𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬 | s. lopez + b. pierce

One

a/n - welcome to the first chapter of season five! 🥺

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It was safe to say that Jadelynn Skylar Bernadette Berry-July was having a full-blown identity crisis.

She didn't know who she was.

Jayden. Skye. Bernadette. Jadelynn. Guppy. Jaydee. Jay-Jay. Skylar. Little Jay. Jay...She had all these names floating around in her brain, and so many overwhelming thoughts clouding her mind.

Her family and friends called her Jayden. Her mom called her Jade. Brittany and Santana used nicknames.

"Who– am– I–?" Jayden wondered aloud as she slammed her head into her pillow with every word.

Woof!

"Don't sass me." She narrowed her eyes playfully at Stitch. She sat up and ran a hand through her hair, sighing as she leaned back against the headboard. "What would you do, Stitchy?"

The frenchie raised his ears and looked at Jayden like she was crazy. She smiled softly and patted his head, chuckling when he licked her hand. She rested her elbow on her knee and gently twirled the guppy earring in her ear.

"I miss Brittsy," she pouted.

"No sad faces, Jay-Jay," Santana said as she walked into her ex-girlfriend's room with Oliver on her hip.

"I am sad," Jayden whined as she turned to hide her face in her pillow. "A sad little panda."

"I'ma buppy!" Oliver grinned. "Woof!"

Woof!

"Woof, woof!"

Jayden chuckled a little. She sat up again and reached out for Oliver, who hugged her neck tight as soon as he was in her lap. "You know, I think it's safe to say that you and Stitch are best friends, huh, Ollibear?"

"I wove my buppy," Oliver cooed. He reached grabby hands out to Stitch, and the frenchie came over to him with a happy, wiggly butt. Stitch gently licked his cheek, making the one year old squeal happily. "My babyyy!"

"What do you say you get out of bed and we take these kiddies to the park?" Santana suggested, gently nudging Jayden with her elbow.

Jayden smiled softly and turned to look at Oliver and Stitch, who were play-fighting on the bed. "Ollie, wanna go play with Stitch at the park?"

"'ark!" Oliver cheered, throwing his arms up as he jumped up and down on the bed. "Yah, yah!"

"Alright, let's go get your play clothes on." Jayden picked the excited baby up and kissed his cheek. Oliver giggled and hugged her neck, leaning her head onto her shoulder as she carried him to the nursery to get ready for the park.

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"It's peaceful out," Santana said, smiling softly when Jayden looked up at her as they walked through the park. Oliver ran ahead of them with Stitch, laughing as he raced the energetic puppy. "What's on your mind, Jay-Jay?"

"I think I'm gonna change my name," Jayden admitted. Santana's brows flew up to her hairline, her jaw dropping slightly. "I don't know, I just...I feel like everything I know is a lie...Like everything I thought I knew about myself was false. I don't really know who I am, so maybe switching to my birth name will help me figure it out."

"Jadelynn?" Santana kicked a small pebble onto the sidewalk. She checked to make sure that Oliver and Stitch were still in sight, chuckling a little when she spotted the pair rolling around in the grass.