Hello everyone! I'm sorry it took so long to get a new chapter up. I have been really busy at work and I have been having technical difficulties with my computers. Hopefully now everything is figured out and I can update regularly. The next chapter will contain the shooting (it also gives everyone an idea of the time line a bit). I am already starting it now and hopefully by later today I can have the chapter done and posted. As always reviews are appreciated and enjoy!

6 weeks later…

Santana woke up on a spring Saturday morning with Brittany's arms around her swollen belly. Her pregnancy had been progressing right on schedule at 26 weeks along. They had decided on the name Sofia Maribel Pierce-Lopez for their daughter and the nursery was quickly becoming a room fit for a princess. The end of the pregnancy was coming up quickly and Santana was getting more and more anxious about delivering the baby.

"Britts let go, she's on my bladder" Santana said trying to get out of Brittany's grip.
"No, stay and cuddle" Brittany whined as Santana shook her head knowing if she didn't go that she would pee in bed.
"If you don't let go, I'm going to piss the bed" Santana said as Brittany's arms all of a sudden let go and Santana hurried to the bathroom. This was something that was happening a lot more lately; Santana had to pee every 5 minutes because the baby decided to lay right on her bladder. She sat on the toilet thinking about everything that was coming up.

Quinn, Rachel, and Kurt were throwing the baby shower the next day at Breadstix even though Santana protested. It wasn't that she didn't want anyone buying her gifts but she was afraid of who would actually show up to this thing. She knew she had been a bitch to everyone, even the people she considered her friends and knew that people weren't inclined to buy baby gifts for people who called them names like she had a lot of people.

As she finished up in the bathroom, Brittany was up changing her clothes. She had gotten a job at a dance studio so they could have some money coming in. Santana had tried to get a job but once people saw her belly, they came up with some reason that Santana couldn't work for them. She felt bad for Brittany because it wasn't even her fault that she was pregnant and here she was busting her butt, teaching as many classes as she could while still going to school.

"I got the call that Karen is sick and I need to cover her ballet 2 class today plus my own" Brittany said sliding her tights on and smiling at Santana.

"How long will you be gone?" Santana asked almost hopelessly as she sat on her bed.

"Not long Sanny, I'll be back this afternoon and then we'll watch Disney movies" Brittany said walking over and hugging her close.

"Okay" Santana just said as Brittany kissed her softly, her hand went to Santana's rounded belly.

"Now you be good Sofia, mama will be home soon" she said before leaning down and kissing Santana's belly.

"I love you S" Brittany said smiling as Santana nodded with her typical answer.

"We love you Britts" she said with a smile as she slowly stood up and walked Brittany to the front door watching her leave. She walked over to the sofa and sat down turning on the TV. She flipped through random channels and sighed finding nothing that she really wanted to watch.

"Hi Mija" Carlos said walking down the stairs from his office upstairs. Santana tilted her head back at him and smiled
"Hey dad, how has your morning been?" Santana asked looking back at him.
"Pretty good, I actually wanted to talk to you about something" he said nervously as he sat down.
"Santana, I talked to the health insurance company yesterday. They… they aren't going to cover any of the prenatal care or the cost of the birth" he said treading lighting knowing that Santana was going to freak out.
"What! What do you mean they won't cover it? What am I supposed to do?" she said panicking, she and Brittany were banking on the insurance covering this so they didn't have to pay anything. They didn't have the money to pay for prenatal care or the birth. She wasn't about to ask her parents for the money because she had almost ran through the money they had given her for graduation.
"Well, I'm going to try and appeal it. You're 18 and living in our home so I'm not understanding why they won't cover it" he explained as Santana shook her head.
"They'll cover intense teeth bleaching at 16 by a very hot doctor but they won't cover me delivering a baby at 18? That doesn't make one ounce of sense" Santana said throwing her hands up in the air as Carlos shook his head.
"Now if they don't cover it after the appeal… you need to get on state health care" he said looking away from Santana.
"So I'll be on welfare? Great! Just great!" Santana said slowing standing up as Carlos shook his head.
"Mija, Sofia is going to be on state health care… You know my insurance won't cover her maybe it would just be easier" Carlos tried reasoning with Santana.
"My daughter and I are not trash dad! I didn't ask for this to happen! I wasn't stupid and forgot a condom, I didn't have random sex, I was fucking raped and now I'm officially trash!" Santana yelled as she stormed out of the room.
"Santana" he called after her only to be answered by the slamming of the door. Santana began sobbing against her pillow holding one of Brittany's stuffed animals to her chest. She didn't mean to go off on her dad like that but she didn't understand why she was being denied anything after what had happened to her. She took a deep breath before standing up, she heard on the other side of the door her parents talking.
"Maribel I don't know what we can do?" Carlos said sounding so helpless. He wanted to help his daughter and grand-daughter but he didn't know how.
"Carlos, we just need to explain the situation and hope they'll understand. If they don't, then we'll figure it out. I just can't believe we have to go through this" she said her voice cracking. Santana's tears began to pour out as her hand went to her belly again. She was putting her parents through hell when it wasn't even their problem.

The next day came quick after Santana spent most of the day trying to find ways to afford this baby. Brittany's salary alone wasn't going to be able to cover everything and Santana knew that they couldn't afford day care so getting a full time job was almost out of the question. Today was a new day though, it was her baby shower. She stood in her bedroom in her gray dress that she had picked for the occasion. She was staring at her belly in the mirror when she heard a knock. She knew it wasn't Brittany because she was still getting ready at her place.
"Can I come in?" Quinn asked through the door as Santana opened it hugging the girl tightly.
"How are you feeling?" Quinn asked her hand resting on Santana's belly with a smile.
"I don't know how we're going to do this. I can't afford day care so I don't think I'll be able to get a job. Brittany is already working her ass off and she's going to be going to college. What are we supposed to do?" Santana said sitting on the bed sighing as Quinn smoothed out her own sapphire blue dress.
"S, it's going to be okay. You need to calm down because it's not good for Sofia and I don't want my god-daughter to be full of stress already" she said with a smile as Santana nodded. Brittany and Santana had decided that Quinn would be Sofia's god-mother and Puck would be Sofia's god-father a few weeks ago and since the asked both Quinn and Puck had embraced the roles.
"How is it going to be okay?" Santana asked as Quinn sighed sitting on the bed.
"Because my mom got you a job… she needed an assistant and I told her you were looking for a job. She was going to tell you today but I figured I should tell you now so you're not freaking out all day long" Quinn explained as Santana's face softened.
"Q, thank you… oh my god" Santana said at a loss for words as Quinn just hugged her.
"I love you and I know that you will be an amazing mother to Sofia, now cheer up and lets enjoy your baby shower" Quinn said as Santana nodded walking down stairs.

They arrived at Breadstix almost an hour early and saw a few cars in the parking lot. Santana had figured that only the glee club would show up. That was the only friends she really had and she knew baby showers were mainly a girl thing.

Quinn walked into the restaurant with her and instantly smiled when she saw the pink and zebra print decorations. Santana had told Kurt she didn't want anything too girly and figured that zebra print with some pink would be a good balance. She was pleasantly surprised when she saw that the table cloths had been replaced with zebra print and the balloons were in a matching print.

The second she saw Kurt and Blaine setting up the center pieces she walked over hugging the two of them as tight as she could.
"It looks amazing Hummel, you outdid yourself" Santana said with a smile as Kurt beamed with pride.
"You really like it Satan?" he asked as Santana nodded looking around more.
"You have to put your pin on Santana" Quinn said as she walked over to the gift table that had a banner over it that said 'Welcome Baby Sofia' and Santana smiled as Quinn pinned a corsage onto Santana's dress. It had a zebra and a pink pacifier with the words It's a girl hanging on the ribbon.
"You guys went all out didn't you?" Santana said as she heard the door open and saw Puck, Jake, Marley, and Puck's mom walk in. "Hey S, looking good" Puck said as he walked over pulling Santana into a hug.
"Hey Puckerman, I see you brought the family" she said with a smile as she hugged Jake, Marley, and Puck's mom. She had grown close to the new glee kids through hanging out with them and Brittany.
"Mrs. Puckerman thanks for coming" Santana said as Puck's mom Debbie just smiled.
"Santana, you know I love you like a daughter" she said with a smile as Quinn walked over hugging her tightly.
As the time past, more people filed into the baby shower, more than Santana even imagined would show up. Even Shelby and Beth had made the trip to the baby shower which made Quinn very happy to see her own daughter. When Brittany walked in Santana walked over happy to finally see her girlfriend in the sea of familiar faces. "Hi Britts" Santana said kissing her softly and pulled her over to the table up front for them. The baby shower had been a success, everyone was getting along and having a great time. When it was time to open presents, Kurt and Quinn brought them over to the two chairs set up for Santana and Brittany in the middle of the room. Quinn sat between Puck and Rachel with Beth on her lap who was dying to open the presents. "I help Tana Ritt?" Beth asked as Puck smiled at Beth.
"Sure Little Q, come help us" Santana said as Shelby smiled at Beth from her seat and Beth walked over standing next to Brittany.
"This one is from Q and Berry" Santana said as Brittany and Beth began to unwrap the box that contained a car seat.
"You guys didn't have to do this" Santana said looking in shock as Brittany smiled at Beth who was bouncing up in down.
"Yes we did, now be quiet and enjoy your gift" Quinn said with Rachel's hand in her own.
"We bought the safest one on the market Santana, I wanted to make sure little Sofia not only was comfortable but she had the top notch in safety" Rachel said as Santana smirked.
"Thanks Berry" she said as Beth began to open the next part of the gift which was a few cute little dresses for Sofia. The next gift came from Kurt and Blaine who of course went over the top when it came to clothes. Sofia was going to be spoiled; Santana and Brittany both just knew it. It took over an hour for all of the gifts to be opened with Beth getting bored and tired halfway through and retreating to Puck's lap where she stayed cuddled to him but holding Quinn's hand. After everything was opened and it was reveled that everyone had also brought some much needed diapers to go with most of their presents. Santana and Brittany both stood up and smiled at everyone in the room.
"We want to thank everyone for coming today and for the very generous gifts" Santana said with a smile as Brittany squeezed her hand.
"I know that Sofia is going to love everything and we can't wait for everyone to meet her when our little lady decides to make an appearance" Brittany said with a massive smile. She was right, Santana couldn't wait to meet the little lady.