Home is where the

Heart is

But what if that's

Where the

Start is?

No footprints

In the snow

I don't know

Where to go

From here

The air is warm but not humid when they land and when the group gets to the farm property it's even better.

A light breeze picks up the tiny hairs on Santana's neck and something about here feels right.

The farm and the labs sit in a cluster of mountains and even though this place looks far from civilization, the city is only 20 minutes away.

There's a big cottage that San, Britt, Sof, Quinn, and Puck stay in and Sam, Sugar, Mike, and Tina stay in the other.

Mercedes is a nice black woman that has an attitude much like Santana's but she's nicer about it. She at least showed them their houses before telling them to fend for themselves for dinner.

Santana and Brittany settle into their bedroom and take time to play with Sofia.

"Hey baby girl." Santana says as she scoops her up from the floor and kisses her cheek.

"Ma." Sofia giggles.

Brittany smiles and smoothes the little girl's curly brown hair back.

"I love her so much already San. I didn't know I had this much love to give. Between the two of you I'm tapped out." Brittany laughs.

"I've been tapped out since I met you baby."

"Please, we all know you have the biggest heart of all of us." She circles around. "I mean look at where we are."

"I love you so much Sweets."

"I love you too but let's go find out what our jobs are.

Of course Santana will deal with the botany of it all and caring for the plants and Britt will clip and trim the buds like she used to do with Santana in her old lab.

Puck will work the outdoor strains and prep the fields with Sam and Mike. Sugar and Tina take up the packaging aspect and Quinn handles the orders and the finances.

They can't really figure out what it is Mercedes does but it's a good job and they don't ask questions.

"You'll all be paid every Friday. I usually throw a part cause this girl likes to get down. Brittany and Santana if you're working I'd be honored to watch Sofia."

"I don't know I never left her with anyone before." Santana answers with reluctance. She doesn't trust anyone with her kid after what her own childhood was like.

"I'll watch her when San works and vice versa, it'll be ok." Brittany continues for her girl. "But thanks Mercedes. San's just a little overprotective." She chuckles.

Mercedes nods and hands out security badges.

"Oh and one more thing. You steal from me. I kick your ass." The sassy black woman says as she walks away with a smirk.

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There's also vegetables on the farm so Santana purees them to make baby food for Sof.

She sits down on a wooden chair and faces Sofia in her high chair.

"Here comes the airplane baby." Santana coos as she zig zags the spoon into Sofia's mouth.

Quinn chuckles behind her. "I think that kid's made you soft."

Santana waves her off. "I can still beat your ass."

They hear a loud bang from upstairs and Santana stands abruptly. "Watch her for me?" She asks Quinn and the blonde doesn't get a chance to nod before Santana is bounding up the stairs.

She finds Brittany sitting on the ground rubbing her arm that's already starting to bruise.

"What happened babe? Are you ok?" Santana asks frantically.

"Yea I just got real dizzy and fell. I don't know what happened. It was scary San."

Santana holds the blonde in her arms and notices the bruise.

"Holy shit do you usually bruise this easily?"

Brittany shakes her head. "No but I'll be fine. I think I'm gonna lay down."

Santana helps her into bed and tucks her in. She kisses the blonde lovingly and bids her goodnight. "Sweet dreams baby."

Santana goes back downstairs and finds Q playing with the baby. She notices the small smile that graces Quinn's lips and is astounded by all the happiness Sof has brought to them.

"She's amazing, isn't she?"

"Yea." Quinn whispers.

"She loves her Madrina." Santana says coming to sit next to Quinn on the floor who's currently playing blocks with Sofia.

"I love her so much. It makes me think about how my baby would've looked by now. She'd be 10."

Quinn wipes a tear from her eye and looks down to the floor.

Santana wraps and arm around her and holds her close before Sof wobbles over and exclaims, "Tia" before running into her aunt and hugging her. "No sad."

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Britt's sick. She has a fever of 103 and is weak but has no other cold symptoms.

"My bones hurt babe. They hurt so bad." Brittany whispers.

Santana feels her head again and her fever is hot as hell. "Come on we're going to the hospital, that fever's too high babe."

Santana carries Brittany down the stairs and yells over to Quinn because she's the only one she can trust with her baby. "Can you watch Sof. I gotta take Britt to the doctor she's not doing too good."

Quinn nods and Santana rushes out the door and into one of the company cars. She calls Mercedes to tell her she won't be working today and hangs up.

She rushes towards the hospital about 30 minutes away and squeezes her girlfriend's hand.

"Hurts." Brittany whimpers.

Santana gets out of the car and carries Britt until the nurse makes her drop the blonde into a wheel chair.

Brittany squeezes Santana's hand tight and looks up at her with worry.

"I'm right here babe." Santana says kissing her knuckles.

At that moment Brittany passes out and they take her into the emergency room and Santana has to wait outside.

The doctor comes out several hours later and nods for Santana to enter the room.

Brittany is crying and holding her hip when she walks in and Santana rushes to her side.

"They took my blood and they stuck this long needle into my hipbone and I couldn't even hold your hand. It hurt so much Tana." Brittany sobs into the other girl's arms and the doctor comes back looking pale.

"We noticed an abundance of white blood cells in your lab results. So, then, we conducted a bone marrow test to conclude out diagnosis. I'm sorry Miss Pierce but you have leukemia."

Brittany rips herself away from Santana. "No! No it's wrong test me again!"

Santana's world froze as she sits there with her mouth open and wraps her arm around a sobbing Brittany. She nods for him to continue.

"We won't know the extent until we perform further testing. Your insurance from Jones Corp will pay for a small part but have you thought about you payment plan for treatment?"

Santana goes rigid. "She just found out you asshole! Give her a minute before you talk about money."

Santana rubs her back and tries to calm the frantic blonde. "We'll get through this baby, we always do."

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Santana sits at the kitchen table writing a letter to Rosa asking for help and telling her about Sofia. She kept her promise and writes every week.

Brittany's upstairs sleeping. She has been ever since they got home yesterday.

Quinn comes running in and crushes the Latina into a hug and Santana finally has a chance to cry.

"She's a fighter S. She'll be ok."

"Will she ever catch a fuckin' break? How can this world punish someone like Britt over and over again? I wish it was me. I wish I could do something."

"You can hold her hand. You can love her."

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"You have a collect call from 'that bitch' at Eagleville state prison do you choose to accept the charges?"

"Yes." Santana says.

"Camarada?"

"Yea Ro it's me. You got my letter?" Santana questions.

"Yes. I'm so sorry San. Send Brittany my love." Rosa answers back completely unsettled by the turn in her friend's life.

"You know I hate to ask for help but…"

"We'll do it." Rosa cuts her off. "Anything you have to pay for we've got it. I already sent Mateo out with some cash. You saved my life, I'll do what I can to save Brittany's."

Santana breaks down crying. "I can't lose her Rosa. I just can't."

"You won't San. Hug mi sobrina for me."