Chapter 11- Ice Cream & Ideas: Part 3

They four girls talked while enjoying their sugary treats until Santana got a text confirming her meeting tomorrow and got a glance at the time. It was nearing 8:20pm.

"Well, ladies. It's been lovely talking to you tonight but, Tay and I have to go and enjoy our epic sleepover. Tay, say bye." Santana got up and placed a very generous $20 tip on the table for Will.

While Taylie was hugging Quinn, Santana turned to Brittany who stood and wrapped her arms around the shorter girl. They both fell into the embrace and their faces sported the most happy smiles. When they released one another, Brittany quickly pecked Santana's cheek and giggled when they turned red.

"Thanks for keeping Taylie company, Quinn. I think she's found a new best friend." Santana shook out of her daze and turned to the other blonde.

"We'll see you both soon! Bye Britty." Taylie gave a hug to Brittany's legs and started to pull her Aunty from the cozy shop.

"I'll call you." Santana simply stated and sent a wink in Brittany's direction.

"Kay, bye Tay!" Brittany nodded and smiled.

With that, the two Latina's stepped out into the busy streets of New York.

xoxoxoxoxo

"Well, that was fun and unexpected." Quinn snuggled back down into the booth.

"Yeah, although, I wish I wasn't in my pyjamas." Brittany looked down to her duck slippers and pyjama bottoms.

"Ahh, don't worry. It's not like she'll care once you two are married." Quinn said it like it was the most obvious thing in the world while leaning over to grab a marshmallow.

"Quinn! We haven't even gone on a first date and you're thinking about marriage."

"Well, if you guys would stop eye sexing each other every 20 seconds we wouldn't be having this conversation."

"But... Wait... She was checking me out when I'm in my pyjamas?" Brittany was processing this bit of information with a smile on her beautiful face.

"Well, can't say much on your behalf because she was dressed like a runway star." Quinn thought back to what Santana was wearing.

"Oh, yeah. And did I mention that she invited me to go and watch one of the photo shoots?" Brittany gushed.

"And did I mention that Sam is doing an underwear shoot for 'Flaunt It'?" Quinn was beaming. "Good thing I got his number. I hope he hasn't forgotten about me because he's all i think about these days."

A light bulb then went off in Brittany's head. "Hey Quinn... You know how there are the extra features in 'Flaunt It' about photography?"

"Oh, yeah. I really love those features. They're one of the main reasons I love the magazine." Quinn nodded and stole a strawberry.

"Hmmm... Ever thought about sending some of your photos in?" Brittany casually stirred the pot for still warm chocolate.

"Well, yeah I guess I have. But I've never actually done it." Quinn shrugged and checked the time on the rainbow clock hanging behind the counter. "It's getting pretty late. We should get going."

"Yeah.." Brittany slowly stood and got a $10 note from her purse and slipped it with the $20 from Santana.

The two girls yelled a bye and thank you to Will who welcomed the back anytime. They then stepped out into the air of New York.

xoxoxox

"Okay, Tay! On three! One..."

"Two!"

"Three!" The two Latina's jumped out of their respective rooms in their dress up costumes.

Taylie had a pink skirt on complete with a purple tank top. On her back she had fairy wings with a tiara on her head and a wand in her tiny hand. Santana was dressed in a skin tight strapless red dress with matching horns on top of her head and she had a triton like wand in her hands.

Taylie scrunched up her face at her Aunt's choice of costume. "Who are you?"

"I'm the devil! Duh!" Santana laughed at her niece's confused face. It was so cute. "And, let me guess... You're a magical pink fairy princess?"

Santana had done millions of dress-ups with Taylie and every time she was either a fairy princess or one of the Disney princesses. You just had to look for the accessories.

"Yay!" Taylie did a little dance in her costume.

"Alright, princess. Which movie did you want to watch?" Santana bent down and scooped up the little girl, ,much to her delight. She loved being carried. And it was relatively easy for adults to carry the 4yr old because she was a small for her age.

"Hmmm.." Taylie wiggled down ran to her unicorn duffle and emptied out all her DVD's. She picked one up and ran back into Santana's arms.

"Sleeping Beauty? Is this new?" Santana took the box from the little girls hands.

"Yeah! Mummy's friend Aunty Mercedes bought-ed it for me!"

"When'd you see Aunty Cedes last?"

"Umm... Mummy said that she's here because Shane is a big wick!"

Shane.. Dick... Right. That bastard.

"Ok, let's put in Sleeping Beauty for this lovely princess." Santana winked at the toddler who quickly scrambled under all the pillows and blankets.

By the end of the movie there were a billion wrappers scattered around the floor, Dots thrown about and two very non-sleepy Latina's.

"Ack! Tay! No fair! You jumped me!" Santana was trying to shield her pretty face from an unexpected pillow fight. "That's it!"

Santana jumped up, forgetting she was caught up in her zebra snuggie and came toppling back to the ground with a thud! This caused Taylie to topple over too, laughing at her Aunt's clumsiness.

"Owww!" Santana groaned, her face pushed into a mountain of pillows.

"Aww, poor, old Aunty Tana." Taylie went over and rubbed the bigger Latina's back.

"You're so sweet, Tay. Attacking me then showing me sympathy."

"I love you, Aunty Tana!" Taylie giggled and hugged Santana's back.

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"Hmm, so Tay. I need to ask you for your opinion because you know heaps about magic, don't you?" Santana suddenly remembered and turned to her niece.

"Yes. Mummy and Tina both says I'm very magical." Taylie turned to her Aunt and dropped the crayon she was holding. She sat on a lady bug cushion with her legs folded and in her 'listening' position that came with pre-school.

"Of course, Tay. You're the most magical fairy princess niece ever!" Santana laughed.

"Yay!"

"Okay, so I have this.. This friend. And we're going to go out and have an adult party but just the two of us. You understand?" Taylie nodded and Santana smiled. "This person, is very special to me. I- I like her."

"Yes. Is he your Prince Charming?" Taylie pointed a small finger to the flat screen.

"Yeah, like that. But remember Tay? I told you that I like girls not boys." Santana gently reminded the younger Latina.

"Ohh! So you're going to have a princess?" Taylie cocked her head to the side.

"Yeah. She's just like one. She's beautiful, nice and very loving. Can you guess who it is?" Santana raised her eyebrow at Taylie.

"Hmm.. Is it you?" Taylie grinned.

"What? Tay! I don't want to have a party by myself!" Santana giggled and gently pushed the little girl.

"But you're booti-ful and nice and stuff." Taylie smiled in an adoring fashion at her Aunt.

"Aww, Tay. You're so sweet. But no, it's Brittany from the candy bar."

"Yay! I win! Quinny has to take me out to ice cream, again!" Taylie suddenly jumped up, fist pumped and started dancing about.

"What?" The older Latina scrunched up her eyebrows. "Why does Quinn get to take you out to get ice cream, again?"

"Oh, coz Quinny said that Brittany was going to take YOU out but I said you would take HER out" Taylie beamed and Santana was shocked by her niece's intelligence.

"Huh.. So that means that I beat Brittany to the punch? Oh my god, I'm so whipped and we haven't even gone out once!" Santana thought to herself but she smiled a bit.

"Soooo, are you going to call her?" Taylie smiled as if she was hiding a secret.

"Oh! Yes! I have to! Sí! No puedo! Oh, Dios mío. No puedo!" Santana started rambling on and on in her native tongue.

Taylie just sat there, laughing away at her Aunt's craziness. So, the little girl got herself up and walked over to Santana's handbag and rummaged around. Finally, she pulled out an iPhone 4S with a red and silver case. She unlocked the phone because she made the passcode 'TANA'. She quickly found the 'contacts' button and went to the 'B' section and walked over to her Aunty who was about to have a nervous breakdown.

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"Brittany! Quick! Get your dancing ass over here!" Quinn yelled through the apartment.

Brittany dropped the stack of 'Flaunt it' magazines and raced over to her best friend who was hyperventilating on the couch.

"What? What is it? Did One Tree Hill get cancelled!" Brittany frantically jumped over the back of the couch and landed swiftly next to Quinn.

"What? No." Quinn gave her roomie a weird look and shook her head. "Sam just texted me!"

"Oh my gosh!" Both girls squealed and looked to the phone screen.

"Well? Open it! I want to see what Ken has sent Barbie!" Brittany shook her friends shoulders.

Quinn held a shaky finger to the 'view' button and touched the screen.

Hey Quinn :)

I was wondering if you'd like to go out sometime this week?
Let me know.

Sam

Quinn just read and re-read the message over and over again.

"Straight forward and to the point. I like it." Brittany nudged Quinn's shoulder. "Well? Reply to him?"

"I-I can't.. What if I make a fool out of myself? What happens if he doesn't like me?" Quinn started having a breakdown and Brittany could only roll her eyes.

"Honey, he does like you. That's why he texted, remember?" Brittany rubbed her friends back encouragingly. "Plus, what's not to like?" Brittany winked and then got up from the couch and wandered over to the pile of magazines she'd dropped.

"I guess I'm free on Friday night.." Quinn mumbled to herself. "Oh, gosh. I need a drink."

xoxoxoxx

"Here you go, Aunty Tana." Taylie placed the phone into Santana's hand.

Santana looked down and saw her contacts open at 'Brittany'. She looked up at the little girl who was towering over her with a cheeky expression.

"Damn, Tay. I guess you got that cheekiness from me, huh?" Santana took a deep breath and pressed 'call'.

xoxoxoxoo

"Brittany! Phone!" Quinn screeched towards the hallway where Brittany was attending to her magazines.

"Can you pick it up!" Brittany attempted to yell out from behind the stack of magazines that were killing her arms.

"Kay!" Quinn checked the i.d and it was 'Sanny' calling. Quinn grinned and pressed the 'accept' button.

"Hello, Quinn answering Brittany's phone." Quinn tried not to speak too loud. She wanted to make Brittany squirm.

"Oh, hey Quinn." Santana breathed a sigh of relief from not hearing Brittany's voice breath through the phone.

"Ha! Seems like you just can't get enough of me today. What is it? Third time seeing/hearing me?" Quinn quickly checked over her shoulder to see Brittany slowly trudging through the hall, her arms shaking under the weight.

"Ahh, I guess you could say that. But believe it or not, I'm actually calling for another blonde. Is she in?" Santana chuckled through the phone and winked at Taylie who was sitting next to her, listening.

"Sure one moment." Quinn grinned as an idea popped into her head.

"Thanks, bye Quinn."

Quinn slowly got up from the couch with Brittany's mobile and walked over to her friend with a devilish grin plastered on her face.

"Brittany... Someone's on the phone for you." Quinn held the phone out to a Brittany who was still struggling.

"Can you tell them I'll call them back?" Brittany poked her head out sideways from the stack.

"Alright. I'll tell Santana to call back later..." Quinn said over-dramatically and lifted the mobile back to her ear.

"Wait!" Brittany tried to run to the phone but forgot momentarily about the several kilo's in her arms. She was reminded when they all tumbled out of her arms and fell with 'thumps' to her feet.

"Owww..." Brittany collapsed and moaned.

Quinn was shocked and looked at her friend who was in pain. She then suddenly started laughing and rolled on the floor.

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"Quinn? Brittany? Is anyone there?" Santana called into the phone.

The older Latina looked at the smaller one and they both shrugged. Santana pressed the 'speaker' button on the phone and got up from the floor.

"Tay, I need you to listen and wait to see if any one of those crazy girls come back on the line, kay? I need to pee."

"Okay." Taylie smiled at her Aunt who retreated to the bathroom. She looked at the phone for about 2 seconds then continued to draw.

"Hello? Santana? It's Brittany." Taylie's head snapped up from the voice that was coming out of the phone.

"Hi Britty! Guess who it is!" Taylie spoke in the direction of the phone.

"Hmmm.. Is it Piglet?"

"No.."

"Is it Snow White?"

"No.."

"Hmm.. What about Aladdin?

"Hey! I'm not a boy!"

"Haha, hey Tay." Brittany laughed through the speakers.

"Hi Britty! How did you know it was me?"

"Well, I think you should be the only girl special enough to be spending time with Santana."

"That's not true! There's you too!"

Brittany blushed at the comment from the little voice that squeaked through.

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"Put it on speaker!" Quinn screeched, still on the ground from where she'd collapsed.

Brittany had somehow managed to not injure herself; Not even a paper cut! She'd then got up and grabbed the phone off Quinn who was laughing her butt off at how Brittany was so excited. Brittany then obliged, and turned the phone on speaker.

"... And now Aunty Tay is peeing." Taylie finished whatever story she was telling and Quinn paused just taking in what she'd heard. Quinn looked at Brittany and then started rolling about in the magazines again. Brittany rolled her eyes and started talking with the little girl, waiting for Santana to come back.

"Hi Tay!" Quinn yelled at the phone.

"Hi Quinny!" You could practically hear the smile through the phone. Taylie was so happy to have more friends.

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"Is she back yet, Tay?" Santana's voice rung through the apartment as she made her way over to her niece.

"Yep!" Taylie held the phone out to her Aunt but not before saying bye to the blondes on the other line. "Bye Quinny! Britty, Aunty Tana wants to speak to you! Bye!"

"Hello?" Brittany's voice was like music to Santana's ears.

"Hi." Just like her niece, the Latina's smile was evident through the phone.

"Hey, San." Brittan got up and playfully kicked a lying down Quinn in the shins and walked to her bedroom.

"How are you?" Santana started freaking out.

"San! You saw me like an hour ago!"

"Truth. But anyways, I was wondering if you're still on for Saturday night?" Santana closed her eyes and silently prayed that it was going to be a 'yes'.

"Of course! I can't wait." Brittany grinned into the receiver.

"Awesome. Well, can I pick you up at around 7:30pm?" Santana beamed and she felt so much lighter.

"Sounds perfect. Do you have a pen? I'll tell you my address..." Brittany recited her address and Santana quickly scribbled it down with a crayon that was next to Taylie.

"Great. I'll see you then. Bye Britt." Santana didn't trust her voice that much so she said it really softly. Brittany got shivers listening to the Latina's half whisper through the phone.

"Okay, bye San." Brittany whispered back.