Santana, Quinn and Maribel arrived in Lima. It hadn't been all that long since the two girls had been there but for some reason it felt like it had been years. Santana stared at the surroundings looking at the house before her. The big Lima 'Mansion' stood before the three of them. Quinn had always been pretty impressed by the Lopez' house, it was ginormous. Not only that but it was perfectly furnished and very modern. Santana lived on the borders of Lima heights; she liked people to think that she was actually from Lima heights, to toughen her image.

Quinn stepped inside Santana's house alongside Maribel and Santana. Santana kicked off her shoes carelessly, the shoes then flying over to the wall and landing with a loud thud. Quinn carefully removed her shoes not wanting to make the same effect that Santana's shoes made. Maribel marched into the kitchen and announced into the air, "What do you girls want to drink?"

"Coffee Mama." Santana demanded.

"Could I please have a coffee too Maribel?"

"Of course girls, considering you asked so nicely… QUINN. You need to get yourself some manners Santana, that's what people look for in jobs. Manners."

"Oh please, they look for someone who can do the job, not someone who can say please and thank you." Santana raised her eyebrows shaking her head.

Maribel kept her mouth shut, shaking her head back at Santana.

Santana lead Quinn into the living room, gazing at the new furnishings that had been made.

"New sofas… I liked the old ones better." Santana mumbled to herself.

"Your house is amazing Santana. Simply amazing." Quinn declared.

"Thanks. It's pretty cool. I always liked my Abuelita's house much better, it was cosy, it felt like it had been lived in. This house feels too new, it's not homely enough… But I've not been to my Abuelita's house since I came out and she disowned me… so I wouldn't know anymore." "Oh Santana, that's so sad! I'm so sorry about all that by the way… It must've been hard."

"It was… it is. But I learn to get through it every day, even though I find it hard knowing that my own Grandma hates me… I get through it."

"Well good, I'm glad, if you ever need to talk about it, I'm right here baby." Quinn wrapped her arms around Santana's neck cuddling her close. Santana rested her head on the top of Quinn's, enjoying the silence that was present. Maribel walked in feeling like she had interrupted something.

"Girls. Here is your coffee."

"Thank you Mama." Santana said politely.

"Ah that's what I like to hear, manners." Maribel winked handing over Santana's coffee.

"Thanks Maribel." Quinn said quickly.

"It is not a problem Quinn." Maribel said quietly.

The three women shared a nice evening, talking and watching TV. Quinn and Santana sat on the sofa snuggling closely. Maribel looked at the girls from the corner of her eye. Even if she was completely okay with Santana's choice of who she wanted to be, sometimes she felt rather uncomfortable when Santana acted on her feelings.

Santana was working out how she was going to sort everything out between her and Brittany the next day. Her Mom had made her promise that she would sort it out as soon as possible but she wasn't ready to sort it out as soon as they arrived in Lima. Santana thought of all the things she could do or say to make Brittany forgive her, they may not be together anymore but Santana liked to think they were still best friends.

What will Santana do to make it up to Brittany? I wish I could come along to keep an eye on things… I don't like to admit it but I don't think I trust Santana to be truly faithfully to me… not yet anyway. Quinn thought to herself. She really loved Santana and didn't want to lose her, if Santana and Brittany met up they might realise their love for each other again, Brittany was Santana's first love after all.

Santana didn't know what to do, it was going to be so hard seeing Brittany again, she didn't know if she could cope. But it meant a lot to her Mom so she had to do it, even if it was the hardest thing she had ever had to do.

Once the movie the three of them were watching was over, Maribel sauntered off to bed leaving Quinn and Santana lay on the sofa, their feet entwined.

"So Quinn what are you doing tomorrow? Anything planned?"

"Well I thought I might go see my Mom, maybe do a little shopping, visit places that I've not visited in ages and see a few people I have lost touch with. Exciting." Quinn raised her eyebrows. "And then later I was hoping you and I could go back and see my Mom and we could tell her about our relationship. I think I'm ready… almost."

"Wow Quinn that's big. Are you 100% sure you're ready? Because it's a big step to make if you're not."

"I am, it's about time she knew. Then later on in the week we can go and tell the glee club. Well the remainders and we'll come to the rest of the former glee club when we're ready and things like that."

"Yeah… sounds like a plan. I'll be there to support you all the way babe."

"So apart from the… uh Britt thing… what are you doing tomorrow?"

"Well I don't know how long that will take… so I'm not sure yet, I'll probably come and meet you somewhere if that's okay with you?"

"Yeah totally, I'll leave the shopping till last so we can go shopping together… then we'll go see my Mom."

Santana nodded not wanting to say anything more.

"So shall we go to bed now? I'm so tired and I bet you are too. We need to get some sleep; we both have a super long day ahead of us tomorrow." Quinn announced.

"Yeah let's go up."

Santana and Quinn settled down in Santana's bed, each other's body warmth heating their skin.

Quinn gazed at the walls around her; different stages of Santana's childhood in photos covered the walls. Posters were stuck down, showing Santana's personality, Quinn liked the room, it made her feel even more close to Santana.

Santana fell asleep within seconds, something she did often, whereas Quinn couldn't sleep for hours. She felt extremely nervous about telling her Mom. "It's now or never." She thought to herself.

Santana's parents were fine with it, her Dad wasn't there most of the time so everything was fine with him and her Mom was completely 100% fine with Santana's sexuality. Quinn wasn't so sure her Mom would be the same. Her Mom liked everything to be normal, she liked everything and everybody to be just like everyone else was, she didn't like change, she didn't like it when people were different, she certainly wouldn't like it if Quinn was.

After a while Quinn drifted off to sleep. It took her a while but she got there. She would have to deal with the whole telling her Mom thing in the morning. She knew that she had to fall asleep or she would never get round to tell her Mom and it was something she just had to do.