''Mami, Tia C!''

Santana turns her head as her five year old sprints into the kitchen effectively distracting her from her conversation with her best friend and grunts softly as he jumps in her lap. ''Whoa baby.'' She murmurs against his head. ''Where is the fire?''

''No fire mami!'' He replies looking up at her with a frown, Mercedes Jones laugh noticing the same look on her best friends face and clears her throat.

''Your mami is just asking why you are so filled with energy Mat.''

''Oh!'' He giggles out as his mami starts tickling him. ''Come!'' He slides off of his mami's lap turning on his heels to run back into the living room and stops as he hears his mami clear her throat, he turns back to them and pouts. ''Por favor?''

He smiles brightly as his mami nods her head and takes her hand in her own as soon as she stands up. ''Whoa calm down Mat.'' Santana breaths out laughing as she stumbles after him, she looks around as soon as they enter the living room hearing Mercedes walk in right after them and raises an eyebrow. ''What is it mijo?''

''Look!'' He exclaims pointing at the TV. ''That is the song!''

Santana frowns in confusion and turns to the TV, she tilts her head as she sees a young blonde standing on the stage of Jimmy Fallon's show and raises an eyebrow. ''The…'' Her eyes widen as Mateo turns the volume up before she can question him and smiles slightly as she hears the song they heard on the radio playing on the show and the blonde confidently dancing on stage with two boys backing up with the instrumentals. ''It is.'' She agrees knowing her son immediately fell in love with the song.

''Girl looks young as hell.'' Mercedes breaths out in surprise as she also listens to the song currently playing on almost every radio sender around LA.

Santana hums grabbing the remote control and rewinds the show, she sits down on the couch smiling as Mateo immediately crawls in her lap and pats the spot beside her. ''Let's find out who she is.'' She breaths out locking eyes with Mercedes, she smiles brightly as she nods her head also looking very intrigued and turns to the TV pushing play.

''Alright ladies and gentleman, let's call the girl currently heard on every radio sender up here with us!'' Jimmy exclaims smiling brightly. ''Give it up for Brittany!''

Santana raises an eyebrow as the blonde walks onto the stage with an older woman right by her side and smiles slightly as she sees the nervousness clear in their eyes. ''They are nervous as fuck.'' She breaths out making sure to cover her sons ears.

Mercedes rolls her eyes and laughs. ''You would be too walking on stage after everyone just listened to your voice for almost two weeks S.'' She rolls her eyes as she just shrugs and pushes her softly. ''Oh come on, you didn't chose to be a pastry chef and open up an own home based business to stand in the spotlights S.''

Santana rolls her eyes and laughs. ''Well no, I thought long and hard about a job that allows me to be home for Mat too.'' She replies shrugging. ''You know I love cooking and baking, choosing pastry just gave me a challenge and you know I like a good challenge.''

''Mami be quiet por favor.''

They both suck in their lips exchanging amused glances as Mateo shushes them and shake their heads, Santana apologizes softly kissing the back of his head and turns back to the TV.

''So Brittany, who did you bring with you?''

''My mom Susan.'' Brittany replies grinning nervously. ''I am still underage so she kind off had to be here backstage, but I wanted her to sit here with me.'' She continues. ''She is also one of the reasons I agreed to meet up with Kane and Katelyn Brown.''

''She is?'' Santana rolls her eyes as she notices Jimmy trying to act surprised and chuckles as the girl just ignores it.

''She is.'' Brittany confirms with a grin. ''Without her and my two best friends, I would have never even considered accepting Kane's offer while still going to school.'' She breaths out shrugging. ''Mom, Noah and Jake sat by my side after my first meeting with Kane and helped me scribble pro's and contra's down, after five hours of just talking about it the three of them convinced me that even though it will be quite stressful at first that I still can't pass up on this amazing opportunity to live my dream.''

''That is amazing.'' Jimmy replies this time smiling for real. ''So Susan, you listen to your daughter singing every day?''

''No but even if I had to I would love it.'' Susan replies as the audience chuckle. ''She mostly rehearses with her best friends and the three of them build a make shift studio in our basement, they soundproofed it so I never hear anything unless they keep the door open.''

''You sure are talented.'' Jimmy compliments locking eyes with Brittany, he turns to Susan as Brittany just thanks him shyly and smiles. ''Did she get the talent from you or your husband?''

''Why is he prying so much?'' Santana asks in confusion.

''Brittany only goes by her first name.'' Mercedes replies after searching for the singer online, she scrolls through the feedback of Jimmy's show and shrugs. ''No one knows where that girl lives or what her last name is, Kane posted a statement this morning telling everyone to stop prying and that all private info on Brittany will stay hidden until she graduated high school.''

''How old is she exactly?'' Santana asks curiously.

''How old are you Brittany?'' Jimmy asks tilting his head curiously, Santana chuckles and nudges Mercedes as she laughs.

''Never mind.'' She whispers turning back to the TV.

''I am sixteen.'' Brittany replies with a small smile. ''I will be turning seventeen in two months.''

''A December baby?'' Jimmy asks.

''The best Christmas gift a mother could have asked for.'' Susan replies chuckling.

Mateo giggles and looks up at his mami. ''You call me the best start in a New Year mami.''

''Because you were.'' Santana murmurs against his head. ''I love celebrating your birthday and new years eve together mijo and you definitely brightened up the years following after you were born.''

She turns back to the TV as he just cuddles close and nuzzles her nose in his dark locks. ''So Brittany your song Road Less Traveled managed to hit four radio senders right after release, what is the reason behind the song?''

Brittany blows out a breath and smiles slightly. ''Well the title says it all.'' She explains. ''Some people in your life want you to take a path in life that they already traveled, solely because they know how it goes down and can help.''

''But the challenge is taking a road less traveled and mastering it.'' She continues. ''Life is all about choices and everyone makes a bad one once in a while, but they can't outnumber the good decisions.''

''Not everyone you meet or met will support you but with the right support system you can allow yourself to ignore the people trying to hold you back and just go for it, in my case it is my mom and my two best friends.'' She explains with a grin. ''Knowing I have the three most important people in my life standing behind me while I face this huge change in life calms me down, it's also about just being yourself and not listening to people trying to bully you.''

''Holy hell for a sixteen year old, she sure is wise.'' Mercedes breaths out, Santana just hums as she listens to Jimmy telling Brittany exactly the same thing Mercedes just said.

''Yeah well, the second people hear my age they will think that I can't have been through a rough patch in life yet.'' Brittany breaths out after sighing. ''Most forget that a lot of children do go to a rough patch in their teenage life and one of the most common things is the divorce of their parents.''

''You are right, most teens fight with that.'' Jimmy agrees. ''So your parents divorced yes?'' He tilts his head as the two blondes on the couch just nod their heads and folds his hands on top of the desk. ''May I ask what your dad thinks about all of this?''

''Well Jimmy.'' Santana tilts her head as she notices the spark in her bright blue eyes vanish and bites her lip. ''Just listen to the lyrics of the song, your question will be answered immediately.''

''And that is my cue!'' Jimmy exclaims. ''Ladies and Gentleman, please give it up for Brittany and her two best friends Noah and Jake.'' He announces. ''Performing Road Less Traveled live for the first time!''

''The guitar dude is cute.''

Santana laughs hearing Mercedes murmured comment and shakes her head. ''And probably just as old as she is C.'' She breaths out.

''Yeah well, age is just a number.'' Mercedes defends laughing. ''Besides they are only five years younger.''

Santana just chuckles quickly turning to her son as she feels him slide off of her lap and laughs as he starts dancing around the room trying to follow the exact same line dance Brittany and the two boys do on stage, she quickly takes out her phone and records him as she notices the happiness in his movement. ''Go mijo.'' She cheers on.

''Move it Mat!'' Mercedes cheers laughing as they both watch the little boy dance around giggling, she turns to Santana and shakes her head. ''Even though the meaning behind the song is a bit sad, It is catchy as fuck.''

''It is.'' Santana confirms chuckling as she uploads the video of her son dancing to the song on her Instagram making sure only his back is facing the camera, she scrolls up to the description box and types out a message.

Mi hijo jamming to his new favorite song.

He always manages to put a smile on mine and his aunts CedesJ's faces.

She uploads it after adding the song name in a hashtag, making sure to hashtag the singers name too and places her phone down. ''Don't you have to go to work C?'' She asks noticing the time, she laughs as her eyes widen and quickly stands up. ''Mijo, Tia C has to go to work, please say bye.''

Mercedes laughs as he immediately sprints over and picks him up, she kisses the top of his head as he hugs her tightly and opens one arm so Santana can join the hug. ''Have fun cuddling and watching a movie without me.'' She pouts. ''Love you crazies.''

''Tia C, you are crazy too.'' Mateo giggles out, he kisses her cheek and smiles brightly. ''And we will all watch a movie in two days.'' He adds.

''Right, how can I forget our weekly movie nights?'' Mercedes gasps out laughing, she kisses his head and places him in Santana's awaiting arms. ''I will see the both of you in two days.''

''You sure will C.'' Santana agrees kissing her cheek. ''Drive safe and don't allow new customers to annoy you.''

''If they do I will design the wrong dress for them.'' Mercedes breaths out shrugging, she laughs as Santana just shakes her head in amusement and grabs her purse. ''See you in two days, love you!''

''Love you too!'' Santana and Mateo reply in unison as they walk her to the door, Santana smiles as her son blows Mercedes a kiss as she walks out of the apartment and looks down at him. ''So.'' She breaths out grinning. ''What will we do now mijo?''

''Can we watch Lilo and Stitch?''

''With hot chocolate?'' She asks as she crouches down in front of him, she smiles as he nods his head with a happy grin and kisses his forehead. ''Go start the movie, I will make us our drinks mi corazón.''

She stands back up as he nods his head and chuckles as he jogs over to the couch, she turns on her heels walking into the kitchen and opens the cupboard grabbing her homemade hot cocoa mix.

She glances at the oven after pouring milk into a pot to heat up and shrugs. ''Thank god for always making extra.'' She murmurs to herself as she takes out two cookie monster cupcakes, she places them on a plate and turns back to the stove taking the pot off of it as soon as the milk starts to boil.

She pours them into two cups stirring the cocoa mix in it and adds a splash of cold milk to Mateo's cup, she places the cups on each plate containing one cupcake and walks into the living room smiling as she sees her son sitting on the couch cuddled underneath their blanket.

''Sit up mijo.'' She murmurs as she sits down beside him, she hands him the plate softly telling him to take a careful sip to see if it's cold enough and kicks her feet up onto the coffee table.

''Whoa these look amazing mami.'' Mateo breaths out looking at the cupcake. ''What is it?'' He asks cutely munching on the chocolate chip cookie that she placed inside of the blue icing in top making it really look like cookie monster munched on a cookie.

''It's a chocolate cupcake filled with chocolate pudding, tipped with icing that I colored blue and a chocolate chip cookie.'' Santana explains slowly knowing he always wants to know what she made that day.

''And candy eyes.'' Mateo adds with a cute grin.

''And candy eyes.'' Santana repeats chuckling. ''It's for a birthday of an eight year old little girl tomorrow and she loves cookie monster.''

''So she will love the cookies too.''

''I hope so.'' She murmurs with a chuckle, she pulls him closer as soon as they both finished their cupcakes and kisses his head. ''Start the movie baby.''

She slides down as soon as he pushed play and smiles lovingly as he crawls on top of her, she kisses his head as he reclines back against her chest and sighs softly. ''Te amo mijo.''

''Te amo también mami.'' Mateo whispers as he tilts his head back to kiss her cheek.

She gently runs her hand through his dark locks smiling lovingly as he turns back to the movie and just shakes her head with an adoring grin as he giggles loudly, she wraps her arms around his waist thinking back to the little blue bundle placed in her arms a little over five years ago and bites her lip.

Taking the road less traveled definitely fits, rebelling against my controlling parents, deciding to keep my baby boy at the age of sixteen and follow two years of night classes to become a pastry chef brought me where I am now.

A happy and healthy five year old, successfully working from home doing what I love and a lifelong best friend who will walk through fire for the both of us like we would do for her.