A/N Here's the 3rd chapter! I really hope you like this. And thank you for the reviews, they mean a lot to me!
Santana heard the front door open. She looked at the clock. 2.19 am. "Adrianna? Is that you?" She asked nervously.
"Yeah mama." Adrianna mumbled. "It's me."
"Where have you been all night?" Santana shouted. "You got me and your mother worried sick."
"I was running. I needed to clear my head." Adrianna said. "But then I ended up running more and I was too far away. I had to walk back."
"Go to bed. I can't deal with you right now." Santana snapped. "And don't wake anyone up while you go upstairs."
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In the morning
"Good morning sweetie." Santana smiled at Brittany. "Did you sleep well?"
"Yeah baby, I did." Brittany said and kissed her wife. "When did Adrianna come home?"
"After 2 am. She was still pretty upset but she went straight to bed. I'll talk to her today though."
"No. I mean you can, but I was thinking that maybe I should talk to her? I mean she's my daughter too, and I feel like I haven't been a good mom lately."
"Oh honey, you have been a great mom. But okay, you talk to Adrianna, I'll talk to Danielle. Okay?" Santana asked.
"That sounds perfect." Brittany smiled. "We should go downstairs."
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Brittany walked to Emily's room and decided to wake her daughter up. Usually it was hard to get Emily up but now she wasn't in her bed. She was listening to music and was fully dressed. What's wrong with her? Brittany thought.
"Hey baby, I didn't know you were up." Brittany smiled at her youngest daughter.
"Yeah I am. I'm a big girl, I can do stuff myself, you know." Emily snapped.
"I know sweetie, I know. It's a good thing." Brittany said. "You should come and eat breakfast now. Everyone is already at the table."
"Okay mommy. I will." Emily smiled. "Can I ask you something?"
"Of course. Anything." Brittany started to get worried. Emily was never like this.
"It's nothing big, It's just that why have Adrianna and Danielle been so weird lately? They don't talk to each other. It's like they're fighting."
"It's just the age, honey. They are teenagers and they need room for themselves." Brittany explained. "When you are 16 you'll understand. Now lets go!"
"Race you downstairs!" Emily laughed.
"Don't you dare!" Brittany runned behind her daughter.
When Brittany and Emily arrived to the kitchen both laughing, everyone was already eating. Adrianna and Danielle were both texting, at least that's what Brittany thought they were doing. Carlos was watching cartoons at the same time and Santana was reading newspaper.
Emily walked straight to the table and started to eat. She looked around and everything seemed normal. Maybe mommy was right, they're just teenagers. She thought. One day I'll be just like them.
"Hey Em, you want a ride to school?" Adrianna asked.
"Yea, sure." Emily smiled. "Do we have to go right now?"
"Yes, you don't want to be late." Adrianna said.
Santana looked at her daughters and reminded Emily to take her lunch with her. Santana knew she wouldn't forget, because Brittany had already put it in her backbag.
A couple of minutes later Carlos waved his mom goodbye and went to school. Carlos didn't usually want ride from his sisters, because he wanted to ride his bike to school. He was very athletic and active. He loved sports.
Once Carlos had gone, Santana thought it was the perfect time to talk to her wife. They hadn't talked much lately, since they had been both very busy with their children. Brittany with Emily and Carlos, Santana with Adrianna and Danielle.
"Hey baby, do you think we should talk to Adrianna and Danielle tonight?" Santana asked. "After school maybe?"
"Yeah, the sooner the better." Brittany smiled. "I was thinking going out with Adrianna, maybe have a dinner with her, just the two of us. Would that be okay?"
"Of course that would be okay. She's your daughter. Besides, I think it's better if you talk to her somewhere else than home." Santana convinced.
"It's settled then!" Brittany smiled and kissed Santana on the lips. "I have to go to work now, dance classes can't wait. Bye baby, I love you."
"Yeah, bye. I love you too." And then Santana heard the front door shut.
Santana didn't have a job at the moment. Well, she did, she was a lawyer but lately she had been working from home. She had done a lot of paper work and she didn't really miss waking up early every morning. She liked working from home, it felt good. Santana lied on the sofa. And soon enough she fell asleep.
When Santana woke up, everyone had already gotten home. Carlos was doing homework in his room and Danielle was watching movies in her room. Santana was suprised that she had slept this long without noises of her family waking her up.
"Hey mijo, where is everyone?" Santana asked Carlos. "It seems like it's just you and Danielle home."
"Mom is out having dinner with Adrianna and Emily is outside with Cabe." Carlos answered without even looking up to his mother.
Santana decided that it was better if she just walked away without asking more questions. Whenever Carlos studied, he was focused on whatever he was doing. Well I think it's my chance to talk to Danielle. Santana thought. Here we go. And with that last thought, she opened her daughter's room.
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"So, why did you want to have dinner with me mom?" Adrianna asked sounding confused.
"I just feel that I haven't been there enough for you." Brittany smiled at her daughter. "I want you to know that I'll always be there for you."
"I know that mom." Adrianna said. "I really like this. Spending some alone time with just you. I really, really like it"
When Brittany saw her daughter smiling she couldn't help the smile that formed her lips. And soon it turned to a big grin. Brittany realised that she had been wrong. Brittany had forgotten about how open Adrianna could be. Usually she spent time with Adrianna and Danielle both, and Danielle had her walls built up most of the time. But Adrianna was different. Brittany knew that if she wanted to know something about her daughter, she should just ask. Adrianna would answer the best way she could.
"So how have you been lately?" Brittany asked. "Any boys?"
Adrianna choked her food and started coughing. Why did her mother have to ask that question of all the questions. Especially now that she was confused about her own feelings.
"I've been good mom. And no, there's no boys." Adrianna couldn't help herself from blushing and she knew that her mother noticed it. God I hope she won't ask anything else.
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"Danielle? Can I come in?" Santana knocked her daughters bedroom door.
"Yes mama, sure." Danielle smiled. "What's up?"
"Well I really just wanted to talk to you." Here we go, Santana thought. "Is everything okay? I mean you've been acting very weird."
"Don't worry about me mama. School is just stressing me out." Danielle wanted to tell the truth to her mother. "Fine. That's not all. I kind of lost all of my friends."
"What? What do you mean you lost all your friends?" Santana asked confused.
"Well, I really like this boy, and he was Scarlett's boyfriend the moment I met him. Then we started hanging out and.." Danielle breathed. "I know what I did was wrong, but I really, really like him."
"So this boy.. You really haven't been spending time with Scarlett? You have been spending time with this boy." It wasn't really a question since Santana already knew the answer.
Danielle nodded. "But don't worry, I'm gonna get my friends back. Some of them talk to me already. It's okay. I know that I was the one who messed things up. So I'll be the one making things better." Danielle really liked talking to her mother. But enough was enough. "I think I'm going to do my homework now if you don't mind"
"No not at all. Just remember that you can always talk to me." Santana knew that Danielle had told her enough. She knew that her daughter wasn't best at words and she understood. When she was 16 she wasn't really a good talker either.
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Adrianna was glad that the rest of the dinner went well. Her mom didn't make more uncomfortable questions. Not anything that wasn't normal. They talked a lot about school and Adrianna told her some things. She told her mom how she felt left out because Danielle hadn't been spending time with her lately. She told her mom how she was stressing about school and how she wanted to be a better big sister for Carlos and Emily.
Brittany didn't push things out of her daughter. She listened what Adrianna had to say, and responded the best way she could. Adrianna was a lot like Santana in many ways, so she knew how to cope with her. Brittany wanted Adrianna to feel like she could talk to her mother anytime.
After Adrianna was done talking they left the restaurant. Adrianna felt really good. Like she could finally breathe. She knew that she could talk to her mom anytime. She had already known that she could talk to either one of her mothers, but she never expected it to feel so.. So good.
Just when she opened the car door she felt her phone vibrate. It was a text message. That's weird, no one has been texting me lately.
From Cassandra: Hey stranger! You didn't text me last night? I was kind of hoping that I could hear something from you. I hope you text me back. -Cassie
Oh crap. I had totally forgotten about texting her. What am I gonna say. Oh crap, oh crap. Well I think I should at least text her back.
To Cassandra: Oh! I'm sorry I totally forgot. Not about you though, I was thinking about you a lot. I forgot to text you back. Sorry. -Ade
Before Adrianna could think about what se wrote, she sent the message. When she realized what she had told Cassie she felt embarassed. She just hoped that her mother wouldn't notice her flushed cheeks. Adrianna was sure that now Cassie would never want to meet up again. And she knew it was her own fault. But then she felt her phone vibrating again.
"Who's texting you?" Brittany asked her daughter.
"Uhm, just a girl I met last night. I was running and saw this restaurant in the middle of nowhere and went in. She was there, we talked." Adrianna wasn't good at hiding things so she just decided to tell the truth.
"Oh really? What's her name?" Brittany was interested in Adrianna's life and now that she was finally talking, Brittany wanted to know more.
"Cassandra. She lives on the same street with us" Adrianna smiled. She didn't mind telling these things to her mom. After she was pretty sure her mom wouldn't ask more questions, she opened the message.
From Cassandra: Oh really ;) Well that's good, I've been thinking about you too. You and that beautiful smile of yours. How about we meet tomorrow? Lunch, maybe?
Adrianna didn't know how to react. She didn't know if Cassie was flirting or just teasing her. But since tomorrow was saturday and she had nothing to do, lunch didn't sound that bad at all.
To Cassandra: Lunch sounds good. 12pm sharp? Meet me at the park across the street?
From Cassandra: Sounds great! See you tomorrow, stranger ;)
Adrianna was pretty sure that she was crushing on Cassie. She wanted to talk to her mom really bad, but she decided to wait until she was sure what she felt. Adrianna knew that if she told her mommy now, things would just get more complicated than they already were. But she would tell her mom soon. She promised herself that.
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"How was dinner with Ade?" Santana asked her wife when she heard Brittany enter their bedroom.
"It was really good." Brittany smiled. "She actually talked to me. She feels left out because Danielle doesn't spend time with her anymore. She doesn't like the fact that Danielle hangs out with her friends that much."
"Oh really? Well maybe they should talk to each other. Danielle told me that she lost almost all of her friends because she stole Scarlett's boyfriend." Santana explained. "She claims that she really likes this boy but I don't know. I don't even know who she was talking about."
"We should give them some time now. Soon enough we'll figure things out. Together. Like we always do." Brittany kissed her wife.
"I know, I know. I love you very much, did you know that?" Santana smiled. "And I'm really happy. I couldn't ask for better family"
"I love you too baby. And I'm really happy too."
Santana deepened their kiss and Brittany moaned quietly. She slipped her tongue into Santana's mouth and they kept kissing like that for a while. They were so into the kissing that they didn't hear their bedroom door open.
Suddenly Santana heard crying. "Mama? Mommy?" Emily stood in the doorway sobbing.
"Oh my god!" Santana and Brittany said in unison. They both runned to their youngest child and wrapped their arms around her small body. Santana lifted Emily's chin up and as soon as she looked Emily in the eye, tears started streaming down her own face. Who could do this to such a beautiful and innocent girl? Who?
When Brittany noticed Santana crying too, she looked Emily in the eye. Brittany's mouth fell open. Emily's right eye was black and her nose was bleeding. That sure didn't happen by accident.
A/N So I hope you review and let me know what you think! I love hearing feedback from you all :)
