As always thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy this chapter! :) Don't own the characters or Glee.


Brittany and Santana had talked about taking Madison to the zoo. Santana has been a more permanent part of their lives over the last few months so Madison is getting used to Santana doing everything with them.

Santana and Brittany head to Ms. Pierces house to pick up Madison. She was staying over for a visit so that Brittany and Santana could go get breakfast.

"Hi Ms. Pierce it's nice to see you again." Santana says as they enter the house.

"Hey Santana it's good to see you too, how was breakfast?" Ms. Pierce asks.

"It was great thanks again for watching Madison all the time it really helps out." Santana comments appreciatively.

"It's never a problem, but I haven't gotten the chance to get to know you that well, so I was thinking you could come over for dinner one night with Brittany?" Ms. Pierce asks Santana.

"Yeah I think that would be great." Santana smiles politely at Ms. Pierce.

"Santana!" Madison says running from the back room up to her giving her a big hug.

"Hey you!" Santana hugs back and kneels down to Madison's level.

"Are you ready to go to the zoo!?" Santana excitedly asks looking at Madison.

"Yes I can't wait to see the elephants, tigers, lions and giraffes! Maybe we can feed them!" Madison says jumping up and down not doing a really good job containing her excitement.

"You guys ready?" Brittany asks heading out from the back room after gathering there things.

Santana takes Madison's hand as they all three head to the zoo.

"Did you have fun with grandma?" Brittany asks her daughter as they pull off to get going.

"Yes, I always have fun with grandma, but can I go to breakfast with you and Santana next time?" Madison pouts.

Brittany looks over to Santana and smiles before responding. "Sure baby, next time we go get breakfast you can come with us."

"I'll even let you pick where we go eat." Santana smiles looking through the rearview mirror at Madison.

"Awesome." Madison says looking back out the window.

When they get there Santana parks and Brittany gets Madison out of the car ready to go.

"Hold our hand Madi so we can walk across the street together." Madison grabs Brittany's hand and then grabs Santana's.

As they start walking they make it to the entrance. "I'll get it." Santana says getting out some money for all three of them to pay.

"Thanks babe." Brittany smiles to Santana.

After they get into the park they pick up a map to see how they want to conquer this place.

"Let's start with the birds then head to the reptiles then we can go to the monkeys, elephants and giraffes." Santana says looking at the map.

"Can I see the map!" Madison ask as Santana leans down to show her.

"We are going here first?" Madison points to the birds on the map.

"Yep is that okay with you?"

"I want to see it all!" Madison smiles as they all three start walking around the zoo.

They make it to the birds first, it's a little crowded so Brittany and Santana try to stay right with Madison as she explores everything.

Then they head to the reptiles, elephants and lions before heading to the petting zoo.

"Alright Madi you can go in and walk around the petting zoo but be careful okay?" Brittany tells her daughter.

"Can you come with me?" Madison asks looking at Santana.

"Yeah sure." Santana takes Madison's hand that she's holding out.

"I'll be right here if you need me." Brittany tells Santana as she goes to sit on the bench.

"Will they hurt me if I try to pet them?" Madison asks gripping Santana's hand harder.

"No they are friendly animals that's why they're in the petting zoo sweetie. We will just be careful around them and I'll stay with you." Santana smiles to Madison taking her around to look at the different animals. After a few minutes they decide to go get some food since they've already been at the zoo for a couple hours.

They head to the tables that are over by the food court.

"I'll get lunch since you got the tickets." Brittany tells Santana.

"Madi do you want fries and a hamburger?" Brittany asks her daughter who is holding Santana's hand.

"Yes please mommy." Madison politely answers.

"San what do you want?" Brittany looks up at Santana.

"Just get whatever babe, I'll probably just end up eating whatever Madison doesn't finish anyways." Santana replies.

"Alright I'll be right back." Brittany heads to the food court while Santana sits with Madison at the picnic tables.

"Are you having fun?" Santana asks Madison who is sitting next to her.

"Yeah this is so cool. I love seeing all of the animals. We should do this more." Madison smiles up at Santana who puts her arm around her to give her a hug.

"Yeah we should sweetie." Santana smiles at her.

After a few minutes Brittany heads back with the food and hands it out.

"Thanks." Santana says grabbing her burger.

"I was thinking a couple more hours then head back?" Santana ask after taking a bite.

"Yeah I was thinking the same thing." Brittany replies.

"It seems to be getting crowded so we should just check out the couple things that Madison really wants to see and then we can always come back another time." Santana comments.

"Sounds good. Madi did you hear us. We are going to do a couple more things and then head out okay. What's something that you really want to see?" Brittany asks her daughter.

"Can we go see the seals please. They catch fish right?" Madison asks her mom as she takes a sip of her drink.

"Yes they do, I think there is a show starting in about thirty minutes so we'll head their right after we eat." Brittany replies.

When they are done they head to the show with the seals. "Hey Madi come this way so you can see." Brittany has Madison sit between her and Santana in the seats.

They sit towards the middle trying to get the best view for Madison. As the show starts Madison leans into Santana trying to see better. Santana notices that Madison is trying to look over people's heads, so she lifts her onto her lap so she can see better.

Brittany scoots closer too Santana since there is more of a gap between them after Santana puts Madison on her lap. Santana looks over to Brittany and puts her hand on Brittany's thigh. Brittany looks over to Santana and smiles then looks to her daughter who is completely enthralled in the show. They finish watching the show and decide to head out once it's over.

"Did you have a good time baby?"Brittany asks her daughter who is holding both of their hands.

"Yes mommy this was a lot of fun. Can we do stuff like this all the time?" Madison asks looking up at her mom again.

"Yeah I think that's a good idea don't you San?"

"I think that's a great idea."

When they get to the car Brittany puts Madison into the back seat and gets into the front with Santana.

As they drive home Santana puts her hand on Brittany's that is in her lap. "Thanks for coming with us." Brittany looks over to Santana putting her hand on top of hers.

"I wouldn't want to be with anyone else." Santana smiles over to Brittany before looking back at the road.

After the zoo trip Santana and Brittany continue to spend more time together with and without Madison.

Santana hears her phone ring while she's working at her desk and picks it up.

"Hey babe." She smiles seeing that it's Brittany.

"Hey San how's your day?"

"Not bad just trying to finish up some paperwork, what about you?"

"It's going okay, but that's kind of why I'm calling. Last minute Mike said I need to stay after work for this meeting and I need someone to pick up Madi from school. I know you're busy but Tina and Mike will be here and my mom has plans and I don't know what else to do." Brittany says kind of panicking.

"Hey hey I can get her, it won't be a problem." Santana says into the phone.

"Are you sure? I know you are busy with other things." Brittany asks.

"Yeah, no I'm my own boss and it has its benefits. What time do I need to get her?"

"She gets out at 3:00 pm but you may need to go in to pick her up. I'm calling the school now to let them know." Brittany sounds relieved that Santana is picking up Madison.

"Okay sounds great, I can take her to my house or back to your apartment?" Santana asks.

"Would you mind going to my apartment. I'm not sure how late it will be. There should be some leftovers in the fridge for her to eat and you."

"Yeah of course is she going to have homework to do?" Santana asks not knowing if first graders get homework.

"Yeah maybe a little bit but it shouldn't be too hard for her she normally does it fine by herself."

"Okay great don't worry about it Britt I'll get her."

"Thanks baby. I'll be home as soon as I'm done." Brittany smiles happy that she has someone like Santana.

"Alright see you tonight." Santana hangs up and cancels the rest of her meetings for the day to make sure she will be able to pick Madi up on time.

After work Santana heads to Madi's school to pick her up. She parks in the parking lot and walks up to the office.

"How can I help you?" The secretary asks.

"I'm here to pick up Madison Pierce. Her mom Brittany Pierce called earlier today to let you know. " Santana says to the secretary.

"What's your name?" The secretary asks looking at her computer.

"Santana Lopez." Santana replies.

"Can I please see some identification?" The secretary asks looking up to Santana.

"Sure." Santana pulls out her ID.

The secretary looks at it. "Okay let me page her class and then she will be right out."

"Okay great, thanks." Santana says waiting outside in the office. After a few minutes she sees Madison entering the office area with her backpack on. She looks up and sees Santana. She looks surprised but smiles anyway running towards her.

"Santana!" She yells wrapping her arms around her.

"Hey sweetie your mom had a meeting so she asked if I would pick you up and hangout with you until she finished." Santana pulls out of the hug looking at Madison.

"Yes!" Madison says as Santana grabs her hand and heads out to her car.

"How was school?" Santana asks while buckling in Madison.

"It was good." Madison replies like she does every time.

"Do anything fun?" Santana asks as she gets into the driver's seat and heads to Brittany 's apartment.

"We got to go to recess today and Ms. Brown let me answer a question in front of the whole class." Madison says excitedly.

"That's great Madi and I bet you knew the answer right away." Santana smiles proudly.

"I did, the other kids didn't but I was listening." Madison seems impressed with herself.

As they head back to Brittany's apartment Santana has small talk with Madison.

"Okay your mom said you can have a snack then homework then dinner and then play okay?" Santana says to Madison as they enter the apartment with the key that Madison keeps in her backpack for emergencies.

"Can I have a granola bar please." Madison asks looking into the pantry.

"Sure then homework." Santana says getting the granola bar down from the shelf.

Madison sits and eats her granola bar while watching a little TV.

After a few minutes when she's finished Santana walks up to her on the couch. "Okay time to get your homework out Madi."

"A couple more minutes." Madison responds not taking her eyes off of the television.

"Madison come on, once we get it done you can watch TV or play in your room." Santana tries to reason with her.

"No I want to watch TV. My mommy always lets me watch TV." Madison looks like she isn't going to budge.

Santana looks confused at the way Madison is acting. She goes to sit next to Madison on the couch.

"Madison listen. Your mommy said that you were really good at doing your homework by yourself, but I can help you if you want." Santana tries to not make this into a bigger deal than it needs to be.

"No! I only do it with my mommy here! I'm not doing my homework with you!" Madison yells before getting up and going to her room shutting the door.

Santana isn't sure what to do. She wants to call Brittany but doesn't want to make this into a big deal or interrupt her meeting that she's having. She decides to give Madison a little time to cool off before knocking on her door.

"Madison I'm going to come in okay." Santana says slowly opening her door. When she enters she sees Madison laying in her bed with a few tears in her eyes.

"Madi what's wrong sweetie." Santana walks quickly over to her kneeling next to her bed stroking some hair out of her face.

"My mommy is here with me every night when I do my homework. She isn't here with me now." Madison sniffles not really knowing anything different then her mom being with her all of the time.

"I know honey, but your mommy had to work and she trusted me to stay with you until she got home." Santana tells Madison not really sure of what else to say.

Madison looks up at Santana for a second before putting her head back down playing with her sheets.

"How about this? How about I help you do your homework and then we can do whatever you want. We can watch a movie or play with your dolls or you can even show me some of those dance moves your mom teaches you and teach me too." Santana smiles at Madison as she looks up.

"We can do anything?" Madison asks.

"Yep." Santana smiles.

"Okay." Madison goes to hug Santana tightly.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you." Madison apologizes to Santana.

"It's okay Madi sometimes we don't know how to deal with change well. But maybe next time we can just talk about what's bothering you before getting upset okay?" Santana suggests.

"Okay." Madison nods.

"Alright let's go do that homework." Santana stands putting her hand out for Madison to take.

They head to the kitchen where Madison gets her folder out of her backpack and hands it to Santana.

"Let's see. It looks like you have a math sheet to finish." Santana pulls out the paper and a pencil.

Madison takes the pencil from Santana and looks at her sheet. "I know how to do this. We did this in class today." Madison starts to do her math sheet.

Santana just sits there to help Madison if she needs it, but she looks to be doing fine.

In about 15 minutes Madison is finished with her homework."That wasn't too bad. Let's put this back in your folder so you can have it for tomorrow." Madison hands the sheet to Santana and she puts it back in her folder.

"Your mom said you have some Mac and cheese in the fridge and I can make you a turkey sandwich?" Santana tells Madison.

"Sure." Madison replies.

Santana prepares the turkey sandwich and heats up the macaroni and cheese.

"Here you go." Santana puts the plate in front of Madison going to get her some water.

Santana decides to make herself a turkey sandwich too before sitting down with Madison.

"Are you and mommy together?" Madison asks as she takes a bite out of her macaroni.

Santana almost chokes on her food not expecting that question. She coughs once before taking a gulp of water.

"What would make you say that?" Santana doesn't really know how to answer this.

"You are always with us when we go to different places and then my mommy hangs out with you to do adult things. She lets you pick me up and she only does that with people she cares about." Madison replies easily.

Santana is surprised at how much Madison pays attention.

"Your mommy and I are really good friends that help each other and spend time with each other. You know like you and your friend Macy?" Santana doesn't want to say anything until Brittany is ready to but seeing as Madison brought it up they are going to have to address this sooner than later.

"Yeah okay." Madison says as she finishes eating satisfied with Santana's answer. When they are finished Santana cleans up the dishes.

"What do you want to do?" Santana asks Madison.

"There is this really cool card game my mommy taught me can we play?"

"What's this card game called?" Santana asks.

"Go Fish!" Madison smiles at Santana.

"I know that one you want to go get the cards."

Madison jumps off her seat and runs to get the cards from her room.

They sit in the living room and sit on the floor and use the coffee table to play on.

Madison gets the cards and starts to pass some to Santana and some to herself.

"Do you know how to play?" Madison asks.

"I do. I used to play when I was little. You can go first." Santana says as she takes her stack and spreads them out so she can see what she has.

"Do you have any 3's?" Madison asks looking at her cards.

"Go fish." Santana says smiling at Madison who grabs a card from the pile.

"Oh look I got one!" Madison excitedly says laying down her pair.

"Do you have any 8's?" Santana asks looking at Madison.

"Oh man." She replies handing over her 8's.

As they continue to play they here the front door start to open. Madison looks up and sees Brittany walking through the door. "Mommy!" Madison jumps up setting her cards down running over to her.

"Hey baby." Brittany says putting her stuff down just in time for Madison to jump into her arms.

"Did you have fun with Santana?" Brittany asks setting her daughter down.

"Yes we are playing go fish come see! I'm beating her!" Madison says proudly.

"Oh really." Brittany smiles looking over to Santana before sitting next to Madison.

"Hey Britt." Santana says looking to Brittany.

"Hey San, I hear your getting beat at this game of go fish." Brittany jokingly says.

"I feel Madison has a lot more practice then I do." Santana comments grinning.

"Look mommy which cards should I ask for?" Madison asks her mom as she picks up her cards and shows her.

"How about the 4's." Brittany starts to whisper to Madison.

"Do you have any 4's." Madison asks.

"That was my last card!" Santana hands it to Madison.

"Yes!" Madison takes the card and puts down her last pair. "I win!" Madison smiles.

"Good game sweetie, but you need to go brush your teeth and put pajamas on." Madison just nods and goes into her bathroom.

Brittany scoots her way over to Santana. "Hey baby." Brittany says as she kisses Santana sweetly.

"Hey." Santana says pulling out of the kiss.

"How was she?" Brittany asks sitting next to Santana.

"We may want to talk about a few things." Santana says looking to Brittany.

"Like what?" Brittany asks curiously.

"First off she got a little upset when we first got home about doing her homework. I was going to call you but I thought I could handle it." Santana starts not wanting to get Madison in trouble, but knowing Brittany would want to know.

"What did she do?" Brittany asks wondering why her daughter would be upset.

"She just got upset about having to do her homework, but I think she was more upset at the fact that you weren't here to sit with her. She is used to you for everything so when it was me she just reacted." Santana says understanding why Madison was upset.

"She still shouldn't get upset at you that isn't fair. I'll talk with her." Brittany doesn't want her daughter to act that way.

"She did apologize Britt and we had a great time after. I think that we should let this one pass." Santana says placing her hand on Brittany's.

"Anything else?" Brittany asks just wondering what else her daughter was up too.

"She asked while we were eating dinner if you and I were together." Santana pulls back wondering how Brittany will react.

"What!" Brittany seems shocked.

"She laid it out there babe. I feel we should talk with her sooner than later." Santana states.

"Is she ready for that? Will she understand?" Brittany seems concerned.

"I think she will be fine. We can just explain it in simple terms, but we can do that at another time." Santana squeezes Brittany's hand.

"Thanks again for watching her, sounds like you guys went through a lot tonight." Brittany is just thankful for Santana.

"Yeah, but we had a great time so it was worth it." Santana leans in to give Brittany another kiss.

They sit for a second longer before Madison comes out of the restroom.

"Okay mommy I brushed my teeth and put my pajamas on. Can you and Santana read me a story?" Madison asks.

This is the first time she has asked for Santana to come with them. "Yeah sure baby." Brittany smiles at her daughter. She gets up then puts her hand out to help Santana. Once they both are up they head to read to Madison in her room.

"Can we read this book?" Madison pulls a book out and hands it to her mom.

"Alright you ready?" Brittany asks her daughter as Santana and Brittany sit next to Madison's bed.

Brittany reads the book while Santana rubs Madison's hair. After the book is finished Madison is asleep so they both give her a kiss on her forehead and cover her up.

They head out into the living room."Thanks so much babe for watching her tonight." Brittany smiles to Santana.

"Anytime Britt. She's a great little girl." Santana smiles to Brittany leaning in to give her a kiss. "I need to get going though because I have a few things I need to do before going into work tomorrow." Santana tells Brittany.

"Okay San, I'll see you soon then." Brittany smiles at Santana and gives her one last kiss before Santana heads out and she closes the door to head to bed herself.