Brittany was pacing quickly back and forth in the waiting room when Quinn stood up and grabbed her pulling her into a big hug. "She will be fine Brit. Santana is strong, you know that." She said softly in the blonde's ear while rubbing her back to calm her down. "Come sit down and relax."
Brittany allowed Quinn to lead her over to a love seat. "I should have stayed awake, I shouldn't have gone to sleep." Brittany said through a stream of tears. "I should have been awake watching her to make sure she was ok."
"Hey, don't do that Brit." Hannah replied quickly while walking over to the pair. "Quinn can you take Mackey so I can talk to Brit?"
Quinn smiled. "Of course." She stood up and grabbed the little blonde, who stirred but remained asleep as Quinn went to the other side of the waiting room and laid her down on a blanket she grabbed from the nurses station on her way in. Ashton and Carter were cuddled together on another couch by Puck sound asleep as well. Noah was off to the side by himself staring out of the window, while texting in his phone.
Once Mackenzie realized she was no longer in anyone's arms she immediately woke up. "No…." She said through tears while reaching up for Quinn.
"Ok, come here sweetheart." Quinn said softly while quickly picking her back up and holding her tightly while rocking her as she fell back asleep.
Brittany looked over at Mackenzie when she heard her small voice but Quinn held up her hand that she was fine. "I wasn't even that tired Hannah; I don't know why I went to sleep." Brittany said as Hannah wrapped her arms around her older sister and stroked her hair. "I would have heard her struggling sooner and been able to help her."
"You said you had her lay on you right B?" Hannah asked softly. Brittany nodded. "That was brilliant. She wouldn't have been able to wake you up if you didn't think of that beforehand." Hannah told her. "You stayed calm for her so she wouldn't panic more, that's the most important thing. You moved quickly, you knew exactly what to do and what to say to keep her calm and to keep your kids calm. You did great B."
Mercedes came running in the waiting room. "I was in the studio, I got here as fast as I could." She ran over to Brittany and hugged her. "What happened?"
"S-san had a b-bad p-panic attack and couldn't breathe….the only thing she said was paramedics in Spanish, so I knew it was bad so I called 911 right away." Brittany stuttered out while leaning back into Hannah's embrace.
"What about her inhaler?" Mercedes asked while rubbing Brittany's back. "It wouldn't catch her breathing?"
Brittany shook her head. "I was so scared, I thought she was going to die."
"We aren't thinking like that Brittany." Hannah said quickly as Noah turned his head to look at the women.
Mercedes got up and went over by Noah and hugged him tightly before sitting next to Quinn and having a hushed conversation with her while kissing Mackenzie on the cheek and stroking her hair.
A few minutes later a doctor stepped in the room. "Mrs. Lopez-Pierce?"
Brittany quickly stood up. "Is she ok?"
The doctor nodded. "Hi, I'm Doctor Salling, Santana had a very severe panic attack, but she will be just fine after a few days of rest. Does she have a medical history of panic attacks?"
Brittany nodded. "She's had panic attacks for over 10 years now, ummmmm anxiety too."
"Is she on medication for her anxiety?"
"Not a regular basis," Brittany responded quickly while shaking her head. "I grabbed her pills in case you needed them for anything." She added. "They are in my purse."
"Great, I will take a look at those. She may need to go on back on them for a while, was she sweating before or can you give us any of her symptoms?" The doctor asked.
"Y-yeah when we first laid down for bed she was sweating real bad, and she said her chest felt tight, um she seemed kind of unsteady, but she said should could just sleep it off so I had her lay on me incase she got sick or anything so she could wake me up easier." Brittany rushed out quickly.
"RIght now she isn't really talking, she needs to calm down from all the excitement, so we don't know what triggered it just yet, but she is asking for you." Dr. Salling stated.
"Can, I see her?" Brittany asked while wiping her eyes.
"Of course, she is hooked up to a few machines, but it's just to assist with her breathing and monitor her heart, we don't know if she will have another attack, so we want to be sure." Dr. Salling said while reading over Santana's chart. "Her blood pressure was dangerously high, and we noticed an irregular heartbeat, but that could just be from the panic attack. I would like her keep her for the next 24 hours at least to monitor her."
"Ok, I just need to see her, please." Brittany said softly as Hannah stood up next to her sister and steadied her by placing her hand on her lower back.
"Sure, come with me." The doctor replied with a smile.
Brittany walked in the room slowly and saw the Latina curled up in her hospital bed hugging a pillow with her eyes closed, she had a oxygen tube in her nose, a heart rate monitor hooked up, and an IV hooked up like the doctor warned, but it still took Brittany off guard and she had to grab the end of the bed to steady herself.
She sat down on the edge of the bed and rubbed her legs softly. "Sanny?" She whispered out as the Latina exhaled and slowly opened her eyes and looked around. "It's just me, there are no doctors around. I know you aren't sleep baby."
"Brit." Santana rasped out with a weak smile.
Brittany nodded. "Hey baby." She said while leaning forward and kissing Santana on the lips gently while brushing some hair out of her face. Brittany ghosted her fingers over the Latina's face. "How do you feel?"
Santana shrugged. "Like shit."
Brittany frowned. "What hurts still?"
"Feels like a truck ran over my chest." Santana said while closing her eyes and exhaling deeply before opening them back up and locking eyes with Brittany. "I will be ok Brittany. I'm okay Brit, don't worry."
Brittany nodded. "I know you will be." She turned her head and sniffled, trying her best to hold back her tears.
"Where are the kids? Is Mackey ok?" Santana asked while sitting up.
"She's ok." Brittany nodded. "They all are, they are in the waiting room with Hannah, Mercedes, and Quinn."
"It's ok to cry in front of me Brit." Santana said softly while grabbing Brittany's hand. "It's just us in here right now. You can put your guard down."
Brittany leaned forward and hugged Santana tightly while exhaling. "I thought you were going to die." She said through a sob. "You were really red in the face, and watching you struggle to breathe is the worst thing to ever live through San. I don't know if I will forget that mental image."
"I'm sorry to put you through that Brit." Santana told her. "I'm so sorry baby." Santana kissed the top of her head while hugging her wife.
"What's going on Santana? You've been super stressed and sickly since I got back from London." Brittany asked her while sitting up back. "Are you keeping something from me? What don't I know baby?"
"I told you Brit, I just have been having a hard time with you being gone lately." Santana told her with a shrug.
"But I'm back now San, and your anxiety has been through the roof." Brittany stated.
"You are just leaving again next week, then with your leg, this Karly mess, Quinn is sick again, I can tell even if she won't admit it, she is slowly loosing it. I have to get this album done this year, my filming schedule is crazy and taking me away from the kids. I can tell your dad is sick again, Carter's behavior is ridiculous, the new puppies…." Santana rambled off.
"Shhhhhh." Brittany said quickly while grabbing the Latinas hand and holding them. "You are stressing yourself out." She lifted Santana's hands and kissed them. She ran her fingers over the IV entrance gently before kissing it as well. "You have to relax. What if I was down in the studio, or in the shower, or on to.." Brittany cleared her throat. "Or on tour." She whispered at the end.
Santana closed her eyes and exhaled. "San, do you want me to retire because you are scared of having a panic attack and me not being home?" Brittany asked.
"No, I want you to retire so you stay healthy, and I miss you so much when you tour for weeks on end." Santana shrugged. "But it is a huge fear of mine for one of the kids to find struggling to breath because of a stupid panic attack."
"Oh San." Brittany said while hugging her tightly.
Back in the waiting room….
"Mercedes!" Tom called out as he peeped his head in the room.
She got up from beside Quinn and walked over. "What's up Tom?"
"This young lady wants to wait with you in the room." He pointed to Karly, who was holding a single white tulip and balloon that said 'Get Well'.
Mercedes sighed softly to herself. "Karly let's talk for a minute over here." Mercedes pointed to the stairwell.
Karly reluctantly nodded and followed the diva. "I'm not going to tell you to leave, so relax." Mercedes said softly. "Sweetheart, do you know why Santana and Brittany are so hard on you?"
Karly shrugged and looked away.
"I think you do Karly." Mercedes replied.
"Miss Santana overheard my phone call in the bowling alley." She whispered.
"Actually Brittany over heard the phone call." Mercedes told her while motioning to the steps and sitting down. "Santana was actually trying really really hard to be nice to you. She was very nice to you throughout the entire dinner, which shocked all of us." Mercedes laughed. "Noah is her oldest child, but he is still her baby boy. It's hard enough for her to let him date already, but when you find out that the girl you are trusting your son's heart with is scheming and up to no good, it's hard to be nice to that person."
"But…" Karly quickly said.
Mercedes held up her hand. " Let me finish, please." Karly nodded. "You said Santana is your idol right, you are a huge fan?"
Karly nodded. "Yes maam."
"Well then you know she struggles with anxiety, it's been all over the media before. Her worrying about whatever you are plotting on Noah, is not helping her honey. She won't admit it but it's probably making it worse." Mercedes said softly.
"I was involved in a scheme against Noah, but I really like him, so I backed out of it." Karly said quickly. "I wasn't supposed to fall for him but I did."
"Well my advice is to come clean with Noah, and his mothers, so the extra stress can leave the family, since you plan on sticking around. Noah deserves to know the truth." Mercedes said while standing up. "On Santana and Brittany's behalf, thanks for coming tonight, she will appreciate your presence."
"C-can I ask a question?" Karly said quickly.
"Sure." Mercedes replied while wiping the dust off her pants.
"Why do you and Miss Quinn give me such a hard time?" Karly asked.
Mercedes laughed. "We are Noah's godmothers, he is like my other son, we've watched him grow up, it's our job to rough you up a little to prepare you for his mothers."
"Oh." Karly said softly.
"Word of advice, if we don't talk to you at all." Mercedes replied. "Then I would worry."
"Hannah never talks to me," Karly said quickly.
"Well you know who you need to try to win over." Mercedes replied. "Hannah is not only Noah's aunt but probably his best friend, they spent a lot of time together when they were younger, and she is more overprotective of her niece and nephews than I've ever seen an aunt be. So my guess is Hannah knows something is up." Mercedes smirked while opening the door. "Go sit with Noah, he needs you." Mercedes motioned with a smile. "She's fine Tom."
Tom nodded and opened the door for the girl. She ran straight to Noah and hugged him. Quinn was about to protest but Mercedes locked eyes with her and shook her head. So Quinn sat back with Mackey, and wrapped the blanket around the little blonde again while humming softly.
8am
Hannah came in Santana's hospital room quietly holding Mackenzie's hand. Brittany was now lying next to the Latina in bed holding her while she slept.
"Brit." Hannah called out quietly. "Brit!"
Brittany fluttered her eyes opened and looked over at Hannah, then down to Mackenzie who was staring with wide eyes at Santana. Mackenzie quickly turned and hid her face in Hannah's leg. This was her first time seeing the Latina; Santana didn't allow Mackenzie in the room last night when the boys came in to visit her. She didn't want her daughter to see her hooked up to machines and with tubes in her.
"She's keeps crying for Santana, I didn't know what else to do." Hannah said sadly. "Sorry."
"It's ok Han." Brittany said while untangling herself from Santana and rushing over to pick up Mackenzie who now had tears streaming down her face. "Come here baby."
"Can you take the boys home, they don't have to go to school today if they don't want. If you have to go to work, they can go to Quinn's house." Brittany replied.
"I called in." Hannah added quickly. "I was going to take them home to pack bags and have them stay at my house, San has to stay for a few days right?"
Brittany nodded while rubbing Mackenzie's back. "She has to stay tonight for sure, that's all we know for now."
"I will bring you some extra clothes later, and some for Mackey as well." Hannah told her. "Call me when you want the boys to come back."
"Thanks for everything Hannah." Brittany replied as Hannah hugged her and kissed her on the cheek before leaving the room.
"Mommy's broken." Mackenzie whispered while pointing at the Latina. "She has strings to hold her together." She added referring to the IV in the Latina's arm, the heart rate monitor on her finger, and the oxygen tube in her nose. Mackenzie sniffled a little while whimpering. "Somebody broke her."
Santana heard Mackenzie crying softly and woke up. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Brittany trying to comfort the little blonde. She quickly took the oxygen tube out of her nose and covered the IV in her arm with her blanket as she sat up slowly. Brittany heard Santana shuffling and looked up.
"Careful San, slow down." Brittany told her. Santana nodded and moved a little slower.
"Bring her here B." Santana said while reaching for her daughter with her free arm.
Mackenzie looked up at Santana with sad red eyes, and Santana felt her heart shatter and explode. "Come here Mackey, come to mommy."
Brittany walked her over and set her on the Latina's lap. Santana kissed her on the forehead. "Good morning."
"Who broke you?" Mackenzie asked sadly.
"I'm not broken baby." Santana said with a smile. "I'm ok, I'm all better now that you are here."
"The boys will be back later San." Brittany told her. "I'm going to run to the bathroom." She then quickly left the room, knowing Santana wanted to talk to Mackey.
"You have strings to hold you together." Mackenzie said sadly while pointing to the cords on the machines next to the bed.
Santana let out a shaky breath. "Just a few strings, but I don't need them for long." She responded while rubbing Mackenzie's back, the little blonde seemed scared to touch Santana, so keep her hands in her lap tightly clasped together. "I have an idea." Santana whispered out to her. "What if you held me together so I don't need those silly strings?"
"Really?" Mackenzie asked as Santana used her left hand to run her fingers through Mackenzie hair, being careful to keep her right hand, which had the IV, covered.
Santana nodded. "Can you lay on mommy's chest and hug me so I don't need the strings? I want you to be my strings." Santana asked shakily trying her hardest not break at how scared Mackenzie looked to touch her. "I need you more than the strings."
Mackenzie shook her head quickly. "You can hug me baby it's ok Mackenzie, you wont hurt me, I promise."
Santana turned the little blonde as best as she could with one hand so that Mackenzie was now straddling her, "Come on baby, give me a hug, it's okay." Santana encouraged. Mackenzie slowly and hesitantly leaned forward towards Santana. She looked up one final time at the Latina who smiled at her before she closed the gap and hugged her mother tightly.
When Santana felt her daughter's arms around her, she allowed the few tears collecting in her eyes to finally fall and she rested her hand on her back returning the hug. "Thank you Mackenzie, I really needed this hug baby girl."
"Te amo." Mackenzie whispered out.
"Te amo mija." Santana whispered out while kissing the top of her head.
Friday night 8pm
Santana was lying on the couch in the family room with Mackenzie watching Animal Planet. Mackenzie now made it her mission to hold the Latina together so she didn't need the "strings" anymore. She was now more attached to Santana than ever and didn't want to be away from Santana for anything. Santana got home from the hospital on Tuesday morning and Brittany made sure the Latina didn't lift a finger and stayed relaxed.
Brittany cooked breakfast and got the kids off to school; she ran errands early in the morning, cooked Santana and Mackenzie lunch everyday, and cleaned up around the house during the afternoon. She helped Carter and Ashton with their homework before cooking dinner, she cleaned up after the puppies and put everyone to bed nightly. She would take a bath with the Latina and give her a full body massage to end the night hoping to keep her relaxed.
Brittany came in the family room with 2 huge baskets of laundry and sat down in the recliner to fold the clothes. "You need anything San?" Brittany asked.
Santana nodded. "I need you to come lay down with us and watch TV." She replied. "Come relax baby, it's Mother's Day weekend."
"Ok, after I fold this laundry, put it away, and throw a few more loads in the wash." Brittany told her with a smile.
"Brittany, come here please." Santana said softly. "Mackey, baby can you go mommy a Popsicle? A red one."
Mackenzie smiled happily. "Me too?"
Santana nodded with a smile. "Yes, get yourself one too." The little blonde kissed Santana on the cheek and jumped up and ran to the kitchen.
Brittany sat down next to Santana on the couch. "What's wrong San?" Brittany asked frantically while placing her hand instantly on the Latina's chest to check if she was breathing ok.
"I feel fine Brit," Santana stated as she pulled Brittany down and kissed her, quickly deepening the kiss. Brittany moaned when she felt Santana's tongue slide against hers. She then laid down on top of the Latina and kissed her hungrily while running her fingers through the Latina's hair.
"What was that for?" Brittany breathed out while running her thumb over the Latina's lips.
"For taking care of me the past few days, for taking care of everyone and everything actually." Santana smiled while leaning up and kissing Brittany again. "For being my strings outside of the hospital." Brittany relaxed her body further on Santana and this time slowly darted her tongue in and out of Santana's mouth.
Mackenzie came running back in the room. "I got popsicles!" She said happily before dropping one of them and screaming. "Nooooooooo!" She threw the other Popsicle at the pair.
Brittany and Santana both jumped. "What wrong Mack?" Brittany asked while sitting up quickly.
"Y-y-y-ou going to b-b-b-reak m-mommy again." Mackenzie sobbed out as tears streamed out of her blue eyes. "N-n-n-o s-s-s-trings here." She stuttered out.
"Awwww baby." Santana said while jumping up quickly and picking her up and hugging her tightly. "I'm ok Mackenzie." Santana cooed in her ear while rubbing her back. Mackenzie held her tightly around the neck and cried.
Brittany stood up slowly and walked to the pair. "I'm sorry for scaring you Mackenzie, I would never hurt mommy." Brittany told her while placing her hand on her daughter's back.
"I don't need the strings anymore baby." Santana told her while bouncing to try to calm her down. "Momma wasn't hurting me."
"Look at me Mack." Brittany said softly. Mackenzie slowly lifted her head and looked at the blonde. "I would never hurt mommy ok? I will never ever break her, don't worry about that."
"P-promise?" Mackenzie asked with tears still falling.
Brittany nodded and wiped her tears away. "I promise." She then kissed her softly on the cheek.
"Ok." She replied while laying her head back on Santana's shoulder.
"She's had a long day Brit, it may be time for a bath and bed." Santana whispered to Brittany.
"I wanna stay with you." Mackenzie said quickly while holding Santana tighter.
"Ok, ok, ok." Santana said quickly. "I will take a bath with you then we can lay down for bed together." Santana suggested. "That sound ok?"
Mackenzie nodded. "Ok."
Brittany picked up the popsicles. "I'm going to put these back in the freezer.
Santana went and sat back down on the couch while still trying to calm Mackenzie down.
Noah walked in hand in hand with Karly. "Hi Miss Santana, hi Mackey." Karly said with a smile.
"Hi sweetheart." Santana responded with a small smile. Mackenzie buried her face into Santana's chest.
"Is Mackey ok?" Noah asked.
"Yeah, she's fine." Santana said softly. Noah leaned down and kissed them both on the cheek. "What do you say when someone speaks to you Mackenzie?" Santana asked her.
"I don't like her." Mackenzie whispered.
Karly cleared her throat and shifted uncomfortably.
"Mackenzie Ashley." Santana said softly. "Please say hello to Karly."
Mackenzie lifted her head to the young girl and waved. "She's had a rough night, I'm sorry Karly."
"I will take a wave." Karly replied with a smile.
"We are just going down to the theater to watch a movie. Is that ok?" Noah asked as Brittany walked back in the room.
Santana locked eyes with Brittany, having a silent conversation. "Yes that's fine baby." Brittany replied. "Hi Karly."
"Hi Miss Brittany." She whispered out.
"Thank you for the balloon, card, and flower when I was in the hospital. That was very sweet and thoughtful." Santana told her. "I really appreciate it."
"You're welcome." Karly replied.
"Mackey can you go with Noah for a second to the kitchen?" Santana asked.
"No." Mackenzie whispered and shook her head.
"Please baby, I just need a few minutes to talk to Karly." Santana said while looking up at the girl.
"We can get a cookie." Noah suggested to Mackenzie.
Mackenzie's eyes started to water but she allowed Noah to pick her up. "5 minutes baby girl." Santana said as Noah carried Mackenzie out of the room.
"Have a seat Karly." Santana stated. "I'm going to make this quick, I need to get back to Mackey. I want to apologize for swearing at you at Carter's party, I don't apologize for what I said, but how it came out."
"I was disrespectful…I deserved it." Karly said sheepishly. "And I'm sorry for calling you a bit..for calling you out of your name."
"You know we heard the phone call, so we are going to give you exactly one week to come clean with Noah over whatever the call was about otherwise he will hear from us." Brittany chimed in.
"I know you told Mercedes you backed out of whatever the plan was….but I think you should still tell him about it. You don't want to start a relationship or build a relationship on a lie. Noah deserves to know the truth and then decide from there if he still wants to see you." Santana told her. "I won't allow you to break his heart if I can avoid it."
Karly nodded. "I'm glad you are feeling better."
"Thank you." Santana replied quietly.
Noah came back in carrying Mackenzie. "She won't stop crying mom." He said while handing her back to Santana.
"Yeah it's bedtime." Santana said softly as Mackenzie hugged her tightly again. '
"Your brother's are in the bowling alley, tell them they have one more hour then they need to come up and take showers."
"Ok." Noah replied as he led Karly out of the room.
"I'm impressed San." Brittany said with a smirk.
"I'm trying to stay calm." Santana told her while smiling back. "And dealing with Mackey is more important right, but I wanted to get that out."
"Why don't you give her a bath while I take the puppies out and clean up down here." Brittany said while standing up.
"Ok," Santana replied while standing up and kissing Brittany quickly on the lips. "Come on baby girl let's go take a bath."
Later that night
Brittany came out of the bathroom and put on some pajama pants and a tank top and got in bed next to Santana. Mackenzie was straddling the Latina fast asleep while Santana had her hands linked behind the little girls back.
"Tonight was scary with Mackenzie huh?" Brittany stated while turning off the lamp and helping Santana slide down so she was lying flat.
"Yeah, I've never seen her react like that." Santana said. "That's why I didn't want her to see me in the hospital."
"I know, sorry for having her in the room." Brittany said quickly.
"Nothing to apologize for baby." Santana told her while leaning over to kiss her. "As much as I want to, I can't shelter her from everything." Santana kissed her daughter on the top of her head. "Hopefully, that's the last time she ever sees me like that."
Brittany nodded. "Hopefully the last time we all ever see you like that baby." She whispered while wiggling closer to cuddle with her wife and daughter.
"Sorry I'm not going to Greece with you anymore." Santana said after a long silence. "I know you really wanted me to go."
"The doctor said you need to relax San, and taking that long of a flight wouldn't be a good idea. I understand." Brittany told her. "Which is why I'm not going either."
"What?" Santana asked while turning her head. "What do you mean?"
"I'm dropping out of the summer tour completely, I demoted myself to an alternate dancer. So I only go if someone else absolutely can't." Brittany told her. "You scared me so bad Santana, and now all I can picture is that happening and me being overseas somewhere across the world."
"Brit…." Santana breathed out.
"It's a done deal. No arguments, I'm home for the summer, unless I have a meeting that I have to go to." Brittany told her. "I wouldn't be able to focus over in Greece this week San, and my knee just isn't ready for 6 shows in 3 days. Even with the shot it won't be ready."
"Are you sure you are okay with not going?" Santana asked.
Brittany shrugged. "Making sure you are okay is more important Santana." Brittany leaned forward and kissed her slowly molding their lips together. "You come first."
"Thank you." Santana said softly. "What about New York, you have to go drop off the check and sign the lease for the studio baby."
"I know, I'm going next weekend to do that." Brittany told her. "I'm leaving Friday morning and I will back Saturday afternoon. I promise to just do the paperwork and come right back."
Santana nodded. "Ok."
Brittany kissed her again. "Let's get some sleep."
"I love you so much Brit." Santana said with a smile.
"I love you more than I could ever show or tell you Santana." Brittany whispered out while kissing her on the neck a few times and resting her face on the Latina's shoulder, wrapping her arm around Mackenzie and Santana. She kissed Mackenzie softly on the cheek and closed her eyes.
Sunday 8am
Brittany and Santana were sleep with Brittany spooning the Latina and holding her tightly.
"Ok, everyone remember what they are supposed to do?" Noah asked his siblings with a smile out in the hall. They all nodded happily. "Ok let's go."
Noah knocked on the door. Santana stirred and opened her eyes. "Come in." She called out sleepily as Brittany held her tighter.
"Happy Mother's Day!" All four kids screamed out.
Brittany and Santana opened their eyes and sat up to a big surprise. Mackenzie had two bouquets of flowers in her little hands. Ashton had two jewelry boxes, Carter had 2 fist fulls of balloons. Noah was holding a tray of breakfast.
"What is all of this?" Santana asked while a huge smile as Mackenzie climbed in bed.
"It's mommy's day." She said with a smile while looking back at Noah, who winked at her. "Momma gets yeyow flowers cuz her hair is yeyow." She said while handing the bouquet of yellow long stem roses to Brittany. "And mommy gets flores roja cuz her cheeks get red when she's happy." Mackenzie replied with a smile while handing Santana the bouquet of red roses.
"Gracias mijia." Santana said with a smile from ear to ear while kissing her on the cheek.
"Thanks!" Brittany added happily while hugging Mackenzie tightly before the little blonde crawled over and sat in Santana's lap.
"Go ahead Carter." Noah coaxed.
Carter stepped forward while he opened his hands and let the balloons fill the room, he then pulled out a bag of confetti tossing it in the air and a can of silly string and sprayed everywhere with a smile. Mackenzie's eyes widened as she tried to catch the confetti floating through the air. Santana scooted closer to Brittany as the blonde wrapped her arm around her.
Carter then pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket. "I have a poem." He said shyly.
My mom is really great;
She's sweet as she can be;
When I need some help, I know
She's always there for me.
Mom loves me all the time,
Even when I'm a pest;
She always takes good care of me;
My mother is the best.
"Both of you." He whispered. "Happy Mother's Day."
Santana wiped the tears from her eyes. "Thank you Carter." She said happily. Brittany nodded. "That was sweet baby."
"Grey." Noah stated.
Ashton handed the ladies each a ring box. "We put our money together….well mostly Noah's money." He laughed. "You have to open them at the same time."
They both opened the boxes and gasped loudly. They each had a white gold half of a heart. Santana's was covered in yellow diamonds, while Brittany's was covered in pink diamonds.
"Me and Noah's first name's are on your piece mommy and our middle names on yours momma." Ashton started. "And the reverse for Carter and Mackey's names."
Brittany and Santana quickly flipped the hearts over. "So when you put the pieces together it makes our names, with your initials underneath." He ended with a smile. "Because both no matter what science says, you both made us and are our mothers."
"These are beautiful!" Brittany beamed.
"Noah, how did you afford these?" Santana asked slowly.
"I wrote and produced a song for a Grammy award winning diva that happens to be one of the 2 main ladies in my life, and and I'm lucky enough to call her mom." Noah stated. "The other main lady is married to her." He winked at Brittany. "So I had a little money to spend, and who better to spend it on than my mothers? Happy mother's day to you both."
"Oh and here's some breakfast." He added with a smile while setting the tray on the bed, which contained pancakes, sausage, eggs, hash browns, and toast. There was orange juice in champagne flutes and a mug of coffee for the two of them to share.
"Are these mimosas?" Santana asked while raising her eyebrow.
Noah shook his head. "Just OJ."
"Thank you all so much." Brittany said as they all exchanged kisses and hugs.
"Ok, let's go ready for the 2nd part." Noah said with a smile while lifting Mackenzie.
"2nd part?" Santana asked while eating a sausage.
"Yeah, part 2 starts in 2 hours in the family room." Noah said.
"Don't be late." Carter yelled out while running out of the room.
"We have the world's greatest kids." Brittany said after Ashton waved and closed the door.
"Yeah we do." Santana replied while moving the tray and straddling Brittany. "Happy Mother's Day baby." She said softly while slowly peppering kisses to Brittany's face.
"Happy Mother's day to you." Brittany said with a smile while hugging Santana tightly. "Thank you for giving me the gift of motherhood even before I carried Mackenzie." She kissed Santana passionately while rolling her hips up. "You will get your gift a little later." She winked. "Right now I want some breakfast."
Santana turned around quickly and held up a sausage to the blonde's mouth. "I love you Brit." Santana mumbled in between bites. "Right now mainly for teaching Noah how to make pancakes exactly like you….these are damn good."
Brittany laughed. "Stop hogging them and share."
2 hours later Brittany and Santana were sitting on the couch in the family room, they were presented with pictures that Mackenzie and Carter colored, as well as a scrapbook of photographs Ashton had been taking of the family with his camera.
Noah came in carrying the keyboard from the studio. "Uh, that's not supposed to leave the studio Noah." Santana said quickly. "Please be careful that's very very expensive."
"I will." Noah said with a smile. "You heard me working on a song a while ago and asked who it was for." Santana nodded. "I told you it was for someone special." Santana nodded slowly again. "I wrote the both of you a song."
"You are going to sing it?" Brittany asked with as huge smile.
Noah nodded as he started playing the melody on the keyboard.
You taught me everything
And everything you've given me
I always keep it inside
You're the driving force in my life, yeah
There isn't anything
Or anyone I can be
And it just wouldn't feel right
If I didn't have you by my side
You were there for me to love and care for me
When skies were grey
Whenever I was down
You were always there to comfort me
And no one else can be what you have been to me
You'll always be you always will be the girls
In my life for all times
Ashton and Carter then joined
Mamas, mamas you know I love you
Oh you know I love you
Mamas, mamas you're the queens of my heart
Your love is like
Tears from the stars
Mamas, I just want you to know
Lovin' you is like food to my soul
Noah began singing by himself again.
You're always down for me
Have always been around for me even when I was bad
You showed me right from my wrong
Yes you did
And you took up for me
When everyone was downin' me
You always did understand
You gave me strength to go on
There were so many times
Looking back when I was so afraid
And then you come to me
And say to me I can face anything
And no one else can do
What you have done for me
You'll always be
You will always be the girls in my life, ooh oh
By the end of the song Brittany and Santana had full streams of tears flowing from their eyes.
"N-noah." Santana stuttered out. "That was so beautiful baby."
"We have a song writer on our hands." Brittany said to Santana.
"I love you both so much." He said while walking over to them and hugging them tightly.
That night Brittany and Santana got out of a long hot bath together and were settling in bed to continue their night. Santana slowly took Brittany's towel off and kissed down her body. "We haven't had sex in a week Brit." Santana noted while massaging the blonde's breast. "I need and want you so bad right now, my chest is better, my heart feels strong." She pulled Brittany's bottom lip through her teeth. "I need you baby."
Brittany nodded and flipped them over. "Mackenzie is fast asleep in her own bed, so I think we can play tonight." She said while nibbling on the Latina's collarbone. "Your body is beautiful San." She whispered while lying next to Santana and running her hand up and down the Latina's body slowly while kissing her on the neck.
There was a knock on the door. Santana sighed. "One second." She called out while the two of them slipped under the covers quickly pulling them up to their neck.
"Come in." Brittany said after checking to make sure they were completely covered.
Noah peeped his head in. "I just wanted to say good night, and hope you enjoyed your day."
"Today was amazing Noah." Santana said with a smile. "Thanks for everything you did baby."
"You're welcome" He said shyly. "I also wanted to say it was really cool that you apologized to Karly the other night."
"She told you about that?" Brittany asked.
Noah nodded. "Yeah."
"She's using you Noah, well she was at least, she had a change of heart I guess." Santana blurted out.
"San!" Brittany said quickly.
"Shit, sorry, I couldn't keep it in anymore." Santana said softly. "I'm sorry Noah."
Noah smiled. "Don't be, I knew she was up to something, I knew she was using me from the first time she came over here. I heard her phone call when I was in the garage."
"Why are you okay with that?" Santana asked.
"Because I'm using her too." Noah replied with a shrug. "Good night." He said while kissing them both on the cheek and leaving the room.
"What just happened?" Santana asked while looking at Brittany.