They walked into the pool zone, more like sprinted towards it because Sophie was eager to arrive, and found only a few people around it. Santana and Brittany were there along with Kurt and Blaine.

When they saw them, they smiled at them and motioned them to approach the table. Blaine was the first on his feet and hugging both of them. Sophie, of course was standing shyly behind Marley. Brittany hugged them too and Kurt just said hello, he didn't know them that well after all.

"It's so good to see you, Marley. I'm glad you decided to come." Blaine said.

"Yes, it nice to see you again." Marley smiled at him. Then Sophie started poking her legs from behind.

"I want to go to the pool." The little girl said impatiently.

Marley looked down at her. "In a second, could you say hi to my friends here?"

"Hey there, I'm Brittany." The blonde kneeled in front of the little girl. "Can you give me a hug?" Sophie looked at Marley, who nodded, and slowly hugged her.

"I'm Sophie." She whispered in her ear. Brittany smiled at her and let her go. Blaine and Kurt also introduced themselves to the little girl before sitting back on the chairs they were.

Marley and Sophie walked towards the pool, getting into the less deep space and Marley holding Sophie. The little girl knew how to swim although she needed a little help.

Kitty stayed back and sat down next to Santana as she watched the two having fun.

"I didn't know she had a daughter." Blaine said.

Kitty wondered how many times they'll have to say that Sophie was not her daughter. She looked at him. "It's not her daughter, she's taking care of her for the week. But they're really close."

"How do you know that?" Brittany asked her. She had a word look on her face while looking at Kitty. It made her think. Does she know?

"I uhh... I was in LA when I found out Marley lived there, and Sophie's mother had asked her if she could take care of her. I saw how comfortable they were around each other." Kitty said, it wasn't so far from the truth, although she let some things to herself.

Brittany nodded, Kitty hoping they wouldn't ask more questions. Luckily, Santana changed the topic and they fell in conversation.

A while later, Marley and Sophie returned to the table and sat down next to Kitty. Sophie sat in Kitty's lap. After a while Kurt and Blaine left to their room. All the girls swam for a while and had fun.

"So, we are going out to buy some things but everyone is meeting in Breadstix for dinner. Do you guys wanna come?" Santana asked.

Kitty and Marley looked at each other, with one look they understood what the other was thinking. A second later they turned to Santana.

"That sounds good. We'll meet you there." Kitty smiled.

Santana and Brittany left, leaving the girls alone. They decided to head back to the room and take a shower. Marley went to the balcony and enjoyed the fresh air. She took a sit on a chair.

From the spot she could see the town and the mountains far away. She felt a pair of arms around her neck and smiled when she saw a strand of blonde hair from the corner of her eyes.

"So, I'm going out but I'll be here in time to go for dinner, alright?"

"Okay. Where are you going?"

"I have something to take care of but nothing serious." Kitty kissed her cheek. "I'll be here like in an hour."

"Fine."

Kitty walked out and got in her car. She drove for about five minutes and parked in front of the house. She grabbed the keys and looked for anybody. She found her mother on the studio typing on the computer.

"Hey mom, is dad home?"

"No, but he said he was on his way here. Why?" Her mother didn't look up from the screen while she talked. She didn't even greet her.

"I just, I wanted to tell you something, to both of you."

They heard the front door open and close, then footsteps getting closer and finally her father's face appeared on the door.

"Oh! Kitty, I didn't know you were here." He said giving her a hug.

"I just got here. I have something important to tell you."

"Alright. I just brought dinner, why don't you stay?"

"I already made plans with some friends but thanks."

Her mother stood up and turned off the computer. "You won't mind telling us while we eat, right?"

Kitty shook her head as they walked out of the studio and towards the kitchen. The table was already set. Her father took out the food from a bag and placed it on the table. They all sat around it, Kitty suddenly feeling nervous of what she was about to tell them. She didn't know how they would react.

"Okay...I don't really know how to tell you this." Kitty said, her voice shaking a little as she stared at her lap.

"Just say it." Her mother said, not even looking at her.

Kitty took a deep breath and looked at them. "I'm gay."

"What?" Her mother said, her voice sounding strange. Angry? Disappointed? Both? She couldn't know.

"I'm gay and I have a girlfriend."

Her mother looked at her with stern eyes. "How long have you known this?" She asked, without caring about the girlfriend part.

"High school." Kitty muttered.

"Why didn't you tell us before? You could have save us a lot of trouble." Her mother said, this time Kitty felt the anger in her voice. She noticed that her father hadn't spoke at all nor look at her.

"What trouble?"

"All the times we set you up with our friends' sons because you never seemed to have a serious relationship and you were screwing your cheerleader mates."

"That's not true, I've never done anything like that. And I like girls but I like boys too." She was in the verge of tears at that point. She wasn't expecting her mother to react that way.

"My god, it doesn't matter. Just get out of here, I don't wanna see your face." The woman stood up and walked into the studio, slamming the door loudly.

"Just give her time." Her father said. "Even if she doesn't, I would like to meet your girl." Her grabbed her hand from the table and squeezed it gentle.

"Thanks dad." Kitty said, a tear escaping her eye. "I'm gonna go."

She stood up and walked to the door, her father stopped her before she could step out.

He hugged her and kissed her on the forehead. "I love you, no matter what."

She took a few deep breaths to stop the tears that were threading to fall as she got into the car. After several minutes, she started the engine and drove to the hotel. She was going to use the night to try and forget about her mother. It was heartbreaking for her not being accepted by her own mother.

She texted Marley that she had arrived and waited for them to come. Marley and Sophie got into the car, the little girl wanted to go in the back so Marley buckled her seatbelt carefully then climbed into the passenger's seat.

Marley noticed that something was off with her. "Are you okay? What's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm fine." Kitty said quickly, driving away.

"You know you can tell me anything, right?"

Kitty looked at her, trying to smile genuinely. "I know."

The drive to Breadstix was silent, Kitty too deep in thought and Marley trying to figure out what could have bothered her.

Once they arrived they saw Brittany and Santana entering the restaurant so they followed them and the four of them found most of their friends already there. Marley got nervous visibly when she saw Jake and Ryder, they were also her closest friends before she left. Ryder grinned as he noticed her walking towards the table. She felt Kitty get next to her with a look on her face, the boy didn't seem to notice.

"Marley, you're as beautiful as I remember." He said, making Marley a bit uncomfortable. She had Sophie grabbing her hand and hiding behind her. He seemed to be in a trance, he just stared at her.

"Hello, Ryder." Marley said, bringing him back from wherever he had gone. She turned to Kitty and saw the girl shooting daggers with her eyes.

"It's been so long Marls, we should catch up." He said, moving a chair for her. He sat in another chair and turned to Jake.

"See what I told you? He was practically drooling over you." Kitty whispered, sounding annoyed.

"This is gonna be a long night." Marley sighed.

She said hello to the rest of her friends, congratulating Quinn and Puck. She sat down, Sophie wanted to be with Kitty so the little girl was sitting in the blonde's lap and eating breadsticks from the center of the table.

They all started talking about different things and she didn't know in what conversation to participate. Ryder talked to her but she didn't pay much attention, she was keeping an eye on Kitty that was talking to Blaine and Rachel. Something was off with her since she had come from wherever she had gone and she didn't know what had made her girlfriend upset.

She finally got out of her thoughts and saw Ryder looking at her. "I'm sorry. What were you saying?"

"I was saying that your daughter is lovely."

"Sophie's not my daughter." She said, more forceful than she intended.

She had expected people thinking Sophie was her daughter but it was still annoying repeating it every five minutes to a different person.

"Oh, I'm sorry." He apologized, and now she felt sorry for him snapping at him.

"No, I'm sorry. You were trying to be nice. It's just that I'm kind of tired."

He smiled and grabbed her hand. "It's no problem, I understand."

After dinner, they started heading back to the hotel. It was getting really late. The only ones left were Marley, Kitty with a sleeping Sophie in her arms and Ryder, who seemed to want to spend most of the time with the brunette.

In the walk back to the car, Kitty tried not to show her discomfort at Ryder watching them from the entrance. She helped Sophie into the back seat carefully to not wake her up and buckled her seatbelt.

"Wanna show him that he doesn't have a chance?" Kitty asked innocently. Marley chuckled and nodded.

Kitty trapped her between her body and the car and kissed her lips, trapping her bottom lip with her teeth. Marley was shocked a little by the action, but she didn't dislike it. After a few seconds, they pulled away breathlessly. Kitty turned discretely towards the entrance and smirked at the look in Ryder's face.

"I think it worked."

Marley laughed loudly. "You are something else, Kit-Kat."

Kitty kissed her cheek and opened the passengers door. She waited for Marley to climb in and closed the door before going to her side and getting in. They arrived at the hotel shortly after, Marley got herself and Sophie ready for bed and the little girl got into the bed.

"Can you sing for me?" Sophie asked sleepily.

Marley smiled at her. "Of course." She thought for a second before deciding what son to sing.

"And tonight I wanna drive so far we'll only find static on the radio

And we can't see those city lights and I love the way you look in a firefly glow

Saying everything without making a sound,

A cricket choir in the background, underneath a harvest moon

Standing on your shoes in my bare feet, dancing to the rhythm of your heartbeat"

She finished the chorus of the song and saw that Sophie had fallen asleep again, hugging her stuff animal to her chest.

Kitty walked up to her and leaned towards her ear. "Come with me." She whispered.

Marley stood up and followed Kitty to the other room. She sat down on the bed, looking at Kitty. "So, do you want to talk about what was bothering you earlier?"

Kitty looked down, sitting next to her and taking a deep breath. "I came out to my parents." She said, already feeling the emotions. "My father took it well, but my mother... she said some things, hurtful things. I was afraid that could happen, it felt so much worse than I expected." She let a few tears fall. Marley wrapped her arms around the other girl as Kitty cried into her chest. Kitty hold on tight to her, not wanting to let go anytime soon.

"I'm sorry you had to go through, and if she can't see how amazing you are then that's her loss."

"It's just so hard, Mar. I'm still the same person I was before, who I date shouldn't matter."

"Some people can't see that." Marley mover her hands and placed them on Kitty's cheeks, making the girl look at her. "I know it's you mother but if you're happy with your life then what other people think doesn't mean anything."

"You have no idea how happy you make me. Being with you is the best thing that's ever happened to me." Marley smiled widely, stroking her cheek slowly. "I love you, Mar. And I know we've only been dating for a month but... I had to tell you... I love you."

In that moment, Marley's heart stopped beating. She smiled adoringly at Kitty without believing what she had heard. It was her new favorite frase that Kitty could ever say, and she wanted to hear it so many times. She then realized that she hadn't said anything.

"I love you too."

Kitty leaned towards her and kissed her lips softly. "Thank you for being here for me."

"Is there anything I can do for you?"

"Just, can you just hold me?"

Marley nodded. They got into the bed and Marley wrapped her arm around Kitty, keeping her close to her. She kissed her forehead and waited for the other girl to fall asleep before closing her eyes and letting darkness take over her.