And now...one long ass epilogue
Ok so this has several random time jumps in no particular order and not all of them are in the future.
~~~ 16 Years Later ~~~
A very nervous and scared sixteen year old Nina Lopez-Fabray sat on the edge of the bathtub thinking it was the end of the world. She didn't know how she thought she was going to be able to hide this from her mothers ok sure maybe for a few months but she was stupid to think that they wouldn't catch on and by then it would be too late to do anything about it.
Nina sat there holding onto her favourite childhood toy Mickey Mouse as she desperately tried to think of how she was going to tell her parents. She knew without a doubt her mom would be livid. She was going to be the most disappointed, she knew her mama would be sad but she'll support her no matter what. That wasn't to say she thought her mom would disown her but this is just something unforgivable.
Nina had been sitting there for a good half hour preparing what she was going to say but nothing seemed good enough for this kind of bombshell. The poor girl was brought out of her despair when a loud knock on the bathroom door startled her.
"Who is it?" She reluctantly asked
"It's me, let me in you've been in there for fucking ages." A voice called back
Nina hesitated for a moment before she got up and unlocked the door letting her sister in.
"What are you doing in here? You know if you want 'alone time' you should do it in your room and not in here I needs to re-pencil my eyebrows on." Bella huffed as she pushed past her sister to get to the mirror.
"That was one time!" Nina stressed in embarrassment.
Bella just chuckled at her sister getting all flustered as she grabbed her makeup out.
"And I was not...doing that. I was thinking." Nina added sounding a little sad.
"Again...think in your room." Bella rolled her eyes.
"Just leave me alone Bella." Nina huffed as she stormed out of the bathroom leaving her sister a little confused.
Nina was never the moody one, over emotional sure but never moody that role happily belonged to Bella so it was a little weird to have Nina storm out on her. Not one for being out of the loop Bella quickly chased after her sister following her into her room and closing the door behind her. Nina signed with annoyance at seeing her sister.
"What's crawled up your ass?" Bella asked not really out of concern but more out of curiosity.
"Nothing!" Nina snapped
"Ok well if you're not going to tell me I'll just go tell mom you're upset and she can get it out of you." Bella smirked
"Bella don't be such a bitch" Nina whined
"Then talk. Come on NeeNee we tell each other everything. It's like the laws of being a twin." Bella replied sitting on her sister's bed.
Nina sighed and then reluctantly told her sister what had happened and how she had to tell their parents eventually.
"Oh wow Nina...what are you gonna do?" Bella asked with worry.
"I don't know!" Nina cried
"It's gonna be ok." Bella tried to reassure her giving her a comforting hug.
"They're gonna hate me" Nina cried into her sister's shoulder
"No they won't...look at Aunt Becky and they still love her." Bella tried to cheer her up.
"She's their friend but I'm their daughter! It's so much worse." Nina argued.
"I can be there with you when you tell them. We'll get through this." Bella insisted.
Later that night at the dinner table Grace and Sofia couldn't help but notice how quiet their daughters were. Usually Bella would be talking nonstop about something she was such a chatter box some times. Nina wasn't as chatty but she was never this quiet. Grace looked at her wife with a concerned look at their children's odd behaviour. Sofia nodded letting her wife know that she noticed it too. After dinner Grace and Sofia headed into the living room while the girls washed up.
"What do you think is wrong?" Grace asked
"I have no idea. But something is up because they were so not our daughters in there." Sofia replied with worry.
"Do you think it's something bad?" Grace asked in fear.
"God I hope not. Bella better not have gotten suspended again." Sofia added
"No that can't be it the school would have called us." Grace replied
Bella and Nina quietly worked on cleaning up the dishes and making dessert of strawberries and ice-cream. Bella kept her eye on her sister the whole time. She had no idea how she was coping with this she doesn't know what she would do if she were her right now.
"You gotta tell them NeeNee" Bella spoke up
"I know...I will" Nina sadly replied.
They finally finished and with a deep breath they entered the living room with their bowls of dessert. They sat there in silence with the TV giving some background noise. When it got far too awkward with all this tension Sofia finally spoke out.
"Ok what is going on?"
Nina swallowed nervously while Bella gave her sister a worried look.
"Girls?" Grace asked
"I...mom...mama I..." Nina stuttered
Grace and Sofia looked over at their daughter both looking worried because they had never seen her look that scared before.
"Mouse?" Sofia asked to get her to finish what she was saying.
"Please don't be mad at me" Nina begged
"Sweetie, don't be silly just tell us what's wrong" Grace replied quickly moving over to sit next her daughter taking her hand into her own.
"Mom I'm so sorry, I never meant for this to happen but it did and...mom I joined the field hockey team. I'm so sorry." Nina finally got it out
"B-But you can't you're on the soccer team" Grace replied in shock letting go of her daughter's hand
"I'm not though...I quit soccer four months ago because I...mom I...I hate soccer I'm so sorry." Nina replied
Grace was stunned, absolutely stunned. This was like the most worst thing her daughter could ever tell her.
"No...no I forbid it. No daughter of mine will be a...a hockey player!" Grace stood up pretty much spitting out the last few words with so much venom.
"Mom I'm sorry. But...this is who I am. I'm a hockey player not a soccer player. I know it's not what you wanted but I can't change who I am." Nina replied desperately trying to get her mom to understand.
"No. I can't believe you're doing this to me" Grace shook her head in disbelief.
"Grace, honey calm down." Sofia finally spoke up after nearly having a heart attack she was this close to thinking her baby girl was going to tell them she was pregnant or something.
"Don't tell me to calm down. It was bad enough when Becky told me she preferred stupid netball over soccer." Grace yelled back.
"Mom it's not that big a deal. You weren't upset when I told you I wanted to be a cheerleader." Bella spoke up
"That's different. You're at least following your mama and grandmother's footsteps. Nina was supposed to follow mine." Grace snapped before she stormed out.
Nina felt like absolute crap.
"I'm really sorry mama." She whispered sadly
"It's ok NeeNee. I'm not mad." Sofia quickly reassured her.
"Mom is." Nina replied with tear filled eyes.
"Mom's just...surprised. She'll calm down and realize how silly she is being right now." Sofia told her with a small smile trying to lighten the mood.
"I tried...I really did but I just...I prefer hockey...I'm good at it. I love playing it." Nina added
"I know...I'm proud of you Mouse, I know that must have been hard and I'm proud of you for going with what you want to do and not doing something just to make us happy. Your mom will see it that way too." Sofia replied pulling her daughter into a big hug.
Nina nodded though she wasn't so sure about that. She and her mom have been playing soccer together pretty much as soon as she could walk. She would always tell her how she was going to be the world's best soccer player and that she would be on the Olympic team and everything. Nina loved playing with her mom but she just didn't love soccer. Her heart belonged to hockey.
Sofia found her wife outside kicking her soccer ball into the goal with incredible force. It was one of her signature moves the way she could kick a ball with so much speed.
"Grace"
"She's not playing hockey. I forbid it" Grace grumbled and then kicked the ball hard getting a goal.
"Babe" Sofia sighed as she watched Grace grab her ball and line herself back up again ready to kick.
"No! How could she do this to me? We played together all the time. I accepted that Bella wasn't into it and that she preferred cheerleading and I'm happy that she's following you and your moms' footsteps but Nina was supposed to follow mine. She's been lying to us, to me this whole time!" Grace yelled and then kicked the ball again, hard.
"Grace you're being silly and over dramatic right now" Sofia told her
"I don't care" Grace pouted
"Grace I know your upset but our baby girl is in there worried that you're really mad at her about this. You need put your disappointment aside and go in there and support her decision." Sofia scolded her wife.
"But-"
"No. No buts. Go in there, hug your daughter and apologize for being a butt head." Sofia instructed
Grace grumbled as she dragged herself back to the house to try and make things better. She found Nina in her room lying on her bed looking like a sad panda and holding onto her Micky Mouse. Grace sighed and hated that she had made her daughter this sad and upset. She carefully moved towards her bed and took a seat next to her daughter.
"Hey NeeNee" Grace spoke softly
"Hey" Nina whispered
"Bubbie I'm sorry...I didn't mean to...I'm not mad at you" Grace told her
"Yes you are. You want me to be a soccer player." Nina mumbled sadly
"Why didn't you tell me sooner that you...didn't like soccer?" Grace asked
"Because I knew this would happen. You'd get mad at me and...whenever we would play you just looked so happy and I didn't want to make you sad." Nina replied her eyes tearing up.
"Nina...please don't get upset." Grace reached over to gently wipe away the few stray tears that had fallen.
"But your disappointed in me" Nina cried
"No, no sweetie I'm not. You're my little girl I'll never be disappointed in you...and...if you want to play...hockey then...I'll support your lifestyle choice." Grace told her with a small smile.
"Really?" Nina sniffed
"Of course. NeeNee I'm really sorry for making you upset. I never wanted to do that or make you feel scared to tell me something." Grace frowned feeling really guilty.
"It's ok...I get why you reacted that way." Nina replied
"Can I get a hug?" Grace hesitantly asked
Nina just smiled and sat up before she pulled her mom in for a big hug. Grace sighed with relief and kissed her daughter on the cheek thankful that she forgave her.
"So...when...when is your first game?" Grace reluctantly asked
"There's one next weekend...do you want to go?" Nina asked hopefully
"Of course, I'll be there...cheering you on." Grace replied with a forced smile.
It was going to take a while for her to fully accept this side of her daughter but she loved her more than anything so she was going to accept it...for Nina's sake.
"Hey chica stop being nosy" Sofia called out to her daughter who was standing by her sister's bedroom door listening in.
"Shhh ma!" Bella hissed
"Don't shh me...what's going on?" Sofia asked making her way over to Nina's bedroom.
"Well I think they made up" Bella whispered
"Oh...that was fast"
"Yeah...not nearly as entertaining as it should have been" Bella sighed disappointedly
"Don't be a butt head." Sofia grumbled and flicked her daughter's ear
"Ow! Ma!" Bella yelped and then flicked her Mami's ear
"Ow Bella that hurts!" Sofia hissed
"No shit ma" Bella replied then slapped her hand over her mouth.
"Oh you did not just cuss at me young lady" Sofia put her angry mom face on
"I'm sorry I didn't mean too." Bella quickly apologized
"You know the drill Bella. Two bucks in the jar." Sofia reprimanded her.
"But ma!"
"No buts. Thems the rules. It's your punishment for getting suspended. You have the worst potty mouth ever and that's coming from me." Sofia reminded her
"Your rules suck balls." Bella muttered under her breath
"Four bucks and you do the dishes two nights I can keep going if you're gonna dig deeper Isabella" Sofia warned her
"That wasn't even a swear word." Bella argued
"Does this look like the face of someone who cares?" Sofia asked
"Ugh! You always pick on me!" Bella huffed dramatically then stormed off to her bedroom
"Don't even think about slamming that door" Sofia yelled
Thankfully Bella knew better than to make her ma even more mad so she didn't slam her door. Sofia sighed and could feel a headache coming on. Bella could be the world's biggest diva sometimes. Generally she was a great kid though she definitely had an attitude problem and was more rebellious than her sister. They were maybe a little more strict with her than they were with Nina but only because they wanted to steer her in the right direction. She had already been suspended for swearing and being disrespectful towards one of her teachers.
That was when Grace came out of Nina's room to find her wife looking like she was going to implode.
"What's wrong?" Grace asked with concern
"Bella's attitude" Sofia replied
"What happened now?" Grace frowned
"Swearing and talking back." Sofia replied
Grace just sighed and nodded.
"Want me to talk to her?" She then asked
"Nah just let her cool off a bit. How did it go with Nina?" Sofia asked
"Good, we're all good." Grace smiled
"Awesome...god being a parent is hard work" Sofia pouted
"Hey you're the one who wanted them. Let's have kids you said, it'll be fun you said." Grace chuckled as she made her way into their bedroom.
"I know...what was I thinking?" Sofia joked as she followed her wife.
~~~ Moby ~~~
Toby sat there looking like the proud papa that he was. His little girl was graduating from high school as one of the top three of her senior class. He was so glad to be sitting there in the unusually warm weather watching his daughter walk across the stage and get her diploma. Two months ago he almost wasn't going to make it. He had been in hospital and nearly died from getting shot after a robbery gone wrong. It was Quinn's worst fear come true but Toby refused to give in and he fought to survive just so he could be there for his family.
Maya sat next to her husband holding his hand beaming brightly at their daughter who looked so grown up in her cap and gown. Ally had grown up to be a very beautiful young woman she was all legs and long blonde hair she actually looked a lot like her Aunt Beth. Ally was always so bubbly and happy that Quinn and Santana both agreed she was so much like Brittany it wasn't even funny.
Next to Maya was Justin Leroy Berry-Fabray their youngest child. He had just turned 14 and was very much a daddy's boy if there ever were such a thing. Justin idolized his dad and Toby could not be prouder of his son. Sure Justin hated sports and was pretty much the most effeminate member of the whole family and probably even gayer than Toby's moms he could not be any more different than his dad but that didn't mean a damn thing because Toby loved his son and that was it. He didn't mind that a fun day out with Justin usually meant going shopping or talking about the newest fashion styles Toby just enjoyed spending time with his kids.
"Have you got the camera ready?" Toby asked his wife
"Ready and waiting to go." Maya replied with a nod.
"This humidity is doing nothing for my hair." Justin frowned as he mumbled to himself.
"Ok she should be up next" Toby informed them excitedly
Maya held their camera up ready to capture this special moment, Quinn and Rachel did the same. They were sitting behind Toby and Maya both smiling brightly. Ally would be their first grandchild to graduate, well their first biological grandchild, Max graduated a few years earlier and Cooper graduated last year but it was all still very exciting. Finally Ally's name was called out and she confidently strutted her stuff smiling for the cameras pointing her way as she collected her certificate and shook her principal's hand.
After the ceremony the whole family went out to celebrate at a fancy restaurant like they did for Max and Cooper. It was like a tradition and like they did for Max and Cooper, Quinn and Rachel had given Ally a graduation gift.
"It's just a little something." Rachel smiled as she watched Ally excitedly unwrap her present.
She finally got the wrapping paper off and carefully opened the small box. Her eyes went wide when she finally saw what it was.
"Oh my god! Gammy! Nan! I love it" Ally gasped then pulled her grandmothers into a bone crushing hug.
They had given her a diamond necklace on a white gold chain. Quinn took it out of the box and held it up to help put it on the young girl.
"Beautiful" Quinn smiled when Ally turned around to show it off to them.
"You guys are the best! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Ally cheered then quickly ran off to show everybody.
Quinn and Rachel stood there watching her flitter through everybody showing them her new necklace she had always been a ball of energy. Toby and Maya were pretty lucky actually. Ally never really gave them much trouble growing up. The only real drama for Ally was when she failed her driver's licence four times before she finally got it. Justin was a good kid too; he was so sweet and caring. Quinn and Rachel could not be more proud of their son and his children.
"Hey do you think we could still some booze?" Bella whispered to her sister not noticing that her grandmothers could hear her.
Bella and Nina on the other hand…Grace and Sofia would definitely have their hands full with those two trouble makers. Quinn insists it's all down to the Lopez DNA they unfortunately carried.
~~~ 2067 ~~~
"Babe we went to Coach Sylvester's funeral two years ago right? I didn't just imagine that." Brittany asked with a confused look on her face
"Of course we did, it was like a fucking state funeral...even the president of the United States was there!" Santana scoffed.
It was like a fricking circus. There were literally hundreds of people there Santana assumed they were there to make sure Sue was actually dead she knows she made sure to check the casket before they lowered it into her tomb, the crazy old fool even had booby traps set so no one could get in...or out.
"That's what I thought." Brittany mumbled still looking confused as hell.
"Why do you ask?" Santana then asked starting to get a little worried.
"Well...I just received a very...scary and confusing email." Brittany replied as she continued to stare at her lap top.
"What was in the email?" Santana asked not at all liking where this was going.
Brittany didn't reply so Santana moved to sit next to her wife and take a look for herself.
"When was this sent?" Santana then asked
"This morning." Brittany replied
There on the screen was the email. It was just a photo nothing too harmless except for what was in the photo. Standing at what seems to be the bottom of the statue of liberty was one old Sue Sylvester holding yesterday's newspaper with the word 'Soon' written over the headline which said something about a cloning success story and an evil smirk on the old lady's face.
"Oh dear god that crazy evil old woman faked her death!" Santana gasped in horror
"B-But why? How...she's like over a hundred years old." Brittany asked in fear.
"I have no idea but may the lord have mercy on us all." Santana muttered as she held her wife close.
~~~ Hollywood Stars ~~~
It was a cool Thursday evening that found Rachel and Quinn cuddled up together on their living room couch patiently waiting for 8:30pm. They made sure to have an early dinner so everything would be cleared away so they wouldn't miss it.
"She said it was on Bravo right?" Quinn asked for like the seventh time
"Yes Quinn" Rachel sighed as she checked her watch again.
"And it was 8:30?" Quinn then asked
"Yes." Rachel replied a little irritated now.
"Ok good." Quinn nodded then turned back to watch the TV.
Rachel just rolled her eyes and turned back to the TV as well. They had been waiting for this all day and both had been annoying everyone about how excited they were about it. In the end Santana had to actually pay Quinn to shut up.
"Coming up next, the exclusive interview with Hollywood's sweetheart, the award winning superstar Charlotte Berry." The announcer on the TV informed them
"Oh my god Rach it's on next!" Quinn excitedly slapped her wife's arm
"Ow Quinn" Rachel frowned rubbing her sore arm
"Sorry babe" Quinn apologized with a quick kiss.
They sat in silence as the opening music started and waited impatiently as the presenter babbled on about non important stuff. Until finally they got to what Quinn and Rachel had been waiting for. After Charlie and her family moved out to LA her mothers had missed her dearly and had to adjust to only getting to see her and spend quality time with her on holidays and whenever she was in the city for work.
"And now our very own exclusive and candid interview with the ever elegant and talented actress Charlotte Berry."
A series of images of Charlie played on the screen accompanied by a song sung by Charlie herself that song naturally being Somewhere Over The Rainbow. Quinn and Rachel watched on both smiling like the proud fools that they were. They never got tired of watching their daughter live her dreams. The screen finally showed a smiling Charlie sitting in the interviewers chair waving to the audience at the studio. It was similar to inside the actor's studio.
"Welcome Charlotte we're happy to have you here." The presenter smiled warmly
"I'm happy to be here" Charlie replied as she crossed her legs looking elegant and more beautiful than ever.
"Well just from watching those clips I think it's safe to say that your career has definitely been an incredible one and you've only really been in the business for fifteen years when you first appeared as Dorothy Gale on the Broadway stage. But in those years you've managed to snag two Emmys, a Grammy, four Tony nominations and just last year your first Oscar. Tell us how does one deal with all that success?"
"Well I think it all really comes down to my family. They keep me grounded. If I didn't have them I can assure you I would probably end up as one of those scary show business divas." Charlie chuckled
"Oh congratulations on the birth of your son by the way." The presenter added
"Thank you, he's such a cutie." Charlie smiled proudly
"You brought us a picture I believe"
"Yes, I did." Charlie replied and then up on the big screen a photo of Charlie and her son along with his daddy. The audience all aww'ed and a few clapped.
"That's two now isn't it?"
"Yep, Dory will be five this year and she just loves being a big sister. She's very helpful in looking after Eric" Charlie smiled warmly thinking of her two babies.
"Now Charlotte why don't you give us and the folks at home your story, what was your childhood like and what made you want to become a star?"
Charlie sat there for a moment thinking about the question. So much had happened in her life and she could pretty much sit here all day telling everyone everything.
"Well to answer the second question I wanted to be a star like my mother. She was my biggest inspiration next to Judy Garland of course. But my mama was the one who taught me everything that I know about being a performer. I mean those of you who watched my TV special would all know how amazing her voice is when we sang those duets together. She had the same dream as me but she never got the opportunity I guess to go as far as I have but I know she wouldn't have changed anything if she was given the chance." Charlie answered
Rachel sat there with tears in her eyes as she listened to her daughter talk about her. Quinn just smiled brightly. As Charlie spoke there were several photos of Charlie and Rachel some were from when she was a little girl and some were from walking the red carpet. They showed the TV special that Charlie had mentioned which had Charlie and Rachel singing together up on stage. That was probably Rachel's proudest moment singing with her daughter.
"I had a pretty average and normal childhood, I was lucky to be blessed with two amazing mothers, two sisters and an amazing brother. We had our ups and downs like most families do but I love them all even if they are crazy sometimes." Charlie chuckled.
"Now is it true that you married your childhood sweetheart?" The presenter asked with a grin
Charlie smiled and even blushed a little.
"Well we didn't officially start dating till he was twenty and I was nineteen but yes I did. Ben is such an amazing man and has been a pillar of strength for me for as long as I have known him. And also have you seen his abs and the way he dances?" Charlie gushed. The audience chuckled then whooped when a picture of Ben appeared on the screen. It was of him dancing shirtless. Charlie smiled smugly as if to say 'yeah that's right, he's all mine.'
"Tell us about your family." The presenter prompted her
"Well like I said my mama was my inspiration when it came to my dream of being a star, but it was also my mother who was my biggest support system. No matter what she always made me feel like I could achieve anything." Charlie replied
Quinn was now balling her eyes out as she sat on her couch watching her baby on the TV. She had seen her daughter up on the Broadway stage, on the small screen and the big screen, in 3D and up on the Kodak theatre stage accepting her Oscar for Best Actress and she still never got over the thrill of seeing her daughter showing the world how awesome she was.
"Me and my sisters are really close and are more like my best friends. My brother could be a pain in the you know what but I love him. He was always the protector of the family so it's not surprising that he's a detective now." Charlie kept talking.
"Just skipping ahead here is it true that you are in talks about writing your first autobiography?"
"Yes that's true. Max Marshall is a really close friend of mine he's an author and he has agreed to be my ghost writer. The book should be coming out by the end of the year." Charlie replied with a nod
"Can you tells us what to expect from the book?"
"Well it's basically about my childhood, and my rise to fame there will be candid interviews from my family and friends in there as well. It's called I Got Lucky." Charlie informed the audience.
"Any juicy secrets?" The presenter joked.
Charlie just laughed
"You'll just have to read it and find out." She replied with a sly grin.
The interview continued on, Quinn and Rachel didn't move until the program was over not wanting to miss any of it. Quinn was reluctant to admit it but she couldn't help but think that her daughter probably wouldn't have been this successful (not this quickly at least) if it weren't for Frankie and his dedication to Charlie's career. It had taken her a long time to come to terms with having him in their lives but she had finally come to peace with what happened especially when she made herself sit down and talk properly about it all with Rachel. It had been a hard thing to do but she needed it if she were to ever let it go.
~~~ Someone New ~~~
It wasn't like she was embarrassed or anything or ashamed of her family but Beth just found it all a little silly. She was a grown woman she shouldn't be this nervous about bringing home her new man to meet some of her family.
Beth's suspicions about her husband's infidelity way back when were unfortunately very accurate. It wasn't a year after she had brought it up that he had confessed to having an affair and on an unrelated note it was the very next day that his new car had suspiciously been keyed and his tyres had been slashed. Nobody knew who did it the only clue they had was the strange markings on the car that looked a lot like 'That's how we do it in LHA and KC'. Oddly enough Sofia, Becky and Hannah were MIA that night but according to them they were out having a drink together while Grace was consoling Beth. Anyways Beth and Jeff had gotten divorced and for a while there they couldn't be in the same room together but over the years they had sort of became friends for Dave's sake.
Dave was a strapping young man being the football quarterback for his high school team, you could clearly see the resemblance to his biological grandfather he definitely had Puck's eyes and strong jawline. Puck had unfortunately passed away a few years back during a military operation in a foreign country it was only supposed to be a peaceful thing but it somehow turned violent and he died saving one of his soldiers' life. He died a hero. Dave idolised him and was grateful to have met him a few times while he was young.
They were all over at the Lopez-Fabray house hold Becky and Hannah along with their two sons were already there. Beth figured she should introduce her new man to her family in small doses otherwise it could be a little overwhelming and it might scare him off. Everybody was there and we're now only waiting for Beth and her man to show up.
Becky sat and chatted quietly with her wife and her sister while they waited. Vanessa had come to learn the truth about Becky when she had turned fourteen and she went snooping in her parents' attic. She just knew something was up because of the little things Becky and her baby sister Jackie would say sometimes and the fact that she looked so much like Becky and that they even shared the same last name it wasn't hard to figure out when she finally clued in.
Vanessa had found Becky's birth certificate in an old box along with some photos of Becky when she was young. Most of them were just school photos there weren't many home photos. When she confronted Becky about it the older blonde decided that it was pointless in lying so she told her everything. When she learned the truth Vanessa did something completely unexpected and ran away from home begging to live with Becky and Hannah instead. It took a long time for Becky and Hannah to legally become Vanessa's guardians but Becky wasn't all that surprised that her parents didn't give much of a fight to get their daughter back seeing as she had already been tainted by Becky's sinful life. Becky was just glad that she could be a part of her sister's life and that she was away from their horrible parents.
Finally the doorbell rang indicating that Beth was here, Grace quickly got up to answer and let them in but before she got to the door she turned around to face everyone with a stern look.
"Ok everyone please...be nice and don't make things awkward." Grace pleaded with them she had promised Beth she would tell them because apparently the new guy was a little bit younger than Beth and she just knew some people would want to bring that up...constantly.
"Why are you looking at me?" Sofia pouted
"Because my darling wife I was mainly talking to you." Grace smiled sweetly
"Rude" Sofia scoffed
The twins just snickered behind their mama's back.
Grace ignored her wife's pout and went to go let the guests in. Beth stood nervously holding onto the guy's hand as she gave her sister a small smile. Grace tried to have her poker face on but she couldn't help her eyes that went a little wide when she saw Beth's new boyfriend...or boy toy she really wanted to say because she was not lying he was younger...a lot younger.
"Hi" Grace finally spoke after trying to hide her shock.
"Hey Gracie...this is José." Beth introduced him.
"Hi, it's great to finally meet you." He smiled brightly showing off his perfect white teeth.
"Wow" Grace muttered and internally sighed, Sofia and Becky were going to have a field day with this.
José was your classic tall, dark and ridiculously handsome man with the perfect tanned skin, jet black hair with a perfect smile. Grace reluctantly invited them into her home so Beth could introduce him to the rest of them. Grace gave her wife a warning look when she instantly spotted that evil glint in her eye when she finally saw Beth's new guy.
What she did not expect though was her two sixteen year old daughters fawning over him like he was the second coming. Grace was still getting used to having two straight daughters who were both boy crazy. She sometimes felt a little left out when they and Sofia would gush about all the hot male actors on TV or hot singers.
Once the introductions were done with and everybody had a drink in hand they sat around the living room chatting and getting to know the new man in Beth's life.
"So how did you two meet?" Hannah asked the million dollar question.
"Well actually..." Beth mumbled as her cheeks flared a pretty pink colour
"I was cleaning her swimming pool." José filled them in
"Oh god this is just too much." Sofia quietly snickered to herself. Grace quickly slapped her on the leg as a warning
"José is a handyman. He's been helping me around the house with the renovation." Beth added to try and not make it seem like they met in a cheesy porno.
"That's nice" Grace added to try and make things less awkward
"Beth has told me so much about you all I'm really glad to finally meet you and put a face to the stories." José spoke to try and fill the awkward silence.
"Um...Grace, Beth told me you're a soccer coach for the Olympic team this year. I'm a huge fan. Do your girls play?" José asked
"No" Grace replied sadly
Everyone looked a little confused at that because Nina played soccer and usually Grace would brag about how she was going to be the next world champion soccer player. Nina sat there looking down avoiding everyone's looks.
"I quit and joined the Hockey team." Nina quietly mumbled
Everybody then looked rather surprised and quickly looked back to Grace waiting for her reaction to that. Grace just looked like a sad panda.
"It's a touchy subject." Sofia muttered placing a comforting hand on her wife's back.
~~~ 2013 ~~~
It was around 1am in the morning when the last of the wedding guests left the hall leaving Rachel fast asleep laying on top of Quinn, Judy getting the cars ready and Brittany sitting in Santana's lap.
"I love you Brittany Susan Lopez-Pierce" Santana mumbled into the blonde's neck before kissing her.
"I love you too Santana Maria Lopez-Pierce" Brittany giggled.
"Today was awesome" Santana smiled as she brushed a few strands of Brittany's hair behind her ear
"Yeah" Brittany sighed as she leant back into Santana's embrace
"San?"
"Yeah?"
"I want kids" Brittany replied
All colour drained from the Latina's face and what could only be described as shock and horror was written all over her face.
"You know I...I think I hear Judy calling us with the cars." Santana stuttered now getting extremely uncomfortable.
"No you didn't." Brittany reassured her not getting up off her brand new wife's lap.
"No I'm pretty sure she just called our names." Santana insisted trying to stand up but Brittany wouldn't let her.
"I want two kids. We can be like an awesome foursome of a family." Brittany rambled not at all paying any attention to the fear in Santana's eyes.
"Babe we just got married. There is plenty of time to think about that later...much, much later." Santana stressed hoping she would let it go for another five years...ten at most.
"I think I want a boy first." Brittany mused
"I don't know one thing about raising a boy" Santana stated to herself in despair
"We could name him Denis." Brittany added
"I'm not naming my kid Denis" Santana scoffed
"So you agree we should have children? Oh Sanny I love you so much!" Brittany cheered loudly flinging her arms around her wife.
Santana sat there in complete shock.
"No, no I didn't...Britt I was just saying...I...I...oh lord help me." Santana whimpered.
Thankfully Judy came over to the pair giving Santana a breather; she really only just wanted to think about her wedding night and not snotty nosed, crying, annoying, and pooping children. If she could just go to their hotel room and get her wife high off of orgasms then they can drop the baby talk.
"Hey ladies, your car will be here in another ten minutes." Judy smiled brightly at the newlyweds.
She was so proud of them, she loved them as if they were her own. It broke Judy's heart to think that both of their parents had completely abandoned them. She had her hopes up that they had seen the small announcement in the newspaper and would change their hearts to see their daughters get married but they didn't. Judy had made that mistake once when Russell kicked Quinn out and she was so lucky she could get that second chance with her daughter she didn't think Santana and Brittany would be that forgiving of their parents when they couldn't even make an appearance on their most special of days.
Santana whimpered at having to wait another ten minutes especially with Brittany's new favourite topic of discussion.
"Hey Judy guess what?" Brittany smiled brightly
"What?"
"Santana and I are having a baby." She replied with all the excitement of a child on a sugar high.
Judy's eyes went wide and Santana literally face palmed.
"Wow San I didn't know you had it in ya. Congratulations." Judy smirked
Santana rolled her eyes but couldn't hold back the embarrassment.
"Oh no, we're not pregnant yet silly besides Sanny is all girl I can definitely assure you of that. I mean you could check for yourself if you really wanted too." Brittany rambled
"Britt! I don't want Judy to see my lady parts." Santana hissed
"Yeah and I really don't want to see them either." Judy cringed
"That's a shame...they're so pretty, and soft and they taste like candy." Brittany smiled contently
"Ok I'm going to go over there now...and...bye." Judy awkwardly moved far...far away.
"Babe" Santana whined at her wife's over share. She always did this when she was drunk.
"What? It's only Judy she doesn't mind, besides I'm sure Quinn's grossed her out a lot more than we could ever hope too." Brittany snickered
"That's true. You know Judy told me that she walked in on Quinn dry humping the washing machine once." Santana giggled
"Is that why you use the Laundromat?" Brittany asked to which Santana just nodded.
"Aww poor Quinnie...she's just so horny all the time...I'm not sure if I feel sorry for Rachel or if I'm slightly jealous." Brittany wondered out loud.
"You better not be jealous. I'm horny too!" Santana huffed
Brittany just giggled and swivelled around so she was now facing her wife, straddling her lap.
"I know you are I can feel your nipples." Brittany smirked while she happily played with her two favourite toys.
"Hey save it for the hotel room!" Quinn yelled from her seat
"You're just jealous because your tiny tot is fast asleep and you won't be getting any tonight, unlike me who is going to fuck my wife's brains out." Santana yelled back. She really did love the sound of calling Brittany her wife.
"Shut up Lopez!" Quinn huffed in anger...she wasn't going to admit it but Santana was right. She loved drunk Rachel because she was very handsy and very possessive but there was a downside...it made her incredibly sleepy.
"It's Pierce now" Santana called back with an epic grin on her face.
"I love the sound of that." Brittany smiled.
"Me too" Santana whispered her attention now solely focused on her beautiful blonde on her lap.
"I know it's not completely legal not until we get to New York but...you're finally really mine, forever." Brittany spoke quietly
"And ever" Santana added with a kiss.
"I will never leave you. You know that right? That's a super promise." Brittany told her with all seriousness.
"I know. And I would not have it any other way." Santana simply replied
~~~ 2011 ~~~
Rachel watched as their two friends ran and giggled up the stairs. Quinn walked into the living room shaking her head and laughing at Santana and Brittany and their eagerness. She moved over to Rachel sitting close to her as their post-sexytime glow was still surrounding them. Quinn just couldn't stay that far away from Rachel now that they finally made love and she lasted throughout the whole thing!
"Hey did you want to maybe go out for lunch? I'm not sure I want to stay for that" Quinn asked while pointing upstairs
Not a minute later there was loud music blaring from above.
"Yeah I think that would be wise" Rachel agreed
"Or we could…you know go back up to my room and…do…stuff" Quinn replied a little bashfully as she reached out to place her hand on her girlfriend's thigh.
"Stuff? Quinn if we're doing it you can at least say it" Rachel chuckled
"Well that just sounded a bit more tasteful then me saying let's go upstairs and fuck" Quinn replied letting her hand slip just under Rachel's skirt.
Rachel's jaw dropped
"Quinn!"
"Sorry…I meant let's go upstairs and make love" Quinn replied sheepishly quickly moving her hand out from under her skirt.
Rachel smirked at her girlfriend and got up from the couch. She walked backwards towards the stairs never breaking eye contact with her girlfriend.
"We made love last night Quinn…so today you can fuck me" Rachel said before running up the stairs.
This time Quinn's jaw was pretty much on the floor.
"Oh my go is 4…2 x 3 is…is …6….God she is so hot when she talks dirty" Quinn mumbled to herself before she chased after Rachel.
After running up the stairs chasing her totally hot girlfriend and having mind blowing sex for the second time in their relationship. Quinn and Rachel lay cuddled up in Quinn's bed completely spent. They could still hear the music coming from Santana's bedroom and every now and then they could hear the distinctive sound of a whip cracking. The pair tried their darnedest to ignore it all but the walls were pretty thin. Like earlier that morning the couple found themselves to be in similar positions with Rachel's arm wrapped around her girlfriend's stomach and her head resting on her chest. She would gently trace small patterns and shapes on Quinn's pale skin most were love hearts, or their initials or words declaring Rachel's undying love for Quinn Fabray.
"Do you think we'll make it to New York?" Rachel hesitantly asked
"Of course. You'll be a big star and I'll have my own business. We'll have our own house with a big back yard ooh and it needs a pool so I get to see you in your bikini all the time." Quinn grinned as she played with Rachel's hair.
"I want a big family." Rachel blurted
"How big?" Quinn asked
"Well...being an only child is wonderful but...I had always wanted a sibling to play with or have as my own personal assistant when I'm famous. I've always wanted to have at least four children." Rachel quietly mused.
"I've never heard you say any of this before...it's usually all about Broadway." Quinn replied
"I know, and Broadway will always be a dream but...I have other dreams too. Dreams that include you." Rachel replied with a gentle kiss to Quinn's chest.
"Really?" Quinn asked in both wonderment and uncertainty.
Rachel sat up so she could look her girlfriend in the eye.
"Of course. I'm gonna marry you one day Quinn Fabray, I promise you. We'll have that house, with a pool of course, we'll have three or four awesome and talented children...we'll grow old together. That's my biggest dream. If I can have that and nothing else I'll be forever happy." Rachel replied in all honesty.
Quinn just smiled her biggest goofiest smile and leant up to kiss her amazing girlfriend. Though their moment was unfortunately interrupted by the loud crash from the room next door and then a lot of cries of concern, then silence and then finally what could only be described as inhuman was this weird but very loud moan. Neither were sure who it came from.
"Ugh...baby when we grow up and get our house we will be living at least two hundred miles away from those two. I don't think I could stand having them so close all the time." Quinn cringed.
"Agreed" Rachel nodded before she snuggled back down against her girlfriend's warm body resting her head over Quinn's heart so she could her it beating it was one of her favourite sounds.
"I wanna spend every day like this. You're so cosy." Quinn murmured getting tired again.
"Mmm...you're cosy too." Rachel giggled.
"Love you Rach" Quinn yawned and squeezed her just that little bit tighter
"Love you Quinn" Rachel replied before she finally gave in and fell asleep wrapped up in Quinn's embrace.
- 2086 -
~~~ I'll not forget you, sweetheart ~~~
It was a sunny afternoon the day that Brittany said her final goodbye to her wife and was left alone in the world. Santana's health had been failing the last few months of her life and Brittany had been there by her side never leaving her once. But now for the first time since she was four years old she would be without her soul mate.
As she stood there Brittany thought it was ironic that she would be the last to go considering she had been on the brink of death during their prime. It shocked everyone when Rachel was the first out of the foursome to leave this world. She had gotten a chest infection and she just never really recovered from it. It surprised no one that Quinn passed just a few days later the doctors couldn't find a medical reason for it but everybody knew it was from a broken heart.
After the deaths of their two dearest friends Santana and Brittany were never the same. For the next year they lost that spark and were just going through the motions, waiting for the day that they would be with their friends once again. That was until Santana got sick and all Brittany's focus was on making her better...and then just making her comfortable and being with her till the end. And now Brittany was the last one standing.
"Grandma?" Bella came over and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
Brittany didn't really resister her granddaughter standing there as she just looked on at the space in the ground that Santana was now filling. Right next to Quinn and Rachel.
"Come on Mom...it's time to go" Sofia came up behind the pair.
She was wearing her sunglasses to hide her tears but they were useless by this point they weren't hiding anything.
"I can't leave her...I promised her I'd never leave her" Brittany mumbled
Grace stood nearby holding her daughter's hand. Nina was having a hard time dealing with being at yet another funeral of her grandmothers.
"Mom...please...Mami would understand. You're not leaving her" Sofia softly told her.
It was hard for her to speak as her throat was constricted as she tried not to break down. She needed to be strong for her mother.
It took over two hours to finally get Brittany to leave the cemetery and go back to the nursing home where she would have to sleep in her bed alone. Sofia offered to stay with her mother that night but Brittany told her to go home and spend that time with her wife.
After Santana's death Brittany just wandered around her room and didn't say much to anyone, she barely went outside anymore. It was as if she was just sitting there...waiting. It was like that for three or so months until one day she went to sleep and just never woke up.
~~~ Some Sunny Day ~~~
Brittany slowly opened her eyes blinking away at the bright light that hit her them. She sat up to look around she was a little dazed and confused. This was not the nursing home. She half expected Nurse Jenny to come by with her medication. But when her eyes finally adjusted she was a little confused to find herself in a beautiful green field with so many colourful wild flowers it almost looked like a rainbow on the ground. Amongst the flowers there was a small pebble path that led up to a calm crystal clear blue lake. Squinting Brittany saw a couple of figures down by the lake and just smiled. She knew this must be some kind of dream because there was no real explanation for what she was seeing, unless...
It took a while and she made a few stops here and there to smell the flowers and look at the beautiful scenery surrounding her but Brittany finally made it. Her smile could not be any brighter when she got to where she was supposed to be.
"We've been waiting for you Chicken" Santana whispered with a big smile of her own.
"Sorry I took so long Bubbles. I got lost...but Judy helped me out" Brittany smiled
Santana just chuckled then pulled her wife into a hug. Rachel and Quinn came over hand in hand and then they were all hugging.
"Is this heaven?" Brittany asked
"It's our heaven" Quinn simply replied
"So I died?" Brittany asked not really upset if she had she was just curious.
Santana just nodded slightly.
"So it's just us here?" Brittany looked around. She figured heaven would be more crowded and was only slightly disappointed in not seeing Madonna or Britney up here or even Lord Tubbington.
"It's just the four of us...together" Rachel smiled
"Forever?" Brittany asked in amazement
"Forever Britt-Britt" Santana replied with a smile
"Soo...how come we're not all little old ladies? I mean...I'm 94 but I look like I'm a teenager" Brittany asked looking down at her youthful body.
"I'm not sure about that actually" Quinn replied a little confused
"It is rather odd that we all look like 16 year olds again" Rachel added
"So what do we do now?" Brittany asked
"Whatever we want" Santana replied linking her pinky with her wife's
Brittany stood there in their heavenly field as she looked at the love of her life and her two best friends in the world...a sense of utter happiness filling her entire body...a small smile appeared on her face.
"What is it Britt-Britt?" Santana questioned when she saw that wicked glint in her wife's eyes.
"Can we like...have a foursome? It's been so long since we had one" Brittany asked with a smirk
Santana just laughed and pulled her wife in for a kiss. Quinn and Rachel just smirked and made their way over to their two friends.
"Wait!" Brittany called out stopping all three of them.
"What is it?" Quinn asked
"Jesus isn't here is he? Because I don't think that's something I want the son of god watching in on...or Mother Superior, she nearly fell down the Abby steps when she caught me and San that one time in the confessional." The tall blonde said with worry
Santana and Rachel just laughed while Quinn nervously looked around just to make sure he wasn't actually there.
"Oh my god Quinn I'm pretty sure Jesus is not going to watch us have a foursome." Rachel sighed
"W-Well...I mean..."
"Q we will not spend eternity not having a foursome because you're too paranoid about the little baby Jesus perving on us while we do the dirty. I mean he probably saw us do it the first four times when we were alive what does it matter now?" Santana told her
"But..."
"Get over it sweetheart and lets just have some fun besides I'm Jewish so I don't think it works like that anyway" Rachel smiled
Brittany and Santana just nodded
"Alright...yeah you're right I'm sure he has more important stuff to do" Quinn smiled
"Great!" Brittany cheered then whipped her top off
"Damn I've missed your abs" Santana sighed happily.
Brittany smiled brightly and held her arms out for her girls. Santana brought their lips together while Rachel started kissing the tall blonde's neck and Quinn did the same to Santana. Only to stop to kiss her tiny diva.
"Girls you're all here and...oh for crying out loud I can just never get away from this!" Judy mumbled as she turned back around from where she came.
"God! Tell me again what I did to deserve this? Maria you do not want to go beyond that tree!" Judy asked up at the sky as she stormed off and passed Maria Lopez who was walking towards her.
~~~ They'll Be Happy To Know ~~~
Sofia and Grace walked hand in hand both holding two bunches of flowers as they strolled down the path passing several headstones as they went till they reached the end of the row. Sofia knelt down to clean away the dying flowers and placed the new ones down in front of her mothers' graves. She then did the same for her Aunty Q and Aunty Rach. They did this once a fortnight making sure everything was perfect for their mothers. It had been a year since Brittany passed away and two years since Rachel and Quinn left and it still hurt not being able to have their mothers there anymore.
"Thanks...I would help but I'm afraid that once I kneel down I won't be able to get back up again" Grace slightly chuckled before she placed a few pebbles on top of her mama's gravestone.
"You old woman" Sofia smirked as she grabbed onto her wife's hand who helped her stand back up.
"You're older than me" Grace pouted
"By a month" Sofia replied with an eye roll.
They both looked down at the four tombstones in a row. Rachel Barbra Berry-Fabray, Quinn Elizabeth Berry-Fabray, Santana Maria Lopez-Pierce and Brittany Susan Lopez-Pierce.
"I still can't believe your mom had that written on her grave" Sofia softly chuckled
Grace just smiled
"She was a Scoobie till the end" Grace replied softly
Yep our dear Quinnie made sure that somewhere on her grave these words were written. 'She saved the world. A lot'.
"Do you think they're all together...somewhere?" Grace asked sadly linking her arm through her wife's.
"I'm sure of it...heck knowing our mothers they're probably up there in heaven having a foursome right as we speak" Sofia replied.
Grace just laughed...then cringed.
"Come on Gracie...we should get going. It's getting cold and I'm in the mood to annoy Bella" Sofia said softly.
"Baby you know our daughter hates it when you just show up uninvited...Nina too" Grace replied
"I know that's what makes it fun!" Sofia replied with glee
Grace just shook her head. She brought her two fingers up to her lips kissing them and then placing her fingers onto her mothers grave then doing it again to her Ma's grave.
"Goodnight mom, goodnight mama...I love you" She whispered
Sofia did the same.
"Love you mom...and I guess I love you too Mami" Sofia smiled softly
Grace reached out to hold her wife's hand and the two began to make their way back to the car. Not before they visited Judy and Maria and made sure their headstones was looking neat and tidy as well.
~~~ Let's say goodbye with a smile dear. Just for a while dear, we must part. Don't let this parting upset you. We'll not forget you, sweetheart. ~~~
Rachel, Quinn, Santana and Brittany sat cuddled up together under a big shady tree as they looked out at their field all wearing content smiles on their faces. They were once again together watching over their families.
"Do you think I could get away with haunting Ducky sometimes? You know...for shits and giggles?" Santana asked
The End.
Well, that's it.
That was the final part to this crazy universe that festered in my brain and then threw up all over my keyboard and fell into your screens. It has been a fun ride...we've laughed and cried and hadn't many awkward moments and I just want to say thanks for joining me.