Santana sat alone in her small apartment, the room was still dark from the night. She sipped her morning coffee as she read over the packet for the day. She was observing several classes today so she had to be prepared. She got dressed after she dried her hair in simple black skinny jeans, a white button down shirt and a striped black and grey fitted vest. She tied her back converse on her feet, slid her arms into her peat coat, tied her scarf around her neck and grabbed her bag before heading out into the early morning chaos.
Santana knocked on Kurt's classroom's doorframe, the man looked up from his desk and smiled at his old friend.
"Hey!" He exclaimed, motioning her to come in. "You're observing the class today right?"
"Yep, your my third class." Santana explains as she sits on the desk in front of his. "How are you?"
"It's monday," He sighed, "I'm already tired."
"Agreed." Santana replied, "Luka is sweet." She smiled.
"He is. I like him a lot." Kurt blushed, "He thinks you're awesome. He was impressed that you even knew where Croatia was!"
"I aim to please, plus it's a place i've always wanted to go." She smiled before moving her head to the side, "Ouch." She complained as her neck cracked awkwardly.
"That's gross," He commented, "Quinn looks good."
"I know, right? I was impressed when I first saw her." Santana said, "She still can't believe how grown up you looked. Echo still can't believe that we all went to school together."
"S?" He stopped, "Is it a good idea you're dating a students mother?"
"I don't know." Santana sighed, aware he picked up on her hesitation. "I adore her and it's not like her daughter is like a direct student of mine."
"I know, but I don't want it to cause problems for you. Like, I know there was a bit of a push back when a parent found out I was gay…"
"I didn't even think about that." She said thoughtfully, "I just want to be with her right now." She said as student's started to fill the room. Santana sat in the back and observed the students and how they interacted with their teacher. When the day finished Santana headed back to her office and slumped into her chair. The day had been unbearably long, her head hurt and she wanted to just home and sleep. Once she finished her paperwork she headed back to her apartment, stopping at a Vietnamese restaurant on her way to grab some soup. She got home and changed into a baggy sweatshirt and a pair of flannel pants. She curled up on her window seat and ate her soup while watching the snow fall outside.
Six weeks later.
They had been dating for a little over two months. Quinn smiled as she woke up to the Latina snuggled into her back one sunday morning. She slipped out of bed and headed into the kitchen to put on coffee when she heard Echo come out as well.
"Morning baby." Quinn whispered, as she flicked the switch on the pot. "Do you want hot chocolate?" Echo nodded sleepily as she laid down on the couch. A few minutes later, Quinn placed two mugs down on the table and laid with her daughter. "What's wrong baby?"
"I miss grandma." Echo yawned, resting her head on her mom's chest. "When are we going back? I want to see her and daddy. He told me that he had presents for me from my birthday and christmas. We got snowed in on christmas, but can we go home for New Years? Please mommy!" Quinn sighed, pushing the dirty blonde hair out of the girls eyes. She had taken the last week of December and the first week of January off to spend with Echo, so getting time off work wouldn't be hard.
"I'll call grandma today okay? We have to see if we can stay with her." Quinn explained, knowing full well that her mother was begging her to bring her granddaughter home. Echo took a sip of her hot chocolate and curled back up next to her mom. Several minutes later, a very sleepy and confused looking Santana sauntered out of the bedroom causing both blondes to giggle. Santana glared and silently got a cup of coffee. She sat down on the end of the couch once she got her mug filled and Quinn ran her fingers through messy lochs.
"How are you feeling?" Quinn asked. Santana had been recovering from a bad cold and spent the night at Quinn's because the heat in her building broke because of a snowstorm. The blonde felt the young woman's head checking for a fever. "No fever." She said, kissing the girls head. Santana lazily rested her head on Quinn shoulder.
"Mommy can we stay in pajamas today and watch movies?" Echo asked, "I think we should. It's gross outside and Santana's sick." She explained, Quinn smiled at the fact her daughter finally started to call Santana her first name instead of Ms. Lopez when she was at their home. Santana nodded weakly against the blondes chest.
"Sure baby. Why don't you go pick a few movies and wash your face?" Echo jumped up and ran into her room. Quinn got up and pushed the love seat against the couch creating a kind of bed. She lied Santana down and went to grab the quilt off her bed. She draped it over the latina and grabbed tissues and medication. "Take this, sweetheart." Quinn said, lifting the liquid to the girls lips. Santana drank it and made a disgusted face. "It will make you better." Echo came back in and handed her mom Aladdin. "Good choice. It's Santana's favorite." She popped in the movie. Echo laid on the love seat while she crawled in behind Santana on the couch wrapping her arms around the sick latina and pressing her lips to the back of her neck.