Santana and Riley were kicking a soccer ball in the backyard the next day. Getting some bonding time in.

"So, we're going to Lima for Christmas?" Riley asked.

"Yeah, we'll be with your grandparents."

"Oh."

"What's wrong?"

"N-nothing. I just haven't really talked to them in a while. I kind of avoiding them at the wedding."

"Why?"

Riley shrugged.

"I was never close to them." The teenager said kicking the ball around Santana and kicking it into the bushes which has been their designated goal post for the better part of the last hour.

"Have you ever wanted to be?" Santana said receiving the ball that Riley just kicked to her.

Riley shrugged again.

"They never liked my dad. Every time we were there, there was always arguing."

"If it means anything, they loved me."

"Yeah that makes me feel so much better, Santana."

"I meant it like there won't be arguing this time."

"Oh, okay."

"Have you talked to your dad since..."

"No."

It was said harshly. Like it was still too fresh for her to think about.

"Okay."

They kicked the soccer ball around in silence for a few minutes.

"I'm sorry for snapping at you." Riley finally said.

"It's fine sweetheart. I get it. It's too soon to talk about."

"I guess I miss him a little already."

"Yeah?"

Santana was trying to be supportive and just listen to her stepdaughter vent.

"Yeah. I guess I've always been a Daddy's girl."

Riley was blushing.

"There's always Skype and stuff."

"Yeah, but it's too soon. I know my mom gets sensitive to that sort of stuff."

"She thought she wasn't good enough when you left."

"What? Why?"

"All of a sudden you wanted to go live with your dad? She felt like she wasn't good enough."

Santana by no mean was trying to make her feel guilty, but it was the truth.

Flashback(Almost a month earlier, three days after Riley left)

Santana walked into her and Brittany's bedroom to find her wife already lying on the bed. One look at her face you could tell she had been crying.

"Baby," Santana instinctively was at her wife's back, calming her down.

"I'm never going to be good enough for her."

"For who, baby?"

"Riley."

Brittany turned in Santana's arms and cried into her chest. Santana held her wife and ran her fingers through her hair and down her back.

"That's not true baby."

Santana engulfed her wife in her arms.

"I-I-I j-just want-t her here."

"She'll be back, I promise."

"Please don't promise me stuff that isn't going to happen."

"Hey, hey. I love you."

"I love you too."

"Do you just want me to hold you?"

Brittany nodded her head.

"Okay, I'll do that then."

Santana held her wife in her arms while she comforted her, hoping that Riley would come to her senses soon.

Flashback Ended

Santana thought back to that evening. She thought back to how much emotional pain her wife was in.

"I didn't mean to cause drama," Riley began, "I j-just thought I was doing the right thing."

"We missed you."

"I know, I missed you guys too."

Santana pulled the teenager into a tight hug. Riley relaxed into Santana's embrace.

Zach was looking over a pier at Huntington Beach watching the waves crash into the shore. Brittany had gone off to the bathroom.

It was a Saturday, which would normally be Santana and Brittany's date day, but they thought spending time with each other's kid alone would do a little good. Brittany came back and watched the waves in silence.

"I'm sorry about yesterday." Zach said after a long while.

"Why are you apologizing?"

"I don't normally break down that easily."

"It's okay to be vulnerable from time to time."

"I guess."

She looked up at the teenager who was fighting back more tears.

"What's wrong?" She asked softly, wrapping her arm around his waist.

"N-nothing. It's nothing."

"Doesn't seem like nothing."

"I-it's stupid and y-you're just going to tell me that I'm w-wrong."

"Try me."

"She doesn't think I love her does she?"

"Who your mom?"

"Yeah."

"I think she knows, I just think she was having a moment yesterday."

Brittany thought back to the conversation that she had with her wife the night before and how Santana broke down with Brittany in her arms.

Flashback(The Night Before)

Brittany walked into the master bathroom, she saw her wife sitting on the edge of the tub. Brittany pulled her wife into a tight embrace as Santana sobbed into her shoulder.

"Why am I such a fuck up?" She said between sobs.

"You're not a fuck up baby." The blonde said comforting her distraught wife.

"Then why did I just yell at my son for wanting to get to know his dad?"

"You thought he was going to leave you for him? Which would never happen, by the way. Your son is one of the most loyal people I've ever known."

Santana started to break down while Brittany embraced her closer. A few minutes later, Brittany started a bubble bath. Once it was ready she softly instructed her wife to get in.

Brittany brought out a bottle of wine and two wine glasses. She was determined to get her wife relaxed tonight. She poured two glasses of wine and lit a few candles followed by turning off a couple of lights. She took off her clothes and got in the tub where her wife was just sitting there.

Santana wrapped her arms around Brittany. Brittany knew that one way to calm her down was just to let Santana hold her. She felt Santana relax behind her.

"You're not a bad mom, baby." Brittany whispered after some silence.

"I feel like one right now."

"No, baby. You've raised him to be the strong, loyal individual that he is. You're not a bad mom."

"I love you, Britt."

"I love you too, San."

Flashback Ended

"She doesn't realize how amazing she is." Zach said bringing Brittany out of her thoughts.

Brittany smiled because she knew he was right. She wished Santana knew how amazing she is. Brittany wrapped her arm around Zach's lower back.

"How about we go to that diner all the way down the pier? You look a little hungry." Brittany said and Zach nodded while wrapping his arms around Brittany's shoulders as they walked down the pier.

Later on that evening, Brittany was sitting on the couch with Riley cuddling into her. Santana and Brittany had swapped places an hour prior. They were watching some movie on the tv screen. Riley looked up at her mom.

"What's up baby girl?"

"Is it true that you felt like you weren't good enough when I lived with my dad for that few weeks?"

Brittany looked down at her daughter and said, "Well, yeah. I missed you talking about anything and everything first thing in the morning that would confuse the hell out of Santana and Zach. I missed holding you. When you left, I felt like I wasn't good enough, especially after you came into my office."

"I-I'm s-sorry."

"Don't be. You're home now, right?"

"Y-yeah."

"Then that's all I care about baby girl."

"I love you, Mom."

"I love you too, baby girl."

Riley cuddled into her mom and continued watching the movie. Brittany ran her fingers through her daughter's hair. They enjoyed the mother/daughter moment.

Zach was sitting across from his mom at the diner he works at. He was on a twenty minute break. Santana had basically begged to go to work with him. She didn't care if she sat in a booth alone while she watched him work. He put on his best fake smile that looked real to everyone who didn't know him. He finally had asked the question that he really wanted to know.

"Why are you here?"

"I feel like a jerk about last night."

"Okay?" Zach said as if he didn't believe it.

"Look, it wasn't fair for me to make that assumption."

"Mhm." Zach didn't want to come off harsh, but he was having a hard time believing his mother right now.

"I just walked in and saw Britt and Riley cuddling on the couch and remembered how a week and a half ago my wife was crying because that same girl that was in her arms was gone. Then when I asked how your day was and you mentioned that you had coffee with your dad, I had a moment of fear. A moment of realization. I realized that your not a little boy anymore. You're starting to make your own decisions. I realized how much you've grown up."

"What's your point, Mom?" Zach said calmly.

"I had a freak-out moment. I'm sorry."

Zach took a deep breath and got up and sat next to his mom while wrapping his arm around her.

"It's okay. I just wish you realized how amazing you are."

"I'm not amazing."

"Yes, you are stop saying that you aren't."

Santana sunk into her son's embrace as they enjoyed each other's silence for the rest of Zach's break.

The next day, Santana, Brittany, Zach, and Riley all decided on a family day at home. They sat around the table for breakfast. Zach was the last to make it down. He came in wearing sweatpants and a Lincoln Prep Football sweatshirt.

"Morning mijo." Santana said with Brittany in her lap.

"Morning." He said making his way to the coffee pot to pour himself a cup of coffee.

Brittany got off Santana's lap and sat down at the table. The family had breakfast together. Watched a movie together. Followed about having lunch together. Followed by Zach, Riley, and Santana play video games together with Brittany in Santana's lap. They spent that day figuring out what it means to be a family together. It was a long shot, but the family of four were willing to be a family to one another.