Quinn and Holly arrived home as soon as they walked into the kitchen Lilly held her arms up to Holly. "Ba,ba."
Quinn and Holly laugh as she picks her sister up, out the high chair "Holly remember say Holly. "
Quinn leans over and kisses her "You don't want Mommy then?" she asks her blowing raspberries on her neck and the little girl squeals she puts her arms out "Mama" Quinn takes her. "Ah good girl."
"So not fair Mom, hey Ma?" she says walking over to Santana hugging her.
Santana is a little surprised as Holly has been a bit off with her lately. "Oh hey babes, good time with Mom?"
"Yea it was, but later could you and I have a chat?"
"Of course baby, we will wait till your sisters are in bed ok?
Holly nods, "cool well I best go upstairs before the homework police shows up," she says smirking at her Mom and hiding behind her Ma.
Quinn laughs and raises her eyebrow, "Don't think your Ma will protect you" she tells her with Santana laughing. "Now go on, and missy don't let me catch you on that laptop for anything other than homework or you will be doing it down here understand?"
Holly rolls her eyes "I promise not to let you catch me" she says laughing stopping when Santana playfully smacks her behind. "Ma" she whines.
"That didn't hurt" she tells her "but stop being cheeky and go get it done."
"Yes ma'am" she says with a mock solute before heading off to her room.
Santana shakes her head, "she is getting cheekier you know."
Quinn nods "Yes I do, now I'm going to take miss wriggle bum here and change her diaper then we are going to find Maya and maybe do some playing."
Quinn changes Lilly then goes to the play room where Maya is, she puts Lilly on the floor who heads straight for her sister. "Hey Lils" she says smiling she turns and faces her Mommy. "Hey Mommy."
"Hey baby girl you seem quiet, everything ok?" Maya shrugs and nods. "Are you sure? Lilly and I were going to come and play with you."
Maya sighs "Of course you were, well I'm not playing, I'm watching TV" she says with a little attitude.
Quinn looks shocked, very rare for her daughter to talk to her like that. "Excuse me watch the attitude please, baby what's up? You feeling ok?"
"I said I was Mommy didn't I. Can't I just have some peace."
Quinn walks round and stands in front of her daughter. "Yes you can, in your bedroom and I suggest when Mama calls you down for dinner you don't come down with that attitude."
"Why do I have to go to my room? I was happy here till you came in" she shouts.
Quinn pulls her up from the couch and smacks her bottom. "Do not shout at me, now up to your room."
Maya rubs her bottom and heads upstairs crying, "you suck" she shouts on her way out.
Santana comes out the kitchen after hearing them shouting. "What was that?"
"Apparently I suck, and Lilly and I ruined her peace and quiet."
Santana looks shocked that is Holly's line not Maya. "She has picked that up from Holly, I'm going to be having words with her later."
Quinn shakes her head "Santana you can't have a go at Holly because of Maya's attitude."
"Babe that is where she is picking it up from."
"No San she is nearly eight and has her own attitude, you can't keeping blaming Holly. Maya is old enough to know that she can't talk to me or anyone like that, it has nothing to do with Holly."
Santana thinks for a minute "I guess, she just says all the same things as Holly."
"Of course she does she is her big sister but she chooses to give attitude not Holly so she can have the consequences. You know the sooner you and Holly have a chat the better."
Santana frowns "what does that mean? Has she said something to you?"
"Look just promise me, you will hear her out and not shout and have a go at her."
Santana nods "ok I promise."
Santana called both girls down for dinner and while Quinn straps Lilly in her high chair. "Wow Ma this looks amazing" Holly says looking at the lasagne in front of her.
"Thank you I know we all like it and we haven't had it in a while" she says she turns to Maya "hey sweetie, before you sit down, you need to apologise to Mom."
Maya frowns "Why? she smacked MY bum and sent me to my room when I was happy on my own."
"Watch how you are talking to me little lady, you were rude and gave Mommy attitude that's why, now apologise then sit down for dinner please."
Maya turns to Quinn "sorry" she mumbles.
Santana was about to say something but Quinn stopped her. "Thank you, now shall we tuck into this great food."
Quinn cut up some lasagne for Lilly and put it on her tray as she needs to be distracted when eating. Half way through dinner, Lilly throws some and hits Maya. "Hey Lilly stop that" she shouts, Holly laughs. "And you can shut up."
"That's enough" Santana shouts making everyone jump, "You do not speak to your sister like that or anyone, you have already been warned about your attitude now apologise."
Maya folds her arms across her chest "No, she shouldn't have laughed at me."
"Maya now don't make me ask you again" she says sternly.
"Well don't ask me then and I won't have to say no then will I."
Santana shot up from the table, moved round and took her daughter down from the table, she gave her bottom two hard smacks. "You were warned about the attitude now get up to your room and stay there till Mommy or I come and talk to you." Maya ran upstairs crying for the second time that day.
Holly looks at her pissed off ma "Sorry I wouldn't have laughed if I had known she was going to react like that."
Santana looks at her "Well.." she starts but Quinn glares at her she can tell by her tone she was about to scold her. "You know what, it wasn't your fault babes any other time she would have laughed too but something is going on with her."
The rest of them finish their dinner, Holly cleans up the kitchen while Santana and Quinn bath Lilly since she started crawling, she likes to be in bed by 6 30. After putting her down both of them head to Maya's head in she is lying on her bed reading. "Maya can we talk to you for a minute?"
"Do I have a choice?" she asks.
Santana looks to Quinn "No you don't now put that down, sit up and lose the attitude" Quinn says sternly. Maya does as she is told but with an added sigh. "Baby what's going on? Why all the attitude?"
"Nothing is going on, I just wanted to be left alone and you ruined it" she say with attitude.
Santana glares at her daughter "lose the attitude Maya you won't be told again, if something is bothering you can talk to us.
"Ok you guys are bothering me" she with a smirk.
Quinn shakes her head pulls her to her feet and pulls her over her lap, she gives her bottom ten hard smacks over her shorts, Maya begins crying straight away ."Ow Mommy no more" she cries.
Quinn lifts her back up "if you don't want to talk to us we can't force you, but we will not put up with this behaviour and attitude from you. Now get your backside in the shower I want you ready for bed in twenty minutes do you understand?"
"Mommy it's seven o'clock" she cries.
"Yes I know and you are going to be in bed at half past, baby we love you but will not have you being the way you have today so maybe an early night will do you some good."
Maya cries and looks over to Santana. "I'm sorry baby I agree with Mommy, if something is getting you down, talk to us that's what we are here for, we love you."
Maya walks over and hugs her Mama "I love you too" she turns to Quinn "I love you Mommy."
"I love you too, are you sure you don't want to talk to us about anything?" Maya shakes her head no. "Ok then shower please then come down and say goodnight and Mama or I will come and tuck you in."
At half seven Santana went up to tuck Maya in, asking again if she wanted to talk, she told her no again. When Santana came back down she walked into the kitchen find Holly lent over the side talking on her phone. "I know I miss you too,I love you but I better go before… OW jeez." She shouts dropping her phone in the sink turning round to find her mama glaring at her. Santana had walked over given her daughter an almighty smack to her bottom. "Ma I can explain."
"Give me your phone" she says holding out her hands, Holly turns to get it out the sink and hands it to Santana, she guessed it was Phoebe she was talking to she looked at the screen and could see she must have hung up. "How many times have you used this since Mom took it away? And I want the truth" she says sternly.
Holly gulps, her mama is looking pretty scary "um twice, I text Phoebe this morning asking her to pick me up and just now."
"Right lets go, you are going to give your phone to Mom and tell her you have been using it."
Holly's eyes open wide "Ma please can't we just put it back."
"Nope now move" she says pushing her daughter towards Quinn's office. They walk in and Santana looks to Quinn "your daughter has something to give you and tell you."
Quinn looks up "ok what is it?"
Holly holds the out her phone "Ma caught me talking to Phoebe and I text her this morning off it" she says quietly.
"Oh really" she takes the phone from her daughter. "You know when you are grounded you don't get your phone."
"I know I'm sorry."
Quinn shakes her head "sorry you got caught, well after your grounding is done you won't be getting this back," she says waving the phone at her.
"Mom" she whines, "for how long?"
"A extra week" she can see her daughter about to argue "don't even think about arguing with me, when we give a punishment it is exactly that, and if I find out you have been using it again not having a phone will be the least of your problems understand?"
Holly nods, "yes, I'm sorry."
Santana turns to her, "good now go sit on the sofa because you and I are going to have a chat I believe." Holly nods and leaves, Santana turns to Quinn "babe what is going through our kids heads at the moment, seriously are we doing something wrong?"
Quinn chuckles "No babe were not they are being kids, Holly is a teenager she will push every boundary going and Maya well I have not figured that one out yet but still she is a girl with your DNA" she laughs.
Santana smiles "God we are in for a world of trouble, you know we are not having more kids right?"
Quinn laughs again "babe I thought you wanted to try for a boy?"
Santana scoffs "we could end up with another baby girl and Quinn that means they grow into teenage girls we are not risking it" she says laughing.
"Whatever you say babe" she says knowing in a few years Santana will be begging for them to have another child. "Now you go talk to our daughter and remember let her talk ok?"
Santana nods "I will babe, see you in a bit" Santana heads out to the living room and can see Holly looks nervous. "Sweetie are you ok?"
"Yea Ma" she says.
"Ok so you wanted to talk to me, what can I do for you?"
Holly takes a deep breath "Ma the thing is, well what it is, I mean..."
Santana stops her "Holly babe calm down take a breath and talk to me" she says softly rubbing her leg
Holly smiles at the gesture from her Ma. "Ok the reason Mom took me for a coffee today was because this morning when you said we were going to talk tonight, I mumbled 'can't wait' under my breath and Mom heard me. She told me I was lucky you didn't hear" she smiles when Santana nods. "When we went for coffee she asked me why I kept giving you attitude and was not listening to you."
"And you know why?" she asks.
Holly nods "look um lately I feel you are on my back all the time, making me do stuff, going on at me about homework or chores or reminding me every five minutes about curfew and punishments just generally getting at me. I don't seem to be able to do anything without you yelling at me or punishing me in some way like sending me to my room and swatting my butt which I still think I'm too old for by the way," she says with a smirk. "So every time you ask me to do something I snap and get an attitude about it which I don't mean to, it just happens I'm sorry" she says with tears in her eyes.
Santana hugs her "baby listen I get it ok, I went through it all with my Mami."
Holly looks up "Really Mom said the same."
"Yes really I think every teenager goes through it babe unlike you though I never talked to Mami about it till it was too late" she says with a smile.
Holly laughs "Guess you went through the same thing as Mom did."
"Yea in fact it was around the same time your Mom and I became an official couple."
Holly looks confused "I thought you and Mom said you slept together at fifteen?"
"We did but we never became official till we were sixteen nearly seventeen."
"Wow Mom was just your hook up" she laughs.
Santana laughs "well something like that but we will keep that between us, ok look we need to move past this don't we." Holly nods. "So I will try really hard not to nag you and keep reminding you about punishments but that means Holly it is your responsibility to do your homework and if we start getting notes or calls home then it will change ok?"
"Ok Ma I can deal with that."
"Ok the asking you to do things and your chores now we both know if Mom or I don't ask you they don't get done, so I will draw up a chores chart for you and Maya and stick it on the fridge once you have done your chore you tick it off, but if it is not done by bedtime then you won't be allowed out the following day till they are all done sound fair."
Holly sighs "yea guess but I just forget sometimes Ma and I don't want to be grounded for it."
"And you won't be, all I said was you can't go out till its done once it is you are free deal."
Holly nods "deal."
"Right I need to be honest here Holly, personally I don't think we ask you to do a lot for us maybe pick up some shopping or take your sister to and from school and that isn't all the time, I think you get off lightly actually."
Holly nods again she knows her ma is right "I know, I didn't mean that I feel like I do too much I just meant because of everything else I get an attitude when you ask but I promise to try and stop."
"Ok good so if I stick to my end, do you think you can lessen the attitude you have been giving me" Holly nods. "Good because I would hate for you to be in the position I was ok."
"Ok Ma I really don't want that either, so we are good then?"
Santana smiles "baby you are my daughter we are always good, so unless you want to talk to me about anything else, I think its just me and you this evening as both your sisters are in bed and Mom is in the office."
"Cool shall I make us a coffee and maybe find a cheesy movie?"
Santana nods "sounds good, I'll just go talk to Mom and I will be back" she stands up leans over and kisses the top of her head. "Love you."
"Love you too Ma."
Santana heads into the office Quinn looks up "well I didn't hear shouting so guessing it went ok?"
"Yea it did we have come to an agreement, I will fill you in later we are going to chill with a movie and a coffee." Quinn smiles sweetly at her wife. "You want a coffee don't you?"
"Please babe I have so much do."
Santana smiles "Well don't spend all night on it because I would like to do you tonight" she says wiggling her eyebrows.
"Oh God Ma, that is so wrong" Holly says from the doorway.
Santana laughs "this coming from the girl who was caught naked with her girlfriend."
"Yea will I'm sixteen, you guys are my parents, no kid ever wants to know about their parents doing it."
Quinn laughs "well no parent wants to find their kid doing it either so we are even, anyway what do you want?"
Holly smiles "well I was coming to see if you wanted a coffee as well but…"
"But nothing girly I would love one thank you."
"Would you also like a piece of that chocolate cake that's in the fridge?" she says smiling sweetly.
Santana laughs and Quinn shakes her head "are you asking if you can have cake?" Holly nods. "Then yes that's fine but no more than two sugars in your coffee remember." Holly rolls her eyes. "I can always stop buying it?" Santana frowns at her wife. "Don't look at me like that you are the reason Holly thinks four sugars is acceptable."
"Fine and Hols cut me a slice of that cake as well but make it bigger than Mom's" she says winking at her.
"Right I have work to do so you two get out my office I will come and join you for the film if I get done."
Santana and Holly head to the kitchen Holly makes the coffee and Santana cuts them some cake before heading into the living room to watch some cheesy movies.