Aaaannndddd time for another chapter to finish out the week!

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"Ok try not to get cornered alone with my Aunts."

Santana squeezed her hand tightly as they made their way to the front door of her parents' home.

"If you never leave my side I won't be alone." Quinn smiled nervously.

"You'll be fine my love."

"Let's just go inside before I cause myself an aneurysm."

Santana opened the door and led them into a large entrance hall, the house was extremely large and decorated purposely to look understated but Quinn knew how much this stuff cost…it was fair to say Santana's parents had a lot of money.

"I didn't want any handouts." Santana said quietly beside her.

"Sorry what?"

"I can see the thought running through your head….why does Santana live in her tiny nothing special apartment when she could obviously have better."

"I think it's time you got your eyes checked then because that is not the thought going through my head at all."

"Really? You seemed to be checking everything out."

"I am….and I know it's worth San…..and obviously from the size of this place I get that your folks have some money but I'm not even remotely questioning your apartment… oh and your apartment is something special because it's your home and it's you…..it even has your smell."

"I have a smell?"

"You do and it's very intoxicating."

"You are pretty damn cute Quinn Fabray."

"Oh stop, don't make me look like a blushing mess when I have to meet your family."

"So I probably shouldn't tell you my plans for you later tonight."

"Oh god!...No you shouldn't!"

"Ha ha ok babe calm down."

"You are meant to be on my side San." Quinn pouted adorably and if it wasn't for the fact that Santana could see her father approaching she would have had great pleasure in kissing said pout away.

"Good evening ladies."

"Hey Papi." Santana kissed her father's cheek and hugged him lightly.

"It's nice to see you again Quinn." Carlos wrapped an arm around Quinn's shoulder and she instantly relaxed.

"It's lovely to see you again Mr. Lopez and thanks for having me tonight."

"No thanks required any lady holding my baby girls heart is immediately part of the family, now were you two planning on staying out here all night?"

"No of course not Papi, are we the last to get here?"

"No Lexi and Jarvis are still to arrive."

"Two of my cousins…Lexi is awesome and Jarvis is an asshole" Santana whispered to Quinn who nodded in response Lexi awesome, Jarvis asshole...check.

They entered the very crowded room, the idea of a family dinner had turned into drinks and nibbles due to the sheer number of people keen to come. Thanks to Santana's nephews screaming her name all eyes were instantly on them and Santana was immediately tackled by two very excited boys.

"They adore their Aunt." A handsome man said with a grin as he moved alongside Quinn.

"I would have never guessed." Quinn laughed with him.

She noted the same spark in his eye that Santana carried and a similar dimple, this had to be her brother.

"I'm Gabriel the good looking member of this family." He added as if reading her mind.

"Pssshh you wish Gabe." Santana had managed to release herself from the cuddles and was now hugging her brother.

"Gabe this is my girlfriend Quinn."

They exchanged pleasantries before they were dragged away by Santana's Mom, somewhere along the way they got split up but Quinn seemed to be handling it like a pro even with Maribel's vice like grip on her arm as she practically showed her off to various family members. Santana looked on with amusement considering her Moms early reservations about Quinn she seemed to be totally smitten with the blonde now.

"Santana Marie Lopez you get more beautiful every time I see you."

Santana turned with a smile upon hearing her Aunts voice.

"Hey Aunty Val."

"I see you have a new special someone?" her aunt whispered into her ear as she hugged her softly.

"I do, come meet her." Santana held out her hand for her aunt to take and walked across the room to where Quinn had finally been left talking to Kurt.

"Sorry to interrupt guys…Quinn this is my Aunt Valentina."

"It's lovely to meet you Valentina." Quinn smiled genuinely as she shook the hand of the beautiful woman. Santana's family had certainly won the genetic lottery.

"You can call me Val and it's nice to put a face to the name."

"Oh god has Mami been gossiping?" Santana groaned loudly.

"She hasn't been too bad darling." Valentina patted Santana's shoulder before turning her attention to Quinn once more.

"So Quinn come tell me about yourself."

Santana watched as her aunt led Quinn to a vacant sofa on the other side of the room, she was sure she would be ok.

"She seems to be handling this well." Kurt chuckled beside her.

"I think she is handling it better than even she expected."

"She was worried your family wouldn't like her."

"A bit…I told her she had nothing to worry about."

"It's nice that she was concerned though, it proves she cares."

"That's true, hey I'm going to get a drink did you want something?"

"No I'm good with this thanks." Kurt held up the wine glass in his hand.

"Ok I'll be back soon."

Santana moved towards the kitchen to investigate the drink options, she was sure her parents would have everything under the sun.

"She seems exceptionally happy Kurt." Maribel's voice made Kurt jump.

"Yeah she really does."

"I received a text from Shelby."

"So did I." Kurt turned to face the older Latina so they could talk more discreetly.

"Did you reply to her?"

"No I deleted it how about you?"

"I told her to leave Santana alone."

"I wonder what she is after."

"I'm not sure but she is not getting her hooks into my baby girl again."

"You do know it was San that actively pursued her right?"

"I know it was in the beginning but she knew what she was doing…. she knew she would break my Santana's heart and she should have prevented that."

Maribel was getting angry she always did when she thought back to how broken Santana was when things ended with Shelby. Her daughter had convinced herself that Shelby loved her and would eventually leave her husband for her but when she found out she wasn't the only person Shelby had been seeing the realization finally hit home that she was nothing more than a play thing for the older woman.

"Are you going to tell San that she text?"

"No I don't think I am."

"Me either….I feel bad keeping something like that from her but I'm finally starting to get the old Santana back and it may be selfish of me but I want her to stay."

"It's not selfish Kurt you are a good friend to my baby."

Kurt smiled softly and glanced across the room to where Santana was seemingly in a heated discussion with her cousin, the guy had only arrived a few minutes earlier so how those two managed to annoy each other so quickly amazed him.

He caught Quinn's eye who had paused her conversation after taking note of Santana's defensive hands on hips stance and hushed angry tone. She gestured silently for his thoughts on going to make sure everything was ok to which he shrugged his shoulders….. Surely it couldn't do any harm.

"Why do you continuously make the same mistakes over and over again Santana?"

"Who the hell do you think you are Jarvis? You weren't either of my parents last time I checked just the pain in my ass."

"How much older than you is she?"

"Why does that even matter?"

"Because you dragged this family through your doom and gloom last time some older woman broke your heart and if you can't learn from your past mistakes then you are a fool."

Santana balled her hands into fists, Jarvis always got on her nerves with his holier than thou attitude and his judgmental ways.

"Hey I'm sorry if I was in a dark place after my heart got broken but you know what at least I have a heart to break."

"Such a child no wonder you are attracted to your teachers." Jarvis looked down his nose at her which only made the anger inside of the Latina deepen.

"Hey um sorry to interrupt this delightful conversation but I couldn't help over hear you judging my girlfriend and saying hurtful degrading things to her… I'd really appreciate it if you ceased such efforts because I'm really keen for this family to like me and their judgement may get a tad clouded over if I end up having to slap you across that arrogant face of yours."

Quinn spoke so calmly and sweetly that Santana actually had to mentally check if she had heard what she had correctly, Jarvis sneered at the blonde appalled that a stranger could walk into the home of his family and talk to him like that.

"Ahh a violent one are we? What an amazing catch Santana…..what does.."

"Jarvis shut the fuck up you are making a total fool of yourself." A tall woman cut him off before he could continue.

"This is none of your business Lexi." He replied angrily.

"No it's not but Santana's relationship isn't any of yours either."

"I just wish she would wake up! What would an older woman want with a 21 year old anyway? Apart from her hefty trust fund of course."

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Santana spat out angrily, if her Abuela hadn't just entered the room she would have punched him square in the face right then and there.

"You want to know what I want with your cousin is that it?"

"Quinn don't….." Santana didn't want Quinn to feel the need to explain anything to this jerk

"No its ok San…Is that what you are so keen to know?"

Jarvis simply scoffed at her.

"I'll take that as a yes then if I give you my entire list you would be here all night so I will narrow it down so a small minded individual like yourself can get it. I want to make her happy, I want to be the reason behind that beautiful smile of hers, I want to give her a life she has only dreamed of, I want to keep her safe and love her, I do not want one cent of hers or her families money. That's what I want from and for Santana, NOTHING about this is about how old we are, it is about two people who love each other more than they imagined they possibly could….. Simple as that! Do you finally get it you pompous prick?"

Quinn's voice was much louder now and the room had fallen silent as she spoke. Jarvis glared at them both before storming from the room.

"Oh crap I'm so sorry I need to apologize to your parents." Quinn cringed when she caught sight of everyone's eyes once again on them.

"Seriously I think everyone enjoyed that." Lexi laughed and held out her hand.

"Alexia Lopez but you my friend can call me Lexi."

Quinn shook her hand before daring a glance around the room once more everyone seemed to be smiling once again and no one looked overly offended.

"I'm really sorry about that."

"Are you kidding? You are my freaking hero and extremely hot right now." Santana kissed her blushing cheek softly.

"My brother seems to think he is above everyone else and to be honest too many people let him get away with it."

"I guess you could say I am just a tad protective about your cousin." Quinn half smiled.

"And that's super awesome to see, now how about I get us fresh drinks?"

Lexi looked between them and they both nodded.

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"That was quite the show earlier."

Maribel took the seat Santana had just vacated to help put her nephews to bed.

"I'm so sorry Maribel I didn't mean to disrespect your family."

"From what I heard you were defending my family."

"I should've ignored him and been the better person."

"Quinn I appreciate every single word you said to Jarvis, you care very deeply for my daughter and what mother could be unhappy in witnessing that first hand?"

"I do care about her so very much."

"You have made her smile in a way I haven't seen for quite some time Quinn and I am hoping to see it remain that way."

"Your daughter is a really special person Maribel I'm lucky to have her."

"Please don't think that Jarvis' feelings are shared by anyone else in this family the two of them have been butting heads more and more lately."

"What's his problem with Santana dating me anyway? Does he have an allergy to older women?"

"Has Santana told you about her ex?"

"The teacher?" Maribel nodded.

"Santana's ex was his theatre coach, he put her up on a pedestal and of course after she and Santana ended she ceased coaching Jarvis. He has since missed out on numerous theatre roles and he blames that on the fact that she is no longer coaching him therefore he blames Santana."

"So instead of supporting his cousin at a really hard time he made himself the victim and has continued to do so ever since?"

"Yes that about sums it up."

"Stellar guy!"

"He used to be a nice kid so I'm holding out hope that he will remove the stick up his bum sometime soon."

Quinn laughed out loud, she really hadn't expected something like that to come out of her mouth.

"You have a great family Maribel."

"Thank you dear they are my proudest achievement, we are going to have a breakfast tomorrow just immediate family I would love for you to join us."

"Oh ok I'll check with San, she hadn't mentioned anything so she may want it to just be you guys."

"Santana hasn't said anything becuase I haven't asked her yet."

"Ha ha ok well if she is keen then consider me in."

"In fact it would almost make sense for you both to just spend the night here."

"Oh….um….well we…..I guess we…."

"Say no more." Maribel laughed.

"No I wasn't meaning anything by it I was just…"

"Its fine Quinn I understand, spending a night under the same roof as your girlfriends' family this soon into your relationship could really cramp your loving style a bit."

Maribel grinned at her widely, By this time Quinn was bright red and couldn't find the words to intelligently respond to Maribel's teasing, the woman had officially rendered her speechless for the time being.

"Babe are you ok?" Santana had come back into the room and noticed Quinn's seemingly uncomfortable demeanor straight away.

"I think I may have embarrassed her a little bit Santana."

"Oh god Mami what did you say?"

"I'll let you take that up with her." Maribel chuckled as she rose from the seat so Santana could sit back down.

"What did she say to you?"

Quinn finally regained her ability to function and grinned at Santana's concerned face she really was the sweetest thing ever.

"Nothing bad hon…you know that awkward feeling you get when your parents confirm that they know you are no longer a virgin."

"Ugh yes."

"Ok now think how you would feel if your girlfriends Mom confirmed that she knew and spoke freely of the fact that you were having sex with her daughter."

"Oh for Christs sake Mami." Santana called out across the room to her mother who broke into hysterical laughter with Valentina by her side.

Quinn laughed as well as she snuggled closer to Santana, the night was really going to be ok after all.