"Babe," Santana called out, placing her keys inside of the bowl on the desk by the door. She slipped her shoes off, and watched as Alanzo did the same. She tapped him on the head when he went to run off into the apartment to his toy chest. "Nene, sueter."
He nodded his head and walked back towards the door before pulling his sweater over his head and letting his shirt come off with it. He ran off before Santana could fix it. She sighed and shook her head as she watched the three year old run over to the corner of the room and begin playing.
"Brittany!" Santana called out, "Babe."
"I'm in the closet San!" Brittany responded from the bedroom.
Santana began walking towards the bedroom and smiled as she listened to her son play with the toys.
"Take that iron man!" He yelled while making his batman figure hit the other toy. "I'm the bat!"
Brittany came walking out of the closet as Santana walked into the room. She smiled and walked over to give her a hug and a quick kiss.
"Hi." Brittany smiled while squeezing the latina's arms. "I didn't think that you were gonna be over here for at least another hour or two. What's up?"
Santana sat on the bed and shrugged her shoulders. "I missed you."
"I missed you too." Brittany responded quietly, taking hold of one of Santana's hands and rubbing her thumb across the back of her hand.
Santana smiled at the response and glanced at the clock.
"Do you remember Helena?" Santana questioned.
Brittany nodded her head. "Of course I do. She was like your favorite person when I wasn't around."
Santana chuckled softly.
"Well, she's coming up to New York tomorrow to look at an apartment to move up here." Santana said with a bright smile and her eyes lighting up. "She's coming to stay with me and Q for the night or two that she's going to be here so I wanted to know if you wanted to sleep over at my place tonight instead?"
Brittany smiled at seeing how excited Santana was to see her cousin. "Yeah, of course I'll stay over tonight. Didn't you say that she has a kid now?"
"Yeah." Santana nodded while grinning. "She's the same age as Alanzo, her name is Kiera and yes, she is coming as well. My tia said that they get along great together so I'm excited to see it for myself. I was thinking that maybe me and you can bring them to see Rocco? I haven't been there in a while and I know that Alanzo misses him."
"Yeah. That sounds great San." Brittany smiled. "Let me just get a bag ready so I have clothes for the next few days."
Santana watched as Brittany grabbed a small backpack and walked to her dresser.
"Um, Brit, I was thinking…" Santana trailed off.
Brittany raised an eyebrow at the latina and stilled her movements, waiting for her to continue. She watched as Santana picked up the black duffle bag from Brittany's closet floor and walked over to her.
"I was thinking that maybe you should just bring a lot of stuff. You can have a drawer in my room with your things."
Brittany smiled genuinely at the thought. "Like the song."
Santana nodded her head quickly before smiling and beginning to sing softly, "Flash forward and we're taking on the world together, and there's a drawer of my things at your place."
The soft patter of little feet were heard and an out of breath Alanzo popped in the doorway.
"Keep singing mommy." He huffed with a smile.
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"Q, just remember to be nice." Santana responded while setting up the guest room for her cousin. "I don't want you guys fighting."
"Yeah yeah." Quinn waved her hand in the air, obviously ignoring what Santana was saying.
"I'm serious." Santana said quickly while turning around to make eye contact with the blonde. "I don't want to hear you guys arguing."
Quinn crossed her arms and stared at Santana. "You would have thought that she would have at least had the common decency to give at least like a weeks notice and not barely 24 hours."
"Q." Santana stated in a stern tone.
"Fine, fine." Quinn responded leaning her head to the side. "What was it that you said in high school? I'll be so nice that cotton candy will melt in my mouth?"
Santana's mouth dropped and she glanced at the blonde.
"It was won't and how did you know about that? You weren't there."
Quinn shrugged her shoulders before responding. "'Cedes told me." She then proceeded to make whipping noises at Santana causing the latina to roll her eyes.
"Whatever." She mumbled, leading the way out of the room and into the living room where she had a clear view of Puck in the kitchen cooking and a small headful of curls following him around and the animated sound of her three year olds voice.
"And then I jumped to the couch and mommy's foot touched the floor because B tripped her and mommy lost her foot to the lava!" He yelled excitedly. "It 'sploded! I survi'd."
Santana smiled at the interaction and at Puck responding with if not the same amount of excitement as Alanzo, then more. She was glad that he was the male figure that her son had to look up to, she was glad that they both were able to rely on the same man if they ever needed one.
"Noah, be nice to my cousin when she gets here!" Santana called out while walking over and sitting down next to Brittany who was holding now three month old Eva, not wanting to completely interrupt the conversation that he was having. "She'll be here tomorrow morning."
"Yepp!" He responded quickly. "Well, get in here so that we can all eat and everything. I cooked!"
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Bzzzrrr Bzzzrrrr
It was now ten AM and Santana's phone began to ring nonstop. It wasn't until the phone fell off of the dresser with a handful of other things that the latina woke up. She quickly jolted up, not knowing what the noise was from, but grabbed her phone as soon as she noticed it.
"Hello?" She rasped into the phone.
"Aun'Tana we here." A small voice yelled.
"What?" Santana responded while sitting up and rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
"We here." The voice responded again. "The man said you need to get us."
"Fuck." Santana mumbled softly. "Okay honey. Just tell him I said to send you up. Okay."
"Send us upp!" The little voice yelled before hanging up the phone on Santana.
Santana glanced behind her and saw Alanzo still sleeping peacefully and smiled softly. She retied her hair into a better ponytail before leaning behind her and scooping the three year old into her arms and walking out of the room.
"Brit, Q, Puck?" Santana called out while walking down the hallway and not hearing anything.
"In here." Puck called out, sounding from the living room.
Santana dragged her slippered feet towards the voice and smiled at seeing Brittany, Quinn and Puck all hanging out together, it reminded her of high school. And with her cousin coming, it was going to be just like senior year.
"Geeze, when did everybody turn into early risers?" Santana questioned with a small smile.
They all rose an eyebrow at the brunette.
"We've all always gotten up this early." Quinn laughed. "Except for Puck."
"Yeah, I'd have slept in like you if I could." Puck shrugged his shoulders before looking over at the baby lying on the floor.
"Psh, I wish I could have slept in longer." Santana said through a yawn. "Helena is on her way up with her daughter. She just called, that's why I'm up."
"She's here already?" Quinn asked with wide eyes. "She wasn't supposed to be here until way later."
Santana yawned again before sitting on the couch and cradling her son in her arms. "I know."
Before anybody was able to say anything else, there was a knock on the door signifying that Helena was finally here.
Santana handed Alanzo over to Puck who was sitting on the couch and she gave Quinn the death stare before speaking through her teeth, "You better be fucking nice." and going over to open the door.
When she opened the door, she was met with her cousin who has long blonde curly hair, full lips. She was beautiful. She was a little taller than Santana, but they still managed to resemble each other. It was obvious that they were related. Alongside Helena was her three year old daughter Kiera.
Kiera was of a tanned complexion with dark curly hair. She had brown eyes and a cute little Lopez smirk. She was beautiful, and she resembled Alanzo a lot.
"Hey Santana!" Helena said excitedly before engulfing her cousin in a hug. "I've missed you!"
"I missed you too." Santana said with a smile while hugging her cousin and bending down to say hello to her cousin's daughter. "Everybody is in the living room, just follow me."
The two Lopez relatives followed Santana into the living room where everybody else was.
"Helena, I know that you remember Quinn, Puck and Brittany." Santana said gesturing to the three adults who waved at the blonde. "Sleeping in Noah's lap is my son, Alanzo. And laying on the floor for some tummy time is Quinn and Noah's daughter Eva."
Helena walked over to Alanzo and looked at him with a small smile on her face. "He is adorable Santana." She continued to stare at the little boy before looking back at Santana. "He looks just like you. And not only that, but he looks like a boy version of Kiera. That's crazy."
She shook her head with a smile before looking over towards the baby girl lying on the floor. She smiled at the baby before looking up at Quinn, "She's beautiful. She looks just like you."
Quinn smiled softly at the compliment before saying a small "thank you" before redirecting her attention back to the conversation she was having with Brittany.
Helena got Kiera comfortable with the three in the living room before quickly pulling Santana aside into another room asking her if they could talk. Santana obliged and took Helena to her bedroom to see what was up. They sat down on Santana's bed and she looked to her cousin to know what the issue was.
"So." Helena said in an awkward pause.
Santana stared at her and raised an eyebrow.
"Did my mom tell you that I have you appointed to be Kiera's guardian if something was to happen to me?" Helena questioned. "I want you to be her God mother."
Santana was stunned and sat with her mouth open for a few moments before processing what she was just told.
"Are you serious?" She questioned softly.
"Yeah." Helena nodded with a smile, that for some reason seemed to bright. "When I look at her, I see you. And I mean, it makes sense with how much she and Alanzo resemble each other. I just know that, if something ever happened to me, I want her to be with you because I know that you'd take care of her."
"Helena, I'm honored. I am, but are you sure?" Santana asked. "I mean, we haven't seen or talked to each other in I don't know how long."
"Yeah. I'm sure. I know that it would be what is best for her." Helena nodded again. "And she acts just like you."
"Alright." Santana smiled softly. "I really appreciate it."
"No problem." Helena smiled.
Santana got up to go back to the living room with everybody else when Helena stopped her before she left the room.
"What's up?" Santana questioned, confused.
"I was wondering if you'd be able to watch Kiera tonight." Helena proposed. "Part of the reasoning for me potentially moving up here was to be closer to Kiera's father for her sake. But I want to check him out before I allow him to see her. I was wondering if you'd watch her so that I can see him?"
Santana nodded her head, a little caught off guard.
"Uh, yeah. I'll watch her. It's not a problem Helena."
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