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Lizzy eyed a certain Latina woman on the bed. Santana was sprawled on the bed with the bed sheets slightly falling to the ground. Lizzy's mother told her that today Santana was watching her instead of Chris. The blonde girl was really ecstatic about this. She woke up early just to see her mother go off to work and Brittany made Lizzy promise to make Santana make the blonde girl breakfast.

Santana lazily opened her eyes as she felt the tapping on her forehead. She lifted up her head and looked at Lizzy with a confused look. Her eyesight was still a bit hazy, so she dropped her head back on the pillow.

"Britts…I gots to get mah Z's on." She murmured and buried her face in the pillow.

Lizzy frowned. "I'm not Britts, I'm Elizabeth Maria Pierce."

"Maria..?" Santana repeated as she felt the girl tapping her again. Oh god. Santana then began to sit up. "That's my middle name."

"Nuh uh." Lizzy said, "That's mine. My mommy gave it to me first so it's not yours!"

Santana rolled her eyes and got out of bed. She stretched and walked out of the room with a small child following her. She opened the fridge and asked the kid what she wanted to eat. Lizzy thought for a moment and shrugged. Santana huffed with impatience and decided to make some bacon and eggs.

"Mom said that bacon isn't healthy." The blonde girl commented.

"Mom ain't here, kid." Santana replied as placed the bacon the pan.

Lizzy's nose scrunched up, "Mom said I'll be fat like her cat if I eat bacon."

The Latina chuckled, "Then no food for you then."

After a few minutes of nice silence, Santana finally finished cooking. She placed the plates on the table and began to eat. As she ate, she eyed the girl and saw her staring at her food. Does Brittany not feed her child bacon? The older woman grabbed her glass of water and took a sip.

"Is it good?" Lizzy asked as she nibbled her eggs.

Santana nodded, "Really good. So good that Auntie Q loves it. Shouldn't you know that since you use to live with the Puckermans?"

"Yeaahh." Lizzy stretched out, "But Mom never put bacon on my plate."

"Oh my god, kid. Just eat the bacon, okay?"

Lizzy nodded and began to shove the food in her mouth. Santana smirked as she watched the blonde girl finish up her plate. The two sat there and Santana could feel the blanket of silence covering them up. 'This is fucking awkward.' The Latina thought. Santana coughed, trying to break the silence.

"Are we just going to stay home?" Lizzy suddenly asked as she rested her chin on the table, "I don't wanna stay home."

"Well what do you want to do then?" Santana asked.

"Can we go to the street fair?" She asked with excitement.

"Street fair..?" Santana repeated. She broke into a smile and nodded, "Alright. Go change and get ready."

"YES!" Lizzy cheered and ran towards her room.

After a few minutes, Santana waited by the door in black jeans and a white tank top. Footsteps rapidly made their way towards the woman and Santana smiled when Lizzy appeared before her in yellow shorts and a pink shirt with a cartoon monkey on it. Lizzy grasped onto Santana's hand as they walked out of the apartment complex.

"Where's the street fair at?" Santana asked as Lizzy hopped besides her.

"Just a block away." She replied, "I saw a flyer for it yesterday."

Santana nodded and tightened her grasp on the little girl. She didn't want to lose her and have Brittany attack her with tears and anger. The Latina felt around her pocket and pulled out her phone. She checked her messages and saw one from Brittany.

Hey San!

Thanks again for watching Lizzy. I know you'll want to do something else today since it's your day off, but I'll make it up to you somehow.

-Brittany

Her mouth tugged at the corners, making her smile at the small message Brittany sent. She quickly texted back, telling her blonde friend that she and Lizzy were just going to hang out for the day. Once she was done, she checked her calendar only to find out who's birthday is nearing.

"It's June 11th…" Santana murmured.

Lizzy looked up at her chaperone and smiled, "This Friday is mom's birthday!"

Santana's eyes widened. The kid was right. Brittany's birthday is coming up. Lizzy smiled and asked, "Are you going to celebrate with us? Last year mom, Chris, and me went to McDonalds."

"McDonalds?" Santana repeated, clearly appalled, "Brittany doesn't really like that place since she found out what they put in the meat."

Lizzy nodded, "I know. Mommy and me just sat there and ate fries while Chris was busy talking on his phone."

Santana frowned. Chris seriously took Brittany and Liz to a fucking McDonalds? That's gross and a bit unhealthy for Britt's tastes, but then again Santana herself was like that…But at least she's more considerate! The older woman looked down when she felt Lizzy's grasp loosing. She smiled at the girl as she excitedly ran towards the ticket booth.

"C'MON TANA!" She exclaimed, "LET'S GO!"

Santana laughed and quickly walked towards the booth, buying herself and the kid a ticket. Santana quickly followed Lizzy's golden locks as she ran off. The Latina saw the girl stopping at a certain ride and Santana mentally groaned. She hated this ride.

Lizzy turned towards the woman and grinned, "Can we ride this one?"

"You can ride by yourself." Santana replied dryly.

"Sorry Miss." One of the workers said, clearly eavesdropping on their conversation. "But if she wants to ride a ride, she needs an adult."

Santana glared at the worker and said, "Fine. Let's get in line, Liz."

"YAY!"

The two stood in line for a few minutes, waiting for their turn. Santana tapped her fingers on the metal pole in front of her. She hated those spinning rides, where you had to spin the wheel in order to spin the circular booth around and around. Another minute passed, and it was their turn. Santana gulped as she got in the booth with Lizzy.

The two sat there, waiting for the other people to get in their booths. Lizzy grinned happily as she held the wheel and bounced up and down on her seat. Santana nervously gripped onto the sides and mentally groaned. She isn't afraid of rollercoasters, but she's afraid of this freakin' spinning ride. That is pretty sad. The Latina sat up straight as she heard the worker's voice on the megaphone.

"Okay. The ride will begin in 3…2…1!"

The ride began to move and Lizzy was trying her best to spin the wheel. The blonde girl huffed and looked up to see Santana clutching onto the outside rim of the booth. Lizzy laughed and said, "HELP ME, TANA!"

"NO!" She shouted with her eyes closed tightly.

Lizzy rolled her eyes and began to spin faster. The little girl laughed as she heard Santana squealing like big baby. After a few minutes, the ride was finished and Santana quickly got out. Lizzy grinned as she followed Santana away from the whole ride.

"Can we go again?" She asked hopefully, but she knew Santana's answer.

"Oh god no." Santana moaned as she leaned against a wall.

Lizzy snickered and grabbed the woman's hand, leading her to a game booth. Santana raised a brow. Obviously the little kid wanted a stuffed toy. Lizzy bounced happily and tugged onto Santana's tank top. Santana chuckled and placed a hand on the blonde's head, trying to make her stop moving.

"Can I have that dinosaur?" She asked.

Santana looked at the booth and saw it was one of those shooting things where you had to shot that little star out of the paper. The Latina smirked. Piece of cake. Santana nodded and slammed five dollars on the booth. The one who was running the booth was this fat man with thinning hair. He raised a bushy brow and slowly took the five dollars off the booth. He then began to set everything up.

"All 'ers miss." He grunted.

Santana nodded and grabbed the gun. She closed one eye and made her aim. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. The man stared wide eyed as he watched a tiny star floating down to the ground. He then turned back to Santana and saw her wearing that same smug smirk. He grunted once again and asked what kind of stuffed toy she wanted. Santana chuckled and asked for the dinosaur that Lizzy requested.

The man handed Santana the dinosaur and the Latina nodded in thanks. She bent down to Lizzy's height and grinned as the girl squealed happily. Lizzy hugged the stuffed dinosaur and urged Santana to get her more stuffed animals. The older woman rolled her eyes as she was being dragged off to another booth.


Seven stuffed animals later, Liz and I were walking back to the apartment. It was almost dinnertime and the kid was getting pretty hungry. I agreed along with her as I heard my own stomach growl. I almost tripped over a crack as we walked towards the apartment complex. Lizzy got tired of holding her stuffed animals so she made me carry them for her. I sighed. I was so whipped that I can feel the lashes on my ass.

When we got inside, we headed toward my apartment building and got inside. I kicked off my shoes and I heard Lizzy running off to the living room area. I huffed with annoyance as I walked over towards her and dropped all her stuff animals to the ground. I look at the couch and saw two blondes grinning at me.

"Hey Britt." I greeted with a half hearted smile.

She smirked at me and asked, "What is all this, Santana?"

"My new friends!" Lizzy exclaimed joyfully, "Tana won all these for me!"

I snorted, "Totally."

"Mommy, I'm hungrryyy!" Lizzy whined as she laid her head on Brittany's lap.

Brittany looked down at her child and smiled gently. She poked Lizzy's belly and grinned as she heard the girl giggle in response. I smiled at the scene and walked towards the two blondes. I lifted Lizzy's legs up and sat down, placing her legs on my lap.

"What should we make, San?" Brittany asked me.

I shrugged, "We don't have anything good for dinner. We can go to the pizza parlor down the street."

"Pizza!" Lizzy said excitedly.

Brittany laughed, "Alrighty, pizza it is then. Let me just grab my wallet in my purse."

"Nah." I quickly said, "I'll pay."

My smile widened as I watched Britt form a cute pout. She shook her head and replied, "No way, San."

I rolled my eyes and grabbed Lizzy, gently tossing her over my shoulder. She giggled as I began to walk towards the door, "The quicker we're the there the better. C'mon. I'll pay and you can get it next time."

Brittany shook her head and got off the couch. We found ourselves back outside, walking across the street to the pizza parlor. The place is nice, not big but it can hold a good handful amount of people inside. Brittany opened the door for me as I carried Lizzy inside, still on my shoulder like a sack of potatoes. Lizzy giggled and asked me to put her done. I smiled and placed her on the tile ground.

"What kind of pizza should we get?" I asked the two blondes. I was honestly fine with any kind of pizza and Britt knows that.

"Hawaiian!" They both said.

I grinned. Of course they would order that. Brittany always got Hawaiian during our sleepovers. I talked to the person behind the counter and ordered one large Hawaiian pizza and a pitcher of Dr. Pepper. Pierce women love Dr. Pepper. It's weird how I know this, but then again Brittany always drank it, so did her little sister, and her mom. Yeah go figure.

I turned around and found my favorite girls sitting on a booth by the window. I grinned and sat on the other side of the two girls. I looked over at Lizzy and saw her coloring the kids menus. She was coloring a zebra green. Interesting.

"How is your teaching gig?" I asked, striking up a good conversation.

Brittany shrugged with a small smile, "I love it. Y'know the saying, those who can't, teach. But it's fun. I teach teens and adults. The teens are Mondays and the adults are on Wednesdays."

"That's pretty cool." I commented, "Is Liz in dance class too?"

We look at the kid and saw her not paying attention. Brittany looked back at me and said, "The studio where I work at needs the kids to be six in order to start. So two more months till she's six."

I nodded and smiled when Lizzy looked up. I then asked when her birthday is. She grinned and replied, "August 24th!"

"Nice." I said back.

"YAY!" Lizzy suddenly said and I looked over to see a waiter coming towards us with our pizza and a pitcher. He sat our pizza in the middle and placed the pitcher besides it. Brittany thanked the man and we began to eat.

I watched as Brittany took a slice for Lizzy, placing the piece of pizza on her plate. I chuckled when Lizzy asked the taller blonde to blow the steam away. Brittany playfully rolled her eyes and did as she was told.

"Want a drink, Liz?" I asked as I poured myself some pop.

"Yeah!"

I grabbed the kid's cup and poured her some pop. I then slid the cup towards the girl, who eagerly placed her straw in the cup and began to sip it. Her eyes widened in delight and removed the straw out her mouth.

"Dr. Pepper!" She commented.

"Yup." I chuckled.

"That's my favorite!" Lizzy replied happily, "Just like Mommy!"

Brittany smiled, "Yeah. Thanks San."

I shrugged, "It's just pop."

"I still can't believe you remembered though." She exclaimed as she took a bite out of her pizza.

I grabbed a slice and said, "You'd drink Dr. Pepper 24/7 when we were younger!"

Lizzy chewed on her piece and asked, "Are you and Mommy best friends?"

I slightly tensed at that question. I mean yeah we are, but we're like complicated best friends. I look over at Brittany and saw her staring at some guy ordering his pizza. She looks a bit started. I looked over at Lizzy and saw that she still had questioning eyes.

"Erm..Well yeah. We've been best friends since junior high, kid."

The blonde girl frowned, "If you guys are best friends, how come I didn't see you come to Mommy's birthday parties?"

My eyes traveled back to Brittany and saw that she looked a bit pale. Damn, she must be scared to answer these questions. I kept my eyes on Brittany as I replied, "I was busy. Y'know military stuff."

Lizzy's mouthed an 'oh' and nodded her head, "I get it, Tana. You were being a super hero."

My gaze towards Brittany finally went back to the kid. I grinned and nodded, "Yeah. Totally, right Britt?"

She didn't say anything. I frowned and called out her name again. She still didn't answer. Lizzy then looked at what her mother was staring at and her eyes widened. I couldn't tell if the kid was excited or surprised. I finished my first slice of pizza and decided to stare too. I don't get it. All they're staring at is that dude. Who looks like…Chris. Oh shit.

I quickly turn back to the girls and saw Lizzy grabbing another slice while Brittany still looked as if she has seen a ghost. I snapped my fingers in front of Brittany and saw her eyes flicker towards mine. She looked so scared.

"S-San…"

My lips formed into a thin line and I quickly signaled our waiter to come back quickly. But I regretted doing that because that douche spotted us. I cursed under my breath as he approached our booth. I quickly stood up and puffed my chest out, trying to look as touch as possible. Chris stood in front of my and eyed me up and down. He shoved a hand in his pocket and grunted.

"Chris." Brittany said.

"Brittany." He acknowledged, "Er...Elizabeth."

"Hey Chris!" Lizzy greeted with a mouthful of pizza.

The man made a disgusted face at Liz and I couldn't help step on his foot. Chris hissed out in pain and I smirked in response. Weakling. He stepped back a bit and glared at me with flared nostrils. I couldn't help but let a laugh bubble escape. He knows that I can take his ass and here he is risking it. I should award him for standing up like that. I should award him with a black eye and his balls chopped off.

"Listen here you bitch." He spat.

I quickly look back at Brittany and saw her covering Lizzy's ears. The kid had a confused look on her face and stared at us. I looked back at Chris and shoved him even further away from us. He growled and took a step forward.

"I'm gonna get Brittany back and that kid." He said.

"Well you ain't." I exclaimed angrily, "They don't want you back."

"You'll see." Chris said, "I'm gonna sue."

I snorted, "Sue, eh? For what?"

"That kid."

My eyes widened and I looked back and saw Lizzy coloring now. Brittany's hands are still covering the girl's ears. Brittany was shocked as well. Her brows furrowed and she said, "You can't do that!"

"She's my goddamn kid too." Chris spat out.

"But you never acknowledged her as your daughter!" Brittany cried out angrily.

I'm surprised Lizzy can't even hear any of this. I glared at Chris and to the side I saw some employees talking. Fuck, I think they're gonna get the manager. I took a deep breath and told Chris to leave.

Chris glared at us one last time and said to us, "Be expecting a letter from my lawyer."

We watched as he walked off. That fucking douche. Once he left the pizza parlor, I slid back down on the booth. Brittany removed her hands from Lizzy's ears and I watched as Brittany placed her hands on her face. I bit my lip as I heard the small girl asking what was wrong. I sighed and got up to ask a waiter to give me a box to put the remaining pizza in. Once I got the box I walked back to the booth and began to pack the pizza.

"C'mon." I murmured, "Let's go home."

I got the girls to go back into the apartment and I watched as Brittany trudged into our room. I guess she knew that I would be tucking in Lizzy. I picked up the blonde girl and gave her a quick bath and changed her into her favorite pjs. As I was tucking her into bed, I heard my name being softly called. I look back at Lizzy and saw her looking upset.

"What's wrong, Liz?" I asked softly.

"Is Chris going to take me away?"

Oh, I guess she did hear the whole conversation. Poor kid. I nervously bit my lip. I didn't know what to say. I mean, there might be a possibility that Chris would. I heard my name being called again and I smiled. I bent down and gave her a small kiss on the forehead. As I pulled back, I gave Liz a determined look.

"He won't." I said, "I promise."

She smiled, "Okay. Night Tana. Tell Mommy I said night too."

I said goodnight and turned off the lights. Aw man, I don't even know how to keep a promise like that to her. I sighed as I then walked across to my room and found Brittany lying on her side. I changed out of my jeans and into a nice pair of batman boxers. I then proceeded to the bed and sat down. I took a deep breath and looked over at Brittany. I think she's awake.

"Britt?"

"I…" She croacked.

I stayed silent.

"I can't believe he's doing this." She whispered, "Just because I broke up with him."

"Oh Brittany…"

She then sat up and looked at me straight in the eye. She closed her eyes and said, "What am I going to do?"

I extended my arms and pulled Brittany into an embrace. I stroked her hair as she hugged me tighter. I rested my cheek against her head and said, "I'm going to help you, okay? I'll get you the god damn best lawyer ever."

"S-Santana…"

"Shh." I whispered, "Let's just get some Z's, kay?"

She feebly nodded and I kept on holding her. I then made my way to turn off the lamp by my side and soon the dark engulfed us. I then leaned us back, feeling the pillow beneath my head. I closed my eyes as I felt Brittany holding on tighter. She's so scared. It's making me a bit scared.

As we lay there, I felt Brittany feeling less tense. An hour passed and I couldn't sleep, cause I've been thinking about what Brittany and me have. Are we like best friends again or something? I know I said that we are but... I don't think best friends hold onto each other like this, but then again Britt and me are different kind best friends. I cursed mentally, I don't want to be best friends again. She makes me have feelings that I should never have for a friend.

"I love you." I whispered. "So much."

Suddenly Brittany started moving. I began to freak out, but soon relaxed as I realized that she only snuggled deeper into my embrace. I smiled and stroked Brittany's back. She's so cute. I then closed my eyes, humming a familiar song that I haven't sung in a while.

"And I love you, I love you, I love you

Like never before…"


A/N: ah finally i updated!