Hey, please, please, please forgive me. I am soooooooooo sorry for not updating sooner; I've been super busy with work, trying to keep up with college and i have a wedding to plan, but that does not excuse from not updating. Anyway, this chapter is probably one of the longest i've written; it is pretty long and you guys deserve it!

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Chapter 17: The Long Drive

Santana P.O.V.

I put one more t-shirt into the, probably 10th, suitcase I packed, than I collapsed onto my bed. And I still had to pack Grant's… I was so happy to be going on vacation though; I hadn't gone on a real vacation since a year after Grant was born! Grant was so excited and the girls knew something exciting was going on.

Quinn had had her and Puck's twins, Aiden Quincy Puckerman and Annemarie Paige Puckerman. And they were really cute babies; Aiden had dark hair like Puck and hazel eyes, and Annemarie had a little bit of blonde hair like Quinn and she had blue eyes, their first child with blue eyes. Five kids, that was a lot of children, though, technically six counting Beth.

We had to be down at the Puckermans' house in three hours and I was still not done packing everything. So, I walked into Grant's room to get packing. Grant was sitting on his bed playing some sort of handheld device that he had gotten not too long ago for like a holiday or birthday, I didn't remember for sure. I said, "Grant, go help your dad load up the car or help me pack your things because you are not wasting this precious time playing a stupid game." Finn was downstairs packing up the car while the twins took a nap.

"I would not like to do any of those jobs, I am on level 16, I'm not quitting!" Grant said, never looking up from the screen.

"Well, either save your game and quit or I'm taking it from you and you don't get to play it until we get home." I told him, reaching for the game.

"I'll save!" Grant said quickly, turning off the game.

"Good, do you want to bring this shirt with us?" I asked the four-year-old, holding up a green t-shirt.

"Sure, I don't really care, just pack my swim trunks." Grant shrugged, walking out of the room, "I'm gonna help Daddy."

I rolled my eyes and sighed, packing up Grant's suitcase.

An hour later we were almost ready to go, the car was almost packed, the kids were ready, and I had calmed down and wasn't as stressed. Finn took the last two bags to the car and entered the family room where Grant was happily playing his video game while sitting on the floor, I was sitting on the couch holding Jenna, and Mina was swinging slowly back and forth in the little baby swing which also was soon to be thrown in the car. "I forgot how stressful vacationing is." I sighed as Finn grabbed Mina and turned off the swing, walking over to couch.

"It'll be okay when we get there." He said, sitting down and placing a giggling, happy Mina in his lap.

"I hope so." I said as I leaned my head onto Finn's shoulder.

"We'll have a great time!" Finn encouraged, "I'm sure of it."

Forty- five minutes later we had all the kids piled into the car and the baby swing had been deposited in the back. Grant had his little bag of toys and was rummaging through it in the back seat. The babies were right behind me and Finn so that we, or at least I, could get to them easily if they got upset or were crying. Finn and I hopped into the car and sped down the street to the Puckermans'.

When we pulled up, their car had already been packed as well. We tumbled out of the car and went up to the door. A smiling Quinn answered to our knock. She was holding a fussy Aiden. "Hey, guys!" She said, "Come on in, we're almost ready to leave!"

I spotted Noah, the little one, running up the stairs; Grant spotted him and ran up there too. Puck came out into the foyer of the house holding a smiling Annemarie and greeted us. Katie was right behind him, smiling. Alice jumped out of the living room and hopped onto Puck's back; Puck caught her with his free arm.

Quinn, who had disappeared into the house, emerged again with a baby bag slung over her shoulder. She was trying to calm Aiden who was still fussy. Puck said, "We ready to go, Q?"

"Yep, we just need to get the boys!" She answered.

Puck asked Katie to hold Annemarie for a minute; she smiled and took the little girl. Puck set Alice down and raced up the stairs to get the boys. We eased into conversation with Quinn and the girls while Puck was upstairs. Puck ran down the stairs five minutes later holding a four-year-old under each arm. He set them down and took Annemarie again. "Ready!" He said.

We all smiled and walked out to the cars. Soon we were on the road, following the Puckermans there.

On the way there, Finn started talking, "So, Grant, are you excited, buddy?"

"Yeah! But stop talking to me, I'm trying to defeat the level 18 boss!." He responded indignantly.

"I know, I'm excited!" I said with a big smile.

"So am I!" Finn said cheerily.

He covered my hand with his and continued to drive down the road, "I love you."

"Love you, too." I smiled.

After about an hour of driving, Grant started complaining, "Mom, are we there yet? I wanna be there!"

"No, we still have a long time, Grant." I shook my head.

"Ughhhhh, I'm hungry and I have to pee!" Grant complained.

"Well, we're getting lunch in hour, so, you'll eat soon." I rolled my eyes.

For the next hour I took a nap, totally ignoring everything around me. I was awakened by Mina's crying and the stop of the car. We had pulled into a restaurant for lunch, technically it was a fast food joint.

"Food!" Grant said while hopping out.

I picked up Mina and started towards the bathroom to see if she needed to be changed. Quinn brought Annemarie in too, "The drive is the worst part." Quinn shook her head.

"Yeah, I know, Grant only plays his video game or he's complaining!" I agreed.

"Katie's alright, but Noah yells and plays on his game thing the whole time, too; Alice was busy singing her little heart out to songs on the radio. Which really annoyed Noah; we made Noah sit in the middle of the two girls. So, Noah and Alice kept waking Aiden and Annemarie. I wish they would just take a nap!" Quinn sighed.

"I know what you mean and I only have one that makes a lot of noise." I laughed.

Quinn and I continued talking about our car drive woes until both the babies were clean. When we emerged from the restroom all the kids were in their seat and our husbands were ordering food. Thank God they had calmed them down! Noah and Grant were talking about something, probably their video games and Alice and Katie were fussing over Aiden and Jenna. Quinn and I placed our babies into highchairs and enjoyed our children, and eventually, our lunch.

The rest of the very long ride was pretty uneventful; we stopped a couple of times, including dinner, and we kept in touch by text. When we finally arrived at the big house I was relieved, and happy, to start our two week vacation!

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