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Chapter 53
Santana glances at Quinn as she drives them back to Rachel and Puck's in the man's car, noticing the sadness in the woman's hazel eyes, a huge difference from the smiling gleam they held in Breadstix.
"Are you okay?" she asks softly.
"Yeah" Quinn sighs, "It's just... Olivia is acting like she hates me and I feel awful for thinking, really awful, but it kinda sucks when she refuses to talk to me or listen to me"
"But then does it for me" Santana finishes for her.
"I don't begrudge you and Olivia's relationship, I love how close you guys are, it's beautiful to see. I just wish I could have the kind of relationship with her" Quinn states softly and Santana reaches across the centre console and takes the blonde's hand into hers. "It's awful, I know"
"It's not awful babe, it's understandable to be upset with how Olivia acts. I think we just need to sit down with her and remind her that you and I are a team and we won't accept her pitting one against the other" the Latina explains. "I'm sorry Quinn, I know it has to hurt, you gave up everything after your Mom and Dad died" she adds quietly.
"I didn't though. I pretty much raised her when my parents were still around and in the six weeks we were together before they died, you did more for her than they did. I don't feel like I've given anything up, If anything I've gained a hell of a lot. I have Olivia, Caleb and you" Quinn tells her, smiling softly. "Do you feel like you've given something up?"
"Nope. Not at all" Santana replies seriously. "I would never have asked you to marry me if I wasn't completely in love with you and our life" the latina adds with a smile. She swings the car into the driveway and turns around in her seat to look at her wife properly and studies the blonde's face. "I'm glad we got a chance to sort things out" Santana states tenderly, "It's a pity that it took yet another tantrum from our daughter to encourage it" she adds with a smirk, gaining the reaction she is looking for when Quinn laughs. "You ready to go talk to her?" she asks.
"Yeah, let's get it over with" Quinn replies and Santana leans over the centre console, pressing her lips gently against hers, the blonde smiling into the kiss. "I love you" she murmurs to the latina, Santana beaming at her as she pulls away.
"I love you more" she states softly, gazing back at Quinn for a moment before nodding her head in the direction of the house, her wife nodding and getting out of the car while the latina does the same. Santana waits as Quinn walks around to her and she holds her hand out for the blonde to take, smiling when the paler hand wraps around hers. "I know it's quick but do you maybe want to stay at my Mom and Dad's place..all of us? I mean..only if you want to, they have a huge tree that Caleb would love but only if you want to" Santana states nervously, suddenly wishing she didn't ask for fear of rejection.
"That sounds great" Quinn smiles, placing a quick kiss to the latina's full lips. Santana grins back at her as she leads them towards the house, not bothering to knock when they reach the door. They find Puck in the livingroom watching basketball on TV with Rachel walking back and forth behind him with a screaming Caleb in her arms, the toddler calming as soon as he spots his parents and holding his arms out to Santana.
"There's my handsome man" Santana coos as she lifts her son into her arms, kissing his forehead and holding him close.
"How was Olivia?" Quinn asks a frazzled looking Rachel.
"We haven't heard a peep from her room" the diva tells them, "Caleb has been crying since you left though" she adds.
"He's teething, I put a teething ring in the freezer earlier" the blonde responds, heading to the kitchen and Rachel turns to Santana expectantly.
"How did it go?" she asks.
"Really great. They're gonna come back to my parents house with me tonight, it's dumb but I think Olivia's reaction actually helped a little bit, made us both realise we were being stupid" Santana sighs. "Thanks for keeping an eye on her and Caleb" the latina adds.
"Not a problem" Puck tells her, his gaze still fixed on the tv screen. "As long as you two are working things out that's all that matters" he states.
"Noah, it'd be more sincere if you looked away from the television" Rachel scolds, Santana smirking at how easily her friend gives up and turns the tv off before turning to face them. She makes a whip cracking sound, almost bursting with pride when her son mimics her, distacted from his pain for a moment. He grins adorably at Puck when the man sticks his tongue out at him as Quinn walks back into the room with his teething ring, using his tiny fingers to grab it from his mom as soon as it's in range and starting to chew on it. Quinn places a kiss into his hair, her gaze meeting her wife's and they smile softly at each other, both of them glad to be back on good terms with each other.
"Mommy" Caleb states with a nod, as though telling his Mami who is standing behind him, just in case the latina doesn't know.
"That's right buddy but can you say Uncle Puck?" Noah asks hopefully, earning a blank stare from the toddler in response.
"You ready?" Quinn asks, Santana nodding and handing Caleb back to Rachel, the boy far too interested in his teething ring to care that he's no longer in his Mami's arms.
"No time like the present" the latina mutters as she follows her wife from the livingroom.
"They are going to be okay, aren't they?" Puck asks his girlfriend quietly, still worried that the two women he views as sisters might not completely be alright.
"Of course they are" Rachel responds firmly, "They're Quinn and Santana"
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