Morning came too soon for the blonde. Liam woke up about three am and wanted to be fed. The baby boy fell asleep right after, Brittany however couldn´t find any sleep. She lay awake in her bed and stared at the ceiling. Her head ached from crying and she felt dried out. When she walked into the kitchen to get a bottle of water, she passed the jacket of Santiago. It made her heart ache. She knew she had to return it somehow, but she didn´t want to see him.

But then again, she wanted to see him, but she couldn´t spend more time with him. Brittany knew that if she spend more time with him, she would get too attached. She huffed, because how could she even like him? They barely spent an hour together! And almost half of that time was consisting of her stripping and he paying for it. Get your head straight!

Reality couldn´t compare to the dream she had until Liam woke her. Because, reality sucks! She wanted to have her dream come true. Santiago was holding Liam in his arms and Brittany was snuggled into his side. They sat on a picnic blanket by the beach and at one point, Santiago wrapped his arm around Brittany and kissed the top of her head. It was a nice dream.

She shook her head of the thoughts. Brittany knew that she had to focus on something different. There was no future with Santiago for her. Liam was her only future and she wanted him to have the best future possible. Therefore, work was her highest priority right after her son, school was also something that she had to get back in. Maybe some online courses would be good for her as soon as she had some savings.

It was hard making such decisions all by herself. Taking care of, not just her own life, but also Liam´s wasn´t easy. Brittany was well aware that she wasn´t the brightest crayon in the box, people have always told her: her classmates in high school, her former boyfriend and worst her parents. She didn´t want for Liam to grow up with a stupid mother, therefore she needed to take of her clothes and earn money to go back to school and prove everybody wrong.

Her mother once told her that men liked smart girls. The blonde wanted a boyfriend, a husband even. There was nothing more that Brittany wished for than a family that loved her and Liam unconditionally. But the blonde was aware that this would never happen, at least not as long as she worked at the Sugar Cube. Although, Brittany was only 23, she realized that at the moment there was no place for a man in her life.

She was lost in her thoughts again until Liam cried again. The blonde walked over to her son´s crib and smiled at him. As soon as the infant saw his mother he stopped crying.

"Hey my little angel" she picked him up, he was so small "are you hungry" she asked him while lifting up her shirt. The baby boy latched onto her breast and the blonde saw that it was almost 7 am. She leaned against the headboard and talked to her son while he fed. When he was ready to be burped she again started walking around the living room. Then she heard a knock on the door.

"What is Quinn doing here so early in the morning, Liam?" She asked the baby who barely could hold his own head. She walked towards the door and opened it without a second thought. It wasn´t Quinn, it was Santiago Lopez.

He smiled at her, but as soon as he saw the baby on her arm he froze. Brittany didn´t even know what to say. She hoped he would strike up the conversation and thank God he did.

"Hey, I thought I bring you breakfast and pick up my jacket... I hope that´s alright. An old lady let me in and told me your apartment number. But I see I forgot to buy some baby jars, sorry." He stuttered.

Brittany sent him a soft smile. "Don´t worry. It´s really nice of you." She still stood at the door gently rocking Liam- She walked over to the couch and grabbed his jacket, while he didn´t dare to walk into the apartment. "Here, you go."

Santiago took his jacket from her. "So, do you want to have breakfast or am I making a fool of myself here?" The Latino was afraid he would overstep any boundaries they haven´t even set yet, well society set them.

Brittany was arguing inside her head and wanted to say no. "Ok, come on in." She replied and her head screamed ´NO´, but it was too late.

He nodded and walked past her. Santiago looked around her apartment was small but nice. It was almost like a small loft, just the sleeping space had a separate wall. The kitchen was connected to the living room which had a small dining table below the window. That would be the best place to set down their breakfast.

"Since you didn´t want coffee last night, I thought a hot chocolate would be a good substitute," he began "aaaand I got scrambled eggs, croissants and bagels" he looked into his bag "cream cheese and butter. They didn´t have pancakes down at the store, sorry."

Brittany found it nice and sweet how he rambled and apologized for something which wasn´t his fault. She walked into the kitchen area with Liam on her arm and took some plates, the Latino stood within seconds behind her. "Here, let me. You hold onto-" he looked at the baby on her arm.

"Liam," she said "his name is Liam" and Santiago smiled at her and took the plates down and waited for her to point towards the cutlery. When he was setting the table Brittany sat down.

"Liam is a beautiful name" he said as he sat down across from her.

"Thanks. I wasn´t sure what to name him until he was born" she replied. The baby fell asleep and Brittany placed him into his swing and sat back down. "So, why are you here shortly 7 am, Mr. Lopez?"

The Latino did it again, his nervous scratching on his neck. Brittany thought it was funny, she felt tingles in her tummy. Her hormones were driving her crazy and the man´s outer appearance wasn´t helping either.

"Well, I needed my jacket back. It holds my wallet and I really like it, my jacket. And I never caught your name." Brittany then remembered, she didn´t tell him her name last night. Well, he never asked for it. Their conversation was fine without her name.

"My name is Brittany. But how did you pay for this then? Did you steal it?" she asked in shock.

"No, I didn´t steal it. I borrowed some money from my roommate with a 20% interest. But I thought, I couldn´t show up at your apartment this early without food. So here we are." He said and smirked at her. God those dimples, more tingles

Brittany thought about jumping and devouring him right on the floor or the table. Everything she cleared with herself just an hour earlier was wiped away. Brittany´s head was battling with her heart and she couldn´t really understand why Santiago Lopez confused her mind and body. Her head took over again, she had to stay strong.

"That´s very sweet but really, what are you doing here?" She asked with a little bit more force.

Santiago decided to be a little bit more honest, what could he lose? He explained to her that he couldn´t sleep because he really liked her, he couldn´t base it on anything specific, but he liked her and was intrigued. He wanted to know more about her. Sure, his jacket was one good reason. But this woman did not let him sleep. She was running around in his mind and he wanted to know more about her.

After that they talked for almost an hour.

Brittany told him about Liam´s father and why she started working at Sugar Cube. Santiago listened and never asked any questions that she could find insulting. He just wanted to get to know her.

It seemed so easy to talk to him, Brittany forgot all about not getting to close. Santiago Lopez put her under a spell. She trusted him without question and it worried her for a second, but then he smiled at her again and she forgot all about it. She even opened up about her family and how they turned away from her, because she gave birth to a child and not being married.

"My parents gave me a speech about how wrong it is to conceive a child and not be married, but knowing you are expecting and still not marrying," She paused for a second "well that was the final straw. They called me stupid and careless. I tried to explain to them that Michael, Liam´s father, left me shortly after I told him," tears were running down her cheeks now "and you know what they said? They said he did the right thing, since I was too stupid to have safe sex."

Santiago was shocked, he got up from his chair and walked over to her side of the table and carefully wrapped his arms around her. She sobbed into his neck.

"Shhhh, shhh. Calm down Britt," he used a nickname "you are not stupid. Look at Liam, he is asleep and looks pretty content to me. You are doing a great job."

He continued to rock her for another five minutes until she finally calmed down. Brittany liked being held by him. He was so strong but his embrace was gentle and he smelled so good. Her lips were so close to the skin on his neck, it was less than an inch, she could just purse her lips and she could kiss him. But she couldn´t. She pulled herself away from the Latino and took a deep breath.

"Thanks, but I think you should go. I don´t know why I let you in, I shouldn´t have. You should go, thanks for breakfast" she said wiping her tears away. The Latino was taken aback by this and his body was on autopilot, he carefully got up and walked to his jacket and grabbed it.

"Ok," was all he said and placed a card on the table in front of her "here is my cell. If you want to I don´t know, want to have breakfast again or talk, text me, call me. Do whatever. But believe me, I meant it when I said that I like you."

Brittany could hear sadness or was it disappointment? The blonde wasn´t sure, but she couldn´t care. She had a responsibility towards her son and not a man who already saw her naked and payed her for it. Brittany told herself that he was a sleaze like all the other men who wanted a lap dance from her, it was easier for her.

He walked out of her apartment without saying anything else or waiting for a response. The walk back home happened in a daze. Santiago realized that he was home when he unlocked his front door. Puck and Finn were playing video games, Puck obviously came over from a one night stand, he still smelled like the strip club. Finn on the other hand just got out of bed, he was still wearing his only boxers and a shirt. Santiago walked over there, dropped a fifty dollar bill on the table "keep the rest Finn" and walked into his room slamming the door shut.

"What crawled off his dick?" Puck asked Finn who just shrugged.

"Don´t know he can´t be a girl." Puck rolled his eyes and focused back on the TV. The Latino would talk if he when he was ready. Puck had known Santiago for almost two years now, he knew that the Latino just needed some time to cool down and open up.

Santiago threw his jacket onto a chair and ridded himself of his pants. Left in his briefs and a shirt, he threw himself on the bed. He tried to figure out why Brittany kicked him out for no reason. Everything seemed fine. Sure, it wasn´t the smartest idea to just turn up with breakfast at a strippers house. But, Santiago wasn´t one of those weirdos, right? He wasn´t a stalker. He just wanted his jacket back, ok, he wanted to see her again. But mainly, he wanted his jacket back.

Bringing her breakfast was a nice option to see her again, fast. To him she wasn´t a stripper, Brittany, that´s what she said her name was, was a mother. He never would have guessed. Brittany was a mother to a two months old baby boy. Santiago wanted to punch her ex-boyfriend for just leaving her and not standing by her side for something they both did. But on the other hand, he was happy.

Brittany gave him the strange feeling of completeness and Liam belonged to her and he look so small in her arms. Santiago wanted to hold him, but he didn´t want to cross that line. He knew that he should have kept his distance. Well, he did but it didn´t help. Brittany still kicked him out. He was confused, everything seemed fine and then out of nowhere he was asked to leave. Santiago grabbed his laptop and tried to distract himself, but there was nothing that helped. His thoughts made him feel weary and drowsy.

After a while he jumped off the bed, sleeping wasn´t an option. He got dressed in some sweatpants and decided to join his friends. Just when he was about to leave his room the cell phone on his nightstand chimed. Santiago saw that his oldest sister was calling.

"Hey Jazmin" he tried to sound as happy as possible, he wasn´t in the mood of discussing the past 24 hours.

"Santiago, I don´t have a lot of time. But mami told me to tell you to book a hotel for us over Thanksgiving, we are coming to visit. Mami is off that week and she´s been bothering me with telling you to book a hotel, since this is obviously not a possibility from New York." She ranted. She was a typical Latina, Jazmin was talking loud and fast most of the times.

Her brother just chuckled and could feel the glare she was giving him over the phone, siblings just knew those things "Sure Jaz, how many rooms?"

"I´m not sharing mami, entiende? Ella es loca. Maybe Julia wants to bunk with her or Josefina, but I want a single room," she told him like her life was depending on it "so just book four singles, hermano and send me details so mum can calm down after she´s back from her conference in Stockholm."

"Ok, Jazmin. I´ll let you go now." He wanted to hang up so bad but then his sister began ranting again.

"What´s your problem? Don´t you wanna talk to your favorite sister? Come on, tell me what´s new. How was your birthday party? You didn´t sound too excited yesterday" that girl could talk. All his sister talked a lot. Santiago was rather quiet.

"You just said that you don´t have a lot of time, so don´t blame it on me Jaz," he defended himself "but the party was alright. I had fun and drank some beer." He added nonchalantly.

Jazmin laughed loud "San, you drank? Respect, I thought you were a pussy and-"

"You know my coach will rip my ass wide open if he sees me drinking, right?" He interrupted. Santiago valued his scholarship and his coach focused and him a lot more, because of that. There was a reason he got a full ride.

"Calm down little lady," Jazmin teased "don´t drop your panties. I know how much you love your scholarship. Just rub it in my face that I didn´t get one and still pay my fucking student loans. I´ll gotta go now. Love you." She said and waited another second for him to say his goodbye as well and then hung up.

He took a deep breath and walked out into the living room, Puck and Finn haven´t moved in the last hour. The Latino didn´t want to talk about his problems and tried to avoid it by starting another topic. "My sister just called and told me that all of them are coming over Thanksgiving. How can I survive another holiday with four crazy Latina women?" He chuckled.

Puck paused the game "I´ll take them all of your hands and take good care of them." He said moving his hips in an upward-downward motion. Santiago grabbed the remote that was sitting next to him and threw it at his friend.

"Stop it, those are my mother and sisters. And there is no way you would get to close to them, besides," he added "if they got close enough they would laugh their asses off, because that run-over squirrel on your head is not attractive."

Finn joined in laughing about Puck, who didn´t like that at all. But he knew it was all fun and just flipped them of, continuing the game and killing Finn´s character.

They spend the day lounging around the living room ordering Chinese for lunch and pizza, wings and beer for dinner. When 6pm rolled around they stopped playing and watched the football game that was on. Puck commented on everything that was wrong in the 49ers plays. Finn, who was like Santiago on the football team, just shook his head because Puck couldn´t be more wrong. The Latino knew that too, but he had too much fun, watching Puck regret his answer after the play went just as it was supposed to.

"Puck," he started, opening his first beer of the evening, Puck was already 4 beers in "thank you for not being our coach. I would quit the team right away. You suck at tactics."

Puck tried to defend himself, but being a light weight at drinking made it impossible for him to get even one sentence out straight. Finn couldn´t keep it together and laughed so hard. He begged Puck to stop talking because otherwise he would wet his pants. That made Santiago beg too, he loved that couch.

When they calmed down and continued to watch the game, Santiago´s thoughts went back to Brittany. He knew that Finn and Puck would only distract him for so long. And they did a good job, almost 12 hours passed when his mind wasn´t fixed on the beautiful blonde dancer. She might have run through his mind once or twice but wasn´t stuck like she was right now.

"Watcha thinking about?" Finn asked bringing the bottle to his mouth.

Puck was passed out. The Latino still wasn´t in the mood to talk about Brittany, since there was nothing to talk about. He just shook his head.

"Just enjoying the last couple of days until practice starts again. Coach will make us work our asses off. I don´t think I´m gonna be on top of my game after almost three months of the break schedule."

Finn agreed with him. "Yes, the simple running and weight lifting and theoretical stuff, practice will fuck us hard."

The Latino nodded and felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He looked at the screen and saw that it was his sister asked if he booked the rooms, he would answer later, because he already did that during the afternoon. He pushed is back into his pocket and leaned back into his chair.

Puck was snoring loudly now. "Are we just leaving him on the couch tonight? I don´t think he´ll get home on his own." He asked Finn. He just agreed and focused back onto the TV. Santiago did that as well but groaned when his cell phone vibrated again. He cursed under his breath, because Jazmin probably would bombard him with messages until he confirmed the booking. He pulled it out again and saw that it was an unknown number.

from unknown: hey

The Latino guessed that it was Brittany. And he was right.

from unknown: it´s Brittany.

He got up without a word and walked into the bedroom. The messages continued to come and Santiago just read them, he waited to find out what exactly she wanted. He was still confused from this morning and didn´t know how to respond. What he could do was save her number.

from Brittany: I wanna apologize 4 this morning

from Brittany: I´m sorry

from Brittany: really

from Brittany: plz say something

from Santiago: all forgiven.

from Brittany: great, can I make it up somehow?

It made his heart jump, he felt like a teenage boy again. However, he was aware that he had to do the mature thing here. Santiago hated it, it almost killed him. But he was well aware that Brittany needed some time to make sure what she wanted. This morning everything seemed fine and from one second to another she freaked out on him and kicked him out.

from Santiago: there is nothing to make up. I think u need some time. I didn´t want to force myself onto you like that, sorry.

He sighed and pressed send. That wasn´t an easy message, he really wanted to see her again and talk everything out. But there was no possible way to do this right now. This morning was still present in his mind and it must be the same for Brittany. Furthermore, she was under a lot of pressure and having Liam around wouldn´t make it any easier. He wanted to give her time, she probably knew that he wasn´t far.

from Brittany: ok. I really wanted to see you tho. But then maybe another time. Sorry again.

Santiago bit his tongue, he wanted to scream. Should he run over to her house now? Dammit, she wanted to see him, apologize in person, she really wanted to see him. He had to, he must go over to her house right now and talk to her. Santiago jumped out of his bed and was about to walk out of his room when he stopped and walked back over to his bed. "Brittany needs time to clear her mind estupido" he said to himself. Just when he slumped back down and his phone rang again.

from Brittany: if u change ur mind u can come over

"Whatever" he said. He typed that he would be over in 20 minutes and left the apartment. Finn was passed out next to Puck as the Latino left the apartment and began his walk. He tried to sort his mind and thought about something he could say, but he was not able to prepare anything. All he wanted to know was why she changed her mind from one second to the other this morning. Just when he found the start of his monolog he stood in front of the apartment complex. He rang the bell and was buzzed in.

The elevator gave him another minute to think but the doors opened and as he walked out he already saw the blonde beauty standing in her door, holding Liam. "Hey" she said, rocking the baby. "He just ate I have to burp him real quick."

"Take your time" Santiago replied and walked into the apartment following the blonde. He checked out her ass, but as soon as he realized her turned around and slammed the door a little bit too hard. The blonde whipped around and looked at him.

He lifted his hands. "Sorry, sweaty hands." He lied but the blonde believed him. She walked and shortly after Santiago heard a small burp and "good job" from Brittany. She walked into her bedroom to put Liam to bed when she came back she closed the door, placed the baby monitor down and walked over to Santiago who still stood by the door.

"So, do you want something to drink and have a seat? We have about three to four hours until he wants to be fed again." She said. Santiago was impressed how strong Brittany appeared at the moment. He liked it. But he saw her blush a little, it looked so beautiful on her. Everything about her was beautiful.

"Sure, yes, ok." He couldn´t decide what was the best answer. He was nervous and she was the reason why. Brittany turned his brain to mush with an easy question. Santiago felt like a fool, but Brittany grabbed a water and handed it to him, walking over to the couch and sat down waiting for him to follow.

It took a minute for him to start walking and taking a place on the far end of the couch. They just looked at each other, no talking just looking. Santiago took the time to look at her. Brittany was the description of beautiful. There was no other way to explain it.

"Well," she began "I´m sorry. It´s just... I don´t know how to act right now or how I was supposed to act this morning." She ducked her head. Obviously, this was just as hard for her as it was for him.

Santiago nodded carefully. "That´s alright. I feel kinda bad for coming here without an invitation. But I just had to see you again," he gained more composure and definitely felt more confident now "look, Brittany. I really would like to get to know you," he looked at her and she smiled at him "become friends would be really nice. We could hang out and do stuff together."

The blonde liked the sound of that, becoming friends sounded amazing. "Ok, yes. But," she started and hesitated a bit "I have Liam and-"

"He will go anywhere you go. I would never ask you to put me first," he interrupted her "if that is what you want." He added with a slight insecurity, since he assumed that would be ok with the blonde. Because it was more than ok with him. He didn´t mind, he would love to treat her and Liam on dates and every day. He was such a sap for that girl.

A smile spread right across her face, teeth showing. This man was the most considerate she had ever known. "Yes" almost screamed. Brittany couldn´t believe that he would actually do that. She had a thousand thoughts running through her head, but then her mind hit an instant stop sign. "But what about your life? We don´t to interfere."

She felt excited and disappointed at the same time. What if got tired of her? There weren´t a lot of people who liked being around her, well there were only two. Quinn liked her and Liam was her son, so there were the only two people who dared to be close to her.

"You won´t. I know I have practice and away games, but we will manage, right? I mean you also work, so we´ll have to find a date that would fit both of our schedules. That shouldn´t be a problem. It could only become one if we let it happen. And I don´t want that." His voice was full of sincerity. Brittany nodded in agreement, she wanted to spend more time with him as well. Her insecurities were pushed aside for the moment.

"Ok." It was the word Santiago heard from her most. It was a good and a bad sign at the same time. For now, he couldn´t care less. Hell, he would take her and Liam out right now.

"So you wanna plan our first get together or just hang out and work that out later?" He wanted it to happen, now better than later. The blonde, however, wanted to just enjoy the time they had now. Alone. Liam was sleeping so just hanging out and getting to know the Latino was more than fine with her. Beside Quinn, nobody took the time to get to know her or spend time with her and just getting to know the person behind the pretty face.

Santiago understood and for the next few hours they sat opposite to each other and talked about everything and nothing at the same time. Brittany loved just letting lose for a while, the conversation with the muscular man ran without any complications and it was the most intriguing one she had in a very long time.

The hours passed and Brittany was relieved that Liam obviously was too exhausted from the day he had with his mother. Since Santiago left in the morning, she barely let go of him and cradled him, carried him around, laid him on the floor watching him trying to move.

Santiago Lopez listened to all of her bantering about her family and the uninterested employer of hers, the trouble she faced getting back into school and more. All he did was tell her to be there if she wanted him to. And she wanted him there.

When she wanted to know more about him, he wanted to know more about her. Santiago was shy when it came to him, he told her about his three sisters and his mother. Being the only boy in a household full of women seemed though. Brittany was amazed by how shy the Latino was, he told her how much he hated the teasing, but loved his sisters no matter what. The blonde laughed a couple of times when he told her stories how they would hide all of his clothes or place his favorite cereal on the top shelf. When he tried to reach it he almost broke his arm because he fell off the counter.

Their conversation was easy and they worked perfectly. When Liam cried, Santiago decided to head home. He didn´t want to take up anymore of her time. The blonde picked up the baby and walked Santiago to the door.

He rubbed his neck. "Ok, so bye. I´ll see you around." He stuttered. The blonde moved a bit closer to him

"Yes, I´ll call you or send a text." She replied and then she did something nobody expected. She stood on her toes and placed a peck on the Latino´s cheek.

It felt like heaven. Butterflies ran through his body and he felt heat in his cheeks. Brittany on the other hand felt a spark shooting through her body. It felt so right. His stubble was scratching her a bit, but the skin contact was amazing. When she pulled back they both smiled shyly at each other. The moment was cut short when Liam began to fuzz again.

"I´ll go now" the Latino said. "Sleep well Brittany and you too Liam." Then he left.

Brittany locked the door and walked over to the couch Liam´s head was already moving towards her chest, he knew what he wanted.

"Yes, my little angel. I´ll feed you." She ruffled her shirt over her chest and opened her bra to feed the baby. Liam sucked eagerly on her beast. She didn´t notice until now, how much pressure her breast was under. She sighed in relieve and watched her child.

"I had a wonderful evening with Santiago, Liam. He was a real gentleman," she told the baby "we talked all evening and night until you woke up. Did you know he has three sisters? How do you feel about siblings?" The infant gurgled a little and the blonde smiled at him.

"I know, that you rather be an only-child, but maybe one day we can think about a sibling for you. But first we have to find somebody that fits our wishes."

When she was done feeding her son she burped him and laid him back into his crib. Brittany decided on a shower and turned on the baby monitor taking it with her into the bathroom. When she undressed she noticed a small spot in her underwear. It embarrassed her a little, because just from talking to him she got aroused or was it the kiss? It didn´t matter to her, Brittany liked the feeling of arousal.

After she stepped in the shower the warm water hit her body, she hissed because it felt so good. Before she even began to clean her body her hand drifted between her legs.

Brittany couldn´t remember the last time she touched herself. She didn´t dare to do it with Liam in the room and actually she never had a reason to touch herself at all.

But this evening with the Latino just did something to her body.

Her hand moved easily around her clit. With shaky legs her administrations became faster and once in a while she let a finger or two move into her pussy. It didn´t take long for her to fall over the edge. Biting her arm, leaning against the shower wall she felt her orgasm wash over her. The water became cold just seconds before she was ready to get out.

When Brittany went to bed she could still feel tingles in her lower region. Looking at her phone she saw that she had a message from Santiago.

from Santiago: good night you two, sweet dreams

It made her smile again. This man was amazing. She typed a message and pressed send.