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Chapter 11
After finally getting everything needed for their thanksgiving dinner they head home, grateful that they came up with a solution to the debacle of Maribel Lopez and their paper thin walls.
As the car pulls into the driveway Santana beeps the horn once letting Jake know they need some help carrying all the food inside, not 10 seconds later the boy is opening the boot of the car and lifting the heavy brown paper bags into a secure hold to make the trip.
Brittany gives him a thank you kiss on the cheek and grabs a few items that have fallen out of the bags putting it in his hold before he walks back into the house.
Santana and Brittany grab the rest of the shopping and follow him inside to unpack them.
"Do you plan on feeding Africa with this amount of food?" Jake questions stepping back and looking at all the items the couple had bought for thanksgiving dinner
"You wouldn't be saying that if you knew my father," Brittany says as she puts things away in the cupboard and Jake chuckles
"The man is a machine," Santana states seriously and Brittany nods agreeing,
"You two will get along just fine," Brittany adds which makes Jake smile.
Initially Jake's nerves about meeting the pair's family were because he was scared they wouldn't accept him like the couple had done, his whole life he'd spent trying to fit in with families and for the first time in his life it felt right and he didn't want anything to change.
So hearing Brittany say that her father and him would get along just fine made him so happy to have finally found a home.
"Is Emily bringing Taylor Laughter?" Santana's question interrupts Jake's thoughts and he furrows his brows in confusion
"Yep, and Santana she told me to tell you that you have to be nice…no interrogations, between you and my dad the poor boy will be fleeing the city during the dinner," Brittany gives the Latina a pointed look and she rolls her eyes in return
"oh please, im not gonna interrogate the kid," Santana says
"your sister is dating Taylor laughter?" Jake asks incredulously and Brittany shakes her head
"No not the actual Taylor just a look a like, his name is Michael," Brittany says finishing packing the shopping away and looking around for anything she forgot.
"by the way Jake, Emily is like…" Santana whispers to Jake and makes an 'o' symbol with her figures that is saying the younger pierce is most definitely hot, Brittany catches the gesture and smacks the brunette on the back of the head.
"ow!" Santana yells rubbing the back of her head and Jake laughs heartily at the couple
"She's 16 Santana!" Brittany scolds
"And I'm just saying she is turning into a beautiful young woman," Santana bites back playfully earning an eye roll from the blonde, "Plus...she pretty much looks exactly like you so I don't know why you're so offended," Santana states factually and Brittany gives her girlfriend a glare.
"Anyway I'm just sayin, I think they'd be cute together," Santana shrugs and Brittany stops what she is doing to look at the boy who looks confused Brittany then considers whether the young boy would be good enough for Emily and she nods agreeing with the Latina.
"while I do agree with you, Emily already has a boyfriend…you cant go around match making people already in relationships babe, but Jake if there's anyone special you would like to bring to dinner, feel free," Brittany says sweetly patting the boy on the shoulder as she opens the fridge getting a bottle of wine out to pour herself a glass.
"Oh nah I think ill do the dinner stag," Jake says while playing idly with the pattern in the wood on the table, "and I promise I wont hit on your sister, unless she throws herself at me…girls tend to do that," Jake jokes and Santana scoffs in response.
After living with Jake for around a month now the couple have gotten used to the smart ass cockiness of the young boy, it was a trait that was similar to that of Noah puckerman but a lot less in your face and a lot more charming, that could just be because he wasn't Noah puckerman though.
When Brittany was telling her mum all about the young boy, Ava asked about his personality, being a psychologist the woman analysed the confidence and cocky behaviour Brittany told her about to be a cover of his actual insecurities which Brittany ultimately agreed with.
"Okay Mr. I have two mums give me your number," Santana states in a mocking voice and Brittany laughs as she sits next to the boy on the table with her glass of wine taking a small sip.
"to be fair that girl just assumed you guy's were my mothers, it probably had something to do with you holding pants up against my waistline, and who was I to deny it when she practically threw her phone number my way," Jake bites back and Santana shakes her head laughing
"Have you called her then Casanova?" Santana asks pulling two beers out of the fridge and placing one in front of the boy before sitting down and opening her own taking a sip, Brittany looks to her wide eyed and Santana shrugged
"It's a holiday, he can have one beer," Santana says and Jake nods appreciatively opening his bottle as well sending Brittany a reassuring smile that lets her know that he has had a beer before. Truthfully his done a lot of things before but his not about to tell the people letting him stay under their roof about his drug experiences that he is very much over with.
"No I haven't called her," Jake says before taking a sip of his beer and playing with the label once he places it back down on the table.
"okayyyy why not?" Santana questions and Jake rolls his eyes
"I don't want a girlfriend right now," he offers the usual lame excuse and Brittany sends Santana a warning look not to push the boy which Santana acknowledges and nods her head.
"I just want to concentrate on this new job and getting into art school," Jake admits and Brittany nods understandingly.
"any way I don't need the drama…women are just a whole lotta trouble," he adds taking another sip of his drink and Santana laughs at his outlook on women earning a pointed glare from the blonde.
"like you weren't drama," Brittany mumbles and Santana opens her mouth to say something but nothing comes out, Jake just laughs.
"okay I was drama…but to be fair you were a whole lotta trouble," Santana finally bites back and Brittany chuckles
"oh yeah, when was I trouble?" Brittany asks and Santana smirks remembering a time when Brittany was trouble.
"What will it be?" Santana leans over the bar throwing the tea towel onto her shoulder asking the customer what drink he wants. It's a regular Friday night and Santana has been working at franks ever since moving out of the college dorms so she can pay her part of the rent as well as start saving the large amount of tips she makes.
Brittany, Quinn and Rachel are somewhere off having fun while Santana slaves away, Quinn and Rachel are in that newly love phaze and its making Brittany miss the Latina that is stuck behind the bar so she makes regular visits to get a drink and to say hello.
By 12 o'clock the blonde is definitely drunk, her words begin to slur and Santana has to keep an eye on her that her clothes are in fact still on her body. Santana stops serving her own girlfriend saying she doesn't want to have to carry her out of here after a long night of work and Brittany pouts apologetically toward the Latina who pecks her and continues serving the rest of the patrons that she doesn't care how drunk they get because she wont be holding their hair back at 3 AM.
"When do you get off little lady," a burly man leans over the bar wiggling his eyebrows at the Latina who rolls her eyes in response, she has gotten used to the drunken men hitting on her but they usually back off once she puts them back in their place.
"i get off at never o'clock, what drink do you want?" she replies waiting patiently for the man who seems unphased by the clear rejection of the smaller girl
"how about you and me…get outta here" he barely forms a sentence and Santana leans toward him so he can hear her clearly
"look…I have no interest in any kind of sexual activity you have in mind unless it only involves my girlfriend and her vagina. I'm just trying to do my job, now can I get you a drink?" Santana says confidently and the mans eyes widen but he smirks once again and grabs the brunettes arm over the bar
"Hey little lady! Why don't we get that girlfriend of yours and get outta here then," his grip tightens and Santana doesn't even have time to register what is happening when a flash of blonde hurls herself onto the burly man who immediately lets go of the brunettes arm and starts flailing around trying to get rid of the blonde attacking him
"I'll fucking kill you! You touch her and I will fucking kill you! You fucking fat cunt!" Brittany drunkenly screams and soon other patrons are pulling the kicking and screaming blonde off the big mans back who looks shocked and red raw from the attack, Santana runs around the bar and grabs a hold of the blonde who is still throwing punches mid air. By now everyone's attention is on them and Santana is trying to calm her girlfriend down.
"This isn't over! I'll find you!" were the last words Brittany yelled before frank and Santana push her out of the back into the alley behind the bar.
Frank points his finger in Santana's direction "hand you're apron in on Monday," He states before walking back into the bar leaving a flustered Santana and Brittany in the cold New York City air.
"What the fuck Britt!" Santana yells and Brittany is still panting really heavily from the sudden outburst, "You just got me fired!"
"I don't care! That man was gonna hurt you! I don't want you working here anymore anyway!" Brittany yells back and Santana shakes her head
"You're too drunk…I can't fight with you right now," Santana says breathing out a long breath of air showing her clear frustration.
"Hey! I'm not drunk santanita!" Brittany yells and Santana just sighs knowing the only time Brittany calls her that is when she is completely wasted.
"Whatever you say Brittany, I'm gonna call the others so we can go home," Santana says getting her phone out and Brittany starts to lean to one side nearly falling over but the brunette catches her and holds her with one arm around her waist and the other finding Rachel's number calling them telling them what happened.
"Oh my god you attacked a fully grown man, he had was wearing a trucker hat and all!" Rachel states walking out the back door with Quinn in tow before letting out loud laughs and clapping her hands causing Brittany to smile proudly of her actions and Santana to shake her head.
They get home and it is obvious the brunette is furious with Brittany, but Brittany is feeling to sick to fix anything right now so they go to bed and at exactly 3 AM the blonde jumps out of their bed running for the bathroom holding her hand in front of her mouth. Santana rolls over and looks to the bathroom doorway where she can hear the sounds of Brittany bringing up all the alcohol her body couldn't handle.
Sighing she throws the covers off her body and walks into the bathroom where she sees the blonde emptying her stomach into the toilet bowl, she bends down and pulls the blonde mess of hair away from her damp face and starts rubbing soothing circles on the girls back.
Once Brittany has stopped throwing up Santana flushes the toilet and pulls the blonde up to sit on the edge of the bath tub, she then turns to the shower and leans in turning on the water but not too hot that will make the blonde nauseous, she turns back to Brittany who has a sad face expression and gripping the side of the tub holding herself up.
Santana kisses her on the forehead before tugging the bottom of the blonde t-shirt up, Brittany lifts her arms straight into the air so Santana can take it all the way off which she does and then places the top in the washing basket, she pulls Brittany to stand up and she then takes off the blonde's shorts and underwear also placing it in the basket.
Sitting the helpless blonde back on the bath tub edge Santana rids herself of all her clothes and then gently pulls Brittany with her into the warm stream of water where Brittany immediately leans into the brunettes arms and Santana holds her tightly running her hand up and down the smooth back.
Brittany feels terrible, by now the alcohol has worn off and she is definitely feeling the aftermath. Not only did she cause a scene but she got her girlfriend fired and here Santana was taking care of her all these thoughts running through her mind but feeling way to sick to form any kind of apology, so she holds onto her and lets Santana wash her hair and place gentle kisses on her forehead which make her feel a million times better after every touch.
"Wash your mouth out baby," Santana says sweetly and Brittany complies, closing her eyes and opening her mouth as she puts her head under the stream, filling her mouth quickly and spitting it in the drains direction, a few more of the same motions and Brittany nods.
"Aren't you angry at me?" Brittany quietly asks and Santana scoffs and nods her head.
"Yes, but I still love you…" Santana replies.
"You totally exaggerated the story…I got you the job back, I just wasn't allowed more then 2 drinks…and for the record that was the only time I ever swore like that," Brittany says side eying the brunette who could think of a few other times but decides to keep that to her self.
"Still to this day Frank wont let her have more than two drinks," Santana adds and Jake laughs
"Sounds like too much trouble if you ask me," Jake says taking a big sip of his beer and Santana shakes her head.
"You're missing the point Jake…yes Brittany caused trouble but no matter what it doesn't matter if that's who you love…so maybe this cashier girl isn't going to be the one causing you trouble, but one day when you meet that person, there's nothing you're going to be able to do about it," Santana says honestly and Brittany cant help the huge smile that forms as she watches her fiancé speak so openly to Jake.
The next morning Santana left to pick up her mother and the Pierces from their hotel as they had scheduled to be on the same flight and decided to go to the hotel so they could put their bags away for the weekend before going over to Santana and Brittany's.
Santana pulls up to the swanky hotel in her black range rover and immediately see's the whole clan waiting patiently outside, she parks the car and jumps out to greet them all, hugging her mother first then Ava and Paul hello as well as Emily who is looking quite nervous.
"Santana this is Michael, Michael this is Santana my sisters partner," Emily introduces the two and Santana looks the boy up and down before shaking the young boys sweaty palm giving him a small smirk, he swallows visibly and she gives the hand a small squeeze before dropping the hand and turning back to the rest of the family.
"I hope you don't mind taking the very back Michael," Santana says as she opens the boot door to the very back of the large car, Michael shakes his head 'no' and climbs into the lone car seat practically in the trunk of the vehicle that is only used when there are one too many people and Emily rolls her eyes.
Paul gives Santana a pat on the shoulder and hops into the other back seat along with Ava and Emily and Maribel sits in the front.
Santana pulls away from the curb and they immediately start making small talk.
"How was your flight?" she questions as she flips the indicator, checks her mirrors then changes lanes.
"It was good mija," Maribel says and Santana sends her a quick small smile before looking back to the road.
"Brittany told me I have to warn you, Jake is nervous so Ava she suggests you refrain from the cheek pulling and is giving you a one hug maximum," Santana sends the woman an apologetic look through the rear view mirror and Ava gives her a nod agreeing and Emily laughs knowing how her mum would be struggling internally with the these ridiculous rules.
"Mum we've set the spare room upstairs up for you, I hope that's ok," Santana says and Maribel returns the smile and nods
"That's fine Santanita," Maribel reaches for her daughter's hand to show her gratefulness and Santana complies holding her hand over the glove box, just happy that her mum is here although it feels weird being the first thanksgiving without her father.
They spend the rest of the car trip making small talk, mostly Santana and Paul talking about Paul's work as an architect and that the city of Ohio have asked him to design an important building santana also warns them about the new addition of the fury animal brittany calls sir puss alot and to not make any jokes about him because Brittany will get angry at her.
Emily and Santana talk about school and she fills her in on the latest gossip of her friendship group all the while ignoring the boy in the very back seat.
And Ava and Maribel talk about previous thanksgivings they've shared and Maribel also mentions she is missing Emilio to which Santana gives her a sympathetic squeeze and continues until they pull into the drive way.
After introducing every one to Jake and Ava sticking to her maximum 1 hug promise, Maribel, Brittany and Ava get started in the kitchen preparing the food nice and early so they can have it as more of a late lunch and then the left over's for dinner while Emily watches sir puss a lot wearily not fully trusting the feline straight away either and Santana smirks when Michael sneezes uncontrollably thinking for once her and the cat have common ground.
"You know Antony Gormley?" Jake questions in surprise and Paul sends him a small smile, the two are sitting in the lounge room getting to know each other with the football game on the TV in back ground which is now forgotten about.
"Antony needed an architect for a sculpture piece he created in London about…hmmm…must be a good 10 years ago now and I collaborated with him," Paul admits and Jake seems shocked by the information but Santana who is sitting next to them has no idea who this Antony Gormley guy Is and why Jake is so amazed, so she gets up from the lounge and joins the others in the kitchen leaving Jake and Paul to continue their conversation.
Santana walks into the kitchen and sends Brittany a wink who smiles in return glad that Paul and Jake are getting along so well and continues taking advice from Maribel who is helping her stuff the turkey.
There is knock at the door and without having to answer it Quinn and Rachel walk through holding a large bowl full of salad and Quinn is carrying a bottle of red wine.
"Hi everyone! Happy thanksgiving!" Rachel calls as they walk throughout the house and Quinn sends a big smile as people get up to greet the two new comers.
Maribel embraces Quinn and tells her how beautiful she has become while Quinn gives her condolences for the recent loss and an apology for both Rachel and herself for not making it to the funeral.
Brittany kisses Rachel and Quinn on the cheek relieving Rachel of the large salad bowl and putting it in the fridge while Quinn greets Emily but is momentarily shocked by how much the young girl has grown up over the past couple of years. The shorthaired blonde sends a look toward Santana that is read clearly by the Latina as 'whoa little pierce has gotten hot,' Santana laughs and nods and takes the bottle of wine from her friend. Michael is introduced as Emily's boyfriend and Quinn and Rachel are nothing but polite to the boy who seems more awkward then Michael Cera.
The rest of the greetings are made and Rachel immediately starts to help out in the kitchen while Quinn finds herself in conversation with Paul and Jake about Antony Gormley.
Santana starts pouring wine for their guests and cant help but feel thankful that here she is, with the love of her life sharing their home for this special day with their families about to start the rest of her life with Brittany who she could not be any more infatuated by and in love with.
She looks over to the blonde who is also watching her and they share a knowing look, Santana closes her eyes for a brief second and gives the blonde a small smile before walking over to her and giving her a glass of wine in which she takes without a word and continues the banter she had going on with Emily about who was the favourite child.
"Okay so its thanksgiving tradition, that we each go around and say what we are most thankful for," ava says loudly so everyone at the table can hear, Brittany and Emily groan and Santana smiles shaking her head.
After preparing all the food it was now late afternoon and they were seated for dinner, Paul had carved the turkey and taken his seat at the head of the table next to Ava and Jake had sat next to him as they were getting along like a house on fire, at the opposite end was Santana and on either side of her was Maribel and Brittany and seating in the middle were Rachel and Quinn who were opposite Emily and Michael.
"Ok ill start!" Santana calls from the head of the table and reaches for her wine glass and gives Brittany a small smile that lets her know this is the time.
"Good girl," Ava states and everyone reaches for their glasses to join in as the small Latina stands up from her spot and grabs the blonde's hand interlocking their fingers.
"Okay…" Santana clears her throat, "this year is a bit different to the other years, we've lost someone, who I know is here in spirit" Santana gives a sympathetic look to Maribel who smiles at her daughter and Brittany squeezes the tan hand "but we've also gained someone," she then gives the boy sitting at the other end of the table a bright smile who nods thankfully and she continues "and I am thankful for that."
"Cheers!" Ava calls out holding her glass up and Santana stops them before continuing
"Hold your horses, I'm not finished," Santana says and Brittany gives her hand another small squeeze
"Like all the other years I'm am thankful for someone else," she looks to Brittany and everyone watches on with smiles and nods and Emily rolls her eyes at the adorableness, "and while you're all here in our home, we want to tell you that…we are engaged!"
The table erupts. despite Emily's constant teasing of her sister she and Ava are hugging them in a second while Maribel stays seated as she holds her hand to her chest and tears form in her eyes, Santana steps away from the pierce's embrace and looks to her mother.
"Those are happy tears right?" Santana questions and all Maribel can do is nod as she gets up from her seat and embraces her daughter in the tightest hug.
"I am so proud of you santanita, and your father…he would be so proud too," Maribel whispers and Santana cant stop the tears that fall from her own eyes, the older Lopez then pulls away and hugs Brittany and Paul makes his way over to the commotion also embracing the couple.
"I know I should've done the whole ask the father thing but…there is really nothing that will keep me from marrying her," Santana admits to Paul who shakes his head in response.
"You've had my permission since I found you lying on my front lawn in the middle of winter for hours until Brittany would talk to you," Paul says happily kissing both girls on the forehead and retreating back to his seat.
After a couple of more minutes of excitement everyone takes there seats back at the table.
"well, how did you propose?" Emily asks excitedly once everyone is seated again and Brittany's grin gets wider as she looks to her little sister and then to Santana for her to tell the story.
"you want me to say?" Santana asks and gets a nod in response from Brittany. Santana sighs.
"well it was nothing big really," the Latina starts and Jake scoffs from the other end of the table getting everyone's attention,
"it was pretty big," he shrugs and Quinn and Rachel nod agreeing with the young boy
"okay, I went a little big," Santana admits and she has the full attention of everyone at the table including the people who already knew exactly how the proposal went.
"I just had Rachel and Quinn kidnap her after her show one night and drive her to a few places in the city where we shared memories and then they dropped her off at the lake house, where I had set up a little tent like our first trip to the beach when we were younger, that's pretty much it…" Santana says and Brittany shakes her head not happy with how Santana delivered the proposal,
"she left these amazing letters in the places around new york that had her hand writing telling me the reasons why she wanted to marry me, and then the last place where she was finally there waiting with a ring and this beautiful trail of candles down to the beach where she had set up almost the exact make shift tent from our first trip to the lake house which is where she first told me she loved me, and then she proposed and it was perfect," Brittany breathes out and Santana's face has turned as red as the cranberry sauce sitting at the table but Ava has her hand over her heart and Maribel is smiling widely at her daughter while she tries to control her blush, Brittany now realises she probably over shared and mumbles a sorry to the Latina.
Santana clears her throat, "anyway…that's how it happened, so….we should probably just eat,"
"just like your father you are," Maribel says quietly and Santana smiles inside happy about her mothers admission.
"What! No we have to continue our thanks!" Ava argues and more groans come from more then just Emily and Brittany this time but Ava sends Paul a glare and he immediately picks up his glass,
"Okay my turn, I'm thankful that I have a happy and healthy family and that my wife still cooks my favourite Sunday roasts," Paul says and earns chuckles from the rest of the group
"I am thankful that my family love one another and that Brittany and Santana are finally getting married," Ava went next and Brittany rolls her eyes at her mum's thanks
"I am thankful for the friendships I have and for the amazing girlfriend I get to call mine everyday," Quinn states simply and Rachel gives her a small peck before saying her thanks
"I am thankful for of course Quinn, who I couldn't be more in love with and I am also thankful that Brittany cooked a vegetarian alternative," she sends a smile to Brittany who nods taking the acknowledgement.
"I am thankful that everyone is here to share this special time with us, that we are healthy and happy and getting married…I am thankful that in whatever shape and form it is we are a family who love each other," Brittany states and leans over to share a kiss with the Latina who motions to Maribel to continue her thanks as she already said hers.
"I am thankful that my daughter is happy and in love and starting the next step in her life with someone who I love just as much as my own child, I hope that they live a happy and healthy life and marriage and I know that Emilio would want the same and that he would be very proud of the two of you," Maribel says and Santana reaches over to squeeze her mothers hand and Brittany gives the woman a loving smile,
"Thank you Maribel," Brittany says and Maribel nods her head
"That was very sweet," Rachel says and wipes a tear that had escaped and Quinn rolls her eyes at her girlfriend's ability to cry at the drop of a hat.
"okay next," Santana says to Michael and the boy looks just as nervous as when he climbed into the very back of the range rover
"ahhh I'm thankful for the coolest girlfriend ever, and I'm thankful that I got into Michigan state on a football scholarship," Michael says rapidly and the confused look on Emily's face doesn't go unnoticed by the rest of the family,
"What?" she questions
"They drafted me early so once I graduate high school that's where I'll be going," Michael states and Emily's expression doesn't change so he continues, "im a senior…of course I'm gonna go off to college next year,"
"I know, I know….you don't think you should've told me…I dunno under different circumstances, like maybe not in front of my family?" Emily questions with a little bit of frustration clearly evident in her tone and Michael scoffs in response, the tension in the room is building and everyone's eyes are watching the scene fold out but Brittany decides to step in,
"Okay maybe you guys can discuss that later," the taller blonde suggests and Emily nods agreeing with her sister.
"I can't really think of anything at the moment so skip me," Emily says still a little flustered from the awkwardness that just occurred leaving Jake to be the last person left.
He awkwardly grabs his glass like everyone else did and stays seated he looks to Santana and Brittany who finds comfort in immediately and is able to speak.
"umm so I was really nervous before meeting you guys, mostly because I've never really celebrated thanksgiving because there was nothing to be thankful for but this time around is a bit different," he clears his throat and continues "now I realise I was nervous for no reason because not only have you all welcomed me but I feel like I really fit in so….thanks," he holds his glass up to Santana and Brittany who smile widely at the young boy and Paul gives him a manly pat on the back as everyone else sweetly smiles and raises their glasses to cheers.
"Now lets eat!" Brittany says and everyone immediately starts filling up their plates with the delicious food prepared.
"I love you," Santana whispers into the blondes ear once they settle back down to eat and they share a brief kiss before enjoying the company of their friends and family.
"Quinn you're doing it so wrong!" Santana yelled from over the blondes shoulder as Quinn rubbed butter into the thanksgiving turkey with her hands. It's the first year of both couples living together and the first thanksgiving they will have just the four of them because they couldn't afford the trip back to Lima being poor college students.
"Santana she is correctly basing the turkey, you're paranoid," Rachel states as she rolls her eyes and continues making the salad with Brittany who has a large smile on her face.
"Oh please, what would you know? The last piece of meat you touched was in between Frankenstein's legs and I bet you were as clueless as Quinn here," Santana states quick wittedly which earns a small chuckle from Brittany and a swift punch in the arm from Quinn, Rachel just shakes her head disagreeing.
"I'll have you know…I never touched Finn's penis," Rachel admitted proudly of herself and Santana scoffs in response
"Yeah right,"
"It's true…I avoided all hand and eye contact," the smaller brunette states and Quinn gives her a small smile.
"I know what you mean, one time I was making out with this guy to make Santana jealous and the next thing I knew his penis was staring at me…it just looked so angry and was coming straight for me…so I just… smacked it away...like a ninja," Brittany says monotonously and shrugging as if it wasn't a big deal and Santana scrunches up her face in disgust while Quinn and Rachel laugh at the blondes insight.
"Ohhh! That's why freshmen year those seniors called you Jackie Chan," Quinn finally understands Brittany's short-lived nickname.
"Oh no… that was because they saw me catch a fly with my chopsticks one time in the cafeteria," Brittany admits shrugging once again continuing her chopping of lettuce and earning more laughs.
"Enough penis talk please," Santana, asks turning away from watching Quinn like a hawk and retrieving a beer out of the fridge.
"You started it," Brittany says cheekily throwing a piece of lettuce at her girlfriend who is taking a sip of the beer when the green leaf lands on her shoulder, she picks the piece of lettuce off and flicks it back at Brittany where it hits the blondes chest and falls down her top.
"She shoots…and she scores!" Santana yells animatedly fist pumping and Brittany rolls her eyes as she goes to reach into her top to retrieve it finding it straight away and pops it into her mouth to eat it.
"Okay I'm putting this in the oven!" Quinn announces as she opens the oven doors and slides the small turkey into heated appliance.
"Okay I'm calling pizza fellas!" Santana announces in effort to mock Quinn who ignores the Latina and moves over behind Rachel and kisses her on the cheek before encircling her arms around her waist and resting her chin on the smaller girls shoulder while she finishes dressing the salad with a small smile on her face.
The home phone's ring tone fills the air and they all look to Santana who is standing closest to the offending object so with annoyance the Latina looks at the caller i.d and sighs before answering.
"Hi dad," she says sweetly to greet her father
"Hello mija! How did you know it was me?" Emilio asks surprised
"Caller ID papi," Santana states and guessing by the silence her father has no idea what that means
"Your name comes up on the screen," she explains
"ahhh so when you don't answer the phone I will know you didn't want to talk to me specifically?" he asks jokingly and Santana chuckles
"ask her why she never wrote back to my text message!" Santana hears Maribel yell over the phone and before Emilio has a chance to repeat his wife Santana answers
"Tell her to stop abbreviating words that don't need abbreviations and I'll reply and enough with the emoji's! But until then I refuse to acknowledge mum is texting," Santana replies and Emilio relays this to Maribel.
"yeah well at least Brittany replies!" Maribel yells loudly enough for Santana to hear through the phone and she looks to the blonde curiously.
"You text my mum?!" Santana covers the phone piece and mouths to Brittany who nods and shrugs
"Okay mum ill reply! Just stop annoying Brittany!" Santana says and Emilio relays it again for his wife who mumbles something in Spanish
"Maribel yours texts don't annoy me!" Brittany yells through the line loud enough for the other end to hear.
"Brittany said they don't annoy her honey," Emilio says to Maribel who Santana can now hear going off on a rant about how Brittany appreciates her but Santana doesn't.
"how's your thanksgiving santanita?" Emilio asks over the top of Maribel's voice and Santana sighs
"Its good papi, I miss your turkey though," Santana replies eyeing Quinn's turkey cooking in the oven which earns a chuckle out of the man.
"Ahhh mija, ill teach you one day," he says and Santana nods although he can't see her
"Sounds good,"
"I want you home for Christmas though," he says in a demanding tone and Santana sighs
"Brittany and I will be there for Christmas don't worry," she assures him
"okay good, I got you a present already,"
"you did? I'm too old for presents now," Santana says rolling her eyes knowing every year no matter what there is a present under the tree for her and one for Brittany
"Nonsense! I'm going to mail it to you early though," he replies and its only now that Santana has realised Maribel is no longer making noise in the background but can hear the obvious sounds that Emilio is outside
"Why, what is it?" she questions
"Patience mija, patience," Emilio laughs and Santana rolls her eyes and then hears Emilio sigh on the other end followed by a few seconds of silence
"Everything ok papi?"
"I just miss you is all, you're all grown up next thing I know we will be coming to new york for thanksgiving to visit you and Brittany and my three grandchildren," Emilio says proudly and Santana smiles as she leans against the counter watching the blonde interact with their friends as she imagines that exact situation.
"Three?" Santana asks quietly
"One boy and two girls," he replies, "the boy has to be the oldest though"
"What…why?" Santana asks confused
"To protect his little sisters," Emilio answers and Santana grins from ear to ear at her fathers reasoning.
"I'd like that too papi," Santana admits quietly not wanting to draw attention from her friends.
"Please write back to your mother on the text messaging business, she misses you," his deep voice sounds so comforting and makes Santana feel a little homesick herself so rolling her eyes she sighs and agrees to please her mother.
"I will," Santana replies
"Okay santanita, ill let you go I just wanted to say happy thanksgiving,"
"Happy thanksgiving papi," Santana says and for some reason the conversation she was expecting to have with her father wasn't this, there was something different, something Santana would realise much later as guilt.
The truth is, her father was a good man, he loved his family, he was a loyal friend, a dedicated surgeon and devoted father, yes he made a mistake a long time ago now but he didn't go one day without earning the forgiveness he deserved which is probably why Maribel forgave him in the first place.
There were so many times where Emilio was close to telling his daughter but the last thing he ever wanted to do was to break her heart, he could probably never live with himself if he saw that his own daughter was disappointed in him.
They ended the call and Santana shook her head staring at the phone but brushing off the vibe she had gotten from her father in order to enjoy their first thanksgiving in the city.
2 weeks later 2 plane tickets arrived in the mail from New York to Lima, Ohio from Emilio. Santana text her mother straight away.
Got the tickets J tell papi I said thank you, I love you and miss you both see you Christmas time x
And of course Brittany convinced her to add a Christmas tree emoji at the end.
After thanksgiving dinner they all settled down in the lounge and enjoyed the rest of their relaxed night talking and sharing stories and getting to know Jake a bit better. The Pierces all went back to their hotel later on and Quinn and Rachel also went their own way. Maribel made her way up to Rachel and Quinn's old bedroom upstairs saying her goodnights after Brittany insisted she will clean the little of the mess left from their festivities. Jake retreats to his bedroom not long after and Santana flips the Television off joining the blonde in the kitchen.
"long day huh babe," Santana says walking into the kitchen and picking up a few glasses and stacking them in the dishwasher
"mhmm," Brittany agrees as she folds the last tea towel and Santana wraps her arms around her waist from behind.
"You tired?" Santana asks and Brittany turns around in the Latina's arms and nods in response as she plays with the long raven waves falling down the brunettes back. Her silence a clear indicator to Santana that she is in fact exhausted.
"Does your head hurt from all the wedding questions your mum was giving you?" Santana questions again poking the blonde's nose and earns a cheeky grin from the taller girl who shakes her head 'no' to answer her.
"Do you want me to give you a full body massage?" the brunette mumbles into a chaste kiss and Brittany's smile widens as she nods her head, which also moves Santana head because their lips are still joined.
"A special one in the shower maybe?" Santana asks wiggling her eye brows and pulling away to gage the blonde's response who nods animatedly and they waste no time as they make their way up into their bathroom where they undress and share a nice long and pleasurable shower.
The next morning Brittany awakes not five minutes after Santana has left the warm wraths of their large bed, she rolls around in the sheets stretching and enjoying that she has no where to be today, no schedule to follow or routine to learn. So finally getting herself to get up she finds some pyjama shorts and a big tshirt that is acceptable for house guests to see her in.
Once she makes her way down the stairs she pauses in the bottom step when she can hear the clear sounds of Maribel and Santana in a not so uncommon fight.
"mum! I swear!" Santana whisper yells, as she is aware that others are still supposedly sleeping
"Mija all I'm saying is she is your sister, no matter what, you can't change that!" Maribel reasons with her daughter who lets out a frustrated breath of air.
"I know, okay! I just…I'm not ready," Santana replies and Brittany can hear the sadness in her voice, it makes her want to wrap her up and never let her go, "I want to be ready."
"You can never be ready," Maribel's soft voice is only just heard from the bottom of the staircase and then she is met with silence, so with that Brittany continues on her way to the kitchen as if she'd never heard a thing, she quickly sees Santana turn from her view and wipe her eyes to hide the evidence of her crying.
"Good morning my lovely Lopez ladies," Brittany tries to lighten the mood which it does and Santana lets out a small giggle as Maribel sends the blonde a small smile.
Brittany pecks Santana hello and goes onto make herself a bowl of cereal while making small talk with the older Lopez woman as Santana sits in silence clearly rehashing her conversation with her mother out in her head.
Jake enters the room fully dressed and in a rush, earning quizzical stares from the three other women.
"whatcha doing Jake?" Brittany asks through her mouthful of lucky charms and Jake is zipping up his back pack.
"I uhh took your advice," he says throwing the bag on his back
"You're getting a haircut?" Santana jokes and Jake rolls his eyes in response and Brittany smiles that Santana is feeling better after her heated conversation with Maribel enough to tease Jake.
"No. I'm taking Kim, the cashier chick out for breakfast before her shift," Jake shrugs and earns proud smiles from both women.
"That's very sweet," Maribel admits and Santana nods her head agreeing with her mum animatedly.
"That is very sweet jakey…are you going to build her a waffle house and hold her hand under the table too," Santana mocks the boy and he scoffs
"no." Jake looks to his side and then back to Santana "wait I don't have to hold her hand do I?"
"Santana always does when she builds my waffle houses," Brittany states getting the brunette back for teasing Jake and Santana's eyes widen as Maribel and Jake let out hearty laughs.
"Thanks Britt." Jake says and waves as he makes his way out of the kitchen and to the front door.
Santana and Brittany share a knowing look and are proud that the boy has decided he does want to be in love and they have no one to owe it to but themselves.
"So they aren't your mum's?" Kim questions from across the red booth and Jake presses his lips together and shakes his head 'no'.
"But you totally let me believe they were," she says through a smile and Jake nods
"I did." He admits and takes a bite of his pancakes and Kim shakes her head and puts her fork down eyeing him up and down.
"So what's your deal then?" she questions and he looks from side to side
"what do you mean?" he asks after swallowing his mouthful
"where are you from? Where are your parents then? Who do you live with?" she shoots him 20 questions and his brows furrow at every one
"Woah…okay, umm I'm from Brooklyn, I currently live with the two women I was in the store with but I've pretty much been homeless my whole life or in foster homes," he says and Kim's eyes are wide so instead of continuing he waits for a response.
"Oh…" an awkward silence falls over them and Jake already can tell that Kim lost interest as soon as he let word homeless slip out so they finished their meals in relative silence with little conversation being shared and Kim insists on paying for her own meal which makes Jake feel really little, they say their goodbyes uncomfortably and Jake makes his way back home with his ego a little bruised.
When he gets back to the house he finds the pierces are there again and he throws his bag off as he shakes Paul's hand before getting the 20 questions from Brittany and Santana.
"How did it go?"
"Did you hold her hand?"
"where'd you take her?"
"When are you seeing her again?"
"You told her we aren't really your mums right?"
Jake lets out a large breath and every one is waiting for his response, so not wanting to keep the room waiting any longer he says it how it is.
"She was whole lot less interested in me as soon as the word homeless left my lips," Jake admits and Paul pats him on his back
"Plenty more fish in the sea son," Paul comforts the young boy in the manly way and Brittany pouts her bottom lip in sadness for the boy as Santana frowns in anger.
"Your not homeless anymore, you told her that right?" the Latina questions and Jake nods and shrugs his shoulders.
"doesn't matter," he says as he walks off to the kitchen to get a drink
"what a bitch," Santana says under her breath and Brittany gives her a pointed look telling her to not blow this into a big deal and Santana rolls her eyes but stands up and follows Jake into the kitchen.
"Are you ok?" Santana asks watching the boy lean against the counter taking a long sip from bottled water.
"I'm fine," Jake says in a quieter voice then usual and Santana nods her head in understanding
"Next time I think-" Santana starts talking but is interrupted by Jake's scoff
"I don't think there will be a next time, I was right…girls are way to much drama for me to handle right now," Jake admits and Santana can see it in his eyes that after today his ego is a little bruised, so not wanting to make him feel worse she just nods her head and they share a knowing look that he no longer wants to talk about it.
"So have you set the date yet?" Ava is asking Brittany another set of questions about the wedding when Santana enters to lounge room again and Brittany nods her head with a large smile
"We want to get married as soon as possible and the wedding will be a small garden wedding at the lake house so we were thinking like June next year, we want the weather to be beautiful and Tina is a wedding planner now so we don't really have to do any planning, we just tell her everything we want and she organises it," Brittany relays all the things she knows so far about their future plans of course leaving out the fact that they have decided to start the gruelling process of trying to make a baby as well as looking at houses just outside the city that have a backyard.
Santana kisses her on the forehead as she takes a seat next to her blonde on the couch that is still getting questioned by her mother.
"At the lake house?" Emily pipes up from her spot on the other side of the room sitting in her boyfriends lap who seem to have gotten over their small riff yesterday.
"It only seems fitting, plus the garden is so beautiful in the spring," Brittany answers her sister who looks dreamily back at the couple almost envious, almost.
"What about your honeymoon?" Ava claps her hands in excitement and Brittany rolls her eyes and side-glances Santana who releases a long breath,
"We cant decide out of Australia or Europe," Santana says and the rest of their family also seem torn by the looks on their faces except michael who seems pretty drawn to the muted television.
"Definitely Europe," Jake says as he walks into the lounge room to join their guests,
"No way, Australia for sure," Emily disagrees
"Lets here pro's and con's of each please," Brittany states and both Emily and Jake seem to be thinking.
"Paris is the most romantic city in the world," the young boy smiles proud of his answer
"Any city is romantic with Brittany and I in it," Santana replies "next."
"you can snorkel in the great barrier reef," Emily states pointing straight to Brittany knowing that's right up her ally whose eyes go wide in joy
"Australia, 1, Europe 0," Brittany says nudging Santana excited about the idea to snorkel in the most famous reef in the world.
"It will be winter in Australia," Jake states crushing Brittany's bubble and Emily frowns
"Still hot in most places, plus you can have both experiences of the honeymoon effect, the summer night dinners by candlelight out under the outback stars and the winter nights by the fire," the younger pierce is clearly winning the honeymoon destination debacle as Brittany looks to Santana with a sparkle in her eye
"I like the sound of that," Brittany admits and Santana nods
"24 hour flight," Jake states and Emily rolls her eyes
"like they wont find something to kill the time," she juts her head toward her sister and Santana who side eye each other knowing exactly what they could do on a plane for 24 hours and Both Jake and Paul frown at the visuals.
"I think the honeymoon destination has been decided," Santana states and Emily fist pumps the air while Jake scoffs shaking his head and taking a seat on the lounge as well.
"Just watch out for the spiders the size of dinner plates," he mumbles and Santana's eyes go wide
"What?"
"Yep they eat birds," jake says confidently and Santana scoffs and shakes her head
"You're lying…right?" she asks swallowing the lump formed in her throat.
"Nope, the Australian funnel web spider," Jakes says with a smirk as Santana suddenly feels very itchy all over her body, "and stay away from vegemite," he adds.
thank you for reading! PLEASE REVIEW!
i want to know your thoughts and it really motivates me to write quicker!
upcoming storyline for quinn and rachel, might be a sad one...
the next chapter might skip a few months!
where would you rather honeymoon?
funnel webs are a real thing by the way although i have never seen one -_- thank god
and vegemite is awesome.
sorry for my ramblings!
i love you all!