Both Of Us
Summary:
"Ten little fingers and ten little toes, a wrinkled up forehead and a cute button nose. I know you'll be crying with that first, cold touch and so will I because I love you so much." G!P Brittany
Chapter One
"Merry Christmas!" The employees of Pierce Books cheered as the clock struck twelve signalling Christmas day. Santana chuckled and sipped her drink before continuing to rummage through her desk, looking for her boss' lost manuscript. She sighed and sat down, yanking open her drawer, jutting out her elbow into the woman behind her, managing to hit her in the groin. A loud grunt slipped out of the blonde's lips as she knelt and clutched her crotch with a reddening face and teary eyes.
"Oh! My god." Santana said, placing her hand on the woman's back and rubbing it gently, "I'm so sorry. I didn't see you there."
"That's okay." The blonde groaned, putting her hand up and whimpering, "Strong elbows..."
Santana breathed out a smile and helped the woman stand up, letting her sit down in her desk chair and pulling a pained face as the blonde hummed in pain, "I'm really sorry. I was looking for a lost manuscript and I guess I yanked on my drawer too hard." She said with a embarrassed chuckle.
"No, it's okay." The woman assured the raven haired girl with a shake of her head as she stuck out her hand to the woman and gave her a pained smile, "Brittany Pierce. I work on the eighth floor, one floor down."
"Editing." Santana smiled with a nod, shaking Brittany's hand and clearing her throat, "Santana Lopez. I'm Shelby's assistant."
"Oh. Great." Brittany smiled as the pain began to subside. She inhaled a deep breath and sighed.
"Your mom owns the company, right?" Santana asked as Brittany stood along with her.
"Yeah," the blonde nodded and tucked her hands into her pockets, "I was just coming over here to introduce myself. But, now that's over. Can I get you a refill?"
Santana smiled and peered into her glass before downing the rest of her drink and handing the glass to Brittany, "That'd be great. Thanks." She said and Brittany nodded with a smile as she led Santana to the mini bar and began to refill her glass with vodka and pepsi.
"So, how long have you been working here? I haven't seen you around." Brittany said.
"Uh, a year now." Santana replied, "I haven't seen you around either. I didn't even know Piper had a daughter. I guess working on different floors makes it difficult to cross paths."
Brittany chuckled and nodded, handing Santana her drink before grabbing a red square out of the cooler, "Yeah. I guess." She muttered with a smile, opening her drink and taking a sip.
The two women conversed for the rest of the night before heading to their respective cars at four thirty a.m with Brittany confidently asking for Santana's number before she got in her car and left.
Over the next month, the two of them became very fast friends, sending meaningless and random texts back and forth and sharing dinner on Friday's at Brittany's apartment for their weekly movie night. Santana would sneakily steal food off of Brittany's plate before pouring the rest of her beverage into the blonde's glass.
B. S. Pierce: Can't you just sneak down to my floor on your lunch break to visit? I wanna see you.
Santana smiled as she sat at her desk and typed out a quick reply before continuing her work.
S. J. Lopez: I'll try get past the witch. She's meeting her husband at Red Rose for lunch so, as soon as she's left, I'll come see you.
As Santana typed away on her computer, she inhaled a deep breath and let her thoughts wander to her brother's barbecue that night. She couldn't wait to see her niece. Noah, his wife, Rachel, and their daughter, Gabriella had been on a week long trip to Florida and Santana hadn't seen little Gabi for a week and a half as she had to work late on the three days before the happy family left for Florida.
Her phone buzzed with a new text and she halted her typing to check it.
B. S. Pierce: Yay! Great. Can't wait. Do you wanna go to that diner we found last week?
Santana smiled at the thought that Brittany had remembered how much she loved the food at the small, homey diner, Trend, and replied.
S. J. Lopez: Yeah, defo. I'll see you in twenty minutes.
Santana printed out the complete document and stood, moving to Shelby's office and knocking on the door. As soon as she was given entry, she opened the glass door and walked inside. Shelby was on the phone and waved toward her desk. Santana nodded and placed the document on the woman's desk before pouring her another cup of coffee from the mini coffee station and leaving the room after placing it next to the document.
When Santana was finally let off on her lunch break, she slung her purse over her arm and moved to the elevator, hitting the button and humming a tune as she waited for it to open.
Seeing Brittany had become Santana's favorite part of the day and, on the days she didn't get to see the busy blonde, she longed for Friday evening when she'd show up at the woman's apartment with take away and a smile.
The elevator doors dinged open, revealing a very smiley blonde inside who held open the door as Santana walked in, "Hey. You said twenty minutes but, it's been forty so, I figured I'd come to you." She said chirpily as she moved her hand away from the doors and hit the lobby button.
"Yeah, sorry about that. The witch wouldn't let me leave until I'd finished reading one of the manuscripts. Thank god I was a chapter away from finishing." Santana said with an annoyed sigh as the elevator moved slowly toward the lobby, "How's the editing going?"
"Yeah, it's alright." Brittany said, "I'm editing a children's book at the moment so, it's not as time consuming as it usually would be."
"That's great. I just finished reading a book that was literally two thousand and twenty-seven pages." Santana huffed as the doors dinged open and the two of them walked out and into the building's lobby.
"Oh. Right, Arrangements." Brittany said knowingly, "I'm set to edit that next month."
"Good luck with that." Santana chuckled as the two women pushed open the doors of the building and walked out into the parking lot, "My car?"
"Yeah. Mine needs a new radiator cap." Brittany said, following Santana to her car.
Santana drove them to Trend and they were seated at a small table in the corner next to a window. Brittany, stomach grumbling, immediately started browsing through the menu after they'd ordered drinks. Santana smiled to herself as the blonde practically salivated over the pictures in the menu.
Brittany could eat like a giant and, yet, she was incredibly fit and toned and she never picked up weight. Ever. Santana was amazed the first time she shared a meal with the blonde and was even more amazed at the fact that the woman managed to finish off the food Santana didn't finish.
The waiter took their food orders and Brittany scolded her stomach for growling so loudly before handing the man the menus and smiling in thanks. She then folded her arms on the table and grinned at Santana.
"May I just say; you are looking mighty fine in that outfit." She said with a flirty wink. Santana snorted out a laugh and shook her head as she sipped on her coffee.
"Uh-huh." She said, brushing the blonde's comment off with a smile and a nod, "What are you up to tonight?"
"Why? Are you asking me on a date?"
"Pfft, you wish. I'm just interested." Santana smirked and Brittany chuckled.
"I'm having dinner at my parent's place." Brittany said, wrapping her hands around her cool glass of pepsi and sniffing, "You?"
"Barbecue at my brother's. They just got back from Florida so, I'm going to see my niece."
"I didn't know you had a niece." Brittany said, surprised, "How old is she?"
"Four." Santana replied, "Her name's Gabriella."
"How sweet. That's a beautiful name." Brittany mused, "So, your brother - Noah? - from another father is married?"
"Yeah. To my best friend, Rachel." Santana nodded earning a pout.
"Boo, I thought I was your best friend." Brittany said sadly. Santana smiled and tilted her head to the side.
"You're one of them." Santana assured the woman, "Definitely one of them."
"Aunty S'tana!" A tiny voice squealed as Santana walked into the Puckerman household and hung up her coat. She smiled and bent down to catch her niece.
"Hey, gorgeous girl!" She exclaimed, hoisting Gabi into her arms and peppering her face with kisses, "Oh, I missed you so much!"
"Miss'd you!" Gabi giggled as her aunt kissed her face.
"Did you have fun in Florida?" Santana asked, putting her niece on her hip and moving further inside with Rachel following with a smile on her lips as she watched her sister-in-law and daughter interact.
"Yeah! We went to da beach and builded a sand castle!" Gabi said proudly, "And me and mommy put daddy in da sand!"
Santana chuckled and stepped outside to greet her brother, "Fun times. I did that with daddy once. He fell asleep on the sand so, I buried him and gave him boobs." She told the girl, putting her down and pecking the top of her head.
Gabi laughed loudly and clapped her hands, "Aunty S'tana, we got you a present. Imma go get it." She informed her aunt before rushing inside, almost knocking down her mother on her way in.
"Hey, babe." Santana said, pecking Puck's cheek and giving him a squeeze, "How are you?"
"Great. Florida was amazing. It was nice to get away for a while." Puck said as he watched the grill and turned over the chops, "Rach got burnt, though."
"Ouch. Where?" Santana asked, throwing her arm over Rachel's shoulders and pecking her temple.
"My back. I couldn't go anywhere without wincing for two days. Thank god I was burnt on our first day there or else our holiday would've been crap." Rachel replied with a chuckle as she handed her husband a beer.
"Thanks, hon." Puck said, opening the beer bottle and taking a huge gulp.
"Aunty S'tana!" Called a little voice from inside before Gabi's tiny form came racing outside with two presents in her tiny arms.
"Oh, someone wants your attention." Rachel smiled as she craned her neck to watch her daughter run up to Santana as the woman knelt down to her level.
"You gots ta open them. This one's from me and this one's from mommy and daddy." Gabi told her, handing her the presents as she told her who they were from.
"Thank you, schnookums." Santana said, pecking the four year old's nose before hoisting her up and sitting down at the outside table, placing her niece in the chair next to her, "Okay, I'll save the best for last and open mommy and daddy's first."
"Okay!" Gabi smiled widely and watched as Santana opened her first present, revealing a t-shirt with the words # how 'bout no printed on it. She chuckled and smiled at her brother and his wife.
"Thank you, guys. I love it. 'How 'bout no'. I always used to say that when I was a teenager." She told Gabi who's eyes shone in excitement at the information.
"Wow. How 'bout no." Gabi said, smiling in pride as Santana, Puck and Rachel chuckled, "Okay, now my present."
Santana folded the wrapping paper and placed it under her now folded shirt before lifting Gabi's present and shaking it. Gabi giggled and covered her mouth with her hands.
"It's a time machine, I know it." Santana humored the young girl with a smile as she tore off the wrapping revealing a brand new Gucci purse. She gasped, "Oh, my god. This is genuine Gucci. Gabi, how'd you know I needed a new purse?"
"I got a good brain." Gabi told the woman who smiled out a chuckle and gawked at the purse.
"This is so beautiful, babe, thank you. I love it." Santana said, leaning in and pecking Gabi's cheek, wrapping her arm around the girl's neck and giving her a gentle hug. She then pulled away and faced Rachel and Puck mouthing 'thank you so much' and watching them nod with smiles, "Okay, baby girl, are you gonna help me move all my stuff from my old purse to this one?"
"Yeah!" Gabi said, throwing her hands into the air and smiling a toothless smile. Her two front teeth were missing and Santana made a note to take a picture for her Facebook wall.
The two girls began to remove all of Santana's purse items out of her old purse and place it on the table, "You can have this purse if you want." She told Gabi who's eyes widened as she smiled a face splitting grin.
"Yes please, aunty S'tana!" She squealed and Santana smiled widely at the sound, handing the young girl her old purse and watching her squeak in excitement and race back inside to put her teddies and kiddies make-up in it, "Thank you!" She yelled from the stairs as she ran up them to her room.
Santana snickered as she watched her niece disappear up the stairs, turning back to the married couple and shaking her head, "You really shouldn't have done this, you guys. It's way too much." She told them.
"San, we forgot to give you your Christmas present. We saw that and Rach remembered you needed a new one so, we got it for you." Puck said as he turned the meat over again and cleared his throat, "The shirt was just a funny we thought you'd like."
"I do like it. I love it. It's hilarious."
"So, anything changed since we left between you and Brittany?" Rachel asked and Santana frowned, shaking her head.
"Nah. We're just friends." She told the couple as Rachel took Gabi's seat and reached for the wine in the center of the table. She poured two glasses and handed one to Santana.
"So, you don't have romantic feelings for her, then?" She asked curiously and watched as Santana forced a shake of her head. She hummed and sipped her wine, "Alright. I believe you... for now."
Santana smiled and began to put all of her stuff in her new purse, slinging it over the back of the chair when she was done and lifting her wine to her lips, sipping it and looking at the liquid, "Lambrusco?" She asked.
"Yeah. We got it in Florida." Rachel told her as Puck continued to cook the meat while the gravy, mashed potatoes and vegetables sat in the kitchen in the oven to stay warm, "God, Gabi was so excited to see you she practically wet herself when she saw your car pull up in the driveway."
Santana smiled and let out a laugh, "She's adorable. I missed her so much. I didn't actually realize how much time we spend together until you guys left." She told the couple as she swirled her wine in the glass before sipping it again.
As soon as dinner was ready, the four of them sat around the dining table and ate. Gabi was telling stories about her adventures at the beach with Blinky, her imaginary friend while Santana listened intently as she ate a fork full of mashed potatoes covered in delicious gravy. Together, Rachel and Puck were practically Gordon Ramsey. Whenever they hosted dinner parties or barbecues, the food never failed to be absolutely exquisite. Rachel could make brussel sprouts taste like heaven.
"Rach, these potatoes are amazing." Santana commented as Gabi chewed on a large bite of her pork chop. She chewed for a while before swallowing and sipping her drink.
"Thanks, San."
Gabi swallowed her milk before continuing to tell her story about how her and Blinky swam with dolphins. The dinner was a fun time for all four of them and as soon as Santana had tucked Gabi into bed and read her a bedtime story, she said her goodbyes and drove home.
In a completely different apartment, Brittany lay awake thinking about Santana. She was completely smitten with the woman and Santana had no idea. She'd brush off Brittany's attempts at flirting and she'd ignore Brittany's obvious displays of affection on their Friday movie nights. Brittany didn't understand why the girl was so incredibly stubborn and closed off. There was clearly a reason behind it all and Brittany was determined to find out exactly what that reason was.
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