Brittany sighs dropping down beside her wife on the couch after tucking their daughter in and thanks her softly as she holds out a glass filled with red wine, she takes a sip humming softly at the sweet taste and turns to their boys smiling lovingly as she sees them sitting on the love seat sipping their hot chocolates.

'' How are you feeling boys?'' Santana asks softly as she cuddles into her wife, Alex looks up shrugging and smiles slightly.

'' Better.''

'' Still hurts as fuck.'' Nico grumbles softly.

Brittany bites her lip understanding why he is swearing and sighs. '' Dollar smiley.'' She reaches for her wallet and takes out fifty dollar holding it out for him as he stands up, she smirks as he takes it frowning in confusion and chuckles. '' Throw this one in too, mami and I will probably make that one full the next few days.''

Santana laughs and nods her head. '' Yeah we already added close to ten bucks today.''

Nico giggles walking over to the glass after taking a dollar from his lunch money and throws it into the jar, he turns to look at his moms and tilts his head smiling slightly. '' What will we do when the glass is full?''

Brittany shrugs her shoulders and glances at her wife. '' No idea we will discuss it as soon as the glass is full and we counted how much it is.''

'' Over a thousand dollars.'' Alex and Santana mutter in unison laughing as they lock eyes, Nico turns to his mother and snickers.

'' I will bet you all that it is around eight hundred.''

'' Now we are betting on it?'' Brittany asks smirking, she smiles as they shrug their shoulders and chuckles. '' Alright I will say it will contain nine hundred.''

Santana pulls out her phone and opens the notes app. '' Alright smiley says eight hundred, babe you say nine hundred and happy and I say thousand.''

'' We will ask Val what she bets on tomorrow.'' Brittany adds smiling slightly as Nico sits back down beside his brother.

'' What will happen now?'' Alex asks softly after taking another sip of his hot chocolate

'' Your mommy and I will talk to the higher ups of the school.'' Santana tells them softly as Brittany tightens her hold around her waist.

'' But that won't change whatever happens right?'' Nico asks sadly.

'' Well that depends Smiley, your coach pulled me aside after you and your mami drove off and told me a few teachers will tell the board everything they no. Looks like Daniel is family of principle John and that is the reason he never gets detention or suspension.'' Brittany says softly.

'' Seriously?! That is fucking unfair!'' Nico exclaims growling, Santana hums softly hearing her wife sigh both understanding his anger and opts for not reminding him of the swear jar for once.

'' We know Nic that is why aunt Q called the school tonight and set up a meeting for tomorrow with Daniel, his parents, principle John and the board, aunt Q will join us and she will do most of the talking.'' Brittany explains sighing softly.

'' So she will be our lawyer?'' Alex asks curiously

'' Won't that be a problem because she is our aunt?'' Nico asks frowning, Brittany shakes her head and smiles.

'' She is your honorary aunt honey that is no problem, but the board won't find that out because we will meet up with her beforehand and during the meeting you can't really talk unless they ask you to.''

'' But it's unfair that we get punished for doing nothing! Daniel can do everything and if we just breath in the wrong damn direction we get detention!'' Nico grumbles crossing his arms in front of his chest.

'' Come here.'' Brittany says softly as she sees both boys feeding off of each others anger, she sits up as Nico walks up to her his eyes filling with tears of anger and pulls him in her arms.

She leans back pulling him in her lap still keeping one arm wrapped around her wife and rubs his back kissing his head. '' Calm down please, we know that it's unfair that is why we are going to the higher ups. I can't promise you that everything will be okay after that because I don't know what will happen, but I will promise you that it will get better if it isn't at that school we will search for another one together where we will be sure the both of you will be happy.''

'' I don't know if I can sit in the same room with Daniel without getting angry, he is really making me mad mommy.'' Nico murmurs softly

'' Want to tell us what he said today?'' Santana asks softly as she intertwines her hand with her wife's on Alex's back.

'' He said the same as always with our family living in a sin, Nico really ignored him and continued playing with me but then he also started talking about Val that she is still so little and has to endure living in a family like ours and that made us both angry.'' Alex says softly.

'' Before I could react on it Alex distracted me though, we both know that you hate when I get in a fight even though I protect my family like you tell me that I can but I also hate fighting too.'' Nico continues softly

'' I know that you want to protect us and your siblings Nic but fighting doesn't always solve the problem, believe me I know what I am talking about.'' Brittany says rubbing his back.

'' Really?'' Alex asks curiously, Brittany slowly nods her head glancing at her wife and smiles sheepishly.

'' Yeah just ask mami how many times she had to hold me back, if it wasn't for her I would have never get the acceptance to the college I attended.''

'' Too many times boys.'' Santana mutters smiling slightly as they both turn to her, she glances at her wife smiling lovingly and runs her hand through their boys hairs. '' Your mommy always protected us and uncle Puck stood always by her side along with uncle Sam, Sam was the calmer one but whenever your mommy or uncle Puck were angry the other would feed off of the others anger and we had to hold the both of them back.''

'' Did you have a lot of problems in school?'' Nico asks sitting up, Brittany nods her head and sighs.

'' Yeah I only met your mami in high school but there were always a few people who didn't like her and tried to hurt her with words or worse same goes for all of your aunts, but uncle Puck and I learned to protect the ones we love because of our past.''

'' Your past?'' Alex asks frowning also sitting up, Brittany gulps slowly nodding her head and glances at her wife raising an eyebrow.

Santana sighs kissing their boys heads and taps Alex leg. '' Slide off happy, it's story time but first I will make us all something to snack.''

'' We will help you mami.'' Nico says sliding off of his mommy's lap, Santana smiles and nods her head.

'' All right, will the two of you look in the fridge if we have enough ice?'' She smiles as they nod their heads and turns to her wife biting her lip. '' You sure you want to tell them babe?''

Brittany nods her head and sighs softly. '' They are old enough to understand but I will leave the near death experience out.'' She pulls her wife closer pecking her on the lips and bites her lip. '' Nico already asked about the strange lines under both of my tattoos when he saw me in a bikini during our summer vacation in Cabo, I told him that I would tell him about it when he is a bit older.''

Santana nods her head and sighs. '' You know that I am here no matter what Britt-Britt.'' She leans down kissing her softly and smiles. '' What do you want to snack on babe?''

'' What do you want to make with ice cream?''

'' Just a small sundae for the boys.''

'' Yeah leave the ice for them and for you if you want, I will take some chocolate covered pretzels if we still have some.''

Santana chuckles and nods her head. '' Yeah I stocked our pantry up yesterday, I know how much you love those things babe.'' She stands up as she snickers and walks to the kitchen, she turns back to Brittany before entering and bites her lip. '' Beer or wine babe?''

'' None I will have some water babe.'' Brittany answers smiling slightly, Santana nods her head knowing her wife will need a clear head for the upcoming conversation with their boys and walks into the kitchen.

Brittany sighs softly taking out her phone as she hears her wife rummage around in the kitchen with the boys and opens Puck's Whatsapp.

Hey you there?

She smiles as Puck replies almost immediately and sighs softly as she reads his answer typing out her own reply.

For you always sis, Q told me what happened are you all okay?

We will be Q will help us making sure the boys won't be bullied anymore tomorrow, I am about to tell the boys about the past.

Fuck you okay with that? I know it still fucking hurts you B.

Yeah they deserve to know and Nic already asked about my scars before, they are Eleven Puck I think they are old enough to understand.

Yes they are old enough to understand B, but are you ready to talk about it and to answer their questions? I am scared that it will give you flashbacks and nightmares.

San will be there the whole time so she will calm me down during the talk and yes I think I am ready to answer whatever they ask, but they might come to you and Heath to ask more because I mentioned that we are both protective because of what happened in the past.

Yeah no worries I will handle their questions when they have some, write me as soon as you all are done or when you have time okay? Go spend time with your Fam sis, love you.

I will, love you too Noah.

She places her phone down beside her after sending her sister the same she send Puck and leans her head back smiling as she hears her sons giggling loudly, she closes her eyes taking a deep breath and groans softly.

Time to dig up the dark side I buried fifteen years ago.

'' Mommy you okay?'' Nico asks softly as he walks into the living room his mami and brother following, Brittany slowly sits up thanking her wife as she gives her a bag with pretzels and nods her head.

'' Yeah I will be boys.''

She places the bag of pretzels on the table as her wife sits back down beside her and looks at the boys as they kneel down at the table with their ice creams, she runs a hand through her hair after taking a sip of her water and sighs. '' All right, I will tell you all about the past but will you let me talk before asking questions?''

She runs her piercing over her bottom lip as they both nod their heads worrying their bottom lips between their teeth and sighs. '' Thank you, okay so remember that mami and I told you that grandpa wasn't my real dad?''

She smiles sadly as they nod their heads again and looks down at her hands feeling her wife's hand on the small of her back. '' Before grandma moved to the states with me and aunt Heath we lived in the Netherlands, we lived in a secluded household for years because my real dad or I rather call him Brett was really bad.''

She gulps plucking on the plastic wrap on the water bottle and closes her eyes. '' Grandma divorced Brett when aunt Heath and I were thirteen because he had a drinking problem and became really mad easily, before grandma divorced him he was already really aggressive and tried to hit grandma and aunt Heath often.''

'' That is where our protectiveness comes from Nic, at your age I jumped in front of the people I love often too and also gladly took the pain because it meant that aunt Heath and grandma were save.'' She continues softly as she hears both boys gasp softly.

'' Anyways.'' She continues softly looking up at the boys. '' When your grandma divorced Brett he was really mad and the police moved us to a house that would protect us from him.''

Santana sighs sadly as she hears her wife's voice crack and sits forward, she reaches out grabbing her hand effectively stilling it from fidgeting with the bottle in her hand and squeezes it softly.

Brittany shoots her a small forced smile and turns back to their boys. '' We lived there for three months in peace while your grandma searched for work in the Netherlands but also far away from it, but one night after she got a job offer from a great hospital somewhere in the Netherlands Brett found us at the house.''

'' Aunt Heather and I were asleep in our room and woke up when she yelled for us to call the police.'' She closes her eyes looking down at the hand intertwined with her wife's and sniffles. '' I left aunt Heath in the room telling her to call the police and ran into grandmas room, that is when I saw him standing in front of grandma holding a knife.''

'' No.'' Alex gasps out softly as Nico covers his mouth in shock, Santana smiles sadly and closes her eyes as she hears the pain in Brittany's voice.

'' I made sure he didn't hurt grandma and pushed him away from her as quick as I could and pulled her behind me pushing her out of the room while still keeping an eye on him, he was really mad that I interrupted them and decided that it doesn't matter who he hurts as long as he can hurt someone.''

Brittany takes another deep breath and slides the strap of her tank top down looking at both boys. '' Nic you asked me what the weird lines under the two tattoos under my collarbone are right?'' She gulps as he nods his head tear filled eyes locking on her own and bites her lip. '' Those are scars that I covered up.''

'' He hurt you?'' Alex asks shocked tears filling his eyes.

'' Why?!'' Nico gasps out jumping up, he walks over to his mommy hugging her tightly and kisses her cheek.

Brittany sniffles hugging them close as soon as Alex joins his brother and shrugs. '' He didn't care anymore and was so mad that he didn't only want to hurt grandma.''

Alex pulls back slowly lifting his head and glances at his mother as he hovers his hand over the tattoo covering the scar, Brittany smiles sadly and sighs. '' It doesn't hurt anymore Lex.'' She wipes away a tear as he slowly traces his finger over the scarred skin and turns to look away as both boys kiss it, Nico looks up cupping his mothers cheeks and crawls on her lap feeling his mami wrap an arm around him and his brother joining the group hug.

'' He can't hurt you anymore right? He is still in the Netherlands?''

Santana closes her eyes as she hears her wife bite back a sob and pulls her in her arms, she pulls Nico in her lap and looks at both boys. '' Well we don't know where he is now and he will be really old so no mommy is safe and nothing will happen to her, but he was in the states when your mommy moved here with grandma and aunt Heath.''

She sucks in a breath stroking her wife's side as she nuzzles her face in her shoulder and looks at both boys as they frown. '' He found grandma at the hospital she was working at before we moved to LA, your mommy and I were already dating and that was the day I really noticed what she meant every time she says that she will gladly endure everything bad if it means her family and friends are happy.''

'' What happened?'' Alex asks sadly squeezing his mothers hand as he hears her sniffle again.

'' Grandma got really badly beaten that day and grandpa woke mommy and aunt Heath up because it didn't look good, the police and aunt Heath found out that it was Brett and well that is when the tiger that we explained to you came out.''

'' Brett found us in a bathroom after grandma got moved into a room after the doctors helped her get better and tried to grab aunt Heath, I kicked him away angering him even more and told Heather to leave the room because I knew her wanted to have her and our family was on their way to said room.'' Brittany continues softly.

'' Did he hurt you again?'' Nico asks sadly as he covers his brothers hand with his own holding onto their mother.

Brittany shakes her head and sighs softly. '' No but I did hurt him and made sure the police arrested him.''

She places Alex on the ground in front of her and turns her side to both boys raising her shirt. '' This is not a scar, but can the two of you read this?'' She asks pointing at the tattoo on her side.

Nico leans closer looking at the tattoo and bites his lip. '' A family's love replaces all your darkness with their brightest lights? '' He asks softly.

Brittany nods her head and smiles. '' Yes grandma and aunt Heath wrote their names under the tattoo because I wanted it like this, this tattoo reminds me that no matter how hard life will get that our family is all that we need to be happy. I will still protect all of you if it's needed but since I met your mami I learned to fight more with words because that will definitely cause less problems, there are many people walking around who think that our relationship is not right but.''

'' For us this is right, mommy, the two of you, Val and I. The four of you are all I need in my life to be insanely happy and to feel loved, we have our big family supporting us and I know you have many aunts and uncles but the love that we share in our own little family is something many people just don't want to see.'' Santana continues.

Brittany nods her head in agreement wiping away the last of her tears and kisses their heads. '' People just don't want to see how happy we are together, they let elder people influence them and pick up on the hate. We can't promise you that the hate will stop, but we can promise you that no matter how old you are and no matter in which class or school you are we will always be there by your side to proof those haters wrong.''

Nico nods his head and sighs softly. '' We know that you will always be there mommy, we love you.''

'' And we love you my loves.''

Alex smiles kissing his mothers cheek and lifts his hand tracing his fingers over the small scar near her temple. '' Is this from him too?''

Brittany shakes her head and smiles reassuringly. '' No that one is a football injury.''

'' Yeah your mommy had quite a hard head back in high school and often ran against the goalpost.'' Santana murmurs smiling teasingly

'' Had a hard head?'' Brittany asks smirking as the boys burst into a fit of giggles.

'' Okay still has a hard head.'' Santana corrects snickering.

'' Just like you mami.'' Nico mumbles smiling slightly, Brittany laughs as she sees her wife's shocked face and nods her head in agreement.

'' Yeah he is right San, you have a hard head too.'' She leans over pecking her on the lips and chuckles. '' And I might have had a hard head back in high school, but you had a body made out of steel with how many times you fell off of the pyramid.''

'' Since I met you I never hit the ground when I fell, you were always there to catch me like superman.'' Santana mutters smiling lovingly.

'' Really?'' Alex asks amazed, Santana nods her head and laughs.

'' Yeah your mommy had a third eye in the back of her head and always noticed it when I slipped and was about to fall, she would spring across the football field crossing the small fence in between our fields and catch me before I would get hurt.''

'' Can you tell us more about your high school time?'' Nico asks smiling, Brittany glances at the time and nods her head.

'' We will but not tonight, it's time to go to bed boys.''

'' Can we cuddle together in your bed?'' Alex asks softly, Santana smiles as her wife glances at her raising an eyebrow and nods her head kissing their sons foreheads.

'' Yes you can, go get ready for bed.''

She watches them run to the stairs squealing softly and clears her throat. '' No running.''

'' On the stairs.'' Nico finishes for her as they both slow down, Santana chuckles and turns to her wife pulling her in a hug.

'' Are you okay?'' She asks softly, Brittany sighs nuzzling her face in her neck after kissing her jaw and shrugs.

'' I will be, thank you for telling them the second part.''

'' No need to thank me for anything mi amor, I told you that I will be right beside you and I know how hard it is to talk about everything.''

Brittany nods her head slowly pulling back and stands up, she holds out her hand pulling Santana up as soon as she takes it and pulls her in her arms kissing her lovingly.

Santana wraps her arms around her waist tilting her head to deepen the kiss and splays both of her hands on the small of Britt's back, she hums softly as she feels her wife's pierced tongue slip past her lips and groans into the kiss as she feels the ball run against the roof of her mouth.

Brittany slowly pulls back as she hears the familiar creak of the wooden plank near their bedroom and leans their foreheads together panting softly. '' Not a good idea to get us both worked up when the boys are sleeping with us.''

'' Ya think?'' Santana asks groaning still panting softly, Brittany smiles sheepishly and pecks her on the lips.

'' Sorry.''

Santana smiles lovingly and shakes her head still keeping their foreheads together. '' Never apologize for kissing me Britt-Britt, you just have that effect on me.'' She slowly pulls back intertwining their hands and leads her up the stairs. '' I will grab Val, go change babe.''

Brittany nods her head walking to their bedroom and smiles as she sees the boys already cuddled under the covers fast asleep with Val in between them, she turns back leaning her head out of the room and snickers as her wife walks out of Val's room frowning.

'' The boys already got her babe.''

Santana walks up to her leaning against the doorpost and smiles lovingly as she sees their kids cuddled up in their bed. '' God they are so cute.'' She murmurs softly, Brittany hums in agreement and walks over to their closet grabbing a pair of shorts and a tank top for them.

After changing and brushing their teeth they slide in the middle of the boys and smile as Val unconsciously crawls on top of her mother while reaching out to take a hold of the top her mami wears, Santana leans over kissing her head and wraps her arm around Nico as he cuddles into her side sighing contently.

Brittany sighs softly as Alex cuddles into her and turns her head kissing her wife's shoulder softly. '' Good night my love.''

'' Good night Britt-Britt, te amo.''

'' I love you too.'' She breaths out softly as she feels her nuzzle her face against her shoulder, she kisses the top of her head and tightens her hold on her daughter and son. '' Sweet dreams my little loves.''