Sorry for this chapter taking so long. I'm a teacher, and the month of May is very overwhelming so I'll try to update as soon as I can. Thanks to everyone still reading! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
"You know my parents are going to want to spend every minute with the kids. I'm going to try and get off a couple days of work but I'll have to go in some of the week." Santana says as she sits on the edge of the bed taking her shoes off.
"Okay yeah and then I can take the other days off and spend some time with your parents." Brittany replies as she stands to the side.
"That sounds great babe." Santana smiles before getting off the bed.
She sees Brittany looking a little nervous. "Hey what's wrong?" Santana asks walking closer to Brittany.
Brittany sighs before speaking. "We haven't slept in the same bed for awhile and I'm just... I don't know a little nervous I guess." Brittany says honestly.
Santana looks at Brittany and gives her a small smile. "We haven't, but I think this will be good for us. I miss having you lying next to me like it used to be." Santana brushes some hair out of Brittany's face.
"I miss it too." Brittany smiles too Santana before giving her a hug.
"We'll go get a shower first and then I'll get one after you." Santana lets go of Brittany as she nods and heads to get ready for bed.
Santana waits until Brittany closes the door before sighing and sitting on the bed. Santana wants everything to go perfectly so that she can prove that Brittany and her should go back to living together and being a family again. She decides to turn on the television to distract her mind.
Once Brittany is finished she heads into the bedroom where Santana is leaning against the headboard watching TV. When she sees Brittany coming out in her boy shorts and tank top she gulps while taking her in. She can't believe she would let work get between them.
"San? San?" Brittany gets closer to the bed waving her hand in front of Santana's face.
"Yeah?" Santana shakes her head looking at Brittany.
"Your turn." Brittany smiles before Santana gets out of bed and gets ready for bed herself.
When Santana is finished she heads out into the bedroom where she sees Brittany already asleep on her side. Santana smiles widely before carefully getting in next to her. She lays down and looks over to Brittany who couldn't look more beautiful if she tried. Santana doesn't want to push it so she just lays on her side trying to not get in Brittany's space unless she wants her too.
After a few minutes of laying there she feels Brittany start to move and turn more towards her. Santana isn't sure what to do so she just stays still. Brittany moves closer and throws her arm around Santana's waist. Brittany's breath keeps hitting the side of Santana's neck and she's trying to remain calm and figure out where to put her hands.
She waits a second before putting her hand on top of Brittany's loving how close they are even if Brittany doesn't realize it. After a few minutes Santana drifts off to sleep herself.
The next morning Brittany starts to stir a little confused about feeling the warmth next to her. When she starts to lift her head she sees that Santana has her arms wrapped protectively around her and she is practically laying on top of Santana. At first she thinks about moving and acting like this didn't happen, but she feels comfortable and smiles putting her head back down on Santana's chest savoring the moment for a little longer.
After a few more minutes she starts to hear Jason crying in his crib so she decides to gently remove herself from Santana to go get him.
In the kitchen Maribel is making breakfast for the whole family with Macy by her side.
"Grandma how long are you staying?" Macy asks as Maribel starts cracking some eggs.
"Until the end of the week sweetie." Maribel replies smiling at her granddaughter.
"I like having you here grandma because mommy and mama are here all the time." Macy smiles.
"I like being here too sweetie, but I think your mommy and mama are here all the time even when I leave." Maribel says confused.
"No" Macy shakes her head.
"What do you mean?" Maribel continues to question.
"Mama stays with Aunt Jasmine, we go see here when she's not working. I have seen mama more now." Macy continue to say as she stirs the pancake batter.
"Why would your mama stay with Aunt Jasmine?" Maribel presses.
"Mommy and mama said they need to because of mama's work. I don't like when mama isn't with me." Macy starts to say.
"I know honey, but mama is here now and grandma and grandpa." Maribel smiles at her granddaughter not wanting her to be upset.
After mixing the batter they start to make the pancakes when Brittany walks in with Jason.
"Hey mommy! Grandma and me are making pancakes for everyone!" Macy smiles.
"Are you! I thought I smelled something delicious!" Brittany smiles back walking over to put Jason in his high chair.
"Good morning Maribel." Brittany smiles getting the coffee going.
"Good morning Brittany." Maribel gives a small smile back trying to act normal.
"Where's Santana?" Maribel asks.
"She is still asleep. I thought I would let her sleep in for a bit since we don't have anything going on this morning." Brittany tells Maribel as she goes to pour her coffee.
"Oh, well breakfast is almost ready if you would like to sit." Maribel continues as Brittany nods and goes to the table where she sits next to Jason and Macy goes to sit next to her mom.
Throughout the rest of the day Maribel isn't sure of what to do with the information that was given to her. She tried to remain normal but it was proving hard not to ask questions.
Santana was out at the back patio when Maribel decided to finally discuss what's she's been wanting to all day.
"Hey mom." Santana starts as she takes a seat across from her.
"Why did Macy tell me that she doesn't see you all the time and you live with Jasmine?!" Maribel asks raising her voice.
"Um" Santana starts caught off guard.
"Why Santana?!"
"Keep your voice down! The kids are asleep." Santana replies in a hushed whisper.
"I want answers." Maribel sternly says.
"Okay." Santana sighs. "I have been living with Jasmine for the last couple of months. Brittany and I were having issues and I wasn't being a very good wife and we were arguing all the time. She had had enough and told me to leave. I went to stay with Jasmine and I thought it would be a couple days, but it ended up being longer and I needed a place to stay."
"Why?! What did you do that she would not want you with your kids?" Maribel is trying to understand.
"I wasn't around okay, I was working too much and I wasn't here for Brittany or our kids. It was my fault." Santana wants her mom to know Brittany didn't do anything.
"Santana you need to fix this! What is this all an act for us? You didn't think you could tell your father and I about what happened?"
"I just didn't want to worry you guys when we are working things out. And yes I did just move back in but we are doing better now and I've been working on putting my family first. Please don't be mad at us." Santana can tell her mom is unhappy with her.
"I'm not mad. Well I am mad but Santana you can't do that to your family. They are everything." Maribel tries to be calmer.
"I realize that now, I was taking them for granted and I know now what it's like without them and it sucks. I don't want that life again." Santana replies as she sees Brittany coming out.
"Hey." Brittany smiles at both of them before seeing how intense they both look. "Um I can go back in since it looks like you guys are talking. " Brittany starts to say turning back around.
"No stay." Maribel replies looking at Brittany.
Brittany slowly starts to walk and sits next to Santana. "I got Jason to sleep finally." Brittany says knowing the tension is high.
"That's good he has been more wired this week." Santana smiles to Brittany before looking at her mom.
"Brittany your daughter was telling me how Santana has been staying with Jasmine. It would have been nice to know that information before we came."
Brittany looks at Santana before she thinks of what to say. "I just thought it was pointless knowing that Santana and I were doing so much better than we were."
"The fact that you guys were having hard times at all is something you should have told us. We could have been here to help."
"We didn't want to involve more people than we needed too. I think this time apart has made both of us stronger in our own ways." Brittany starts to say.
"I'm sorry mom, but can we look past this and just enjoy the rest of the week as a family?" Santana asks.
Maribel pauses for a second. "I guess but this conversation isn't over." She says as she heads into the house.
Brittany looks to Santana. "What was that all about?"
"I guess Macy told her about me not being here all the time. You know her, she doesn't know when to not say something." Santana comments.
"We should of never thought we could get away with not saying anything. I hope your mom can understand why we didn't." Brittany says concerned.
"I think she does but she isn't happy that we were having problems that serious, I could tell in her voice."
"I'm kind of glad she knows earlier in the week so we can all just enjoy the rest."
"Yeah it will be fine, she'll go to sleep tonight and then after that she will start to get over it. Why don't we go inside and get to bed so tomorrow we can all hangout together." Santana says to Brittany standing up and reaching out her hand for Brittany to take.
Brittany smiles widely before taking Santana's hand and following her into the house.
The next morning Brittany walks out into the living room where she sees Maribel and Macy sitting in the kitchen and Santana's dad holding Jason playing peek a boo. Brittany smiles before entering.
"Good morning." Brittany says to no one in particular.
"Hey mommy!" Macy jumps out of her seat to give her mom a hug.
"Hey baby. Did grandma make you breakfast again?"
"Yes and you too come eat." Macy grabs her moms hand and leads her to the kitchen. Brittany looks up at Maribel and can tell that last night's events are still bothering her.
"Good morning Maribel." Santana's mom looks up to Brittany.
"Good morning Brittany. There is coffee in the pot and if you want to grab a plate you can grab some breakfast." Maribel tells her going back to talk with Macy.
"Thank you for all of this." Brittany says as she grabs a plate.
"Is Santana still sleeping?" She asks.
"Yes I thought I would just let her sleep in since she has to work tomorrow." Brittany doesn't really know what to say to not make this more awkward than it is.
"Hmm." Maribel replies going to sit at the kitchen table with her coffee.
Brittany sighs and finishes getting her food before taking a seat at the table also.
"So what do you guys want to do today?" Brittany starts a light conversation.
"It doesn't matter to me. Maybe we can take the kids to the park and then after I can take Macy and Jason somewhere so you and Santana can have some time together." Maribel looks up at Brittany.
"If that's what you would like to do, then sure. But Santana and I don't need time, we can spend it with you guys." Brittany says knowing what her mother in law is getting at.
"Are you sure about that?" Maribel questions before seeing Santana walking into the kitchen.
"Good morning." Santana smiles before leaning down to give Brittany a kiss before walking to get her own cup of coffee.
"Hey." Brittany smiles at Santana before looking back to Maribel who still looks a little upset.
"Did you figure out what you guys wanted to do today." Santana asks as she gets her cup and sits at the kitchen table with her mom and wife.
"Well your mom was saying we could go to the park and then they would take the kids in the afternoon so we could spend some time together, but I told her that that wasn't necessary we could all hangout together." Brittany tells Santana.
"Oh well yeah mom we can all stay together we don't need any time by ourselves." Santana says to her mom.
"Whatever you want Santana." Maribel says as she gets up to go into the living room where her grandkids are.
Santana looks at Brittany and Brittany looks back at Santana. "I think she is still a little upset at us." Brittany comments.
"Yep would look that way. We just need to give her a couple of days and show her that we are fine and then maybe she will be fine with it." Santana says to Brittany before laying her hand on top of hers giving it a squeeze.
"I hope." Brittany sighs.
After they spend their day together they feel that they have made more progress not only in their relationship, but with Maribel also. Santana's parents decide to head to bed a little early tired from the day.
Santana takes a seat on the couch and turns the TV on. As soon as she sits down she hears a knock at the door. She is confused because it's offly late at night so she doesn't know who would be coming by at this time. When she hears the knock one more time she goes to open the door since Brittany is trying to get the kids to sleep. Once she does and sees who it is she wishes she never opened it.
"What do you want at this time of night?" Santana asks the person at the door.
"Oh I thought that Brittany would be home." The person says confused as to why Santana is there.
"She is here but she's getting our kids to sleep. So again Meg I'm asking you why are you here at this time of night?" Santana asks again growing angrier as the time passes.
"I came to see Brittany, but clearly this wasn't a good time to stop by." Meg says annoyed looking at Santana.
"No time is ever a good time for you to stop by. I don't know why you're here in the first place. She teaches you dance that's it. You can't just come stopping by our house at different times of the night because you feel like it." Santana says a little louder.
"Last time I checked you didn't live here so technically it's Brittany's house." Meg says giving a smirk.
Santana starts to step more towards her when she hears Brittany from behind.
"Hey San who's at the door?" Brittany asks getting closer.
Santana looks at Meg then turns her head to look at Brittany and steps back out of the doorway so that Brittany could see who it was.
"Meg? What are you doing here at this time of night?" Brittany asks stepping closer.
"I was coming to see you, but I didn't know that you would have company." Meg says annoyed looking over to Santana then back to Brittany.
"Yeah not only is Santana here but her parents also so this is a little out of the blue. Why would you stop by without calling first or something?" Brittany asks as she sees Santana step behind her giving her space but keeping an eye on them just in case Meg does something stupid.
"I thought we'd been having good conversations and our dance class has been going great so I thought that we could hangout outside of class." Meg says to Brittany who looks confused.
"Meg I'm your dance teacher, that's it. I'm like that with all of my students. I'm sorry if you got the wrong impression but it isn't more than that." Brittany says to Meg who looks hurt.
"Oh well then sorry for disturbing you." Meg says turning around to leave not wanting to sound upset in front of them.
Brittany closes the door and looks at Santana who is standing close behind her.
"That was weird." Brittany comments.
"Yeah why would she be coming by here? I'm just glad my mom wasn't awake, having to explain this would have been a nightmare." Santana says looking to Brittany.
"I don't know, and I know thank goodness we are the only ones awake." Brittany replies
"I don't know Brittany something about her makes me uneasy." Santana tells Brittany stepping closer to her.
"She acts normal in the classes, just like the rest of the students. I'll talk with her on Tuesday and explain was is appropriate and what isn't." Brittany says to Santana.
"Okay that would make me feel better." Santana pulls Brittany into her and leans in to give her a kiss.
"You ready to go to bed?" Brittany asks pulling out of the kiss.
"Yeah I'm tired from being out all day." Santana replies pulling Brittany along with her.
Meanwhile on the other side of the door Meg stops and looks back. "You'll regret this." She says as she turns back to get to her car.
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