Thank you guys SO much for your comments, this story still means the world to me so I'm so happy ya'll are still interested. As two people requested, heres Santana in trouble and Quinn regressing/misbehaving to get Shelby's attention.
A few weeks had passed since Shelby's girls had regressed, with school starting back up, cheer practice, Glee practice and all the other clubs they joined there hadn't been much time for anything else. Shelby could tell the lack of regression was starting to effect all of her girls, but especially Santana. The girl had come home many times with letters from teachers over the past week and although Shelby was a little disappointed in Santana, she couldn't help but feel bad. Santana benefitted the most from her regression and when she didn't get it? All hell would break lose.
Shelby hummed to herself as she cleaned the house ready for when the girls came home; since having them live with her full time she soon realised how much mess three teenagers made. The woman flopped down onto the couch and checked the time on her phone, 3:10pm, Santana and Brittany would be home soon, Quinn had track practice and wouldn't be home until 5pm.
She was so thankful it was Friday, after deciding her girls needed a weekend of regression she began to plan out in her head a few special treats for the little ones over the next few days. She decided on a pizza and movie night tonight with a trip to the toy store Saturday and the arcades Sunday; making sure to pick at least one activity that each girl loved.
Shelby's quiet time was soon interrupted by Santana bursting through the front door, throwing her bag on the floor before stomping her way upstairs without a single word and a poor frazzled looking Brittany trailing behind.
"Hey Mom" she greeted, much quieter than usual as she moved over to Shelby to have their routine after school hug.
"Hey sweet, everything okay?" Shelby asked hesitantly as she received a lap full of Brittany; she loved that her girls always wanted to cuddle no matter what mindset they were in. Brittany sighed and shrugged, "San got in trouble at school and she's been in a stink ever since. She didn't talk to me the whole way home" she explained sadly, leaning her head on her Mom's chest and sighing deeply. Shelby kissed Brittany's forehead and squeezed her tight, she knew it was always hard on the girl when her girlfriend was in a bad mood, she hated seeing anyone upset but especially her San.
"Let me go talk to her, honey and then we can get you a snack" Shelby said, hearing Brittany's tummy gurgle after a few minutes of cuddling. Anyone who knew Santana knew it was always a good idea to let the girl simmer down before attempting to talk to her. Brittany nodded and reluctantly stood from Shelby's lap, she loved having time alone with her Mom but she knew her girlfriend needed it more right now.
"I can make a snack whilst you talk to her Mom, should I make Sanny one too?" she offered rubbing at her tired eyes. Shelby ran her hand through the blonde hair lovingly, "you lie down on the couch and I'll make you guys a snack when we're done, little Bee". Brittany smiled and collapsed on the couch as she watched Shelby walk upstairs, she was feeling considerably fuzzy and smaller after hearing her Mom use her nickname that was reserved for Little Brittany.
Shelby took a breath before knocking on Santana's door, bracing herself for whatever was about to happen; she hated being hard on any of her girls but just lately Santana had been getting on every one of her last nerves with her bad behaviour and she knew something needed to be done. After hearing a slight grunt of confirmation from behind the door, Shelby opened it to see Santana pacing around her room and chewing on her lip; both tell tale signs that the girl was fighting a losing battle to keep her anger in check.
"Hey Sanna, can we talk?" Shelby asked, leaving no room for the girl to disagree as she placed both hands on her shoulders and guided her to sit on the bed.
Santana rolled her eyes and shook her off, "nothing to talk about" she muttered whilst attempting to stand up again, she needed to let out all the built up angry energy and the only way to do that was stomp around her room until her legs were burning.
"Brittany mentioned you got into some trouble again at school" Shelby said tightly, she understood San's anger issues but she was not about to let her get away with plain rudeness.
"My god Mom, just leave. Get out and leave me alone" Santana bit back, feeling that burning rage she knew all too well. "Santana Marie, you do not get to talk to me that way, get your ass downstairs and in the corner and do not leave until I say" Shelby instructed sternly, knowing the teenager wasn't going to go down without a fight.
Santana huffed loudly and threw herself down on her bed, crossing her arms and sending her Mom one of her trademark smirks, "I'm 18 not 2" she snapped.
"Yeah well if you're gonna act like a child you can be punished as one. Move it" Shelby scolded loudly, pointing to the door and nodding triumphantly as she watched the girl scurry off her bed and rush downstairs. Santana usually prided herself on sticking to her guns a little better, but Shelby rarely yelled at any of the girls so when she did it always came as a shock to all of them. Besides, she was exhausted and she just wanted to get this over with.
Shelby followed the teen down the stairs and watched to make sure she took herself to the corner before turning to Brittany to ask what snack she wanted. "You okay Bee?" Shelby asked with a fond smile as she saw Brittany's heavy eyelids flutter up to look at her.
"Mhm, snack?" Brittany nodded rubbing at her eyes with her fists, a sure sign she was slipping. "Of course baby, what would you like?" she asked chuckling when all she got in reply was a series of "um's" and "uh's". "Should Mama pick for you?" Shelby offered, knowing decisions like these took forever with little Brittany.
"Mama pick" Brittany nodded before sliding off the couch and toddling over to Santana when she saw the older girl looking over her shoulder at her from the corner. "Bee, no talking to Sanny right now baby" Shelby said gently lifting Brittany onto her hip, "and Santana face the wall, you know the rules" she added before carrying the little one into the kitchen with her.
"Mama snack, snack snack Mama!" Brittany chanted as she wriggling in her Mama's arms.
"Snacks for my Britty!" Shelby sung back, trying to busy herself with snack preparation to take her mind off of the punishment she would soon have to give Santana. God she had missed her little girls and she couldn't wait to get it all over with so she could tell the girls about their fun weekend ahead.
"Here sweetie, sit here and watch your show and Mama will be back really soon, okay?" Shelby promised Brittany as she sat her little one on the couch with her goldfish crackers and turned on Bluey, one of the three year olds favourite shows.
"Nooo Mama" the toddler whined, holding her arms up and making grabby hands whilst putting on her best pout. She had been away from her Mama ALL day and now she was leaving?! Shelby pouted sympathetically and crouched down in front of her. "It's okay sweetie, Mama is just going to be over there with Sanny for a few minutes, you'll be able to see me the whole time baby" she reassured hoping it wouldn't turn into a full meltdown. "Then you, Sanna and Mama can cuddle until Quinnie comes home, deal?" she added afterwards, holding her pinky out to the little one.
Brittany frowned and hesitated but linked her pinky with her Mama's, nodding in agreement but keeping the pout firmly on her face as she turned back to her show and her crackers.
Shelby smiled and placed a kiss to her forehead before standing and walking over to her trouble maker, "okay San, out you come" she said softly, hoping the time out had make the girl rethink her attitude. Santana let a small smile slip when she felt Shelby's arm around her, she loved how their Mom would comfort them even when they were in trouble.
"Now, are you going to tell me what happened?" Shelby asked, she always gave the girls the benefit of the doubt and heard them out, she felt it was only fair for them to have a chance to explain. Santana sighed and nodded, wringing her hands together, "I just feel so angry all the time Mami" she started, relaxing a little when she chanced a look at Shelby's face and saw her soft smile.
"Everything irritates me like it used to before all this" she explained, waving her hands around, signalling to the house and life Shelby had given them. "I feel like I'm a tight ball just waiting to explode".
Shelby nodded in understanding and pulled Santana towards her, giving her a loving forehead kiss before pulling her to sit on the couch next to her. "I'm sorry you've been feeling all these things lately San, I think it's down to us not having much time for you girls to regress. You've all been a little antsy lately and as your Mom I should've recognised that something needed to happen." Shelby admitted, before continuing, "but you could've talked to me and we would have worked through it together, you know that."
Santana nodded and looked down at their interlocked hands on Shelby's lap, "I'm sorry Mami, I know I should've come to you and next time I will" she promised, breathing a sigh of relief when she felt the older woman wrap her arms around her.
"Thank you for the apology San, I'm sorry also and I promise you guys can regress as much as you need to this weekend" Shelby promised, laying a kiss to brown hair as she watched Brittany toddle over to them.
Sorry it's not the longest guys, I'll have another chapter including the weekend of regression posted asap:)
