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~~~ Making A Choice ~~~

For a long pause Becky just stood there watching her son innocently play with her sister, Max's Aunt. It was very surreal moment. It had been a while since Becky had seen Vanessa in fact she hadn't seen her since she went to visit her parents a few months ago. There had been many times where Becky wanted to go back there to see her little sister but she didn't dare go back in fear of what her parents would do. Her parents were never physically abusive but they were cruel. Becky had just hoped that her parents had changed at least a little and didn't treat Vanessa the way they treated her.

"Bec, do you want me to go get him?" Hannah hesitantly asked

"I...I don't know what to do." Becky admitted

"She looks a lot like you" Hannah quietly spoke as the two watched on.

Before they could even really form a plan Max and Vanessa were heading their way and before she knew it her little sister was standing right there in front of her.

"Mom, Ma this is Vanessa she's my friend and guess what we have the same last name! How weird is that?" Max told them excitedly

"Imagine that...hi Vanessa I'm Hannah" Hannah laughed nervously

"It's nice to meet you ma'am. I remember you" Vanessa smiled as she looked towards Becky.

Becky just nodded and gave her a small smile.

"So Vanessa are you here on your own?" Hannah asked to break the weird tension.

"No ma'am my baby sitter is over there." Vanessa replied politely as she pointed towards an older woman sitting by the trees

"Jackie?" Becky muttered in surprise

Back when Becky was a little girl her parents were far too busy to watch over her so they had their next door neighbour Jackie look after her sometimes. She wasn't what you would call an ideal babysitter. Her husband died in a car accident a few months before she started looking after Becky which turned her into a bitter woman hating the world for taking her man away. Even though she was no ball of sunshine she wasn't a complete tyrant. Sometimes she would give Becky sweets and let her watch cartoons and she would always let her go off to the park when she wanted to but mostly Jackie just ignored her like her parents did. Becky had always wondered what happened to her or if she knew why Becky had suddenly gone. When Becky turned 10 Jackie had stopped looking after her because her parents figured she was old enough to look after herself now. That was the last she ever really saw of Jackie.

"You know her name?" Vanessa asked in surprise.

"Oh...um, yeah I...I know her from somewhere." Becky quickly replied

"Would you like me to bring her over so you can say hello?" Vanessa asked

"No, no that's...that's fine." Becky laughed nervously.

"Ok...well I better go my parents don't like it when I'm late." Vanessa informed them with a hint of sadness. She really didn't want to go home just yet, she wanted to stay and play.

Becky really didn't want her to go she wanted her to stay but there was really nothing she could do or say without confusing the poor girl and causing trouble for her. That was the last thing she wanted to do. Becky knew all too well how her parents would react if they knew she was in contact with Vanessa.

"I had fun playing with you Max, hopefully we'll get to see each other again." Vanessa quietly told the blonde haired boy.

"Me too! And I could show you my horror comics I was telling you about." Max smiled brightly

"Goodbye Mrs. And Mrs. Marshall." Vanessa gave them a small wave.

"Bye Vanessa, it was nice meeting you." Hannah smiled back

Becky just gave her sister a small smile and wave. Her heart sank as she watched her little sister run off to where Jackie was waiting for her.

"You ok?" Hannah quietly asked placing a comforting hand on her wife's back.

"Fine" Becky mumbled though it was obvious she was lying.

~~~ Let's Talk About Sex ~~~

Sofia sat on the couch in her living room with her two gorgeous babies as she quietly read to them. She had just gotten home from the hospital after a very long shift and was glad to finally be at home with her family. Grace was currently knocked out fast asleep on the other couch snoring softly with a little drool. It just made Sofia chuckle and then she took a photo of her sleeping wife with her phone. After finishing the book Sofia decided to put her girls to bed for a nap because they were pretty much on their way to dreamland themselves.

After putting the twins in their crib and giving them their favourite toy Micky for NeeNee and Donald for Bella, Sofia headed back to the living room and sighed contently as she sat down next to her wife. She sometimes still couldn't believe this was her life. She had never been this happy before it was pretty surreal.

Grace began to move in her sleep and snuggled up to her wife making the brunette smile. Sofia began to softly run her fingers through Grace's long brown hair and placed several kisses to her head. She had planned to talk to Grace about their intimacy issues when she got home that day but she got distracted by her daughters and then Grace was asleep and she was reading to Bella and Nina. It wasn't a conversation she was really looking forward to but she knew they needed to have it otherwise things could get ugly. They had done this many times before, they would keep their issues to themselves and didn't communicate and then things blew up. Sofia didn't want to keep falling into that pattern. So with a heavy sigh Sofia gently shook Grace to get her to wake up. She felt a little guilty for disturbing her sleep but this was important.

"Gracie wake up" Sofia softly called out

"I don't wanna" Grace mumbled snuggling in closer to her wife's side.

"I need to talk to you" Sofia insisted

Grace just let out a small groan that kinda sounded like a growl it was super adorable and made Sofia laugh.

"Come on up we get." Sofia nudged her a little

"Fine" Grace huffed as she sat up right and rubbed at her eyes and let out a massive yawn that ended with a small squeak that always reminded Sofia of the sound of what a baby dinosaur would have made.

"Where are the girls?" Grace then asked

"Taking a nap"

"No fair." Grace grumbled

"Sorry babe but this is kind of important" Sofia apologized

"Ok, what do you want to talk about?" Grace replied with a hint of concern

"Sex" Sofia bluntly replied

Grace paused for a moment not liking where this conversation was going. She knew it was bound to happen, it had been so long since they had been intimate and it was getting harder and harder not to notice the sounds coming from the bathroom every time Sofia had a shower after getting turned down by her wife. Grace really did feel bad for it but it wasn't something she wanted to talk about.

"Sofia can we do this another time?" Grace lamely attempted to get out of it

"No. Grace we are talking about this now." Sofia sternly told her.

"Alright fine...talk." Grace huffed

"Why won't you have sex with me?" Sofia asked sounding a little sad.

Grace let out a long sigh but didn't reply straight away.

"Have I done something? Is it me?" Sofia hesitantly asked when Grace didn't say anything.

"No" Grace quietly answered looking down into her lap

"Well then...why" Sofia asked with the tiniest hint of desperation

"I'm afraid" Grace muttered not looking up at her wife

"Of what? Of getting hurt? Grace, honey Gloria told you everything was fine now. The tearing has healed and everything's good to go." Sofia gently spoke taking her wife's hand into her own.

"It's not that." Grace mumbled

"Well then...what are you afraid of?" Sofia asked in confusion.

"You" Grace whispered

Sofia's face fell as did her heart. She wasn't expecting that. It was like a kick in the gut or someone stabbing her in the heart. She never wanted her own wife to be scared of her.

"Grace I'd never hurt you" Sofia replied with tears in her eyes.

"I know...I don't...I don't mean it in that way. Sofia I'm not...I'm not explaining this very well." Grace muttered

"What are you trying to say?"

"I had twins Sofia. My body's been through a lot and I...I'm afraid that...that you won't want me anymore because I don't look the way I used to." Grace replied sadly quickly wiping away a stray tear.

"Grace...I'm sorry but that is the most stupidest thing that has ever come outta that pretty mouth of yours." Sofia replied instantly

"No it's not, you haven't seen my body Sofia its gross" Grace replied with anger

"Grace if you think I'm only with you because of your abs then I really question what it is you really think of me. I love you for you, for who you are. It is that person that I am attracted too. It's that person who I want to make love to every night for the rest of our lives. You are beautiful inside and out." Sofia told her

"Well I don't feel it. I just feel like a fat cow or something! How could you want to have sex with someone who looks like me? The stretch marks alone would turn anybody off." Grace yelled getting upset and frustrated.

"Grace-"

"And when you do see how hideous I am then you'll get so grossed out you'll go out find someone who is better and hotter-"

"Grace stop! That is not going to happen!" Sofia yelled over the top of her wife.

"I don't want you to see me like this" Grace added

"Well too fucking bad. You're my wife, and as my wife that means you have to attend to my needs. And I need sex!" Sofia yelled

"What is this 1950? You don't own me Sofia. If I don't want to have sex with you then I'm not going to you can't force me!" Grace yelled back

"Ugh Grace! When will you get it that I love you? I am completely and forever will be madly in love with you. You could be missing an arm, half your face or even lose a leg and I would still love you. Having sex with you isn't just about the physical even though I will admit it is a big part of it don't get me wrong but it's more than just getting off. It's about that connection we have when we're together. It's something we will never have with anybody else...it's ours and I miss that." Sofia yelled in frustration though her voice got softer the more she went on.

There was a palpable silence between the two that went on for an uncomfortable amount of time before either one made an attempt to talk again. It was Grace who broke the silence.

"I miss it too"

"I get that your uncomfortable about it because of your body which by the way I completely adore...I don't want to force you, I would never do that. I just...can we at least try? We can go as slow as you want." Sofia replied softly.

"Can't we just wait until my stomach is flat again?" Grace asked

"Grace." Sofia sighed

"Can we do it with no lights on? With blindfolds?" Grace then asked

"Babe...your gorgeous stop worrying about it." Sofia replied moving closer to her wife and placing her hand on her thigh.

"How about I just go down on you or something and leave it at that?" Grace suggested

"No...I wanna make love to my wife, I have never been a pillow queen and I'm not starting now. I want to be with you, completely." Sofia replied as she gently kissed her way up her wife's neck.

"But..."

"Shhh" Sofia cut her off by kissing her deepening the kiss as soon as she could.

Grace was a little hesitant at first but even she couldn't resist her wife's sweet lady kisses and melted into her embrace. Sofia saw this as a good sign and decided to see how far she could go. She slowly began to inch her hand that rest on Grace's thigh higher and higher. She wouldn't press her luck too quickly though so she regretfully bypassed Grace's lady parts and headed north.

Moving at a slow pace to make sure her wife was comfortable Sofia gently rubbed small circles on Grace's hip just under her top. Not getting any resistance Sofia thought she had this in the bag and moved higher only to have Grace push her hand back down and out from her top. Not letting this deter her Sofia continued to kiss her wife and rest her hand on her hip. After a moment she tried again but once more Grace pulled her hand out from under her top. Sofia sighed in frustration and pulled back a little looking into her wife's eyes.

"Sorry" Grace mumbled

"No...it's ok. Let's keep going though alright?" Sofia asked hopefully

Grace nodded and pulled her back in capturing her lips with her own. This time Sofia went with a different tactic. Instead of going under the top she just went with a little over the top groping but had to pull away when Grace hissed in pain.

"What'd I do?" Sofia asked with worry

"Nothing...they're just a little tender." Grace replied

"Oh...sorry" Sofia apologized

"Its ok...see Sofia this is just not working." Grace sighed

"No...I'll...I'll just avoid the boobs for a while." Sofia insisted

Grace was about to agree when they were interrupted by the shrill sounds of their two little angels crying their eyes out.

"Noooo" Sofia whimpered

"Sorry...it's their feeding time." Grace replied sympathetically

Sofia grumbled and moved so Grace could get up off the couch and feed their devil spawns.

"The universe hates me I'm sure" Sofia muttered to herself.

~~~ Forgiveness And Regret ~~~

Becky leaned up against her car as she waited for her wife and sons to come back. She didn't get why they couldn't wait to use the bathroom until they got to the pound she's sure there would be toilets there. Becky just really wanted to leave after seeing her sister and speaking to her and watching her play with her son it had been a little emotionally draining and she just wanted to get her puppy and go home and not think about anything. Becky looked down at her watch and let out a tired sigh but was startled when she heard someone call out her name.

"Rebecca?" A curious voice called out from behind the blonde

Becky slowly turned around, not many people called her that and she swore she knew that voice from somewhere. Her eyes widened when she saw Jackie standing right there in front of her. She tried not to look too shocked and overwhelmed at the sight of her former baby sitter.

"I knew it was you" Jackie spoke in disbelief and Becky swore she could see a hint of a smile

"You could give an old woman a heart attack you know, at first I thought I was seeing a ghost and that I'd finally lost my mind but here you are." Jackie continued still not really believing this was happening.

"H-How did you know it was me?" Becky finally spoke

"Are you kidding me? I'd recognize that blonde hair anywhere. You know I was so jealous of how gorgeous your hair was...still is." Jackie chuckled

Becky was confused, this woman in front of her was nothing like the woman she remembered. She almost looked happy or at least she didn't look like she hated everyone and everything like she did when Becky was young.

"I'm really glad I saw you today, I often think about you...where you went, why you just left...you were such a good girl." Jackie sighed sadly

"What did my parents tell you?" Becky asked

It was something she had been thinking a lot about lately, what story her parents concocted to tell everyone about why Becky was no longer in the picture anymore.

"That you ran away." Jackie simply stated

Becky just scoffed and shook her head, well at least they didn't tell everyone she was dead.

"They said you left a note saying that you were running off to LA. They told me it was because of a boy. That they had lost you to the sin of temptation or something. They tried looking for you but they never found you. It broke their hearts." Jackie added

"And you believed them?" Becky asked

"Why wouldn't I? Though I will admit I did find it really out of character for you to just up and leave and disobey your parents like that. Becky I know back then I wasn't the best of people...I was struggling with my husband's death and pretty much living out of a wine bottle but I did care about you." Jackie sighed her voice full of regret

"I didn't run away Jackie...I did something really stupid and got pregnant at 16 and my parents kicked me out. They completely abandoned me. For about a month or so I was living out of my car and sleeping in the locker room at school until I met this amazing girl who became one of my best friends. She and her family took me in and they became my new family." Becky told her.

Jackie was taken aback by that. She was not expecting that at all and it was evident on her face.

"That boy Vanessa was playing with..."

"He's my son...Vanessa's nephew." Becky replied

"You know about Vanessa?" Jackie asked now feeling kinda sick after hearing what Becky was telling her

"I do...I went to visit my parents for the first time a few months ago to get some closure...she answered the door, it wasn't hard to figure out." Becky answered

"Wow...I...this just seems like something out of one of my soap operas. I can't believe they have done this to you. I mean I always knew they were strict and very religious but still...to throw you out...Becky I am so sorry." Jackie replied with watery eyes.

"It's probably for the best" Becky shrugged

Jackie looked at the blonde in confusion

"If none of this happened I wouldn't have the life that I do now. I wouldn't have Max or my youngest son Cooper...and I wouldn't have Hannah." Becky explained

"Who is Hannah? Is she the girl who took you in?" Jackie asked

"No that was Grace...Hannah...Hannah is the love of my life." Becky replied and couldn't hide the smile that appeared when she spoke about her wife.

"A pregnant lesbian teen huh? I bet your mother and father would explode if they knew" Jackie joked.

Becky just chuckled, she would have loved to have seen her father's face when her mother told her of her little visit. She was also kinda thankful that Jackie didn't freak out over her sexuality.

"You know...it was always one of my biggest regrets. The way I treated you." Jackie confessed.

"You weren't that bad Jackie" Becky gave her a small smile.

"Yes I was, I was a mess but that was no excuse for the way I basically neglected you. You were only a child for crying out loud."

"It's ok...It wasn't your responsibility to raise me and...I've been working on...letting go of the past." Becky replied

Jackie was a little amazed at how well Becky had grown up to be. From what she remembered of that time that she used to watch her which wasn't much due to being drunk half the time Becky had always seemed to be a timid young girl, she didn't say much and she did as she was told almost like military obedience. She could only gather that she was a lonely girl because she never seemed to talk about any friends or school. Even through her drunken haze Jackie could see her growing up to be a very angry and bitter person. Though she never verbalized it you could see the resentment in Becky's eyes even at such a young age. But seeing her now, seeing the woman she had become Jackie could only thank god that she was able to find some happiness.

"I'm proud of you Becky" Jackie smiled sweetly at the blonde.

Becky didn't exactly realize how much hearing that would mean to her until it actually happened. She had heard it many times before from Grace, from Hannah, Quinn, Rachel and even Sofia but hearing it from someone who knew her before the pregnancy before her whole life turned upside down, from someone who had only known her as a child...it meant the world to Becky.

She couldn't really contain the overwhelming rush of emotions at hearing those few words and she couldn't hold back the small sob that escaped her. Jackie felt nothing but guilt, she couldn't help it. After losing her husband she had turned to alcohol to ease her pain and in doing so she had been horrible to Becky in her eyes she was just as bad as the girl's parents. It's why she had agreed to watch over Vanessa, she figured she could at least try and make her amends by being there for Vanessa the way she should have been there for Becky.

"If there is anything I can do to make things up to you just say the word." Jackie insisted

"Just make sure they don't destroy my sister." Becky replied with determination.

"I promise to do my best. I swear on my husband's grave I will do everything I can." Jackie replied

"Thank you." Becky gave her a small smile.

"Are you going to tell her who you are?" Jackie hesitantly asked

"No...not yet anyway, it'll just be too confusing and she's so young I don't want our parents to punish her like we know they will if they find out." Becky replied.

Jackie nodded in understanding.

"Can I have your number? We can keep in contact...I can keep you informed about her life. You may not be able to be there physically while she grows up but at least you'll be able to see her grow up." Jackie suggested

"You would do that for me?" Becky asked a little shocked

"It's the least I could do. I won't breathe a word of this to your parents. But to play it safe I don't think you should bring your family here. Vanessa is a bright girl, she'll get suspicious. She was actually going to try and figure out who sent her a mystery birthday card, she was so adorable trying to be a detective and get finger prints off of the envelope." Jackie chuckled

Becky couldn't help but smile at the knowledge that her sister had gotten the card she had sent her. Becky grabbed her purse out of her handbag and pulled out a business card and then handed it over to Jackie.

"It has my email address on there too." Becky told her.

"I'll send you some photos if you'd like." Jackie replied

"Thank you so much for doing this. You have no idea how much this means to me." Becky whispered.

~~~ It Doesn't Look Any Bigger Than The Mauritania ~~~

Quinn had it all planned out, this night was going to go down in history of the most romantic night ever. Her wife wasn't going to know what hit her. Quinn had made sure Charlie was going to be out that night when Quinn had told her daughter why she needed to be MIA she all but squealed at how romantic it all was and if Charlie approved then she just knew Rachel would too. Charlie even helped her mother set it all up. Quinn was going to prepare a candle lit dinner with Champaign and chocolate covered strawberries. Then she would put on some slow music and they could dance together they'd go up to their room and make sweet lady love and then while in their postcoital bliss Quinn would present the two tickets for their cruise. She had this in the bag.

Rachel came home after a long day at work, all she wanted was a nice hot cup of tea and to just flop into bed and sleep for a hundred years. What she did not expect to find when she arrived at home was a fire engine sitting outside her house and smoke coming out of what looked like the kitchen window. The brunette quickly jumped out of her car and ran up to Brittany and Santana who were standing close by watching all the commotion.

"What happened?" Rachel asked

"Quinnie set the house on fire." Santana replied

"Is she alright? Where is she?" Rachel asked in a panic.

"She's fine; she's over there talking to the really hot fire-fighter lady." Brittany replied

The three of them turned to look over at where Quinn was standing by the big red fire truck talking to the fire-fighter lady, Rachel wasn't sure if it was from the heat or the fuss of it all but she could swear she saw her wife blushing.

"I don't even know how it happened" Quinn insisted

"The boys found something in the oven that probably caused it. It happens we get distracted and forget it's in there, trust me it's very common." The fire-fighter replied with a sympathetic smile

"Oh" Quinn replied as her cheeks began to burn a little

"Usually it's when we're in a rush doing lots of things at once we just forget." She added

"Yeah sure...I was um...cleaning" Quinn muttered looking away

Quinn wasn't cleaning...let's just say she started the evening a little early and she was otherwise...occupied.

"Is she flirting with the fire-fighter?" Rachel asked with a hint of anger

"Well you know Q loves her uniforms." Santana replied

"I don't believe this! First she burns our house down and now she's flirting with hot fire-fighter women." Rachel huffed

"I don't know Rach, she kinda looks more embarrassed then flirty. When she usually flirts she does that small giggle and touches you a lot." Brittany scrunched up her nose a little as she tilted her head and watched her friend.

"And you know this how?" Santana asked

"Quinn always flirts with me, I flirt with her...it's our thing" Brittany shrugged

"What do you mean 'your thing'. Since when do you two have a thing?" Santana asked getting irritated

"Yes Brittany please do tell us about you and my wife's thing!" Rachel added her own irritation flaring up.

"Guys what's with the jelly belly? It's all innocent." Brittany replied with confusion.

"No one flirts with my wife" Santana simply stated wrapping a possessive arm around her wife's shoulder.

"Or mine" Rachel added

Brittany just rolled her eyes at the two brunettes.

Several minutes later Quinn walked over towards her wife and her two friends looking rather sheepish.

"Hey guys" Quinn hesitantly spoke avoiding all eye contact with her wife.

"Hey so couldn't help but notice a little smoke there Quinnie." Santana smirked

"What happened?" Brittany asked.

"I may or may not have possibly set the kitchen on fire but it wasn't my fault!" Quinn quickly replied

"How much damage?" Rachel wasn't looking forward to the answer

"Well...you know how we were talking about getting a new stove and fridge...well good news now we can!" Quinn replied biting her bottom lip nervously.

"Oh my god...Quinn!" Rachel yelled in frustration

"I'm sorry! It was an accident. At least no one was hurt and it was put out quickly." Quinn replied sadly.

"You're right...I'm sorry...I'm glad you are alright and...that at least the whole house didn't burn down." Rachel sighed

"The fire lady said it should be safe to go back in there now. Though we should open a few windows to get rid of the smell." Quinn told them

With a heavy sigh Rachel followed her wife into their house with Brittany and Santana close behind, the place stank. When they entered the kitchen/dining area Rachel paused and took a look around the place. While Brittany and Santana were looking at the damage of the fire Rachel was looking at everything else. The table had been set up with their good china, there were two champagne glasses out, the candle arbour was sitting in the middle the candle themselves were completely melted away. There was even a small vase with chargrilled flowers sitting on the table. Despite herself Rachel couldn't help but smile.

"Quinn" Rachel sighed happily

"I'm sorry...I tried to make tonight seem special and romantic. But it just blew up in my face." Quinn muttered sadly

"Aww, you are so adorable." Rachel chuckled as she pulled her wife in for a big hug

"Ugh their getting all sentimental and emotional." Santana groaned

"Shhh it's cute" Brittany smiled

"Your cute" Santana smirked

"You're the cutest" Brittany giggled and bumped her wife's shoulder with her own.

"Come on let's go home and leave these lovebirds alone in their chargrilled house." Santana stated taking her wife's hand into her own

Brittany just nodded and let Santana lead her out of the house not before saying a quick goodbye to Quinn and Rachel.

"So what made you decide to be all romantic?" Rachel asked as she pulled out of the hug and walked them out of the kitchen because the smell was pretty bad.

"You're awesome and I wanted to show you that I really love you." Quinn replied

"Honey you don't have to do big romantic gestures for me to tell me that. I already know." Rachel chuckled

"I know but I wanted too. Ugh I had this whole thing planned out and now it's ruined. I suck at romance." Quinn grumbled feeling all sorry for herself

"These things happen, good thing we have insurance" Rachel joked

Quinn just grumbled some more.

"Come on Quinn cheer up, I know your plans have been ruined but we can still have a romantic evening." Rachel tried to sound optimistic

"How?"

"Well...our bed didn't burn down." Rachel smirked

Quinn chuckled slightly and nodded. Then her big smile broke out because she remembered the other part of her romantic night that she had planned. She had been so caught up by the fire that she had totally forgot about the big climax of the night...pun not intended...oh who are we kidding this is Quinn were talking about the pun was totally intended.

Quinn quickly jumped off the couch startling her wife in the process before she quickly darted up the stairs leaving Rachel behind. The brunette was rather confused by the abrupt departure of her wife she just sort of sat there a little stunned. Not that long after running up the stairs Quinn was back down in the living room again.

"Quinn what was that all about?" Rachel asked getting suspicious

"Well since pretty much everything is ruined I figured I'd just jump to the what was supposed to be the ultimate romantic moment after a series of romantic moments. Here" Quinn smiled brightly hand handed Rachel an envelope

Rachel raised a curious eyebrow at the white envelope that was sitting in her hand, her wife looked giddy with excitement so she flipped it over and opened it up. Taking her time Rachel pulled out what was inside and looked it over. When realization hit her, her jaw dropped and she even thinks her heart stopped for a moment there.

"So...am I the best wife ever?" Quinn asked nervously as she rocked back and forth on her toes.

"Q-Quinn...I...wha...this...take me to bed now please because I am going to fuck you so hard. Quinn this is the most romantic thing ever! I love you, I love you, I love you!" Rachel jumped up and wrapped her arms around her wife kissing her lips with every 'love you'.

"That's not all" Quinn chuckled

"There's more?" Rachel asked excitedly

"Once we dock at Southampton we are heading off to London and then straight to Paris to renew our wedding vows." Quinn grinned

"Quinn you're making me cry" Rachel sobbed

"Is that good or bad?" Quinn nervously asked

"It's good" Rachel chuckled through her tears

Quinn sighed in relief.

"Quinn...you are seriously the best wife a woman could ever want or ask for I have no idea what I did to deserve someone like you." Rachel cried.

"You deserve the world Rach." Quinn simply shrugged

"Everyone else can have the world, I just want you." Rachel replied.

"Well it's a good thing I just want you too." Quinn smiled and pulled her wife back into a warm and tight embrace.

~~~ How Much Is That Doggy In The Window? ~~~

The Marshall family wandered around the pound looking at all the different animals there, Becky wanted to take them all home with her so did Cooper. Max was fascinated by the reptiles and was currently begging his Mama to get him a pet snake. Growing up in Australia Hannah had grown to loathe snakes so her answer was a resounding no.

They had just managed to drag themselves away from the kitten enclosure which as a task in itself because they were just so fucking adorable! They moved onto the puppy room. Hannah had never seen her wife like this before, if she had known about Becky's want for a puppy she would have given her one years ago.

Becky and Hannah walked by a few cages until the blonde stopped in her tracks making her wife stop too. Becky crouched down and looked into one of the cages that housed three little pugs. Two were that soft greyish colour and then there was one little completely black pug over in the corner. He was obviously the runt of the litter being the smallest and he seemed a little lonely as the other two played together. Becky fell in love with him instantly. Dora wasn't a pug but this little guy reminded Becky of her so much that she just had to get him. It was all in the eyes. Without saying a word Becky looked up at her wife and Hannah got it right away.

"He's a cutie" Hannah smiled

After going over the paperwork and getting a small bed and some bowls and food the Marshal family brought their new family member home for the first time. They all took the puppy outside to show him his new home and to play with him. He was a little shy at first being in such a big yard and with these four new owners but he soon warmed up to them taking an extra liking to the big tall blonde human.

"So do we have a name for him yet?" Hannah asked as she watched her two boys playing with their new puppy.

"I was thinking Otis." Becky grinned

"Aw that's adorable. Just like you...you're like a giddy child on Christmas morning." Hannah chuckled

"Puppies are my weakness" Becky blushed

"You should have told me sooner." Hannah replied

"If I did we'd probably have a whole pack of dogs by now." Becky giggled

"That's probably true." Hannah laughed.

"Do you think I did the right thing?" Becky then asked turning a little serious

"You mean buying a dog?" Hannah replied in confusion

"No I mean…with Vanessa and Jackie." Becky clarified

The blonde had told Hannah all about it while they were at the pound as Max and Cooper looked at all the animals. Hannah was a little surprised by Jackie's offer and to be honest she was a little suspicious, she just didn't want her wife to get hurt anymore.

"I guess we'll just have to wait and see" Hannah replied

"You're right…I probably shouldn't get my hopes up." Becky sighed

"You never know though. I mean…maybe this was a good thing. At least you know she got your card that you sent her." Hannah replied trying to sound optimistic.

"That's true" Becky mumbled

"Come on…let's not worry about all this now. Let's just go and have some fun with our boys." Hannah smiled wrapping her arm around her wife's shoulders

"Oh god" Becky paused

"What?" Hannah looked worried

"Do you realise what we've done?" Becky asked

"What?"

"We're out numbered now. There are three boys in this house…maybe we should get another puppy." Becky grinned

Hannah just laughed and shook her head.

~~~ Bed Time ~~~

Sofia was currently sitting in the nursery on the rocking chair holding onto little Nina. Grace was in the other room bathing Bella. They had a system. They would take a baby each one would feed them while the other would bathe the other baby and then they would switch. Nina was waiting for her bath so while they wait Sofia decided to have a little chat with her daughter.

"Now NeeNee Mami needs to have a very serious talk so you gots to listen very carefully ok?" Sofia spoke to her little girl

NeeNee just looked up at her mama and blinked.

"Good...now don't say anything to Bella but you and I both know she's a bit of a drama queen. She gets that from her Nana Rae...so Imma gonna make a deal with you. Me and your awesome mommy need to have...some much needed adult time. So if you could tell your sister through your freaky twin way to not cry tonight, that would be awesome...because mama is a little scared she's gonna explode if she doesn't get her adult time." Sofia informed her daughter.

Sofia swore Nina gave her a look as if to say 'what's in it for me?' it was scary how much she could see herself in her little girl's mannerisms.

"I'll read you your favourite book...the one with Mickey in it" Sofia smiled brightly as she bribed her daughter.

Nina let out a little smile.

"Thank you my little Mousey, Te amo" Sofia kissed her nose.

Grace huffed while Bella was having the time of her life in her little tub splashing about without a care in the world. She held one of her bath toys in her hand it was conveniently a duck bought by her Abuela.

"Bella mommy doesn't need a bath but thank you" Grace mumbled after a big splash of water hit her in the face.

"Now please don't do it again...at least let me wash your hair first." Grace pleaded.

Both girls had a full head of hair on them. It was thick and dark just like their Mami and their Abuela's hair.

"You and your sister are gonna be such lady killers when you're older and I'm not just saying that because I'm your mommy. It's just fact you and Nina are the prettiest babies ever." Grace smiled at her little girl as she gently tipped water over her hair coving her face so she wouldn't get water in her eyes.

"Or I guess...boy killers...you know I won't love you any less if you turn out to be straight...and I guess...if you need to I will...talk about boys with you...but I'm gonna have to draw the line at makeup, frilly dresses and high heels...you'll have to talk to your Mami about that sort of stuff. But I can totally teach you how to play soccer." Grace rambled as she played with her daughter and her bath toys.

"Alright my beautiful bubbie let's get you dry so your sister can get all cleaned up and you can get some much needed sleep." Grace informed her daughter as she grabbed her purple towel and wrapped her baby up in it. Grace walked into the nursery with Bella tagging Sofia so she could go bathe Nina.

Once the girls were fed, changed and cleaned and after Sofia read them their bedtime story which was about Mickey Mouse as promised Sofia and Grace headed to their bedroom totally exhausted. They wandered through their nightly rituals and like every night before Grace went into their bathroom to get changed so Sofia couldn't see her body. Now that she thinks about it Sofia is a little annoyed at herself that she didn't realize Grace's insecurities before.

When Grace came back from the bathroom Sofia was already in bed sitting up waiting for her wife with a hopeful look on her face. Grace felt a wave of guilt hit her because she really didn't think she could have sex tonight even if she wanted too. She was so tired after looking after the twins all day. She would be going back to work soon and she was stressing about that and then having to be away from her babies, she was only working part time but she was still a little apprehensive about it.

Grace got into bed avoiding all eye contact with Sofia when she laid back and got comfortable she couldn't hold it off any longer. She could feel her wife's eyes on her waiting with hope.

"Sofia...I'm really sorry but I don't think I can tonight." Grace finally faced her wife.

The Latina tried not to let her disappointment show but she was never that good at hiding from Grace.

"It's ok...I understand" Sofia replied before she quickly kissed Grace's lips and then turned over settling down into bed with her back facing her wife.

"I'm just really tired I swear" Grace added

"Goodnight Grace" Sofia mumbled

Grace sighed heavily before she reached over to turn the lamp off and settled down into bed. She faced Sofia watching her back rise and fall with her breath she obviously wasn't asleep yet but it was obvious she was avoiding her and was upset by her refusal once again. Grace wanted to reach out to her wife but she just felt bad about the whole situation.

~~~ What About Me? It Isn't Fair! I've Had Enough, Now I Want My Share ~~~

Santana came home that day from work feeling super-duper pleased with herself. Sure she had no real attraction to her assistant Emily ok yes the blonde was gorgeous but Santana only had eyes for one specific blonde but that doesn't mean she wasn't a little chuffed to know that she still thinks Santana is the bees knees and hot as hell even though she is now a grandmother. Santana had been showing Emily the new photos of Bella and Nina. She was talking nonstop about the twins and Emily had found it super adorable. Santana didn't want to be adorable though so Emily quickly added that she was still a hot MIL, which made Santana happy.

So the brunette had a skip in her step and she was practically whistling a jaunty tune as she entered her home that afternoon though all jauntiness flew out the window when she came into the kitchen to find her wife crying her eyes out by the sink.

"Oh my god Britt, honey what's wrong?" Santana rushed towards her wife.

"I...and...I can't..." Brittany hiccupped and tried to wipe her eyes while holding a dishcloth in one hand and a knife in the other.

Santana was starting to panic this did not look good. She carefully took the knife out of Brittany's hand and pulled her into a big hug.

"Brittany what happened?" Santana asked again with concern.

The blonde didn't reply straight away which worried Santana even more that was until she could hear the distinct sound of her wife's giggles.

"Britt?" Santana was rather confused now

"I'm sorry" Brittany mumbled into her wife's chest and then giggled some more

"Oh god my wife's gone cray, cray." Santana muttered

"No...it's just..." Brittany pulled out of their hug and wiped her eyes some more with the sleeve of her shirt.

"Just?" Santana asked

"You are so adorable it's not funny...but then it kinda is" Brittany giggled

"Yeah ok I am so confused right now" Santana replied shaking her head.

"I'm sorry...babe there's nothing wrong" Brittany insisted

"Nothing wrong? Britt I came home to find you crying your eyes out in the kitchen. That's not a picture of all things fine and dandy" Santana replied with a huff

"Now I want sour candy." Brittany muttered quietly to herself.

"Britt?"

"Seriously San there is nothing wrong. I was just making dinner and the onions were really strong. You know my eyes are really sensitive when it comes to onions" Brittany replied then pointed to the chopping board on the counter with a half chopped onion sitting there.

"Oh" Santana whispered feeling a little foolish for getting worked up over nothing.

"I love that you care so much though, and would still come running to rescue me" Brittany cooed as she placed a sweet kiss on her wife's cheek.

"Well...I mean...of course I would...you're my woman." Santana mumbled bashfully and scuffed her foot against the ground.

Brittany just laughed and kissed her again.

"Could you help with the food please?" The blonde then asked

"Sure ok, you can cut up the other vegetables that won't make you cry...I'll take care of the onion." Santana replied as if she was going into battle to save her lady love from the evil ways of the dreaded onion overlord.

"My hero" Brittany quietly sighed to herself with a small smile.

The couple worked in a comfortable silence as they prepared the food for that night's dinner. Every now and then Brittany would bump shoulders with Santana giving her flirty looks and making her wife giggle. It was so domestic and so sweet it would give you cavities just looking at them.

"Guess what Rach told me today" Brittany spoke up as they finished washing up.

"What's that? Did they finally let her into the lollipop guild?" Santana asked with a snicker.

"San you're like only a few inches taller than her. In fact you're pretty tiny yourself." Brittany replied.

"Am not" Santana pouted

It was a touchy subject...like her grey hairs...it was something you just didn't talk about.

"Anyway...Rach was telling me all about this awesome romantic getaway that Quinn had planned for the two of them." Brittany continued on

"Oh and what's that? A trip to Tee's club?" Santana laughed

"No, a seven day cruise to England and renewing their vows in Paris." Brittany replied with a dreamy smile.

Santana's face dropped in surprise...and then anger.

"Damn that stupid white bitch. How the hell am I supposed to top that?" Santana hissed to herself.

"Pretty romantic huh?" Brittany hinted not hearing her wife's angry rumblings.

"Yeah...I guess... If you're into that sort of thing." Santana shrugged

"You know I've always wanted to go on a cruise ever since we watched Titanic back in junior high." Brittany continued

"Babe you fell asleep halfway through that movie and never saw the ending...trust me you don't wanna go on a cruise ship." Santana replied

"Ok" Brittany frowned in disappointment and sighed sadly with a small nod.

"Damn it" Santana sighed heavily to herself.

Brittany turned back to wiping up the side counter while Santana silently rued the day she decided to let a slightly chubby blonde girl become their third wheel back in elementary school.

"Hot air balloon!" Santana called out rather randomly

"What?" Brittany turned back around looking at her wife in confusion.

"I was um...thinking of...you and me g-going on...up in a...hot air balloon. Watch the sun rise." Santana stuttered as she started talking shit. She wasn't sure where this idea had come from.

"But you hate flying" Brittany replied a little sceptically

"So? I'd fly everyday if it meant you were happy." Santana replied

"How long have you been thinking about this?" Brittany questioned suspiciously

"Since...like...a week ago" Santana lied.

"A week?"

"Yeah...I um...wanted to surprise you...surprise!" Santana gave her a big convincing smile.

"You're seriously taking me up in a hot air balloon?" Brittany asked sounding a little more excited about it now.

"Sure am" Santana replied trying not to cringe at the idea of being that high up off the ground in a fricking balloon.

"Oh my god Sanny that is so sweet!" Brittany clapped and cheered before she threw her arms around her wife

"I'm full of sugary goodness" Santana chuckled nervously.

"So when are we going?" Brittany asked excitedly

"Oh um...it's...it's a surprise. I have this whole thing planned and I don't want to ruin it by telling you all the gory details." Santana bullshitted.

"Oh ok...aww San you are so awesome. I love you so much." Brittany smiled sweetly before bouncing off over to the phone.

"I have to tell Rach!" She called over her shoulder

"Ok you do that." Santana quietly gritted through the teeth of a fake smile.

Brittany and Rachel then spent the next hour or so on the phone gushing over how awesome their wives are for being so god damn romantic. Leaving Santana to stew in her anger and fear of now having to go up in a fucking balloon.

After hanging up the phone Brittany went upstairs to go and tell her son all about her trip up into the sky and all the surprises her wife had in store for her. She knew Ben would appreciate it. After all he was a big romantic at heart too.

Meanwhile...

"You get your fat ass out here right now Quinnton Fabgay afores I kill you!" Santana yelled through the front door of the Berry-Fabray house while using her unusual hulk-like strength to bash on the door.

"Geez Satan! What's your problem?" Quinn yelled as she yanked the door open

"Oh I don't have a problem...no, no, no that's not what this is about at all. The only one here with a problem is you...or it will be when you're faced with having to have my foot surgically removed from your fat ass! A fucking cruise? God damn it Quinn!" Santana yelled in anger throwing in some angry arm movements as well.

"What the hell?" Quinn asked in confusion

"Thanks to you and your stupid fucking attempt to be romantic and shit, now I have to go up in a fucking air balloon!" Santana hissed

"Wha? How...you're talking crazy." Quinn sputtered

"I can't go in a balloon! I hate flying! It's unnatural for humans to be up in the sky. If it were we would have wings but we don't. The good lord intended us to stay with our feet on the ground!" Santana continued to ramble

"Since when did you care so much about the good lord?" Quinn asked with a raised eyebrow

"Hey me and the big guy have an agreement. As long as there's breadsticks on this earth I don't go postal." Santana replied

"Right." Quinn rolled her eyes.

"Now I gotta think of other romantic shit to do as well as this stupid balloon ride...why did you have to go and be all cliché on me?" Santana huffed

"I like doing romantic stuff for my wife" Quinn shrugged

"Since when? Romance to you is only playing the soft core porn in the background while you fuck your wife. Why change things now?" Santana asked

"Fuck you Santana. I can be romantic! I'm not just some sex crazed porn-aholic nymphomaniac!" Quinn yelled back

"No? Then how did the fire start Quinnie?" Santana asked

"What?" Quinn looked confused and then slightly worried

"Yeah don't think I didn't see that slightly singed lady magazine by the kitchen counter that day." Santana replied with a smug grin

"Screw you Santana Hopez!" Quinn grumbled

"No thanks, been there done that...didn't even want the t-shirt." Santana snapped

"Then why did your wife buy them by the truck load?" Quinn smirked

"Shut up Quinn!" Santana warned with a slight push to the blonde

"Don't push me" Quinn pushed her back.

Santana did the exact opposite and gave her a harder shove. Quinn stumbled back a little but soon recovered to shove the brunette just as hard. The two old friends then got themselves into a shoving match fortunately Charlie came down just in time to break them up before things got out of hand.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Guys stop!" Charlie raised her voice and tried to pull them apart.

"She started it" Quinn accused a little out of breath

"She did!" Santana yelled back.

"What are you two? Five years old? You're grown women for crying out loud, how about you start acting like it?" Charlie asked

Quinn and Santana at least had the decency to look ashamed of themselves.

"Now...mom I want you to apologize to Aunty San."

"What? Why me?" Quinn argued

Charlie just gave her a stern look.

"Fine...sorry Santana Bitchpez" Quinn huffed

"Good now Aunty San you apologize to my mom" Charlie instructed

"Sorry...Butface Fabray" Santana replied mumbling that last part.

Charlie just rolled her eyes at the two.

"Now, hug it out and start acting like grown ups." Charlie demanded

With great reluctance Quinn and Santana slowly moved towards each other and shared an incredibly quick hug before pulling apart.

"Good enough...now can I trust that you won't start fighting again if I go back inside?" Charlie asked

"Yes" Quinn mumbled

"Alright then...behave" Charlie warned before she headed back inside.

"Your daughter's a buzkill" Santana grumbled

"Your face is a buzkill" Quinn mumbled under her breath.


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