A/N: Hi everyone! I'm so SO sorry for the long wait. I'll try and release more soon. I hope you all have an amazing day and hope you enjoy this little chapter. :)
"Hey Quinn, can we talk?" Puck says in a small voice. "I think we should talk…we hadn't had the chance to."
"No, no. That's over, Puck. Do not say another word to me or my family."
"Damn it Quinn, I don't know how it appears to you-"
"How it appears to me? I'm sorry, is there something I'm missing? Let me say this one more time Puck. You stay away from me and my son. You don't look at him, you don't talk to him. From now on my family is off limits to you." Puck shakes his head as Quinn finishes her rant.
"Quinn, I don't think that's fair. I don't deserve that-" Puck starts to say but is interrupted by Quinn.
"Puck shut up! My wife is back and she's ALIVE. I love her and I will forever choose her Puck."
"She's my best friend Quinn. What, you dont think I'm happy about that?"
"How dare you! Why would you be? YOU are the one that told me she died." Quinn says furious and now waving her hands around, "YOU said she died before all this happened." Quinn says as she leaves Puck alone on the cliff and returns back to her tent.
"Hey Santana, sorry to bother your guy's fun," Andrea says catching up to Santana and Lucas, "Finn told me to come get you because Merle's brother is here."
"All good, I think it's time we give these little fellas a break. Thanks Andrea. Come on little man, we'll go for round 3 tomorrow." Lucas nods as he and Santana return to camp.
"Hey Daryl," Finn says, "we need to talk. It's about Merle."
"What about him?"
"There was a problem in city-"
"He dead?"
"Not sure-"
"He either is or he ain't." Daryl says, raising his voice.
"Hey bud, why don't you go find Ella and Uncle Kurt and play with them for a bit? I'll come and find you once I'm done." Santana says crouching down to talk to her son.
"Okay mami. Thank you!" Lucas says as he runs off as he just spotted Ella. Santana's smile starts to fade as she continues to walk towards Finn and Daryl.
"Look, there's no easy way to say this, but I'll just say it." Santana says as she approaches Daryl.
"Who are you?"
"Santana Lopez."
"Santana Lopez?" Daryl says sarcastically to imitate Santana's voice, "You got something to tell me?"
"Listen, your brother was a danger to us all, so I handcuffed him on a roof to a piece of metal. He's still there." Santana says as T-Dog begins to approach the three of them.
"Hold on, let me process this. So you handcuffed my brother to a roof AND you left him there!" Daryl says furiously and sees Santana nod.
Within a second, Daryl launched himself at Santana, but was knocked over by Finn. Daryl pulled out a pocket knife and tried to stab Santana, but missed. This gave Santana the chance to grab the weapon from him and throw it somewhere he couldn't get it back. Santana and Finn still had a hold on Daryl and proceeded to lay him down gently to continue a calm and civilized conversation. However, it brought the attention of the whole group that they started to crowd in, including Quinn, who had come out of her tent.
"Your brother does not work well with others and he was a danger to-"
"It's not her fault. I had the key and I dropped it." T-Dog speaks up.
"So what, you couldn't pick it up."
"I dropped it in the drain," Daryl hung his head in defeat once T-Dog said those words, "I chained the door of the roof so that the walkers couldn't get in."
"Hell with all of y'all," Daryl shouts as he wipes the few tears in his eyes, "Just tell me where he is, so I can go get him." Daryl says as his voice breaks a bit.
"I'll go with you." Santana says, but once she announced it, she saw a pair of sadden hazel eyes she wasn't accustomed to seeing.
Quinn starts to tear up and slowly leaves the crowd to make sure that nobody else saw her crying. Santana starts to make her way towards Quinn putting a hand on her shoulder once she reaches her. However, Quinn smacks Santana's hand and quickly enters the tent to avoid her. But Santana wasn't going to let her shut her out like this, not now, and entered the tent.
Santana saw that Quinn had sat on their bed with her hands covering her eyes as she quietly sobbed.
"Quinn. Baby please, just listen to me-"
"You just got back." Quinn says as her voice breaks, "And now you're just going to leave again! Leave me and your son."
"Quinn, please understand. I can't leave him to die, I can't leave a man chained to his death. I can't do that, I have to go back."
"He's a douchebag Tana. Are you really going to risk your life for him? For Merle? Merle Dixon?" Quinn asks, trying to understand the whole situation.
"Look love, once we retrieve Merle, we'll have an extra man. We can do one more run and find food, medicine, and weapons. When I got to the city, I dropped a bag, a bag full of guns and ammo. It had so many guns that could protect us, protect Lucas, protect this group." Santana says as she reaches for Quinn's hands, "Sweetheart, there's also a walkie-talkie in the bag. I met a man when I woke up in the hospital, and he saved my life. I owe it to him and his son. We said that we will communicate each day at dawn and eventually reunite together. But I need that bag back."
"Tana, I don't want you to leave." Quinn says as tears fall down her face, "I can't lose you again. I can't go through that again."
"Luce, you've never lost me. I will always come back and find you. I promise."
"You can't promise that Santana. Not in this world. What if-?"
"Not gonna happen Luc. You know why?" Santana says as a small smirk appears when she sees Quinn confused, "Because I'm from Lima Heights Adjacent."
"You're so-" Quinn starts to laugh
"Amazing? Smart? Sexy?" Santana interrupts
"Sure. Let's just say that doofus." Quinn says as she kisses Santana.
"I love you too, Luce. So very very much." Santana says after she breaks the kiss, "I gotta break this to Lucas, don't I?"
"Yep." Quinn replies with a smile as she hugs the Latina. Santana kisses Quinn on the head and exits the tent to go find her son.
After finding and explaining why she had to leave to Lucas, a couple times, Santana was finally saying goodbye to her family and the other group members.
"Please be careful Tana." Quinn says as she hugs Santana
"Of course, Luce. I'll see you both soon, okay? I love you." Santana says as she kisses goodbye to Quinn and Lucas.
Then her, T-Dog, Daryl, and Glenn were off.
Quinn excused herself from the group to have some alone time. She had asked Blaine to watch over her son as she needed some time to herself and her thoughts. However, she wasn't too successful, as Lucas entered the tent to be with his mama.
"Mama, are you sad?"
"Just a little bit sweetheart. Are you?"
"No."
Quinn was completely shocked by his answer. She looked at him confused and asked why.
"Mami is going to be back. She said she would, and Mami always keeps her promises." Quinn just smiles at her son and gives him a big hug.
"Yes baby, mami always keeps her promises. I love you so much sweetheart!"
"I love you too mama!"
