Quinn woke up the next day having thought everything through. She would tell Santana that they could date but they had to take it slow. She hoped Santana would understand, if she cared about her at all she would. Quinn was struggling coming to terms with who she was. Santana knew who she was and had had practise getting used to it for a year, Quinn was confused. She couldn't make a decision at who she was… she was never attracted to any other girls but Santana was different…maybe it wasn't who you were attracted to maybe it was who you fell in love with, that would certainly explain things.
Quinn crept out of her room and into the living room. Santana was deep asleep on the sofa, Quinn sighed, Santana wouldn't be up for hours considering it was a Saturday and only 7 am. Quinn had really hoped that Santana would be awake so they could discuss what the two of them dating would mean and all that. It was fresh on Quinn's brain so she wanted to discuss it right away. Right on cue Santana's eyes shot open and a grin spread on her face.
"Quinn! Were you watching me sleep…?" Santana smirked cheekily.
"No I only just walked in! But now you're awake… we should talk."
"Okay… so have you thought about everything?"
"Yes I've thought everything through very hard and I've come to the decision that we can date…" Santana smiled and sort of bounced on the sofa.
"But Santana…"
"Wait! No buts, I don't like buts!"
"Just let me talk Santana… please."
"Okay sorry, yeah that was rude of me carry on."
"But we have to take it slow, I'm just coming to terms with all this and I'm not sure how I feel about who I am yet but I'm sure as hell certain where my feelings lie with you Santana. I love you… more than I've ever loved anyone before and I'm certain that I wanna be with you and only you."
Tears formed in Santana's eyes, she wiped her face with her sleeve and smiled her eyes shining. She realised what a mess she must have looked like, she had last nights make up round her eyes and her skin was unusually pale from the coldness, she felt like a clinically insane panda.
Quinn didn't care what Santana looked like, all that she cared about was that the person sat directly in front of her was the person she loved. In fact she thought Santana looked cute with a kind of just got out of bed urban look.
Santana didn't have to say anything in reply to Quinn, her eyes said it all. She looked at Quinn lovingly and Quinn looked back with fondness.
The next weeks Quinn and Santana acted like love sick puppies. They spent every woken minute with their arms wrapped around each other or with their lips pressed together. They were in love. They both knew that sometime or another they would have to inform the glee club and the rest of their friends and family of their relationship. Inside Santana knew she would have to tell Brittany, she deserved to know, after all she was Santana's first love and even after all that had happened between them, Brittany was her best friend; she had been since the first day of kindergarten all those many years ago.
Quinn knew she would have to tell Sam as well but at the moment everything was perfect and she didn't want to mess it up by getting into an argument with Sam. She would tell him when the time was right.
It was a cold New Haven night and Quinn and Santana were cuddling on the sofa, hands entwined and legs crossed. Santana's cell began to ring but Santana didn't have the energy to answer it. She glanced at the caller ID and saw that it was from her mother, she knew that she had better answer it. She pressed the green button and said into the phone, "Hello Mama. How are you?"
"Santana honey! I am great how is my beautiful little girl?"
"I am fine mama but I'm not little anymore! I'm the complete opposite!" She smiled at Quinn as she spoke.
"That is very true; you are no longer my baby!"
"Aww Mom that's not true, I'll still always be your baby, even if I'm 19 Mommy."
"Yes Santana that is very true but I have to realise that my baby needs her space and is slipping away from her mommy day by day…" Santana heard her Mom sniff down the phone. She shook her head and carried on speaking.
"Mommy I'm sorry, I've just been super busy with everything I have a lot of things I need to tell you but I'm not sure now is the right time."
"Exactly that is why I must come over to your place; check out where you live and what your life is like! You told me you were staying with a friend? I can't quite recall you telling me who though?"
"You… you wanna come over? To my apartment I mean… you wanna come to New Haven where I live? Where I live with Quinn. Quinn Fabray." Quinn's eyes widened as she heard the words Santana spoke.
"Quinn! Ah I remember her, that angelic face, her polite manner; you sure could've learnt a few lessons from her baby!"
"Hmm yeah her…"
"I didn't know you two were so close Santana! You weren't as friendly with her as you were before you and Brittany were together, if I remember correctly?"
"Yes but these things happen, you lose people you gain people that's just the way of life. But that's not the case anymore; me and Quinn are pretty tight." Quinn heard this and winked at Santana.
"Ah well that is great Santana, I meant to ask, so how is Brittany? Has she visited you recently? Have you visited her?"
"Look Mom… I have a lot to explain when you come over… I mean you are coming over right? You weren't just making a point that you need to come over were you?"
"I understand Santana and no of course not, I am deadly serious, in fact I would like to set a date. I am free this weekend if that suits you?" Santana shook her head and began nibbling her nails.
"Next weekend… that's really soon, let me just check with Quinn."
Santana covered the phone with her hand and whispered to Quinn, "Quinn, my Mom wants to come over next weekend so we can catch up and shit… is that okay with you? Or is it too soon?"
Quinn thought about it for a minute then replied smiling slightly, "No that seems fine… I think I'm ready. I'll make sure I'm not busy."
Santana uncovered the phone and said into it, "Mama, Quinn says that's fine with her… see you next weekend bye Mom love you." Santana hung up before her Mom could say any more.
Quinn and Santana spent the next day or two preparing their apartment, they hid all the clutter and mess in any cupboards that were available; they vacuumed with all their strength until the apartment was as spotless as the day Quinn bought it.
On Friday morning they received a call from Santana's Mom telling them she'd be there in 2 hours. Santana began pacing up and down the room.
"Why am I so nervous? She's my mom! I shouldn't be so nervous!"
"It's natural that you're nervous, you're telling your Mom some pretty big news today! Well actually you are telling her quite a few pieces of news but its nothing to stress about. Everything will be fine! I promise you!"
"Thanks Quinn… I guess you're right. I know we said we wouldn't mention our ex's but I'm just super worried that Mom will tell Brittany's mom when she finds, out my mom and Mrs Pierce are pretty tight. Brittany's Mom is sure to tell Brittany and then everything will be ruined! I just want to tell Brittany myself… that's all I ask for."
Quinn sighed, it seemed selfish but she hated it whenever Santana mentioned Brittany, her relationship with her was all in the past, she wanted Santana to focus on her.
"I understand baby, of course I do. But your Mom won't tell anyone if you don't want her to. Just tell her how you feel, explain to her you don't want anyone to know yet."
"Thanks sweetie, I'll do that. I'm beginning to calm down now."
Quinn stood behind the sofa and wrapped her arms around Santana's neck.
"That's good baby, calm down. Everything is going to be okay." She leaned forward and kissed Santana's neck causing Santana to shiver. It gave her goose bumps whenever Quinn touched her but she liked it.
Two hours later there was a knock at the door and Quinn and Santana shot up from the sofa that they were cuddling on and ran to the door.
"Quinn you open it!" Santana fired at Quinn.
"She's your Mom you open it!"
"This is your apartment which is why YOU should open it."
They carried on like that for minutes until Quinn had the sense to rip open the door and smile at the small dark haired women before her.
"Quinn! Hello darling, it has been years!" Maribel Lopez pulled Quinn into a tight hug.
"Hey Mrs Lopez! It's been a while!"
"Oh please Quinn, call me Maribel! We are all adults here!" Quinn nodded, coming over all shy.
"Now where is my beautiful baby girl?" She walked around the corner to where Santana was leaning against the wall.
"I'm here Mama."
"Mi hija! It's my baby all tall and beautiful! You are so tall baby! You are towering above me!"
"I'm not that tall mama, have you looked at Quinn? She's way taller than me."
"She is a very tall young lady but so are you Santana, you're growing up to be a gorgeous young girl, it breaks my heart." Tears formed in Maribel's eyes causing Santana to roll her eyes and sigh deeply.
"Mom, you'll be sleeping on the sofa bed this weekend. Is that okay for you?"
"That is wonderful my darling. Where will you be sleeping? Show me your room honey!" Maribel said searching for a door.
Santana looked at Quinn and tried to figure out how she was going to tell her Mom that she didn't have her own room and that she in fact slept with Quinn.
"Look Mama we needs to talk okay? I need to explain some things before we show you around."
"Okay fire away."
"Take a seat Mama." Maribel sat down on the arm chair and Santana and Quinn and Santana sat across from her on the sofa.
"So what is it you have to say Santana?"
"You know how I was with Brittany and she was the love of my life and I told you she was the only person I ever wanted to be with and that I was gonna marry her and all that?"
"Yes, I know Santana." She chuckled shaking her head fondly.
"Well I wasn't exactly being truthful… I mean I was then but all that doesn't apply any more. I thought I would always love Brittany, I thought that we were meant to be together, I loved her, she was my one and only, was being the operative word."
"What are you saying Santana? Cut to the chase."
"Well what I am saying is… Brittany and I broke up. We are no longer 'soul mates'."
"Oh my Gosh Santana! That is big news! When did this happen? How did this happen? Tell me everything!"
"Okay Mama I know it is big news and you really liked Brittany but you really need to listen to me so you realise it's not all bad!" Maribel nodded and leaned forward balancing her head in her hands.
"It happened about 2 months ago now… the distance was hard and we didn't talk all that much. Our relationship got a little tricky quite a while ago we had a few arguments, she visited me actually but that didn't turn out well. And then at the reunion…"
"You had a reunion? Where?"
"Lima Mom…"
"And you didn't visit me? That is not fair Santana you promised me you'd visit me whenever you got the chance and you broke your promise!"
"Mom that's not important now! Let me finish!"
"Okay, sorry Santana carry on."
"Well me and Quinn… well we had become very close then, Quinn had a boyfriend of her own…"
"I don't see how that is relevant Santana…"
"Mom! Let me finish!" Maribel shook her head then nodded.
"Well me and Quinn had become very close… there was a lot of… a lot of chemistry between us…" Maribel's eyes widened but her mouth was snapped shut.
"We got to the reunion and everything between me and Britt was icy, we didn't talk. I ran out of the room and Quinn followed me out… and it ended in me and Quinn uh… 'kissing' then Brittany and all of the glee club and Mr Shue caught us… Later on Britt and I discussed everything and we came to the conclusion that we should break up… So yeah that's how it happened."
"Wow. You and Quinn kissed? But Quinn I thought you were straight?"
"So did I if I'm honest… I'm really sorry Maribel."
"Call me Mrs Lopez." Quinn's eyebrows shot up and she nodded.
"So you and Britt are no more huh?" Maribel said directing her gaze at Santana.
"Basically yeah… and that brings me to the fact that… Quinn and I are… dating." A look of stunned disbelief fell on Maribel's face.
"You are… dating? You and Quinn? Dating?"
"Yes Mommy it's hard to believe and you are gonna have to get used to it but yeah… I think… well I know… I'm in love with her."
Quinn smiled at grabbed Santana's hand squeezing it tight.
"But Santana, how could you do this to poor Brittany? Brittany's mother and I are very close! How do you think this is going to affect our friendship? I am surprised that she hasn't told me yet! Maybe even she doesn't know!"
"Mama, I don't think she does know…"
"This is bad Santana! Very, very bad! Your father loves Brittany! I love Brittany! She comes round to our house sometimes and has tea and cakes! No wonder she stopped coming round so often! I should have guessed something was going on! Whenever I mentioned your name she would quickly say she had to go and bolt out of the door! I am not happy Santana!"
"I guessed that Mom. You have no right to be mad! It's my choice who I date and who I don't date!"
"I'm not denying that it isn't your choice Santana but I'm saying you hurt Brittany! You cheated on her, I cant believe I raised you to be like this! I knew you were a bit of a troublemaker when you were 15 or 16 but I expected you to have grown up now!"
"Mom I have grown up! I seriously didn't intend on cheating on Brittany, despite everything I really care about Brittany…" Quinn winced as she said the last words. Santana looked at her and gave her a reassuring look as if to say, "That's not what I mean."
"If you cared about her you wouldn't break her heart… I am very upset Santana I hope you realise what you've done."
"I know you like Brittany Mom and you may not have moved on but I have…"
"Does Brittany know you and Quinn are dating?"
"No Mom, no she doesn't."
"Why haven't you told her? You at least owe her the truth after all you have done to her!"
"I know Mom and I'm getting round to that… me and Quinn are figuring things out at the moment."
"That doesn't matter now. You need to tell Brittany ASAP!"
"When am I going to get a chance to tell her Mom? I'm not! That's the answer!"
"Oh yes you are, in fact when I leave tomorrow afternoon, you're coming with me!"
"Oh no I'm not! I'm staying here with Quinn where I belong!"
"You don't belong here Santana! You belong in Lima with your friends! With you're family! With Brittany! But I know I cant expect you to come back and live there so you're coming, for a week and you can sort everything out between you and Brittany."
"Mom I'm not getting back together with Brittany end of! You can't expect me to do that! I love Quinn!"
2I am not expecting you to that Santana, that is not what I'm saying, but you owe Brittany an apology."
"The only way you'll get me to come is if Quinn comes too."
"I don't think that is the best idea… especially considering you are going to Lima to visit your EX girlfriend…"
"Quinn can visit her Mom and I can visit Brittany, that's the way its gonna be. Do we have a deal?"
"I guess we do Santana. Now I guess I owe YOU an apology… sorry for getting all angry there. I should've kept my cool like a cool Mom would have done." Maribel said slightly joking.
"It's fine Mom but you're right you should've kept your cool… you sort of reminded me of Grandma then..."
"Oh don't say that Santana! I said I'm sorry okay? Maybe I'm not pleased with this whole thing but I've got to accept that Quinn is your girlfriend and you love her."
"That's right Mama, you've just gotta accept it!"
"And I will Santana but just because I said sorry doesn't mean I'm letting you off from coming to Lima with me…"
"I know Mama and me and Quinn will come and I'll make it up to Brittany I really will."
The three of them spent the rest of the night together, eating, talking watching TV. Maribel was over the moon with Santana's news of her getting an acting job. Quinn had a lovely evening but she couldn't help but think that Maribel would never accept that her and Santana were together. She was also thinking through in her head exactly what Santana had said about making it up to Brittany… in the past that would've meant making out with her… she didn't want to base her judgements on the past but a voice inside of her told her that Santana hadn't changed.
Santana didn't know how she was going to make it up to Brittany, in the past making it up to people meant a quickie behind the lockers or a full on make out session. But she had to be faithfully to Quinn, she promised herself and Quinn that she would do no more cheating no matter what it took. She had a great evening with Quinn and her Mom, one of the best evenings she'd ever had but she was distracted with the trouble of thinking of ways to make it up to Brittany without cheating on Quinn.
Quinn and Santana went to bed that night feeling exhausted, they were so exhausted that they went straight to sleep without any sweet lady love.
Maribel Lopez did the opposite… she lay awake thinking of the days events. It was going to be hard to accept Quinn and Santana.