"What else is on our list babe?" Rachel asked as she turned around and placed two things of yogurt bites into the cart that Santana was pushing. The two women had made their shopping list and immediately left to gather everything that they would need for their fun filled weekend with the twins.
"Uhm..we need fresh parmesan for the ravioli I plan on making Saturday and we need milk. Basically, the dairy section is our last stop." Santana glanced down the list, it really had turned out way longer than she had first anticipated.
"Good, because I am officially tired of being in this store." Rachel sighed. Shopping was one of her favorite things to do, but today the store was packed. People were definitely stocking up in anticipation for some light snow that was supposed to move in tonight.
"Me too, plus I just really want to go home and take a nap." Santana chuckled. Today had not been a physically exhausting day, but mentally exhausting was another story.
Once Santana and Rachel made it home, they were in the process of putting stuff away when Santana's phone began to ring. "Hola Mami."
Hola Santana. What are you doing? How did the home study go?
Santana smiled at her mother's eagerness to be filled in with the latest adoption update. "Rachel and I were putting away some groceries. The home study went amazing. We get the girls for the weekend, we're just waiting on someone to call us with a time that we can pick them up."
Oh Santana! That's wonderful! I'm so happy for you and Rachel.
"Thank you. We're pretty excited ourselves. A little nervous but more so excited." Santana continued to move around the kitchen putting things away as Rachel unloaded them onto the kitchen island.
Did they say anything about the adoption?
"They said that if this weekend goes well then the next visit could be a permanent one." Santana listened to her mother chatter excitedly before she was cut off by Marcus in the background. Honey the agent is here, they have some offers they want to talk about...
Oh Santana, I have to go. Your father and I have company that just arrived. I will talk to you soon. I love you mija, send Rachel and the girls our love...
Santana frowned at her phone. Her mother just hung up on her! "Okay, my mother is officially acting strange."
"What do you mean?" Rachel asked while perching herself onto a stool and grabbing an orange.
"She just hung up on me. I heard Papi in the background say something about agents being there and talking about offers, then she excused herself very quickly...wait...agents...offers...do you think they're selling their house?" Santana had a curious look on her face as she scrunched up nose in thought. "I mean it makes sense, Mami found my Abuelo's pocket watch while going through old boxes and she hasn't had a reason to ever go through those, she's not a super sentimental person to do something like that on the off hand and now they are talking about agents and offers."
"If they are selling their house, does it bother you that they haven't mentioned it to you yet?" Rachel wondered while popping an orange slice into her mouth.
Santana took a moment to think. "Not really, I mean that house was never my home. This place has always been home to me. Rachel do you think they are moving here?"
Rachel paused in the middle of chewing. "I have no idea, but I would bet that they are or they're moving to some tropical island." She began to laugh when Santana's eyes started to bulge slightly.
"You don't know my Papi very well, but he hates sand. They would never move to a tropical island. I just...if they are moving here, which we don't even know if they are or not. They could just be looking for condo's or something, you know downsizing. Anyway if they are moving here, then they are taking this being in my life thing really serious and I honestly don't know how to feel about that." Having her parents around was something that Santana had wanted ever since she was a little girl. She truly appreciated that her parents were actually trying and she knew they were going to be amazing grandparents, but was this all too much too fast? Her parents had went from non-existent to probably moving here to be closer. She really needed to think about if this was something she wanted, but how could she do that if she wasn't even supposed to know that they were possibly moving.
"I think that you were so used to being without them that you don't know how to be with them anymore and that's okay. Them coming back into your life is going to be a work in progress. You know Shelby and I haven't even talked about a lot of things from the past and I honestly don't know if we ever will. We're building these whole new relationships with our parents and they're building relationships with us and the girls, it's all new territory for everyone." Rachel had abandoned her orange in favor of wrapping her arms around Santana. The two women now stood in the middle of the kitchen embraced in a warm hug.
"Promise me we won't ever do anything like this to our girls. If either of us feel like work is wedging a gap we talk about it and don't let it fester." Santana whispered with her forehead resting against Rachel's.
"Look at you, wanting to talk about stuff." Rachel replied all the while smiling. She squeaked when Santana squeezed her hips, begging for an answer. "I promise. Family will always come first."
"Thank you." Santana pressed a lingering kiss to Rachel's lips. Slowly she slid her hands up and down Rachel's back. "Let's go upstairs, we won't be doing much lovin' on each other with the girls here this weekend." Santana wasted no time is trailing her lips down Rachel's neck, relishing in the moan that she received.
"We aren't going to make it upstairs with you doing that." Rachel tilted her head back to grant Santana more access.
"That's okay." Santana smirked with a mischievous glint in her eye. Before Rachel knew what was happening, Santana had hoisted her onto the kitchen island. Oh yeah, they definitely needed to get this out of their system before the girls got here.
Santana and Rachel waited impatiently for Stephanie to bring the girls out of the nursery and all the way over to the check out office at the home. It was finally Friday and the two women couldn't be happier that the weekend was finally here. Alison had called them Thursday morning letting them know that they could pick the girls up at one and they had to be back at the home on Sunday at five.
"What's taking her so long?" Rachel huffed as she folded her arms over her chest. She was starting to get impatient, she just wanted to see her girls.
"We did get here thirty minutes early and the girls were still napping when the secretary called over there." Santana chuckled at Rachel.
"I wish we could just go get them ourselves." Rachel pouted as she sat down in a chair that was lined up against the wall.
"I do too, but we have to do this the official way, which means we get to sit in this lobby and wait for them. We can go as soon as they get here since we already signed them out." Santana turned on her heel from where she was standing and looking down the hallway. It felt like they had been there for an eternity already when she finally saw Stephanie coming up the hallway holding the girls hands with a backpack on her shoulder. "They're coming."
Rachel jumped up out of her chair and went to stand beside Santana. The girls immediately noticed them and began to struggle against Stephanie's hold. Without thinking about it, Stephanie let go of the girls and watched with a huge smile as they took off towards their mothers.
"Mami! Mama!" The twins yelled as they crashed into Rachel and Santana, wrapping their arms around the women's necks.
"Hi, lady bugs. You two look so cute." Rachel commented on the clothing the girls were wearing. It had finally turned cold enough that the girls were wearing their winter jackets that they had had delivered to the home.
"Home now?" Sierra asked curiously as she leaned back in Santana's arms looking at the woman's face.
"We're going home in just a minute." Santana responded before she stood up, hoisting Sierra onto her hip. "What's in the backpack?" Santana asked Stephanie when the woman finally made it to them.
"The girl's stuffed animals, Sierra's blanket and Samara's chewy or burp rag that she's been carrying around lately. I know they have everything they need at home with you two so that's all I packed." Stephanie smiled as Santana tossed the backpack onto her shoulder, opposite the side that Sierra was on.
"Yeah, we finished buying everything the girls would need yesterday." Rachel said, tickling Samara's belly. The little girl screeched and started shaking her head no.
"Is there anything else we need to do before we go? We've already signed them out." Santana motioned to the secretary who nodded her head in acknowledgement with a smile.
"Nope, we're all good here. Just bring them back by five on Sunday." Stephanie grinned and clasped her hands together before giving each twin a kiss on the cheek and telling them bye. She knew this weekend was going to be amazing for the girls and Santana and Rachel. As she watched the little family walk out, there was no doubt in her mind that those girls were exactly where they needed to be.
"Alright ladies, we will be home in a little under an hour...even though you have no idea how long that actually is because you can't tell time." Santana started speaking excitedly, trailing off to a mumble as she realized what it was she was actually saying. Rachel giggled from the other side of the car, shaking her head fondly at Santana.
"Mami go!" Samara cheered, kicking her little legs against the back of the seat. Both girls were still the perfect height and weight to be in rear facing car seats.
"I'm going as fast as I can." Santana laughed while buckling Sierra into her seat. It took a moment, but eventually Santana got the little girl buckled and quickly shut the door. She ran around to the driver's side of the jeep and hopped in. "Let's hit the road." Santana cheered before starting the jeep and starting the short drive to the main road from the home.
Santana was beyond excited but a little nervous to finally be leaving the home with the girls for the weekend. It was happening, there was no going back now, not that Santana wanted to. It was just wow, it was all really real now. Santana was broken from her thoughts by Rachel reaching over and grabbing her hand. She could see the emotion swirling in Rachel's chocolate orbs. She was feeling it too. This was their first weekend as a real family and hopefully it would go as planned. Was this what Puck and Quinn felt when they brought Beth and Davis home for the first time? If so..what a feeling.
Both women's hearts were so full love that it was beginning to spill over in the forms of happy tears. The dream of completing their family was finally coming true. As Santana pulled her jeep out onto the main road she turned on a bit of music, content to drive and hold her her wife's hand as they both listened to the twins babble to themselves.