The following day Santana was extremely nervous about taking Quinn and Jamie over to the house. Quinn even surprised her with morning sex to try and calm her and as much as she enjoyed it, it wasn't working. At breakfast she had shouted at both kids for not listening, it was nothing major but she completely blew up and lost her cool. When she went for a shower, Quinn explained to the kids she was just stressed out, and she would talk to her but to always remember how much their Mamí loved them.
Driving over to her Mami's, Santana's heart was pounding. She was hoping against hope that her Mamí stuck to her word and didn't give them a hard time. When they pull up to the house, Quinn walks around to Santana's side of the car, "Babe, just relax you are making the kids nervous and they are afraid to talk to you in case you snap at them."
Santana turned and looked at the kids who were just lingering nervously in the yard, then back to Quinn, "I'm sorry babe, it's just what if they start on you and Jamie, I don't know what to do."
"If they start on us, we take the kids and leave, but please calm down and talk to them," she nods her head to point at their children.
Santana walked over to them both, "Guys I'm so sorry I have been snappy and short with both of you this morning, I'm just worried and I'm not handling it well."
"It's ok Mamí, and if anyone says anything we can kick their asses' right?" Elise offers.
Santana tried not to laugh but is getting glared at by her wife, "Language babe but you're right," she waved Quinn over, "I'm going to say this now ok, no matter what anyone in there tells you today, just know that I love you all more than anything in this world and I would be happy to shout it from the roof tops."
"We love you too, Mamí," Jamie said hugging her and happy for her change of mood.
"Right, then let's do this thing as a family," they all walked up to the front door and Santana nervously rung the front doorbell.
Tomas opens the door, "Santana I'm so glad you came back, Elise good to see you again, Jamie isn't it," he said putting his hand out for Jamie to shake it, "do you remember me, buddy?" Jamie nodded, "well, I hope you are better than the last time I saw you," he then turned to Quinn, "hey Quinn, it's been a while."
"That it has how are you, Tomas?" Quinn said politely.
Tomas nodded, "I'm good, well apart from Mamí you know, anyway come in guys let me introduce you to my family," he pointed to his wife, "this is Rebecca my wife," he pointed to his boys, "and these two trouble makers are George he is eight and this is Samuel and he is thirteen."
They all said hello and greeted each other politely, "can we go see Mamí, Tomas please?" Santana asks. He nodded and they walk through to the living room.
"She is having a good day today so I got her in the chair," Tomas whispered to his sister.
"That's good news," Santana walked over, "hey Mamí."
Maribel turned towards her daughter's voice, "oh Santana, I'm so happy you came back, so where is this wife and grandson I have yet to meet?"
Santana wiggled her fingers at Jamie to come closer, "Mamí this Jamie or J as we call him, he is the man of the family," she said proudly as Jamie squirmed happily.
"Hello J, I'm Maribel, it's a pleasure to meet you, you are a very handsome young man,"
Jamie smiles "Thank you very much," he said politely as he was taught, "Mamí says I'm look like mommy Quinn."
Maribel smiles "Yes you do, hello Quinn," the older woman looked towards her daughter's wife.
"Hi Maribel, it's nice to see you again. Thank you for having us over."
"You're welcome dear, I'm just sorry it has taken me so long and it had to be under these circumstances. I told Santana this yesterday, but I want to personally apologize to you and your family. I'm sorry for everything, Quinn. I don't expect you to forgive me but am pleased you came," she said tiredly, the emotion and the effort clearly exhausting the sick frail woman.
Quinn nodded, "Thank you, Maribel I do appreciate the apology. I will always be there to support my wife, so of course I wanted to come."
Maribel smiled, "I don't doubt it dear, now why don't you kids go find George and Sam? I think they are going in the pool swimming for a while."
Elise turns to Santana, "can we go in Mamí?"
"Yea of course behave though please," Santana said sternly and watched as Elise rolled her eyes at her, "Watch it, missy."
Elise dragged Jamie off before she could talk herself into trouble. Maribel laughed, "I bet those two give you girls a run for your money?"
Quinn laughed, "That they do, and they feed off each other."
"Just like Santana and Tomas used to, they would drive me mad the things they would get up to," she chuckled at the memories.
Santana rolled her eyes, "ok Mamí thank you for the trip down memory lane, but enough about me. You have to stop telling Elise anymore stories; she gets herself in enough trouble without any ideas from you."
"Watch the eye rolls, missy," Maribel chided as Santana and Quinn both laughed.
"I knew she got that from you," Quinn teased through laughs.
After a few hours talking, they all headed outside so Tomas could put on the BBQ. All four kids kept moaning about how hungry they were, "Mamí? Can I just have some chips first?" Jamie whined annoyingly.
"No J, you can wait for the food, it is going to be ready in like ten minutes or so," Santana told him.
Elise motioned for him to come over to her so he walked over, "What!"
"Hey don't get snotty with me, Samuel and I snagged some food, come on, J,"
Jamie smiled, "awesome, I'm starving."
When the food was ready, Quinn went looking for the kids with Rebecca. They were all hidden down in the garage which had been converted into a play room stuffing themselves with chips, cakes, candy, and soda, "What do you four think you are doing?" Rebecca asked loudly startling the kids.
All four turned quickly and Elise could see her mom is clearly not impressed, "um Mom, hey we were just…"
"Eating a load of junk that you didn't ask permission to eat, all four of you out, now," she snapped sternly, very upset with her children's' behavior, they both knew better than to behave like that.
They all slowly walked passed their pissed off moms', back out into the garden. Santana and Tomas notice how guilty all of them look, and how angry their wives look. They glance at each other knowing this can't be good, "What have they done?" Santana asked.
Quinn nudged Elise since she was the oldest, "Go on tell Mamí what you have been doing," Elise turned to her mom with pleading eyes, "now Elise!"
Rebecca does the same with Samuel, "Come on tell Papí, this has you wrote all over it."
"It wasn't just me," he argued glaring at his cousin, Elise.
Santana snorted, "Why doesn't that surprise me, what have you been up to young lady?"
"We snuck some food down to the play room," she said quietly with her eyes on her Mamí's feet.
Rebecca laughed, "Not just food, Samuel tell your Papí what you had in the playroom, now please!"
"We took some soda, cakes, chips and candy," he said softly knowing this was not allowed.
Tomas shook his head, "You know better than that, young man. Now all four of you," he turned to Santana, "do you mind?" she shook her head no, "Go down and clean the play room, bring all the rubbish back up here to me, then you are all going to sit down in different corners till you are told otherwise. Do you understand?"
All four children nodded and head off to clean the room, "I'm sorry Tomas. Elise knows better and trust me we will be having words about this."
"Don't worry this has Samuel written all over it. It wouldn't be the first time, but I promise you it will be his last."
Quinn laughed, "Babe I don't think J was as innocent in all this as it seems, just because he didn't take it, he certainly helped eat it, even after you told him no chips until after dinner."
Rebecca nodded, "Same with George, Tomas I think we need a punishment that fits all four of our little sneaks."
"I'm sure we can think of something," Tomas smiled, "but right now I need a beer and a burger, anyone else?"
Santana and Quinn nodded "Count us in, we're starving."
After the kids came back, Santana and Tomas sat them all down facing a different corner with strict warnings not to turn around. After twenty minutes, Tomas called them all over, "All right you two," he said pointing to Elise and Samuel, "I believe you two ringleaders stole all the stuff, so you two are on kitchen duty. You will wash and dry all the plates, cups, and cutlery that we have used today. And you two," He continued, pointing to Jamie and George, "will clear this garden of every single piece of garbage you can find."
"Papí, come on that's not fair," Sam moaned loudly.
"It is more than fair young man! You have been warned before about taking things that don't belong to you without permission, and clearly you didn't learn anything. So don't think for one minute that is all the punishment you are getting, because we will be having a long talk when we get home," he finished sternly.
Elise started to say something but Santana stepped in, "Don't you even think about it, we will be having are own discussion as well. I know you know better than to behave like that, missy."
Elise and Sam looked at each other sadly, and sighed as they headed off into the kitchen to start cleaning, "Oh man, I'm so dead. My Mamí is going to kick my ass!"
"Yea me too, my dad is so gonna whack my ass," he said then he smiled mischievously, "but it was so worth it!"
Elise laughed, "Yea it was, I'm glad we met you guys. Do you think we will see each other again?"
"Well I heard my Papí talking to mom last night. and he was saying he wants to get to know your Mamí again. He was even on about us coming to New York to visit if your Mamí wants us to."
Elise smiled "That would be so cool, I could show you so guys so much; that's if I'm still alive. My Mamí is going to tan my ass good for this stunt; she hates lying and stealing so much."
"Looks like our parents are the same huh? So what about your other mom, what is she like?"
"She is cool, actually, so is my Mamí. I love spending time with either of them when I'm not in trouble," she laughed "both can be quite strict. Mamí is big on disrespect she hates any kind of it and mom is school. They both get annoyed with my attitude but that's about it. We do loads together as a family. J is cool, but like any brother he drives me mad at times we don't really fight much but if we do its normally just a little."
Sam nodded, "Kind of the same as my family, my Papí hates it if we are rude, but he does loads with us like basketball, fishing, football anything we want to do. What does J do without a dad? Does he find it hard?"
"Not really, Mamí plays basketball with him; she is awesome at basketball. We have Uncle Puck, and he does stuff with J as well, so it doesn't bother him. He is a proper Mami's boy though!"
Samuel laughed, "George is a really a mommy's boy too, it's funny how we are kinda the same isn't it?"
As the kids continue to talk Santana and Tomas listened to their whole conversation at the door, but they wanted to give them some privacy so they walked into the living room, "The kids are right you know, we are a lot alike in personality and how we raise our kids."
"I see that, look Santana I know you are not ready to forgive me yet but I will do anything to try and make things right. I want us to be a family again; I miss my sister and I want to know my niece and nephew better. I want to be part of all of your lives again."
Santana sighed, "I miss you too, Tomas but you shunned me and my family, remember? I can't just accept you back in like nothing happened. You hurt me really badly. It will take time, were you serious about coming to New York"?
"Yes very serious, like I said I wanna make thing right or at least try to. I want my kids to know your kids, they are cousins after all. Santana, can you please give me a chance to make things right again?"
"I will need to talk to Quinn, but maybe we can arrange something. It's funny how all the kids got on so well right from the start."
Tomas laughed, "Yea only our kids could find a way to be in trouble together the first day of meeting each other!"
"Including J?" Santana asked seriously.
"Without a doubt, that boy idolizes you Santana. I knew that from the first moment I met him; blood or not he is your son as much as Elise is Quinn's daughter. I really am glad you are happy, you seem to have everything going for you guys."
Santana nodded in agreement, "I do, and I'm no different from you; a beautiful wife and two beautiful children."
After the kids had cleaned the kitchen everyone was sitting in the living room talking, "I know you have a hotel room Santana, but maybe you guys would like to spend the night; we have plenty of room. Tomas and Rebecca are already staying, and there is room for all the kids," Maribel offered hopefully wanting more time with the family she had dismissed so long ago.
Elise looked at Santana with her best puppy dog eyes, "Mamí can we, please?"
"Yea please mom?" Jamie joined in the cute begging.
Quinn looked at Santana who smiled, "Yea why not, but me and you," she said pointing to her daughter, "are going to have a little chat first about what happened today."
Elise's eyes went wide with surprise, she had really hoped everyone had forgotten, "Ok Mamí," she said sullenly not wanting to be punished with the entire family listening.
Santana had already discussed with Tomas that they were not going to punish the kids anymore, but she still wanted to talk to Elise, "Come on, let's go upstairs now and get it out the way."
Elise followed her Mamí up the stairs, not saying anything once in the room. Santana took a seat on the bed and Elise went and stood in front of her, "Mamí I'm sorry I let you down today."
Santana pulled her daughter on to her lap, "Baby listen to me, you are so special to me you know that, you have taken this all on and acted so grown up, I honestly don't think I could be prouder of you this trip."
"But…." Elise questioned, there was always a but.
Santana stopped her, "But nothing; you made a mistake, you got caught, and you were punished. I brought you up here because I didn't want you worrying until we got back to the hotel tomorrow that there was going to be more punishment. I knew if told you downstairs you wouldn't believe me, admittedly I was going to give you a few swats but you took your other punishment so well I changed my mind. I would rather you didn't pull anything like that again as I may not be so lenient next time, in my opinion taking things that don't belong to you is stealing, even if it was just a bunch of snacks," she said kissing her daughter's head affectionately, "so brat, you're off the hook! Go have fun tonight with your cousins."
Elise beamed, "You are the best Mamí ever, and I'm not just saying that just because you're not going to spank me, but because it is true. I hope I never do anything to make us fall out ever!"
Santana wiped tears from her eyes, "Baby girl, I promise you that there is nothing you could ever do that would keep me or mommy away from you. I don't care if you are gay, straight, or anything in-between I will always love you and so will mom, promise me you understand that?"
"I do Mamí and I believe you," she turned round and hugged her Mamí tightly, "I love you, Mamí so much!"
"I love you too, baby girl," they stayed there hugging until Quinn came up to see what was taking so long.
"Hey guys, is everything ok?" Quinn knocked on the door softly, and entered the room, smiling at the sight of her wife and daughter locked in a loving embrace.
"Everything is fantastic," Santana let go of Elise, "Baby girl, why don't you go back downstairs and join the others? Mommy and I will be done in a minute."
As she left, Quinn walked over to her wife, "Are you sure you're ok, babe?
"Oh baby I'm perfect, thank you for everything. I nearly lost everything; you, my kids, my family and now I feel like I have it all."
Quinn kissed her gently, "You always had us, babe. We weren't going anywhere."
"I know, thank you Quinn; thank you for being my wife, thank you for being the mother of our children, and thank you for coming with me today"
"There is nowhere else I would rather be than by your side," Quinn whispered sincerely.
Santana lets more tears fall, and doesn't even care. She smiles when Quinn wipes them away. She turns to her wife, "Tomas wants to come to New York to visit, he wants to make it up to us, and get to know us all again."
"I know Rebecca told me, I told her as long as you were happy I am happy."
"I am very happy, come on let's go join the rest of the family."
As they walked back into the living room Jamie ran up to them both and hugged Santana, "I love you, Mamí."
She squeezed him tightly, "I love you too, buddy," he did the same to Quinn before joining everyone else.
Santana sat back quietly and watched her family for the rest of the night, her entire family. She couldn't believe she had her family back. She got to spend whatever time her Mamí had left with her, and make a new relationship with her brother and his family. But most importantly, and the biggest gift of all is she has her wife, children, and home back. That is something she vows she will never lose again.
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