Author's note: DON'T OWN GLEE! So thank you to those who left a review for the last chapter, kinda getting worried because I'm not getting very many so please give me your opinion on the story! Sorry I haven't updated in a while, it's the opening week for my show and weekends are always busy!
Santanna P.O.V
I was too pissed to notice Rachel yelling for me to stop. How dare she hit my girlfriend? Rachel had done nothing wrong and if anyone deserved to have rumors spread about them, it was Quinn. I continued beating her, I had every intention of killing her until I heard the loud piercing scream.
I immediately froze and looked over towards Rachel. She was hunched over her belly and her face was a mix between pain and fear.
"Baby, what's wrong?" I asked running towards her. I made it over just in time before her eyes rolled in the back of her head as she hit the ground.
I immediately started to panic. She was lying in my arms with her eyes closed, and she wasn't moving.
"Baby wake up" I said, shaking her lightly. "Rachel please open your eyes" I begged, shaking her roughly now.
I set her down gently and grabbed a cool wet paper towel to place on her forehead, when I slipped on something wet. I looked down and was shocked to find the floor covered in blood. I traced the blood back to its source and noticed that it was coming from between my girlfriend's legs.
"You're so fucking dead Fabray" I yelled. "I swear to god, if anything is wrong with Rachel or my babies I will kill you. Get your pathetic ass up and get Puckerman in here" I screamed. As soon as she left, I rushed back to Rachel.
"It's okay baby, you're gonna be fine" I said with tears running down my face. I began wiping the blood away and was horrified when I realized it was still coming. I picked up her head and stroked her hear, I had never been so terrified in my life.
"What the fuck happened?" Puck asked as he burst through the door.
"She's not moving Puck" I sobbed.
"Don't worry, it'll be okay. The ambulance is on the way, everything's gonna be fine" he said, kissing my head.
"What if it's not?" I asked. "What if we loose them?".
"They'll be fine. All four of them, they're fighters besides this is Rachel, she won't give up until she's won her fucking awards for broadway" he said in a shaking voice.
I had no idea what was happening, I was running on autopilot. The next thing I knew, the EMT was taking Rachel and my babies away and Puck was dragging me behind them. Somehow I ended up in a waiting room while Rachel was having surgery.
"Christ it's been three hours" Puck swore, breaking me out of the trance.
I sat up and realized that his shirt was soaking wet with my tears. I couldn't help but cry harder when I realized that I could be losing everything.
"What are they doing?" I asked. I remembered that a doctor had talked to us earlier and explained everything, but I was so out of it I had no idea what he had said.
"They are repairing one of the babies' placentas, it tore when she was hit" Puck said, wiping my eyes. "They said everything would be okay, but no one has come out in over an hour".
"I'm going to kill her" I snarled. There was only one person to blame and that was Quinn.
"No, you're not, you're going to be there when Rachel wakes up and you're going to smile the entire time" he said.
About 15 minutes later, the doctor gave me the best news of my life. Rachel was out of surgery and she was awake and perfectly okay. Apparently the tear had caused some of the baby's blood to leak out, called rhesus sanitization. After they examined her, they realized that Baby A and B were not harmed, but Baby C had lost a lot of blood, which could cause further problems later on in the pregnancy.
They called us back into the room for a sonogram, so we could understand what happened. When I walked in the room, the first thing I realized was that she was awake and smiling. Before I could stop myself I was throwing myself in her lap, smashing my lips on hers over and over again until I noticed her high pitched scream.
"Ah!" she yelled when I pounced on her.
"Jesus Christ Santanna, she just came out of surgery. What the fuck's wrong with you?" he asked, pulling me off of her.
"Oh my god baby, I'm so sorry I wasn't thinking. I just saw you awake and I was so scared I lost you and the babies, tell me I didn't hurt you" I said wrapping my arms gently around her and burying my face in her neck.
I hugged her for a while and inhaled her scent. Her smell is my reassurance, it's my addiction. When I felt her hand come up and rub my head, I knew she was okay.
"I'm so sorry baby" I said, looking into her big brown eyes.
"San, I'm okay you just put too much pressure on my belly, that's all. They put in stitches" she said calmly.
"I love you so much" I said sniffling and kissing her and gently as I could.
"How do you feel?" Puck asked, rubbing her bandaged stomach lightly.
"Sleepy, but excited. We get to see the babies again when the doctor comes back" she said bouncing in her bed, stopping when she felt her skin pull around the wounds.
"Baby, I think we should talk about what happened" I said. I couldn't lie I was dying to see them again, all the baby books said you'd be able to see actual body parts, the first time we didn't see anything but 3 little floating dots, but I couldn't believe she wasn't the least bit upset about what happened.
"I don't want to think about it" she said, kissing Puck. "I get to see my babies, and that's all that matters" she said, playing with Puck's fingers.
"Rachel, you almost died!" I yelled. "I think we need to discuss what we're going to do about Quinn".
"San, please don't yell" she said in a quiet voice. "I didn't almost die and everything is okay now, right Noah?" she asked, running her fingers through his strip of hair.
"Baby you were unconscious, you weren't moving. Quinn Fabray almost killed one of our babies, Rachel none of that is okay" I said turning her head towards mine.
"Look Santanna we have plenty of time to discuss what happened and we will" he said sternly. "But right now, let's just be happy that they're okay" he said laying his head down gently. "Can we know what they are?" he asked excitedly.
"We can ask" Rachel said with enthusiasm.
"No, you can't you're only 12 weeks along, it'll be impossible to tell" I said, was I the only one who read the baby books?
"Oh" they both giggles at the same time.
"What's so funny?" I asked. I hated it when they had their little inside jokes.
"Nothing baby, it's just you're so serious about it" Rachel laughed, but stopped when her stomach started hurting.
"Just relax San, we're just excited" Puck said.
"Whatever" I mumbled. I had read that book about triplets three times, just to make sure I had all the important information memorized. I had been taking this pregnancy seriously ever since Rachel got the flu and it pissed me off that Quinn almost ruined it over her damn jealously issues.
"So what's going on in there?" I asked, pointing to her belly.
"The identical twins are fine, since they are positioned down low" Puck said, pointing to her lower stomach. "But Baby C lost some blood and they think he or she might have some problems, but nothing too serious" he smiled, as he rubbed the higher part above the bandage.
"Why didn't I know that?" I asked. I hated when he knew things that I didn't.
"You did or you were there at least. It's like you were in a trance when the doctor came out, you didn't even blink" he answered.
"God I'm so happy you're okay" I said, wrapping my arms around her again.
About 15 minutes later, the doctor came back in the room with the sonogram machine. We watched in amazement as we were able to actually see something that resembled a baby, rather than a blob. Even if the blob was the best damn blob in the world.
"Okay, Rachel here's where my problem is" he said pointing to the baby that was highest on the screen.
"What's wrong?" she asked worriedly.
"Well, things are not looking so good for Baby C" he said, zooming in on our little baby blob.
"Is it okay?" I blurted out wincing at the word 'it'. I hated when one of the babies was referred to as an 'it'.
"Well for starters, were going to need hook you up to a monitor because the baby's heartbeat is way faster than it should be, it's probably a result of the trauma, but it's still risky. That alone can cause the stress on the baby, Rachel, and the other two babies as well" he said to Puck and I.
"So what do we do about it?" Puck asked.
"We're going to start on a simple medication that will relax the baby. However, we need to keep a close eye on the intake of the drug, because it can also slow development, which is not what we want" he said. "My next concern is that the tear, although it was repaired, it may not allow the baby to move around as freely and this will cause you a lot of discomfort for Rachel as the pregnancy progresses. My final concern is in the blood loss. Before and during the surgery, Baby C lost a lot of blood and it's a miracle it's still alive. As a result you are now diagnosed with prenatal anemia" he said to Rachel. "The bad part about the blood loss is that it may be impossible for a C-section, we can't risk loosing anymore".
"Is there any good news?" I asked with tears in my eyes. I couldn't believe that I had almost lost a baby, I had barely even got the chance to know it and it was almost taken from me.
"Of course, Baby A and Baby B are totally healthy and developing properly. If all goes well, we can deliver them by C-section, and Baby C can be delivered naturally. Afterwards, we can do a blood transfusion for Rachel and everything should be fine" he said.
"Jesus Christ" Puck said, under his breath. I could tell he was having a hard time comprehending everything that was going on, it was so much to take in at once.
"I understand that this can be overwhelming, but nothing about multiple births is easy. The accident just adds more onto the plate" the doctor said. "I'll write the prescription for the medication, and I'll be back with the monitor" he continued as he left the room.
"It wasn't an accident" I mumbled.
"I can't do this" Rachel said quietly.
"Of course you can" I said, kissing her forehead. I knew how I felt about all this, but it was probably ten times worse for Rachel, she was the one carrying the babies.
"No, not mentally" she sniffled as the tears poured from her eyes.
"What do you mean babe?" Puck asked.
"I have no insurance Puck and I'm 16 years old! My fathers have disowned me and I have no way to pay for this surgery or the medication. Buying prenatal vitamins and paying for sonograms and appointments are different, we can pay for that in cash. We have no way to do this without my parents and we all know it" she said, burying her face in her hands.
"Fuck" Puck swore, as he began to pace back and forth.
I sat there with my mouth hanging open, this was something I hadn't thought of. None of us had the money to pay for this surgery or any of the medicine Rachel would need. She relied on her parent's healthcare to pay for it in the past, and since they had kicked her out they had slowly been cutting off all ties, including her health insurance. They hadn't even bothered to call and see where their daughter was living, if she was going to school, or if she was even alive for that matter. Even though Puck and I refused to tell her, they had sold everything that Puck hadn't taken from her bedroom. A few weeks ago, Puck had broken back in the house to see of he could find her journal when he realized the room had been painted white and was now an exercise room. For once, I didn't have an answer, if we told the doctor we couldn't pay for the surgery, Rachel would be taken from us and put into some group home until she was eighteen because she was technically an orphan. Until I had an idea. Rachel had a mother, one that lived a few miles away to be exact. All Puck and I had to do was show up at her doorstep and threaten her and she would have to pay for Rachel's healthcare, besides it wasn't like she couldn't afford it, she made a shitload coaching those Vocal Adrenaline robots. If she could afford to buy her team Range Rovers, she could damn well afford to keep her grandchildren alive and healthy.
"Yes you can baby trust me" I said kissing her forehead. "I got this all figured out" I said looking into Puck's eyes to make sure he understood.
We sat in silence for the next five minutes, while I formulated my plan in my head and Puck and Rachel made out while running their hands all over her growing belly, until the doctor came back holding a little square box with a flashing light.
"The fuck is that?" Puck asked, pointing to the blinking object.
"This is the baby monitor" he said, strapping it on Rachel belly over top of the bandages. "This will tell us how fast Baby C's heart is beating and give us an idea on how to manage the medicine".
"How long do she have to wear it?" I asked.
"Throughout the pregnancy" he said simply.
"Great" Rachel sighed. "something else for them to tease me about. Not only will I be fat and wobbling, but I'll have a big blinking square strapped to my stomach" she said.
"The monitor will go under your clothes, so no one will be able to see it" he said.
"Thank god" I said, the last thing I needed was people giving my girl shit about something.
"Not that you wouldn't have totally rocked it, cause you would have made it look sexy babe" Puck said, kissing her nose.
"All you need to do is make sure you're wearing it at all times and that it never flashes red, it if does come in immediately. You'll need to take the medication once a day with food" he said.
"That won't work" Puck said "she can't keep food in her stomach for 15 minutes without barfing it up".
"It's true. Is there any other way you can distribute the medicine?" I asked.
"No, unfortunately there isn't. I didn't realize the morning sickness was that extreme, although symptoms are usually intensified in multiple births so I'm not surprised. Is this the reason you're not gaining any weight?" he asked.
"I've gained weight" Rachel said in a hurt voice.
"No you haven't. Your belly's gotten bigger and you've put on a few pounds, but you don't even look pregnant unless you're looking from the side" I said.
"She's right, when my Ma was pregnant she was like a freaking whale" Puck said.
"That's exactly my point, you don't need to 'put on pounds', you need to gain fat to store energy for the babies. Gaining muscle weight will do nothing for you" he said, writing down notes. "Your next ultrasound is in 2 months, you'll be 20 weeks along and you'll need to gain at least 15 pounds before then" he said, handing me some anti-nausea pills for Rachel.
"Hell yea, that means more food!" Puck said excitedly.
"Exactly" the doctor said, replacing the bandages and adjusting the monitor.
"When can I go home?" Rachel asked.
"Tonight I suppose. I see no reason why you can't be at home, however, I'll need you to wait a few days when we remove the stitches, before you return to school" he said.
After we had filled out the paperwork for release, we carefully lifted Rachel in the car and took her home. Luckily she was exhausted from the pain meds and she fell asleep as soon as Puck set her in bed.
"What's the plan?" Puck asked, eyeing me suspiciously.
"Force Shelby to pay" I said simply.
"Shelby? As in Rachel's birth mother?" he asked.
"Yea, you know the one you gave your kid to?" I asked, trying to get him to look me in the eyes.
"Yes, I am well aware that she was the one who adopted Beth, but what the hell does this have to do with Rachel?" he snapped.
"She's her mother Puck, do you honestly think she'd let her daughter live without insurance?" I asked.
"Why not? She's abandoned her twice before" he said.
"Yes, but this is different Puck" I said. There was no way Shelby would kick Rachel to the curb after she realized her dads had left her on her own when she was 16 and pregnant.
"So what do we do?" Puck asked.
"We make a trip to Columbus" I said, writing a note for Rachel that we were going to get more of Puck's stuff and that we'd be back in the morning.
The ride to Shelby's was extremely nerve racking. I had only seen her once before, but from what I saw I could tell she was hardcore and confident. As we walked up the driveway, I felt Puck pull back on my arm.
"What?" I asked.
"What if she's there?" he asked quietly.
"That's the whole point Puck" I said aggravated, seeing Shelby was the whole reason for coming out here.
"Not Shelby, Beth" he said, looking down. "Do you think she'd let me see her?" he asked, hopefully.
"I don't understand why not, I mean she knows you didn't want the adoption in the first place" I said.
"Yea, I guess" he said, sadly.
"Look Puck, just because you gave her away, doesn't mean you're not her father and in a few short months, you'll be a daddy to three new babies" I said, trying to cheer him up.
"You're right" he said with a smile as I began to knock on the door.
"Hey San?" he asked.
"What?" I asked, waiting for her to come to the door.
"Thanks" he said, stepping up beside me as the door opened to reveal the older version of my girlfriend. It was kinda scary how much they looked alike.
"Can I help you?" she asked harshly.
"We're here about Rachel" I said. At the mention of her daughter's name, she seemed to soften. "Can we come in?" I asked.
About an hour later we were sitting on her couch, trying to get her to stop crying. Apparently Rachel's current situation and condition was extremely upsetting to her.
"Why didn't she come to me earlier?" she asked.
"You rejected her before and I honestly don't think she can deal with that again" I said.
"No, not when she was kicked out. Why didn't she come to me when she got pregnant? I would have helped her" she asked.
"You're not her mom" Puck said. "You're her mother biologically, but you're not her mom".
"She must hate me" she sobbed.
"It's the opposite actually, she loves you. She's upset that you dumped her and then replaced her, but she still thinks very highly of you" I said.
"Um, speaking of Beth, can I maybe see her?" Puck asked quietly.
"She's at her grandmothers, otherwise I think it would be okay. It would be nice if you and Quinn would come around often that way she'll get to know you" she said.
"Hell no!" he yelled. "Quinn Fabray is never to set her eyes on Beth" he snarled.
"Why not? It's only fair, she is her mother. It would be a little hypercritical of me to shut out my daughter's birth mother when I worked my way into Rachel's life" she said.
"Quinn is the reason Rachel was in the hospital. She got jealous of Rachel's popularity and she hit her" I said angrily.
"She hit my daughter?" Shelby asked, standing up. It was kinda funny to compare Rachel to her because Shelby was tall and Rachel was a midget.
"More than once, but it doesn't matter. I rearranged her face so badly, no one will recognize her for quite awhile" I said smugly.
"It does matter, she put my daughter in danger. She almost killed my grandchild" she said, sitting back down.
"Grandchildren" Puck said.
"What?" she asked.
"Rachel's pregnant with triplets" he said. "No one knows but us though".
"Wow you really do have super sprem" she breathed.
"Look I know this is a lot to take in, but we really need you to cover Rachel's healthcare issues" I said.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"She just had surgery and her assholes for parents left her without a dime. They're not paying for her health insurance anymore and she can't get her own because she's a minor" Puck said. "She has a trust fund, but we really don't want to use that money".
"So that's where I come in?" she asked.
"We need you to become Rachel's guardian, that way you can put her on your insurance plan and she'll be taken care of" I said.
"Of course" she said.
"Really?" Puck asked.
"Yes really" she answered.
"I didn't think it'd be that easy" I said out loud. I was sure we'd have to fight her for this.
"Look, I know you think I don't care about Rachel, but that's not true. I love her very much, but I couldn't deal with the fact that she didn't need me. She seemed so confident and cared for that I felt like it would be a waste of time for her to get to know me and she would realize that I wasn't all that great" she said with tears in her eyes. "Do you think she'll want to be involved with me at all?" she asked.
"Absolutely, especially now that she's pregnant. You have no idea how much she was hurt when you left, she actually stopped singing for a while" I said.
"But if you do come back into her life and she accepts you, there are some things about her you should know" Puck said.
"Okay" Shelby said confused.
"The most important thing to Rachel is support. She is extremely sensitive and any amount of judgment will break her" I said.
"I don't understand what's so wrong that I would fell the need to judge my daughter" Shelby said.
"We're dating her" Puck blurted out nervously.
"I know that, you got her pregnant" she said sarcastically. "Which by the way, I've been meaning to asked you, have you ever heard of a condom?" she asked.
"No, obviously he hasn't" I snapped, I still wasn't totally over the fact that he got my girlfriend pregnant, but it was hard to hate him when I saw those little floating blobs on the screen. "But that's not what he meant, he means we as in Puck and I are dating Rachel" I said.
"I have no idea what you're talking about" she said, running her hands through her hair.
"Both Santanna and I are in a relationship with Rachel, but we are not dating each other" Puck explained.
"How the hell does that work?" she asked.
"Rachel was unhappy when she wasn't with both of us, so I decided she could have us both. It works out perfectly and we're all extremely happy, clearly the babies weren't a part of the plan, but we're getting through it together" I said.
"So how did Rachel get pregnant?" she asked.
"Well I..ugh..we kinda..you know?" Puck stuttered out.
"No, I don't understand how my daughter has both a boyfriend and a girlfriend and she's the one who gets pregnant. I don't understand why my little girl was kicked out of her own house, and I certainly don't understand how she is going to pursue her dreams with three kids" she said sharply.
"Well that's because Rachel's dads are total bastards and I'm gay and not having sex with Puck" I said. "We all became sexually active together, but Puck and I never had any contact with each other, only with Rachel. Trust me, I had no idea they were doing it unprotected" I said, narrowing my eyes at Puck.
"I thought she was on the pill!" he yelled.
"Doesn't matter" Shelby snapped. "Look I don't care what you guys do in your free time or even how you do it, all I know is that it resulted in a pregnancy and I can tell that you both feel strongly about it" she said.
"I love my babies just as much as I love Rachel and Beth" he said.
"Me too, Rachel and my kids are my life and we really need your help" I said.
"Okay" she said. "I'll help in anyway I can, just promise me you'll be more careful from now on" she said.
"Promise" Puck said smiling.
An hour later we were back at home and cuddling under the blankets with Rachel who was in the same position as when we left.
"She's taking this whole 'sleeping like the dead' thing to a whole new level" Puck laughed as she snored loudly.
"Oh shut up, she's resting so she can carrying around your spawn for the next 6 months" I said.
"They're yours too" he said, rubbing his hand over her back.
"I know" I said, burying my face in her shoulder.
"I love you guys" she mumbled sleepily.
"Love you too" Puck mumbled.
"I love you too baby, so much" I said before dreaming of Puck chasing around three naked little brown haired boys as they ran around the house with their diapers in their hands. I couldn't wait to be a mother to these babies.