All Alone

Bonus Chapter: How Did We Get So Lucky?

"Get the hell out of my room!" Eden yelled, pushing Ariel out. The fifteen-year-old was trying to study for a chem test and was thoroughly frustrated with her 9-year-old sister.

Ariel crossed her arms and huffed as the door slammed in her face. She turned on her heel. She entered the kitchen. "Mama, Eden won't play with me! And she said the H word!"

"Why don't you play with Grayson Santana asked.

"He's too young for me!"

"Only by barely a year." Brittany chuckled at her daughter.

"That's still too much! Get Eden to play with me!" Ariel whined.

"But Eden needs to study. She has a big test coming up." Santana tried to reason.

Ariel pouted. "I miss her."

Just then Eden came into the kitchen. "Okay I can play with you for a few minutes."

"Yes!" Ariel shouted victoriously.

Grayson came rushing in. "I wanna play too! I wanna play too!"

"No!" The youngest daughter shouted. "You're too-"

She was silenced by her mama's sharp glare that told her she had to let him play.

She looked down in shame. "Okay."

They all rushed into the living room to decide what to play.

It was sweet. Even though Eden was fifteen and had stopped playing the type of games they liked in middle school, she still did it to make her younger siblings happy.

There was a knock on the door.

"Coming!" Santana shouted. She opened the door and there stood Mr. And Mrs. Pierce and Brittany's sister, Hayley and her husband, Mark.

"Hi guys! What're you doing here?!"

They stepped in. "Oh we were just visiting Hayley and Mark and you guys do live in the same city so we thought we'd come on over here." Susan answered.

Brittany poked her head into the room. "Mom, dad?! What're you doing here?!" She ran up and hugged them.

"What are we, chopped liver?" Mark joked.

The blonde rolled her eyes. "We see you guys almost every day!

Suddenly Ariel and Grayson came running in with Eden walking behind.

"Grandma! Grandpa!" Ariel cried, jumping into Mr. Pierce's arms.

"Hey, sweetie!"

"Uncle Mark!" Grayson cheered excitedly.

"Hey, little man!"

The two fist-bumped.

"Hey, Aunt Hayley." Eden smiled and hugged her aunt.

"Hey Eden."

Eden loved Aunt Hayley because she was the cool 28-year-old Aunt that let her do anything. She was so glamorous in Eden's eyes too. She wore the coolest makeup and clothes and listened to the best music.

"Well, let's go sit!" Santana said and they moved into the living room and all sat down.

"So, Eden you just turned fifteen, right?" Susan Pierce asked.

Eden nodded.

"And you're already a Freshman?!" Her eyes widened.

Again, the teen nodded.

"You're growing up so fast!"

"She's not a troublemaker like me, though. Thank god." Santana chuckled. Then her face kind of fell as she remembered what her teen years were really like.

Brittany squeezed her hands and Eden looked at her, confused. They hadn't told any of their kids about Santana's past.

"And how is Miss. Ariel?" Susan said with a big smile.

"Nine! I'm getting big too!"

Susan chuckled. "That you are. And Grayson is already eight? Where do the good years go!?"

Brittany smiled. "We've been wondering that ourselves."

Santana sighed contentedly. "Hey! Why don't we call the Glee club over! They're all in town for Rach's birthday tomorrow."

"Good idea!" Brittany said.

"Aunty Q is coming?!" Ariel asked excitedly.

"Yep!"

So they called their second family over. They arrived one by one with their children and it was like one huge family reunion. Even Mr. Schue came with Emma and their five red-headed children who were all grown up now.

The children played out back while the adults and teens talked in lawn chairs on the patio and laughed at the little ones' antics.

It felt absolutely perfect. After everything they'd been through it was finally great. Brittany sighed and looked over at her wife lovingly. "How did we get so lucky?"

Santana smiled and rested her head in the crook of the blonde's neck lovingly like old times. She squeezed her hand. "I have no idea."

The End.