School has started again, and it's been a real pain… already. But, I won't let that affect my update pattern. Well I'll TRY not to let it affect my update pattern. With that being said… I'm not really sure how I feel about this chapter. It's more of a filler than anything. I just haven't had time to write at all this week, but I wanted to make sure I updated before today was over with, so this is what I got.
I carelessly swirled my spoon around in my cereal bowl. Waking up without Santana next to me sucked. I mean, eighty-five percent of the time this is how I spend my mornings, because she's usually in New York filming her new movie. But, she has a week off… I shouldn't have to spend any of my mornings like this within that time span.
She left a note that didn't really tell me anything. It just said, 'Good morning baby, I'm taking mama and papa out for a little quality time with their daughter. You know how they are… If I don't answer my phone, don't worry. I love you.'
Why would she not include me in quality time? Felix and Lynn love me. It's true that, technically, I'm not a part of their family, but would it have really hurt if I went with them? I let out a huff and slouched a little further in my seat.
Call me clingy and overly attached, which I have been called by Quinn, but it's hard spending all this time away from her. I don't think I'm being clingy… but maybe Quinn was right. Maybe Santana does need time away from me while she's with me… Does that make sense? Whatever.
I feel miserable. Nothing hurts worse than knowing the person you love the most doesn't want to be around you. Maybe I should back off a little bit, every time she gets back from New York we spend every second of every minute together, and to me that's not enough time, but maybe to Santana that's too much time. Which would explain why she took her parents out today and left me here.
I shook my head as I stood up and walked out onto the patio. I glanced around at our backyard. It looks pretty today. Maybe I should try and do something. If Santana doesn't want to spend time with me, then maybe I can just have a day to myself. I could probably go swimming. I thought as I walked over to our pool and stuck one of my toes in to check the temperature.
I quickly took my foot out of the water when I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket. I planted both my feet firmly on the ground before grabbing my phone and unlocking it.
From Rache: Hey Britt, what are you up to?
To Rache: Hey, I'm just lounging around the house. What are you doing?
I turned and walked towards one of the lawn chairs and took a seat while I waited for her reply.
From Rache: Actually, I'm here with Santana, Quinn, and the parentals. You aren't too bored without us?
I furrowed my eyebrows. They were all hanging out… without me? Why would Santana lie and say she was taking her parents out for 'quality time'? A wave of hurt and confusion flowed through my body. I was just about to question Rachel, but before I could respond I received another text.
From Rache: Disregard that last message.
To Rache: No, you're with Santana?
I waited for a reply that never came. I sat there for about an hour willing my phone to vibrate, but it never did. I even tried calling San a few times, but she didn't answer. So I gave up. I can deal with this when she gets home. I dropped my phone in my lap and sat back in my chair.
What am I supposed to do? I'm not sure how long San and the gang will be gone since they all decided to ditch me without telling me what they were doing... Maybe I should take a relaxing swim. It'll ease my mi-
My thoughts were cut short by my phone ringing out loud, indicating that I had a phone call. I jolted in my seat and looked at my phone. For a moment I thought it might have been Santana calling, but to my dismay it was only Derrick.
I let out a sigh and accepted the call.
"Hello?"
"Well, you don't have to sound so excited to be talking to me."
"Sorry Der, What's up?"
"That's better, and you know how I mentioned we were supposed to practice on the stage today?"
"Uh, yea." Actually I had completely forgotten about that.
"Well, there's been a slight change of plans. We can't practice there today. They have to do more prep work or something like that for tomorrow's show. But, we still need to practice, and for some odd reason we aren't allowed in the studio."
"Oh, that's no problem… We could use my studio." A few months ago Santana and I added a dancing studio in the basement of our home. It was her idea. She wanted me to have my own private 'sanctuary.'
"I was hoping you'd say that… Uh Britt?"
"Hm?"
"You aren't busy now are you? Maybe we can start practice a little early?"
"Actually, I'm not busy at all. You know where I live. You can head on over whenever."
"Ok, cool, and one more thing."
"Yes?"
"Melissa is busy with work so I have the kids. You remember Parker and Emma right?"
"Yea, I remember them. If you're asking if they can come along then, sure."
"Great! I'm going to go get them ready and we'll be over in a few."
I hung up the phone and stared blankly into space. Why hasn't Santana even tried to call me back? What is she doing, besides ditching me, that's so important? The least she can do is answer her phone. I shook my head as I got up and walked back inside to go change.
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"Woo!" Parker shouted from the little bench in the corner. "That was so good! You guys are going to beat all those other guys!" He said excitedly. Parker looked exactly like Derrick. He hand sandy brown hair with blue eyes. He's only five years old, but I can tell he's going to be a heart throb.
"Yay!" Emma clapped as loud as her little two year old hands would let her. She looks more like Melissa, even though she did inherit brown hair and blue eyes from her father.
Derrick and I had just performed our routine for the third time in a row, and each time we finished, Parker and Emma cheered like it was their first time seeing us do our routine.
I smiled thoughtfully and bowed. "Thank you for being such a great audience." I complemented. "How about we take a break from all of this dancing and go have some ice cream?"
Both of the small children cheered even louder at the mention of ice cream. "I'll take that as a yes." I flashed Derrick a smile before I walked over to the door and motioned for everyone to follow. We were about midway to the kitchen before I felt something tug the bottom of my sweats. I looked down to see Emma doing the cutest thing.
She had both of her arms extended upward and the cutest little pout spread across her face. "Up, up."
I didn't even think twice before swooping the little girl up in my arms. She let out a little giggle before wrapped her arms around my neck and laid her head on my shoulder.
"Watch it Em, we wouldn't want Santana to see you two like this." Derrick teased, but Emma wasn't paying attention. I doubt she even knew that he had said something. She was busy messing with all the loose strands of hair that had fallen out of my ponytail while we were dancing.
"Woah, you have a pool too?" Parker shouted as he ran up to the back door.
"Parker, no running inside." Derrick chastised.
"It's fine." I start. "Hey, Parker, after we get done with our ice cream would you like to go swimming?"
The excitement on his face quickly died down. "But, I don't have any swimming trunks."
I looked over to Derrick and he just shrugged. "Ok, well how about your dad takes you two home and get your swimming gear and bring you back."
Parker looked over to his dad with hopeful eyes. "Well, since you've gotten his hopes up I guess I have no choice. But, I want some ice cream so swimming will have to wait a while."
Parker and Derrick both found them a seat at the table while Emma helped me get the tub of ice cream down. "Ok, what flavor do you want?" I asked Parker.
"Can I get strawberry and chocolate?"
"Um, I was definitely talking to Parker. You're an adult you can make your own." Derrick looked at me disbelievingly. "Go over there." I said pointing to the pantry. "And get the cones."
"I want just chocolate." Parker said.
"Ok, and Emma, which one do you want?" She didn't answer, she merely pointed at the whole tub and smiled at me.
"She only eats vanilla." Derrick said. "And you might want to get her a bowl, she hates cones."
"Ok, could you get her one out of that cabinet." I pointed in the right direction with my head. It was hard trying to hold an ice cream cone, scoop up the ice cream, and hold a toddler, but I managed. I handed parker his ice cream cone, and scooped enough vanilla into a bowl for both Emma and I while Derrick took what he wanted.
We all ate our ice cream while Parker told us about school and how he's, apparently, the cool kid. Yet, again I lost track of time and forgot to check my phone. For a matter of fact we were so caught up in Parker's rambling that neither one of us heard the front door open.
"Mija, where are you?" Felix called. Everyone's head snapped into the direction the voice was coming from.
"In the kitchen." I called out. Emma started bouncing excitedly in my lap at the arrival of new people. Derrick and I both shared a small laugh.
"Do you have company? We saw a-" Lynn was cut short as she walked into the kitchen. "Oh, hello… Derrick is it?"
"Yes, he's my dance partner."
"Yea, we've seen you on tv." Felix said.
"And plus Santana… talks about you." Lynn added.
"All good I hope." I instantly dropped my head, while Lynn and Felix just stared blankly at him for a short while.
"Ah, and who are these two lovely darlings?" Lynn changed the subject.
"I'm Parker." The small boy said confidently.
"Well, hello Parker. And who is this lovely young lady?" Felix said directing his attention towards the girl in my lap.
She smiled shyly at them before burying her face into my neck. "Her name is Emma." Derrick spoke up.
"Well they both are very lovely children." Lynn complemented.
"Thank you, everyone always says they looks like me." Derrick joked.
I looked from Felix to Lynn taking notice to the fact that someone was missing. "Wher-"
"Did anybody miss me?" Santana said as she walking into the kitchen. Her face went from happy to confused as soon as she saw me holding Emma. "Whose baby-" She answered her own question as her eyes landed on Derrick. He smiled and waved, while she just folded her arms and sent him a glare.
"No way! It's Santana Lopez!" Parker jumped up from his seat and ran up to give her a hug. Santana only knew of Derrick's children she'd never had the chance to actually meet them.
Her scowl immediately replaced with a smile as she looked down at the little boy. "You must be Parker. Brittany told me how cute you were… she wasn't lying either."
Parker's face turned a deep shade of red as he lowered his head in embarrassment. Everyone just laughed in unison. He let go of Santana and buried his face into his dad's shirt. "Don't be embarrassed little man, that was a compliment, nothing to be ashamed of. You should be proud of that."
Parker just kept his head buried in his father's shirt and shook his head. "OK, well since Santana's back. I can only assume you want some alone time." Derrick said to me.
"Yes!" Santana said a little over dramatically. I arched my eyebrow at her. Now she wants to be alone with me, after she spent the day ditching me.
"What happened to us going for a swim?" Parker's head popped up at the mention of us going swimming.
"Actually, Melissa should be home from work pretty soon. So we may have to do a rain check on that."
"Ah man." Parker whined.
"It's ok, Parker we will definitely go swimming another time." I reassured him. Derrick got up from his chair and walked around the table. "Alright come on Em. Let's go get mommy."
"Mommy!" She said excitedly.
"It was nice meeting you all." Lynn said.
Derrick flashed her a smile before walking past them. "Alright, goodbye everyone, see you tomorrow Britt." Derrick said as he made his way out the door.
"Brittany." Santana corrected, but it was too late he was already out the door. Her parents gave her a confused look, but she just shrugged them off. "He needs to learn her full name. He doesn't know her well enough to call her by her nickname."
There was a moment of silence as Felix looked between Santana and I. "OK, that's my cue… I'll be in the den enjoying the beautiful surround sound you have. Lynn would you like to join me dear?" He said holding out his arm.
She gladly accepted his offer, and then it was just the two of us. Santana watched her parents walk away before turning around to face me. She had a small smile spread across her face as she let out a sigh as she walked over to me.
"It's been such a long day. I'm so tired." She leant over to place a kiss on my lips, but I quickly turned my head so she kissed me on the cheek instead. She pulled back with a confused look on her face before she stood up straight. "Did I… do something wrong?"
"San, what exactly did you do today?"
She looked taken back by the question… and a little speechless as well. "I w-… I mean… I-I told you what I was doing." My eyes narrowed dangerously.
"You said you were spending 'quality time' with your parents… But, Rachel said that she and Quinn were also with you… so what were you doing?"
"I… we… well, see… I… shit." She ran her fingers through her hair and looked away before focusing her attention back on me. She looked at me with apologetic eyes. "I'm sorry Britt, but I can't tell you."
"What?"
"Yet." She quickly defended. "I can't tell you yet. Please don't be angry with me."
"OK, so you lie to me and expect me not to be upset with you?"
She opened her mouth but only to close it back. "Exactly. Nothing. I'm going to bed." I said as I got up and tried to walk past her, but she grabbed my arm and stopped me.
"Britt, it's only seven something. It's too early for bed. Besides remember we took an oath to not go to bed angry at each other? We kissed on it and everything, so you can't go to bed until we've successfully talked this out." She countered, and she had a point. It was one rule we didn't take lightly.
I sat back down in my seat and Santana took the chair in front of me. She looked at me intently and waited for me to speak. "San, do you think I'm clingy?" She flashed me a confused look. "Is that why you ditched me today? I mean you could've just said something… I would've given you space… Even though it would kill me inside." She arched her eyebrow in amusement.
"Wait. Is that what you think?"
"Well, am I right?"
She let out a soft chuckle and reached over the table to grab my hands. "You've never been more incorrect. To be honest I can't get enough of you. I would've taken you with me today, but see… you just looked so peaceful this morning that I didn't want to wake you."
I stared into her eyes for a moment before I pulled my hands away from her. "You're lying again."
She let out a sigh and slouched in her chair. "Britt, I can't tell you what I was doing… yet, but I will really, really soon, sooner than you think soon. Just know that I wasn't ditching you. I love you too much for that, and if it wasn't for our jobs I'd spend every millisecond of each day with you."
"Why can't you tell me what you were up to?" I pouted.
"Because Britt… I just can't."
"OK, you know what? Fine. I don't even want to know anymore." I said as I got up from the table. "I'm going to bed."
"Britt, wait a minute." Santana got up and spun me around to face her. "Don't be angry."
"I'm not angry… but just so you know, you're taking one of the guest rooms until you can tell me what you were doing today." A wave of hurt washed over her face, and I had to look away because I couldn't be on the receiving end of that look.
"What? Why?"
"Because you keep lying to me and-" I couldn't even finish my sentence after I saw Santana's eyes begin to water.
"I'm sorry Britt. Please don't be mad at me, there's a really good reason why I can't tell you." She was pleading with me not to be mad, and honestly how could I be upset with her? It seems like she wants to tell me, but really can't.
"And why is that San?" My voice was way softer than before , but I just couldn't take making Santana cry.
"It's a surprise." She said with a quiver in her voice. I tilted my head before grabbing her arm and pulling her closer to me. I wrapped my arms loosely around her waist as she snuggled closer to me. "I'm sorry I lied, but I just didn't want to ruin the surprise."
I let out a sigh. "It's ok." I placed a gentle kiss on her head.
"You're not too clingy."
"OK."
She pulled away from me, but only enough so that she could look me in the eyes. "So does this mean I can kiss you, because honestly it's all I've been thinking about all day."
I nodded my head before closing the distance myself. I believe her, I trust her. If she says she can't tell me then there's probably a good reason why.
She pulled away from the kiss, and flashed me a smile. "Now would be the perfect time for a pick up line." She said suggestively.
Both of my eyebrows shot up in amusement. "Well… go on." I encouraged.
She gave me a peck on the lips. "It's just that, you're so beautiful you made me forget my pick up line."
I laughed as she continued to kiss me. "I like that one." I managed to say between kisses.
"And I like you… so how about we move this upstairs?"
"Not while Felix and I are watching movies in the den." Lynn said as she took a few snacks from the fridge. "Save all of that for tomorrow night when we're gone." She sent Santana a wink.
"Mom!" Santana whined.
"Quit whining and come join us." Lynn said as she walked away.
I pulled completely away from Santana and grabbed her hand. "I didn't even see her come in here."
Santana squeezed my hand and pulled me close again. "I didn't see her either… You must be a magician, because when I look at you, everyone else disappears."
I laughed before I placed a chaste kiss on her lips. "I so nailed that one." She stated proudly.
I shook my head and rolled my eyes. "You're cute."
"And you're beautiful." She replied.
"San, stop it, and lets go watch this movie."
"What? I was only stating the facts."
"OK, sweety… lets go."
"I don't think I can make it…" I flashed her a confused look. "I'm like a machine Britt, I need kisses to fuel me, and you haven't given me nearly enough kisses for me to do something like walk."
I smiled before I began to pepper kiss all over her face. There was not one place on her face that my lips didn't touch. "OK, are you good now?"
"Let's go." She said, pulling me behind her.
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Well what'd you think? I tried to make this chapter seem remotely interesting with a little added drama… that turned out to be nothing… Well it's something. But we shall find that out next chapter. To make up for a bad chapter, I'm going to give you guys a spoiler… If you don't want a spoiler, please don't read any further than this. Don't forget to review, btw.
SPOILER
There will be sexy times in the next chapter. ;)