Santana was in the kitchen making some coffee when Quinn walks in "Morning babe I'll have one of them extra sugar" she says with a small chuckle.
Santana turns round "And why do you need the extra sugar, you wasn't up in the night" she says walking over and kissing her "Morning."
"I know sorry, so what time did Holly come into us?"
"About 3.30 she had another nightmare it took me nearly an hour to calm her and get her back to sleep."
Quinn hugs her wife "I'm sorry I slept through it babe you should have woke me."
"Well I figured I don't have to work today and you do and it didn't seem worth both us being up, but any chance you can stay here till I have dropped Maya off I want to leave Holly asleep."
"That's fine, are you still going to talk to her today?"
Santana nods "Yea I think last night is all the more reason to."
"Mama, Mommy look I got myself dressed" Maya says skipping into the kitchen.
Santana tries not to laugh and Quinn lightly smacks her arm "That's lovely babe and a real good effort but you know you can't wear that to school today right."
Maya looks down and frowns she has some rainbow tights on with a bright green skirt and a black ac/dc t-shirt that Santana had bought her with her fairy wings over the top "Why Mommy I like it?"
"Because baby you will get really hot in your tights and the skirt is too big plus you wouldn't want to take your wings to school in case you lose them" Santana adds again trying not to laugh she turns to Quinn "She so has your style."
Quinn smacks Santana's arm again "Stop it San" she says with a chuckle "Come on baby, Mommy will help you chose something else while mama makes you some pancakes" she turns and smirks at her wife.
After breakfast Santana took Maya to school and as promised she made her apologise to the teacher for her behaviour the day before and to the little girl she pushed. When she arrived home she walked into the kitchen to see holly sat on Quinn's lap "Morning princess I thought you may have slept longer."
"Yea me too, um I'm sorry about last night" she says to them both.
"Baby you have nothing to apologise for, now Mom needs to go to work and you and I have a busy day ahead" Santana says ruffling her hair.
Holly groans "Ma, please don't make me work."
Santana looks round and smiles "Ma now is it, babe you're on punishment if you behave today Mom and I are going to take you and Maya out for dinner tonight" Holly smiles and jumps off Quinn's lap.
By eleven o'clock Santana had made Holly clean the whole kitchen and was half way through the living room, Holly flops down on the sofa Santana walks in "Um that doesn't look like dusting?"
"Mama I have been I'm just taking a break" she whines.
Santana laughs and sits down next to her "Still tired uh?"
"Yea sorry I woke you up last night."
"I told you babe don't apologise, but Holly I do want to talk to you about it, about everything actually, Mom and I don't know an awful lot about your past and we were hoping you would talk to us" Santana says softly.
Holly shrugs "What do you want to know?"
"Whatever, you feel comfortable telling me."
"But what if I tell you and then you don't want me anymore" she ask honestly.
Santana pulls her over and hugs her "Baby that is never going to happen, look Mom and I have talked when it's allowed we want to obviously adopt you. It can't happen straight away there is a process that we have to go through how would you feel about it?"
"I would love it but are you sure."
"We have never been more sure on anything darling as far as we are concerned you are our daughter, the adoption just makes it official it won't change anything."
Holly smiles and a few tears fall down her cheeks "I love you guys so much, but I am worried if you know about what I was like before you will change your minds and I really love it here having a family."
"Holly we will never change our minds there is nothing you could do or say to make us change our minds, you are stuck with us kid till we are old and grey."
Holly laughs "Ok well, where do you want me to start?"
"From wherever, you are comfortable with."
Holly takes a deep breath "Ok I'll start with the school thing first, basically up till I moved in here I was not nice I had fights nearly every day, I didn't do my school work I argued with the teachers I did anything I could to get in trouble, but when Brittany took me in, she made it clear she wouldn't have that type of behaviour, I needed somewhere to stay so stopped fighting in case she chucked me out, then when I came here I knew I couldn't go back to being that kid for the same reasons I wanted to stay so I thought I had to be the best behaved kid ever. Then the kids at school noticed so started teasing me and stuff and when I didn't fight back it got worse so many times I wanted to kick their asses but by then I had been here a few months and well I knew if I got into trouble you guys would punish me and I didn't fancy that after having a few smacks from both of you I didn't want a proper spanking." she says smiling "Then I started enjoying the work I was doing so started to pick my grades up I didn't want You and Mom to be disappointed in me because you had taken me in and given me a safe place to live" she pauses for a bit "I didn't think Mr Davis would believe me about the fight because I have been sent to him so many times for fighting, at one point I was about to be excluded but then I moved in with Britt and Phoebe, I used to come to school with bruises everywhere, everyone assumed I got them from fighting so it was never questioned but it was my Mom that was giving me them. If I answered back, or didn't take out the trash or make dinner on time anything really, she would punch me, kick me, slap me, she hit me with a belt, a brush, a shoe, anything that was easy to get to really and not like when you smack my butt she hit me wherever she could reach my back mostly and my stomach."
Santana kisses the top of her head "God baby I'm so proud of you for telling me, you're a tough kid and no child ever deserves that, do you want to tell me anymore?"
Holly wipes away the tears from her face "You know You, Mom and Brittany are the only three people who have ever said they are proud of me."
"And we mean it, it is harder enough to go through that but to talk about it and change the way you are because of it, is amazing no matter what happens in life you can be proud of yourself for the person you are becoming and have become." Santana says kissing her head "Can you tell me what all the bad dreams are about?"
"Um it's just silly things really like last night's one I was walking home from school and my Mom was waiting for me she told me that you guys didn't want me anymore and you told her to take me back. She took me back to her house and handcuffed me to a radiator then she picked up something from the table and that's when I woke up."
Santana squeezes her tighter "Baby I know this is hard but I need you to listen and I mean really listen, Mom and I will never ever send you back we will never give your birth Mom the chance to have you again she will never come anywhere near you I promise you, if she does the police will have her arrested. I know the dreams won't stop straight away but hopefully slowly but surely they will but you have to believe us babe once you do they will stop I guarantee it."
"I do kind of believe you its just hard Mama I have had people promise me things before and they haven't happened I want to believe you 100% and I will but…"
"Hey it's ok we know it is going to take time, we don't expect it to all go away overnight but just know that Mom and I will be here for you every step of the way no matter what, we want you to talk to us whenever you feel down, when you have bad dreams, when kids are picking on you, we are here for you and always will be."
Holly burst into tears she has never had anyone care enough to say things like this to her, and she knows that San is telling the truth she trusts her "Thank you Mama thank you for everything I love you."
Santana can feel her owns tears coming down "I love you too baby and so does Mom."
After half hour of just sat cuddling, San sits Holly up "Baby do you fancy going for a walk, maybe into town and grab a bite to eat."
Holly smiles "Yes please Mama, but I haven't finished the living room."
Santana chuckles "Don't worry we will have time when we get back."
Holly groans "Mama"
They slowly walk into town chatting about music and school when they reach the mall, Holly looks up to Santana "Can we please go to Burger King Ma pleeeaaassseee?" she begs.
Santana sighs she knows Quinn wouldn't be impressed "If I say yes then when we go for this meal tonight you have to either have veggies or pasta no arguments understand."
"Yea I get it" she says excitedly "I haven't had Burger King in so long."
"Me neither come on."
They order their meal and sit down just as Santana was about to bite into her burger she hears "So Burger King is punishment now is it?"
She slowly turns round to see a not so happy Quinn "Oh um hey babe."
"Hey yourself you don't seem to have answered my question" she says sternly.
Santana gulps a little and Holly laughs she has never seen her Mama so nervous, Santana glares at her "You zip it" she turns back to Quinn "Babe we just popped out and both fancied some lunch."
"And the first place you thought was Burger King?"
Holly again tries not to laugh "Mom I suggested it, I kind of begged Ma to let me have one."
Quinn looks down to her daughter "And your Ma could have said no, we are supposed to be going out for dinner tonight."
"And we still are I told Holly if she had this now then tonight she had to have veggies or pasta, we have had a real busy morning babe and just needed a break."
Quinn sighs "Fine well you best go get me something then as I'm on lunch too" Santana heads off to get Quinn something "So missy how is the cleaning going?"
"Not bad I scrubbed the whole kitchen and did most of the living room, but then Mama and I talked for a few hours I got a bit upset that's why she bought me out."
Quinn realises Santana must have spoken to her about her past "It's fine babe, and did the talk go ok?"
"Yea Mom and I am sure Mami will fill you in, but I told her some stuff and she was really good and just listened she didn't make me feel like crap in fact I have never felt this happy in a while, talking about it really has helped."
Quinn smiles "That's good baby we are both so proud of you, you have come so far."
"Thank you that's what Ma says and it really means a lot, so are you really mad about the Burger King?"
Quinn laughs "No I just like to keep your Mama on her toes anyway shush she is coming back" she says with a wink.
"Here you go babe, what time do you have to be back?"
Quinn looks at her watch "I have a meeting at two, why you guys want to walk me back?"
"Yea why not, then we may walk to pick up Maya as well."
Holly groans she hates walking everywhere "Mama please don't make me walk all that way."
"It will do you good plus it will burn off this Burger King."
"And what if I refuse?" she asks pointedly.
Santana raises an eyebrow "If you refuse you will still be walking only you will be doing it whilst rubbing your sore bottom."
Holly huffs "But…"
"No butts it's happening eat up and stop whining."
"Whatever!"
Quinn shakes her head "Watch it Holly, you ended up in bed early last night, do you really want the same on a Friday night?" Holly shakes her head no "Good then just do as you are told."
After lunch the three of them walk back to Quinn's office "Mom I need to pee" Holly says.
"Holly can't you just say toilet, I need the toilet."
Holly shrugs "I guess so but can we discuss this after I have been."
Santana laughs "Yes go hurry because we still need to get to Maya's school" as she walks off she can hear Holly moaning.
"So you talked to her then?"
"Yea she told me some bits, I'll fill you tonight when she is in bed."
Quinn kisses her "Ok look I have to go babe, need to attend this meeting, see you at home."
Santana and Holly picked up Maya and walked home, Holly moaned most of the way but Santana chose to ignore her, Maya loved the freedom of running through the fields to get home. Quinn arrived back not long after and they headed out to dinner as a family enjoying the evening, once home both girls were exhausted and were both asleep by nine.