Come What May

Chapter 13

Santana was busy with working on final projects and studying for finals. She was trying to ace the tests. Her GPA was at 3.6 which was decent. She wasn't failing any classes and she had a decent grade for all of them.
School wasn't her only problem. Nicholas had been restless for the past days. He would cry at nights and would refuse to sleep. He had so much energy. She was sure that if he could walk he would be all over the place.
She was studying for her math final when Nicholas decided he wanted all her attention on him. He made noises to get her attention. When she didn't turn to look at him he resorted to crying which got her full attention.
"Hey, what's wrong? Mami's here. I got you." She picked him up. He stopped crying and snuggled into Santana's chest.
"You just wanted attention, didn't you." She smiled. "Mami has to study." She set him down. He cried again. Santana sighed. He wasn't giving up anytime soon.
He sat on her lap while she studied. He drooled over the pages. He made an attempt to rip the pages out of the book.
"No! Don't rip the pages out." She scolded. He pouted.
She continued to read a few pages in the book and then began to work on her review worksheet.  Nicholas fidgeted in her arms. She bounced him to keep him entertained. He continued to squirm and then he began to cry.
"You're hungry, aren't you?" She gave him baby food while working on her worksheet. He seemed to be satisfied after he ate and Santana put him in the play pen.
He played with the rattle and the other toys in there. She could finally get back to studying.
He was distracted for a good 15 minutes before he got bored. He began to make a ruckus by throwing his toys around.
"Nic, please, mami is trying to study." She was exasperated. He blinked at her and continued to throw his toys. She picked him up and took him downstairs.
"Mami, can you watch him?"
"No. Santana, he is your responsibility. You knew that it would be a lot of work. You have to deal with what you did."
"Please mama." She was on the verge of tears. She was just so stressed with her finals and with taking care of Nicholas. It was all too much.
"Why are you crying?"
"It's just I'm so overwhelmed with everything. With school, with grades, with glee and especially with Nic. It's all too much for me to handle." She cried.
"You knew it wasn't going to be easy when you got into this, Santana. Now you got to suck it up and deal with it. I'll watch him tonight. Go study."
"Thank you, mama."
She got back to studying and found it a lot easier to be able to concentrate. She liked to be alone.
It wasn't that she didn't love Nicholas. He was the light of her life. It was just she needed time to herself sometimes. There wasn't anything wrong with that. Well, at least she hoped not.

Sorry it's short. I've been busy. School has been stressing me the freak out. Also, I'm sick. 😭😭 So the moment I'm done with my homework is the moment I knock out which doesn't leave much time to write, but once I feel better I write tons more. Hope y'all have a nice weekend.
~LintheskywithDiamonds 💎🌟💫