny."

"As do you, my love." Santana said, kissing her girlfriend.

"Can we go now?" Ryder asked, obviously impatient. Rachel rolled her eyes.

"In a second, Ryder."

"Now!" Rachel whipped around.

"Ryder Daniel! I said in a second. Calm down or you're staying home with Grandpa Danny and Grandpa Bobby while Santana and I go to the carnival." she said loudly. Santana raised an eyebrow. She'd never heard Rachel yell at Ryder like that before.

"Sorry Mommy." Ryder said softly, moving to sit down.

"Thank you." Rachel said, grabbing his coat from the closet. "Ry, come here." she requested, bending down. Ryder walked over and she pulled him into a hug. "You know I love you, right?" she said softly. He nodded and she smiled. "Good. Now turn around so I can put your jacket on." she said, putting the boy's jacket on. When she stood up, Santana had the diva's jacket waiting for her before putting her own on.

"Let's go, buddy." Santana said, holding her hand out for the small boy and walking out to the car. When they got to the carnival, the entire Glee Club was already there.


"Mommy, can we play games?" Ryder asked. Rachel sighed.

"Lord knows you have enough tickets." she said sharply, glaring at the members of New Directions, who shrugged. After totaling the tickets, Ryder had ended up with over one hundred and fifty tickets (not to mention whatever Santana used, then decided she didn't really want to play the game after all) and Rachel had not exactly been thrilled when she found out.

"Rachel, get over it. Just because we love your son more than we love you..." Kurt said teasingly. Rachel rolled her eyes as Santana wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her into her side.

"I love you more than I love your son." Santana whispered, kissing the side of her head.

"You're the biggest offender of this whole ticket scheme!" Santana shrugged.

"Take me as I am." she said with a smirk. Rachel rolled her eyes and grabbed Santana's free hand. Brittany had barely let go of Ryder sine they arrived and Rachel could see him perfectly. Santana was happy because she got to hold onto her girlfriend.

"Rachel?" The Glee Club turned around and Santana watched as Rachel's eyes widened. The diva turned to Kurt and whispered something in his ear. Suddenly, Kurt was escorting Ryder and Brittany to get some cotton candy.

"Andrew."

"Was that my son?" Santana looked at the boy in front of them.

"No. That was my son. You wanted nothing to do with him, remember?" Rachel asked sharply. Andrew eyed Santana.

"What the hell do you want?" she hissed. He smirked.

"This your bodyguard?' Santana rolled her eyes.

"I'm her girlfriend." she said. Andrew scoffed.

"Anyway, I'm ready for parenthood."

"No you're not. You weren't ready then and I can already tell you aren't ready now. Stay the hell away from my son." Rachel said, walking away.

"Let me see him or I swear I will ensure you lose custody." Rachel stopped in her tracks. "I'll do it, Rachel. I swear."

"Are you going to threaten me to see Ryder?" she asked. Andrew shrugged.

"Whatever it takes. I'm entitled to vistation."

"You're entitled to leave." Puck said, glaring at his nephew's father. Santana nodded, stepping toward him.

"Whatever. Just think about it Rachel." he said, winking at her. Santana pulled the diva into a hug.

"Baby, are you okay?" she whispered.

"He's not going anywhere near my baby." Rachel said. Santana nodded.

"I won't let him, don't worry." she said.