Great news; Ronald, Charles, and Jasper go to court for their plea deals this morning. Reduced prison sentences of ten years for Ronald and Jasper, Charles' sentence is fifteen and all together they have to pay about nine million in fines and paybacks.
Santana stared at the text in a little bit of shock, it was certainly something interesting to wake up to. It felt like all the bad things in she and Rachel's lives were finally coming to a close. To know that all of this would hopefully be over in time for the adoption was wonderful. However, there was the chance that the social worker would bring all of this up. This could really dampen their chances of getting the girls. Knowing Sue, Santana knew that the woman would do everything she could to keep this out of the media to best of her ability. The only problem was that some of it was bound to slip through since Charles Porter was one of the most known lawyers in the city.
"What's with that look on your face?" Rachel asked as she climbed into the jeep. They were currently in downtown St. Lawrence running some errands for Quinn and Puck before heading to the hospital. Beth was sitting in the back seat with her ear phones in, jamming to something that Santana could only hear as muffled noise. This morning they had called Mercedes office only to be told that she was still out of town but that she was expected back by the end of the week at the latest. That actually worked out perfectly since Rachel and Santana had decided to get married Friday. They could get married and turn their paperwork in next Monday. Even if that was currently at a stand still, they could still go ahead with a case plan from the children's home.
"Sue texted me about Charles, Ronald and Jasper. They're going to court this morning with their plea deals." Santana passed her phone over to Rachel so that she could read the message for herself.
"Why is Jasper's the same as Ronald's? I mean he tried to kill several people that night at the lodge." Rachel asked confused. Jasper's lawyer must be out of his mind if he thinks he is going to by pass something like attempted murder charges.
"I don't know. I'm sure the judge will reject his if he isn't happy with it. Sue will let us know more when she finds out." Santana shrugged her shoulders. No, she wasn't brushing off the shooting, she just didn't have any answers for Rachel. She only knew what Sue had said in her message. Hopefully the justice system wasn't as messed up as it seemed. Who was she kidding? Of course it was messed up.
After finishing up the errands for Quinn and Puck; Santana, Rachel and Beth found themselves in Quinn's room fawning over Davis. The little boy was oblivious to all the attention he was getting. Eating and sleeping were his main priorities at the moment. The little boy must have been getting hungry as he worked his lips as if he was searching for something to suck on.
"Mom, he's about to cry." Beth exclaimed with wide eyes.
"Bring him to me, it's time for his feeding. I think everyone could use some food, I know you all came straight here after work and picking up Beth from soccer practice." Quinn held out her arms so that Santana could transfer Davis over to her.
"She's right. I'm starving." Rachel joked as she leaned back and rubbed her stomach.
"Speaking of work. My studio is still standing isn't it?" Puck asked Rachel with a raised eyebrow. He was sitting in the black suede recliner in the corner of Quinn's room. For a hospital chair, that think was huge, basically almost the size of a lazy boy.
"Of course it is. Sam is running a tight ship just like you. We actually finished another song for the album today and started backing tracks for Sandstorm." Rachel clapped her hands quietly so as to not disturb Davis who was now happily sucking away on Quinn's breast under a blanket. Surprisingly Davis preferred to be covered up when he fed, a lot of babies didn't like it, Beth had been one of them.
"You're going to have that album done way before next Summer." Puck nodded, impressed.
"Maybe, but with everything going on at the moment, if well no..when we get the twins I plan on taking some time off to help get them settled. Do adoptive parents get maternity leave?" Rachel tapped her chin in thought.
"I don't know the logistics of it. I think it's relatively the same as Quinn's. When the time comes we will have a meeting with our human resources guy and figure out what will work best for you Rach. I promise you will have plenty of time to spend with the twins." Puck assured Rachel. Honestly, he should know his maternity leave policies, but the only one he really knew about was Quinn's. It could be different for adoptions, he would definitely have to find out.
"Sounds good to me." Rachel smiled at Puck. He truly was a good guy, always looking out for his employees and friends. Suddenly Beth's stomach growled loudly, causing everyone in the room to chuckle. "Right, we were going to get food. Any special requests? Maybe a bacon cheeseburger for the mom?" Puck cleared his throat. "And dad too?" Rachel laughed when she received two wide grins.
"The cheese on the burger will be a slightly less invasive way to determine if mister Davis here is sensitive to the protein in cows milk." Quinn said as she switched Davis to her other breast. He must have been really hungry.
"Well we know Beth isn't sensitive to it, she can put away some ice cream when she wants to." Santana reached out and poked Beth in the stomach. The young girl giggled before backing away from her Aunt.
"Can we get ice cream too?" Beth asked excitedly. The room sounded off with a chorus of yes' and no's. Quinn and Puck were shaking their heads in the negative while Santana nudged Beth in the shoulder with a wink. If she wanted ice-cream she could have ice-cream. Really, who was going to stop her?
After running out to grab the food, everyone was sitting around Quinn's room talking and laughing. Beth had climbed onto Quinn's bed and attached herself to her mother's side. It was a picture worthy moment that Santana and Rachel both recorded with their phones. The nurse had visited once to let Quinn know that in the morning she would most likely be discharged, a day sooner than they had anticipated.
"I can't wait to go home. I mean this is a nice room, but I am so ready to sleep in my own bed." Quinn said as she rolled her head against her pillow.
"You would think that with as much money as hospitals make they could afford to buy comfier mattresses." Santana responded from her chair that she had scooted over to the bed. She was scooted down in the chair with her sock covered feet propped up on the end of Quinn's bed.
"I think someone else could use a comfy mattress at the moment." Rachel murmured as she watched Beth slowly close her eyes as her head nodded forward.
"It's is getting kind of late and she has school tomorrow. I don't know how she does it, I barely survived a fifteen minute bus ride when I was a kid. She's the first stop in the morning and the last stop in the evening when she doesn't have practice." Santana shook her head as she sat up right and began to put her shoes back on.
"We told her when she decided she wanted to go to middle school at St. Lawrence Private that it was a long ride. I believe she feels like it's worth it. She gets to play soccer, do music and dance and be with a lot of her friends from grade school. She wouldn't have that if she done the home school and day classes in McKinley." Puck shrugged his shoulders. He wanted to do what was best for his kids and going to private school made Beth happy. Besides, she never road the bus alone for very long, several of her friends were early pick ups as well.
"Oh, before we forget." Rachel crossed the room, coming to stand next to Santana who was still seated. "We're going to get married this Friday. If you're up for it, we would love to have you guys there as witnesses. You are our closest friends."
Quinn and Puck both opened and closed their mouths like goldfish. They were stunned to say the least that Rachel and Santana were going to go ahead and get married. This was the first they had heard of it. "What about the wedding?" Quinn asked, she was still trying to get the extremely shocked look off of her face.
"We're still having the wedding in December, we just want to go ahead and get married for the sake of Sierra and Samara." Santana responded.
"What does Sierra and Samara have to do with you two getting married?" Quinn felt like she was drowning in a pile of puzzle pieces.
"You didn't tell her yet?" Santana looked at Puck shocked. All he could was shake his head.
"We want to adopt the twins and getting married will look better on the application." Santana said exasperated. She would have thought that Puck would have been excited to tell Quinn what he had found out.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Quinn reached over and lightly punched Puck in the arm.
"It's not my thing to tell. This is the first I am hearing about the wedding too though. I didn't know anything about that. At least I don't think I did." Puck furrowed eye brows, trying to think back through all of his and Santana's conversations.
"You didn't." Santana laughed and rolled her eyes. "But will you guys be there?"
"Of course we will. Even little Davis will be here." Quinn cooed at the baby who was sleeping soundly in his mother's arms.
Visiting hours are ending in fifteen minutes
Santana rolled her eyes at the annoying voice that sounded over the intercom. "I guess that's our que to leave huh?"
Puck and Quinn nodded their heads simultaneously. They wished everyone could stay longer, but this hospital had specific rules. Puck looked regretfully down at Beth, she looked so comfortable that he really hated to wake her. Sighing he leaned over and lightly shook the girls shoulder. "Wake up sleepy head. It's time to go."
"Huh? Where are we going?" Beth yawned and rubbed her eyes.
"You're going home with Aunt San and Aunt Rachel again. You'll be home with me, mom and Davis tomorrow night." Beth sighed and nodded her head. It was great staying at Aunt San's, but she was ready to go home with her parents.
"Dad will come and pick you up from school tomorrow, if that's okay with you?" Quinn asked Beth. She knew that giving her girl something to look forward to would help wake her up. Beth nodded before slipping on her shoes, staggering from sleep when she stood up. Santana gave a quiet chuckle as the half asleep girl came to stand beside her, leaning into her side.
"We will see you guys tomorrow. I will go pick some stuff up for you and take it to the cabin after I go see the twins in the morning." Santana, Beth and Rachel made their way towards the hospital room door after exchanging good byes. It didn't matter how many times Santana walked down these halls, hospitals would always bother her. At least she wasn't walking alone. Santana wrapped her arms around Beth and Rachel, giving them both little squeezes.