Happy New Year!
Here is another holiday themed chapter in the lives of our favourite families. It's actually rather long so it will be spread out into 2 parts.
~~~ The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year ~~~
Christmas 2059
During the early years Christmas Day was usually spent at the Berry-Fabray house only because it was the biggest. But as the years passed and the kids grew up and got their own places and their own families it was beginning to get harder and harder for everyone to make it and for everyone to fit into the humble abode of Quinn and Rachel. So for a change, this year Charlie had paid for everyone to fly to her home in LA for Christmas so they could all be together. Being a world famous movie/Broadway star Charlie was not short on cash and her twelve bedroom house was evident of that.
Ben wasn't sure why Charlie felt the need for such a big home when it was just the four of them and one had only just been born and was still sleeping in their bedroom. But being the type of guy that he was Ben just wanted Charlie to be happy so he was fine with the big house. It also had a built in dance studio for him so that was a plus.
It had been hard for Ben and Charlie to move across the country and be so far away from their family and friends. In the beginning Charlie almost broke down and wanted to give up her career because she didn't think she could cope being away from her parents but she had pulled through and she managed. Getting lots of work helped keep her mind off of it and then planning her wedding made things a little easier. Much to Brittany's eternal happiness Charlie did in fact arrive at her wedding in a pumpkin style coach. It was the fairy tale princess wedding one only dreams about…there were even little baby lambs!
Ben found it difficult being away from his moms and sister as well but once he had found his place working at a high profile dance studio for a few years and then opening his own as well as doing some freelance work choreographing for a TV show about a school choir. He loved it in LA but he would miss his moms and his sister dearly. So having Christmas at their home was something Ben and Charlie were so looking forward to this year.
Grace and Sofia had found out very early on that Bella was not a fan of flying. The first time the girls ever went on a plane was for their Aunt and Uncle's wedding when they were four years old and she hated it. She was that annoying child that just would not shut the fuck up and cried through the entire flight. Sofia was sure she had gone deaf from the screams and the tears coming from her little girl. Nina on the other hand loved flying. She thought it was fantastic and she would pretend she was a bird or a butterfly or something flying through the clouds. Grace was lucky to be sitting next to Nina during their first flight and she did not envy her wife having to deal with a traumatised Bella. Sofia sat there glaring daggers into Grace's chair from a few seats down the whole time (they unfortunately couldn't all sit together that flight). Since that horrific experience they tried to avoid flying as much as they could.
This time however they had to fly because there was no way Grace and Sofia wanted to drive from New York to LA during Christmas. Sofia had told Grace that she had to sit next to Bella this time around because she wasn't doing it again. Grace bargained that they should let Nina sit next to her sister instead and let them both have a clam flight over and maybe even re-join the mile high club. Sofia got mad and accused Grace of using sex against her and being unfair but then she soon got over it and figured why not at least she gets an orgasm out of it.
Rachel, Quinn, Santana and Brittany had all flown over to LA the week before to help Charlie and Ben with setting everything up and to spend some quality time with Dory and Eric because they didn't want to miss out on spoiling their grandbabies. Maria and Judy along with Marcus and Michael had arrived in LA two days later because they wanted to get the good rooms before they were taken and of course to see their great grandchildren…but mostly because they wanted the rooms with the spa in their bathrooms. Toby, Maya, Ally and Justin were due to arrive a few days after everyone else mostly because of his work but they were going to stay longer so he wouldn't miss out on seeing his baby sister. Unfortunately Beth wasn't going to come this year though because she was off in Europe with her new boy toy and David was spending Christmas with his other grandparents.
Becky, Hannah, their two boys and Becky's sister Vanessa were on the same flight as Grace and Sofia but lucky them they got upgraded to first class so while Becky and Hannah lived it up like kings Grace and Sofia had to slum it back in coach with all the rest of the commoners. Vanessa, Max and Cooper were sitting a few seats down from Bella and Nina, Max was busy typing away making notes and edits to another one of his horror stories. He was hoping to branch out and write a script for a horror movie but it was all still in the talking stage at the moment but being in LA he wanted to try and make a few contacts while he was there. Knowing Charlotte Berry did help a little too. Cooper on the other hand grabbed the headphones to watch the inflight entertainment while Vanessa slept.
After sitting on the runway for almost an hour waiting for the weather to calm their Captain finally alerted them that were ready to take off and for everyone to make sure they had their seatbelts on. This was around the time Bella began to panic. She was already white knuckling it and her breathing began to get heavy as the plane turned to get ready to take flight.
"Bella are you ok?" Nina asked her sister with a worried expression
"I'm good…I'm great! Ha! I'm ok…I'm ok…." Bella laughed nervously and then took a few deep breaths
Nina looked at her sister with confusion and worry because she was telling her she was fine but she did not look ok to her.
"Do you want to hold my hand?" Nina then asked sweetly
"No…I don't need to I'm fine NeeNee" Bella shook her head trying to act tough.
Bella had always been the braver one well…she was always more willing to take risks more so than Nina so being scared of flying was totally putting a damper on her badass reputation and she didn't want her sister to know she was this close to peeing her pants out of fear.
"But I'm scared I need to hold your hand." Nina insisted
Bella turned her head to look at her sister, Nina did not look scared. Bella knew for a fact that Nina loved flying the only reason she had said that was to make her feel better and Bella couldn't help but think how anybody could think her sister was stupid. She was smarter than anybody she knew.
"Well…only because you're scared." Bella muttered and quickly let go of her arm rest to take hold of her sister's hand.
"Thanks Bella" Nina gave her a small smile
"Anytime" Bella nodded then let out a small squeal when the plane hit full throttle and then got up into the air.
"Bell why do they call them hamburgers when there's no ham in them at all? Is the ham hiding in the bread?" Nina then asked randomly
"Um…maybe ask mom when we land." Bella replied a little confused normally she could answer the random questions her sister asked but this one she just didn't know.
Nina nodded and tried to remember to ask her mom when they land. She then tried to think of some more questions to ask to keep Bella's mind off the fact that they were flying hundreds and thousands of miles up in the air.
"Ugh I can't believe those whores got upgraded." Sofia huffed as she tried to untangle her headphones so she could watch something more interesting than the stupid flying safety video for the tenth time already.
"They just got lucky." Grace shrugged as she watched her wife slowly descend into a rage.
"Well fuck them is what I say! Ugh this stupid piece of crap! Grace fix this." Sofia pretty much yelled and threw her tangled headphones at her wife in anger.
Grace just sat there looking at her unimpressed with her attitude. Sofia had been in a foul mood since last night Grace had hoped she would have gotten over it by morning but no such luck. She had already gotten short with Bella on the way to the airport because she was being her usual snarky self. Then she pretty much threatened a poor little old lady with bodily harm if she didn't hurry up in the check-in stations only to be put rightfully in her place by said little old lady which just made Sofia feel embarrassed and even more pissed off.
It all started with Nina interrupting them having some 'adult time' the other day leaving Sofia extremely sexually frustrated then add to that Sofia got pissed off at the high school for not helping Nina enough with her poor grades and then Sofia remembered that she hadn't gotten her wife a Christmas gift yet and there is no way Sofia wanted to be a shitty wife and not get her spouse anything but she had ran out of time to go shopping with her busy schedule. So Sofia was just not in a good mood at all.
"Don't talk to me like that Sofia." Grace warned her she was in no mood to deal with her grumpy wife.
Grace was looking forward to having a long break, seeing her family and enjoying herself for the next two weeks and she wasn't going to let Sofia dampen her spirits.
"Sorry" Sofia replied with a heavy sigh
"I know you're in a bad mood but you need to get over it. It's Christmas Sofia, a time full of joy, family, eating so much you burst and having fun. So cheer up buttercup or you won't be getting any Christmas Eve loving." Grace told her as she gently untangled the headphones.
"Why do you always use sex against me?" Sofia asked in frustration
"Because it always works." Grace smirked handing her the headphones.
"Damn you and your amazing orgasm giving abilities." Sofia grumbled shoving the headphones into her ears with a pout.
Grace just laughed at her wife and settled into her seat holding out her hand which Sofia eventually took into her own as they watched the inflight movie together.
"Here's to an amazing two week holiday." Becky held her glass of Champaign up in a toast.
"Here's to an amazing Christmas." Hannah smiled brightly and clinked her glass with her wife's before both took a sip.
"Damn that's some good shit right there." Becky sighed happily
"I know I've never flown first class before. It's so fancy" Hannah grinned
Ok so they might already be a little tipsy…but that was totally not their fault. Alcohol is stronger at higher altitudes…or so they say…Hannah was sure she read that somewhere.
"And to see the look on Sofia's face when they told us…so, so fucking worth it." Becky laughed and took another sip.
"She looked like she was going to explode." Hannah added
"Good times…seriously this is like…the best Champaign I've ever tasted we need to get some more of this." Becky replied eying her drink.
"Oh my god we even get our own pillow!" Hannah stated excitedly when she found it.
"Only the best for my girl." Becky winked and then downed the rest of her drink so she could get a re-fill.
Bella had calmed down a little now that the flight was underway and if she didn't think about the fact that she was so far up in the sky. It was just unnatural for something so heavy to be floating around in the sky. Bella knew all about physics and all that shit but it was still fucking unnatural. Nina was happily looking out the window looking down at the land below them it amazed her that something so big could just float around in the sky without a care in the world, it was like magic. Bella had tried to explain how a plane could get up off the ground and fly but Nina couldn't understand it and just went with her own theory of magic instead it was just easier and less confusing. While her sister watched the clouds Bella tried to read her magazine to keep her mind occupied it kind of worked but when they hit a little bump she went back to holding Nina's hand again.
The flight was a few hours long so it got boring pretty quickly Nina didn't really want to watch any of the movies and she couldn't really read any of the magazines so she was getting a little restless Bella couldn't not notice it because she kept moving around in her chair and it was getting annoying. So as soon as one of the flight attendants passed by she stopped her to ask for something.
"How can I help you?" She asked with a smile
"Yeah um…can I get like…one of those packs with colouring in shit in it?" Bella quietly asked feeling a little embarrassed for asking for a kids activity pack.
The lady looked at her weirdly at her request which just made Bella feel even more embarrassed but also a little pissed off.
"Those are for children." She stated with a slight sneer.
"Look just get me the fucking kids pack alright" Bella snapped then looked over at her sister who wasn't even paying attention. She was looking through the plane's magazine Bella knew she wasn't reading it because of the frown on her sister's face and the small sighs of frustration.
"Alright" She gave her a tight lipped smile and headed off to get one.
"Bitch." Bella muttered under her breath.
A few minutes later she came back with a small colouring in book with some crayons and pretty much just dumped it on Bella's lap before walking off which meant she didn't see Bella flip her off as she headed down the aisle.
"Here we can colour this in to pass the time." Bella handed the book over to her sister pulling the little table thing down for them to lean on.
Nina gave her sister a small smile at the kind gesture. She knew anyone else Bella would not be seen dead doing something like this because she was way too cool and awesome to be colouring in cartoon pictures of planes and woodland animals. But she would do it for her and that just made Nina smile.
"Thanks" Nina whispered
"Whatever I was bored." Bella shrugged it off and handed her sister the blue crayon to colour in the sky.
Half way through the flight Cooper had made his way down to chat to the twins, he was getting bored and needed to stretch his legs a little. The girls had obviously grown up with the two Marshall boys and were great friends Nina would tell everyone that they were her older brothers because that's how she saw them and that's how they saw her Max definitely took on the role of scary-over-protective big brother. Bella and Cooper on the other hand…well that was a different story. Bella saw Max as a brother figure but she certainly did not see Cooper like that. He was that hot older college boy with awesome abs and a fast car that had the girls dropping their panties. So of course Bella was crushing hard on him from the moment he hit puberty and started to look ridiculously handsome. Cooper knew Bella liked him and he lapped up the attention, he wasn't a bad guy but he was kind of a player he had so many different girlfriends his mothers had lost count. Both Max and Cooper liked to play the field but even if they did go through a lot of girls they were never assholes and they always treated their girlfriend's with respect even if they only lasted a week or even just the night. So while Nina sat there and finished off the puzzles in the activity book Bella and Cooper shamelessly flirted with each other.
"Sofia I swear if you even think about doing it again I will not be happy." Grace warned her wife with a glare on her face.
"What? I didn't do anything, it's not my fault there's turbulence." Sofia acted innocently.
"Oh so the turbulence made you undo my button, pull my zipper down and shoved your hand down my pants?" Grace asked
"Yeah" Sofia replied weakly
Grace rolled her eyes and shook her head at her wife.
"Oh come on Gracie it's not like anyone can see. I put the blanket over our laps." Sofia sighed
"You're as bad as my mother." Grace huffed
"Ok first of all ew…second of all is this your way of telling me something freaky went down in your childhood?" Sofia looked grossed out
"What? NO! That's just…Sofia that's fucked up." Grace looked horrified
"Well you said it." Sofia argued
"I didn't mean it like that! I just meant you're like my mom who is like always thinking about sex." Grace tried to explain.
"Yeah…still ew." Sofia cringed
"Ugh you're being so annoying today." Grace huffed
"Well I'm sorry miss I'm-So-Perfect but I just thought we could have some fun and you said we could re-join the mile high club on this trip and yet all we've done is watch some crappy romantic comedy movie and talked about the weather…the weather Grace! I don't want us to be the sexless married couple who is boring and never does anything adventurous." Sofia ranted
"That's a bit of an overstatement Sofia we aren't sexless…we had sex two weeks ago." Grace rolled her eyes.
"Exactly! Two weeks ago! There was a time we did it daily." Sofia replied
"That was when we didn't have kids and jobs that take up our time." Grace stated
"I know we've both been super busy lately and kinda stressed with Bella getting into trouble at school and Nina's grades but I thought we could…I don't know rekindle some of that spark that we have seem to have lost the last few months. Just spend some quality time together." Sofia spoke softly taking hold of her wife's hand.
It's true things have been pretty full on at the Lopez-Fabray house the last couple of months first there was Bella getting suspended yet again and on her way to getting kicked off the Cheerleading squad because of it. She had gotten into a fight with one of the other girls in her team she had refused to say why it happened but Sofia and Grace had a suspicion it had to do with what the girl had been saying about Nina. But they had no proof and Bella wasn't talking so nothing could be done. Also because this was her fourth suspension in one semester she was also looking at getting expelled if her behaviour did not improve and of course her moms were not at all happy about that.
Then there was Nina. From the moment they realised that their daughter had severe learning disabilities she had been given as much extra help as she could without overloading her. She had a tutor for her English and a tutor for her maths because these were the two things she struggled with the most. At the age of 16 Nina had a reading level of a five year old. She found it really difficult to remember certain rules and tricks to help people read so it took a long time for Nina to read the way she does now. Her brain just doesn't retain information very well which makes doing math extremely difficult she still struggles when it comes to telling the time. Nina wasn't stupid though she can understand most things and she has a wild imagination and can be a little naive and childish most of the time but she wasn't stupid.
Sofia and Grace had been called into the school to talk to the principal who they knew by first name now considering how many times they have come to speak to her about their daughters. Sally Brown was a pretty good principal and always had the students best interest in mind and had been quiet lenient in some areas especially with Bella so when she suggested something about Nina both Grace and Sofia were a little taken back.
~ A Month Ago ~
"I think you should really consider taking Nina to a special school. Now before you say anything I want you to take a look at her score records from this year and last year. I will admit she has improved which is great but unfortunately these improvements aren't substantial in boosting her GPA. Because of this I don't see her getting a high enough score to graduate in the new school year." Sally regretfully told them.
"My kid is not going to some fucking special school." Sofia snapped
"Sofia-"
"No! Grace she's not going." Sofia cut her off
"Mrs. Fabray I understand how difficult this is-"
"Bullshit." Sofia scoffed
"Sally could you give us a minute please?" Grace asked wanting to calm her wife down a little bit.
Sally nodded and gave the couple a moment to themselves. Sofia sat in her chair fuming. Grace took a deep breath and looked at her daughter's test results. She knew Nina was struggling she had seen her report cards and had talked to all of her teachers but to see it right there in black and white it was still so very hard for a parent to take. The two sat there in silence for a while before either said anything.
"Sofia"
"We aren't talking about this Grace. I'm not sending her to a special school like some fucking retard." Sofia hissed
Grace slapped her wife in the arm at that remark.
"That is a horrible thing to say. I know you're upset but that is no excuse to say something like that." Grace pretty much growled
"I didn't say Nina was retarded I know she's not! That's what I'm saying she doesn't belong in a school like that." Sofia argued back
"You'd pretty much kill anyone if they ever said that about Nina so what gives you the right to say that about someone else's child?" Grace argued back
Sofia was stunned and then actually realised what she had been saying and felt so ashamed of herself for saying it. She and Grace had spent so much time installing the values of being open minded and non-judgemental to their children and yet here Sofia was calling other people's children something so hurtful. If her Mami was here she would have bitch slapped her by now.
"I didn't mean it like that Grace." Sofia whispered sadly
"I don't want to pull Nina out of this school either Sofia but if she stays…how are we supposed to tell her that she probably won't graduate with her sister and her friends?" Grace quietly asked
"I get what you're saying…I'm not blind I know Nina isn't…I know she isn't smart and I know they only let her play on the hockey team because they feel sorry for her when anyone else with low grades wouldn't be allowed to play. I know she can't read or…or tell the time I know she'll never be a doctor or a lawyer or have a high paying career I know all this but Gracie she's my baby and I know she doesn't belong in a school like that. She's not smart but she's not stupid she is capable and she belongs in a mainstream school. She is improving…albeit very slowly but she is and yeah she might not graduate but so fucking what she can still live her life without a diploma. I don't want to do this to her." Sofia cried
Grace got out of her seat and sat down on her wife's lap pulling her into a hug Sofia instantly wrapped her arms around her holding her tight. They had left the meeting undecided but they had eventually agreed to at least think about it over the Christmas break…
"Sofia I'm sorry, I know you want to…be adventurous or whatever but I'm just not feeling it right now." Grace told her with wife with an apologetic look on her face.
"But why?" Sofia whined like a child.
"Well for starters I got my period this morning and secondly did you not see that fat guy go into the bathroom twenty minutes ago and still hasn't come out yet?" Grace replied
"Oh…damn your stupid ovaries and your stupid uterus." Sofia hissed
"Well we could still have sex if you really want too but it'll be messy." Grace shrugged with a slight smirk on her face she knew how much period sex freaked her wife out.
"Ew…ugh…Grace why did you have to say that? Now I have this horrific image in my head!" Sofia cringed and even dry reached a little.
"We should like totally move in here." Becky slurred her words a little as she sipped more Champaign.
"I'll agree to that." Hannah raised her glass then took a drink.
"We could have an endless supply of drinks and have hot sex in these really comfy chairs." Becky grinned and leaned in close to her wife.
Hannah giggled she was liking this idea very much.
"Hey I have like the world's best idea." Becky whispered to her wife
"If you're thinking of having sex in the bathroom then I am so there." Hannah replied excitedly
"See now this is why I married you." Becky held her hand to her heart giving Hannah a loving smile.
"I'll go first and then you come in a few minutes later." Hannah whispered before she kissed her wife and jumped out of her seat and made her way to the bathroom.
Becky grinned to herself and quickly finished off her drink before she followed her wife. She was impatient and didn't bother waiting. Hannah barely closed the door behind her before it was pulled open and Becky came crashing into the stall.
"Wow this thing is cramped" Hannah noted as she tried to turn around in the confined space which was no easy task with Becky there.
"I'll say, the plane to Australia had way bigger bathrooms…too bad we didn't do this then." Becky sighed
"Can you move back a little so I can turn around?" Hannah asked
"Or I could just fuck you like this." Becky smirked and wrapped her arms around her wife.
"If you wanna fuck me from behind then at least turn us towards the mirror so I can watch you." Hannah replied with her own smirk knowing Becky would get even more turned on by what she was saying.
"That's so hot babe." Becky murmured into her wife's shoulder before she began to suck on Hannah's earlobe and run her hands down her wife's thighs.
"Damn it when is this flight going to be over?" Sofia complained for the hundredth time
"God I hope it's soon." Grace grumbled to herself.
Two hours later the plane had finally touched the ground much to Sofia and Bella's delight. Ben was there waiting for them at the airport with a big smile and a hug for everyone. Charlie would have gone too but being so famous it would have just been too difficult with all the holiday travellers and paparazzi. It was a long day but they had finally arrived and were settling in for a drink at the Lopez-Pierce mansion.
It was still a week till Christmas so everyone had time to do some sightseeing and do their own thing before the big day. While Grace, Sofia, Hannah and Becky took the opportunity to go out and be tourists their children decided to be boring and just stay at the mansion and swim in the indoor pool and spa.
"Bella why have you got sunscreen? We're inside. Can the sun still get you because we're at a pool and it just knows even though there's a roof over our heads?" Nina asked totally confused as to why her sister was rubbing the cream all over herself totally putting on a show for a certain someone who was sitting in the pool discreetly watching.
"What?" Bella asked a little startled
"Does the sun have super powers?" Nina then asked with a whisper just in case.
"No…I was just…force of habit NeeNee I see a pool and I just put sun screen on. Its mom's constant nagging that's been drilled into my head." Bella quickly replied
"Oh…ok then" Nina smiled and grabbed her towel out of her bag and placed it onto one of the deck chairs.
Meanwhile up in the massive kitchen Charlie was sitting with her mama as she fed Eric his lunch, he had just started on solid foods and wasn't liking it very much. He kept dribbling it down his chin and getting it everywhere, some was even in Rachel's hair.
"Come on Eric please eat…it's yummy" Charlie pleaded with her son.
"Yes please do, I don't think Nanny wants more food in her hair." Rachel added as she pulled a clump of mashed up goo from her bangs.
After a lot of convincing Eric did finally eat some of his food making Charlie and Rachel cheer and sigh with relief.
"Dory was never this fussy, she'll eat anything." Charlie sighed as she picked Eric up out of his high chair and placed him in her lap.
"He must get it from you. You were always a fussy eater when you were a baby." Rachel replied as she helped clean up
"Really?"
"Yep, you were worse actually. One time I came home to your mother trying to feed you and she ended up somehow with food all in her hair and down her top some even got into her bra. It was a mess, while you just sat there happy as anything giggling at your silly mom." Rachel smiled at the memory.
Charlie just laughed as she tried to picture it.
"So any new projects coming up?" Rachel asked taking a seat next to her daughter
"Well there's the sequel to my book that's being drafted, which is about me breaking into the business and how fast my career took off." Charlie replied
"What's it called this time?" Rachel asked
"I'm not sure yet, it's still being decided ooh but I also have this TV role for a new show that a few producers want me to have a look at." Charlie added
"Really? TV? I thought you wanted to just stick with guest appearances." Rachel replied a little surprised
"Yeah, I know but it seems pretty cool. I don't know I haven't made any decisions yet." Charlie shrugged
"What's the role then?" Rachel asked a little intrigued
"Well, I play this super mean girl at college who like is totally bitchy to this one girl in particular anyways it turns out that the reason she is so mean is because she is secretly in love with the girl but doesn't know how to deal with these feelings. It'll be my first lesbian role!" Charlie told her Ma in excitement
"Well that does sound interesting." Rachel nodded
"I know! But we'll see what happens like I said nothings been decided yet." Charlie stated
Out on the streets of LA Sofia had dragged Becky away from their wives because she needed help in finding a nice present for Grace. She couldn't believe she had forgotten and felt terrible so she was determined to find something extra special but she needed all the help she could get…unfortunately they have come up with nothing.
"Ugh why must this be so hard?" Sofia huffed as they left the store with empty hands.
"I know…I hate buying gifts, it's such a hassle." Becky sighed
"I should have brought Nina with me she's awesome at picking out gifts." Sofia sighed
"How is Nina anyway, with school and everything?" Becky asked while they entered the next store in hopes to find something worthy of her wife.
"Well her GPA has gone up to 1.5 so she's getting a little bit better and she still gets help from her tutors twice a week." Sofia replied
Sofia and Grace hadn't told anyone about what the principal had suggested, they hadn't even really talked about it together either. Both had been putting it off but Sofia was adamant about keeping Nina in the school she was in now with her sister and her friends. Grace was the one who was on the fence. She could see the benefits of sending Nina to a different school that specialises in helping children with learning disabilities like Nina has, to be honest Grace had looked into it when Nina was younger. But Grace could also understand her wife's views about keeping Nina in the school she was in now. The girls only had a year and a half left of high school so was it really worth disrupting Nina's learning now? Would it be beneficial? Or would it set her back even more?
"Well that's good." Becky smiled positively
"Yeah…I just hope she gets to graduate with her sister." Sofia sighed quietly
"Hey, it won't be the end of the world if she has to repeat senior year. Lots of people do it." Becky tried to cheer her up.
"I know but…Nina wants to graduate with Bella and Ava she'll be really disappointed if she fails." Sofia replied with a frown.
"Does she have any ideas of what she wants to do after high school?" Becky asked carefully
That was a touchy subject with Nina. While Bella did as much as she could from stopping the cheerleaders from picking on Nina she could only do so much. The Cheerleaders held no reservations in constantly reminding Nina that she was as thick as a plank of wood. Nina had been feeling kinda low about it lately and no matter how many times her moms told her that she wasn't stupid Nina was finding it hard to believe so she hadn't put any thought into what she would like to do after high school because she didn't think she was smart enough to do anything.
"She hasn't said anything about it." Sofia simply replied focusing her attention on the showcase of necklaces.
"Cooper was the same…I still don't even think he knows what he wants to do." Becky quickly replied to try and make it not that big a deal.
Sofia just nodded. It wasn't like she was disappointed or ashamed of her daughter but a big part of her was just sad that Nina won't be going to college or get herself a well-paying career. Grace was hoping that Nina would get herself a sports scholarship to get into college like she did but being good at sport only helped so much she still needed to get good enough grades as well.
"What about Bella? Does she know what she wants to do?" Becky then asked
"She wants to be a fricking model." Sofia rolled her eyes
Becky just laughed
Back at the luxurious indoor pool Nina and Max were playing volley ball while Cooper and Bella flirted endlessly with each other down the other end. Cooper was still in the water while Bella was lounging on the deck chair in her super tiny bikini that her mothers had forbid her to get but she bought it anyways. Sometime during that afternoon their great grandparents had joined them sitting in the spa with a strong drink in hand.
"Ok am I the only one who is going to point this out but those two are awfully chummy." Michael whispered as he nodded towards Bella and Cooper
"It's harmless" Marcus waved it off
"I don't know it looks a little more than that" Maria agreed with a frown as she watched the pair.
"Should we tell their parents?" Judy asked
"Ducky would go ape shit if she knew." Maria stated before sipping her margarita
Judy had brought out the blender early that day.
"So would Gracie, not to mention Quinn and Santana…and Becky." Judy agreed
"Should we be worried? I mean she's only sixteen and he's twenty and in college and let's not forget the string of girls he has been with!" Michael added
"Ladies and Mick I think you're all over reacting now let's just drink up and enjoy ourselves." Marcus interrupted
Since they had no other evidence that anything was actually happening between the two they all nodded and then went back to their drinks.
"Oh my god he's got his hand on her! Where are their parents?!" Marcus gasped in horror spilling his drink along with Judy's
Cooper in fact did have his hand on Bella it was teetering on being friendly and slightly inappropriate as his hand rested on her leg just below her knee but he quickly took it back when he got hit in the face with the volley ball. Bella got splashed too because of it. She full on death glared at Max and Nina who were trying not to laugh at the two. Cooper grabbed the ball and swam over to his brother.
"You're dead" He signed before he pegged the ball at him.
Max just laughed and then tried to dunk his little brother. Nina just watched in amusement.
"Bella come play with us" Nina then yelled to her sister
"I don't want to" Bella yelled back drying herself off with her towel.
"Please" Nina pouted
"Oh fine." Bella sighed and then slipped into the pool and made her way over to her sister avoiding Max and Cooper who were still play fighting.
While they waited for the boys to stop being so immature Bella and Nina began to play volleyball and because Nina was such a sports freak she was definitely beating Bella.
"Dude you gotta stop flirting with Bella" Max warned his brother once they had finished trying to drown each other
"It's nothing" Cooper shrugged
"Cooper she's sixteen and she's our Aunt's daughter, we're practically cousins." Max added
"You're one to talk you were sleeping with a nineteen year old last month." Cooper signed with a frown
"That's different. She's wasn't jailbait and she wasn't our mother's best friend's daughter." Max snapped
"Look don't worry about it ok. Nothing has happened we're just having some fun." Cooper signed then swam away to where Bella and Nina were.
Max sighed and shook his head. If his mother knew about this she would be livid not to mention his Aunt Sofia and Aunt Grace. Max was your typical 26 year old male. He loved the bachelor life and was no stranger to one night stands and parties that lasted till the early morning. Becky and Hannah weren't all that pleased with his lifestyle choices sometimes and mostly just wished he would find a nice girl and settle down. Cooper on the other hand wasn't as wild as his older brother but he was still pretty popular with the ladies. The Marshall boys were easy on the eyes and total charmers so its not that hard to believe that the girls fell for them every time. Bella being one of them and Max did not want his little brother to get involved and cause a whole lot of unnecessary drama.
Later that evening the whole family were getting ready to go out for a meal together at one of LA's finest restaurants one of the perks to being related to a Hollywood star. Everybody was expected to dress up. Because there was so many of them they had to take several cars not wanting to catch a taxi because it was too difficult with Charlie and the paparazzi.
They all settled themselves down at the massive table Nina took a seat next to her Granny B while Bella made sure she was sitting next to Cooper. Everyone caught up with what they had gotten up to in the day as they looked at their menus and ordered their drinks. Nina looked down at the fancy leather bound menu with a sense of dread and maybe a hint of anger she looked around at everyone else who was looking at the menu reading everything on it like it was the simplest thing in the world and couldn't help but feel so left out and stupid.
With a heavy sigh Nina opened the menu and tried to read it but with a defeated frown she just couldn't. It was like a jumbled mess and she had no clue what the hell to order. She looked for familiar words that she knew but these were long and fancy words she even suspected that some of it wasn't even English. Giving up, Nina closed the menu and slumped in her chair she would just listen to what everyone else was ordering and then just pick something that they were having.
"What are you having sweetie?" Brittany asked her leaning over a little bit
Nina just shrugged
"Did you have a look?" Brittany asked
"I can't read it." Nina muttered so quietly Brittany barely heard her.
Brittany reached over and opened the menu that was sitting in front of Nina and shuffled in closer to the girl. Not too much she didn't want to bring everyone's attention to them knowing that it would just make Nina feel even worse.
"Read it with me Mouse." Brittany encouraged.
"Can't you just tell me what it says?" Nina asked pleading with her.
"You gotta practice NeeNee, come on its just me and you." Brittany replied softly
"It's too hard I'm not smart enough to remember the words." Nina replied getting a little upset
"Hey…Nina look at me." Brittany instructed taking the girl's hand into her own.
Brittany waited for her to look up, she noticed Grace giving her a questioning look but she just shook it off to say that she was handling it. Eventually Nina looked up at her grandmother.
"You are my precious little unicorn ok and you are smart just like me our brains just work differently than other peoples." Brittany gently spoke to her.
"Then why can't I read?" Nina asked sadly
"You can read NeeNee I've seen you do it loads of times. Just give it a go…for me?" Brittany replied pushing the menu a little closer to Nina.
With a heavy sigh Nina looked back down at the menu and tried to decipher some of the words and what they meant.
"What sounds do a C and a H make?" Brittany helped her out
"Um…Ch?" Nina replied sounding a little unsure of herself.
"Good…so read this word for me, sound it out." Brittany pointed to something on the page.
"Ch..i…c…chic…n. Chicken." Nina looked up with a small smile.
"See you're just as awesome as me maybe even awesomer." Brittany gave her a smile
It took a while but Nina got through most of the menu with Brittany's help and she could make a decision on what she wanted to eat and felt kinda proud of herself for doing it too. She didn't realise that everyone had subtlety waited for her to finish so she wouldn't feel bad. Grace and Sofia loved their family for the way they loved Nina so much.
The night ended up being amazing and the food was awesome everybody looked fabulous and it was just good to all be together again. It wasn't a late night though because Dory and Eric were only little and were all tuckered out after their food. There was only one mishap when some paparazzi got a snap of them all leaving the restaurant which somehow ended with Quinn nearly flashing everyone as she tripped over thankfully Max and Cooper had good reflexes and caught her before she went ass over tit for the whole world to see.
When they all got back to the mansion Ben and Charlie put their two kids to bed while everybody else headed for the massive living room for some drinks Santana had discovered the wine cellar and was not shy in bringing out the good stuff. They were on holiday after all. Bella had tried to convince her mothers that she should be allowed to have at least one glass of alcohol but Grace and Sofia did not budge.
Cooper made his way over to Bella who was kinda sulking on the couch and sat down close to her. She gave him a questioning look when he just sat there staring at her.
"What?" She snapped, even if she did like him she was still in a bitchy mood and the only person who never really got in the way of her wrath was Nina. But that was because Bella found it really hard to be bitchy towards her sister.
"Wanna blow this Popsicle stand and go have a real party?" He signed with a smirk on his face
"Huh?"
"I know where Max keeps his own stash of booze." Cooper signed looking around so no one was paying attention to them.
Bella was a little surprised but she was not going to turn him down, she quickly nodded and told him to wait a few minutes after she left the room and meet her in the indoor pool room.
Bella told everyone she was going to bed because she was tired of their old boring selves. Sofia just clipped her around the ear and then kissed her goodnight. Five minutes later Cooper mysteriously disappeared without a word.
Like every other gathering somehow everybody ended up a little tiddly and there was always singing involved. Charlie had managed to coerce everyone to sing some Christmas songs while her mom accompanied them on the piano.
Unlike her mother Nina actually had a nice singing voice and loved singing with her Mama and Abuela so she managed to get them to sing together at least once that night and even managed to get Maria to harmonize with them. The four generations of Lopez women stood together by the piano while they sang silent night it was pretty awesome and it even brought a tear to Brittany's eye to see her family singing together like that it would have been even better if Bella was there too but there's always Christmas day to get the five of them to sing again. Once they finished they all got a round of applause from everyone else.
"Aww you girls are so adorable" Brittany squealed and pulled them into a big group hug.
Grace was there to capture the moment with her phone with a small smile.
"Wow I think I just got a cavity from all of this sweetness." Becky snickered to her wife
"Oh come on you have to admit they were pretty cute." Hannah chuckled
"They should totally start their own band." Vanessa joked
"Don't give Brittany any ideas sis." Becky hushed her sister.
The night continued with lots more singing and a lot more drinking thankfully there was no nakedness and surprisingly no appearance of sobbing Santana or horny Quinn. It was getting late though so they all started to head to bed. Nina kinda got lost the house was pretty big but she finally found her room. Her Aunty Cha-Cha let her put up a poster on the door so she could find it easier. Meanwhile Rachel and Quinn stumbled to their room and nearly fell over each other.
"I love our family." Rachel mumbled into her wife's shoulder as she leaned heavily into her side.
"Me too…I can't wait till Toby and his family get here too. I wish Beth was here though." Quinn replied as she tried to get out of her clothes with Rachel clinging to her, it wasn't working out so well though.
"I know me too…but she's off having fun with her new man. After everything with Jeff the girl deserves some fun." Rachel added
"I know…stupid Jeff." Quinn narrowed her eyes
"Quinnnnnn I need help." Rachel whined as she pulled at her dress
Quinn just giggled and tried to help her wife out of her dress. She turned Rachel around and then fumbled with the zipper for a good five minutes.
"Babe are you actually doing anything back there?" Rachel giggled
"Gimme a sex…I mean sec." Quinn chuckled and then rested her head on Rachel's shoulder as she laughed at herself.
"Quinn…I'm sleepy." Rachel huffed but giggled as well.
"Sorry Rach." Quinn replied and went back to unzipping the zip with a determined look on her face.
Finally she got it and helped her wife out of her dress and placed it back into the closet then got an eyeful when she turned back around to find her wife with her boobs hanging out while she flung her bra over her shoulder and reached for her seasonal t-shirt that she wore to bed.
"Wait!" Quinn stopped her
"Why?" Rachel frowned
"Let's sleep naked." Quinn suggested
"Why?" Rachel asked again
"Because…I like sleeping with you when we're naked." Quinn mumbled
Rachel just laughed but nodded and slipped her underwear off and got into bed. Quinn grinned and quickly stripped down and got in next to her wife snuggling up to her and kissed her goodnight.
Brittany and Santana crashed into their room in a fit of giggles and kisses. Brittany slammed the door behind them and latched her lips onto Santana's neck.
"What's gotten into you Britt-Britt?" Santana laughed at her wife's eagerness
"Not you…yet." Brittany smirked
"Babe…seriously you're like a little minx tonight." Santana replied
"Well it's been a while since we had some alone time and I miss it." Brittany murmured into Santana's collarbone.
"It hasn't been that long…has it?" Santana asked with worry.
"Three weeks." Brittany replied and slipped her wife's dress down her body.
"Seriously?" Santana asked in shock.
Brittany just nodded as she worked the clasps on Santana's bra.
"Shit, I'm sorry Britt." Santana sighed.
"S'ok, we've both been busy and I know we've both gone through menopause and our libidos aren't what they used to be but we're not that old not yet so I say if we can still do it then we're gonna damn well do it." Brittany shrugged and pulled her wife over to their bed sitting Santana down before she straddled her lap.
"Just think of it as an early Christmas present." Brittany then smirked
Grace flopped into bed and got herself comfy as she waited for Sofia to finish up in the bathroom. Finally after taking forever Sofia turned the bathroom light off and made her way into the bedroom. Grace looked up and almost did a double take when she saw her wife. Sofia was standing in the doorway with a smirk on her face and in her sexy red and black Victoria's Secret bra and panties.
"Holy crap you look hot." Grace muttered
"I'm glad you think so." Sofia replied in her sexy deep voice and made her way over to the bed.
Grace got out from under the covers and crawled her way over to her wife kneeling before her on the bed.
"These are new, I haven't seen them before." Grace spoke in wonderment while she raked her eyes all over her wife's body.
"I got them last week…thought you'd like 'em." Sofia smirked
"Yep…I really, really like them." Grace grinned as she slowly brought her hands up placing them on her wife's hips and gently ran her thumbs along her smooth caramel skin.
"You're a tease you know that right?" Grace then added as her hands began to wander.
"Why? I'm offering myself to you how am I a tease?" Sofia chuckled
"Because in case you have forgotten I'm on my period and you refuse to have sex with me when I am." Grace reminded her
"Yeah…about that…I mean…we could always…maybe…give it a try." Sofia stuttered out not sounding all that sure.
"Really?" Grace asked a little shocked.
To be honest it wasn't something Grace was dying to try like her wife it did kinda freak her out a little bit but not so much to the extent that it did Sofia. Grace wasn't all that sure but if her wife wanted to do it then she wasn't going to deny her.
"We could like…use a towel or something." Sofia shrugged and maybe cringed just a little.
"We could do it in the shower maybe?" Grace then suggested.
"That could work…less mess…um…you're not heavy right?" Sofia then asked sounding a little afraid.
"It's pretty light." Grace replied
"Oh good…so it's not like gushing out or anything?" Sofia sighed in relief
"Ew Sofia." Grace scrunched her nose up at that.
"Well I'm just saying…I don't want the bathroom to look like a murder scene." Sofia stated.
"What made you change your mind?" Grace asked, ignoring that last comment
"To be honest…I'm just really, really horny." Sofia whispered
Grace just laughed because only Sofia would go out of her comfort zone just so she could have sex.
"Are we really gonna do this?" Grace nervously asked once she stopped laughing.
"Only if you're comfortable with it. I can hold out till your vag stops bleeding." Sofia replied softly
"Your way with words always astounds me." Grace giggled
"It's part of my charm." Sofia shrugged
"I can always just do you if you want. You don't have to…you know." Grace suggested
"Well yeah we could do that but…I like touching you Gracie it's what makes it more fun. If you just do all the work then it's pretty much just like I was masturbating. I like the feel of being inside you and fucking you. We can't let your ovaries cockblock us, because if we do then they win." Sofia murmured.
"Only if you're one hundred precent sure." Grace replied
"I am…I mean I'll only finger you its not like I'll go now on you I'm not a vampire." Sofia added
"Ugh you can be so gross sometimes." Grace cringed and slapped her wife on the shoulder.
The next morning Nina woke her parents up with her insistent knocking on their bedroom door. Sofia grumbled and swore under her breath at the noise she tried to nudge her wife to get up and make it stop but Grace was dead to the world. With a heavy sigh Sofia dragged herself up out of bed to see who had the nerve to wake her up at this ungodly hour of 10:30 in the morning.
"NeeNee this better be important." Sofia grumbled with a tired yawn.
"Sorry Mama…I can't find Bella." Nina replied
"Hmm? Sweetie she's probably still asleep." Sofia replied
"No…I looked in her room, at least I think it was her room but she wasn't there. So I looked in the kitchen and the living room then I got lost and somehow ended up outside and saw this really pretty butterfly but I didn't see Bella out there." Nina rambled
"Ok, Nina I'm sure your sister is somewhere don't worry your pretty little face ok?" Sofia sighed
"But-"
"Bubbie go back to bed." Grace called out from under the covers.
"Why don't you go see if Uncle Ben knows where she is?" Sofia suggested
"Ok…sorry for waking you guys up." Nina mumbled
"Hey its ok." Sofia reassured her pulling her into a hug
"I can make you coffee if you want...well I could ask Uncle Ben to make you some coffee" Nina offered with a small smile
"Sure NeeNee, me and your mom will be down in a bit." Sofia nodded
Sofia closed the door and made her way back to bed flopping herself down next to her wife.
"We should get up." Sofia yawned again
"But I'm sleepy." Grace grumbled
"I know but coffee makes everything better." Sofia replied kissing her wife's cheek.
"Babe…did you answer the door like that?" Grace asked lifting her head up from the pillow.
"Hmm? Yeah why?" Sofia replied with her eyes closed she was on her way to falling back to sleep.
"Because you just answered the door to our baby daughter in your sexy barely there underwear from last night." Grace replied
Sofia's eyes snapped open and looked down at her body.
"Oh crap." Sofia hissed at herself.
"Well look on the bright side if you hadn't of freaked out last night and gone to bed without having sex you would have answered the door naked instead." Grace giggled.
"Shut up…I couldn't handle the blood." Sofia cringed
"I didn't even get undressed you goober." Grace continued to laugh.
Nina headed back downstairs to see if she could find her Uncle and to make some coffee for her moms. After taking yet another wrong turn, seriously the house was like a maze she was thinking about getting someone to draw a map for her with lots of pictures to help, Nina found herself in the indoor pool room. With a frustrated huff Nina turned herself back around but stopped when she heard voices…or really just one voice, her sisters.
"Bella?" Nina called out moving around the pool towards the small dressing room at the back end of the room.
Bella didn't reply but Nina heard some shuffling around and some hushed voices before Bella stumbled out of the room looking a little dishevelled and wearing the same thing she wore last night at the restaurant.
"Nina…hey." Bella gave her a nervous smile as she patted down her messy hair.
"Hey…what are you doing?" Nina asked looking confused
"Oh…um…I…I was just…I thought I left my phone in here because I couldn't find it so I…w-went looking for it." Bella lied
"Did you find it?" Nina asked not realising her sister was basically bullshitting her right now.
Bella felt so bad for lying to Nina because she knew how gullible she was and she believed everything her sister told her. So lying to her was something Bella did not like doing.
"N-No, it must be somewhere else." Bella replied looking away feeling ashamed of herself.
"Do you need my help to find it?" Nina then asked
"Nah, I'm sure it will turn up, hey do you want me to make you some blueberry pancakes?" Bella quickly replied grabbing her sister's arm and gently walking them towards the door and out of the pool room.
"Sure! You're the best sister ever." Nina giggled
"No I'm pretty sure that title goes to you." Bella replied feeling even more guilty for lying.
"Thanks." Nina smiled brightly.
"Are our moms up yet?" Bella then asked
"No…I think they're having sex." Nina replied simply
"Ew you saw them?" Bella cringed in horror
"No…but Ma was wearing a really tiny bra and underwear…it was kinda gross." Nina replied
"Ugh that's just nasty. Old people should not be having sex its just wrong." Bella shuddered.
A few minutes after it went quiet Cooper poked his head out of the dressing room to take a look around and thankfully the coast was clear. He quickly hopped out of the room tucking his shirt back in and made his way back to his room and hoped that no one caught him.
Ok so that's part one, the next part will focus more on Brittana and Faberry as there wasn't much in this part.