"I'm just so mad at her." Santana whispered. Mickey nodded. This was the first time they'd spent time together outside of the diner that didn't include Mickey seeing the twins. Santana had called him and he immediately knew she was angry. He offered to meet her in the park so she could talk.
"Santana, I'm sure she didn't mean for this to happen."
"She shouldn't have come looking for me in the first place." Santana snapped. Mickey sighed.
"You said that the two of you were best friends."
"There were three of us. Me, Rachel, and this guy Kurt. We were inseparable. We even moved to New York and lived together for two years until I moved out." Santana said. Mickey raised an eyebrow.
"Maybe she missed her friend." Santana looked down. "Look, San, I don't want you to get hurt, but... Do you want Rachel in the process of trying to protect yourself?"
"Of course not. Damn it, Mickey, now I'm not angry anymore." Mickey chuckled. "Oh, by the way, I appreciate you getting Joe off my back, but you know I can take care of myself, right?"
"Yeah, I know. That wasn't just for you, though. He pisses me off whenever he comes in the diner. He's rude to everyone, not just the waitresses." Santana nodded. "Trust me, I've seen you go 'all Lima Heights' before. I know you don't need anyone to take care of your problems for you."
"Yeah... Thanks for this, Mickey. You're a great friend."
"Yeah, I know." Santana smiled as he pulled her into a hug.
"She hates me." Kurt rolled his eyes as he walked into his apartment.
"No, she doesn't."
"Yes, she does, Kurt! She hates me!" Kurt sighed.
"What exactly happened?"
"I told you! We were talking, Matt came into the diner and told her that he wanted back in the twins' lives, and she told me to stay out of hers. He said my call made him realize his mistake. If I hadn't called, he wouldn't have shown up!" Kurt closed his eyes.
"Rach, there's no way you could have known that would happen." he pointed out.
"Can I come over?"
"Rach, I have a work function tonight, but I can come over tomorrow after work. Is that okay?" Kurt asked.
"Okay." Kurt smiled.
"She doesn't hate you, okay? It'll be fine." Rachel sighed. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Santana, the guy over there specifically asked for you." Santana raised an eyebrow and looked over only to find Kurt sitting in Rachel's booth.
"I was wondering when you'd show up here." she said, smiling slightly as he stood up and hugged her.
"You look good." he said. Santana laughed.
"So do you, Hummel. How've you been?" Kurt chuckled.
"Good. I'm good. Yourself?" Santana scoffed.
"We both know you know the answer to that." Kurt smiled. "Rachel sits in this booth every day. She didn't come this morning, though." Santana said, biting her lip. Kurt narrowed his eyes, trying to read the reaction, before replying.
"She thinks you hate her."
"I did for about an hour." Santana admitted. Kurt raised an eyebrow. "It's not her fault though."
"You gonna tell her that?" Santana nodded.
"I was gonna go by her office, but then I realized I have no idea where she works." Kurt smiled.
"I'll tell you after you talk to me." Santana laughed. "I can't believe you're mom."
"You want to see a picture?" Kurt nodded eagerly and Santana pulled out her phone, sliding it toward him.
"They're adorable, San." Santana smiled softly. "She looks just like you."
"She's got Matt's personality though. She's a lot more calm like he is. Miguel... Miguel's me. I'm going to feel bad for his teachers when he starts kindergarten next fall." Kurt laughed. "Tomorrow's their birthday. I can't believe my babies are going to be five."
"Birthday?" Santana nodded.
"Yeah, we're having a special family dinner. I'm ordering in, we don't do that a lot anymore. It's not much, but... Hopefully when they're older, I'll be able to do more on their birthday." Kurt smiled.
"You have to let me come. I give great presents."
"I remember." Kurt grinned. "Okay, sure. I was gonna see if Rach wanted to come, but you can come even if she doesn't. The twins will love it, they love being the center of attention."
"And you're sure Rachel didn't give birth to them?" Kurt teased. Santana laughed loudly.
"It'll probably just be pizza, cake, and a movie or two."
"That sounds great." Santana smiled and grabbed his phone, putting her new phone number in it before calling her phone from his.
"I'll text you my address and the time." Kurt nodded.
"Sounds good." Santana bit her lip.
"I have to admit, it's good seeing you and Rach."
"It's good seeing you too." Santana smiled. "Oh, right. Here is where Rachel works." Santana accepted the napkin and looked at the writing on it.
"I'll go talk to her tomorrow. Don't tell her though, I want to surprise her." Kurt nodded and Santana slipped the napkin her pocket before raising an eyebrow at the man. "So are you gonna order anything or just take up one of my tables?" she teased, smirking.
"Well, I was, but I don't think I like the service here." Kurt replied, grinning.
"Oh fuck off Hummel." Kurt laughed. "I have to go check on my tables, but let me know when you're ready to order."
"Sounds good." Santana smiled as she slipped out of the booth.
"I really screwed up, Kurt. What if he tries to take the twins from her?" Rachel asked. Kurt sighed. He wanted to tell her what he knew, but he didn't want to betray Santana's trust.
"You didn't know, Rach." he said, sitting next to his best friend.
"What if she hates me? I just got her back in my life, I couldn't... I don't want her to leave again." Rachel whispered.
"She won't."
"She did before." Rachel said, looking down. Kurt bit his lip. "I can't lose her again. It hurt too much the first time."
"You're still in love with her, aren't you?" Kurt whispered. Rachel nodded. "Rachel."
"I know and I know that I'm the reason she left in the first place. That's why I haven't told her and I'm not going to tell her." Kurt hugged the brunette. "I'd rather have her in my life as a friend than not have her in my life at all. I just... I love her so much."
"I know." Kurt whispered as his best friend cried.
A/N: I've got chapter 5 written and the next five chapters outline with bits and pieces of those written. I have a feeling that this might end up being more than fifteen chapters because as I was outlining, I realized there was a lot more that I wanted to tell than I originally planned. This story just kind of expanded but I love what it's expanded to. I'm glad you guys are enjoying this!