"Sanny." I hear Brittany faintly call my name. I turn around and glance at her as she makes her way down the hallway to me. I can tell she literally just woke up, her hair is all over her head, her tank top is slightly raised on her abs, and her pajamas shorts are twisted. I try to smile at her, but I know it didn't happen.
"Santana, honey, why are you awake?" She asks a little louder after trying to clear her voice, which is scratchy and full of sleep still. I love Brittany's morning/just woken up voice, it sounds so adorable.
"Hey." I shrug before turning back around to the counter and resume brushing the egg wash over the sheet of pasta I just rolled out.
Brittany snakes her arms around my waist and kisses my bare shoulder, since I'm wearing a tank top. "It's four in the morning." She states while resting her chin on my shoulder and beginning to rub my sides slowly. "Why are you awake, and cooking...are you making ravioli right now?" She then asks while looking around at all the ingredients I have out around the counter.
"I can't sleep, so I'm cooking breakfast." I say through a sniffle. "I've been up since around 1am. I was in the nursery watching Bash sleep, but Brownie snores, you know she sleeps under his crib now. So I decided to make breakfast ravioli for you."
"Awwww cupcake." Brittany sighs as I reach for the bowl of shredded chicken and pinch off a piece of the fresh mozzarella, I set them in the middle of the sheet of pasta, and add a little spinach. I then grab my small pairing knife to cut the pasta into a triangle, and expertly fold it closed. "Sanny..." Brittany says softly after I robotically make five more triangle raviolis. She then reaches around me and grabs my hands to still them.
I look up at her and sigh; she silently washes her hands before taking a sheet of pasta and beginning to brush the egg wash over it. She follows my lead and starts to pinch off the mozzarella log and add shredded chicken to it, topping it with some spinach. Once we finish all of the pasta sheets, mainly because Brittany took the bowl I was making the pasta in away, and washed it. I layered them all carefully in a glass bowl and covered them so I could just pull them out and cook them later for breakfast.
I silently go to the fridge to pull out some veggies and cut them up for stir fry, but Brittany shakes her head and stands in front of the door. "Come back to bed." She says softly. "You're stressed, it's the only reason you cook so heavily late at night, well now early in the morning."
"Brit." I say tiredly.
"Come on back to bed." She tells me while grabbing my hands. "Don't focus on the court summons, or anything, we called our lawyer, and we have a meeting with him Tuesday afternoon as soon as I get out of school. We will handle this, I will handle this, baby." She adds opening her arms and walking towards me, giving me the biggest hug ever.
I melt in her embrace and try to fight back tears but Brittany kisses me gently on the temple and I choke on a sob. "I can't lose my catering business."
"I promise you won't." Brittany says sternly. "You won't lose Aunty Snixx."
"But..."
"Hey, look at me." Brittany says while lifting my chin so I'm looking deep in her eyes. "Do you trust me?"
"Of course I do." I nod to her as she starts to wipe my tears away.
"Then trust me when i say it'll be okay." She whispers.
I lean back on her chest and feel her love as she hugs me tightly and rocks us slowly side to side. "I trust you."
"Good." Brittany sighs. "Let's get a little more rest before Bash wakes up." She states while breaking the hug and grabbing my hand, she leads me over to the couch and lies down, she then pats the space in front of her. "Come on, baby." I lie down and snuggle close to her, exhaling softly when she starts to rub my side. "It'll be okay."
"I hope so." I reply while turning to face Brittany, I hide my face in her neck and try to turn my mind off but it just doesn't work.
How the hell am i getting sued by a client? It just doesn't make sense. The subpoena last night is stating that one of my clients is suing me for an allergic reaction her daughter had, his face and arms broke out in hives and she wasn't able to compete in a modeling competition. So they are suing me because they are claiming I used peanuts or peanut products when cooking. In my defense when Brittany and I set up consultations for menus, we ask about any restrictions and food allergies, I take detailed notes, and I know I didn't make a rookie mistake like that. I keep all the consultation notes so I plan to pull them out and go over exactly what went on in the consultation. I wanted to do it last night but I was so upset and shocked that I couldn't focus. We finished feeding Sebastian and gave him a bath before we read him a bed time story and he was out for the night. Brittany called our lawyer right away and filled him in on what happened, he got us a meeting on Tuesday, but I'm not going to be able to relax until then. I went to the quiet room and just stared up at the sky, in disbelief this was really happening. Brittany forced me to take a shower with her and we got in bed together, she held me tightly and just laid in silence with me. She ended up falling asleep, but I just couldn't for the longest time. I eventually did around midnight, but it was a restless sleep complete with tossing and turning so I got out bed and went to Sebastian's room.
I leaned over his crib and stared at him for almost an hour, taking in how peaceful he looked. How his face would scrunch up slightly when he inhaled, and smooth back out when he exhaled; something that Brittany says I do in my sleep as well. I smiled at our perfect little baby boy, and pressed my fingers to my lips, and then ghosted them over his face. I ran my fingers through his hair but stopped when he started to stir, since I don't want him to wake up. I smiled at him one more time and grabbed a blanket to curl up with on the day bed in his room. Brownie jumped up the second I sat down and began to lick my leg a few times while I rubbed her head, before she went back to her position under his crib. I glanced around the room and noticed Chef was in the corner of Sebastian's room as well, and laughed. I then closed my eyes while leaning my head back but I just couldn't relax. So i did what I do best whenever i get lost in my head...I went to the kitchen to cook.
"Sanny." Brittany whispers while massaging my lower back.
"Yeah, honeybee."
"I just wanted to see if you were still awake." She replies while kissing me on the neck.
"Yeah, I'm still awake." I nod while hugging her tighter.
"Do you want to cancel the dinner party tonight?" She asks.
Tonight we are finally meeting Aliana's boyfriend, after numerous cancellations on her part. So Quinn, Lio, and Mathias are coming over, so we can give him the Lopez welcome.
"No, I need to do some cooking to keep my mind off of everything." I tell her.
"Okay." She replies while turning on her back and pulling me to lie flush on her. "Well you need to get a little sleep then, I'll hold you the entire time."
"Thanks." I sigh before kissing her and resting my head on her shoulder.
I wake up to Sebastian babbling and crawling over me while drooling on my face while the smell of an orange invades my nostrils. I open my eyes and wrap my arms around his little body to give him a hug. "Buenas dias." I whisper to him as he continues to touch all over my face with his sticky hand, while lifting his other hand that's tightly holding an orange slice to his mouth.
"Can mami have some?" I ask him while opening my mouth. He smiles and laughs while kicking his legs when I lean forward and nibble on his orange slice, when he realizes what I'm doing his smile quickly fades and he moves his hand quickly as a frown covers him.
"That means no." Brittany laughs as she sets a plate on the table in front of me. "I made you breakfast."
I kiss Sebastian's cheek and sit up so he's in my lap while Brittany lays down a towel on the couch next to me and sets Sebastian on the towel. He stares at us while sucking on his orange again as Brittany settles behind me, and pulls me back to lean on her chest. I lift the plate of french toast, bacon, and cut up cantaloupe and set it in my lap, I break the french toast apart and hold the fork up so Brittany can take the first bite.
"Oooooooooooo" Sebastian screeches happily while waving his arms around.
Brittany giggles behind me and tickles his stomach, causing him to do it again. I smile at him and turn the TV on to some cute cartoon with a baby elephant that is leaning his numbers.
"Thank you for breakfast but I was going to make the ravioli." I tell her.
"For breakfast?" She asks while resting her hands around my waist.
I shrug. "Should I save them for dinner?" I ask her while taking a bite out of my bacon and holding it up to Brittany.
"I ate, cupcake." She tells me after accepting the bacon. "This is for you."
"Thank you." I nod. "Did you feed him already, or has he just had the orange?"
"He had a bottle with some cereal in it, the orange is just a little after breakfast dessert." Brittany tells me. "Are you going to pump again today, there's only one more left."
"Yeah I'll pump after I eat, so he can take a bottle all day." I nod to her. "Well with some squash for dinner, and I'm going to make some peas for him."
"Oooooooooooo babababababa." Sebastian screams again before laughing to himself and sticking his orange in his mouth.
"He's having a good time this morning." I laugh. "He must have had a good night's sleep."
"Seems like it." Brittany replies while resting her head on my shoulder and kissing my neck a few times. "Mercedes called this morning, she's in town so she's coming to dinner."
We haven't seen Mercedes in a while, so I know Brittany is more excited than she's letting on right now. She's been in LA, doing some work for some of the new artists she signed. She's putting together a showcase out there, so she's been so busy we haven't even talked to her much. I'm so excited for her to see how big Sebastian is now, he's crawling, and close to talking so it'll be a huge surprise for her.
"I know you're excited, bee." I smile while turning to look at her.
"I miss her." Brittany nods. "I feel like we haven't hung out in forever." Sebastian drops his orange and turns to crawl over to us.
"Three kisses he reaches for my plate." I laugh.
"The cantaloupe." Brittany agrees.
Sure enough he grabs a piece of cantaloupe and holds it to his mouth, Brittany quickly grabs it from it, causing a mini meltdown as his face turns red and he screams. "Hold on." She says while biting a little piece off and chewing it up, she takes it out of her mouth and sticks it in his. We watch him swish it around his mouth before swallowing it and smiling and reaching for Brittany's mouth, where he thinks more is. She takes another small bite and does the same thing, his eyes light up and he laughs.
"You like fruit." I laugh while eating the rest of my french toast and setting the plate back on the table as Brittany continued to nibble off small pieces and give them to him. "Well, we know he's going to be a good eater." I laugh while wiping his mouth with his bib.
"Yeah he will be." Brittany nods while handing him a big piece of fruit so he can suck on it. His eyes quickly widen as he reaches for it and sticks it right in his mouth, sucking and smacking loudly on it. "Are you feeling better?"
"A little." I shrug. "The nap really did help."
"Told you." She smiles while grabbing my plate and heading to the kitchen. I lift Sebastian in my lap and watch him continue to attack the cantaloupe in his hand. "Where are Chef and Brownie?"
"The roof." She calls over her shoulder.
"Look at the elephant, Bash." I say while pointing to the TV screen as the baby elephant starts to sing and dance around while swinging his trunk. "This cartoon is so cute." I smile as some other animals run on the screen and start to dance around.
I start clapping along to the song while bouncing him on my lap and kissing the top of his head. He sticks the cantaloupe back in his mouth to suck on while leaning back in my arms. I continue to clap my hands and hum along to the song, he reaches for my hands with his free hand and starts to kick his feet. I look towards the kitchen and see Brittany is finishing up the dishes from breakfast. Sebastian drops his cantaloupe in my lap and holds on to my left hand. I use my right hand to pick up his soggy piece of fruit and toss it on a magazine on the table before grabbing a wet wipe and wiping his hands and face off. I grab another one to wipe my hands and face.
Brittany comes in and sits next to us just as the animals on the screen start to clap and sing. Brittany starts to clap her hands along with the characters, so I grab his hands and start to clap them for him. He shrieks and laughs while squirming and kicking his feet excitedly. I was having a shitty night and rough morning but being around my two favorite people in the world is quickly calming me down, and the furthest thing on my mind is the lawsuit. I let Sebastian's hands go and start to clap my hands with Brittany.
Sebastian looks at Brittany when she catches on to the song the animals are singing and starts to sing along as well while clapping her hands. He laughs and starts to clap his hands for the first time while staring at Brittany. Brittany's eyes widen and I see a tear form as they both laugh like crazy and clap their hands together, and at this moment I fall deeper and deeper in love with the both of them.
"Good job, Bash." I say proudly while continuing to clap my hands, he looks up at me and smiles before looking at Brittany again and clapping with the biggest smile ever. I want to move to get my camera and take some pictures of him, maybe even get it on video, but I don't want to leave this moment, so I instead just smile like a crazy person as the three of us continue to clap for no other reason than everyone else is clapping.
5pm
The morning and afternoon flew by with Brittany, Sebastian, and I just hanging out and enjoying each other's company. We watched some more cartoons, and did some tummy time on his play mat. Sebastian went down for a mid morning nap around ten, probably tired from all the clapping he did, so Brittany and I were able to have some mami/momma alone time in the bedroom. Brittany gave me a long, slow, and deep massage which led to us have passionate sex, which left me in a relaxed state of bliss the remainder of the day.
Brittany did some work in the office for the better part of the afternoon while I busied myself with doing a little housework. Sebastian played crawled around with Chef and Brownie which made vacuuming a disaster since all three of them are scared of it. The three of them would stare at the vacuum and try to run away as fast as possible when I turned to vacuum a different direction. Brownie, who is so protective of Sebastian, tried to pull him by his shirt to help him get away once and he pushed Sebastian with his nose to get him to crawl faster. After tormenting them enough for the day I put Sebastian in his walker so I could start dinner for eight people.
I'm sauteeing pork chops and stuffing them with apple, celery, and red onion; for side I'm grilling asparagus with my homemade hollandaise sauce, mashed cauliflower with apples, and a brown sugar and cinnamon cornbread. For dessert I making white chocolate and raspberry phyllo cups. Everyone should be arriving around seven for dinner, well for appetizers, i plan to serve dinner at eight. I check on Sebastian and see he's busy with the lights and shapes on his walker, so I know he'll be busy for a little bit. I could always ask Brittany to do her work in the living room to help me keep an eye on him but she put off grading her papers long enough, so I decide to let her work since we'll have company pretty late tonight, and she'll probably just want to go to bed after so she can get enough rest for school in the morning.
I turn on a little music and get to work by pulling out all my chops and washing them; I then cut half way through them so it's a little pocket and rinse that out as well. Brittany had a seasoning rack that slides out installed in the kitche, so when I open the cabinet door, I can slide out my shelves and easily find exactly what I'm looking for. I grab my seasoning that I love to use for porkchops, and that Brittany loves and season my chops all the way around, and inside the little pocket I cut. I then layer them in a pan and cover them before setting them to the side.
I grab some Granny Smith and some Red Delicious apples and start to peel them when I hear Sebastian screech followed by Brownie barking. I quickly turn around and see Sebastian laughing while Brownie licks his face, her tail in overdrive. Chef is running around Sebastian's walker, trying to figure out how to join their game with a toy in his mouth.
"Brownie." I clap twice. "No more kisses." I laugh as she sits down next to Sebastian and lets him grab her ears instead.
I watch them for a few more minutes to make sure Brownie is really okay with Sebastian pulling her ears, I then move the cutting board I'm using to the other counter so I watch them while cooking. Some cartoon that I have on for Sebastian starts singing and he focuses his attention on television while bouncing and babbling to himself. I grab a teething ring out of the freezer for him and take it to him, setting it on his tray while kissing his forehead. He immediately grabs it and stick it in his mouth.
I go back to the kitchen and start to dice the apples, some celery, and some onion and toss them in the skillet with a little butter and brown sugar. I'm stirring it around when I see Brittany walk past the living room to the nursery and come back with a pair of shoes, Sebastian's jacket, and a little hat for his head. She kisses his cheeks and lifts him up before sitting on the couch, where she starts to get him dressed while singing his ABCs to him with the cartoon.
"Where are you going?" I ask her when she walks in the kitchen with Sebastian on her hip, a pacifier in his mouth now.
"To grab some flowers for the dinner table, do you need anything while I'm out, I'm going to take Bash with me." She asks while leaning on the counter and picking up an apple slice to eat.
"I don't think so." I shrug. "Unless you think we need more wine or champagne."
"There's plenty downstairs." She shakes her head. "Maybe I'll grab some beer for Mathias and Lio, did Ali say what kind her boyfriend likes?"
"No, she didn't." I shake my head while tossing my apple mixture around in the skillet. I add a little white wine to the mixture and cover it up.
"I'll call her on the way to the store." Brittany tells me. "If you think of anything, just call me."
"Thanks." I tell her as I start to cut the ends of the asparagus so they are ready to be grilled right before I serve dinner.
"Tell mami, bye bye." Brittany tells Sebastian while lifting his hand to wave at me.
"Bye sweetheart." I smile while waving back. I take his pacifier out of his mouth, earning a smile from him and kiss him, allowing him to drool on me, before sticking his pacifier back in and kissing him on the forehead. Brittany leans down and catching my lips for a quick kiss as well before heading to the door. "Drive safely." I call after her as Brownie tries to slip out of the door with herm but ends up with the door slammed in her face. She stares at the door and lies down, most likely to wait for Brittany to return, the door opens again and Brittany pokes her head in.
"I'm going to take Brownie, so she doesn't howl the whole time we're gone." She smiles while grabbing her leash. Chef sprints over so Brittany grabs his leash too and starts to usher them in the hall, while balancing Sebastian on her hip. Lord Tubbington walks past the kitchen into our bedroom completely ignoring my presence. He's been hanging out in the quiet room lately, so I assume that's where he's going.
Once that's all set, I get my cauliflower ready to boil, so I cut two heads of cauliflower in half and add it to the pot of boiling water I have ready, I then slice a few more apples in half and add them to the boiling water as well. I take a deep breath and go to the fridge to pull out some ingredients to make my cornbread when my Snixx phone rings. I wipe my hands and head to the living room to grab it as Ali walks in the door with a smile.
Thank you for calling Aunty Snixx, Santana speaking, how can I help you?I answer while hugging Ali and kissing her on the cheek. She smiles and sets down the gift bag which is no doubt for Sebastian since I can see a plush elephant poking out of the top.
Sure I can make a cake for a seven year old's birthday party, what kind of cake are you interested in? I ask while walking back to the office. I stop halfway and snap my fingers to get Ali's attention, when she turns to face me I motion to stir the mix on the stove, when she nods okay, I run to the office to grab an order pad.
So they are twins? Awesome, two cakes is no problem.
I scribble out my notes while walking back to the kitchen and hip checking Ali to move away from the skillet. I know she's nervous about her date and wants to make a good impression, which is probably why she's early.
So a ninja turtle cake and a ballerina cake? Sounds good, I sketch some designs for the cake and email them over to you this week, if they are up to your approval I'll quote a price for you and we can move forward from there.
Sounds good, I'll talk to you soon.
I hang up the phone and scoop a little of the apple stuffing on a spoon so Ali can try it. "Try it."
She accepts the spoonful. "Damn, Rat, that's amazing."
I smile. "It's the stuffing for the pork chops."
"Awesome." She nods while poking around the kitchen. I turn the stuffing off and grab my pork chops so I can sear the outside of them. Ali opens the oven so I quickly pop her hand.
"You know better than to open my oven." I laugh. "Relax, I have dinner under control, did Brittany call you?"
"Yeah she did." Ali nods while jumping on the counter. "I talk to her, and Bash who was having a conversation by himself in the back seat." She smiles.
I watch her fidget around before opening a bottle of wine and pouring her a glass. "Drink, and relax, what are you so nervous about?"
"You, Mathias, and Lio scaring the shit out of Andrew." She sighs.
"Whoa." I frown. "I've never been rude or purposely scared anyone any of you ever dated."
"You're intimidating Santanita, even when you don't try." She replies.
"Whatever." I shrug. "Well, you have Quinn, Mercedes, and Brittany as buffers."
"Brittany is hardly a buffer, you've seen the way she's bit my head off in the past." Ali laughs.
"Stop provoking her then." I smirk while using my tongs to sear the outside of four of the pork chops.
"I need to do something with my hands, let me help." She pleads.
"Shouldn't you be getting dressed?" I ask her. "I know you aren't wearing that." I ask while glancing at her jeans and sweater.
"Yeah, but…"
"Go get dressed, Bubbles, I promise not to let Mathias or Lio get all macho and scare the guy off." I tell her while turning on the second over for the cornbread.
"Fine." She huffs as she jumps off the counter. "I'm taking the wine with me."
"Don't break my glass and bring it back when you come back for dinner!" I yell as she leaves.
"Move out of the way, I'm here to see my boyfriend!" Mercedes yells while walking in the living room.
Britany and I are in the kitchen, putting the appetizers on platters when we hear her voice and watch her playfully push Lio out of the way, and grab Sebastian from Mathias' arms. He stares at her for a moment, unsure of who she is, he looks around as his face scrunches up, but Mercedes smoothly starts to sing while tickling his stomach bringing a huge smile to his face.
"I guess Mercedes sending those tapes of her singing really did help." I laugh while glancing up at Brittany.
"Yeah it did." Brittany nods as she starts to slice the stuffed baguette I made.
"Warm the knife up, bee, so it slices the bread evenly." I tell her. I made a baguette, then hollowed it completely out before I stuffed it with a mixture of goat cheese, cream cheese, minced garlic, chopped red pepper, sun dried tomatoes, chopped olives, Italian parsley, thyme, and some salt and pepper to taste.
"Ok, do you have a sauce or anything for this?" She asks.
"No, it should be okay to just eat like that." I tell her while filling champagne glasses for everyone, and add a strawberry to them.
We both look up when we hear Sebastian laughing and clapping and smile. "Looks like he's the life of the party." Brittany laughs while grabbing some plates.
"Of course." Look who his momma is." I smile before kissing her on the cheek and carrying the tray to the living room.
After the appetizers were gone, Brittany helped me make plates for everyone so we could start dinner. Sebastian was in his highchair next to me, so I could attempt to feed him a little before putting him down for bed. He was too focused on staring at Mercedes with a big smile, since she was sitting on the other side of him.
"Crespo, she isn't going anywhere, you need to eat." I laugh while holding his spoonful of squash to his mouth. He eats it but turns to smile at Mercedes again.
"Mind if I feed him?" Mercedes asks. "You haven't had a chance to touch your food yet."
"Are you sure?" I ask her. "I'm used to it, Brit and I take turns usually."
"I only see him so often because of work, so I absolutely don't mind." She smiles as I turn his highchair to face her and hand her his bowl. "He likes the squash separate, but only the apple with the squash, he won't eat that separate." I tell her.
"Got it." She nods while spooning some squash and apple together to feed him. He opens his mouth super wide for the spoon and squeals once he gets it.
"He's moving in on your girl." Lio laughs while taking a sip of his beer.
"Are you two back together now?" Brittany asks happily while grabbing my hand under the table.
"No."
"Yes."
"Yikes." Quinn laughs. "We'll talk later." She nods to Mercedes who hums in agreement.
"So Andrew, you work for the NYPD?" Mathias asks Andrew, Aliana's boyfriend.
"No." He shakes his head while taking a sip of his beer. "I'm a surgical intern at Mercy West Hospital."
"Impressive." Brittany smiles. "What are are you specializing in?'
"Hopefully plastics." He replies matching her smile.
"Wow, congrats." Mercedes smiles while looking up from feeding Sebastian, who is clearly mesmerized by her.
"You stole my boyfriend." Quinn pouts. "He used to stare at me like that."
"Girl, please." Mercedes laughs. "You see him all the time."
"So, Bash is my best friend." Quinn laughs while taking a bite of her pork chop.
"Whoa." Lio and I both reply at the same time while laughing.
Brittany kisses me on the cheek and smiles at Sebastian, who is doing a wonderful job with his dinner. I watch Ali whisper something to Andrew, he whispers back to her and she immediately blushes.
"So Santana, you made everything from scratch?" He asks.
I nod and scoop some more of the mashed cauliflower with apple on my plate. "I did, I love cooking."
"You're really lucky, Brittany." He smiles while shoving some food in his mouth and eating it quickly.
"Hey I cook for you." Ali laughs.
"Yeah, you do sweetheart." He smirks before kissing her quickly.
I watch Lio and Mathias both roll their eyes before Mathias begins to stare at Mercedes as she lifts Sebastian into her lap and holds him while finishing her meal.
"You look great with a baby." He blurts out causing her to raise her eyebrow at him.
"He's so awesome, I have nephew around his age and he just screams all the time." Andrew states.
"He's really good." Brittany nods. "He only cries if something is really bothering him, otherwise he's content.:
The rest of dinner went smoothly, we learned a lot about Andrew, and from what I've seen he's a great guy. He was attentive with Ali, got along with Mathias and Lio, was able to hold a conversation on music with Mercedes, and talked politics with Brittany. I went to change Sebastian and get him settled for the night before joining everyone else in the living room. The guys were all playing pool with Ali, while Brittany and Mercedes sat off to the side in front of the windows and caught up. I started to dust and clean up around the living room, when Quinn grabbed my hand and led me to our bedroom, she closed the door and sat on the bed.
"Talk."
"About what?" I ask her while leaning against the dresser.
"Something's bothering you." She replies. "I can tell, I know you babe."
I sigh and run my fingers through my hair before walking in our office and bringing out the court summons and handing her the envelope.
Quinn frowns and opens it, I watch her eyes widen as she reads the certified letter. "You're being sued?"
"Yeah." I tell her as I sit on the bed next to her and lean my elbows on my knees, hiding my face in her hands. "She's claiming her daughter had a nut allergy and I cooked with nuts anyways."
"Did you cook with nuts?" Quinn asks carefully.
"Probably some peanut oil for something, but she never told me, Brit and I always ask for food allergies, especially when I'm given free reign over the meal." I sigh as tears threaten to fall. "If I lose my business, it will break me. She's suing me for $500,000."
"Damn."
"That's basically all of my money, both personal and business wise." I tell her as a few tears slip out. "I have to carry my weight in this family."
"I don't think Brittany would hold this against you." Quinn tells me while rubbing my back. "And isn't that like pocket change to Brit?"
"I know, but I don't want to live off of her, you know that, she knows that, hell everyone does. I have to work and contribute to the household." I ramble quickly.
"Hey, come on San, you know I cry when you do, and I'm all emotional right now from the baby, so don't do this." She tries to laugh.
"Sorry." I tell her while placing my hand on her stomach and smiling. I then flop back on the bed and scream into my hands.
"Did you call your lawyer yet?" She asks.
"Yeah, I got served last night, Brittany called right away and we are meeting them on Tuesday when she gets off of work." I sigh.
"Well, just stay calm and wait to see what the lawyer says." Quinn tells me. "Stay optimistic."
"I'm trying to." I whisper as Brittany comes in the room.
"Hey Q, Mercedes wants you." She says as I prop myself up on my elbows.
Quinn stands up slowly and makes her way out of the room as Brittany lies next to me, she turns my head and kisses me deeply before rolling on me, and slipping her tongue in my mouth. I quickly wrap my arms around her and moan softly.
"Are you relaxed?" She asks when the kiss breaks.
"More than relaxed." I nod. "Especially after a kiss like that." I smile.
"Ok, I need to tell you something."
"What is it?" I ask her while trying to get up when I notice the seriousness of her face. "Let me up."
"No, I'm lying on you for a reason." She replies.
"Shit, how bad is it, B?" I groan.
"What's the last name of the client suing you?" She asks.
"Olsgary." I spit out harshly. "Marian Olsgary."
"Guess what Andrew's last name is..."
"No." I shake my head.
"He was talking to Lio and Mathias about his parents and family and mentioned his parents are Marian and Andrew Olsgary Sr." Brittany says.
I think back to the dinner party, i remember being impressed by the wall of pictures they had in the foyer, full of family events, graduation pictures, and holiday pictures. I start to clearly remember Mrs. Olsgary bragging on her son that was in medical school. She even dragged Brittany and I over to the wall to point out a picture of him at his white coat ceremony.
"You don't think Ali knows do you?" I ask.
"That you're being sued?" Brittany asks. "No."
"She will now." I say while flipping us over and running out of the room. "Ali we need to talk, now." I tell her as I grab her hand and pull her to the bedroom.
"Whoa, what the fuck?" She hisses while rubbing her wrist.
"You're fuckin boyfriend's family is suing me." I snap while throwing the envelope at her.
Thoughts?