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"Auntie San?"
"Yes Baby Q?" She rolls her eyes
"I'm almost 13 remember? Not a baby and certainly not her baby" she crosses her arms and I laugh
"You might not want to do that then because from where I'm standing...baby Q" I whisper the last part as I rock my arms like I'm holding a baby making her laugh.
"I get to stay with you forever, right?" She asks and I nod
"Yeah Beth your mo..Shelby and I had an agreement if anything happened to her I would take care of you. Is that okay with you?"
She nods "You've always been more like my mom, there's no one else I'd rather be with, but are you sure it's okay? I don't want to interrupt your life, I know I'm a lot but I can help around the house, I can get a job..." she shrugs and my heart swells, I love this little girl so much, she's been through some shit but has handled it with so much grace.
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"Come here" I hug her "I love you so much Beth Marie, you never interrupt anything in my life ever, you will not be working, I got us. You know I'm definitely not perfect and I'm sure we're going to piss each other off but I promise I'll always be here for you, as long as you'll have me, okay?"
She nods as she cries into my sweatshirt, I kiss the top of her head and we stand there for what feels like eternity.
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"Are you hungry or anything?" I ask wiping my eyes with my sweatshirt, she shakes her head "I think I'm just going to head to bed if that's okay?" I nod completely understanding
"Absolutely, I'll see you in a few hours okay please don't leave". I ask and she nods
"I promise I won't go anywhere, I love you Auntie San" she says hugging me once more before heading to her room and closing the door.
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I stand in the kitchen completely conflicted, do I figure out how to get in touch with Quinn? Does Beth even want me too? Does Quinn even care? I guess we'll have to talk in the morning. All I know is I definitely need some sleep. I can't possibly make anymore life altering decisions right now.
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-Beth's point of view-
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"Morning Brittany!" I say walking into the kitchen
"Morning little B, I didn't know you were here?" She says flipping the pancake
"Yeah Auntie San picked me up last night? Mom overdosed last night so I guess I have to live her her now"
Brittany drops the sugar turning around in complete shock "Oh my god! Beth I'm so sorry are you okay? Do you wanna talk about it sweetie?"
"I'm okay right now, I guess, she's been having a real hard time lately, we had a few scares no one knows about but I'm just glad I have Auntie San" I shrug, it's true I would be so lost without her. "I'm going to try and wake her up okay?"
"You're brave,It was nice knowing ya kid!" Brittany nods laughing
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I walk into my aunts room, she's sprawled out on her stomach with her face turned away from me. She is my absolute best friend and my favorite person. I put my knees up putting my head on her back and play with her hair, she's always been so pretty to me, a part of me wishes she would have been my mom.
She's so crazy sometimes it makes me laugh, she's cussed out refs at my soccer games because he was making, in her words, bullshit calls, she was front row for all my plays no matter what role I played and she's always been there for me whenever I needed her.
She and Brittany have been dating for a while now, which is cool, Britt's fun, she's a dancer, very pretty and very silly. I remember how nervous my aunt was introducing me to her, I of course gave her my blessing as long as I wasn't being replaced. She laughed, hugged me and said never, I was her number one girl.
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"God you're a creep just like your mom" she laughs making me jump "What are you up to munchkin?" She asks finally starting to wake up
"Oh! You finally decided to join us in the real world I see?" I lay next to her throwing a pillow at her making her laugh again. She shakes her head, leaning over to kiss my cheek before finally getting up and heading to the shower. "Well since you have disturbed my sleep get out so I can get ready"
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We laugh and I decide to head back to the kitchen to see what Brittany is up too.
"Beth, since I made a mess here, can you do me a huge favor and go next door and borrow some sugar from Rachel pretty please?" I nod "Sure! Can you let auntie San know please I promised I wouldn't leave" "of course sweetheart thank you again"
I grab the cup and head next door.
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Knock knock
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I look up and see her. She looks exactly like me but older, her hair is short and choppy but we definitely have the same eyes. Man she's pretty.
"Beth?" She asks and I nod.
Wait how does she know me?
"Umm Is my aunt Rachel here? Britt sent me over to borrow some sugar?" I ask shaking the cup. "But maybe I should come back?" I say backing away slowly from the door.
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This lady just keeps staring at me not saying anything, it's making me kinda nervous now.
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"Wait! Beth!" I hear this time I know that voice, it's my aunt Rachel, I smile turning around and walk back into her apartment. "Morning aunt Rachel, sorry I just came over but Britt is making pancakes, Auntie San is in the shower so she asked me to come borrow some sugar?" I smile holding up the cup.
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"Wait. Santana's in New York?" I hear from the living room, I look over to see that same lady still staring at me, I nod "Yeah she's just next door in the shower, wait you know her?" she nods giving me a sad small smile "I sure do, we went to high school together a very long time ago" I smile and nod wondering why Auntie San has never mentioned her before or why she hasn't been at any of the dinners?
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"Here you go sweetie" Aunt Rachel says handing me the cup back, "Thank you aunt Rachel" I turn to leave when someone flies into me spilling the sugar everywhere, I lookup to see my aunt standing there like she's seen a ghost "I'm so so sorry aunt Rachel" I say trying to scoop up the sugar. "Let me help you sweetie" she says bending down to help me.
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"Quinn?" Is all I hear and I stop. I look up to my Aunt who is frozen in place, which is so weird because she is literally afraid of nothing and no one, then I notice that lady is also frozen. I look up to my Aunt Rachel who smiles helping me up, wrapping her arms around me from behind like I'm going to fly away or something.
"What's going on?" I ask, my Aunt snaps her head towards me with tears in her eyes "Beth" she whispers pointing "That's her"
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And suddenly it clicks. Holy Shit.
I look towards the living room and point "Quinn? As in my mom Quinn? Quinn as in the one who didn't want me? Quinn as in the one who gave me up to peruse her own dreams?" I ask crossing my arms, she nods slowly her head is down and she's crying. I look back to my aunt then back at Quinn. "Can we please go home Auntie San?" I ask walking over to hug her. "Sure, Let's go baby Q" she says out of habit and we both freeze but quickly recover.
"Sorry about the mess Rach" my aunt says over her shoulder . "Don't worry you guys, I'm just so sorry about all this" she says waving around making me laugh, she's so silly sometimes.
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"Where's the sugar guys? We're they out?" Brittany asks completely oblivious as we walk back into the apartment, Santana shakes her head saying nothing, only continuing to her room and I shrug walking to mine.
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Santana's POV
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What in the actual fuck just happened...
I ask myself pacing back and forth in my room. I didn't even notice Britt had walked in.
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"San" she says grabbing my arm
"Quinn" Is all I can say, she shakes her head
"No, I'm Brittany" she says and I laugh
"No Britt, Quinn was next door, Beth went to borrow sugar and" Brittany's eyes go wide
"Oh my gosh San was Beth okay? Are you okay?" She asks
"Why wouldn't I be okay B?"
"Come on San, you've been in love with her since high school, you look after Beth like she's your own, I know you do that partly if not mostly, for Quinn"
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This woman. She never ceases to amaze me, we've never talked fully about any of this and here she is putting it all together, I shake my head in disbelief, Brittany S Pearce really is a genius.
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"It's okay San, I get it, we can't control who we love" Britt shrugs holding my hand.
"What do I do B?" I genuinely ask her because at this point I have no fucking clue
"I honestly don't know San but I do know you have to do something, there's a 12 year old, who lost her step mom and just saw her biological mom all in a matter of 24 hours, who is in her bedroom crying. I'm sorry I wish I could stay but I have to go I have rehearsals in an hour, I'll give you two the day and see you both tomorrow okay?" She says and I nod "Thanks B" she smiles nodding as she hugs me
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