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Epilogue: Rehabilitation to happiness

Ten years had passed since the victory of the New Directions at the Nationals. Ten years in which everyone had followed in its path. Ten years when many things had changed and evolved. Rachel and Santana had definitely moved to New York City and it was once their studies were over that they took their own home away from the city centre. Blaine and Kurt also had their own house in the neighbourhood. They had never really left since that day when they put their suitcases in New York. They were more connected than ever.

Added to this was the fact that Blaine was the donor for the daughter of Santana and Rachel that the brunette carried. It was obvious that they were not going to ask any donor. They had friends ready to help them and who would be present in this child's life. They could not dream better for their family. It was after nine months of waiting that a little Maria Sue Lopez was born. She had taken her two years old a few days ago and was already leading Santana, who was barely able to deny her something.

"Tana! We said no cake before the meal!"

"But how do you resist to her? I cannot, it the same when you ask me something. You both have a super power, I do not see any other explanation."

"Mama!" Exclaimed the girl, reaching out to Santana.

The latter took her in her arms without hesitation for one second which created a smile at Rachel who would never have imagined that Santana could be so maternal. It is true that she had never expressed the wish to carry their children which did not bother the brunette who loved to see herself with a rounded belly. Yet there were times when Santana was more addicted to their daughter than to her own wife.

Instinctively, Rachel caressed her belly, she was carrying a second child but it would not be brought up in this house. She had agreed to be the surrogate mother for Kurt and Blaine. It was a way to thank them for Maria. They had mixed the sperms so as not to know who the biological father was, after all, it did not matter to the two men. Rachel knew perfectly well that they would be fathers more than brilliant, they were already for Maria who was also their daughter in her eyes. Santana liked to say that she had two fathers and two mothers.

The same afternoon, the two men came to the Lopez for a moment of nostalgia. Photo albums were in order. Kurt and Blaine were very sweet with Rachel, even more so since her pregnancy, and she kept bringing her various foods and products to improve her pregnancy, which had been more than tiring for the young woman. They sat around the brunette and Maria sat on Kurt's lap to look at the pictures with everyone.

"It is old that one!" Santana remarked. "This is our graduation, no?"

"Yeah, I still had red eyes, I had just learned that I had been accepted to NYADA."

"And I was already addicted to Tana." Laughs Rachel.

They laughed together more, pursuing page by page. They arrived at the housewarming where they put their valises in this city which had already marked them so much that it is directly or indirectly. The time went on and then came the pictures of the two weddings. Rachel and Santana had married shortly after Kurt and Blaine. The two men had mingled their family names while on the other side it was Lopez's name that had been adopted. Rachel did not want her name anymore and was more than happy to take her wife's. It was even Sue who had driven her to the altar that day. She could not have dreamed better.

"Me! It's me on the 'oto!" Quickly said the little girl who forgot to pronounce her sentence well.

After having quickly resumed, it was Santana who looked at the picture with tenderness.

"It was when you were born, darling, your mother had just given you birth just an hour ago. We loved you already. In fact, we loved you while you were still in her belly."

The little girl laughed and caressed her mother's belly. It had been clearly explained to her that after birth, her little brother or little sister would go live with her fathers but that she would often see him or her. The next photo was a sublime Robyn in Sue's arms with little Maria watching the scene, curious about the new member of the family. All had already aged well but it was when we saw Rachel next to her students on their class picture this year that we could see that she was no longer a teenager now.

The photos then gave way to some complete pages. It was first a passage from devoted to Kurt and the novelty he brought to the world of fashion. He was in a photo with a huge smile right next to the article. The next page was devoted to Blaine and his role in Wicked, the places had sold like hotcakes. They ended up with an article in the New York Times about the wonders of a young publicist who was talked about shortly after her arrival in the world of work. Santana could be proud of the life she was leading now, but she was especially proud of the family she had and the woman who shared her life.

"Who would have thought we would be here today?" Blaine smiles as he drinks some of his tea.

"Many things have evolved but we are all here today and I am more than happy. I would never have had it all without you all around me. I would never have overcome all that I lived without you all." Continued the brunette.

"Even me ma'? Said a little voice.

"Yes, even you, sweetie."

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Other years passed. Long and long years. The youth turned into old age and the young parents became grandparents. For years, Santana and Rachel had been on stage, and now they were enjoying their retirement with family, friends and grandchildren. They had come across one of the photo albums that their grandmothers often referred to. Two photos, but especially the dates these photos were taken, surprised them. They went to see Rachel and Santana for some answers.

"Abuela," one of them asked Santana. "Why Grandma is with an ugly pull and almost no makeup on this picture while the second, which is just a few months later, she is really pretty?"

The two women looked at each other, not knowing how to respond to a child in view of the reason for the change. Santana gently explained that their grandmother had had a hard time visiting New York for the first time. It had changed her physically as well as mentally.

"But this city, like everyone else, needs, sometimes, a second chance. Sometimes things happen for good reason, even the most horrible ones."

She looked at Santana, took her hand and in an outburst of tenderness she added that sometimes life is a little like the Pandora's Box, despite all the misfortunes that can affect us, there will always remain hope. And sometimes, this hope is brought by the heart and the love of a person.

THE END