Santana sat on the couch, a note book resting on her barely there bump. Well, Finn thought it was barely there. He was worried how thin she still was even though she's about four months pregnant. Santana swears she's a lot bigger than she was with Nick. The doctor also says she's perfectly fine. Finn chooses not to believe anyone.
Nick is sitting next to her, sipping on some juice, he has his own notebook out but unlike Santana, he's just coloring in it.
"Alright baby, what about robots?"
Nick stops coloring and looks up to the side; he does that when he's thinking. "Jason had robots at his party."
"Ok, so, no on the robots." Santana says, scratching it out with her pen. "What about a space theme?" Nick simply shakes his head, "Around the world?"
"We did that last year."
"And you loved it." Nick just shakes his head again.
"What are you two talking about?" Finn asks, coming in from the kitchen. He's only heard parts of the conversation so he's pretty lost.
"Birthday party themes," Santana answers, scratching out more of the options she has written down.
"What about Superman?" Finn suggests.
Santana laughs and Nick gives Finn this look that makes him feel really stupid, "Five year olds have Superman themes, daddy."
"Oh…well, excuse me." He jokes, walking over to Santana. He gives her a small kiss and sits on the other side of her, lifting up the notebook, "Beach theme?"
"Callie gets sunburnt too easily." Nick says.
"Oh, are we friends with her again?" Santana teases.
Nick doesn't say anything, he just keeps coloring. Finn shakes his head and looks at the list, crossing off beach. "Laser tag? That sounds awesome!"
"Michael had laser tag last month." Nick reminds them. "And cross off Chuck E Cheeses too."
Finn looks at the list and crosses off the two options. Santana pouts a little, "Planning parties are so hard." She whispers. "Wanna have a zoo theme?"
"No." Finn answers. "That will smell bad." Santana laughs, "Seriously."
"Fine; how about…Pirates?"
Finn and Nick both stopped what they were doing and looked to the side and thought. Santana shook her head at how alike they were and also the fact that Finn was thinking about this as if it was for his party.
"I like it." Nick finally says.
"Me too," Finn agrees, smiling at her.
Santana continued to plan the party. She went over the guest list with Nick like ten times, figured out the cake he wanted and the activities they could do. Finn was pretty excited since he's going to actually get to help. He's kind of helped with Jack and Daniel's parties but Rachel usually takes over and just makes him and Puck hang up the streamers.
As they're getting into bed, Santana's talking about the adults that will be there.
"Of course Anita will be there, Paul and Steve as well. Your mom and Burt called and asked if they could come, so they'll be there." Finn nodded along with her and got the pillows set up. Santana's been having trouble sleeping and he's found the perfect way to make the pillows for her. "My parents are coming too."
Finn pauses and looks up at her. "They are?" He's a little nervous about meeting them. He's met them briefly back in high school but it was more like 'this is a group of friends from high school'. He's never actually talked to them and he's nervous.
"Yea, is that ok?"
"Yea…of course," He smiles nervously at her.
Santana eyes him carefully but he keeps his nerves him until she stops looking. They get into bed and Finn pulls her against his chest, tucking a pillow in behind her and then covering her up. She falls asleep quickly which lets Finn's mind wander.
He's so nervous about seeing her parents because he thinks they'll hate him. Hate him for getting their daughter knocked up and hate him for not being around, then blowing back into town and getting her pregnant again.
Yea, he knows that he didn't know about Nick so that wasn't his fault. But he's still scared of what they'll think. He's sure they're going to hate him. Mr. Lopez always sounded like a bad ass from what Puck's told him.
Two weeks later, Santana has all the party stuff ready. The party is in two days and Nick seems pretty excited. Finn's parents get in town and he lets them stay in the guest room/soon-to-be nursery.
"Why are the walls still white?" His mom asks as they're all eating dinner.
"I haven't been able to sneak the color in yet." Finn answers. She and Burt looks at him weird, "Santana refuses to be told what we're having. So, Nick and I are doing everything as a secret."
Santana nods, "I like surprises, Finn….not so much."
"I've had enough in one lifetime." He teases. Santana laughs a little. "Plus, I'm really impatient."
"That is so true. When Finn was a kid, he would try to rip open all the presents; even the ones that weren't for him." Carole says, laughing a little at the memory.
"Oh, well…like father like son. Nick here, he helps other open gifts because he can't stand waiting."
They all joke around and more or less tease Finn and Nick. Santana likes having Finn's parents around. They're funny and nice and just warm people. They don't seem to judge as harshly as her parents.
Speaking of her parents, they got in late and instead of going to a hotel like Santana told them, they came to her house. Finn ended up sleeping on the couch while Santana and Nick shared his small twin bed so her parents could sleep her and Finn's room.
It's safe to say that Finn is pissed because Santana's back hurts the next morning. He blames her parents of course. She does too but she doesn't say it to their faces. She's kind of a coward when it comes to them.
Her parents take them out to breakfast, claiming they have a surprise for Santana. Half way through the meal, her surprise shows up.
"Darling, you remember Heath." Her mom says, motioning to the boy.
Heath's the same age as Santana and her parents pretty much fell in love with him when they moved Arizona. They always tried to pawn her off on him. And surprisingly he was willing to marry her. But she didn't like him and she thought it was weird he was willing to marry a pregnant girl so she always turned him down.
"Of course," She says in a confused tone. "How are you, Heath?"
He pulls up a chair and sits next to her, Finn's glaring at him. "I'm doing great, Santana. How are you?"
"Good." She grabs Finn's shoulder. "This is Finn, my boyfriend and Nick's father."
Heath eyes Finn a little and then says hi. The whole breakfast consists of Santana's parents singing the praises of Heath and Santana reminding everyone that Finn is her boyfriend.
"So the valet brings back this beamer and hands me the keys," Heath says, her parents totally drawn into the story. Santana is sneering at him and Finn's still glaring. Nick is copying both of their facial expressions. "And I say, this isn't my car but hey, I'll take it." The three of them laugh.
Finn looks actually confused and Santana's shaking her head. "That's not funny," Nick says, causing Santana and Finn to both laugh a little.
"It's an adult joke." Heath says. Santana shakes her head. "So, Finn…what do you do for a living?"
"I co-own a sports store with a friend of mine."
"In this recession?"
"Business is actually really good. We're way in the black and we don't seem to be slowly down."
"Surprising, you wouldn't think a sports store would be doing so well."
Santana rolls her eyes, "Well, it is. This is their second location and they might be opening up a third." She defends Finn and his business. "And the economy isn't hitting small business owners as hard as it uses to. The pizza place is really good right now and we might open up a beach front location."
"That's impressive, Santana." Heath says, his arm going around the back of her chair. "How many months are you?"
"Four." Finn answers for her, his arm moving around her shoulders. He begins to stare Heath down which makes everyone feel really awkward. But Santana's not mad at him. Heath and her parents deserve this shit.
He finally moves his arm from around the chair and sets it in his lap. The rest of the morning consists of more "adult humor" and Heath trying to flirt with Santana. When they get home, they have to figure out the sleeping arrangement since Santana's parents pretty much refuse to leave the house and pay for a hotel.
Santana feels really bad that Burt and Carole have to go stay in a hotel. Nick and Finn sleep in the baby's room and Santana sleeps alone in Nick's room. Her back hurts her even more that night and she has a tough time falling asleep since she's so uses to having Finn hold her at night.
Finn is ready to go off on them the day of the party. They're just sitting around the house, pretty much bashing everything they do. They don't find the pirate's theme to be fun since there are real pirates who kill and steal all the time.
Santana bakes the cake and Finn helps her set up the snack table and the little games for the kids. Burt and Carole sit around and put all the gift bags together. When the kids show up, they hand out little pirate hats and eye patches out for them.
Heath shows up and Santana can tell it send Finn into an even worse mood. They both put on happy faces though since kids and their parents are here.
"I'm going to go get the pizza." Santana announces. "So everyone wipe your hands up and sit at the picnic table." She instructs.
Finn watches her walk inside and disappears around the wall. He helps the kids wipe their hands with the alcohol wipes and throws them away.
Santana pulls the pizza out of the over and starts to cut up a bunch of slices. She feels someone move behind her and for a split second thinks it's Finn.
"Babe, I got it." She laughs and turns to see Heath. "Get off me," Her whole tone changes.
"Santana, I told you before. You and I could be great together. Forget about this Finn guy and be with me."
"You're so creepy." She says, shaking her head. "And I'll never leave him. He's the father of my children and I love him."
"You could love me."
Santana rolls her eyes at him.
Meanwhile, Nick is glaring toward the sliding glass door. Finn notices and moves toward him.
"What's wrong?"
"I think he's in there."
"Who?"
"Heat," Finn laughs a little at how Nick says his name. "He always asks mommy to marry him."
"What?" Finn turns serious now.
"Papa and Grandma want them to be my mommy and daddy. Not you."
Finn stands up and walks into the house. He peers around the corner and sees Heath standing dangerously close to Santana, talking about how he's so much better than Finn. Santana's not saying anything; she's just cutting the pizza up. He's about to step in when he sees Santana turn around and hold the pizza cutter up against his neck.
"Back off." She snaps. "Finn is who I want. I don't want you. I've never wanted you; even when he wasn't around. You and I will never, ever be together. And I swear if you come into my house again and talk shit about my man, I will cut you." She lowers her weapon and Heath backs away from her. "Now, go outside, tell my son to have a Happy Birthday, say you got a call and have to leave and get out."
Heath nods and walks out of the kitchen quickly, stopping when he sees Finn smirking at him. Finn walks into the kitchen a few seconds later. "Hey baby." He greets.
She looks up at him like nothing just happened. "Hey." She moves over to him and gives him a quick kiss. "Carry the pizza out for me?"
"Of course."
The rest of the party is really nice. Her parents aren't complete jerks to Finn and without Heath there and what Finn overheard, everything is much better. Finn sacks up that night and kicks her parents out of the house. Santana tells him that it was hot and pushes him back on the bed the second Nick's asleep.
The next few days are good, really good. Santana's parents aren't total jerks and Finn's parents are still awesome. Burt and her dad helps Finn with the room and her mom and Carole takes her out shopping that way they can sneak in whatever color schemes they need to.
A week later, when all the parents have left and it's just them again, they start discussing baby names.
"I really like Gabriel for a boy." Santana says while Finn rubs her stomach softly. "That and Santiago."
Finn pauses and kisses her shoulder, "You think it's going to be another boy?"
She shrugs a little, "Sort of."
"Well, I like those names."
"Yea? Ok, let's think for girls."
"Sofia?"
"I like that."
Finn leans forward a little more and kisses her on the lips, "So, girl we'll name her Sofia, boy we'll name him…"
"Santiago."
"Perfect."
She smiles at him and closes her eyes. She's happy they finally sat down and actually picked out names. She can't wait until she figures out which name she gets to use.
The next day they wake up startled. They hear a banging on their bedroom window and both panic, thinking someone might be trying to break into their house. Santana doesn't waste a second to jump up and run to check on Nick.
She stops at the bedroom door though when she hears a familiar voice.
"Noah, they might be asleep still! Let's go back to the hotel."
"It's nine in the fucking morning. They should be up."
Santana turns toward the knocking on the window again. "Don't use that language in front of the kids!" Rachel snaps.
"I'm going to kill them." She snaps and pulls the door open.
Finn gets up and follows her through the house. "I'll start digging the graves."
