Brittany woke up when she heard Bella faintly growling and looked over the bed to check on her and saw the puppy wrestling with the blanket she slept on, her tail in overdrive as she played happily by herself. She raised an eyebrow at her and smiled, careful not to make eye contact with her and get her all riled up before turning back around and snuggling back behind Santana, who appeared to be peacefully asleep.
"She likes to beat up blankets." Santana mumbled as she wiggled deeper in Brittany's embrace. "It's her morning thing; blankets, towels, tshirts...whatever is on the floor. I think she dreams about boxing and wakes up to practice." She laughed quietly, hoping Bella didn't hear her voice and start barking to go outside, since she was so comfortable and absolutely didn't want to move at the moment. "Sorry if she woke you, I guess I'm just used to it by now."
Brittany kissed her on the neck and nodded while nestling her face between Santana's neck and shoulder, placing more soft kisses. She slipped her hand under Santana's tank top and began to rub her stomach as Santana sighed in contentment and closed her eyes again before turning over and facing Brittany. They locked eyes before Santana pressed their lips together softly.
"Good morning."
"Good morning." Brittany replied, pecking her lips again while running her fingers through her hair as Santana in turn, rubbed her back slowly. "Did you sleep okay?"
"Yes, if I would have known how comfortable your bed is I would have crashed in here months ago." Santana teased.
Brittany laughed and pulled Santana into a tight hug. "Do you have plans today?"
"Yes, laying in bed all day with you, just like this." Santana mumbled. "Unless you have plans."
"I do, but I can cancel them to do this all day." She replied, rubbing Santana's back as the Latina began to kiss her collarbone softly.
Santana leaned back and shook her head. "If you have plans, keep them Brit." She frowned. "We can just hang out later or tomorrow."
"Not a big deal at all." Brittany replied. "Seriously, I was just supposed to meet a friend for drinks, but they'll understand."
Santana stared at her and smirked. "One of your friends, or just a friend?" She asked.
Brittany rolled her eyes and kissed Santana on the forehead. "Is this what I get with adult Santana?" She asked. "Us pillow talking about my friends?" She raised an eyebrow and laughed softly. "Because the Santana I remember would ask those questions but not truly want to know the answer."
Santana smiled. "I've matured Brit, and I know we shared something last night, I know what I felt, I know you felt something too, and we didn't even have sex." She licked her lips softly. " But i know and understand you have friends with benefits, and you have a whole life outside of me, you had your own thing going on before we started up as friends again." She shrugged. "I'm not trying to turn your life upside down or be selfish with you, I just thought we could have some girl talk."
"Girl talk?" Brittany smiled. "Yes, it is with Savannah, who is my female friend with benefits." She shrugged. "But we truly just have sex, nothing more, we usually go out for drinks, never dinner, then we end up back at her place. When we are done I get dressed and come home, shower, and go to sleep."
Santana nodded. "So, if I wanted to join your rotation, how would I fit in? Like would I be a Tuesday night or ...? Would we just stick to my house or your house? What are your rules?" She asked propping herself up on her elbow. "I'm curious."
Brittany frowned and propped herself up as well. "When we decide to go that route, or if, we decide to, Santana, you would never be a day of the week to me. You're more to me than that, you mean more to me than that. I respect you way too much, baby. I would never add you to my rotation, if we are sleeping together, then I'm only sleeping with you, no one else."
Blushing Santana leaned forward and kissed Brittany, darting her tongue in the blonde's mouth briefly. "I missed kissing you."
"I missed your lips." Brittany nodded, kissing her again.
"So...what are we doing?" Santana asked. "I wouldn't mind being a Tuesday, it could be like taco Tuesday, or Santana Saturday's." She teased.
"I don't want to be a rebound." Brittany stated right away.
Santana frowned. "I would never treat you like a rebound." She whispered.
"I know...I just." Brittany sighed. "You just got out of a two year long relationship hun, I can't be the first person you sleep with."
Santana sighed. "I get what you mean." She nodded. "Cuddling is still okay, right?"
"Of course." Brittany nodded, hugging Santana tightly as the Latina exhaled softly against her chest and began to drift back to sleep.
Two weeks later
"Okay Brittany, your contracts all look to be in good shape, your manager hasn't been getting over on you at all, which is admirable on his part, considering you haven't had a lawyer to look these over." Quinn replied, typing on her laptop.
"Cool." Brittany smiled, setting down a small veggie tray and checking her phone, replying back to a few text messages quickly. "So nothing funny in any of the contracts?"
Quinn shook her head and adjusted her red Prada glasses, pushing them higher up the bridge of her nose. "No, seriously, everything looks good so far. You picked an amazing manager, very honest. Now, I would like to have a meeting with your manager."
"Why?" Brittany asked, taking a sip of her water.
Quinn typed up a few more notes, before scribbling out even more notes on the notepad next to her. "I like to meet with managers of my clients so everything is out in the open, I like to be extremely transparent. I want your manager to know that I'll be going over his work pretty much, I also like to sit in on meetings, as many as I can. I'm very involved with Mercedes and Santana's careers, and I plan to be with yours as well."
"Oh, okay." Brittany shrugged. "You won't like take over in meetings with my manager or anything?"
"No, which is why I want to meet with your manager to make that clear. I sit in on meetings because I know how shady the industry can be, I want to make sure your manager doesn't get you in any shit, or set you up unknowingly." Quinn smiled. "I'm insurance for you and your manager, because after all, the better the deal he gets for you, the better his cut is. Networks will be shady business and fuck everyone up, but I've noticed when I'm sitting in meetings, looking over everything up front and right away, things swing my clients way more often. Julie Stifleben, the actress, the reason she can command 15 million dollars a movie, already in her career, is because I sat in all those two years ago with her, I'm shark." She nodded.
"How do you handle that, Mercedes and Santana are both really getting their careers off the ground, will you have time for my meetings?" Brittany asked.
Taking off her glasses Quinn frowned while nodding. "Of course, I wouldn't go to every meeting, but if something is important, I'll rearrange my schedule to make sure I'm there."
Brittany chewed on her bottom lip and nodded. "Okay, deal."
Quinn smiled and pulled out a manila folder, thumbing through the contents quickly before sliding them in front of Brittany. "If you want to take time to sign these, please do so, plus this a contract to hire me as your lawyer, now while I do mainly entertainment law, this contract forbids you from hiring another lawyer for anything else. Say you get arrested for a DUI or something, you have to call me, I'll come and get you out. If you need a lawyer for anything call me first, if it's something I'm not comfortable handling, then I'll get you in touch with a colleague, to make sure they give you the same rate that I charge you. I pay for the difference."
"Whoa...okay." Brittany smiled. "Mind if I look them over?"
"Nope, I encourage it." Quinn told her, closing her laptop and sliding it in her briefcase. "I need to get headed to a meeting with Mercedes, but if you have any questions, dont hesitate to call or text."
"Thanks again." Brittany told her, hugging her before closing the door.
"So Santana, you are officially back on the market, according to PEOPLE magazine's Twitter account you deleted all your pictures of Teagan on Instagram...so no chance at reconciliation?" John J, a host for E! news asked.
Santana, who was dressed in ripped jeans, an oversized white cashmere sweater, that hung off her shoulder, and white stilettos, shook her head, her messy ponytail bouncing softly. "I never say never to anything, because you dont know what the future holds, but yes I did a purge on my Instagram account, it's nothing against Teagan, I wish her the best in life."
"Are you currently dating anyone?"
Santana smiled. "No, I've been working on myself these past, wow it's been close to 5 months. I know that's such a cliche and lame answer, but it's the truth. I reconnected with my best friend from high school, Brittany, so I've been hanging out with her, and enjoying a break from Hollywood."
"Brittany is the blonde that keeps popping up on your instagram?" John J asked with a smirk.
"Yes, the same one I posted a number of throwback Thursday pictures with from childhood." Santana winked back, knowing what John J was trying to insinuate.
"PEOPLE magazine did some digging on her and published an article around her the morning, did you see it?" John J asked.
Santana raised an eyebrow and shook her head no, accepting the iPad that he handed her. "Introducing Brittany Pierce, Santana Lopez's new friend." She read out loud before laughing loudly. "I dont think a close to fifteen year friendship is exactly new but these are some cute pictures of us out shopping." She shrugged. "I'll print them and add them to my scrapbook." She teased, handing the iPad back. "Ummm, while yes she's my friend, she's so much more, she's a choreographer before anything and I think that should be listed first, not being my friend." She laughed.
"So you are finally out of hiding, you and Brittany seem to hang out a lot in public?" John J teased.
"Was I in hiding?" She asked. "I've seen enough pictures of me posted recently that would say otherwise." She teased. "I've been laying low and just writing, working on some new music casually, and mainly relaxing. I took a few trips, just kind of hanging out before the madness of my working on my album hardcore starts."
John J nodded as Santana took a sip of her coffee. "Music, let's swing there, a lot of people think artists put out their best music after a breakup, especially singers, can we expect a power ballad album?"
"No." Santana shrugged. "My sophomore album will stay true to my debut, a mix of RnB and some pop. While I do write about some personal experiences I don't plan to write about my breakup intentionally. I think your best music comes when your inspired, or something passionate happens in your life, not just necessarily from a breakup."
"Well, I can't wait to hear the new music."
Midnight
Santana yawned as she got changed into pajamas and walked downstairs to grab a bottle of water, carrying Bella the entire way. She was turning out lights on her way out of the kitchen when her doorbell rang, causing her to freeze, before slowly walking to the door and peeping out, relaxing when she saw it was Brittany. It had been a few days since she last saw her, and two weeks since they kissed. When they hung out a few days prior it was just to grab Starbucks quickly and chat since Brittany was close to the mall Santana was shopping at.
Opening the door she frowned when Brittany walked in slowly. "Everything okay?" She asked, as Brittany leaned down and kissed her on the lips softly to greet her.
"Yeah, I just thought I would crash here tonight, is that okay?" She asked, smirking when she saw Santana start to blush.
"Hell yeah." Santana laughed. "Come on in." She nodded, grabbing Brittany's overnight bag since Bella was squirming and whining to get down and get to Brittany. "You caught me just in time, another five minutes and I would be dead to the world." She added as she walked up to there bedroom, Brittany following behind her.
"Mind if I shower?" Brittany asked.
"Please, no outside clothes on my bed." Santana told her, raising an eyebrow.
"This is my first time in your bedroom." Brittany stated, as she looked around the bedroom, noticing the black and white abstract art, the black satin sheets, and dark burgundy comforter.
"Whoa...I guess." Santana smiled. "I stay by your house more I think." She shrugged. "Bathroom is right through there, fresh towels are in the closet."
"Thanks." Brittany yawned herself as she walked to the bathroom.
Santana carried Bella to her bed and set her in there. "Lay down." She told the puppy softly, rubbing her back when she did before going to the bathroom and washing her hands, glancing at Brittany in the shower, since she had glass shower doors. She then came out and slid in bed, wearing only a pair of black boy shorts and a thin black tank top. She replied to some text messages on her phone to keep herself awake until Brittany came out to bed. Twenty minutes late Brittany finally emerged, wearing a pair of pink pajama shorts and a white tank top. She smiled at Bella, who wagged her tail but didn't move from her bed all. Brittany slid in bed and wiggled close to Santana, who was in the middle of the bed already and kissed down her neck, wrapping her arm around her waist.
"How was your day?" She asked.
Santana turned her head and caught Brittany's lips in a sweet kiss. "It was okay, I had an interview with E! News." She replied. "Then I just cleaned up around the house, nothing to major, ummmm, had lunch with Mercedes." She added, turning to face Brittany fully, placing her hand on Brittany's hip. "How was yours?"
"Crazy busy, we are wrapping up the season, and since the final scene leaked, they changed it and now we are doing reshoots." Brittany replied. "So I had to come up with new dance numbers, I feel like my brain is fried."
"Whoa." Santana replied. "Do you need a massage?" She asked. "I remember in high school you would get really stiff between your shoulders after doing a lot of dancing.:
"Really sweet of you babe, but I can see how tired you are, and the hot shower really loosened me up." Brittany replied.
Santana nodded as they locked eyes before she leaned forward and kissed Brittany, quickly deepening it, moaning lowly when Brittany's tongue began to stroke hers, before breaking it abruptly. "I have a date tomorrow."
Brittany froze before swallowing thickly and finally smiling. "Oh my God, super cool, tell me about her."
"Nothing to tell, she's a dancer that I met on a video shoot a few years ago, we've stayed in touch here and there, she hit me up on Instagram and invited me to dinner." Santana replied.
"Awesome, what are you going to wear, or do we need to go to shopping for an outfit tomorrow?" Brittany smiled.
Santana raised an eyebrow at her and shrugged. "Ummmm, I don't know. Let's go through my closet tomorrow and then figure it out together."
"Okay, good night, sweetheart." Brittany smiled, kissing her deeply, more passionately than they had kissed in years, which didn't go unnoticed by Santana, who felt her heart beating out of her chest. She cupped Brittany's cheek and rolled on her slightly before rolling back off of her.
"W-we better stop." She spit out quickly.
Brittany licked her lips and smiled. "Okay, turn around little spoon." She laughed.
Santana turned around and wiggled back into Brittany's open arms, allowing her to hold her tightly, she felt Brittany kiss down the back of her neck, before rising her chin in her crook of her neck and sighing softly as she drifted to sleep. Santana grabbed Brittany's hand and kissed it before holding it to her chest and closing her eyes as well.