-Chapter 81-Regionals part 3-

-Madison pov-

I can see all of Shelbys wall cracking down. She's going to help Maribel and the girls. But we don't have the money to just have them here. We had a small mom talk and agreed to help them. The school is looking for a new lunch lady. It wouldn't be much but it's a helpful start.

"I'll go tell Maribel" I look at Shelby "Wanna come with?"

"No" She stands up and walks out of the kitchen "I'll talk with the girls"

"Is she gonna be ok?" I look over at Judy concerned "We just keep taking on so much...maybe we shouldn't do this"

"You can't back out now" Judy puts a hand on my shoulder with a reassuring smile on her face "You've had this plan to reunite Santana and Maribel together! They both seem happy to do it! Don't give up now ok?"

"Ok" I give Judy a quick kiss and look at Emma "You ok? You've been silent"

"Is k?" Regressed Emma it is "J s is k?"

"Is is perfectly fine" Judy sighs and looks at me "We need a better nickname for you"

I nod and walk out of the room. I walk upstairs to where Maribel had her room setup. I stop in the door to watch everyone moving around. Grace and Samantha are putting clothes up while Maribel sets up the bed. She's working like a mom should.

"You all good?" Everyone looks at me and nods "Maribel could I borrow you?"

"Uhh sure" Maribel turns to the girls "I'll be back to help you finish!"

We walk out of the room and I take a deep breath. We go into the nursery and I close the door. We take seats in the rocking chairs and look at each other. I can see she's nervous.

"Don't worry" I give her a reassuring smile "I won't lie...we are having some money issues...but I could get you a job at the school"

"Anything to help!" I smile at the eagerness to help us "I want to make sure you all can keep Santana and the girls going"

"It would be lunch lady..is that ok?" She nods and I smile "That's good to hear"

"What about those two then?" I look at the ground cause I don't know the answer "You can't throw them out"

"We won't" I sigh and look at her "This lifestyle isn't cheap though..the specific items cost money and so does all of the diapers and pull ups"

"Then I could get two jobs!" I go to speak but she cuts me off "I'd only be working from early morning to afternoon right? I could work a afternoon to evening job after!"

"You still need time to see Santana" She frowns and looks at the ground "You just got back in her life! You can't leave just to get a second job!"

"She doesn't need me though" Maribel looks up at me with a sad smile "She has all of you...I'm not mom, Mami, momm, or her mommy! I'm her Mammy...maybe I shouldn't have come back at all"

"You needed to come back" We both look at the doorway to see Shelby "At dinner we had a break through when you let Santana come to me when I was upset about being replaced...now here we are"

"You all need the money" I hear Maribel sigh "It's worth the sacrifice of time"

"No it's not" I watch Judy walk into the doorway "You've got a group here Maribel! We support each other and we try to make sure we don't do stupid things"

"Their right" I look at Maribel with a smile "We've had arguments and things but here we are! A big family that's absolutely amazing to be apart of!"

"I wanna be apart of it" I watch as tears start to pour out of her eyes and the sobs begin "I wanna stay"

"Oh Maribel" I get up and soon we all are holding onto Maribel "You're here to stay ok?"

"O-ok" She sniffles and then chuckles "This feels nice"

"Not yet" We break part and Shelby gives her a smirk "You still got some time to get used to it here and then you have to woo us"

"Woo four women" Maribel takes a deep breath and smiles "I think I can do it"

"Moms!" Sugar runs into the room scared "T-there was a accident!"

We all get up and run downstairs. The closer to the living room we get, the more I can hear the screaming. We all stop when we get to the living room and Santana stops screaming. She smiles and we all look at the room confused. I turn around when I hear humming and see Emma with headphones on dancing.

"Hang on" I walk over to Emma and take the headphones off her "Over here"

She looks and gasps "Oh" She walks over to where we just were "W-what's all of this about?"

"You got us through regionals and haven't turned on us" Santana stands up and walks over to us "You've supported all of us"

"You let us all be kids again and helped us get our childhoods back piece by piece" Lucy smiles and points to the banner "So we wanted to thank you all for being great moms"

"You four definitely deserve this" I see sadness in Maribels eyes but happiness on her face and in them too "You are great moms"

"You're a great mom too" We all look at Santana as she grabs Maribels hand "You went through trials to get cleaned and to get back to me...yeah you've made mistakes but you're willing to do what it takes just to help me grow up! I know where dad got the money from now"

"Money?" Santana nods and Maribel looks confused then her jaw drops "THERES STILL MONEY IN THERE?!"

"T-there was" Santana looks confused and worried "Why?"

"I'll be right back!" Maribel runs out of the room with her phone "Come on! Answer!"

"What's that about?" Santana shrugs and I pull her close to me "Thank you all for doing this"

"I know I caused problems for you all in the past" Samantha sighs and looks at us sincerely "Thank you for not turning us away"

"There was never a chance we would" Shelby gives her a sincere smile "You two are welcome to stay as long as needed"

"YES!" Maribel runs into the room "There's still a a few hundred dollars in it! He's getting closed out!"

"A few hundred dollars?" Maribel nods happily "What did we miss?"

"I used to have a savings account that turned into a normal bank account" Maribel holds up her phone "I just called and they told me I could remove my good for nothing ex husband off and get it fully back!"

"That's great!" Theres a cheer around the room and Maribel smiles wider "How much is the few hundred dollars?"

"I think they said seven hundred" She tosses her head around "I know it's not a lot but it's something!"

"Yes it is" Shelby walks up and puts a arm around her "Now how about we celebrate and not question how this cake got made"

"It's a ice cream cake!" Rachel bounces in her seat "Brittany and I picked it out"

"I told them to go easy with it" Fran shakes her head with a smile "They we're gonna get a big chocolate one"

"This one works just fine" I smile at the girls as tears form in my eyes "I can't believe how much has gone on since the beginning"

"I know" Judy chuckles "First was the blinding of Rachel and then the girls moved in here"

"I moved in next and the girls got together" Shelby smiles "There was a heart attack and Rachel's eyes got fixed"

"I joined then sugar and Emma came" Fran smiles brightly "The family grew more and more"

"Yes it did" I chuckle and sit beside Lucy "I joined with Abby and chase it to grow more"

"We've had some bad times too" We all look at Santana "There was a shooting and McKinley"

"Heart attacks and blinding as already said" Sugar wraps her arms around Pamela and Fran "But we've gotten stronger no matter what was thrown at us no matter the group that was around"

"Yes we have" Judy chuckles at Maribel who looks in awe "Yeah it's been a hell of a time here"

"You still sure you wanna join?" Maribel looks at me still in shock "It mate just get crazier"

"I can do crazy" She smiles and Santana crawls onto her lap "As long as I get to have you all to help me through it"

"Of course" i look around at everyone "This is a family and we don't turn on family"

"Cause no matter what we have each other's back" Shelby bounces Beth and Abby on her legs "No matter the arguments we are here for each other"

"Because that's what family does" We all nod at Lucy's response "I love this...well it's not so little anymore huh?"

"No it's not" We all laugh and I look at Grace "How are you getting along with everything?"

"I'm doing good!" She takes a bite of the cake and gets it around her mouth "I love being able to be so small!"

"Grace!" Samantha grabs a napkin and wipes Graces face "Only you'd make a mess with ice cream cake"

"Yeah" We all look at Brittany who's wearing most of her cake "Only Grace"

"You are all a handful!" Sugar wipes her face and chuckles "But I wouldn't trade you all for anything"

"I can't wait to see what the future brings" We look at Rachel who puts her head on Shelbys shoulder "There so much new right now that it'll be a nice surprise"

"New York is a few months away" Everyone goes silent "Wow..a few months and you four graduate"

"What will we do?" I look up at Samantha confused "We aren't legally your kids...we can't just move with you all to New York"

"Well" Shelby looks at us "I've already adopted Sugar, Rachel, and Pamela...what's two more?"

"Actually" We look at Maribel confused "If it's ok with Santana...I'd be able to adopt them! It would put it four for Shelby, Two for Judy, and one for Maribel...maybe Emma can adopt them too? I don't know how it all works"

"I think that's a great plan" Santana smiles then looks at grace and Samantha "I could have adopted sisters!"

"I think Santana is fine with it" Maribel smiles and Samantha smiles back at her "Thank you mam"

"Call me Mari or Maribel" Maribel playfully rolls her eyes "Mam makes me feel old"

"Well if the shoe fits" Maribel playfully smacks Santana's arm and we all laugh "I love you mom"

"I love you Mija" Maribel looks up at all of us "Thank you all for not kicking me out immediately"

"You're here to stay Mari" Shelby smiles "Now let's celebrate!"

-Time skip-Shelby pov-

Judy and I sent everyone to bed while we clean up. I stop when I see Judy looking at the photos. There's one we took when the three girls started. It's Judy, Quinn, Santana, Rachel, Beth, and me.

"Can you believe it started just me and you?" Judy shakes her head no and leans her head on me "I'm happy with how much we've grown though"

"I am to" Judy chuckles "We've made our own little colony"

"Yes we have" I take a look over the photos and sigh "You think she'll pass the test?"

"Madison passed it and she was trying to tear us apart" Judy looks up at me with a smile "I think Maribel will be able to"

"I hope so" Judys face morphs into confusion "You can't deny she's a pretty lady"

"You've been looking at her ASSets too much" I playfully scoff and Judy chuckle "Let's finish up"

I nod and we go back to cleaning. Everything feels alright and safe right now. I think everyone minus Maribel knows somethings is on the horizon. The McKinley crew has been to quiet. Kurt said he wanted to talk with all of us but we had all of this.

I hope it wasn't important.

-??? Pov-

"I'm going to tear them down" I look at the photo of Shelby and vocal adrenaline "Nationals will be hell for all of you!"

I walk out of the room and to another one. I look straight at my collection. Some are missing cause apparently you can't trust idiots to get a job done. I spent money for them to end it before this! Now I have to go with plan B.

They aren't going to be ready for me.