Sorry this has taken so long, I've been really busy with work. Took me awhile to figure out what to write for this chapter so I hope you enjoy!
After a few more dates Santana and Brittany are only getting stronger in their relationship. Santana is taking Brittany out to the park where they first met for a little picnic that she has set up.
Santana picks Brittany up from her apartment and they drive over to the park. Santana gets out first opening her truck to get everything that she has brought out for this occasion.
"What are you doing San?" Brittany asks curiously going to the trunk also.
"I just got us a few things for our picnic. You want to help me carry some of it?" Santana asks Brittany handing her the cooler.
"Yeah sure. Do you need me to get anything else?"
"No I think I can get it." Santana says as she grabs the things from the trunk as they make their way under a couple trees for the shade. Santana lays out the blanket for the both of them.
She gets the cooler also and opens it. "Okay so I brought a few waters, some soda. I made us some turkey sandwiches and brought some fruit and chips for us to have. Nothing fancy because you know me I'm not much of a cook." Santana says grabbing a water to hand it to Brittany.
"This is great San. What made you think of all of this?" Brittany says genuinely surprised at the trouble Santana went too.
"Just thought I could do something nice for you. It wasn't that big of a deal especially when it's for you." Santana says smiling at Brittany.
"Thanks anyways." Brittany says leaning towards Santana to give her a kiss.
Once she pulls away Santana gets some plates out for them to use.
They eat the lunch that Santana has prepared for them and have small talk. After a little bit Santana tries to get the courage to ask Brittany what she's wanted to ask since they first met.
"Brittany I know we've only gone out a handful of times together, but I can't help but feel connected to you . You are such a wonderful person and I look forward to your phone calls every day or your text messages in the morning. I really would like to continue this as more than just a friend but a girlfriend." Santana pauses for a second. " So I guess what I'm trying to ask is will you be my girlfriend?" Santana asks nervously.
Brittany smiles for a second before leaning in to Santana giving her a passionate kiss. After a few seconds she pulls away leaning her forehead against Santana.
"So is that a yes you'll be my girlfriend." Santana pulls back putting her hand up to put some hair behind Brittany 's ear.
"I thought you'd never ask. Of course I want to be your girlfriend!" Brittany excitedly kisses Santana one more time.
Santana smiles and grabs Brittany's hand in hers. "I'm so glad that I met you ." Santana smiles.
"What do you want to do about Madi?"
"I think we should wait on telling her. Right now it's working out great and I don't think she is really old enough to understand what we are."
"Whatever you want to do I'm all for it." Santana wants to do whatever Brittany wants in regards to Madison.
They finish their picnic and decide to walk around the park a bit before going back to get Madison.
"So what made you come over to Madison and I that first day at the duck pond?" Brittany asks as they walk hand in hand.
"I really came over there because I wanted to make sure you guys were okay, but after I saw you I wanted to stay and get to know you better." Santana glances at Brittany.
"When I saw you walk up I thought you were beautiful and was trying to keep my cool talking with you." Brittany laughs.
"I'm glad we met that day and I can only see us getting stronger and more serious as time passes." Santana squeezes Brittany's hand.
"I thought having a daughter would have deterred you more." Brittany was concerned about that.
"I wasn't concerned about it. I knew that you having a child was going to make this a little different but Madison is amazing and you are great so it really wasn't an issue. Since meeting you and Madison my life has been more full and I have two people to wake up for everyday."Santana says stopping to look at Brittany.
"You are amazing." Santana lifts her hand up to Brittany's cheek caressing it softly before leaning in to give her a kiss. Brittany wraps her hands around Santana's waist as she kisses her back with just as much passion. After a few seconds they both pull apart leaning their foreheads against one another.
"I'm so glad I met you." Brittany smiles kissing Santana one more time.
A couple days later Santana heads to Brittany's to pick up Madison and Brittany since Madison has her play that she's been working hard on.
"Hey babe." Santana greets Brittany at her apartment.
"Hey San." Brittany says back before leaning in to give her girlfriend a peck on her lips.
"Are you and Madi ready?" Santana asks.
"Yeah. Madi come on you are going to be late for your own play!" Brittany yells towards Madison's room.
"I'm coming mommy!" The little girl yells back.
After a few seconds they can see blonde hair turning the corner. "Santana!" she yells running faster to give her a hug.
"Hey sweetie!" Santana says just as excitedly hugging her back.
"You ready for your play?" Santana asks Madison.
"Yeah I think it will be a lot of fun, all of my friends are in it." Madison smiles.
"Ok come on honey let's get going." Brittany says as Madison grabs Santana's hand while Brittany locks the front door.
They all get into Santana's car to head out. Brittany is a little quiet so Santana reaches over the console to grab her hand gently. When Brittany feels this she turns her palm up so she can interlace their fingers.
"Hey Britt, I'm going to drop you guys up front so you aren't late and I'll go find a parking space." Santana says sweetly.
"Thanks babe." Brittany smiles at her girlfriend.
Once they pull up Brittany gets out first and opens the door for Madison.
"Come on Madi let's get inside." Brittany grabs her daughters hand heading inside.
Once Brittany and Madison get inside they head to where all the other kids are. There teacher is there with most of the kids in the play.
"Hey there Madi." Ms. Brown says to Brittany's daughter.
"Hi." She smiles shyly
"Hello Ms. Pierce." Ms. Brown says to Brittany.
"Hello, sorry we're late." Brittany says apologetically.
"These kinds of things never start on time. You can go take your seat if you like, Madi will be fine here." Ms. Brown suggests to Brittany.
"Thank you." Brittany says before looking for her daughter.
"Madison come here for a second." Brittany calls over her daughter.
"Yes mommy?"
"Good luck baby you'll be great! Santana and I will be in the audience okay. When you are done we will come get you okay?" Brittany smiles to her daughter.
"Okay mommy." Madison smiles to excited to just sit still and runs off to be with her friends.
Brittany laughs as she goes to find a seat for her and Santana. Once she does she gets a text from Santana asking her where she's sitting. She stands up so that Santana can see her. Santana makes her way over to Brittany and sits next to her. "Did Madison get in there okay?"
"Yeah she was fine once we got inside and she saw her friends." Brittany smiles over to Santana.
"I hope she does okay and remembers what to sing and what to say."
"She'll be fine even if she doesn't it's mostly for fun." Brittany comments.
After a few minutes the play begins. Brittany and Santana are watching intently as all the first graders in the play start singing. They smile from ear to ear seeing Madison singing and moving her hands with what her teacher is telling her to do.
Santana looks over to Brittany to see how engrossed she is with her daughter. She moves her hand to gently put it on Brittany's.
Brittany looks over to Santana for a second before smiling and holding her hand back.
As the play continues all of the students do a great job especially Madison.
After it's over Santana and Brittany walk towards the back where the other parents are waiting.
"She did well didn't she?" Brittany says proudly.
"Amazing." Santana smiles to Brittany.
As they turn back they see Madison coming towards them.
"Mommy!" She runs to her mom first to give her a hug.
"Hey sweetie you did such a great job!" Brittany hugs her daughter back.
"Thanks mommy." Madison says before looking over to Santana. She smiles widely at her and gives her a big hug also.
"Hey honey that was amazing!" Santana smiles as she tells Madison how great she did.
"I had a lot of fun doing it." Madison looks at both Santana and her mom.
"How about we go get ice cream would you like that?" Santana asks Madison happily.
"Yes! Yes!" Madison is jumping up and down.
"Okay, okay let's get going then." Brittany says as Madison grabs both of their hands and heads out.
Once they make it to the ice cream shop they walk in to order.
"What do you want Madi, you can have anything." Santana says lifting up Madison so she can see all of the flavors.
"Anything?!" Madison looks at Santana surprised.
"Yes, anything." Santana looks at Madison adoringly.
"Can I get that one and put m&m's and gummy bears on top." Madison points to the ice cream flavor and looks at the employee.
He starts to get it for her. "Britt do you want anything?"
"How about we just share cookies n cream?" Brittany suggests.
"Sounds great." Santana finishes ordering handing Madison her ice cream as she finds a place to sit.
They all sit together eating there ice cream as they listen to Madison talk animatedly to both Brittany and Santana.
Once they are finished they head back to Brittany's apartment.
When they get there Madison had fallen asleep in the car so Brittany carried her to her room to lay her down for bed.
When she walks back out she sees Santana sitting on the couch. "I think she had a great time tonight." Brittany smiles as she heads over to sit next to Santana.
"I think so too, she was kind of a natural up there today. Did you see some of the other kids, they couldn't even clap on the beat. I was impressed." Santana says to Brittany who nods her head agreeing.
They sit on the couch for a little bit longer talking before Brittany turns towards Santana.
"I was going to ask you if you wanted to meet some of my friends sometime this next weekend?" Brittany asks Santana.
"Yeah that would be cool. How about Saturday we go out to lunch or something because I know they have a kid right?" Santana suggests.
"Yes they do, but I was thinking about all three of us doing something fun maybe and see if my mom can watch both girls, she's done it before." Brittany tells Santana.
"That would be fun. I haven't really been out out in awhile, it would be nice to do that and also see you dance, I've heard your pretty good." Santana smirks at Brittany before leaning in to give her a kiss.
"Oh yeah? Well I'm going to need a dance partner too." Brittany smiles out of the kiss before leaning back in to give her another one.
"I'll talk with Tina and Mike on Monday so we can set something up." Brittany says leaning into Santana as she wraps her arms around her tightly pulling her closer.
Santana kisses Brittany on the top of her hair before leaning further into the couch enjoying the silence and Brittany being cuddled into her.
It's the night that Brittany and Santana are heading out with Tina and Mike. Brittany's mom agreed to watch the girls for the night and had no problem with it. Tina is so excited to meet Santana and have a night out that she was all for it also.
Before going to the club they decided to get dinner first just so Santana could get to know Brittany's friends a little better.
"Are you nervous?" Brittany asks Santana as they are pulling up to the restaurant.
"No" Santana says a little too quickly. Brittany gives her a look.
"Okay maybe a little. Babe these are your closest friends and I want to make a good impression on them. You know I don't want them to dislike me." Santana says seriously.
Brittany puts her hand on Santana's thigh. "Hey they will love you okay, you have nothing to worry about. I have talked you up a lot too." Brittany smiles giving Santana a kiss to try and calm her nerves.
"It will be fine." Brittany says one last time before they both head into the restaurant.
When they get to the door they see Mike and Tina waiting outside.
"Hey guys." Brittany smiles hugging both Tina and Mike.
"Tina, Mike this is Santana, Santana this is Tina and Mike." Brittany introduces them to each other. Santana goes to shake both of their hands.
"It's nice to meet you guys, Brittany talks about you guys all the time and tells me what great friends you are." Santana says genuinely.
"Well Brittany talks about you nonstop at work so I feel like I already know you." Tina says smiling back.
"I hope it's all good things." Santana laughs.
"Oh not one bad word." Tina laughs back.
"We already told them our names so it shouldn't be too long of a wait." Mike says.
After a few minutes of waiting they get called and go take a seat at a booth. Brittany slides in first as Santana sits on the outside.
"So Santana what is it that you do, Brittany was telling me that you are a lawyer?" Tina asks.
"Yes I am. I was working for a firm a couple of years ago and then decided to start up my own firm last year. So far so good I would say." Santana smiles then looks over to Brittany.
"That's impressive Santana."
"Thanks, and I heard that you both work at the dance academy?" Santana asks.
"Yes Mike is one of the head dance instructors, and I sort of run more of the financial side of things." Tina explains.
"Yeah it is so fun getting to go in and dance every day and get to get paid to do it." Brittany smiles knowing that she truly enjoys what she does.
"So have you lived here your whole life?" Mike asks Santana.
"Pretty much. My brother lives a few blocks away and I grew up about 20 miles from here so family is never too far." Santana replies.
"It's always nice having family around. It's pretty much just Mike and I, so it's nice to have Brittany and her mom around." Tina comments.
Soon the waiter comes over to take their orders.
"So how is it that you too met? Brittany was telling me about it but I want to hear your side." Tina asks after taking a sip of her drink.
"Well I was doing my routine run at the park and I saw Brittany here a little panicked with her daughter, so I decided to go check on them. Once I laid eyes on her I wanted to get to know her better so I'm kind of glad Madison was confident enough to ask me to feed the ducks." Santana smiles remembering when she met Brittany and Madison.
"That's so cool the way you guys met, and I'm assuming you have no problem with Madison?" Tina has to ask.
"No, not at all, she's a great little girl. I love spending time with her, we actually just went to a play that she had and she has a pretty bright future from what I saw." Santana is genuinely happy when she talks about Madison.
Brittany smiles over to Santana and puts her hand on Santana's thigh under the table letting her know how much she appreciates her comments.
After they eat they decide to head out to the club that's down the street.
They make it to the club and go through the entrance to find a table. "Hey babe I'll go get the drinks." Santana says getting ready to head to the bar.
"No you stay here and mingle I'll get the drinks." Brittany takes Santana's hand squeezing it before Santana turns back to Mike and Tina and Brittany goes to the bar.
"Hey can I get two jack and cokes." Brittany yells across the bar.
Brittany stands there for a second waiting for her drinks when someone approaches her.
"Can I get you a drink?" A younger man asks Brittany who turns to see who's talking.
"Um no thanks I've already ordered." Brittany says trying to be polite.
"Aw come on one drink can't hurt." The guy persists as Brittany tries to move away.
"No I'm good." Brittany steps back but is surrounded by a crowd.
"So you're here with friends?" The guy continues not getting that Brittany's body language is clearly telling him to back off.
"Friends and a girlfriend so if you could please walk away since I'm already taken." Brittany tries to give him the hint by being polite at the same time because that's the type of person she is.
"Well I don't see her here right now." He continues as he steps more into Brittany's space.
Brittany is starting to get a little nervous backing into the front of the bar before she hears someone from behind.
"Hey asshole!" He hears turning towards the words.
"I believe she said to leave her alone so back off." Brittany sees Santana from behind him and relief washes over her face.
"What do you care?" He replies smugly.
"Since this is my girlfriend that you're trying to pick up it has become my business! So why don't you just go back to your friends and we'll forget this situation." Santana's anger level is only getting higher.
He doesn't really budge from the spot he's in. Santana walks closer to him. "I said fucking leave. She already told you twice to move on and I won't be as nice." Santana gets closer and there is a crowd that is starting to form around them.
The guy sees this and looks around. "She isn't worth it anyways." He replies before walking away.
Santana looks over to Brittany and walks up to her. "Are you okay?" Santana asks concerned.
"Yeah I'm fine but I told that guy like three times to leave me alone. I'm just glad you came over." Brittany smiles to Santana.
"It was taking a little longer than I thought and it's kind of crowded so I didn't want to leave you alone. That's kind of why I headed this way." Santana says brushing some hair out of Brittany's face.
Brittany leans in to give her a kiss before turning to grab their drinks. She hands Santana hers and keeps her own. Santana interlaces their fingers and starts leading her back through the crowd to their table.
"Is everything okay?" Mike asks since he could somewhat see a crowd by them.
"Yeah, just some guy trying to pick me up even though I let him know I wasn't available. Santana was there though so everything is good." Brittany says as they sit down to drink their drinks.
After a little while of chitchatting they decide to go dance and enjoy themselves. Brittany leads Santana to the dance floor turning towards her when the beat picks up. Santana smiles at Brittany as she starts to move to the music. As Brittany starts to dance Santana tries to keep up but in that moment realizes how well Brittany dances compared to her, hell compared to anyone on the dance floor.
After a couple more songs they decide to take a rest. "Damn Britt you are one hell of a dancer." Santana says taking a seat.
"Yeah I got a few moves." Brittany smiles as she takes a sip of her drink.
"That's partly why she works with us." Mike says knowing that Brittany had the moves and the personality to teach kids.
"Well whoever you teach is one lucky kid babe." Santana smiles over to Brittany complimenting her.
Brittany blushes a little.
They dance a little more before heading out. "This was great guys. It was nice to finally meet you Santana we should do this again sometime." Tina says looking at both Brittany and Santana.
"This was a lot of fun. I'm glad we had the chance to go out." Brittany says.
"You know you can just let Lilly stay over at my apartment since they are probably already asleep and just pick her up in the morning. " Brittany suggests.
"Are you sure?" Mike asks.
"Yeah it's no problem it's late already." Brittany doesn't mind.
"Okay great well I'll see you tomorrow then Brittany." Tina and Mike give her a hug.
"See you soon too Santana." Tina says going to give Santana a hug also.
They make it back to Brittany's apartment quietly opening the door since the girls are probably asleep.
When they go in they see Brittany's mom watching TV in the living room.
"Hey guys." Ms. Pierce says turning off the TV.
"Hey mom were the girls okay?" Brittany asks.
"Yeah they were great. They are both asleep in Madison's room. " Ms. Pierce says standing up.
"That's good, Lilly is just going to sleep here tonight and then Tina will come in the morning." Brittany says setting her things down.
"Thanks mom for watching them, we had a great time." Brittany comments.
"I'm glad Brittany, you need to be able to go out more often with friends." Ms. Pierce says knowing that Brittany has been mainly focused on Madison and her career for the past 6 years.
"I'm going to head home and get some rest, I'll see you guys soon." Ms. Pierce says.
"Bye Ms. Pierce." Santana smiles at her.
"Bye mom." Brittany says giving her a hug.
Once Ms. Pierce leaves Brittany goes to sit in the living room.
"So what did you think of Tina and Mike?" Brittany asks Santana.
"They are pretty cool Britt. I'm glad that you've had them around to hang out with." Santana smiles at Brittany going to sit next to her.
"Yeah they've been kind of my go to people ever since Madison was born. It's hard to find reliable friends and since they have Lilly they are more understanding of someone having a kid." Brittany comments.
"Well they seem great babe. Maybe soon you'll be able to meet mine." Santana smiles to Brittany.
"Meeting your friends, hmm I'll have to think about that." Brittany taps her chin playfully.
"Only the close ones." Santana laughs.
Brittany smiles and leans in to give Santana a kiss. She pulls back before Santana puts her hand around her waist pulling her closer to give her a more passionate kiss.
Santana leans Brittany back a little onto the couch before kissing down her neck slowly. Brittany wraps her hands around Santana rubbing up and down her back as they continue to passionately kiss on the couch.
After a couple more minutes of this Santana starts to pull back. "We should probably stop." Santana pants not wanting to but knowing that they haven't said anything to Madison and her coming in wouldn't be good.
"Yeah I know." Brittany comments as Santana lifts herself off of Brittany as Brittany sits up.
"You know I want to continue right, but I'm just worried about Madison you know." Santana comments looking at Brittany.
"No I know I do too, but not with the girls in the house that wouldn't be good for them to walk in on." Brittany smiles over to Santana leaning closer to her to give her a quick peck.
"I'm going to get going, but maybe we can get together again soon. Let me know if you need any help tomorrow." Santana says standing from the couch.
"Okay yeah I should probably get to sleep because knowing Madison she'll wake up at the crack of dawn." Brittany laughs.
"Yeah you should babe." Santana grabs her things and head to the door.
"I had fun tonight San." Brittany smiles as she walks to the door with Santana.
"Me too Britt. I'll see you soon." Santana leans in kissing Brittany one more time.
"Bye babe." Brittany says before opening the door to let Santana out.
Thanks for reading! :)