"You don't have to do it you know."

Exhaling slowly, Georgie turned back around to face Santana. That morning Georgie had gotten up early so she would have enough time to pick up her truck before school started. She knew she couldn't keep putting it off and the longer she did the worse it would be.

"Yeah, I do," Georgie replied shaking her head. "I've got to face her at some point. Might as well be now." Santana from her seat at the breakfast bar just nodded, as Georgie turned back around and left the house picking up her skateboard on the way out.

Ten minutes later, Georgie was skating up the drive that lead to her mom's house. She'd noticed that her mom's car was still in the drive meaning she hadn't left for work yet. Taking in a deep breath Georgie walked up to front door. She'd had a mini debate with herself on the way there about what she would do when she got there. On one hand she could have just walked straight in and announced her presence in the house, and on the other she could knock and wait outside. She chose the latter.

After knocking firmly on the door, Georgie stood ringing her hands together and starting to think that it was a bad idea. The door suddenly swung open to reveal Carol dressed and ready for work. It appeared as though she was just about to leave when Georgie had shown up. The two stood staring at each other for a short while. Anything Georgie had prepared to say was suddenly forgotten and her mouth had gone dry.

"What are you doing here." Carol said not taking her eyes away from Georgie's.

Georgie looked down at her hands. "I'm sorry." She said simply. She knew arguing with her mom wasn't going to get her anywhere so she tried a different approach. Carol shook her head and moved forward out of the door forcing Georgie to take a step back.

"I don't have time for this Georgie."

"Please, mom! Hear me out." Georgie begged as Carol walked away from her and up to her car. She stopped once she'd reached her car and turned around to face Georgie who had followed her. Realizing that she was going to listen Georgie took a breath. She had one shot at this.

"I am so sorry. For everything. I know I haven't been the perfect daughter. I know that and I'm sorry. You have to believe me. What I said the other night wasn't right. You're my mom and I shouldn't speak to you like that. I'm trying to change from who I used to be and I slipped up the other night." There was a silence as she finished. Carol stood staring at her with an unreadable expression on her face. " You know I even got a job. At that auto repair shop in town." Georgie said with a small smile on her face.

Carol sighed but didn't make a move to leave. Georgie took this as a good sign. " I accept your apology," Carol said, looking at Georgie. " But you can't move back in. You're free to come and get any of your things still here if you want them, but from now on I want nothing to do with you." Georgie felt a single tear escape the corner of her eye and drop down her face. "I have to get to work now." She finished firmly. Georgie nodded and took a step back as Carol got into her car and drove away.

She walked slowly up to rest against her truck trying to process what had just happened. Tears began to form in her eyes and Georgie felt her legs beginning to shake. She slid down the side of her truck until she was sat on the ground with her back against it and her hands came up to her mouth as she let out a sob. Both of her parents now didn't want anything to do with her. As tears fell freely she tried to work out where it had all gone wrong.

The next few days that followed Georgie buried herself in her work. She'd spoken to Burt later that day and asked for any shifts he could give her and since then she'd been at the shop in any free time she had. She knew getting the money that she owed Nate wouldn't be easy to do quickly so working constantly for the next few months was something Georgie was prepared to do. Either way, it gave her an excuse to avoid Santana as much as she could.

Georgie knew the girl was wondering what exactly had happened when she'd gone to pick up her truck. Judging by the fact that she was still sleeping in her bed every night, Santana had guessed that it hadn't gone well. She had tried multiple times to talk to Georgie about it but all she'd gotten back was a vague answer that didn't tell her much at all. If Georgie wasn't ready to talk about it though then fine, she could wait.

One evening when Georgie turned up for her shift she noticed that Burt wasn't there. She'd thought nothing of it and carried on with her work. Only when Brian, a guy in his twenty's that worked there, came over to talk to Georgie for a bit, did she find out that Burt had had a heart attack earlier that day.

"No shit?" Georgie said in shock when she found out.

"Yeah, apparently he was just talking with a customer and he fell to the floor and had a heart attack right there and then" Brian replied as he sorted through some tools.

Georgie's head shook as she wiped her hands having now finished for the day. " Poor Kurt. He was pulled out of class today and he didn't come back but no one knew why. That must be it."

Brian nodded as he continued sorting. "Him and his dad are close so it's probably gonna hit the kid pretty hard. I know that his mom died when he was younger so it's a good job Carol is around now."

Georgie froze. "Carol?" She repeated.

"Yeah, Burt got himself a new woman. Carol Hudson," Brian said as he shut the tool box and put it back on the shelf. "I'm heading off now, see you later." He waved as he walked off.

Georgie forced out a smile as she said goodbye. How could her mom be dating her boss and how the hell hadn't she already heard about this from Finn or Kurt? Was she really that out of the loop?

Georgie pulled up on Santana's drive twenty minutes later, glad to be home. The long hours she'd been doing on top of school had tired her out. She headed upstairs ignoring the voices coming from the living room and got straight in the shower letting the scalding hot water run down her back relaxing her overworked muscles.

Once she'd gotten out and re-dressed into a baggy hoodie and some sweats, she walked back downstairs to find Santana and her Mari sat watching a movie together. Georgie's lips twitched in a smile at the sight. A part of her wished that she could have had the relationship that Santana and Mari had with her own mom, but that didn't mean she wasn't happy to see the other mother and daughter getting along well.

Georgie moved quietly towards where Santana was curled up in a blanket in the corner of the couch, not wanting to interrupt the movie. As she approached, Santana looked up and smiled sleepily at her, lifting the corner of the blanket to invite Georgie under it. Accepting the offer, Georgie sat down next to Santana and tucked herself under the blanket. The three of them sat in silence as the movie carried on occasionally laughing at certain bits.

Around half way through, Georgie began to feel herself becoming restless. She looked over to Mari to see that she had fallen asleep and then to Santana to see her still awake but eyes fixated on the screen in front of them. "I'm going to get a drink. You want one?" Georgie asked, leaning into Santanna as she did as to not wake the other woman. She quietly nodded to Georgie with a smile.

Standing up from the couch Georgie made her way into the Kitchen. One thing that people were sure to learn about Georgie the more they got to know her was her inability to sit through any movie for the whole time. Now of course, part of that was the ADHD but more so Georgie just really didn't see the big thing about movies. Yeah, some were fun to watch for a while, but they all had the same ending. The two main characters get together at the end and live happily ever after, or oh no everyone died. And then there was the plot twists and ever since the 'Luke I am your father' scene, Georgie couldn't help but feel extremely underwhelmed at any other attempts.

As Georgie walked back into the living room, each hand now holding a full glass, she tried her best not to trip up and spill the water over the wooden floors beneath her feet. That would be a mess that quite frankly, Georgie would run away from as fast as she could and leave for someone else to clean up. Santana whispered a quiet 'thank you' as Georgie placed the drinks on the table and crawled back under the blanket. Unintentionally, Georgie was now much closer to the other girl. As she sat down her leg was pressed against Santana's and she could feel the warmth radiating off her.

Becoming uninterested in the movie plot once again, Georgie's mind drifted back to Kurt and Burt. Ever since she'd found out, she couldn't stop thinking about how Kurt must have felt when he was told about his dad. The fact that she literally couldn't imagine what it must have felt like disturbed Georgie slightly. Being so worried about someone because you cared about them so much that you couldn't breathe or even think properly. Waiting up, unable to sleep in fear that something else might happen. As she thought about it more and more, Georgie found herself not being able to imagine herself ever feeling like this towards any of her family. This thought caused her brow to furrow as she stared down at her hands.

Georgie slammed her locker shut making a few people around her look over at the noise, and leant back against it shutting her eyes. The day was testing her, and she was failing miserably. That morning, her truck had yet again failed to start causing Georgie to have to ask Santana for a ride. Not that there was a problem with that other than Santana's grandma driving and their drastically different taste in music choices that caused a small argument to be had on the way. Eventually Georgie had given up, not able to bear the silence in the car any longer and let Santana, who subsequently had a big shit eating grin on her face, play her music.

Everything had been going relatively well after that until Lunch, which Georgie skipped to go into the dance studio. She'd walked in to find out that not only was it occupied, but that it would be continuously occupied for the next few weeks. As a result of not having her calming mechanism, Georgie found herself very unfocused for the remainder of the day, which had gotten her into trouble several times.

To be fair though, she would have gotten away with her attempt to flick paper balls onto Mrs Carsons desk if Puck hadn't tried to join in and accidently flick one at her head. When she'd turned around and saw paper balls lined up on both Georgie's and Puck's desks they were both immediately sent to Figgins' office. Luckily, he was busy so let them off with a warning.

Georgie let out a long breath as she opened up her eyes again. Spotting a flash of bright red, Georgie snapped her eyes over to her right to see Kurt has just walked past her. She'd been meaning to talk to him ever since she'd found out about Burt a few days earlier. Pushing herself of her locker, Georgie jogged to catch up with him.

"Hey, Kurt wait up." She called.

At hearing his name, he turned around and gave a weak smile to Georgie. "Hello Georgie, to what do I owe this pleasure?" He said politely as he carried on walking, Georgie now by his side.

"I just wanted to say I'm sorry about your dad," Georgie replied. " I work with him at the shop and he is always kind to me. The other day he even let me have half his sandwich because I forgot my lunch."

The pair stopped as they reached Kurt's locker. He turned his head towards Georgie as he opened up his locker looking over to Georgie with a sad smile. " Wow, he shared his food with you? He must really like you."

Georgie smiled in return." Yeah, he's a great guy. I know my mom and him have a 'thing' or something so I guess that makes us family, now right? I'm not involved with all the stuff you guys probably do but still, if you need someone to talk to I'm here."

"Thank you, Georgie. That's very kind of you," Kurt said, shutting his locker gently. Georgie nodded her head once in return. "I'm singing in Glee club today, so you are welcome to come. I know from experience that a song can help more than words sometimes. Also, having someone there that knows him would be nice. All the group knows of him and that he's my dad but that's it, so it's not quite the same."

"Of course," Georgie said immediately. " I'd love to. Are you going there now?" Kurt nodded and the two of them walked down the hall and turned into the choir room.

When she entered, a few faces looked over to her in confusion. " Georgie!" Mike called across the room a big smile on his face from seeing the other girl there. " What are you doing here? Have you joined Glee club yet?"

Georgie laughed and shook her head as she took a seat on the back row. " No uh, Kurt invited me today to hear him sing since I know his dad. Not joined just yet."

" Well you need to join soon, you can sing right?" Mike inquired.

"I mean, sure I can sing I guess but..." Georgie trailed off as she fidgeted uncomfortably. No one knew she could sing since she'd never sung in front of anyone before so the idea of singing in front of a group of people was slightly daunting. " Just don't think you're getting me up there prancing around to Rocky Horror or something anytime soon though."

As she finished talking, Santana entered the room with Brittany by her side. The scowl that was previously on her face turned to confusion as soon as she saw Georgie sat at the back talking with Mike.

"What are you doing here?" Santana asked, as she walked up to Georgie and sat in the seat slightly in front of her, turning around so she could see the other girl.

Georgie sighed. Why was it such a shock to everyone that she was there? She'd been there before. "Kurt invited me. He's singing for his dad and I know Burt from the shop so... yeah," Georgie trailed off, the rest being obvious. " And I need a ride home." She added with a shrug.

Santana just nodded and turned back around to face the front as Mr. Schue began speaking.

"Alright guys, I know things have been pretty morose around here this past week, but I want to celebrate some good news for our little family. Let's hear it for Finn on getting back his Quarterback job and leading the Titans to a win in their second game of the season!" As people began clapping Georgie snorted and shook her head. He really had them all wrapped around his little finger.

"Yeah," Puck began, leaning forward slightly to look at Finn. " Too bad that Sam kid had to have his arm basically ripped off for it to happen. It's good to have you back in the Saddle brother." As she looked at Puck, Georgie realized she hadn't properly spoken to him since the Monday after the party in which they'd agreed that they were better off as friends, much to Pucks reluctance. Georgie just didn't want to ruin a possibly great friendship by them hooking up and ending up hating each other.

The short silence in the room was broken by Kurt who had walked up to the front. " Mr. Schue, if I may?" He said quietly to the teacher before turning fully around to face them all. "Um, I wanted to thank everyone for your kind emails and queries about my dad, but for your information, his condition remains the same. I need to express myself, so with your permission Mr. Schue, I've prepared a number for the occasion." The group stayed silent as Kurt talked, frowns on their faces in sympathy.

"Of course, Kurt." Mr. Schue said softly before making his way up to take the seat beside Santana.

"On the day of my mom's funeral," Kurt continued. " When they were lowering her body into the ground, I was crying. I mean that was it. That was the last time I was ever going to see her. And I remember I looked up at my dad and I, I just wanted him to say something. Just something to make me feel like my whole world wasn't over. And he just took my hand and squeezed it, and just knowing that those hands were there to take care of me, that was enough. This is for my dad."

When he finished speaking, Georgie swallowed. Not once had she ever felt that much love towards someone as what Kurt was describing. As he began singing Georgie found herself unable to draw her eyes away from him. He seemed to drift off into his own world every now and then and Georgie couldn't help but feel like she was intruding on something private as she stared.

She pulled her eyes away, looking across as everybody else in the room as he sang. Quinn and Rachel were crying, as were Brittany, Mike and Tina. It appeared everyone in the room was affected somewhat by Kurt's singing. Looking in front of her, Georgie saw Santana's face. Her glossy lips were pouted and from anyone else looking at her she would have appeared only slightly upset by the situation. However, as Georgie looked more closely at her she realized that Santana was digging her nails on one hand into the other presumably to stop herself from crying.

Frowning slightly, Georgie leaned forward and reached out towards Santana's hand. She touched it lightly, making another girl jump. From behind her, Georgie could see Santana look down at her hand and then look back up to the front showing no other indication that she'd seen it. Pressing down slightly then opening her fingers Georgie waited to see what Santana would do. She was about to withdraw her hand when she felt another hand slide into hers and squeeze it tight. Santana pushed their joined hands off her lap and put them behind her seat so they were now in front of Georgie.

Unconsciously, Georgie's thumb ran across Santana's as she was drawn back to Kurt's performance. The minute he finished singing and the bell rang, pulling everyone seemed to come out of the trance they were in. People got up and surrounded Kurt, hugging him and giving him words of comfort.

Santana however, didn't move. She seemed frozen in her spot as she carried on staring forward, her hand still in Georgie's. They all began to filter out of the room one by one, eventually leaving it so just Santana and Georgie were in the room.

Slowly Georgie rose from her seat and stepped down a level, to where Santana's seat was. She crouched down in front of her staring up to try and catch her eye.

"Hey," Georgie said softly, squeezing the other girls hand lightly. Santana's eyes flickered over to see Georgie looking up at her, her eyebrows knitted together. "You okay?"

"The last thing I said to my Dad was I hate you," Santana began quietly." I went to visit him before school started up again and we got into a huge fight. He has a new wife, a three-year-old daughter. A whole new family. That means I have all this new family. And Kurt, he has no one. If his dad died who is he left with, Lumps the clown and your mom? Sorry but from what I've heard they're not the best family. I mean look at the situation they've put you in. How can he be so calm about it? No matter how much I may not want them I have family but Kurt has no one."

Georgie turned her head away as she thought about Santana's words. A sharp pang of sadness shot through Georgie's chest as she realised that, although her family was alive, she too had no one.

"Despite what's going on with me, my mom..." Georgie sighed trying to think of the right words. "She's not a bad person. She's just a shit mom. To me anyway. To Finn she's just like any regular mom and Burt's not crazy, he's not going to be with a horrible person is he." Santana's eyebrows knitted together, her eyes focused on their joined hands as Georgie spoke. "What I'm trying to say is that, if Burt were to die my mom and Finn aren't going to kick him to the curb. Kurt is still going to have family. He's never going to be alone, I guess I'm his family too, now right? And you guys in here. You may not act like it but I can see you all care about each other. He's not going to be alone."

"How do you do that?" Santana asked as she rose her eyes to meet with Georgie's.

"Do what?"

"How do you calm me down like that. Like earlier," She nodded down to their hands. "and just now while I'm freaking out about something that doesn't even really concern me. You just know what to do and what to say. How?"

Georgie blinked. She didn't know what to say to that. She looked to where Santana's had was still grasped in hers and shook her head. She hadn't even thought about it when she'd done it. She just did. " I... I don't know," She answered honestly. "I didn't want you to hurt yourself and I just did it and what I said just now about Kurt... that didn't even really make sense... I don't know." She shook her head as she began to pull her hand out of Santana's and stood up.

"Don't." Santana stopped her as she stood up as well. She pulled Georgie's retracting hand back towards her and intertwined them once again. Sensing eyes on her, Georgie raised her head to look at Santana. They were now much closer than Georgie had previously thought. She could feel the heat that was radiating off Santana and her nostrils were filled with the scent of her perfume. It was intoxicating to be so close.

"I'm not going to lie," Georgie said as she looked down at their hands before taking in a deep breath. "I am extremely turned on right now." The silence that followed lead Georgie to believe that she'd said the wrong thing. Serious talks where not her thing and there had been way too many of those recently. She flickered her eyes over to Santana who had a flushed face.

"God damnit Georgie!" Santana said, finally cracking and bursting out into laughter. "You are unbelievable." Georgie grinned as Santana punched her in the shoulder with her free hand.

"C'mon," She said, pulling Santana's hand as she stepped down onto the floor. "Let's go home."

A/N- Thank you to dstowe123 for reviewing! -A