I am realizing now that my semester is coming to a close and I am getting ready to move back home and start work again, I may not be able to keep up with once a day updates anymore. I thought that the summer would be easier but apparently I was wrong. I am really going to try my best, but I may end up falling back onto updates every other day unless I am able to get a few chapters ahead in the next few days. It is possible, but I'm not sure how likely it is. I will keep you guys updated on the progress :)
This chapter is very fluffy.. the one after this will be as well.. And it is mostly in Santana's POV, I wanted to concentrate a little more on the Quitt pairing just to answer some of the questions I've been getting and Santana's POV seemed easiest :)
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Chapter 25
Santana's POV
I woke up to hearing crying and whimpering coming from over the baby monitor. At first I assume in my sleepiness that it's Rachel, but then my brain registers that Rachel is still asleep in my arms. I grab the monitor and turn down the volume and bring it to my ear, so that I can hear what is happening but allow Rachel to sleep in a little.
"Don't cry Skylar, you're alright. Don't cry." I hear Brittany desperately trying to calm the little girl down. Usually whenever someone picks Sky up in the morning she will stop crying. I hope that everything is ok.
I disentangle myself carefully from behind Rachel, taking extra care not to wake her. I shut off the monitor and quickly make my way down the hall to the nursery. When I open the door I understand why Skylar hasn't stopped crying yet. Brittany is kneeling in front of the crib talking to the infant through the bars as the baby is sitting up crying while reaching for the blonde. When Sky sees me enter the room she raises her arms for me.
"What are you doing in here?" I ask the blonde. "Did she wake you?"
"No I got up early and heard her start to whimper. I wanted to help, but didn't know how to make her stop crying." She says looking sad.
"She would have stopped crying if you would have just lifted her from the crib Britt-Britt." I tell her while placing the baby on the changing table.
"But I can't hold her." She tells me as if I'm dumb for not knowing that.
"What are you talking about?" I ask looking at her while bending down to pick up a new diaper, keeping my hand on the baby's stomach the entire time. "You want to go through those drawers and pick out her outfit for today?" I ask.
Brittany nods enthusiastically and starts going through the drawers. "She's too tiny, I can't hold her. I'll hurt her." She tells me as she continues to rummage through the drawers looking for the cutest outfit.
"B you'd be fine."
"Nu-uh. I totally drop her and then Rachel wouldn't let me around anymore. I'll just admire her from afar." She tells me. Holding out a cute pink ruffled shirt and a pair of matching jeans.
"Alright, well why don't we try to start off small." I tell her as I finish dressing the baby.
"Sit down in the rocking chair and you can hold her while sitting down, that way you can't drop her. You can build up your confidence from there. How does that sound?" I ask. If she doesn't feel confident holding the baby, that's fine I'm not going to force her, but I also don't want her to think she can't possibly do it.
"Are you sure? I don't want to hurt her. She is really, super tiny." The tall blonde asks while looking at me unsurely.
"Honestly, I was nervous the first time to Britt-Britt. And she was just born so she was like ten times smaller. You will be fine." Rachel says announcing her presence from the doorway where she is leaning on the doorframe.
"I tried not to wake you. I figured it would be nice for you to get to sleep in for once." I tell her while going over to give her a kiss. She accepts the kiss and the little girl in my arms who is reaching for her.
"You didn't wake me, the lack of your body heat did followed by the lack of sound coming from the monitor. Plus my body has a internal feeding clock set." She explains with a shrug while going over to where Brittany is waiting patiently in the rocking chair.
Rachel gets on her knees in front of Brittany and settles Skylar in the blonde's arms. Skylar looks up at Britt and gives her a huge grin showing off her few tiny baby teeth. The baby then reaches up and grabs some of Brittany's long hair and wraps it around her fingers.
"Ow!" Brittany pouts while using her free hand to disentangle her hair from Skylar's grasp. "That is not very nice." She playfully chastises, making a silly 'serious' face. Skylar loves it and starts cracking up and turns her head shyly into the dancer's chest.
"She's so snuggly!" Brittany exclaims.
"Yeah she's a cuddle monster." I laugh and Skylar tries to sit up on Britt's lap. "Just like her mom." I add causing Rachel to blush.
Once Skylar is sitting up she faces Brittany and smacks her hands on either side of the blonde's face. Every time the little hands connect with her cheeks, B makes a new funny face, which only encourages Skylar to do it more.
"Careful Princess, don't hurt her." Rachel tells the baby as she gets off her knees and wipes the imaginary dirt off her pajama pants.
We stay in here for a little while longer before Skylar starts to fuss, clearly done playing and ready to be fed.
"Why don't B and I go downstairs and start to make breakfast for everyone and you can feed the little princesa." I offer after giving Rachel a quick peck.
"Sounds good to me. There's a whole bunch of bacon in the fridge and pancakes and waffles also. Make whatever you think will be good for everyone." She tells me as she takes Brittany's place in the rocking chair.
I'm a little sad that I can't watch her breastfeed again, but I really don't want to impose on their special time, nor do I want to leave Brittany alone in the kitchen to make breakfast. Britt is actually a pretty good cook, but she has a tendency to overdo it when it comes to breakfast; she puts about twice as much sugar in everything then necessary. Hence why she is always so hyper.
With a kiss to the top of both my favorite girls' heads I made my way out of the nursery with Brittany. When we get downstairs we see that Puck and Chang Squared are still sleeping, but Quinn is nowhere to be found. I really hope that she didn't just leave because that will break Brittany's heart.
"Where's Q?" Brittany asks in a sad voice. "Did I scare her off? I thought she was ok with it, she seemed to like it." The pout on my best friends lips makes me want to slap Quinn.
"I'm right here." We hear from behind us. We spin around to see Quinn looking around nervously. "I had to pee. I didn't leave." She tells us awkwardly.
"Yay! Lets go cook!" Brittany yells excitedly skipping into the kitchen, effectively waking the other three occupants in the room.
"I think we need to have a talk Q." I tell her softly. I don't want to push her, but I also don't want her to go and hurt Britt. She just nods her understanding. "Alright, lets go help B cook before we all end up getting cavities from whatever she decides on." I joke trying to lighten the mood.
Once upon a time I used to be as close to Quinn as I am to Brittany, but everything went wrong. That doesn't necessarily mean that I don't want her in my life anymore. I really do, but I need to look out for Brittany above all else, well except for Skylar and Rachel. I will be there for Quinn if and when she needs me, but I will always be there for Britt first. It may sound bad, but that's the way things are.
Once we get into the kitchen we see Brittany has already taken out what she needs for our meal.
"Bacon!" Quinn asks excitedly. "I thought Rachel was vegan and Jewish!" She says picking up the packages of bacon as if she thought they were a mirage or something.
"She had to start eating meet again when she got pregnant. How have you never noticed her eating meet and dairy at lunch? As for the Jewish part, she doesn't technically eat bacon; this is more for me than her. Although I've been trying to cut back too since I feel rude eating something she can't."
"Whatever! I'll take it off your hands." Quinn says with one of the biggest smiles I've seen on her face in a while. It's nice to have everyone who means something to me happy.
"I'll start making this. Can you supervise B's measurements please, I don't want to be eating pure sugar again." I tell her with a fake shudder making her laugh and nod her head. When she turns to walk over to the taller blonde, she looks nervous but walks over nonetheless.
"Things smell good down here." Rachel says as she enters the room with Skylar on her hip. "Why are the other three still laying on the floor mumbling about UST and yelling?" She asks with a giggle.
"I'll explain later, I tell her looking back over to the two blondes who are currently throwing flour at each other.
"I think I got it." She laughs out as the other three finally make their way into the kitchen all looking tired and irritated.
"Give me that baby," Tina says grumpily as she grabs Sky out of her mother's arms.
"Geez crabby much? I didn't wake you up." Rachel protests playfully as she giggles.
"Whatever. I'm tired and the baby is the only thing that will make me feel better." She says trying to hide her smile and remain serious.
"Great, and what am I here for?" Mike jokes coming up behind his girlfriend and making funny faces at Skylar.
"We all know what you're around for Mike." I joke at him making him blush red.
"Are you hungry cutie?" Mike asks the little girl in his girlfriend's arms, trying to avoid my comment.
"Leave them alone." She tells me playfully before addressing the Asian duo. "You guys can try to feed her if you want, fair warning that she may not actually eat any of it, but you can try if you want." Rae offers Chang Squared who both look ecstatic to give it a shot.
I can't help the smirk that spills onto my face and see that Rachel is having just as much trouble. There is no way that Skylar is going to eat for them; she just started eating for me for god's sake. Without saying another word, Rachel opens up the baby food cabinet and pulls out strawberry banana baby food before plucking a spoon from the drawer and handing everything to Mike while Tina attempts to put Skylar in the highchair.
I turn the bacon off so that I can enjoy the show without worrying about the house burning down, while Rachel gets the other three occupants of the room to watch as well.
It starts out better than I thought, Skylar allows herself to be lowered into the chair with only a small fight. At first I thought that the baby was going to prove us wrong, but as soon as Tina sits down in the seat in front of the chair, Skylar starts to whine. Nope, this was going to be fun.
Mike opens up the package as Tina tries to calm the already distressed baby. As soon as the spoon is in the food, Skylar stops crying and looks curiously at the couple. Mike gives a triumphant smile, thinking that they had won. He takes the spoon out of the food and hands it to his girlfriend since she is sitting right in front of the baby. When Tina tries to put the spoon in the baby's mouth Skylar moves her head to avoid the spoon. They continue the little dance until Tina finally outsmarts the baby and manages to get the spoon to its destination.
With a huge smile Tina hands the spoon back to Mike and turns to look up at her boyfriend, completely missing the baby spitting the food back into her hand and reaching for Tina. When the gothic girl leans forward to laugh at something Mike must have said, not a one of us paying attention to what the couple is talking about, Skylar takes that as an opportunity to put the food into the girl's hair. Puck makes a sound of disgust and both blondes scrunch their faces up to show similar repugnance, while Rachel and me try to hold back our giggles.
"Ew!" Tina yells as she realizes what just happened.
Mike quickly deposits the food onto the baby tray in order to help his girlfriend get the food out of her hair. I look to Rachel to see if she thought we should stop the massacre before it had a chance to really happen. Before we could decide though, Skylar puts her hand into the container of food and quickly tosses the handful at the pair attempting to feed her.
"AH!" they both yell, and all five of us watching completely lose it. We can't help it; it's hilarious to see their faces of pure disbelief and horror. They look down at themselves as Skylar loads up to throw some more. Before the duo can respond Skylar launches another handful.
Both Rachel and I try to reign in our laughter and try to help Mike and Tina, but before we can reach them, Skylar had already thrown a third, slightly smaller, handful. When we reach them Rachel grabs the food off the tray and out of Skylar reach.
"You did not tell us she was the devil when she eats!" Tina exclaims.
We both start giggling again while the other three just laugh harder.
"She doesn't like being fed by anyone but Rachel. She will allow the babysitter and my dad, and she tolerates me but she prefers Rachel." I giggle out.
"You couldn't tell us that before!" Mike yells, I can tell that he's not really mad though.
"This seemed to be the more fun way for you to find out." Rachel says with a giggle.
"Fun for who?" Tina asks with a pout. Following her question Rachel, Quinn, Puck, Brittany, and I raise our hands. Mike and Tina just huff and roll their eyes with smiles.
"You guys can shower if you want, there's a guest bathroom on both floors with towels under the sinks." Rae tells them.
"Or we could just conserve water and shower together." Tina says with a wink.
"Yeah, you're not having sex in any of my showers." Rachel says seriously causing everyone to giggle at her.
When Chang Squared go to shower and Rachel went to give Skylar a bath, the rest of us start finishing making breakfast.
Once everyone was finished getting cleaned up we all gather around the table and start chowing down, Skylar being fed by Rachel intermittently through out.
"What is our plan for before dinner? Are we spending the day together or are we just meeting up later?" Puck asks when we are cleaning up the dishes.
"Why don't we go out and do something." Rachel offers. I stop drying the dish I'm currently working on and stare at her. We never leave the house, not with Skylar anyway.
"What? The entire school already knows about her which means most of the town does. Now that Jesse's reaction isn't hanging over my head, I think it's high time that we get the hell out of this house." Rachel explains.
I just smile at her and nod my head. I lean over and give her a light kiss before going back to the dish I was working on.
"Did you guys bring clothes for today or do you all need to go home and change?" I ask.
"I think we all brought clothes, but can those of us who haven't showered use your showers Rach?" Puck asks, giving a chuckle at the thought of Tina and Mike's feeding mishap earlier.
"Yeah, go ahead." She tells them as she dries off her hands and moves over to where Skylar is playing in her playpen. "Would you guys mind watching Sky while I jump in the shower after though?" She asks shyly.
"Of course not." Tina says with a smile. "As long as you don't ask us to feed her." She adds with a roll of the eyes.
It's not until around noon when we are finally all ready to go; we decide to head to the mall to just goof off and window shop.
"Hey I'm going to drive with Quinn if that's ok." I tell Rae, who pouts, looking hurt by me not wanting to go with her. This seems like the best time to talk to her though.
"I'll drive with Q!" Brittany screams and starts making her way over to where Quinn is standing.
"B why don't you drive with Rachel." I tell her.
I can't have Britt in the car for this. Brittany halts her movement and looks at me with a pout to match Rachel's. Great now I've made both of them upset. Skylar just has to add to my misery as she looks up at her mother and then over to Brittany and adds her own pout into the mix. I roll my eyes and move over to where Rachel is holding Skylar.
"I would rather drive with you babe, but I need to have a talk with Quinn. I can't have her hurting B and I need her to know that." I tell her quietly so that only she can hear. Luckily she seems to understand because her pout disappears and she nods her acceptance.
"Come on Britt-Britt, we can sing Disney songs to Sky in the car!" Rachel says excitedly.
I know that she is trying to amp up her excitement to make Brittany agree, but I can tell that she is actually thrilled about the prospect as well. I giggle at their combined excitement as Rachel climbs into the back seat to strap Skylar in. Puck, Mike, and Tina pile into Mike's car.
"Lets go Q." I tell her looping my arm through hers and making my way to her car. There are a few minutes of silence while we both try to collect our thoughts.
"What's going on inside that brain of yours Q?" I finally ask.
She exhales loudly and holds onto the steering wheel tighter. "I wish I knew." She says quietly.
"Do you like Brittany?" I ask her softly. I know this is hard for any normal person, but with Quinn it's twenty times harder. She was not brought up to accept herself; she was brought up to pretend to be what others accept.
She is silent for over a minute. "Yes." She finally says simply, I can tell she's still trying to work through something in her mind though so I keep quiet.
"She's perfect you know. She's enthusiastic and happy all the time to the point that it's contagious, but fiercely protective when need be. She loves wholeheartedly and forgives no questions asked. She's just perfect." She explains in a soft caring tone that is accompanied by a soft smile. One of the ones I get when thinking about Rachel and Skylar. That look quickly disappears though as she thinks farther into this. "That scares me you know. I'm not perfect, I'm damaged and self-centered and I'll take advantage of her forgiveness and her love without even meaning to. I refuse to be that person to her. It's easier to just ignore the feelings and let them go away." She says with conviction.
It's crazy how similar Quinn and I are. Her feelings for the blonde are really similar to what I was trying to ignore about my feelings with Rachel before Brittany solidified it for me.
"How long have you been ignoring them in hopes that they would magically disappear?" I ask her gently, having a feeling that this is going to solidify our similarity.
"Since eighth grade when Tommy Jackson broke up with me and she told me that even though I'm beautiful, that's not all I am." She says with a smile.
I've been friends with the dancer since fifth grade, ever since I saved her from a bully. We met Quinn in seventh grade when she first transferred to our middle school. I hated her at first, but Brittany took a strange liking to her and insisted that I befriend her. Quinn was always trying to walk a fine line between what her father wanted and what she wanted, though she usually stayed on her father's side. So much so that she allowed herself to get a nose job to please him.
Tommy Jackson had broken up with Quinn saying that she wasn't worth the arm candy. She was heart broken, not wanting to be known as the gorgeous girl with no brains or personality. I think that's actually why she ended up becoming such a bitch once we got to McKinley, to shove her huge personality in everyone's faces.
"That's quite a while with no results." I tell her.
"You're telling me." She sighs.
"Ever thought that maybe it's time to try something else?" I ask her. She spares me a half-second glance before returning her eyes to the road.
"No. I already explained that I'm not good enough. Plus I am not ready for the talk or questions. If that were to happen, people would ask questions that I'm not sure I know the answers to." She tells me quickly.
I know how that is, still being unsure about your feelings, your sexuality. Although I always knew I was gay, it was more about admitting it to myself.
"Alright here's the deal Q. I get where you're coming from, I do, but I can't let B get hurt and I don't think you want that either. So you need to make a decision: keep hiding like a little pussy or finally allow yourself to be happy. I know you think that you're not good enough for Brittany, but apparently she thinks you are. Shouldn't that be all that matters, that the one that matters thinks you're good enough? Either way though, you are going to have a talk with B and explain your choice to her. She deserves that much, and without it she will be hurt and confused and I refuse to see that. Got it?" I tell her sternly.
"I got it." She tells me seriously as she continues to stare out the front window watching traffic pass us. I can tell that she is already weighing her options; I just hope that she decides to not be an idiot.
Rachel's POV
"And she's so amazing Rach! She is so strong and awesome and she never calls me stupid!" Brittany continues to go on about all of Quinn's good attributes. Since she has been going on about it since we left my house, she is actually starting to repeat herself.
"You're not stupid Britt-Britt, you just see everything differently than everyone else. That's not a bad thing, I think we could all afford to see things differently more often." I tell her trying to nip the 'stupid' thing in the butt right here and now, though I know that Santì has been working on that for years and it hasn't really worked.
"Whatever. But I don't think that she'll even be with me Rachel. I know she likes me, I can feel it. She's worried that she's not good enough for me, that she'll ruin me. I don't know how to show her that she can only make me better." She tells me in a defeated tone.
"I think it also has to do with Quinn's fear of coming out Britt-Britt." I tell her softly.
"I know it is, but that's not easy to crack either. Will she ever want to be with me?" She asks in a little voice.
"I think that's her biggest problem right now honestly. That she wants to be with you but doesn't know how to go about it." I tell her hoping that it makes her feel better. She stays quiet, contemplating her options. I let her have her quiet and remain silent as well.
"I've got an idea!" She screams randomly a few minutes later. This causes Skylar to let out a squeal also, to let us know that she is still there and wants to be included in the conversation.
"Ok, what's your plan then? And how can I help?" I ask her, getting excited to put my conniving to good use.
"It's a secret and I don't think I need your help this time." She says bouncing in her seat.
My excitement disappears and a pout forms on my lips. I never get to use my devious side anymore.
When we get to the mall, Brittany leans over and kisses my cheek quickly before opening the door and hurrying off into the building. Well I guess we lost her for right now.
I go about getting Skylar out of the car. I am just placing her in the stroller when Quinn's car pulls up next to us and Santana gets out. Quinn just sits in the driver side, holding onto the wheel and staring straight ahead. My guess is their talk either went well or really badly.
I had just finished strapping the baby into the stroller when Santana walks around the front of it and Skylar raises her arms to be held by the Latina. I let out a huff and stand up, allowing my girlfriend to fight with the harness or be the bad guy and tell Skylar no. Of course Santana bends down and starts working with the clips and buttons, and of course she has no problem with any of it. Stupid stroller.
"Should we still bring the stroller or are you going to want to hold her the entire time?" I ask, a little annoyed that the baby let me place her in the stroller but as soon as the cheerleader showed up she wanted to be held. Why didn't she want to be held by me?
"I'm sure that we can find someone to want to hold her at all times, but why don't you bring the stroller just incase. Until we need to put her in it we can use it as a bag carrier." She answers.
I nod my assent and start to push the chair, completely forgetting that Quinn is still sitting in her car. I am only reminded when I hear her car door open and her running up to us.
"Where's B?" She asks suddenly.
"She ran ahead as soon as we got here. She didn't tell me where she was going." I tell the shorter blonde. She just nods with determination in her eyes before she too runs off and into the mall.
"What the hell was that?" Santana asks with furrowed brows.
"One: watch your mouth, you're literally holding Skylar right in front of it. Two: I told her that a certain tall blonde ran ahead and did the same." I say with a knowing smile, which Santana returns.
"I hope Q gets her shi—stuff together, I think they could be cute together." She tells me leaning in to give me a kiss hello, since she basically ignored me in favor of Skylar when she first got here.
"Wow HBIC Santana Lopez just said something could be cute. Who knew you were a softy?" I joke and she just rolls her eyes and pokes my side. Yep, soft.
We make our way into the mall and over to the food court where Noah, Mike and Tina told us to meet them since they had parked in a different lot. Skylar is looking around with wide excited eyes as she sees all the people and takes in her new environment. She is babbling away with a huge smile on her face. She really does love getting out and going to new places. Come to think of it, so do it. I have been just as much of a shut in as she has, it feels nice to get out and have some fun.
We just spend an hour fooling around and going from store to store. We all take turns passing Skylar from one of us to another. Right now, Santana and I both have one of her hands as she slowly brings one foot in front of the other, slowly but surely moving along, with mine and Santana's help of course. The other three decided to go into a store a few up to look for something and we decided to just hang back until they are finished.
"You know, it always seems so cool to have a baby start walking. Then they do and you wish you could slow them down again." I hear from behind us and turn around to see Shelby pushing a stroller with a smiley Beth in it a few feet back. I smile at both of them and hoist Skylar off the ground and into my arms.
"SKY!" Beth squeals once she sees the little girl in my arms.
"What are you guys doing here?" I ask once I'm closer to them.
I pause in front of her not knowing what our protocol is at this point. We have been getting closer lately, but I still feel awkward in situations like these when I don't know what she expects of me. I wouldn't be adverse to a hug, but I also don't know how to go about initiating it without it being awkward. Luckily she makes the decision and pulls me into a hug being mindful of the baby.
"Figured we'd waste some time before dinner. This place seemed like a better place then any. Seems like you guys had the same thought." She tells me as she starts to pull back from the hug.
"Yeah, figured we'd get out of the house since I have basically been a shut in for so long." I joke with her.
"SKY!" Beth squeals again, and both Shelby and I look up to see that Santana is now holding a very squirmy Beth in her arms.
"Sorry, I apparently have a really hard time saying no when a little cutie asks me to hold her." Santana says sheepishly.
"It's alright, there was no way I was going to keep her in there now that she saw her newest best friend." Shelby says.
"Sky, mall!" Beth says as she leans forward in Santana's arms and wraps her arms around my neck, effectively forcing me to grab her with my free arm.
"Beth! You don't just force yourself into someone's arms, especially when she is already holding someone!" Shelby chastises the little girl.
Beth's bottom lip starts to quiver. "Mommy. Sky. " She tries to explain why she was so overexcited. I seriously don't know if she can get any cuter.
When Shelby's stern look doesn't disappear the toddler's tears start to fall and she buries her head into my neck. I'm kind of stuck in a hard place right now because I don't want to undermined Shelby's parenting, but it's really not that big of a deal, the little girl weighs next to nothing.
"Sowwy." The little girl whimpers out into my neck. I can tell that Santana is having just as hard of a time staying stoic as I am.
"Just a heads up Shelby, Quinn is in this Mall somewhere." Santana tells her in an effort to break the tension.
"Do you think it would be too much for her to see Beth?" Shelby asks as she reaches forward and starts rubbing the toddlers back.
"I don't think so, I think she would love it, but I didn't know how you felt. I just wanted to give you a heads up." Santana tells her. She is totally being a huge kiss ass right now. I think she is hoping that if she's nice enough that Shelby will just forget about the little talk they are supposed to have.
"Alright, thanks. I think that everything will be alright as long as Quinn doesn't go all crazy on us and do something stupid like try to call CPS and get her taken away from me or something equally crazy." Shelby jokes. Santana and I chuckle because not even Quinn is that unbalanced.
"I think you'll be safe." I tell her with another chuckle.
"Of course I can go though if you guys don't want an old person like me around while you cause trouble." She offers, I think she's realizing that we must have been here with our friends.
"I'm alright with you staying if you don't have anywhere else to be. We are just goofing off and wasting time. Plus I don't think either of these girls will allow us to separate them at this point." I joke as the two girls giggle at something us adults don't get. For the two girls being completely different ages (though eleven months doesn't seem like a huge gap, it's extensive when it comes to a seven month old), they really get along great.
"If you're sure." Shelby checks one last time. I just nod my consent.
"Beth!" We hear Noah call from down the hall, instantly taking the little girls attention away from her infant counterpart.
"UCK!" Beth screams with a giggle. She really grew attached to Noah the few times that she had met him.
Once he is close enough, Noah grabs the little girl from my arms and starts playing with her by swinging her around the, luckily, empty hallway. Both he and Skylar have huge smiles on their faces, Skylar on the other hand has a pout on her face from having her playmate taken from her.
"Don't be upset Princess, she'll be back." I tell her in a soothing tone as I start to bounce her up and down and tickle her tummy. After a few more bounces Sky regains her smile thankfully. I smile back at her and I see that Santana is doing the same.
"Ok. Now that the two little rascals both seem happy and taken care of… why don't you and I have a little chat Santana?" Shelby looks up to Santana with a mischievous smile on her face, causing Santana's smile to drop immediately.
Ok I know you are all anxious for the Shelby/Santana (Shetana? lol) talk and it is in the next chapter I promise, but I want to give you all a heads up.. it did not turn out like I expected it would lol.. I don't want to get your hopes up to have them dashed :/
Next chapter should be up Wednesday at the latest.. depending on how motivated I am it could be up tomorrow :)
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