Brittany looked at Emily and it was painful to see her daughter hurting so bad. Brittany had no idea who would do this to such a sweet, innocent girl. But she would find out. But if her daughter refused to talk, it would be harder.
Santana had always been strong. She had always been strong when one of her children wasn't. She didn't let herself cry when Danielle cried two years ago when she was bullied. She didn't let herself cry when Carlos told her that he didn't feel like he was enough. She didn't let herself cry, because she wanted to be the strong one. But this situation was different. It hurt to see Emily, her beautiful daughter, hurting so bad. She wanted to tell her it was going to be okay. She wanted to tell her she was safe. She wanted to tell her that nobody was never going to hurt her again. But she could never tell her daughter those things. She could never tell her daughter, because she couldn't promise her that.
Emily knew that both of her moms were upset. She knew that she didn't have to say anything for now, but eventually they would ask questions. Questions that Emily didn't want to answer. What would she tell them? The truth? No. She didn't want her mothers to think that she was weak. She didn't wanna be weak. She wanted to be strong, just like her mama. She wanted everyone to treat her like a 12-year-old should be treated and not like a baby. She hated the fact that people would talk to her the same way they would talk to a 6-year-old. The thing was, Emily wasn't a little girl anymore. She was growing up. But it seemed like no one noticed that.
Brittany and Santana both wanted answers. But they knew it would be better to let Emily feel safe first. Santana carried Emily to her and Brittany's bed and tucked her in. She sang to her until she fell asleep. Santana and Brittany both held their daughter like there was no tomorrow. And all Emily needed was that. All she needed was to feel loved and that people did care about her. And she let herself fall asleep because now, the first time in her life, she felt completely safe.
It seemed like the morning came too fast. Neither Santana or Brittany had slept more than two hours and they were tired. But they knew that part of being a parent was to be strong for their children. Emily needed them now, and it was more important than anything at the moment. But soon enough they realized that they had three other children and they had to check out on them too. But it was saturday and 7am so they all would still be asleep.
Brittany wanted to ask her wife how she was feeling but she already knew the answer. She didn't need to ask that from Santana and Santana didn't have to ask that from Brittany. All that mattered was that Emily was now safe. And luckily she was still asleep. Brittany and Santana were both hoping that she would sleep at least a couple of more hours.
"We have to talk to her today, you know." Brittany broke the silence.
"I know. I just want her to sleep a little longer." Santana answered not turning her gaze from Emily.
They didn't talk any more than that. They didn't need to. There were so many questions going through their heads, but neither one of them had the answers. They were both exhausted and they wanted to sleep. But they knew they couldn't.
Brittany moved from across the room to where Santana was standing. She hugged her wife from behind and kissed her neck. She knew that not only they had to be there for Emily, but they had to be there for each other too.
"We need to tell the kids." Santana whispered. "They deserve to know."
"I know." Brittany mumbled. She took her wifes hand and they went downstairs.
Santana was suprised to see all of her children sitting at the table, eating breakfast. Adrianna was texting and smiling to whoever she was talking to and Danielle and Carlos were both laughing at something. For the first time after last night Santana could actually smile. And when she looked at Brittany she saw her smiling too.
"Hey guys." Santana cleared her throat. "We need to talk to you about something."
"Okay" They all said in unison.
"What have I done?" Adrianna asked nervously.
Santana couldn't help the laugh. "Nothing honey. Nothing."
"It's just that last night Emily came home pretty late and she was hurt. And I don't mean emotionally. Her nose was bleeding and her eye is black." Brittany explained.
"Do you have any idea who would do that to her?" Santana continued.
They all looked confused. Adrianna looked really worried but Carlos and Danielle both looked suprised. They didn't think that anybody would hurt Emily. Emily was such a sweet girl.
"Do I have to stay home today? I mean I have a date, but does this mean I can't go?" Adrianna asked. "No I mean, not a date date just a friend date. Oh crap"
"You have a date? Since when have you been dating? You don't even talk about boys." Danielle teased.
"Maybe she's a lesbian." Carlos suggested.
Adrianna could feel her face heating. She knew she was blushing pretty bad but she didn't know what to say. Maybe she could just tell the truth. She didn't want to lie, now that Emily was hurt and all. She knew she could trust her family, she just didn't know if she wanted to come out yet. But she knew that she had to.
"Well you know what Carlos? Maybe I am!" Adrianna shouted in anger and walked away. She wanted to know how Emily was doing.
Adrianna and Emily had always been close. Carlos and Danielle didn't usually hang out with them, they were spending lots of time with their friends. But Adrianna always spent a lot of time with Emily. She wanted Emily to have that perfect big sister and she wanted Emily to know that she could tell her anything.
When Adrianna opened her parents' bedroom door she saw that Emily was still asleep. She didn't want to wake her up so she gave her a kiss instead. Just a simple kiss on the forehead so she wouldn't wake her baby sister up. Adrianna decided to face her family and walked back to the kitchen.
"Was she still asleep?" Carlos asked. "Stupid question, obviously she was still asleep."
"Yeah she was. I didn't want to wake her up so I gave her a kiss instead." Adrianna smiled.
Carlos knew that he didn't have a right to comment Adrianna liking girls that way. He didn't expect it to be true so he just said without thinking about it twice. But he could see her sister was hurting and that was something she didn't want to talk about just yet. But maybe now would be a good time. If she talked to mama and mommy, she would get their minds out of Emily for a little while, right? Or maybe she wouldn't. Carlos couldn't know that, and he couldn't make Adrianna open up if she didn't want to.
"You can talk to me you know that right?" Danielle smiled at her sister. "Ade?"
Adrianna didn't know what to say. She didn't want to talk about it right now but it did seem like a good time since Emily was still asleep. So she just decided to open up.
"You really haven't been there for me lately. And you don't talk to me so why should I talk to you?" Adrianna snapped. "And besides, I don't think there's a lot to talk about, I'm gay, that's it."
"I think that's great!" Carlos said sounding exited.
"Mama? Mommy? Is everything okay?" Danielle asked worried. "Did I do something wrong? I mean you're together too and you're both girls so I thought -"
"Adrianna, no you didn't do anything wrong. I think it's amazing that you don't hide who you are." Brittany started.
"Yeah I agree. I don't like the dating part though." Santana said. "No sex until you're 18, got it?"
Adrianna laughed. She didn't bother answering her mother since she knew that she didn't mean it. Or maybe she did, but Adrianna would never tell Santana if she was having sex. Never. Just when Adrianna was about to say something mean to her mother she heard Emily entering the room.
"Good morning." Emily smiled. "I know you're all worried but there's nothing to worry about. I want you all to know that I'm a big girl and I can handle this myself.
"You don't need to handle this yourself honey." Santana stated.
"I know but I don't want to talk to you. I looked up online that to some people it would be better to talk to a stranger? Like, a therapist, maybe?" Emily said shyly. "But only if that's okay with you guys?"
Santana was confused. When she looked around the room she saw that everyone else was confused too. None of them expected Emily to say something like that. They all thought Emily would open up to them and tell what happened. But it seemed like they were wrong.
"Just so you know Em, I'm gonna kill that bastard!" Carlos shouted. "I promise it to you."
Emily laughed. It felt good when people cared about her. She just wasn't ready to talk to her family yet. She would, just not yet. She wanted to talk to someone though, and that's why she thought it would be better to talk to a complete stranger.
Emily sat down with her family and ate her breakfast. They talked about stuff like any other family and they all seemed happy. Emily liked the fact that they would put their emotions aside for her and act like nothing happened. But none of them would never forget. They all knew that Emily was still hurting and that hurt them too. But they knew better than pushing information out of Emily so they didn't even try.
"Hey Em you want to know something?" Adrianna smiled.
"Yeah! What Is it?" Emily asked exited.
"I'm gay" Adrianna said seriously. "Like really gay, I like girls. A girl actually, but yeah."
"That's the coolest thing I've heard in a while!" Emily jumped. "You are an unicorn too! Just like mama and mommy!"
Emily said that only to make her family feel happy. The truth was, that Emily really didn't believe in things like unicorns and stuff. But she wanted her family to think she did. She would get out of things easily and people would never be mean to her. At least usually they wouldn't be. But now she wasn't so sure anymore. She was scared and she had no idea how to get rid of being afraid.
A/N This was just a filler chapter, I'm sorry it's so short, but the next chapters will be longer. I try to update in three days :) Next chapter will be Emily coping with whatever happened to her (You'll know if you wait for the next chapter) And also Adrianna's date. There will also be more Brittana and Carlos! I Hope you enjoyed this and review, I love to read your reviews!:)