Santana made her way up the set of back steps that led to the classrooms in the children's home. Quiet time was officially starting and some of the children who didn't have homework had been given permission to work on their art pieces for their show. Rachel, who had shown up after work, was with another group working with them on music history for a test they had coming up. Santana had been worried that Rachel wasn't going to get to come today, but after working all through lunch she had finished early and was able to leave. Adjusting her microphone's battery pack that was attached to her belt, Santana pushed open the classroom door, the camera crew following close behind. All the children were busy setting up their easel's and gathering brushes, too busy to really pay attention to her. Sticking close to the wall, Santana walked around the room observing the children who had already started to work on their paintings. They were actually really good, something that she was not surprised to see since this was an older group of kids.

"You know, we need to do more shows for you guys more often. It would be great exposure for those of you wanting to pursue an art degree. Which reminds me, we need to look into scholarships for you since you will be starting your last year of high school this year." Santana stopped and was looking over the shoulder of Ashley, a seventeen year old girl who had mentioned in passing that she too would like to do what Santana does.

"Ms. S?" A tall muscular boy spoke from the back of the classroom leaning around his easel.

"What's up Rj?" Santana asked as she made her way to the back of the room. She came to a stop when she saw that Rj's canvas was blank.

"I can't do this. None of this is my style. I know what I want to paint, but I'm not used to brushes and fancy looking paints." Rj sighed while rubbing the edge of his apron that was draped across his knees.

"What's your style then huh?" Santana asked as she playfully nudged Rj on the shoulder.

"Spray paint." Rj looked up at Santana and grinned.

"Free hand or stencils?"

"Free hand definitely." Santana nodded her head in approval. She had done some work with spray paint before but she preferred something more controllable like her brushes.

"Does anybody else prefer spray paint?" A few kids raised their hands. "Okay, well I know we don't have any spray paint today and I am sorry for that, but I can gather you guys some stuff up if Mrs. Stidham and Chloe clears it. If they don't clear it we will have to figure something else out, like an air brush kit." Santana was glad when her ears where met with happy cheers.

"I don't think any of us huff paint, so I don't see why they wouldn't clear it." Rj shrugged his shoulders as he began to gather his painting supplies and put them up for another day.

"I believe you, but there's a reason you have to have an I.D. when you buy the stuff. It's a flammable and toxic substance. You have to have proper eye and lung protection when you use it. So yes, you all will be wearing respirators. But, let's not get too far ahead of ourselves here, I have to ask and they have to approve. So, I will see what I can do." Santana held up her hands in surrender. She really hoped that if she volunteered to personally over see the use of the spray paint they might clear it easier.

Rachel closed the classroom door quietly. The children were in the process of going over all their notes that they needed for their test. It had been a long day at the studio writing and going over vocals, Rachel was tired but she wasn't ready to go home just yet. The camera crew thanked her as she unclipped her microphone, most of the rest of filming would be at the new home when they started doing the rooms, they were done here for now. Walking down the hallway, Rachel paused and looked into the window of the door where the children were supposed to be painting.

"Santana headed down to the nursery. You just missed her." Thomas, one of the crew who had been filming with Santana, spoke as he walked down the hall in Rachel's direction. He must have been packing up his gear, Rachel determined, when she seen the large black bag at the end of the hallway.

"Thank you. Are you guys done filming for the day?" Rachel asked as she nodded towards the bag.

"Yep. I've just got to get a battery pack that I left laying and we will be on our way to the new place to film. You guys start coming out there next week right?" Thomas asked as he paused in front of the door with his hand resting on the door knob.

"Everyone starts next Monday. Well, we start on the dorms next Monday, it's still going to be a while before the first floor is finished and ready for decorating."

"Yeah, we've been out there. They have all the new framing done. Those rooms are huge. It's going to be nice. But, anyway. I've got to go before the boss man comes looking for me." Thomas chuckled before he made a mock scare face. Rachel laughed before telling him bye and making her way back downstairs to see what exactly Santana was up to in the nursery. Rachel was sure before she even made it half way down the stairs that Santana would be playing with Samara and Sierra.

"Hi San." Rachel spoke quietly as she pushed open the nursery room door. She looked around for a moment before posing the question that was on her mind. "Where's Stephanie at?"

"I'm in here." Stephanie stuck her head out of the bathroom door, breathlessly with a huge grin on her face. "Bath time. Always an adventure around here." Stephanie pulled the bathroom door open to reveal her partially wet clothing. Rachel chuckled before she finally took note that Santana was in the process of dressing Matthew on a changing mat in the floor. "Rachel, if you grab another mat out of the fourth cabinet there on the wall, you can grab this next baby. This is just the beginning, we still have toddlers to do and they will be filthy since Rich has them outside at the moment."

"Okay." Rachel walked over the cabinet and stood on her tippy toes in order to grab a mat. Thankfully they were on the bottom shelf. "Now what?" Rachel asked after she walked over and spread out her mat next to Santana. She was nervous, she had never done anything like this before. Rachel wasn't going to admit that she felt a little helpless.

"Hey, you're okay." Santana whispered quietly. "When Stephanie is done bathing the baby, you go get her and grab her diaper and pajamas off the table. Here is the lotion." Santana moved the pink bottle over that she had been using. "You know how to diaper and dress a baby. I'm going to sit this little guy in his boppy pillow and get the next baby ready." Santana placed Matthew, that was now dressed in dinosaur footie pajamas into his boppy pillow and handed him a toy before she stood up to get the next baby out of his crib. Matthew kicked his legs excitedly and began to chew on the plastic keys that Santana handed him.

"Rachel? This one is ready." Stephanie called from the bathroom. Rachel stood up glancing between the bathroom door and Matthew. Was it okay to just..walk away?

"Naked baby coming through! You better not pee on me Hunter." Santana laughed as she carried a squirming naked baby back to the play area and headed towards the bathroom door. She stopped short when she noticed that Rachel was just standing there looking between the bathroom and the baby. "Rachel...he's okay. Look, I will stand right here and watch him while you go get the baby that's ready to come out of the bath." Rachel looked at Santana before looking between the baby and bathroom door again before nodding and heading into the bathroom to retrieve her baby that she needed to dress.

When Rachel came out of the bathroom carrying the little nine month old named Jasmine, Santana couldn't contain her grin. She was being so careful to walk as slowly as possible. "You're not going to drop her. You can walk a little faster Rach. She's going to start getting cold in about two point five seconds if you don't move your cute little behind and get her dressed." Santana chuckled as Rachel looked at her with wide eyes. She didn't want to upset Jasmine at all. "You're okay." Santana walked over and kissed Rachel on her temple before waiting for Rachel to sit down and start putting the lotion on Jasmine. After Rachel had settled in, Santana took Hunter into the bathroom so that he too could have his bath before Rich brought the toddlers back in. Rachel huffed, you would think she would be the one reassuring Santana that everything was fine and that she was doing a great job, but nope the tables had turned. After drying Jasmine off, Rachel began to slather her in lotion, the baby seemed to enjoy it as she kicked her feet and babbled at Rachel who happily engaged her in conversation. Matthew decided to babble along as well, he didn't want to be left out.

Thirty minutes later while Matthew, Jasmine, Hunter and Princeton were being fed their nightly bottles by some older kids who liked to help out, Rich brought the toddlers back in. "Special delivery! Six thoroughly worn out and dirty tiny humans." Santana, Stephanie and Rachel all stood up from the table where they had been resting waiting on Rich. They knew that this was going to be more challenging than bathing and dressing the babies.

As soon as Benton seen Stephanie he took off running towards her, his shaggy blonde hair falling into his eyes. "S'ephy! Baff?" Sierra and Samara of course took off towards Santana, who was just as happy to see them. The other three toddlers; Gavin, Alexis, and Cameron, were more quiet and reserved. Everything was still fairly new to them. Santana had learned that they had only been there about a week, coming in within days of each other. It was natural that they were still feeling out their surroundings and not really interested in getting to know anyone.

"Is everyone ready for a bath?" Stephanie asked as she picked Benton up and kissed his cheek causing him to blush and bury his head in her neck.

"Baf!" Samara shrieked before giggling to herself and falling backwards onto Santana's chest.

"That's a new one. Good job Samara!" Stephanie praised the little girl who continued to laugh at herself.

"Okay. Let's get some pajamas for everyone and get this show on the road. Bean, do you want to pick out your pajamas?" Stephanie asked the little boy who had yet to show his face again.

"Me Ben. Not Bean." Benton raised his head, giving Stephanie a disgruntle look.

"I thought your name was Bean?!" Stephanie asked in mock seriousness. The little shook his head and folded his arms. "My apologies good sir! Do you want a Mickey or Sulley pullup tonight?" Santana listened to Stephanie trail off talking to Benton as they made their way towards his cubbie in the back of the room. There was no doubt in her mind that Stephanie was probably already in the middle of making plans on taking that little boy home with her.

Rachel was staring longingly at Gavin, Alexis and Cameron. They had made their way over the play area after Rich left and began to play by themselves. Even if they weren't making connections with anyone else, at least they had found some form of bond between each other, that had to count for something. Rachel turned her head to look at Santana who was playing with Sierra and Samara, each girl occupying a knee.

"Let's get you two little ladies some pajama's too." Santana spoke with a country accent as she bounced the twins up and down. Her eyes lit up when she saw Rachel watching them. "Looky here at this cowgirl. I do believe she has done lassoed my heart." Rachel laughed, tossing her head back.

"You have lost your mind." Rachel said as she placed her hand on her chest. Looking at each of the twins, Rachel determined it was fairly easy to tell them apart. Samara's eyes were a dark brown while Sierra's were more hazel. The hair was also a give away as to who was who, Samara's was done in braids with little beads while Sierra's hair was currently in it's natural state. Her little curls bounced every time she moved her head. "If you're going to get pajama's for these cuties, I think I will help out the others that way we can get more done." Santana nodded her head as she too made her way towards the cubbies.

"Benton has determined he wants to wear a Sulley pull up tonight." Stephanie smiled at the little boy as he proudly held up his chosen pull up. "Rachel and Santana, just so you guys know, pull ups or diapers are in the bottom drawers of everyone's cubicle. Pajama's are in the first bins when you open the doors. Socks are in the second bins if their pajama's aren't footed, we don't want anyone to get cold." Santana responded with an okay as Rachel made her way over to Gavin, Alexis and Cameron. If these toddlers were too shy to introduce themselves, well Rachel was just the person to pull them out of their shells.

There will be more about Sierra and Samara's mother in upcoming chapters. But I will go ahead and confirm that yes she is the one from the "incident". I love writing for all the babies, toddlers and older kids, but having Santana and Rachel have ten kids by the end of the story is too many, haha.

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