Chapter Eleven
Their relationship had been going great. Weeks of dating turned into months and a couple of months turned into six month. Brittany could not be more happy then she was for the past six months nor could Santana. Brittany could see yourself settling down with Santana. She was sure Santana was the girl, she just knew it.
"Do you think this is appropriate? Its not to short right?" Santana asked as she put on her dress that sat just above her knee.
They were taking thing slow in their relationship and after is six months of dating Brittany thought it was time to introduce Santana to her family. They've been asking for while but Brittany wanted to make sure Santana wasn't going to run after things got serious.
Brittany walked into Santana's room putting her arms around Santana from behind "Babe its fine, you look great."
Santana leaned back into Brittany's embrace "One more thing, Don't call me babe in front of your parents. I don't want it to come of as disrespectful." Santana said.
Brittany laughed "Your so cute when your nervous. Com'n before we get late." Brittany said as she and Santana walked hand in hand to the car.
Brittany's Parents lived about an hour away and the whole drive was peaceful, well for Brittany it was. Santana on the other hand was extremely nervous. She really wanted to make a good impression on Brittany's parents.
They made their way to the front door and Brittany knocked.
"Remember don't call me babe"
"I won't babe" Brittany said as she winked at Santana.
"Britt!" Santana didn't get a chance to continue as the door opened.
Brittany leaned forward and hugged her mum. "Hey mum, How are you?"
"Hey sweety I'm fine and you?" Brittany's mum said as she hugged Brittany, Then gave her full attention to Santana. "And this must be the famous Santana we've hearing about. Hello dear" Brittany mum said as she leaned forward to hug Santana.
"Hello " Santana said.
"Oh there's no need to be so formal. You can call me Kate." Kate said as she guided them inside.
Santana had asked Brittany to keep their physical contact to a minimum and by minimum she meant nothing at all, However as soon as Santana had entered the Pierce home she found herself grabbing Brittany's hand. She had no idea she'd be this nervous and so desperately wanted it not to show.
Brittany gave Santana's hand a squeeze and smiled, letting her know that wasn't leaving her side.
Santana found Brittany's sister Shay to be very friendly and she genuinely liked her. Her dad David on the other hand came of very protective and didn't seem impressed by Santana one bit. It made Santana feel uneasy.
Dinner went well, there were no awkward moments or tense questions however Santana did her best not to make eye contact with Brittany's dad.
"I really hope I get to hear you sing sometime, Brittany told me you are quite the singer." Shay said.
"What? No she's just kidding. I don't sing." Santana said as she looked over to Brittany.
"Trust my Shay she can, this one time she lost a bet and Rachel made her go on stage sing. It was amazing." Brittany said.
"Brittany" Santana said.
Their conversation was cut short when Kate had asked Brittany and Shay to help her in the kitchen. Santana held Brittany's hand silently asking her not to leave her alone with her dad.
However Kate called Brittany once again and she found herself forced away. Awkward was an understatement to describe Santana's feeling. She did her best not to make eye contact and prayed Brittany would come back soon.
David woke up and Santana found herself less tense, thinking he was going into the next room. "Santana may I have a moment of your time?" David asked and Santana found all her nerves come back.
"Yes sir" Santana replied and she followed him outside onto the porch.
They stood there in silence for awhile, Santana didn't know if she should say something or wait for Brittany's dad to say something first. Santana looked over at David and she could tell he was clearly thinking about something.
"Mind me dear, I'm just trying to chose me words very carefully. I don't want to come of insulting but I also don't want to come of as someone you shouldn't take seriously."
Santana just stood there nodding her head.
"Brittany is really special Santana and you have to be pretty special to her for her to bring you home. I figured you can't be the first girl she's dated but you are the first girl she's brought home. I can see the love shared between you two, its clear to anyone who has eyes. However I want assure you that I protect the things I love and Brittany can be very easily taken advantage of because of who she is. She's such a sweet person and will do almost anything to please the people she loves. She deserves to be treasured and loved for who she is I don't want her to be with someone who's ashamed of her. I want to make sure you understand what I'm saying to you." David said.
Santana held eye contact with David but after awhile looked out in the distance. "I would never take advantage of Brittany, She is one of the strongest people I know. I could never just use her and I can only wish that someday I could half the person she is." Santana reconnected eye contact "I love her sir I would never be ashamed of her."
"There you guys are" Brittany said as she stepped outside and stood next to Santana.
David and Santana both broke eye contact to give their attention to Brittany.
"Here we are" David said.
"What are you guys talk about?" Brittany asked.
"Oh nothing, I was just getting to know Santana a little more. Isn't that right Santana?" David replied.
"Yes sir" Santana said as she smiled.
"Please its David." David said as he made his way inside.
"Did he scare you? What did he say?" Brittany asked.
Santana smiled as she replied "Nothing."
The drive was awful quite on Santana's side and Brittany wondered if it was something her dad said because she was certainly more quite after their little talk.
"Stay over tonight?" Santana asked as she dragged her line of vision towards Brittany.
"Sure sweety." Brittany said and watched Santana go back to looking out the window.
"Santana" Brittany called and wait for Santana to look at her before she could continue. "Did my dad upset you? You can tell me if he did." Brittany said.
"No Britt, we had a lovely talk." Santana said as she got out the car and walked into the house.
"You seem miles away after my dad and you talked. I just want to make sure your fine." Brittany said as she closed the door behind her and followed Santana into her bedroom.
Santana placed her hands around Brittany's neck as she stood on her toes and kissed Brittany on the forehead. "I'm fine."
Santana tucked Brittany's hair behind her ear as they slept facing each other. David's words didn't leave Santana's head from the time he said them. Santana knew she loved Brittany but when he implied that she might be ashamed of Brittany that didn't set well with her. She hadn't told her parents yet and wondered if Brittany thought that she was ashamed of her and tried to keep her a dirty little secret.
"I love you so much." Santana said
"I know. I love you to." Brittany smiled.
"I love the fact that the first and last thing I see are those blue eyes, I love the way you kiss me at night and just hold me. I don't ever want to not have that in my life." Santana said as she leaned forward and hugged Brittany.
Brittany could tell that something was bothering Santana. She held Santana until she thought she was asleep. Brittany felt her eyes closing so she placed a final kiss on Santana as sleep took over.
Santana's eyes opened when she was sure Brittany was asleep. Santana placed her hand on Brittany cheek as a tear came down. "I sorry I'm such a coward."
