Holly got out of bed and headed downstairs, she walks into the kitchen and her Ma is making some coffee, "oh yes please Ma I'll have one."
Santana turns, "you will huh, afternoon young lady."
"Ma I have only just got up how am I young lady already?" Holly knows Santana only uses that when she is in trouble.
"Because your Mom told me that she had to come in and tell you to turn your TV off at two o'clock this morning and you gave her attitude."
Holly sighs, "yea but in my defence, Mom swatted my butt and yelled at me, plus I wasn't tired when you sent me to bed at silly o'clock last night."
"It wasn't silly o'clock it was ten thirty and it was because you were being rude, now for your punishment."
Holly looks up shocked, "what why am I getting punished?"
"Because I have told you so many times about your TV, so for a week I'm taking your lead out the TV and I will be having your iPad before bed every night."
"That's not fair" she whines.
"That's not fair and it would be wise not to argue with me. Now what are your plans today?"
Holly shrugs, "meeting Pheebs and the guys for lunch then not sure."
"Ok well do you need any money? And will you be home for dinner?"
Again Holly shrugs, "don't know can I text you? And I would love some money" she says with a smile. " But Mom said I'm not allowed to ask you for any because she gave me some yesterday."
Santana laughs, "well you didn't ask so that's ok, do you have enough?"
"Yea Ma I have plenty thanks, so I have been thinking I'm going to go see my birth mother tomorrow is that ok?"
Santana nods, "of course it is, do you want us to come?"
"No thanks, Pheebs is coming, thank you for understanding."
"You are welcome sweetheart, of course we understand, like your Mom told you we will support you no matter what."
Holly smiles, "thank you it means so much, I have really struggled with going to see her."
"Why baby?"
"Well because she hasn't tried contacting me in any way to let me know that she was sick. In fact she hasn't tried contacting me in years so figured if I just turn up she could tell me to fu..."
Santana glares, "do not finish that sentence. But babe I get you now I'm surprised no one contacted you, but hopefully she has changed and be pleased to see you."
"Yea maybe she has changed its been a while, so on a different note I'm struggling to get something for Mom for Christmas."
Santana laughs, "welcome to my world baby. I'm not really sure, I have got her lots of little things but stuck on something big."
"Why don't you take her away for the weekend?"
"And leave you here?" she says raising her eyebrows.
Holly laughs, "well yea Maya and Lilly could go to Abuela's or Nana's and I could stay and watch the house."
"Yea bet you could, I don't think so."
Holly sighs, "Ma come on you said you would think about Pheebs and I spending a weekend together and you still haven't allowed it and it has been months. This way we don't have to go away we can stay here and house sit."
"And you do you know what which I don't want you to do" she tells her.
"Do you honestly think we haven't been since you found out? Come on Ma."
Santana glares at her daughter "I don't wish to know what my sixteen year old daughter is doing with her girlfriend. Now you need to get ready if you are meeting your friends." Holly goes to say something. "Conversation is over, now go please." Holly gets up with a huff.
Holly comes back down after getting ready clearly not happy, "Ma please just think about it."
"What is there to think about? My sixteen year old daughter is not having a house to herself for the weekend end of discussion." Holly bangs her hands down on the table earning a glare from Santana. "Do you want to meet your friends today?" Holly nods "then knock it off."
"Fine but you're being unfair I don't know why you can't just think about it."
Santana sighs, "Holly I'm not arguing with you about this, I told you conversation is over that's it. Now you have two choices you can go and meet your friends or you can carry on arguing with me and end up in your bedroom you decide."
"That's your answer for everything isn't it? Just ground me to get out of a conversation."
Santana is starting to get frustrated, "it isn't to get out of a conversation because there is no discussion. It's because you are ignoring me and continuing to argue." Holly goes to say something but Santana stops her, "right fine you want to carry on and not leave that's fine, get upstairs" she says calmly.
"Ma no I'll stop, I'm sorry please don't ground me" she whines.
"Last chance go and meet your friends and be home for dinner" she says sternly.
Holly looks sweetly up at her " Ma I don't have to be home for dinner" she says quietly.
"Well you have to now, one of these days you are going to learn to stop when you have been asked."
Holly sighs knowing its best not to argue with her right now, "ok, can I go now then?" Santana nods and she heads out to pick up Phoebe, "hey babe."
"Hey why do you look so sad?"
"Ma is being unreasonable and now I have to be home for six."
Phoebe shrugs, "don't worry I have to be home for dinner anyway apparently and I quote 'you are pushing me with your smart mouth little girl' Mom was clearly not impressed with my attitude this morning, all because my dad told me to change what I was wearing."
"I think you look fine baby."
"Yea because I had to change" she says laughing "anyway what do you fancy doing?"
Holly turns and smirks, "um how about you?"
Phoebe laughs, "sounds good to me, lets go horn-dog."
Holly dropped Phoebe off at hers then headed home she strolls into the kitchen "wow something smells good" she says walking over to the oven she dips her finger in and licks it "mmm."
Santana swats her hand away "stop it" she says with a chuckle "I thought as we are all home for dinner I would make a curry."
"Tastes good Ma, um I need to ask you guys a question" she says.
Quinn looks up from her laptop "ok shoot."
"Can I go to a party Saturday night and if so can I have a later curfew?" she asks sitting down smiling at her knows if she is going to go it will be her mom that says yes.
"Where is it? Who's is it? What time till?" Santana says "oh and I'm assuming no parents?"
Holly laughs, "yea Ma because all us sixteen year olds have parties with our parents."
Quinn raises her eyebrow at her daughter's sarcasm, "um if I remember rightly you all had a blast here the other week and we were here."
"Yea well you guys are not typical parents you are younger and cooler" she says honestly.
"True sweetie, Mom and I are pretty cool" Santana says, "now missy answer my other questions."
Holly sighs, Quinn turns and looks at her wife they know she is going to say something they won't like, "ok it's Jason but before you start he hasn't been in trouble for ages."
"Carry on" Quinn tells her, neither herself or Santana like Jason he has got in a lot of trouble over the last year and they don't want her daughter being dragged into it.
"Ok so its at his house and was hoping I could get a two o'clock curfew."
Santana laughs, "no chance Holly" before she could say anymore, Holly folds her arms and slumps down in the chair. "Before you start with the attitude listen, no chance of a two o'clock curfew you can go but you need to be home by twelve thirty and no later."
"Ma come on please, it's the party of the year I'll be the only one who has to come home" she says with a pout.
"We don't care, you heard your Ma twelve thirty no later and we have said to you before, what other parents decide is up to them but you are our daughter and you follow our rules" Quinn tells her.
"Even if they suck."
Santana shakes her head, "look we already discussed this morning about you just doing as you were told. It is that simple Holly twelve thirty or no party, its your choice."
"How can you guys go from the coolest parents to the strictest? I bet you later curfews than me at your age."
Quinn shakes her head, "no I wasn't allowed out past twelve until I turned seventeen and only then I had to ask and it wasn't always yes, your Ma was the same."
"No babe, mine was eleven thirty remember my Mami wouldn't let me I had to sneak out, then I would get caught, get my butt whipped and end up grounded" she says with a chuckle.
Holly laughs, "rebel Ma, can't we up it till one?" she tries.
"No I have told you what time if you can be home on time for that then we will think about it next time" Santana tells her she can see her daughter about to open her mouth. " Don't Holly, final answer is no, can you go wash up and tell Maya and your mom can go get miss Lilly before she climbs out the pen again."
Holly laughs, "still can't believe she did that, she is getting a right character isn't she?"
"That she is, she seems to have picked up your temper as well when we tell her no, you would think it's the end of the world."
"I'm not that bad."
Quinn laughs, "maybe not but she has started slamming things down, you know like how you slam your door."
"Yeah, yeah you're not blaming me" she says standing up, "plus it wasn't me who taught her the word shit."
Quinn turns and glares at her wife, "my baby girl better not be cussing Santana Lopez."
"Thanks kid, go get your sister and wash up" Holly leaves laughing. "No babe I dropped something a few weeks ago and said it she repeated it but hasn't said it since ok?"
"No not ok, remember when Maya said bitch for like two whole weeks."
Santana nods, "how could I forget? I slept on the sofa the whole time."
"Well remember that because if I hear her cuss you will be in for it" she says standing up going to collect her daughter who smiles straight away seeing her mommy. "Mommy" Quinn smiles "yes baby you wanna come out and have some dinner." "Uh uh." Quinn picks her up "Come on trouble Mama made a nice dinner."
Once in the kitchen she reaches out for Santana, "Mama, Mama yum, yum."
"Yes baby dinner time" she says taking her from her wife and blowing raspberries on her neck making her squeal with laughter, she straps her into the high chair then looks to Quinn. "Can you hear the pair what can they possible be arguing about?" She says listening to her daughters shouting at each other.
Quinn sighs "I'll go, you dish up" she walks upstairs and sees Maya trying to snatch something from Holly. "Hey what's going on?"
Holly turns and glares, "she was in my room again Mom, and has messed it up looking for something that isn't even hers" she snaps.
"Watch your tone with me" she turns to Maya, "explain?"
"No Holly is just being mean, I asked her if I could borrow her iPod so I could get some songs off it, she said yes and then didn't give it me."
"That doesn't mean you can just go in there and take it does it?" Maya shakes her head no, "right after dinner you can come back up tidy the mess you made and you need to apologise to Holly."
Maya just glares at her sister, she yelps in surprise when her Mom smacks her bottom, "ok sorry Holly" she says trying to rub the sting away.
"Thank you now both of you downstairs for dinner before your Ma hits the roof."
All three head downstairs, the five of them sit round the kitchen table enjoying a nice family meal.