Chapter 23
Disclaimer: I don't own glee or this story
Quinn set down plates of dinner in front of Skylar and Taylor, glancing at Skylar to gauge her facial expression. Taylor smiled happily at the chicken strips and tater tots, reaching for ketchup to squirt in her plate before popping a few in her mouth.
"Do your moms give Skylar ketchup?" Quinn asked.
"She can some, just not a whole lot." Taylor nodded.
Quinn squirted a little to the side of the baby tater tots and smiled at her when Skylar looked up to her quickly, before back down to the plate.
"She doesn't know what they are, we usually have fries." Taylor laughed.
"Oh." Quinn smiled. "These are just like fries, Sky, just smaller." She told her, lifting one to her mouth.
Skylar smelled it before opening her mouth and taking a bite, a huge smile crossing her face as she grabbed the remaining piece out of Quinn's hand and chewed it happily. "Tia!" She called for Quinn while kicking her feet happily as she bounced in her chair and continued to eat her chicken and tots.
"So what are we doing tonight Aunt Quinn?" Taylor asked, lifting her cup of juice and taking a huge gulp of it.
"Slow down on the juice, Tay." Quinn laughed. "I thought we could do some art projects with Sky, I have a ton of finger paint and then we can watch some movies and have popcorn. How does that sound?"
"Sounds awesome." Taylor nodded, eating another chicken strip. "Sky likes coloring and painting, she'll love it."
Quinn inwardly celebrated, she was unsure if her idea of coloring would go over well with them, mainly since taylor was a little older now, but since she seemed excited, she could let out a sigh of relief. "Good Sky?" She asked.
Skylar nodded, smiling brightly to show her teeth as she dipped her tater tot into the small puddle of ketchup. "More." She then tapped Quinn on the arm.
"More ketchup?" She asked when she noticed Skylar ate most of it. "Just a little more." She grabbed the bottle and squirted more on the plate for her, laughing when Skylar dipped a piece of chicken in the ketchup and ate it quickly. "I'm so happy to hang out with you two again."
"We like coming over here too." Taylor shrugged. "Why don't you come to our house and have dinner?"
Quinn cleared her throat, patting Skylar on the back when she began to cough, and shook her sippie cup with water, watching her closely until she lifted it and started to drink. "It's complicated, Tay, but let's not worry about that tonight. Tonight we are going to have fun at our pajama party."
"Cool." Taylor agreed.
"Tia." Skylar tapped Quinn on the arm again, and waiting patiently for the blonde to look at her. "Tia." She nodded with a smile before picking up another tator tot and holding it Quinn, to share with her.
Quinn blushed and accepted the tot from her with a smile. "Thanks Sky."
"Thanks." Skylar smiled as she continued to eat her dinner.
They ate dinner, Taylor talking the entire time as Skylar randomly laughed and smiled at Quinn. After dinner Quinn laid a plastic tarp in her living room with different color finger paint and some thin wooden rectangle pieces. Skylar sat between Quinn's legs, letting the older blonde help her paint a series of different of shapes, along with her handprints, while Taylor used a packet of brushes and sat across from them paining her own pictures.
"That looks awesome, Sky!" Taylor praised her sister.
Skylar looked up at her and nodded. "Pretty." She told Taylor before yawning and leaning back into Quinn's chest. Once they finished painting the three of them cuddled on the couch, Skylar falling asleep almost instantly in her sister's arms while they watched a movie.
Quinn noticed around 10pm that both girls were asleep so she carefully lifted Skylar from Taylor's arms and rubbed Taylor's back to wake her up. "Come up to bed, Tay." She whispered.
Taylor nodded and watched as Quinn closed the door to her fireplace to put the flames out and turned off the TV, she held Skylar tightly, following Taylor upstairs to one of her guestrooms where she laid Skylar in front of Taylor in the bed, covering them up and kissing them on the cheek.
"Sleep tight, girls. I'm right down the hall if you need anything, honey." Quinn reminded Taylor, sitting on the bed next to her.
"Okay." Taylor nodded, wrapping her arm around Skylar, holding her tightly, and kissing the top of Skylar's head when the baby cuddled closer to her. "Good night, Aunt Quinn."
"Good night." Quinn winked at her and stood up. "Do you want the door cracked open?"
Taylor thought for a moment. "Yes, please."
Quinn nodded and left the door cracked open for Taylor before going to her bedroom and taking a long hot shower before getting in bed herself, and looking over some files for a case she had coming up.
"I'm going to sound super bratty right now, but I wish you didn't have to go to Arizona." Santana playfully pouted as she sat next to Brittany in front of the fireplace and handed her a glass of wine.
Brittany smiled. "I'll let you be a brat about that." She laughed. "Truthfully I wish I didn't have to go either, but work calls. I haven't traveled much this year actually."
"No, you haven't traveled too much this year." Santana agreed. "It's just so close to Christmas baby, when we all get back it'll be like 22nd." Santana frowned. "We won't get to do some family stuff that I wanted to around New York. We have to put the tree up tomorrow, and start decorating the house before you leave."
Brittany nodded. "Well, we are both off of work the week of and after Christmas, so we can do some stuff with the girls, movies, bowling, ice skating. We can take a day trip to DC maybe, spend the night there."
"That's true." Santana agreed. "So you are getting a huge bonus for this trip, right?"
Brittany nodded slowly, taking a sip of her wine. "A huge bonus."
"Good, because we just spent a small fortune on the girls." Santana laughed.
"Are we done? Did we get everything Taylor wanted?"
Brittany scooted closer to Santana, leaning into her wife's embrace. "I'm pretty sure we did, aside from a dog, that is."
Santana shook her head. "Have you changed your mind?" She asked Brittany, taking a sip of her wine, and kissing Brittany on the neck before resting her chin on her shoulder.
"No." The blonde shook her head. "Have you?"
Santana sighed. "No."
Brittany set her glass of wine down so she could turn to face her wife. "Are we going to talk to her about it? I mean we have to say something to her about her presentation. I don't want her to think we didn't take it serious."
Santana set her wine down and lifted Brittany's arm in her lap, beginning to massage it. "I agree, she's really interested in advertising and marketing, and I don't want to stifle that or discourage her by ignoring how awesome her presentation was. So, if she were one of your interns, what would the next move be?"
"I personally email them follow up questions and comments from the presentation." She explained. "From there I offer them the opportunity to present again if they need to."
"Tay was pretty thorough." Santana shook her head. "If a presentation was perfect, but just not the best move for the client, then what?"
Brittany sighed. "We have a meeting and let them know we are going to use a different route, but we assure them that it doesn't mean the presentation was bad, we just explain it doesn't fit."
Santana reached for her wine again and nodded. "I say we wait until after Christmas to let her down."
"Okay."
Brittany leaned forward and pressed her lips to Santana's, slowly moving them against her wife's plump ones. "I'll miss these lips when I'm gone."
Santana deepened the kiss as she pulled Brittany to straddle her, hugging her tightly before her hands slipped under Brittany's shirt. "They'll miss you too." She moaned as they laid down, Brittany ran her fingers through Santana's hair before tilting her wife's head to kiss her. "Your job knows you can't be on call, right? I'm not here so you can't leave all times of night for surgeries."
"I know that." Santana frowned.
"I know you do, but does your staff know that?" Brittany repeated softly.
"Yes, baby." Santana replied, kissing Brittany again. "Once I'm off work for the day, I'm off, and the girls are my main focus."
Brittany stared at her before smiling brightly. "What are you going to do without me?"
"I don't know." Santana replied with a pout. "But I know what I want to do with you right now." She wiggled her eyebrows. "And since we know that we won't get interrupted by two little people calling our names, or waking up for water, or walking in on us." She laughed.
"So we can make love right here in front of the fireplace?" Brittany smiled.
Santana sat up and took her shirt off, tossing it to the side with a smile. "Yes." She reached over and grabbed Brittany's t-shirt and pulled it off before kissing the top of her breasts. "We have to make the most of this completely kid free night."
"We will." Brittany nodded excitedly as she crawled on Santana and kissed her deeply, her hands busily unbuttoning her wife's jeans.
Once Santana kicked her jeans off Brittany began to kiss down her thighs slowly, Santana wiggling under her in anticipation, her fingers tangled in Brittany's hair. She felt Brittany spread her legs open, and her wife's hot breath exhale softly on her covered core before Brittany pressed a firm kiss there. She then slowly pulled her panties down. She inhaled Santana's scent and licked her lips slowly before she dipped her tongue in her wife and began to taste her.
Santana moaned lowly as Brittany's tongue stroked her skillfully, twisting and turning exactly how she liked it. Brittany grabbed a pillow and placed it under her stomach so she could lean on it without overextending her back.
"Do you want to go upstairs?" Santana asked, watching Brittany wiggle to get comfortable on the pillow. "Let's go get in bed, B."
"No." Brittany shook her head. "I'm okay, and I want you right here, and right now." She teased. "Seriously, San, I'm okay."
Santana nodded and laid back down as Brittany settled between her legs again, going straight to work. She worked Santana up slowly again, getting her right where she wanted her wife before slipping two fingers in Santana and pumping steadily, the Latina panting in pleasure as Brittany carefully crawled up her body and engaged her in a kiss, her rhythm never letting up. Santana began to rock into her wife's hand quickly, moaning into Brittany's mouth as she kissed her hungrily, her orgasm just a few more moments away. Brittany pressed on her clit, sending her over the edge. She clutched to Brittany as she screamed loudly, the blonde kissing down her neck, her fingers still massaging the Latina's core, sending her into another orgasm almost immediately.
"Fuck." Santana whined as she dripped down Brittany's hand.
"Mmmmmm." Brittany smiled, lifting her hand to her mouth and licking the remnants of Santana off of her fingers one by one.
Santana smirked and pulled down Brittany's pants quickly, she began to kiss around Brittany's the moment she got her bra off. She straddled Brittany and leaned down to kiss her deeply. "I love you, so much, B." She whispered as Brittany took her bra off of her and rubbed her back. "So fuckin much, baby." She added before kissing her again.
"I love you, too." Brittany replied softly as Santana slid her hand between them and into Brittany, smirking at how wet her wife was already. Santana kept one hand on Brittany's breasts massaging there, her thumb teasing her nipple, while the other glided in and out of her wife. She began to roll her body, while pumping in and out of Brittany.
Brittany looked up at her, holding her waist tightly to steady herself. "Saaaaannnnn."
She moaned lowly as she eyes rolled back in her head. Santana leaned down to kiss around Brittany's face, her hand picking up some speed. She grabbed Brittany's leg to wrap around her waist. She leaned forward so she was flush on Brittany, adjust their bodies so her arm was still comfortably between the two of them. She pulled Brittany into a deep kiss, resting her hand under the blonde's neck as the kiss deepened.
"Oh God!" Brittany choked out, tears forming in her eyes, indicating Santana that she was close. The latina began to slam her hand into Brittany, as she kissed her tears away slowly. She then suddenly stopped moving her hand and pressed just right on Brittany's clit as she sucked on the pulse point on her neck, sending Brittany over the edge.
Brittany hid her face in Santana's neck as the Latina kept massaging her to bring her down slowly, her tears coating her neck. "Wow." She finally panted out when she felt Santana slip her fingers out of her, the Latina kissed her on the neck again before catching her lips in a sweet kiss, Brittany now hugging her tightly.
Once Brittany's breathing evened back out, Santana opened her eyes and stared at her. "How's your back?"
"Good."
"Okay." Santana replied, her fingers running through Brittany's hair. "I'm going to miss you."
"I'm going to miss you too, so much." Brittany hugged Santana tightly, kissing her on the forehead.
"Let's just lay here for a while." Santana suggested.
Brittany nodded as she sniffled and wiped her eyes quickly. "You're the best cover ever." She teased, appreciating the warmth that Santana's slightly sweaty, naked body was providing.
Thursday 6am
Santana woke up slowly, stretching as her eyes opened and settled on Brittany's empty side of the bed. She groaned before closing her eyes again briefly. She coughed harshly, quickly checking her neck and head for a fever, she then sat up and checked her glands. "I can't be sick, I'm all the girls have right now." She rolled out of bed and went to the bathroom, clearing her throat again and quickly taking some cold medicine. After washing her face and brushing her teeth, she changed into a pair of scrubs and made her way to Taylor's room.
She slipped in the room and sat on the side of Taylor's bed, rubbing her back gently. "Tay, wake up sweetheart, time for school."
Taylor exhaled deeply as her blue eyes popped open. "Do I have to go to school?"
Santana frowned, moving her hand to Taylor's hair. "Why don't you want to go to school, Tay?" She watched her daughter shrug and shook her head. "That's not an answer."
"I just want a snow day." Taylor laughed quietly.
Santana laughed as well and sighed. "Christmas break is almost here, then you can have a snow day." She reminded her. "Get up for school please." She kissed her on the cheek before standing up and walking over to her window, opening her curtains to let the sunlight in.
Santana then went to Skylar's room and opened the door, smiling brightly when she saw Skylar sitting down, holding her teddy bear tightly and babbling to it. "Good morning, mi amor." She beamed, reaching in and picking up Skylar, who reached her arms up to her mother right away.
"Mami." Skylar screeched as Santana kissed all over her face.
"Hello beautiful, what do we want to wear today?" She asked the baby while she washed her face with a baby wipe. "How about we wear yellow?"
"Yeyow." Skylar nodded as Santana thumbed through her closet pulled out a yellow Ralph Lauren high collared sweater for her, she set Skylar on the floor, smiling when she ran to her toy chest.
"Mami?" Taylor poked her head in Skylar's room.
"Yeah?" Santana answered, pulling out socks and jeans for Skylar.
"Can you braid my hair?" Taylor asked as Skylar ran to her and hugged her leg, she bent down and hugged her sister quickly, kissing her on the cheek.
"Braid your hair?" Santana looked up with a frown. "How?"
Taylor walked Skylar over to Santana, who was ready to get her dressed. "Just a braid across the front?"
"Sure, finish getting dressed and I'll braid it for you." Santana nodded, unzipping Skylar's pajamas.
After getting Skylar dressed and braiding Taylor's hair, Santana quickly made a frozen waffle and eggs for Taylor, she then made oatmeal for Skylar, feeding her bites while packing a lunch for her. "Fuck, I need Brittany here for the morning routine." She mumbled when her own stomach growled.
"Mami!"
"Yes Sky?" Santana looked up from the lunch she was packing for Taylor.
"Muffin."
"Not right now, we have oatmeal for breakfast, it's cold out, so this will warm you up." Santana shook her head.
Skylar stared at her before looking in her bowl and sighing. Santana lifted another spoonful to the baby's mouth before glancing at Taylor. "Hurry up, Tay, we need to get going, is your backpack all packed up?"
"Si." Taylor nodded.
Twenty minutes later, Santana was buckling Skylar in her carseat when she noticed a car slow down at the end of their driveway and stop, she squinted behind her sunglasses at the car when Taylor hopped out. "Get back in the truck, Taylor, now." She said lowly, her eyes still focused on the car.
"Ma..."
"Now." Santana snapped quietly as the car sped away quickly and Taylor ran back around the truck and got back in. She looked around and left out the breath she didn't know she was holding in. She then got in the driver's seat and locked the doors quickly. "What did you need, Tay?"
"Nevermind." Taylor shook her head.
Santana sighed. "I didn't mean to yell earlier Tay, but when I ask you to do something, please do it right away."
Taylor nodded. "Okay, mami."
As Santana was pulling out of the driveway she noticed the car was at the corner, so she sat idle at the end of the driveway until she saw the car speed off. She swallowed thickly as she chose a different route to head to work.
"Are you excited to go to Arizona next week, Tay?" She then asked to clear her mind.
Noon
Santana walked back in her office after losing a patient during surgery and flopped back on her couch, she groaned loudly and wiped the angry tears from her eyes before picking up her phone and seeing a text from Brittany. It was a picture of the blonde pouting, with the caption I love and miss you so much. "She always knows how to brighten my mood, even when she doesn't know she is." Santana smiled before kissing the phone. She knew Brittany was in a meeting so she quickly typed a reply back to Brittany before setting her phone down and closing her eyes. She laid in silence for a few minutes before there was a knock on the door. She sat up and straightened out her scrub top before answering.
"Come in."
The door opened slowly revealing Nikki. "Hey, I came to see if you wanted to grab lunch?"
Santana glanced at her and sighed before laying back down. "Oh it's just you."
Nicki laughed softly and walked in the office. "I know we aren't together anymore but I didn't expect that drab of a greeting." She teased.
Santana laughed. "Sorry, I've just had a long, rough morning." She explained sitting back up. "Sure, we can grab some lunch."
"Cool, do you want to stay here or leave?" Nicki asked her.
"Here is good. Want to just order a pizza from the cafeteria and hang out in my office?" Santana asked.
"You okay with that?" Nikki questioned, still standing by the door.
Santana nodded. "I want to go check on Sky really quickly, why don't you put the order in and I'll pay you back."
"Cool, I'll be back in like 20 minutes then." Nicki smiled before leaving the room.
Santana picked up her phone and sent a text to Brittany.
TO BRITTANY: Having lunch with Nicki in my office, love you and talk to you tonight.
Brittany was leaving her meeting when her phone chimed, she saw Santana's two text messages and stared at the second message regarding lunch with Nikki. She nodded and replied back right away.
TO SANTANA: Sky too?
FROM SANTANA: Of course not.
TO SANTANA: Okay, headed to another meeting, call you tonight.
"What's the frown?" Claire, one of Brittany's associates, asked the blonde.
"Santana is having lunch with Nikki." Brittany shrugged. "Not a big deal."
"Nikki that she dated when you two were divorced?" Claire asked, raising an eyebrow to her as they left one board room and made their way down the hall.
Brittany nodded and pressed the button on the elevator. "Stop looking at me like that." She laughed. "I trust Santana, so much, I'm not the wife that forbids her to hang out with someone."
"Even an ex?"
"Even an ex." Brittany nodded in confirmation. "I know Santana wouldn't do anything to jeopardize our marriage our family, Nikki is a coworker, Santana works with her quite often, so I need to be okay with that."
Claire smiled. "You two are impressive."
Brittany laughed. "We surprise ourselves sometimes, trust me." She added walking in the elevator.
7pm Arizona
Brittany took a bite of her chicken and reached for her laptop to Skype Santana. She continued to eat while she waited for Santana, she was taking a sip of wine when the Latina came into focus with Skylar.
Say hi to momma! Santana smiled, pointing at the screen, and waving her little arm for her. Skylar's eyes lit up as she stared at Brittany, who waved back happily to her.
Sky Sky! Brittany shrieked. I miss you soooooo much. Are you being a good girl for mami?
Skylar nodded quickly, leaning back into Santana's arms. Santana kissed her on the top of the head. We just read a story so we can get ready for bed. Santana told Brittany.
Do you want me to call you back?
No, she'll fall asleep soon. Santana shook her head as Skylar shifted in her lap, still staring at Brittany on the screen. Momma. Skylar pointed to the screen and waved at Brittany again.
Brittany waved at her with a smile as her eyes focused on Santana's face. You feeling okay, doc? She asked her wife.
I'm tired, babe. Santana admitted. Such a long day.
Brittany took a bite of her chicken dish and chewed slowly. Good night Sky. She blew the baby a kiss when she saw her eyes flutter closed as she relaxed further in Santana's lap. Why was it such a long day?
Let me take Sky to her crib, hang tight. Santana told her, she carried Skylar to her crib and laid her in carefully before checking on Taylor, who was up reading a comic book. "Lights out, Tay." Santana walked over and kissed her on the forehead. "Sleep tight."
"Good night, mami." Taylor smiled as Santana turned her lamp out and left the room.
Santana walked back in the bedroom and laid back in bed.
Looks like something is bothering you. Brittany told Santana, wiping her mouth and staring at her closely through the screen.
Have you ever noticed a black Corolla on our block?
Brittany took another sip of her wine and thought for a moment. No, why?
This morning when I was buckling Sky in the truck, a black Corolla stopped at the end of our driveway and was watching us I think. I couldn't really tell because the windows were tinted, but they did crack the window a little. Taylor got out of the truck, and I freaked out and made her get back in. Then as we were leaving the car was at the corner, just sitting there until I started to drive off.
Brittany frowned. I don't like how that sounds. Did you notice them when you got home?
Santana shook her head. No
Well, keep an eye out tomorrow, Taylor pulls the garbage cans out in the
morning and I…
Got it baby, I'll take them out. Santana nodded, already knowing what Brittany was thinking. I miss you.
I miss you. Brittany smiled. Arizona is nice, the weather is so crazy here, it's like 80 degrees right now. She laughed.
So jealous, it's practically a blizzard right now. Santana laughed.
Gross, well you'll be here soon enough baby, we can lay in the sun together. Brittany smiled brightly. You look tired, so get some rest.
I woke up with a little fever this morning, then with the car being outside the house, it threw my whole day off. Santana admitted. I think going to bed early is a good idea.
I'll call you in the morning, I love you so much.
Love you too. Santana blew a kiss to the screen and winked before disconnecting. She then set her laptop on the chaise at the end of the bed and laid down, turning the light out and falling asleep soon after.
Monday 10pm
Santana ran to the door and knocked firmly, rubbing her arms as the snow fell around her. Quinn opened the door almost immediately, Skylar fast asleep in her arms.
"Hey Quinn, thanks for picking up the girls for me. I was supposed to be off but I got called into surgery at the last minute." Santana quickly rattled off.
Quinn shook her head. "Don't worry about it, come on in." She motioned Santana in the house as Skylar stirred and shifted slightly in the blonde's arms. "Taylor is asleep as well, she's on the couch."
Santana nodded as she kicked her shoes off and walked deeper in the living room. She watched Quinn lay Skylar down in front of Taylor, and smiled when Taylor cuddled her sister close to her.
"Do you want some dinner?" Quinn asked. "You look exhausted."
Santana cleared her throat. "Honestly, yes."
Quinn nodded and walked to kitchen, she pulled out the leftovers from dinner she made for Taylor and Skylar, quickly making Santana a plate. The Latina looked around the kitchen, peeping at her daughters, since she could see them from her spot in the kitchen.
"Why?" Santana asked Quinn suddenly.
Quinn turned and stared at her. "Why what?"
"Cut the shit." Santana shook her head. "Why do you think I cheated on Brittany? Why did you take her side in the divorce? Why did you try to get her to take every penny I had? Why did you throw our friendship away?"
Quinn pulled the plate of food out of the microwave and set it on the table. "Let's not, please, your daughters are in the other room, it's snowing like crazy, and I don't want you to leave here all worked up."
Santana stared at her and sighed. "Fine."
"Mami?" Taylor walked in sleepily and leaned into Santana's open and waiting arms.
"Hey Tay." Santana smiled, kissing her on the temple and rubbing her back. "Ready to go home and get in the bed?"
Taylor nodded and yawned as she leaned more into Santana's arms.
"Okay, go lay back down while I eat a little then we can leave." Santana told her with a smile as Taylor left the room and laid back down with Skylar.
Quinn hopped on her kitchen counter and stared at Santana as she ate. "I helped Taylor with her homework, and they both ate dinner."
Santana nodded and swallowed thickly as Quinn handed her a bottle of water. "Thanks, I know you did everything you should have for them tonight, like homework and dinner. We don't get along, but I trust you, I trust you with the girls, you know that."
Quinn nodded in agreement. "I'm jealous."
Santana looked up at her with a frown when Skylar began to cry. The Latina sighed and stood up, "I need to get them home, Q, can you wrap this up for me?"
"Sure." Quinn nodded as Santana walked out of the kitchen and picked up her youngest daughter, kissing her on the cheek.
"I'm here." Santana cooed to her daughter, hugging her tightly. "Taylor, get your bag, please, and get your coat on, baby."
Taylor nodded and began to pack up her and Skylar's things as Santana put Skylar's boots back on her and reached for her coat. Quinn walked in the living room and helped Taylor get her coat and boots on, since she was yawning and moving slowly.
"Here, Santana." Quinn set food she wrapped in a tupperware dish on the table. She then picked up Taylor's backpack and Skylar's diaper bag and followed her out of the door.
Once the girls were in the truck Santana turned to Quinn. "Thanks again, I really appreciate it. Sorry if I kept you from doing anything tonight, but with Brittany out of town for work..." She paused and exhaled deeply. "You're all I have and trust right now with the girls."
"You're welcome." Quinn nodded. "I'm jealous of you and Brittany's relationship, your marriage, the bond that you two had even divorced...I'm sorry for everything I've done to you during the divorce and after."
Santana's jaw dropped, she moved to speak but closed her mouth quickly.
"Drive safely." Quinn added before turning and heading to the house.
Once Santana got the girls in the house and into pajamas, she had them lay in her bed while she ate dinner, before finally going upstairs she wrote out checks to pay a few bills and set them in the bowl next to the door so she could grab them on the way out. She turned out all the lights and peeped out the front window, noticing fresh tracks in their driveway.
"Someone must have used our driveway to turn around." She rolled her eyes. "I gotta talk to Brittany about getting that gate installed." She glanced at her truck and out at the street before checking the locks on the door and heading upstairs.
She slipped in bed between her daughters, kissing each on the cheek and turning to cuddle with Skylar, falling asleep quickly after her long day.
3am
Santana jolted awake when she heard glass breaking and sat up quickly in bed. "What the fuck was that?" She slipped out of bed and walked to her bedroom door opening it, she heard voices and felt her heart drop to the bottom of her stomach. "Oh my God." She whispered when she heard more glass break. She locked her bedroom door and ran to the bed, shaking Taylor awake.
"Mami?"
"Shhhh." Santana whispered shakily. "Go to the bathroom, and sit in the tub." She instructed her, ripping the comforter off of her bed and picking up Skylar.
"Why?" Taylor asked.
"No questions right now, just do it." Santana ushered her quickly to the bathroom and threw the comforter in the tub, she laid Skylar, who was waking up, in and lifted Taylor in since she wasn't moving fast enough for her. She grabbed a pacifier from the sink and stuck it in Skylar's mouth. "Keep your sister quiet." She told her as a few tears escaped her eyes. She then grabbed the sheet from her bed and covered them. "Lay down, don't say a word, okay. Don't say anything at all. Just lay really quiet."
Santana then grabbed her cell phone and handed it to Taylor. "If you hear me yell, Elmo calls Aunt Quinn right away."
"What's going on?" Taylor asked nervously as Skylar leaned into her and started to drift back to sleep.
"I need you to take care of your sister, okay?" Santana told her, kissing her on the forehead. She lifted the sheet and kissed Skylar on the forehead. "Lay down." She covered them back up and locked the door to the bathroom before running to the closet and pulling out her gun, she shakily loaded it, using her forearm to wipe her tears away. She moved a chair in front of the door and set a stack of medical books in it.
She sniffled and ran over to the house phone, she called 911, and whispered quickly there was a break in at her house and that she had two small kids with her. She then opened the bedroom door and ran to close Taylor's door and Skylar's bedroom door. She heard footsteps creaking up the stairs before hearing them turn and descend; she held up her gun, her breathing becoming choppy as she took a few steps forward.
"Mike, let's look upstairs." A man yelled.
"Tay?" Skylar mumbled.
"Shhhhh." Taylor shook her head, putting Skylar's pacifier back in her mouth. "We have to stay quiet, I think a burglar is here." She rubbed her sister's back and lifted her in her lap, curling in a ball in the corner of the tub.
Santana went to the top of the staircase, looking over into the living room, she saw two men ransacking the area and start to shake in fear. One man ran towards the stairs to head upstairs so Santana lifted her gun and in anticipation, when the man reached the landing and saw her, her vision grew fuzzy and her heart rate tripled when she saw him reach for something. Everything moved quickly around Santana before…
Bang. Bang.
Taylor heard the gunshots and froze as tears began to stream out of her eyes. "No." She shook her head quickly.
Thoughts?
