Chapter 6

Disclaimer: I don't own glee or this story


Sklyar stared at the door Santana ran out of, a frown forming on her face, she dropped the ball she was holding and ran to the door as fast she could. "Mami! No!"

"Mami!" She choked out as big tears streamed out of her eyes. "Mami." She cried loudly before looking around the room quickly. "Mama?" She sniffled and turned around again quickly before running to the other side of the room. "T-Tay?"

"Come here honey." Heather opened her arms to her and kneeled down.

Skylar shook her head quickly and took a step back before breaking down crying harder and louder as she ran to the door again. "Mami!"

Heather ran to her cubby and looked through her items for a stuffed animal, she found a purple teddy bear and handed it to the tiny Latina, who had one hand in her mouth as she stood at the door and screamed for Santana to return.

"Here you go Sky." Heather told her, extending her hand out to her.

Skylar quickly snatched her bear and took a step away from Heather shaking her head as she hiccuped and continued to cry. She stared at the door and sat down on the floor, holding her teddy bear tightly, her frantic cries slowing down to a silent sob, but her big tears still endless. "M-mami."


Brittany finished her overnight emails before picking up her office phone and calling the daycare. She smiled at the picture of Santana, Taylor, and Skylar on her desk, it's of the three of them cuddled together in bed, fast asleep. Taylor was only a few months old, and was lying on Santana's chest, her hand resting on Skylar's back protectively. Taylor was cuddled by her mother's side, her head resting on Santana's shoulder. Santana had her other arm holding her protectively as well, with Taylor placing her hand on Skylar's legs. Brittany had a late night at work and came home to her three girls cuddled together fast asleep. She took a series of pictures, quickly making one her screensaver on her phone, before carefully taking the girls to bed one by one, and curling up next to Santana in bed.

Hello?

Hi, this is Mrs. Brittany Lopez-Pierce, Skylar's other mother. I wanted to check on her and see how she's doing. Brittany smiled, tapping her pen on her desk as she spoke.

Oh hello Mrs. Lopez-Pierce

Please, Brittany is fine.

Ok, Brittany, well Dr. Lopez dropped her off this morning, but she got a page immediately from a patient coding she had to leave a little prematurely. Skylar didn't take too kindly to it and had a little meltdown. She's calmed down now and has stopped crying as much, she's still sitting by the door.

By the door? Brittany asked quickly.

She's not in the walkway, more off to the side, she won't play with the other kids, we gave her one of her bottles but she's just holding it with her teddy bear. I think she's in a little bit of shock.

Brittany's heart dropped but she regained her composure quickly. She's used to one of us being around her constantly, or at least Taylor being around. Can you take the phone to her and put me on speaker so I can talk to her?

Sure...okay Brittany you're on. Heather told her, once she was kneeling down by Skylar, who looked up at her with big tears and shook her head. "Mami."

Sky Sky, hey sweetheart...it's momma. Brittany told her soothingly.

Skylar sniffled and looked at the phone, following the source of Brittany's voice.

Mama?

Hey Sky, yep it's momma. You are such a big girl going to daycare all by yourself. I'm so proud of you Sky Sky.

Skylar wiped her face and stared at the phone, hugging her teddy bear tighter as Brittany continued to talk softly and calm her down.

Taylor is so proud of you too, it's probably a number of awesome toys to play with. You love puzzles and blocks, I bet they have those there. Mami is super close because she's just working, but she's coming back for you. Calm yourself sweetie. She added when Skylar sniffled. I love you so much...te amo mi amor.

Heather smiled at Skylar as she stuck her hand in her mouth and visibly calmed down hearing Brittany's voice.

I'm sorry I didn't catch your name? Brittany then asked.

I'm Heather

Heather, can you grab her blanket and put it across her lap, she'll feel more at home with it. You can let her sit to the side until she relaxes more. Offer her a bottle of water, if you have any questions or concerns at all you can call me if Dr. Lopez isn't available. Brittany explained.

I will thank you.

Bye Skylar, momma loves you. Brittany added before hanging up her phone as Quinn walked in her office.

Heather followed Brittany's instruction and placed Skylar's blanket on her lap, the little Latina staring at her carefully, but allowing her to wrap it around her, small hiccup cries still escaping her mouth. Skylar picked up her bottle and drank a little before setting it in her lap and staring back at the door.


"Hey Q, what are you doing here?" Brittany asked her friend, motioning her in the office.

"I'm meeting a client here for a meeting, and thought I would stop in and see you." Quinn smiled. "Everything okay, you look like something is on your mind." She asked, sitting down.

"Skylar started daycare today, Santana had a patient start to code, so she had to run off quickly and leave her, I was calming her down a little." Brittany explained as she typed a quick text to Santana to call her when she was free.

"The daycare called you?"

"No, I planned on calling and checking on her, she's never been away from all three of us at the same time." Brittany explains.

"Oh, I'm sure she'll be fine." Quinn smiled. "I was thinking of having a dinner party, so I'm getting my invite list together, would you want to come?"

"I'll talk to Santana about it." Brittany smiled.

"Your wife hates me and will say no." Quinn laughed. "So I'll just cross you two off."

"She doesn't hate you, she just...she doesn't hate you." Brittany repeated. "But I will talk to her, when is the dinner party?"

"Next Friday."

"We can't, Taylor has a friend sleeping over." Brittany shook her head.

"Shit...maybe I can move the dinner party to Saturday then." Quinn thought, pulling her phone out and scrolling quickly

"Don't change the date for us, I still need to run it by Santana." Brittany replied casually.

"Why do you want us there so bad?"

"I'm dating a new guy, and want him to meet everyone." Quinn smiled.

"Oh...serious?" Brittany asked her, glancing at her phone and seeing a text from Santana, she quickly replied and set the phone back down.

"I don't know yet." Quinn shrugged. "But I think so."

"I'll talk to her about it tonight." Brittany assured her.

"Okay, I gotta go." Quinn smiled. "Call me later."

Brittany nodded and laughed at Santana's text message before replying with a big smile on her face.


Santana quickly jogged down the hall towards the day care and peeped in the room between walking in, looking around for Skylar. Heather nodded towards her left with a smile. Santana followed her gaze and saw Skylar sitting on a cushion not too far from the door itself, holding her teddy bear from home tightly in her little hands. She hadn't moved from the area since Santana ran out of the room earlier to check on a patient, waiting semi patiently for her mami to return. Santana focused on her daughter, her heart breaking slightly when she saw Skylar's tear stained cheeks and pale red eyes, evidence she had been crying and was tired.

"Has she slept or eaten?" She asked Heather.

"No, she just wanted to sit there and wait for you." Heather told her. "She broke down and was a little hysterical when you left but she settled down when I got her teddy bear. She wouldn't leave that space."

"Thank you." Santana replied and walked over towards Skylar, who was staring at her teddy bear, she kneeled down in front of her and placed her hand on her leg.

"Hola mi amor."

Skylar's eyes darted up when she heard her mother's voice, and sniffled harshly, tears streaming out again as she threw her bear down and lunged into Santana's arms. Santana sighed and hugged her tightly. "You're okay, Sky Sky." She whispered to her daughter, scooping her up into her arms as she stood. "I'm going to take her to my office for lunch, is that okay?" She asked

Heather, with Skylar still clutching her shirt while resting her head on her mother's chest, still her other hand in her mouth, a small smile on her face slowly forming.

"Sure."

Santana smiled and walked over to the fridge and grabbed Skylar's lunch bag, kissing her on the top of the head as she left the room. She walked down the hall and made her way to her wing of the hospital. She smiled at a number of her peers before reaching her office, she set her lunch bag and sat down on her couch. Skylar continued to straddle her, not letting her go.

Santana leaned her back and wiped her tears away softly. "Hey Sky." She smiled. "Want to have lunch with mami?" She asked her. Skylar looked up at her with her big brown eyes and rested her head back on her mother's chest, exhaling softly. Santana held her tightly for a few more minutes before setting her on the couch next to her and getting up to warm up Skylar's food in the microwave in her office.

She handed her the bottle of water she packed, smiling when Skylar began to drink it right away, she then sat back next to her and stirred her mashed sweet potatoes and held a spoonful to her mouth, which Skylar quickly opened. Santana took a bite of her sandwich and winked at her.

"We'll have lunch everyday together." Santana told her, feeding her another spoonful before kissing her on the forehead.


"Brittany, dinner is almost done." Santana told her wife, who was sitting on the couch with Skylar, who hadn't left her arms since she got home from work.

After having lunch with Santana in her office, Skylar started to calm down more and eventually started to fall asleep in her office, tired from her long morning of crying. Santana didn't want her to fall asleep with her then wake up in the day care so she quickly carried Skylar back to the daycare and sat with her on her little cart until she fell asleep. She read her a story, carefully watching the time since she had a surgery to start getting ready for. When Santana picked Skylar up after her shift she was standing by another little girl while they built a tower out of blocks together. She smiled at Skylar interacting with the little girl before calling her name, Skylar turned around quickly and sprinted as fast as she could to her mother. After a quick to the grocery store they got home after Brittany and Taylor. Skylar immediately ran to Brittany and hugged her leg tightly, and has been attached to her ever since.

"Okay." Brittany smiled and kissed Skylar on the forehead. "Hungry Sky?" She asked her daughter, who smiled at her and rested her head back on her mother's chest. Brittany picked up the book she was reading to her and resumed reading it animatedly to her.

Santana watched them for a few moments before heading upstairs to Taylor's room. "Hey Tay, can you come set the table for dinner."

"Yes mami." Taylor nodded, she closed her math workbook and hopped off the bed. "Is Skylar mad at you?"

Santana frowned and leaned against the door frame. "Why would you ask me that?'

"Well, she's only been with momma since you got home, she hasn't tried to play with you." Taylor furrowed her eyebrows.

"Well she had a pretty rough day at daycare, and just wants some extra love from momma tonight, I saw her earlier during lunch, so she got my extra love then, and you girls are used to only your momma being home at night."

"Oh yeah." Taylor nodded.

"Come on Tay." Santana opened her arm and wrapped it around her daughter as they walked down the hall and headed downstairs to the kitchen.

"Let's work on the puzzle." Brittany told Skylar after finishing the book she was reading her. She set her on the floor and quickly kneeled down with her.

"Mama." Skylar smiled and began to focus on the big pentagon piece in her hand. She attempted to stuff in a square hole but frowned when it didn't fit and momentarily glared at the piece, causing Brittany to laugh at her.

"Try this one." Brittany pointed to the correct hole, smiling when Skylar shook her head no and tried an octagon hole instead. "Hard headed like your mami." She laughed. "You did so good at day care today, I'm so proud of you, sweetie." She stated, leaning forward to kiss her on the temple. Skylar blushed and stood up with her puzzle piece and kissed Brittany on the cheek.

"Whoa." Brittany smiled brightly. "I get kisses!"

Skylar nodded and kissed her again.

"Two kisses?" Brittany asked, holding up two fingers. "Two whole kisses?!" She scooped Skylar up and flipped her upside while kissing her cheeks, Skylar laughing loudly as Brittany flipped her back right side up and set her on her shoulders. "Hold on Sky."

Skylar grabbed Brittany's hair before hugging her forehead, Brittany securely grabbed her thighs and walked to the kitchen where Santana was setting plates of food down for everyone, as Taylor poured herself a glass of milk.

"Smells amazing." Brittany smiled while licking her lips. "What did you make?" She asked, setting Skylar in her high chair.

"Mama." Skylar whined.

"You can eat with me tonight." Brittany told her, picking her back up and sitting down at the table.

"Wine?" Santana asked.

"No tonight, I think I just want juice." Brittany replied. "Did you open a bottle already?"

"No, I didn't want any tonight." Santana shrugged and sat down at the table after pouring a glass of white grape juice for Brittany. "This is just a chicken, broccoli, and cheese casserole, I saw it on Pinterest during some down time at work."

"It's looks so good." Brittany told her. "It's a little relaxing not having to cook dinner every night, I'm going to get spoiled." She teased.

Santana smirked. "I don't mind spoiling you, you know that." She replied.

"Can I have juice?" Taylor asked.

"Not with dinner." Santana shook her head. "Milk with dinner, if you finish it then a glass of juice should be okay, right B?" She stated, holding a small spoon of the casserole to Skylar's mouth. Skylar stared at the spoon before opening her mouth and eating it.

Brittany glanced down at her when she kicked her legs a little and leaned forward towards Santana, who fed her another spoonful before eating some herself. "Fine with me, is your homework done?"

"Almost, I had to help mami set the table." Taylor replied, scrunching her face at Skylar, who mimicked her sister and laughed, bouncing around in Brittany's lap. Brittany rubbed her stomach when Santana handed her a breadstick and she leaned back on Brittany's chest.


Santana walked back in the bedroom after taking a shower wearing a long red henley gown that stopped just above her knee. "I am so tired, I think I'm more tired now than on the third shift." She laughed before getting in bed.

Brittany took the pencil out of her ear and tossed it on the table next to her side of the bed, she closed her laptop and set it on the floor as well, wanting to give Santana her undivided attention. "Are you okay?" She asked lifting Santana's feet in her lap, since the Latina flopped down across the bed. She rubbed Santana's feet slowly with some lotion.

"Yeah, I just need to get used to the first shift and then helping around the house at night." Santana replied, she shuffled next to Brittany in bed and exhaled slowly.

"Do we have plans for next weekend?" Brittany asked, brushing her hair.

Santana, who had her eyes closed, nodded. "Taylor has a friend sleeping over."

"On Friday, she's leaving Saturday morning, are we busy on Saturday?" Brittany asked her.

"No." Santana exhaled.

"Quinn is having a dinner party at her house, and she wants us to come." Brittany stated, glancing down at Santana, who opened one eye and stared at Brittany.

"Do you want to go?"

"If you do."

"No Brittany, do you want to go?" Santana asked her, opening both eyes.

"Yes, I think it will be fun." Brittany told her, setting down her hairbrush and lying down so she was facing Santana. "I know you don't get along with Quinn, so I just want you to be comfortable."

"No, I don't like Quinn, I would be content never having to see her again, but you're friends with her, she's Taylor's godmother, and Skylar adores her. So I'll suck it up." Santana shrugged. "Just don't expect me to talk to Quinn and be all chummy with her. I won't be rude, but I won't pretend to be her friend."

"Okay." Brittany sat up and turned out the lamp. "Thank you." She pressed kisses down the side of Santana's face, smiling when the Latina turned her head to catch her lips.

"I'm proud of Skylar, she made it through her first day, tears were expected but she was playing when I picked her up." Santana smiled.

"She's tough like her mami." Brittany smiled. "She'll get used to daycare and she'll love it afterwhile, it's good for her to get out of the house, she can play with kids her age, work on her social skills."

"And I can still see her whenever I need and want to." Santana yawned.

Brittany kissed her on the cheek and pulled Santana to spoon with her. "Get some rest doc."

"Night baby, love you." Santana mumbled sleepily as her eyes closed.

"Good night." Brittany replied, before kissing the back of her neck and holding her tighter.


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