I HAVE AN IDEA: Dancing With The Lopez
Chapter 1:
She announced it at their 45th wedding anniversary party. Shocking most everyone more than anything, Brittany couldn't stop staring at her in total shock.
"Your joking right Ma?" Angel asked shifting herself in her chair uncomfortable with the idea of her Ma possibly attempting this.
"Now Angelica, I know I am not as graceful as you or your mom but I can do this, I have rhythm in me still." Santana shook her arms and head around for emphasis.
"Do you know how to dance Mawmaw?" Sarah, Angelica's 8 year old daughter asked sweetly from her spot on Matteo's lap, Matteo stifling a laugh.
"Yes sweet girl your mawmaw sure can bust a move."
"Don't say that phrase Ma, it'll send us all to therapy." Gabbie laughed.
"I am telling you, I am going on Dancing With The Stars as a contestant and I am going to win!" Santana stated it again hands on her hips staring down all her children and grandchildren while her wife just chugged back the chardonnay and nodded.
They relocated to California staying in their beach house in Santa Monica for this. She signed the contract, was paired with a partner and that was that. Now came 1 week of preparation on her own to strengthen herself before the 2 weeks of preparation with her partner Zach. She had zero experience in ball dancing and Brittany was nervous about her competing, nervous that if something went wrong or if someone said something to her in a negative way she would go all Lima Heights.
They were getting closer and closer to the spring premier of the show, just 5 days away and Santana refused to let Brittany into her studio to watch her practice and learn. Brittany outsmarting her wife as always called the children in, not their children no no, that would be way to obvious, she called in the grandchildren.
They were known as the FAB 9, 9 of them in 9 years. It as their little army really Starting with Angelica's oldest son Chris who was now 10 years old and trailing all the way down to the freshly added Abigail who was a little over 4 months old, Their sweet Gabbie and her wife Tabby's youngest, and that baby was truly the sweetest thing, a true blessing to be added to the Lopez clan.
TEXT FROM MOM/GRAMMY:
"Need Help! MY Army Of Spies is needed, help me see how good MawMaw Is doing!"
Sent to everyone, all the children and their spouses in hopes they'd show it to their grandchildren and waited to see who responded.
The one who responded the fastest and promised to arrive the soonest was a good one, it was Liv, Buzz's wife who had 4 of their 9 grandchildren so her alone would bring some serious damage.
"We can be there by tomorrow, Buzz has to work but I can be there with the four horsemen of the apocalypse." She joked.
"I can't wait my dear." Brittany truly was excited to see this side, Buzz now the NFL football running back for the Seattle Seahawks and his school teacher wife Liv lived in Seattle and they really only saw them once a year either Christmas or Thanksgiving, their little Nia who was 7 years old was a fire cracker, she was bound to hound Santana into letting Grammy into see her practice.
Brittany opened the door to the condo quickly ushering in Liv and the kids, her daughter Nia showing her Grammy her fancy dress she got to wear to show MawMaw she could dance fancy too and the twins, Niko and Kalani fighting ridiculously over some toy.
"The fun never stops, sorry Britt." Buzz's adorable wife said as she placed their toddler, Buzzy Jr down to great her mother in law.
"Okay babies, Grammy has a special task for you, I need YOU 3 to come with me to the dance studio and visit Mawmaw. I have an idea!"
"Yes yes yes!" Nia squealed spinning in her fancy dress.
She sent Nia in and sat back patiently waiting, watching through the cracked door as Santana basically screamed picking up her granddaughter kissing her cheeks and smiling at her toothless grin.
"I can dance too Mawmaw see see see!" Nia began to twirl and shimmy and hop making Santana and her dance partner Zach laugh.
"Show me your moves." Nia asked batting her eyelashes.
"Of course baby!" Santana smiled then looked at the door, narrowed her eyes and cocked her head to the side.
"First we have to shut the door, my wife is very nosy."
"THAT IS YOU NOT ME!" Brittany yelled through the door as it slammed in her face.
She sat back in the waiting reception area with the 5 year old twins, asking them about school, friends, sports and what this loud transformer toy they had was.
Nia came running out, smiling so bright with glitter all over her now.
"What happened Nia? Tell Grammy!" She placed her on her lap
"Oh I was pretty and Mawmaw does the swiggles and the dips! She even did that thing with the stuff!"
"What thing?"
"You know, the thiinnnggg." Nia shook her head with emphasis while saying the word "thing."
"Right." Brittany nodded as she sighed and got up to walk back out to the car with the kids.
"You are absolutely useless Nia Lopez, adorable as hell, but useless." She had to go bigger, Jessica Valerie's 9 year old or Sarah the 8 year old…..that was her big guns.
And the big guns rolled in, the day before the actual show which did little to calm Brittany's worries about her wife's ability to dance along side a pro and look fantastic, she loved Santana do not get her wrong, loved her with all her being but she knew her wife wasn't the best dancer, not now anyway, she hadn't danced in years, a little bunny hop or hokey pokey now and then does not count.
"Sarah go GO go go make her show you, and then you show her that stuff, you know strength in arms and legs, straight core, correct footing." Brittany knew Sarah was the right one for this, Sarah being basically raised in the dance studio along side Angel and Brittany herself.
Sarah was sent back, pouting really with scrunched up eyebrows and a note for her Grammy.
"NICE TRY, SARAH IS BANNED FROM THIS STUDIO."
"She said you were in trouble, not me." Sarah nodded her head and then looked sad again, "I'm sorry I got you I trouble Grammy."
"Don't worry baby, we still have little Isaac to back us up ISAAC your up!" She reached for Gabbie's 3 year old who smiled and said "Posture!"
"Oh so smart!" Brittany bopped his nose as she sent him down the hallway.
He came back laughing really, laughing hysterically covered in glitter followed by his MawMaw.
"Brittany, take my grandbabies home and play with them, stop spying! You will see me dance tomorrow and you will be blown away, I do however need this little munchkin COME WITH ME BABY!" She reached for Gabbie's youngest out of Gabbie's arms and winked back at everyone as she took off down the hallway.
"BABY NAPPER!" Gabriella shouted at her Ma.
"She took the one who cant talk!" Brittany held her hips in both disbelief and also pride in her wifes sneaky ways.
AUTHOR NOTE:
I OF COURSE was inspired by HeMO being on DWTS but we gotta flip it here, its Santana dancing ;) I hope you guys like it so far.
Will update soon!
-Miss Lynn