Hey you all, I just wanted to thank Kelzone07 for helping me with ideas for my story, she gave me some good ones and this one was one of them. It will be sad so if it isn't your thing, please skip it.
Three years later.
The boys are eight, Val is four and the girls 29.
'' Dad!'' Brittany yells running through the hospital with her wife and kids hot on her heels, Brad jumps up and catches his daughter as she runs into his arms.
'' B.'' He mumbles sadly.
'' Where is she?!''
'' Operation room, they are trying to stop the bleeding.''
'' What happened?'' Brittany asks softly minding the little ears around them, Brad sighs pulling her to the side with Santana as the kids walk up to their other set of grandparents and leans against the wall as he feels his legs buckle.
'' She just collapsed during cooking, when we got here the doctors told us that she had a stroke and when she fell she hit her head hard the kitchen counter that caused brain bleed.''
'' But.. How? She was healthy right?'' Brittany stammers out tears filling her eyes.
'' I sadly can't answer that honey, I am full with questions myself.''
'' Did she take her meds?'' Brittany breaths out leaning against her wife for support, Brad nods his head and sighs.
'' Yeah she always took her blood thinners Britt, we all made sure of that.''
'' How bad is it papa P?'' Santana asks softly trying to console her wife as she notices her tremble, Brad bites his lip and runs a hand through his hair.
'' We don't know.''
'' Mommy?'' Nico asks as he notices his mothers crying, Brittany gulps hugging her dad quickly and wipes away her tears walking over to her kids pulling Santana with her.
She crouches down in front of them kissing their heads and sniffle, Alex reaches up wiping away her tears and frowns. '' Where is grandma?''
'' Faith, Liv please go sit with the boys.'' Heather murmurs voice thick with tears, she walks over to her sister crouching down beside her feeling her wife sit down behind her for support and watches the kids sit next to each other frowning in confusion.
Brittany takes a deep breath slowly reaching out taking her sisters hand in her own and looks at the kids. '' Grandma is sick and the doctors are trying to help her get better.''
'' Will gramma be okay?'' Val asks eyes widening, Santana watches her wife and sister in law exchange looks and looks at the kids.
'' We don't know mija.'' She says truthfully.
'' The doctors are doing the best they can to help grandma, all we can do now is sit and wait.'' Naya adds.
'' We can do that.'' Alex says, he turns to his siblings and nieces and smiles sadly. '' Right?''
Liv nods her head and sighs sadly. '' Yes we have to Lex.''
Nico slides off of his chair and walks to his mommy, he hugs her kissing her cheek and sighs sadly. '' I hope grandma will be okay, mommy.''
Brittany sniffles as Val and Alex immediately join the hug and kisses their heads hugging them close. '' I hope so too.''
Brad smiles sadly watching his daughters hug their children close and stands up softly excusing himself, Brittany notices him trying to slip out of the waiting room and nudges her sister nodding her head to their dad.
Heather nods her head jumping up after kissing her daughters head and walks over to her dad knowing Britt will follow, Brittany quickly walks past her sliding in front of their dad and hugs them feeling Heather wrap her arms above her own around his waist as she hugs his right side,
'' Don't you dare walking out of this room to try to cope with this alone, we are all here dad.'' Brittany mumbles sadly as she sees silent tears roll down his cheeks.
Brad shakes his head angrily wiping away his tears and sighs. '' I need to be strong for you.''
'' No you don't need to be strong for any of us, we will all lean on each other for support so let us in dad.'' Heather mutters kissing their dads cheek
'' Ye..'' Brittany turns around as the door opens before she can agree with her sister and looks at the doctor, Brad immediately straightens up pulling both girls in his arms feeling the whole group join them and looks at his ex-colleague.
'' How is she?''
'' Want to talk in private Brad?'' The doctor asks looking around at the huge group and the kids, Brad shakes his head biting his lip realizing it can't be good and sighs.
'' No they all belong to our family.''
The doctor nods his head closing the door and sighs. '' It's not good.''
Brad gulps and tightens his hold on his daughters as he feels them tremble. '' What do you mean with not good?''
Santana notices the doctor look at the kids and holds up her finger. '' One second.'' She reaches out pulling her wife's phone out of her jeans pocket and pulls out her own, she grabs the headphones she always keeps in her purse and looks down at their sons and daughter.
'' Mijos, mija please sit down and watch something while we talk okay?''
Alex opens his mouth to protest but quickly closes it as his mami raises an eyebrow, he takes her phone and headphones and puts it in, Santana leads them to the chairs thanking Liv softly as she cuddles with Val while listening to music herself and walks back to the group. '' Okay they can't listen.''
The doctor nods his head thanking her softly and sighs. '' The stroke was heavier as we suspected, we tried to stop the bleeding but to no success.''
'' I-is she?'' Brittany stammers leaning her weight in her wife's arms while still keeping a hold on her dad, the doctor turns to look at her and sighs sadly.
'' We put her in a medically induced coma, there is no way to put this lightly.'' He bites his lip looking at his ex-colleagues and sighs. '' She is brain dead and there is no chance of recovery.''
Santana reaches out catching her wife before she hits the ground and pulls her close tears silently streaming down her cheeks as broken sobs wrack her body, she watches her sister and her parents catch Heather and Brad before they collapse and looks up at the doctor. '' C-can we see her?''
She turns to Quinn as he nods his head and gulps. '' Q, can you?''
Quinn nods her head wiping away her tears keeping a strong hold on Demi's hand and sniffles. '' Go ahead, we will stay here with them.''
Santana nods her head wrapping her arm tightly around Britt's waist and follows the doctor out of the waiting room, Brittany sniffles and stops. '' W-wait.'' She croaks out, she turns around looking into the waiting room and locks eyes with Puck. '' Come with us.'' She holds out her hand as he shakes his head and gulps. '' She is your mother too, come with us please.''
Puck takes her hand knowing his wife will follow them and they follow the doctor down the hall, Brittany closes her eyes taking a deep breath as he opens the door to their mothers room and walks in as she hears her sisters broken gasp.
She gulps watching her mother laying in the bed surrounding by machines and walks over to the bed dropping Puck's hand, she takes a strong hold of her mothers hand choking out a sob as she feels how cool it is and runs her free hand through her mothers blonde locks.
'' Oh mama.'' She mumbles brokenly hearing the machines around her beep softly, she wraps an arm around her sisters waist as she joins her side and pulls her close tilting her head as she buries her face in her neck sobbing softly.
Santana walks up to her wife pulling her sister with her and wraps her arms around her waist from behind watching her mother in law in bed sighing sadly as she covers Britt's hand with her own on top of Susan's hand, she watches her parents stand behind Brad and Puck on the other side and locks eyes with her father smiling sadly as he looks at her with tears streaming down his cheeks.
The doctor stands by the end of the bed and looks at the family. '' I will give you a few minutes alone to talk, just come and get me when you are ready.''
Brittany gulps and turns to look at him. '' Can our kids say goodbye to their grandmother?''
'' Yes but I advice to do that now, I won't let them stay in the room when it really happens.''
'' I will go get them.'' Marley whispers softly.
'' I will come with you.'' Puck whispers brokenly following his wife out, the doctor nods his head and walks out of the room after telling Naya to page him so nobody needs to leave the room.
Brittany turns back to her mother and reaches over her taking her dads hand smiling sadly as Heather instantly covers their hands with her own, she leans down kissing her mothers forehead and sighs sadly.
Santana steps back to give her wife a bit of alone time and walks over to her parents with Naya, she falls into her dads arms and sniffles. '' First Abuela, now Susan. Can this fucking year just be over already?'' She murmurs so only they can hear her.
Lio sighs sadly kissing her head and rubs her back as he feels tears wet his shirt. '' I agree mija.''
'' Babe?''
Santana turns in her dads arms as she hears her wife broken voice and walks back to her. '' Yes mi amor?''
'' I need you.'' She murmurs so only San can hear her, Santana quickly reaches out as she sees her legs buckle and pulls her in her arms kissing her head as she buries her face in her neck sobbing.
'' I am here baby, I am not going anywhere.''
'' Mami?''
'' Mommy?''
Both girls pull back turning to look at their kids and hold out their hands as Faith walks over to her mommy, Brittany wipes away her tears crouching down and kisses their heads.
'' My loves, w-we..'' She cuts herself off as a sob escapes and closes her eyes pulling them close, Santana crouches down beside her rubbing her hand up her back and turns to their kids.
'' Mijos, mija we have to say goodbye to grandma.''
'' No!'' They squeak out Faith and Liv quickly echoing it, Alex turns to his mami tears filling his eyes and shakes his head. '' She can't leave us!''
'' She can't! We need her!'' Nico yells walking around his mommy to grab his grandmothers hand, he looks up at her and sniffles as tears slide down his cheek. '' We need you gramma!''
Brittany turns around as Val cuddles into her mami's arms sobbing and wraps her arms around Nico's waist from behind feeling the meltdown she desperately tries to hold back oozing off of him, she kisses the back of his head as he sobs and sighs sadly. '' The doctors can't help grandma baby boy, we all need her b-but she will always be with us right here.'' She murmurs covering his heart with her hand.
She turns him in her arms as he breaks down sobbing and picks him up holding him close, she kisses his head reaching down to pick Val up as she hugs her legs and kisses her head shushing them.
Santana steps beside her wife holding Alex in her arms ignoring her the way her back twinges at the extra weight and kisses his head. '' Gran Abuela is waiting up there for grandma and they will always look down on all of you with proud smiles.''
Alex sobs and shakes his head. '' W-we need her down here with us.'' He breaths out sobbing
'' Grandma join gran Abuela in eaven?'' Valerie asks sadly, Brittany nods her head and sighs sadly rubbing Nico's back as he chokes out another sob.
'' Yes she will baby girl.''
'' C-can we give her one last kiss?'' Nico breaths out brokenly, Brittany bites her lip looking at her in laws and nods her head as she sees them nodding their head sadly, she leans down placing them on the bed and kisses their heads.
'' Of course you can.''
She watches them crawl up kissing their grandma's cheek and closes her eyes as she hears Nico choke out a sob.
'' We are gonna miss you grandma.'' He mumbles brokenly pulling his sister close as she burst out in tears after she kissed their grandmothers cheek, Brittany scoops them up again as Santana places Alex on the bed and rocks them as she feels their tears soak her shirt.
She turns to look at Quinn and Demi knowing they stand beside the door to give them their privacy and nods her head silently calling them over, she locks eyes with Quinn knowing her mom was like her mother too and sighs sadly. '' Do you want to be in here when they turn the machines off?''
Quinn shakes her head wiping away her tears and sniffles. '' I-i can't, we will stay with the kids.''
Brittany nods her head leaning over to kiss her cheek and nods her head to the bed. '' Go say goodbye Q.'' She murmurs after Liv and Faith got the chance to say goodbye, she watches her walk over to the bed keeping a hold on Demi's hand and leans against the wall sliding down as the weight in her arms becomes too much.
She kisses Nico's head knowing Val nodded off because crying sucks all the energy out of her and pulls back cupping his cheek to wipe away his tears. '' Will you join aunt Q and D outside, while mami and I say goodbye?''
Nico nods his head burying his face in her chest and sighs sadly. '' W-we will.''
Demi walks over to them and leans down slowly taking Val out of her arms after kissing Britt's cheek. '' We will be right outside.''
Brittany nods her head watching the kids follow them outside and turns to Naya slowly nodding her head silently telling her that she can page the doctor, she stands back up walking over to her sister and wraps her arms around her waist pulling her close.
'' I-i can't do this sis.'' Heather murmurs brokenly as they watch their in laws, their wives, Puck and Marley say their goodbyes.
'' I can't do this either but we have no other choice Heath.'' Britt replies sadly walking over to the bed as the doctor walks in, she squeezes her wife's hand as she joins her by her side and watches Maribel and Lio stand on either side of Brad on the other side of the bed as Heather, Naya, Puck and Marley join them.
Lio looks up as the doctor walks to the machines and slowly nods his head silently telling him that he can do it, Brittany looks down at her mother as she hears the machines beep loudly and takes a hold of her hand feeling her sister, her wife, Naya, Puck and Marley cover her hand with their own.
She turns to look at her sister watching her sob in Naya's arm and sighs sadly. '' Want to say something sis?'' She gulps as she shakes her head choking out a sob and closes her eyes as tears stream down her cheeks, she let's go off Santana's hand feeling her wrap her arm around her waist instantly and runs her free hand through her mothers lock leaning down to kiss her forehead while still keeping their hands joined.
'' It's okay mama, we houden van je.'' She chokes out, she breaks down as she hears the flat line and keeps her lips pressed against her mothers forehead hearing sobs all around her.
'' D-did she suffer?'' Heather asks brokenly after ten minutes turning to the doctor, Brittany stands back up leaning against her wife as she feels her legs give out and turns to look at him.
The doctor shakes his head and sighs sadly. '' No she felt no pain at all, I am so sorry for your loss.''
Santana pulls her wife closer feeling silent sobs wrack her body and kisses her shoulder, she looks at the doctor and nods her head. '' T-thank you.''
'' Do you want to stay here for a bit longer?'' The doctor asks smiling kindly, Brittany glances around the room watching everyone sadly shake their heads and turns back to him.
'' N-no our kids need us.'' She turns to her dad as the doctor nod his head slowly leading them out of the room and reaches out grabbing his hand with her own.
Lio turns to the group as soon as everyone joined them in the waiting room. '' D-do you all want to come home with us?''
Brittany quickly shakes her head and sniffles. '' I just want to be alone for now.''
Heather nods her head in agreement and sighs sadly. '' We need some time, maybe tomorrow but not at the house maybe at ours or at Britt's.''
Brittany squeezes Nico's and Alex's hands as they slip in her own and looks around the group. '' S-sorry but we all need to..'' She cuts herself off shrugging as tears stream down her cheeks once again and gulps.
Brad walks to them pulling both of his daughters in a hug and kisses their heads. '' We understand we all need it, but please call me if you need me.''
'' We will.'' They both whisper softly before pulling back and walking through the long hallways, Santana walks up to her wife carrying their sleeping daughter and reaches out pulling the car keys out of Britt's jeans pocket as soon as they stand in front of the entrance of the hospital.
After they hugged everyone goodbye and watched them drive off Brittany turns to her sister and kisses her cheek. '' Come to our house.''
'' I-i thought.''
Brittany shakes her head and sighs sadly. '' I can't have the whole group around now, but I need my sister.''
Heather nods her head and turns to look at her wife, Naya nods her head unlocking her car and opens the door for her after kissing Brittany's cheek. '' We will follow you.''
Brittany nods her head sliding in the passenger seat of her car after helping her wife buckle up their kids and leans back closing her eyes as Santana drives off hating the silence and the occasional sniffle in the car, she squeezes Santana's hand as she intertwines their hands on the gear stick and turns her head to look out of the window.
Santana sighs sadly watching her wife and sons look out of the window during the ride while Val naps and navigates them through the dark streets to their house, she parks her car in the driveway and turns in her seat to look at her. '' I know you are not hungry at all, but I will order us something.''
Brittany nods her head sliding out of the car and opens the door for the boys, she follows her wife into the house watching them walk up the stairs to tuck Val in and collapses on the couch covering her eyes feeling them burn.
She turns her head as she feels the couch dip and takes her sisters hand as she looks at her with tears in her eyes. '' Where are Nay and Faith?''
'' Upstairs.''
Brittany nods her head kicking off her shoes and moves into a laying position pulling her sister close, she sniffles as tears fill her eyes instantly as soon as she feels her sister sob and turns her head kissing her head as she cuddles into her.
Thirty minutes later.
Santana walks down the stairs with Naya, the boys and Faith after giving their wives a bit of time alone and smiles sadly as she sees them cuddled up on the couch fast asleep with dried tear tracks on their cheeks.
'' God this year is a bitch.'' Naya mumbles sadly as she watches her sister throw a blanket over the sleeping blondes on the couch, Santana nods her head in agreement walking into the kitchen and leans against the counter looking at her wife.
'' I am ready to wake up from this fucked up nightmare.'' She mutters so only Naya can hear her while the kids silently play in the corner of the living room, Naya sighs softly hugging her sister as she sees tears filling her eyes and kisses her cheek.
'' I am too, but this is reality Hermana.''
Santana shrugs smiling sadly and watches the kids walk up to the couch after having a silent conversation, she watches them climb up on the couch kneeing Britt in her stomach and sighs sadly as she wakes up slightly to pull them close before drifting back to sleep tightening her hold on Heather and the three kids.
'' I have no idea how to pull B out of her dark place the next few weeks, she might block me out the whole time.''
'' You can only be there for her to hold her, to listen to her and to show her that you are there if she needs you San.'' Naya murmurs watching the five slumbering on the couch, she turns back to her sister and sighs sadly. '' B will come when she needs you the most and she really tries to not block you out we saw that at the hospital, now she just needs some time to get her head straight and she needs her sister just like we need each other now.''
Santana hugs her and nods her head. '' Yeah you are right, come on let's order some food and we will try to make them eat something when they wake up.''
Naya shakes her head taking out her phone and kisses her cheek. '' I know that you are dying to sit by B's side for a few minutes, I will order us food and you can go sit with your wife and kids.''
'' Don't you want to sit with Heath?''
'' I will do that in a few, but you need it more I can feel it.''
Santana nods her head and walks over to the couch after telling her sister what to order for the kids, she crouches down beside her wife covering her hand on Nico's back with her own and leans in softly kissing her forehead. '' Te amo, mi amor.'' She murmurs sighing sadly.
'' Love you too.'' Brittany breaths out tiredly while turning her head to look at her, Santana bites her lip raising her free hand to wipe away the fresh tears that stream down her cheek and sighs sadly.
'' What can I do?''
'' Just be here and holds me?''
Santana leans closer running her hand through Britt's hair as she buries her face in her neck and hums. '' Always Britt-Britt.''
Time jumps will be a thing for now on but after a time jump I will add one or two more chapters, I know this chapter was really sad but I still hope you all liked it.