Chapter 35

Adriana leaned her head on the passenger window as Holly drove them back to Lima. The seminar was more stressful that she thought; the questions people were asking her made her extremely uncomfortable and there was a religious group protesting outside when they got there. They told her that Reed was an abomination and spit at her as she walked toward the door.

Holly glanced over at the younger girl wearily. "Are you hungry?" She asked and Adriana shook her head. "What about Reed?" Adriana looked at her son who was quietly playing with his favorite car. He looked up and smiled at his mother and she couldn't help the soft smile that came across her face.

"Are you hungry Reed?"

"Eat!" He replied with a giggle. Holly pulled off the highway and into the same little diner they had breakfast in on their way to Columbus.

"You can sit anywhere you want." The same waitress said as she looked up. "Well, hello again." She added with a friendly smile. "Can I get you some coffee?" Adriana nodded with a smile as she placed Reed into a highchair. Holly ordered a coffee and sat down opposite the younger girl. She was disappointed when Adriana didn't order food for herself, but let it slide for the moment. Reed was clapping happily as Adriana fed him his lunch and set about pouring his drink into his sippy cup.

"Here you go little man." She said as she handed him his drink. Once they were finished eating Adriana paid and started cleaning Reed up. She fell asleep soon after they were back on the highway.

"Adriana! Wake up, it's just a dream!" Holly said as she shook Adriana's shoulders. The girl jerked awake and gasped for air. She looked around quickly and saw they were pulled over to the side of the road and looked back to see Reed sleeping peacefully in the backseat. She breathed a sigh of relief and rubbed her hands over her face. Holly pulled out her cell phone and dialed it quickly.

"Holly?" Santana asked quietly from the other end. "What's up?"

"Talk to Adriana." She said as she handed the phone to the younger girl. Adriana looked at it curiously and put the phone to her ear.

"Hello?" Adriana seemed to relax further at the sound of her wife's voice. "I'm alright; I just had another nightmare." Suddenly she was blushing and smirking. "Santana…" She warned with a slight chuckle. "I don't know how far away we are." She said as she turned to glance at Holly.

"About a half hour." Holly replied. Adriana smiled and went back to her conversation. Her breath hitched in her throat and she blushed slightly; casting a nervous glance toward Holly.

"San… Okay." She smirked and pulled her own phone out before hanging up Holly's and handing it to her. Her phone already was beeping from a text from Santana. Holly pulled back onto the highway and smiled at Adriana's flustered look.

By the time they pulled into the driveway of their house, Adriana was bouncing in her seat. Santana was sat on the front porch waiting and as soon as she saw the car she jumped up and ran toward it. Adriana flung herself out of the car and into her wife's arms. "Te he echado tanto bebe! No me dejes nunca por tanto tiempo una vez más!" Santana said before kissing her passionately.

"Yo también te extrañé, mi amor. Yo no tengo planes de salir de tu lado nunca más. Era una tortura." Adriana whispered back; leaning close to her wife's ear. They shared another kiss before they heard Reed's little voice still inside the car.

"Mami!" He yelled and clapped excitedly as Santana opened the door and pulled him out of his car seat.

"There's my little man." She said as she spun him around. He giggled happily and put his small hands on her face. Quinn came out of the house next and hugged Adriana.

"Hey." She said softly as she pulled away. "How was the seminar?" She noticed the hurt and pain flash in Adriana's eyes before it was quickly covered up.

"It was fine." Adriana lied. Quinn frowned slightly but let it go. She smiled as Santana came over with Reed to stand with them. Reed reached his little arms out for his godmother and she took him happily.

"Hey there Mr. Lopez." She said as she hugged him. "Did you miss me?"

"Kin!" He said cheerfully as he bounced in her arms. "Play!" She chuckled and looked at Adriana.

"I was thinking of bringing him to visit with Beth today… That way you can spend some time with your wife and all…" Quinn smirked at the pair.

"That sounds great Quinn." Adriana replied with a grin. "Are you okay going by yourself?"

"No… uh Rachel is going with me." Quinn blushed slightly and it was Santana's turn to smirk. "I was going to pick her up after I picked up Reed."

"That's great." Adriana smiled brightly. "Just be careful." Quinn nodded. "And tell Shelby, Beth and Rachel I said hi."

"Of course." After Santana and Adriana kissed Reed goodbye, and Adriana hugged Quinn once more she left to pick up Rachel.

"Well, I'm going to go too. I've got plans with someone." Holly said as she got back into her car and drove away.

"So…" Santana began. "Looks like we've got the house all to ourselves for a while…" She took her wife's hand and started leading her toward the front door. "I wonder what we can find to do to occupy our time?" Adriana smirked and followed Santana up the stairs to their bedroom. As soon as they made it inside Santana closed the door and locked herself in the bathroom. When she came back out Adriana was surprised at the new red, lacy lingerie she was wearing. Santana smirked and stalked toward the speechless dancer.

"I really, really missed you, mi amor."

"I missed you too mon ange." Adriana kissed her passionately and moved towards the bed.