-Chapter 40-Solos and talks part 2-

-Maribel pov-

"Am I talking to Snixx?" She nods and I nod toward the chairs "Let's sit"

She sits down and I walk over. I take the chair beside her. I get my mind settled and heart calmed down first. I look over at my daughter and smile. She's grown into such a good looking and smart girl.

"I know you may think of us as a monster" My smiles goes into confusion as Snixx looks at me sadly "Santana is so scared right now I couldn't bring her out if I tried"

"I think you are amazing" I cup her face and smile gently "I think both of you are amazing! You two are one and the same! You two are my daughter no matter what!"

"We think we are a monster" Snixx looks away leaving my hand floating "Who really wants a freak with two people in them?"

"Rachel and Lucy" Snixx looks at me slightly "Judy, Fran, Shelby, Beth, Juniper, And me! I want you baby girl"

"BUT YOU LEFT!" I look away from her not able to face her "Why? Why did you leave me?"

"I've alre~"

"NO!" I look back at her and see anger along with tears falling "Why did you really leave?"

"Abuse took it's toll" I sigh and shake my head "I was weak and escaped one night...I planned to come back and get you b..but he moved houses and I couldn't find you two"

"Did you look?" I dont respond and she hits the chair causing me to jump "Answer!"

"I-I can't" She hits it again and I drop to the floor seeing him "STOP IT DANIEL!"

"M-mom?" I shrink away from her as she reaches out "I-I'm so sorry...God I'm such a fuck up! I always jump to anger and that's it! I'm the monster from dad! I AM DAD!"

"N-no you're not" I sit up and grab her hand "We are stronger than this...Snixx...you aren't him! You are so much better then he ever was"

"How?" Snixx slowly sits down and I wipe her tears away "How am I better than him?"

I smile and cup her face again "You fight for your family" I use my thumbs to wipe away the rest of the tears "You don't hurt your family on purpose and when you accidentally do you feel so bad about it! You find a way to make it up! He would never even imagine trying to do that!"

"I wanna be apart of everyone's lives too" Snixx looks down and sighs "You think she'll let me out more?"

"I don't know how all of this works truthfully" She frowns and I force her to look at me "But I'm sure you two can work something out"

"Thanks" We move closer and hug "I love you mom"

"I love you Mija" I rub her back "No matter if it's Santana or Snixx"

After a few minutes we break apart. We stand up and the doors come open. Snixx is immediately hugged by her girlfriends. I smile and walk to mine. I turn to watch the girls and they wrap their arms around me.

"It'll get better" I smile as Shelby kisses my cheek "We won't give up till everything is"

I truly believe that. I truly believe I have finally found my family. My safe place. I couldn't be any happier than I am now.

-Time skip- Rachel pov-

We are all home after school. I'm currently laying across my girlfriends on the couch. Snixx is playing with my hair and Lucy is petting my leg. I think the moms are in the Kitchen but I don't know.

KNOCK KNOCK

"I've got it!" Judy yells and then opens the door "OH MY GOD!"

We jump up and run to the door. Standing there is a beat up Dave. We get him in and I notice the knapsack. There's no way.

"What happened?" We sit him in a chair in the kitchen and Judy grabs a ice pack "Are you ok?"

"I will be" Dave grabs the Ice pack and covers his eye "My dad snapped when I brought home boy"

"He kicked you out" Dave looks at me confused "Knapsack"

"Oh" He reaches behind him and puts it on the table "Thought I left it in the car"

"Shelby!" Mom runs in a her eyes go wide when she sees Dave "Go set up the guest room please"

"Whats going on?" Maribel's eyes go wide quickly "Oh god Dave!"

She runs over and checks his eye "Am I that ugly" We all smile at his trying to be upbeat "I'll be fine trust me"

"Yes you will" Maribel stands up "I think I have some big sweaters and sweatpants"

"Why don't we go get him some?" Maribel nods and Judy grabs the car keys "We will be back...Whats your size?"

"It's fine mam" Judy and Maribel fix him with glares and he gulps "A Xl or XXL Is good"

They nod and leave "You gonna be ok?" He looks at us confused "We aren't going to kick you out Dave"

"I can't believe you aren't" He lets out a sarcastic chuckle "I would've if you did what I have"

"My girlfriends used to be just like what you were" I give him a small smile "You have put in the same amount of effort to change like they did! You are willing to be better and that's why we are letting you stay...You're a better person now! You're the real Dave Karofsky"

"I don't know who that is" Dave lets a few tears fall "I-I've been hiding for so long...I don't know who I am"

"We'll help" We walk over to him and give him a group hug "There's a perfect song for this"

-Lucy-Rachel-Snixx-All-

You're not alone, together we stand

I'll be by your side, you know, I'll take your hand

When it gets cold and it feels like the end

There's no place to go, you know, I won't give in

No, I won't give in

Keep holding on

'Cause you know we'll make it through

We'll make it through

Just stay strong

'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you

There's nothing you can say, nothing you can do

There's no other way when it comes to the truth

So keep holding on

'Cause you know we'll make it through

We'll make it through

So far away, I wish you were here

Before it's too late, this could all disappear

Before the doors close and it comes to an end

With you by my side, I will fight and defend

I'll fight and defend, yeah, yeah

Keep holding on

'Cause you know we'll make it through

We'll make it through

Just stay strong

'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you

There's nothing you can say, nothing you can do

There's no other way when it comes to the truth

So keep holding on

'Cause you know we'll make it through

We'll make it through

Hear me when I say, when I say I believe

Nothing's gonna change

Nothing's gonna change destiny

Whatever is meant to be will work out perfectly

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Keep holding on

'Cause you know we'll make it through

We'll make it through

Just stay strong

'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you

There's nothing you can say, nothing you can do

There's no other way when it comes to the truth

So keep holding on

'Cause you know we'll make it through

We'll make it through

Keep holding on

Keep holding on

There's nothing you can say, nothing you can do

There's no other way when it comes to the true

So keep holding on

'Cause you know we'll make it through

We'll make it through

"Thanks" Dave sniffles and then bear hugs us "Thank you so much"

"No problem Dave" He let's us go and I motion toward the living room "Movie?"

He nods and we all go into it. We sit on the sectional. Dave picks out the movie and we start watching. It feels nice being together. I've always wanted a brother and maybe Dave could be like one.

That would be nice. He could be my babies uncle too. I'll have to talk to him..after...this..quick nap.

-Time skip-Judy pov-

We return with some clothes for Dave after a while. It's silent and we see Shelby standing in the entry way for the living room. We walk closer and I see her smiling and Beth on her other side.

"What's got you smiling so big?" She points into the living room without looking at us "Be glad I love you"

I look and start smiling too. All of the kids are asleep on the sectional. Lucy on Rachel, Rachel on Dave's right, and Santana on Dave's left. I pull out my phone and take a few photos.

We leave them be until dinner. After that it's a early but nice evening. Here's to tomorrow being a better day. But when is it always good in our lives?

I just hope if it's bad it's manageable. We need something small every once and a while.