Sorry it's late! I was out last night and didn't get any feedback until this morning (thank you by the way, to those two reviewers!) so I wasn't sure if you'd mind! I'm going to try and do the two chapters tonight so please please review if you want more!
"Er babe?" Santana said questioningly. It was the 11th of December and she'd just walked into the living room at half past nine in the morning to see her girlfriend lying on the floor, with various colours of card and tissue paper strewn around her. There were also about eight canisters, each filled with different colours of glitter, and various glues: the liquid- y PVA type, glue sticks, and the sticky strips. "What's all this for?"
"I'm making cards!" Dani exclaimed as she turned to her and waved, using the hand holding the scissors. "Do you wanna help San? I've only made them once before and that was in Sunday school ages ago!"
"Sure." Santana said with a smile. She wouldn't usually agree so readily; it went against her bad ass reputation, but she did actually love making cards, especially with glitter! She joined her on the floor and reached for a ballpoint pen and plain piece of paper. "Okay. Who do we need to make them for?"
Dani cocked her head in thought,
"Er dunno… haven't really thought about it." She told her. "Why don't we just make them and then write them?"
"Yeah that sounds like a good idea!" Santana chuckled. "We better make quite a few then; there's the others in work, there's my family and everyone from McKinely then all your friends and you-" She stopped herself but when Dani didn't say anything, she pressed on. "Are you going to send any to your family?" she asked softly.
The blue haired girl sighed.
"Probably, I mean it's not really in the Christmas spirit to just ignore them, but, knowing my parents, they'd only want it if it was religious and bore the message 'don't worry, I'm straight now!'" she scoffed sadly. "They don't care anymore, they just don't understand. And I should be fine with that, I should be able to just leave them, but I can't. It's hopeless. Did you know I've called them four times since I've moved here?"
The Latina raised her eyebrows at this unexpected announcement but let her continue.
"Yeah, I thought maybe they'd cool down. That they weren't really mad, just shocked. They knew Kylie anyway; her parents used to drag her to church too so I hoped that they'd guess we weren't actually dating, cause we weren't, she isn't even gay! I'd just broken up with Rachel at that time and was feeling really low so she came over and tried to make me feel better."She paused for a moment before laughing half- heartedly.
"It did work though! Well, until they barged in and threw me out. Anyways, they weren't interested. The first time, about a week after I got here, my dad answered and told me that he didn't want to talk to me unless I stopped "fooling around" and came back home. I of course told him no so he hung up. The next day I got my mom and she said basically the same before having a huge rant again so that time, I cut it off and the last two times they just didn't answer."
"I really am sorry baby." Santana told her sympathetically. "I thought my grandma was bad but your parents really are douche bags! How are the rest of your family?"
"Most of them don't mind." Dani said, cheering up at the thought of her supportive relatives. "I still talk to my Aunt Gill- mom's mom- regularly. And her husband, Uncle Rodge is just as kind." She smiled fondly. "The ears, they even offered to let me stay with them but they live in Ohio and I just couldn't move there, not when I'd found a flat in New York."
"Where about in Ohio?" Santana asked, her eyes brightening as she thought of a plan.
"Er you know Lima? They live there. Oh I miss them so much; it's been ages since I saw them last. I'll definitely have to make them a card!"
Santana nodded, trying to suppress a grin.
"Okay, so let's get started!"
The dark haired girl took a red piece of card and folded it in half before outstretching her hand to grasp the PVA glue. She squirted it to make the shape of a Christmas tree and quickly sprinkled green glitter on top of it, completing the outline. She then made a wobbly star on the top and baubles on the branches using more glue and yellow, red and green specks of glitter. She then tipped the card up, letting the unneeded glitter shake off onto the plain card beneath her, and set it aside before starting another one, this time a snowman.
For two hours the pair worked, only occasionally stopping to grab a drink or use the toilet, and they sat up and let out a deep breath when they'd finished.
"Well that was fun!" Santana declared, scanning the cards surrounding them. "And it looks like we made about one hundred so we should be fine!"
"Shall we start writing them now then?" Dani suggested, delving into a plastic bag beside her and revealing a variety of different coloured gel pens. "We could write each one together and sign our own names?" Santana nodded enthusiastically, excited at the chance of showing off her new girlfriend, even if it was just by sending everyone a card with her signature on. "Shall we do all yours first then?"
"Okay." Said Santana, picking up a random card. "Well this can be for Quinn.." The two signed away until they'd written one for everyone in Glee club, past and present members, (Quinn, Puck, Tina, Lauren, Artie, Mike, Sam, Mercedes, Brittany, Marley, Sugar, Joe, Jake, Ryder, Unique and even Kitty ) because, despite not really knowing most of the current members or, in Dani's case, not knowing any of them at all, they were in the Christmas spirit and, after all, it's "better to be the one who smiled than the one who didn't smile back!"
When they'd done all of Santana's family and friends, including her grandmother, she sighed dramatically and turned to Dani.
"So who are you wanting to send one to?" She asked, starting another one. "This one can be for Rodge and Gill, do you want to send one to your mom and dad?" The shorter girl hesitated before replying.
"Yeah." She confirmed. "It's Christmas: a time to clear up the loose ends and for forgiveness. So why not? Shall I write it?"
"That might be best."Santana agreed, handing over a pen and card. "And I'll add my name at the end, if that's okay? That one could always just be from you?"
"No." Dani argued, shaking her head. "You should sign it; I don't care if they approve or not. I'm in love with Santana Lopez and I fell like the luckiest girl in the world."
Santana's heart, although she'd never admit it, melted a little and she gently took the card out of Dani's hand and intertwined their fingers before leaning in for a kiss that lasted for almost as long as their card-making did.
Hope you liked it! It was a little longer than usual :D If you did and want more, please review! And I'll try to do another chapter tonight, despite my Drama evaluation and Math homework due tomorrow :)