Rachel ran down the stairs ignoring the cries of Miram to slow down. "He's here." It was only until she reached the doorway to the parlor did she stop to catch her breath. There he was bathing in the sunlight with his back toward her as he looked out the window where garden lay. The sunlight brought more color onto his dark brown semi curly hair, his posture was erect and oozed of authority.

"Jeffrey."

Jeffrey, Lord St. Mikhail turned around with a grace that only a Viscount could obtain as he turned to face her. His blue eyes bore into her caramel ones. Instead of the smile that graced his lips when he would greet her there was a grim line and his eyes that danced with mischief and joy were dull of such emotions as they were filled with concern for her. "Rachel, I came as quickly as possible after I received the letter. I cannot believe that…" he stopped speaking when her eyes filled with tears.

"He's gone." Rachel whispered a tear slid down her face. "They are gone…Abraham and Samuel are gone." Her body shook with sobs. She had thought she had come to terms with their deaths that she could mention them without crying.

Jeffrey walked up to her. "I'm sorry for your loss." He pulled her into his arms and held her. "If I had known they were planning to get you I would have helped."

"I know." Rachel gasped through her tears.

"Is there anything I can do to ease your pain?"

Rachel shook her head. "No…"

Jeffrey held her tighter in his arms. "You summoned me for a reason and I know it is not because you wish for me to be the one to comfort you. You have Zane, Samantha, Miram and Adam for that."

"I'm sorry." Rachel pulled away wiping her tears.

"Do not apologize." Jeffrey smiled down at her gently. "I was the one who gladly offered you my services if you ever had need."

"Thank you. Let us take a seat." Rachel grabbed Jeffrey's sleeve and led him to the couch where they both took a seat. "I have great favor to ask of you and I don't know where to begin."

"Start from where you would like."

"Of course." Rachel swallowed nervously. "The last couple of weeks I was feeling exhausted and I would have morning sickness, but I had not told Miram or anyone. I did not give it much thought until I made a turn for the worse."

"What do you mean?" Jeffrey asked worried as he looked her over to see she was looking healthy.

"I fainted and tumbled down the stairs a week ago." Seeing Jeffrey's distraught look she placed a hand on his forearm. "As you can see I am fine, but the doctor had some very surprising news as to why I was feeling faint and going through morning sickness."

"Surprising news?"

Rachel met his inquisitive gaze. "I am with child."

"You are with child?" Jeffrey tried to grasp the idea before it dawned upon him what she meant. "Congratulations! Samuel would be so happy to hear the news." He exclaimed being swept away by the news before he realized what he said. "I'm sorry I did not mean to…"

"It is fine." Rachel looked away from him and smiled sadly at the floor. "I know what you meant. I know he would have as well as Abraham. Samantha is very excited about us both going through this pregnancy together even though she is two months ahead of me."

"I am sure she is." Jeffrey chuckled.

"That is why I have summoned for you."

"I do not understand Rachel." Jeffrey frowned at Rachel bemused.

"I know that my mother died while giving birth to me…"

"You fear that you may also meet the same fate?" When Rachel remained quiet Jeffrey continued. "Rachel you are a strong young woman."

"Are you saying my mother was not?"

"You know that I cannot answer that, but you must believe when I say that not every woman suffers that fate. Many survive. I'll make sure you have the best midwives and doctors that money has to offer."

"Thank you Jeffrey." Rachel gave him a small smile. "But just in case of anything I was wondering if you could look after my baby?"

"Are you referring to being the child's benefactor?"

"Yes." Rachel held his hand in both of hers looking at him pleadingly. "You are the only one I can turn to for my child to be brought up in society without any scandals surrounding him or her. Zane was not born into a noble family, Samantha will be busy with her child and if she were to mysteriously have another child with her there will be rumors spreading like wildfire that just might damage my child, Adam is, but a caretaker and Miram is a servant."

"I see your predicament Rachel." Jeffrey smiled at Rachel reassuringly. "Do not worry I will take care of him or her as if it were my own child. I will make sure to tell the child of you and Samuel."

"Thank you." Rachel sighed in relief. "You have no idea how much you have eased my torment."

"My only aim is to please you." He whispered as he pushed a lock of her hair behind her ear. "Do the others know of the arrangement?"

"Yes. I made sure to discuss this with them before your arrival."

"I give you my word, that your child will be brought up correctly and will need nor want for anything as long as he or she is under my care." Jeffrey smiled tenderly at her. "I'll make sure that child will follow in your footsteps."

"How so?" Rachel asked curiously.

"The child will marry for love and not for power or position as society wills for someone in her position to do so."

Rachel blinked back tears. "Thank you so much Jeffrey. I am forever in your debt."

"That's nonsense." He waved her off. "If you truly want to repay me in any way or form then repay me with your friendship."

"Are we not friends?"

"That is why you do not have to repay me." Jeffrey grinned.

Rachel woke up to the sound of her phone vibrating. She blinked the sleep from her eyes as they adjusted the dream still fresh in her mind. "Not a dream…a memory." Rachel sat up as she reached for her phone and flipped it open to see a picture text from Santana. She opened curiously and smiled at the image before scrolling down at the message Santana wrote. "Can u guess who did this?" Chuckling Rachel closed her phone and began to fix her bed once she was done she went to take a shower.

By the time she came out of her bathroom September by Earth Wind and Fire was blasting throughout the house. Rachel got ready for the day, while swaying with the music and singing some of the lyrics.

"I almost forgot how uncle Leroy and uncle Hiram like blasting oldies in the morning." Alex yawned as he walked past Rachel in the hallway fresh out of the shower with only a pair of dark blue jeans on.

Rachel shook her head chuckling. "You'll get used to it again."

Alex shrugged. "I guess." He mumbled walking down the stairs half asleep.

"Santana sent me a text." Rachel watched Alex carefully when he stopped walking down the stairs.

"What did she want?" Alex looked over his should at Rachel.

"She sent me a pic of something very interesting." Rachel walked passed him.

"What pic?"

"Someone made a heart of flowers on her lawn declaring his love for her."

"Oh…" Alex rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "I wonder who could have done that."

"You're such a horrible liar." Rachel grinned. "By Monday everyone in glee will know it was you."

"Did she like it?" Alex asked nervously ignoring the fact that everyone in glee will know his feeling toward Santana. It's not like he cared half of them already knew, what he cared was if Santana liked it.

"You could ask her yourself today when she comes over." Rachel bound down the stairs with a slight bounce in her step.

"Come on Rachel! Don't be like that!" Alex ran after her.

"Hiram you seem to be in a sour mood today." Leroy commented as he glanced at his husband who was cooking breakfast.

"I don't know what you are talking about." Hiram didn't bother to turn around because he knew that if Leroy would take a good look at him then he would know he was lying.

"You're a horrible liar." Leroy frowned at him a moment before Rachel and Alex burst into the kitchen.

"Rach you will tell me now!"

"There's nothing to tell!"

"Liar!"

"I hope you know I resent being called that."

"I'll take it back once you tell me what I wanna hear."

"No really Alex I don't know. She only sent me the pic."

Alex sighed as he took a seat on a stool. "Fine." He sighed placing his arms on the counter and burying his face in them.

Rachel simply took a seat on the stool next to his and patted his back. "There, there."

"What has Alex so depressed early this morning?' Leroy asked curiously as he stood across from them on the other side of the counter.

"Alex made a heart of rose petals on Santana's front yard declaring his love for her. She forwarded the pic to me. He's worried she doesn't like it."

"Oh my." Leroy gasped. "Can I see the picture?"

"Of course daddy." Rachel took out her cell phone and opened the pic message before handing it to Leroy.

Leroy bit his bottom lip to keep from laughing. Even though it wasn't the nicest looking thing it was still cute. "I'm sure she loves it, after all it's the thought that counts."

"That's what all girls say not to make the guy feel like crap when it blows up in their face." Alex mumbled not bothering to lift his head.

"Who told you that?"

"Noah."

"No wonder." Leroy sighed. "That boy…"

"Don't let Noah words effect you Alex." Rachel said grinning. "Right dad?" she looked at her father to see him staring at her. She waited a moment for him to answer. "Dad?"

Hiram came out of his thoughts and forced a smile. "Of course Rachel."

"Are you feeling fine?" Rachel asked concerned frowning at her father.

"I'll still be number one in her heart even though she may start loving that other guy…right?" Hiram was once again brought out of his thoughts when Leroy elbowed him. "I'm fine. Why don't you and Leroy set the table, while I talk to Alex?"

"Okay." Rachel said still looking at her dad worried before Leroy ushered her outside the kitchen with him.

Alex lifted his head to look at his uncle curiously. "Are you sure you're fine?"

"I think I saw Rachel kissing that Sam boy last night in the backyard." Hiram blurted out. He knew he couldn't turn to Leroy because his husband would be jumping with joy. He wouldn't be concerned. Hiram couldn't put his finger as to why that Sam boy disturbed him greatly considering that his daughter had dated Noah, Jesse and then Finn. He already knew with Noah that it wouldn't last. He didn't really know that situation surrounding Jesse's break up with Rachel since his daughter didn't want to talk about it, but he never really thought anything of the boy, instead he thought they were better off as good friends than actually dating. Then Finn came into the picture. Hiram automatically knew that it wouldn't last and his daughter would end up with her heartbroken. There had been something about that Finn boy that made him seem too good for his daughter as if he were a higher class than her and Hiram dislike for the boy only increased. But last night when he saw his little star kissing that boy he was filled with dread and he didn't know why. Maybe it was the fact that seeing her with that boy made him feel like she was slipping away from him. His little star would leave him behind.

"You probably did." Alex nodded. "Sam did mention about wanting to give Rachel a rose, but I thought he was going to do it today." He said nonchalantly. Seeing Hiram's eyes widen Alec became worried. "Is something wrong?"

Hiram quickly shook his head. "It's nothing."

"Are you sure?"

"How many times must I repeat myself?" Hiram snapped before feeling guilty when Alex sat up in his chair as if to place more distance between them. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to snap at you. There's just a lot on my mind."

"Like losing Rachel?"

Hiram looked at Alex surprised. "Why would you say that?"

"Just a hunch." Alex got up from his seat.

"…"

"If it makes you feel better, my dad seemed to have a six sense like you. His bond with me was stronger than that of my mom, while mom's bond with my younger brother Ryan was stronger than that of my dad's." Alex chuckled. "Dad always knew when I was sick, going to screw up or something was about to happen to me."

Alex words sparked an interest in Hiram. "How so?"

"Well this one time I was about to cross the street cus that traffic signal was giving me the ok to walk. Just when I was about to cross my cell phone began to ring I answered just as a car sped past the red light. If I had decided to walk then the car would have rammed me over." Alex smiled fondly at the memory. "My dad was the one who called telling me not to move that he would come get me. He said he felt something was wrong and thought it wouldn't be safe for me to be on the streets."

"It could have been a coincidence."

"Thanks uncle Hiram for downplaying my relationship with dad."

"I didn't mean it like that." Hiram said quickly looking at him apologetic.

Alex chuckled. "I know, but I don't think it's a coincidence. I have come to believe that there are some things that can't be explained in this world, such as the bond between a child and parent. I think that these bonds can transcend blood itself. Maybe your bond with Rachel is like that you may not be related to her by blood, but that does nothing to affect your connection with her. She is your daughter."

"You may have a valid point." Hiram grinned. "I am kind of curious of what other things you are referring to that cannot be explained." He met Alex's gaze and was caught off guard by what he saw in them. A chill went down Hiram's spine he was no longer looking into his nephew's eyes filled with mirth and mischief, but that of another man who gained a level of wisdom from living a lifetime of pain, love and loss. Secrets lay buried beneath that gaze. "This is not my nephew." "Alex?" Hiram asked reaching out to his nephew. In a blink of an eye Alex's eyes filled with mirth and mischief. "It must have been my imagination." He placed a hand over Alex's forearm.

"Like ghosts that haunt people or places because they can't move to the afterlife." Alex said seriously before grinning.

"I guess…"

"I don't know about you uncle, but I am hungry. Let's go eat." Alex said breaking through the tension that had formed around them.

"Alright." Hiram smiled at him. "But before that I want you to know not to worry about Santana. The girl feels the same for you. You should ask her out."

"I know." Alex frowned. "I'm just waiting for the right time."

Hiram shook his head. "I'll let you in on a secret." He grinned. "There is never the right time because time moves on and waits for no one. Only you can make the right time."

"Are you saying that I should just go ahead and ask her and damn the consequences?"

"That's one way of looking at it."

"Alright then! I'll ask her out today."

"That's the spirit." Hiram ruffled Alex's hair affectionately.

Santana rang the doorbell and waited a moment before hearing rapid footsteps approaching the door a moment before it opened revealing a breathless Alex giving her a sheepish grin. "Hi."

"Hi." Santana couldn't stop the smile from forming on her lips. "I had a very interesting morning."

"So I've heard." Alex stepped aside to let her walk in before closing the door behind her.

Santana turned around to face him. "It was you, wasn't it?" she placed her hands on her hips.

"I don't know what you're talking about." Alex said trying not to fidget under her gaze.

"I have to say so far the heart on my lawn is the most romantic thing anyone has done for me." Santana sighed as she turned away from him. "And here I was going to award the person who did the heart for me with a kiss because I just might be falling head over heels in love with that person."

"So then you liked it? ...Wait a second…might be falling head over heels in love." Alex grabbed Santana's arm gently and turned her around to him. "I thought you were already in love with me?"

Santana tried hard not to laugh at the slight frown on his face as he looked at her insecure. How could someone like Alex with his confidence, personality and good looks ever be insecure? "So it was you!"

"Quit avoiding my question."

"Like you did with me?"

"That's completely different."

"No it's not."

"Yes it is both question are nowhere near each other in level." Before Santana could retort she was interrupted.

"Santana!"

Santana turned around to see Hiram walking toward them. "Hi Hiram." She greeted before being pulled into a hug by the older man.

"I'm glad to see you made it." Hiram smiled at her once he let go. "Leroy, Santana came!"

"Hi Santana!" Leroy yelled from the kitchen.

"Hi Leroy!" Santana yelled back grinning. "What are you up to?" she asked Hiram.

"Leroy wanted to bake cookies. Rachel was going to help, but he said no to her. Instead he roped me and Alex to help him."

"Would you like me to help?" Santana asked.

"No we can handle it. Why don't you go spend some time with Rachel? We'll call you down once we finish." Hiram ruffled her hair.

Santana chuckled as she pushed his hand away. "You're messing up my hair."

"Who you trying to impress?" Hiram winked at her.

"No one!" Santana blushed when she felt Alex gaze on her. "I'm going to Rachel." She turned around and looked at Alex. "Thank you." She whispered to him before quickly giving him a peck on the cheek and running through the living room to the stairs before either Hiram or Alex could comment.

Hiram looked at nephew amused when he saw the daze in look in his eyes as he stared at the stairs Santana ran up a few seconds ago a light flush coated his cheeks. "There goes your plan for asking her out."

It took a moment for it to all dawn on Alex the only reason he ran to the door was to ask her out, but when he saw her it slipped his mind. "…Dang."

"You still have time." Hiram patted Alex on the head before heading back to the kitchen.

Hiram kept feeling something big was going to happen. He didn't know if it was good or bad at the moment, so when the doorbell rang Hiram excused himself from the kitchen to go answer it. With every step he took toward the door the feeling became stronger. His hand clenched the doorknob as he opened the door. Who he saw standing there made his stomach drop. It was the same blonde haired boy he saw Rachel kissing the night before. It wasn't until his gaze met the boy's green eyes did a wave of certainty hit him. The feeling was similar to when he had held Rachel for the first time in his arms after she had been born. He knew without a doubt that this would be his baby girl and he would love her unconditionally. The certainty that had hit him those eighteen years ago when he had gained a daughter was the opposite of what he was feeling at the moment. Instead of feeling like he was going to gain something he felt like he was going to lose something important to him. "Rachel." His heart gave a painful thud. Hiram stood before the boy that he had no doubt in his mind was going to take Rachel from them and he wasn't ready for that just yet.

Just as Sam was about to speak to break the tension between them Hiram slammed the door closed. He walked away from the door quickly and entered the kitchen.

"Who was at the door?" Leroy asked as he placed the metal tray filled with cookie dough inside the oven.

"They knocked on the wrong door." Hiram said trying to keep a normal façade, but felt Alex gaze on him. He looked at his nephew to see amusement in his eyes a moment before he looked away and pulled out his cell phone. Hiram watched carefully as Alex's eyes widened a bit before texting something back and putting his cell phone away.

Alex met his uncle gaze and raised an eyebrow at him, while Hiram looked at him suspiciously. "I'll be right back." Alex left the kitchen.

Hiram almost jumped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. "Is everything ok?" Leroy asked concerned seeing the way his husband was acting nervously.

"Yeah it's nothing." Hiram said quickly as he gulped. If Leroy where to find out that he had slammed the door on Rachel's beau World War Leroy would begin and he would have no chance against his husband when Rachel and Alex would take Leroy's side.

"Hey uncles I want you to meet my friend." Alex said as he walked in the kitchen.

Hiram turned to face his nephew to see Sam entering the kitchen right behind him. He bit back a curse.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Sam Evans." Sam said smiling politely at them, but when his eyes met Hiram's semi glare his smile almost completely faltered.

"I invited him over because he said he wanted to speak to you both." Alex took a seat on the stool.

"Okay." Leroy smiled kindly at Sam. "You have our undivided attention."

"I know that you may not know me and that this is our first time meeting." Sam swallowed feeling his throat become dry. "But before I tell what I wanted to say I want to apologize for any offense I might have caused you." He said glancing at Hiram, but quickly looked away when he saw the man's full on glare.

"Offense?" Leroy asked confused. "You haven't offended us in any way." Leroy looked away from Sam who was looking at the counter trying not to fidget to see Alex glaring. He followed Alex's glare to Hiram and saw that he was glaring at Sam making the boy feel uncomfortable. Leroy was surprised to see the hint of pain in Hiram's eyes underneath the anger as he glared. "You must be the one who knocked on the wrong door."

Sam looked up at Leroy confused, but the man was staring at Hiram.

Hiram looked away from Sam to meet Leroy's gaze that promised this discussion was far from over. He gulped knowing that he was going to get an earful once they were alone.

"You have done nothing wrong Sam." Leroy said reassuring the younger boy. "Tell us what you wanted to say."

"I really like your daughter…no like might not be the correct word, but if I use the other word you might not believe me…" Sam rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

"In other words Sam smitten with Rachel." Alex said amused from his seat.

Leroy bit back a smile when he saw how flush Sam's face was getting.

"I want to make things right for Rachel." Sam met Leroy's gaze briefly before meeting Hiram's glare. This time he didn't look away as he spoke, "I want to ask for your permission to court your daughter."

The room went instantly quiet. The only noise heard was that of Alex choking on his orange juice. Hiram patted Alex's back in autopilot as he tried to wrap his mind around what Sam had said.

"Dude." Alex cleared his throat. "I didn't think this is what you had in mind when you said you wanted to talk to them."

"I know that this is sudden considering that this is my first time meeting the both of you in person." Sam said quickly ignoring the chuckling Alex. "I promise that I will treat her right and never hurt her intentionally."

"Why not promise that you would never hurt her point blank?" Hiram asked breaking out of his thoughts. He watched Sam carefully. The younger boy met his eyes once more. A chill went down Hiram's spine at what he saw. "His eyes…they look like Alex's did this morning." The wistfulness he saw in Sam's gaze had him frozen on the spot.

"I know that there will be times where she will get hurt even though I will try not to let it happen. Hasn't there been a moment when you do something to protect the one you love from harm, but in the end it's your actions that hurt them? Secrets kept protecting that one person from harm, but it's that very secret that harms them anyway. The time spent trying to keep it locked away only for it to blow up in your face." Sam clenched his fists. "All that time wasted and once you look back you wonder if it was truly to keep that special person safe or was it because you were too much of a coward to face the consequences."

"Sam." Alex said in a warning tone.

"I don't want that…" Sam continued ignoring Alex's warning. "I don't want to waste time regretting not doing things differently. I want this time to give her what she wants most. I want to do things right with her this time around."

"Sam." Alex said concerned seeing the way Sam's body recoiled.

"Of course." Hiram said surprising everyone in the room. He didn't know what possessed him to agree even though he knew by doing so he allowed the process of losing his daughter to begin. Maybe it was the pain in the boy's eyes when he talked about knowing that it was impossible to never hurt your significant other or the sincerity he saw them in when he claimed having deep feeling for his daughter and wanted to make things right by coming to them first and asking their permission. "You have my permission to court her." He looked over at Leroy. "Do you have any objections?"

Leroy met Sam's hopeful gave and smiled. "None at all. You have my permission too." When he saw the full blown smile on Sam's face as he turned and almost tackled Alex down in his excitement Leroy could understand why the boy was the reason behind Rachel's smiles, blushes, and the way her eyes lit when he was mentioned.

"Congrats man." Alex trapped Sam's head in a headlock and noogie him. "Welcome to the family."

"Hey." Sam protested trying to get out of Alex's hold.

"Sam would you like to stay for lunch?" Leroy asked.

Both teenage boys stopped messing around. Sam looked at Leroy. "I would love to, but I told my grandma that I would help move the furniture around for her."

"Oh." Leroy said slightly disappointed, but understood.

"Is it ok if I can come some other day?" Sam asked nervously.

"Of course!" Leroy clapped his hands together joyfully. "You're welcome here any time."

"Thank you." Sam smiled. "Hopefully my next visit will be a longer one."

"I hope so too." Leroy grinned.

"Would you like to see Rachel?" Hiram forced the question out.

Sam looked at him for a moment. An understanding came between them. Hiram for a moment thought that Sam knew what he was going through in some level as the boy shook his head. "It's ok I'll see her Monday. I don't want to take her time from you more than necessary."

"Take care Sam!" Leroy waved at the boy energetically as Alex dragged him away.

"You too Mr. Berries." Sam said just before he disappeared down the hall with Alex.

Hiram took a seat on the stool his mind running around in circles due to the current events. He still didn't know how to feel about what happened. Nothing was making any sense.

"Dad."

Rachel's voice brought him back to reality. Hiram looked up to see Rachel looking at him worried. "You will always be my baby girl." He blurted out. The statement came out more like a question.

"Of course dad." Rachel walked toward him and wrapped her arms around him in a hug. "What has brought this on?"

Hiram pulled her daughter closer to him not wanting to let go. "I'm going through my midlife crisis."

Rachel chuckled. "You're still young."

"I guess if you think forty five is young." Hiram mumbled.

"It is." Rachel ran her fingers through her dad's hair affectionately. They stood there hugging each other in the comfortable silence that settled between them. The doorbell rang breaking through their moment. "I'll get the door." Rachel smiled as she pulled away from him.

"I'll go with you." Hiram got up his seat and followed Rachel out the kitchen. They reached the front door to see Santana already had the door open with Alex next to her. A man dressed in a dark blue suit holding an orchid in a beautiful crystal vase stood in the porch. "Delivery for Rachel Berry." The man said.

"This is her." Rachel said coming to stand in front of him.

"Here you go." The man smiled politely at her as he handed her the vase.

"Oh." Rachel looked at the white orchid in surprise. She saw a card on its holder.

"Enjoy." The man lifted his cap at them before placing it back on and walking away.

"Who is it from?" Hiram asked curiously as Santana quickly texted a message to Kurt, Brittany and Mercedes telling them about the orchid.

Alex simply smiled when he saw the way Rachel's eyes lit up. "Look at the card." Alex grabbed the vase from her.

Rachel plucked out the card from its holder. What she read made her heart beat faster.

To the person who holds my heart,

This flower reminded me of you in more ways than one

with its beauty, gracefulness and complexity.

I want this flower to mark our new beginning.

-S.E.

"What does it say?" Santana asked curiously.

"Who is it from?" Leroy asked once he joined them.

Rachel looked up to see Hiram, Santana and Leroy looking at her curiously. "It's from Sam."

"It looks like Sammy is stepping up his game." Santana winked at Alex who chuckled.

"We barely gave him the ok." Hiram whispered.

"He sure doesn't waste any time." Leroy grinned at his husband.

Rachel took the vase from Alex as she handed the card to Santana to read. "I'll take this to my room."

"What does it say?" Hiram asked once Rachel was on the second floor.

"Read it!" Leroy said excited.

"I'm with them." Alex motioned to his uncles. "I'm curious now."

"Sorry gentlemen, but my loyalty is with Rachel. I'll read it to you once I get the okay from her." Santana placed the card inside her shirt before they could make a grab at it.

"That's mean."

"That's playing dirty."

"That's not going to stop me from reaching me in there."

Everyone looked at Alex.

"I can't believe you just said that."

"It's not even like that."

"You horndog!"

Santana tried to keep from laughing as Alex blushed. "I didn't mean it that way!"

"Sure you didn't."

"What other way would you mean it?"

"I...nevermind." Alex grunted. "I'm going to my room."

Santana watched her potential boyfriend threw her an apologetic look before sulkily walking past them and up the stairs.

"I'll go cheer him up." Santana said smiling.

"You go do that." Leroy winked at her.

"Try keeping it PG-13 if you can."

Santana knocked on Alex's door.

"Come in."

Santana opened the door to see Alex sitting on the edge of his bed as he flipped through channels on his TV with the remote. "How you holding up?"

"I'll live." Alex sighed. "…You know that I didn't mean for it to come out that way."

Santana chuckled as she took a seat next to him. "I know…do you still want to see what the card says?"

"Sure."

"Just reach into my shirt and take it out."

The remote slipped from Alex's hand and fell on the hardwood floor. He glanced at her to see a serious expression on her face. "…what?"

"You heard me." Santana leaned closer to him. She noticed the way his sapphire eyes darkened as he looked at her, fists clenched as his side, breathing coming in a slow and cautious pace as if he were trying to calm himself down. A part of her wanted him to touch her intimately again. When he began to lean in her eyes slowly close until their lips were just centimeters apart.

"You were always such a tease to me." His lips brushed against hers as he spoke.

Santana eyes snapped open when she felt Alex pull away. "Excuse me." He picked the remote off the floor and continued to flip through the channels as if nothing happened. "I'm a tease."

"That's what I said."

"You're tease too!"

"I beg to differ."

"You always beg to differ." Santana growled shoving him as she got up.

Alex grabbed her wrist before she could storm off. "Santana…"

"What?" She asked looking away from him. A part of her was still bothered by the stunt he pulled.

"Be mine again."

"What?" Santana looked at him surprised.

"I mean going out with me." Alex said quickly. "Be my girlfriend?"

Santana couldn't help, but think he looked adorable even when nervous. Her heart gave a painful thud when he wouldn't meet her gaze. "Is he still afraid that I might say no and leave him?"She wondered. Santana kneeled on the floor to be on his eye level. "I would love to be yours again." He met her gaze the look of surprise in his eyes rocked her to her core. "I want to be yours again." Instead of her being the one to initiate the kiss it was him. He captured her lips with his before deepening the kiss into a sensual dance between them awakening the feelings that have lay dormant within them for centuries.

"Santana!"

Santana pulled away from Alex panting when she heard Rachel calling for her. She pressed her forehead against his. "I have to go."

"I know." Alex said his breathing far more controlled than hers.

Santana got up on shaky legs and hoped that Alex didn't notice.

"Santana."

Santana had opened the door when he called to her. "Yeah?" she turned to him only to see him flipping through the channels on the TV again.

"This is far from over."

The moment he turned to look at her a shiver went down her spine. His sapphire eyes were a shade darker burning with desire making her toes curl as fire coursed through her veins making every cell in her body aware of him. The smirk on his lips was a dark and lascivious promise of what was to come. She felt her face become flush. "How can he make me feel like this with just one look?" she wondered as her heart pounded rapidly. Santana licked her dry lips feeling slightly self conscious when his eyes followed the movement. "We'll see." She said trying to keep her composure as she turned her back on him and walked out. Santana could have sworn she heard a growl as the door closed.

AN: I apologize for the grammatical errors. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'm trying to pick up the plot again, but it seems that I'm having some difficulty. I find it easier for me to write them when they are in school than outside it, which is kinda weird, but I don't know why. Maybe because all the characters are under one roof and it makes it easier for me to have them interact. I'm still trying to figure that out. Anyway next chapter they're going back to school where things will begin picking up again. Sorry for lagging it with this chapter, but I had some things to catch up with and then Glee S1 was on Netflix live stream and I had to watch it especially since I missed a couple of episodes. I don't know if it's just me, but I notice a huge gap between S1 and S2 concerning the characters personality. I enjoy that there's more Mike, Brittany and of course Sam (I truly missed him in S1) in S2. I have come to the conclusion that even though Finn may love Rachel he also loves Quinn. There's a vicious cycle surrounding Finn and Quinn, they could fall in love with other people, but they will always come back to each other even if they have feelings for others because they love each other in some level. Idk if that makes any sense, but that's just my POV. Either way I don't want Finn with Rachel at all anymore she's too good for him and I still can't feel that he loved her as much as she did him. I have my fingers crossed for some Evanberry or Puckelberry shoot I'll even be fine with St. Berry. Anyways enough with my rambling, I want to thank all of you who added this fic to favorite, alerts or reviewed this fic. I want to give a shout out to all those who reviewed this fic! Thank you so much I never imagined this fic to reach 100 reviews! This is the first time it has ever happened to me and you have no idea how much this means to me. If I could I would hug each and every one of you! I love hearing from you guys. Please don't forget to review telling me what you think.

AN 2: I have semi bad news I won't be able to update until this weekend because I have an exam and a quiz on Thursday along with a whole grip of hw due that same day. So please hang in there! The good news is that next week I have spring break, which most likely I will have free time to write more. Until the next update take care everyone! *hug* =)