Chapter 7

Sunday morning came too quickly for Santana. Sure, she was excited to see Beth celebrate her fifth birthday, but having to include her own birthday wasn't ideal. Quinn insisted that her birthday was just as special as Beth's. Santana disagreed of course, but she promised Quinn the night before that she wouldn't pout about anything, especially her mystery gift, whatever that was. She had a feeling Quinn was hiding something from her, and she could only feel nervous about that.

Stepping into the bathroom to face her mirror, Santana grumbled to herself. "Welcome to the big two-three Lopez." Pulling away from her judgmental reflection and stripping off her clothes, Santana jumped into the shower to get ready for the day.

Thinking back to the night before, she was glad things turned out the way they did.


Puck rocked on his heels as he waited for Santana to open her door. He wasn't certain on how she was going to react, but she at least deserved to know what he saw. A few moments went by before his friend appeared in front of him with a toothbrush in one hand and a glass of water in the other.

"Yes, Puckerman?" she asked before motioning for him to come inside. He pulled the door closed and followed her into the kitchen where she finished brushing her teeth.

"Look Santana, you are a great friend of mine, one of my best, and I would never want to keep anything from you," he paused.

"Are you coming out to me?" she joked. Puck sarcastically laughed at her and sat on a kitchen stool.

"No smartass, it's something else. Something that I saw tonight," he explained. She motioned for him to continue. "After I met up with the team, I was leaving the locker room when I saw this couple. They were getting pretty heated, so I tried to walk by without them noticing. But they pulled away and she looked at me. It was Ashley, and Sam Evans."

Santana looked at him expectantly as he continued his story.

"Long story short, I told her where else she can go shove her tongue," he said with a smirk.

"I know," Santana smiled. Puck tilted his head.

"Wait, you know?" Santana nodded. "Did she tell you?"

"Well, not in so many words. But when I was about to head over to her house after I came home to talk to Quinn, she called me and told me she wasn't going to make it. I told her over the phone that I wasn't interested in her and she told me she found someone else anyways," she shrugged.

"What a little bitch," he exclaimed. "Well I'm glad everything worked out. What did you and Quinn talk about?"

She pulled a water bottle from the fridge and tossed it at him. "Well, I asked her what I should do to break it up with Ashley, which ended up easier the way it happened. And then she brought up the park and stuff. I told her I don't want anyone to make a big deal about my birthday. It's Beth's day," she emphasized.

"Lopez, every day is 'Beth' day. She wants you to have a great birthday too you know."

"Yeah, I know. I don't need much though. I will be happy with you, Beth, and Quinn around me. That's all I need."

Standing up from his stool, he made his way over to hug the girl. "We love you too Santana. Now, get some sleep, tomorrow's going to be a fun day."

"Night loser," she said as she shut the door after him.


When noon arrived, Santana walked the twelve steps to her friend's apartment. As soon as she started to knock, the door swung open revealing a very excited Beth.

"Tana! I missed you so much. It's our birthday!" Reaching down to pull the other birthday girl into her arms, Santana responded back.

"Hello my pretty birthday partner, I've missed you too. Are you ready for a fun day?" Beth nodded eagerly. "Good. Well, let's go find mommy and daddy so we can all go hang out and open presents!"

Beth shrieked and jumped out of her arms so she could see what was taking her parents so long. Santana smiled at the girl as she followed her down the hall to the kitchen.

"There she is!" Quinn beamed as she pulled Santana into a bone crushing hug. "Happy birthday to my awesome, gorgeous best friend!"

"Thanks Quinn," Santana laughed as she pulled away. "So, where's this 'gift' of mine?"

Quinn shook her head. "Nope, not yet, a little bit later."

"Unless it's a new car, I'm sure it won't blow me away," Santana teased.

Quinn looked at Puck knowingly and laughed. "It is definitely better than a car."

"Yeah, yeah, we'll see about that," she winked.

They spent a few more minutes on last minute preparations before they all piled up in Puck's SUV and headed to Pan Pacific Park.


"Rachel! Are you almost ready?" Brittany yelled from her own bathroom. She didn't want to be late to meet Quinn at the park for her daughter's birthday.

"Yes, mom," Rachel laughed as she sat on Brittany's bed. "I do need help picking out my outfit for the day, and putting my hair in my pigtails."

Brittany stepped into her room wearing short jean shorts and a blue V-neck t-shirt. "Very funny," she grinned.

"You look cute," Rachel complimented. Brittany looked at Rachel's sundress and giggled.

"Thanks, so do you...trying to impress someone?" Rachel rolled her eyes. "You ready to go? Where's Sam?"

"Apparently he hit it off with that reporter from ESPN. She answered the door when I went over there earlier."

"One game and he's turned into a sleaze," Brittany joked. "Is he still going to go?"

"Let's go see." Rachel suggested as she sat up from the bed and slipped on her flats.

They took the elevator to Sam's floor and knocked on his door. A few minutes he appeared.

"Hey ladies, give me a second and I'll be ready to go," he told them as they followed.

"Is she still here?" Brittany whispered to Rachel. Rachel looked around and shrugged.

"Probably already took the walk of shame," she said aloud. Not a second later, Ashley walked out and scoffed. Rachel's eyes bugged out and she instantly turned red.

Being polite, Brittany stuck her hand out to the unfamiliar girl. "Hi, I'm Brittany. This is Rachel."

"I'm Ashley," she introduced smugly.

"So, how did you and Sam meet?" Rachel asked. She could tell she didn't like the girl already.

"We met last night actually," Ashley revealed. "I had to interview him before and after the game for ESPN, and we hit it off."

"Looks like it," Rachel smiled innocently as she spoke. Before things could get any more hostile, Sam finally walked back into the living room with a baseball cap and his phone.

"Who's ready to have some fun?" The three girls weakly smiled as they walked out of the apartment.

"She's coming?" Rachel whispered to Brittany. Shrugging, Brittany pulled her phone out and sent Sam a text.

Is she going with us?

Sam looked back at Brittany and shook his head. Rachel and Brittany released a breath of relief. The girls decided to ride together in Brittany's car since Sam had to drop his new friend off. He told them he'd meet them at the park after that.

"That girl seems…what's the word…" Rachel giggled as Brittany poked her. "…easy?"

"Leave him be," Brittany told her friend as she unlocked the car. "We know how long it's taken to get over her. Maybe something will come from it."

Rachel scoffed as she slid into her seat and pulled the seatbelt. "Yeah, and I'll never star as Elphaba on Broadway." Brittany glanced at her friend knowingly and started the car. "What! It could happen!"

When the two girls reached the park entrance, Brittany pulled out her phone and dialed Quinn's number.

"Hello?"

"Hey Quinn, this is Brittany. Rachel and I just pulled up to the park, where should we head?"

"We set up near the playground area, towards the back of the park. There's parking around here also," Quinn instructed.

"Ok sounds good, we'll see you guys in a few minutes!" Brittany smiled and hung up the phone.

"This park is so quaint," Rachel observed. "Look, right over there!" she exclaimed as she pointed at a large building. "I could put on a show for everyone in there!"

"Rachel, although your talent is impeccable, I doubt a bunch of five year olds and their parents want to hear you perform."

"That hurts Brittany, it really does," Rachel gasped dramatically. Brittany rolled her eyes as she pulled the car into a vacant spot and cut the engine. The girls grabbed their gifts for the birthday girl and headed towards the playground where they spotted Quinn speaking with an older woman.

Spotting her newly acquainted friends, Quinn excused herself and met the two halfway.

"Hey, so glad to see you guys could make it!" she smiled as she hugged them both. "I told you guys not to worry about gifts…"

Rachel shooed her away. "What kind of person would we be if we came empty handed to a children's birthday party?" Quinn laughed and nodded.

"Well that's very nice of you both," Quinn thanked. "Is Sam going to make it?"

"He had to drop his friend off this morning on the way, he should be here soon," Brittany told her. "So, where's the birthday girl?"

Quinn motioned for them to follow her as she made her way over to the jungle gym. "Beth honey," Quinn called out. A pint-sized blonde scrambled from the side of the apparatus and over to her mother, giving the two girls a guarded look. "Beth, these are some of mommy's friends from school. This is Brittany, and that's Rachel. Can you say hi to them?"

Beth nodded shyly at her mother before sticking her hand out to Brittany. "Hello, my name is Beth Fabray-Puckerman." The older girls swooned at the sight.

Brittany took her hand gently and introduced herself. "Hello Beth, my name is Brittany Pierce." Beth smiled approvingly before holding her hand out to Rachel.

"Hello dear, my name is Rachel Berry," she smiled as she shook the younger girl's hand. "I've heard wonderful things about you. Are you having a fun birthday?" Beth nodded shyly again.

"Well, I've heard we share something in common. Do you know what that is?" Brittany asked. Beth shook her head and asked her what it was. "I am a big, huge fan of ducks," Brittany emphasized with her hands making Beth laugh.

"I love ducks!" Beth exclaimed as she clapped her hands. Quinn smiled at her daughter's enthusiasm. "There are no ducks here, but I go to the other parks to see them. You should go next time! Mommy, could Brittany and Rachel go with us?"

Quinn looked at her friends and smiled. "Sure, if they'd like to, they can go too."

Rachel and Brittany returned the smile. "Sure, sounds like fun," Rachel said.

"Alrighty. So Beth, where'd daddy go?" Quinn asked.

"They couldn't get the barbecue thingy to work, so they went to the car," Beth informed her. A little boy ran up to the group and dragged Beth back to the jungle gym.

"She's too precious," Rachel told Quinn. "And she is very polite."

"Thank you," Quinn smiled. "Come on, I'll show you where to put those," she pointed at the gifts.


"Damn it," Puck groaned as he rubbed the sore spot on his head.

"Smooth move, dumbass," Santana smirked. "Next time wait 'til the door is all the way up," she laughed, referring to the trunk access.

"Whatever asshole, I was distracted," he argued.

"By what? Are those voices in your head again? Quinn told you to get that checked out," she joked.

"No, actually, there was this smokin' girl that was walking by," Puck explained. "I wonder where she went," he looked around the surrounding area.

"Seeing things too? Man, you are going nuts." Santana grabbed a few bags from the trunk and tossed them into Puck's arms. "Hold these, thanks."

She closed the hatch and locked the door. "Ok, so let's get some food cooking, I'm starved."

They walked back towards the jungle gym and placed the bags of food and supplies by the barbeque pit. They saw Quinn talking to two girls so they made their way over there. When they got closer, Puck tapped Santana on the shoulder.

"Dude," Puck whispered. Santana rolled her eyes as she played a game on her phone.

"What Puckerman?"

"That's the girl I was talking about," he said as he pointed at the blonde whose back was turned. Santana looked up from her phone and gasped.

No way, Santana doubted. That can't be…

Quinn turned her attention to Santana and Puck. Stepping aside, she introduced them, causing Brittany's eyes to widen in realization. "Brittany, Rachel this is Beth's father, Noah, and this is Santana."


Time to go to class, but here's some of chapter 7. Enjoy :) OMG JUST READ ABOUT BRITTANA MAKEOUT. OMG. PLEASE BE TRUE. AHHHHHH. OK GOTTA GET TO CLASS.