"There are bottles in the fridge if he gets fussy and wants a snack, use the bottles with the red X on them, those are from last night. I have some pears I made him as well, or he can have an orange slice or a piece of cantaloupe for a little snack, I think it's helping him teethe too. If you give him cantaloupe, make sure it's a huge piece, but small enough for him to hold and suck on." I tell Aliana while signing my name to a few checks to pay some bills. I start to stuff the checks in the envelope when I hear Brownie bark loudly at the door, a sign that Brittany is home.
Aliana is on the floor with Sebastian, her eyes trained on him while he crawls around the living room in his green and blue teddy bear footed pajamas, his elephant pacifier firmly in his mouth. He's been crawling in a big circle for the past thrity minutes, Chef was walking alongside him, but got bored and went to play in the corner. "Got it." She nods. Sebastian sees Brownie run to the door, so he tries his hardest to catch up to her, but can't turn around fast enough, so Ali turns him around to face the door while laughing at him when he gets frustrated and growls, which Brittany and I are noticing is becoming a thing with him.
Brittany comes rushing in the penthouse a moment later. "Sorry I'm late, a student needed help with homework, and I didn't want to turn him away. Give me two minutes to change." She says while kissing me quickly, squeezing Aliana's shoulder to say hello, and picking up Sebastian and hugging him quickly, placing a big kiss on his cheek. He squeals in excitement when he see Brittany's face, but it quickly fades when she puts him back down right away and runs to the bedroom.
"Shhh shhh." Aliana coaxes him when he starts to whine and begins crawling in the direction Brittany ran to.
"We should only be gone a few hours, if that." I tell her as I finish sticking stamps on the envelopes and slide them in my purse to mail.
"It's fine, I've watched Bash before." Aliana laughs. "Relax Rat. He's never any trouble at all, we just hang out, I mean he's a little more mobile now, but I'll just crawl around with him until he tires himself out."
"I'm just nervous." I tell her as I sit on the couch and open my arms to Sebastian as he crawls to me. I help him stand against the couch, between my legs, and rub his back as he continues to cry for Brittany to come back. "Momma's coming back in a few moments." I tell him while running my fingers through his hair. "He may need a nap too." I tell Aliana when he starts to rub his face against my thigh. "You're okay." I assure him while rubbing his back.
"Cool, we'll grab a bottle and lay down while we watch some Sesame Street." She nods. "Any orders you need me to fill?"
"No, we just need you to watch Bash." I sigh as Brittany comes jogging back in the living room, a pair of heels in her hand.
"What's wrong with my BashMan?" She asks him while sitting down next to me and lifting Sebastian in her lap. "Do you have all the notes from the consultation?" She ask me as she stands him on her thighs and hugs him tightly, his tears come to a halt while they stare at each other.
"Yeah, I have everything in the briefcase by the door, I double checked it." I nod. She nods to me and kisses me on the cheek while smiling softly at me; even though the smile was brief and the kiss was just her ghosting her lips over my cheek, it calmed me down a lot.
I smile at Brittany melting into his little arms that were hugging her back, she then sits him down on her lap and starts to laugh when he claps quickly. Ali and I join in his round of applause and laugh at how excited he gets. Brownie comes running over, her tail in overdrive while Chef attempts to jump in my lap. I pick him up and watch him slowly walk across my lap and sniff Sebastian. I go to the kitchen and grab two treats, I hand one to Sebastian, and laugh when Brittany quickly grabs his hand as he tries to put it in his mouth and spits his pacifier out.
"This is for Brownie and Chef." She tells him while holding his hand out, with the treat in it, to Chef. Chef looks to Brittany first, and once she nods he sniffs the treat and quickly snatches it, before jumping off the couch and running to the corner to eat.
"Let's give Brownie a treat too." I tell Sebastian. "Come here Brownie."
She walks over slowly as I pat my lap, letting her know she can rest her front paws on me. She does and lays her head down quickly as I rub her back. "Let's give Brownie her treat." Brittany coaxes while handing Sebastian the other treat. Sebastian holds it out with a big smile to Brownie, who carefully and slowly takes the treat out his hand, as her tail continues to wag.
"Good job both of you." Brittany praises while I rub Brownie's back, and she helps Sebastian rub her head.
Brownie jumps off of me and runs to eat her treat under Sebastian's watch. "Oooooooooohhhhhh." Sebastian yells while staring at Brownie with a smile. "Babababababa." He adds while clapping his hands and kicking his legs.
Brittany stands him back up on her lap and hugs him tightly again, kissing all over his face to make him smile and blush. He slobs down her face and hugs her back tightly. I stare at them and wish we could stay in our little bubble instead of going to the damn lawyer.
"He gives the best hugs." Aliana laughs. "I got one earlier."
"He absolutely does." Brittany nods as she kisses him on the forehead and sets him back down on the floor, she rolls a ball towards him and laughs when he just stares it and looks back up at her. "Ready to go?" She then asks me while putting her coat on.
"Yeah." I nod. "Ali you are in for a scream fest, since he's already upset he can't play with Brit longer." I warn her as I stand up and walk to get my coat. Brittany grabs it from me and helps me put it on before she picks up the briefcase. I nod to her to leave the apartment first while I pick Sebastian up and carry him to the nursery. I walk him around the room, pointing out the different baby animals on the wall to pass a little time.
Ali comes in a few minutes later. "All clear." She states.
"Thanks." I reply before kissing Sebastian on the cheek and handing him to Ali, who is holding one of his stuffed animals to distract him. Once he's in Ali's arms he reaches for the stuffed animal and begins to slob on it. "I think he needs a diaper change." I tell Ali while sniffing Sebastian.
"Ok." Ali nods. "Good luck, babe."
"Thanks." I tell her as I wait for Ali to lie Sebastian on the changing table so I can slip out of the room. I get to the living room, and see Brittany has grabbed everything for me, so I head down to the parking garage. I see Brittany is in my car, so I slip in quickly and let out a deep sigh.
She leans over and turns my head to face her. She gently presses our lips together while stroking my cheek before pulling away and looking deep in my eyes. "I love you."
"I love you too." I reply to her before kissing her again.
We reach our lawyers office at 6pm, just making it with all of the afternoon traffic. Brittany squeezes my hand before getting out and opening the door for me. We walk silently up to the lobby and wait for the elevator to take us to the 30th floor, where our lawyer, Preston Ascott's office is. I leaned into Brittany's side and remembered he conversation we had Sunday night with Ali after everyone left.
She swore up and down that she had no knowledge whatsoever that Jacob's mother was suing me. I looked in her eyes and could tell she was telling the truth, she seemed just as pissed as I was. We decided not to cause a scene and waited until everyone left for the night. I had Ali come over for lunch yesterday and we talked more about it. She told me that she hadn't met Jacob's parent yet, mainly because he had a strained relationship with his parents. Ali called Jacob on speaker, without him knowing I was around, and asked him if he ever talked to his parents about what she did or where she worked, he told her his parents only knew her name, but nothing else about it. Apparently his mother is one of those women that swears no one is good enough for her kids, and ends up chasing all his girlfriends away, thinking they want him for his inheritance, and the fact he'll be a rich doctor. That put my mind at ease, and I relaxed a little more. Brittany advised me not to talk to Jacob about the lawsuit, and made Ali promise not to as well. Monday I was kind of in a zone, and baked all day, which Mathias, Mercedes, Quinn, and Lio reaped a huge benefit from. I also made some special treats for Ashley and Joseph and took them over to Rachel's place. Brittany and I sent the evening and night playing with Sebastian, who was standing up more and takes one or two steps the couch. We put on a puppet show for him that he absolutely loved, so we all ended up laughing and clapping.
"San, baby we're here." Brittany tells me pulling me out of my thoughts. I look up and see her standing outside of the elevator, holding the door open.
I nod and walk out of the elevator, Brittany grabs my hand and we make our way to suite 3025.
"Come on in." Preston waves to us from the coffee pot in his reception area of his office.
"Good to see you again." Brittany smiles while shaking his hand.
"Always a pleasure to see you both, last time I saw you, you were huge." He smiles at me.
I laugh and sit down. "Yeah, yeah, yeah."
"So how is the little one?"
"He's amazing." I beam.
"Smarter and more curios everyday." Brittany adds while pulling up some pictures of Sebastian on her ipad.
"Cute." Preston nods while sliding through the pictures. "He definitely looks like both of you, Lio came in handy."
"Yes, we could never thank him enough." I agree.
"So let's get down to business." Preston states while setting a folder on the desk and opening it. "I looked over the subpoena that Brittany faxed over, and right away I'm going to say no more catering until this is handled."
"What?!" I almost scream.
"The last thing you need is for someone to get wind of this and think of something crazy to want to sue Aunty Snixx for." Preston states. "I'm sorry Santana but I need you out of the kitchen."
"Do you know how much I make around Halloween?" I ask. "No, I can't do that, I'll lose out on too much money and potential customers."
Preston rubs his head and sighs. "Fine, you can still bake, but no catering."
"For how long?" Brittany asks.
"Until this is settled." Preston responds. "I've done my research on Mrs. Olsgary and this isn't the first time she's sued a small caterer."
"What?" I ask.
Preston fans out a stack of paper. "These are the last 10, yes 10 caterers that she's sued."
"How many cases has she won?" Brittany asks while picking up a case and reading over it.
"She's never lost when the case goes to court." Preston sighs. "So we want to avoid court, now I've talked to some of the lawyers and the caterers are never prepared for some reason, but I know you take extremely detailed notes during consultation based on the third degree you gave me and my wife for our dinner party."
"I just want to make sure I have every thing perfect."
"Exactly, so I'm not worried about you two at all." Preston nods. "So did you bring everything with you?"
Brittany nods and opens the briefcase pulling out folders and the printed copy of the notes from the consultation. She then sets a disc on the desk.
"What's that?" I ask her.
"An audio copy of the consultation." She replies. "I tape them and listen to them after the consultation to make sure we have everything, I usually deleted the audio but I haven't gotten around to it yet, with school and all."
"So the tape will show that she never listed an food allergies?" Preston asks.
Brittany nods. "I listened this morning on the drive to work."
"So we are in the clear." I shrug.
"Not exactly." Preston replies. "Did she know you were recording her?"
"I don't think so." Brittany replies.
"Then we may not be able to use this, especially if it goes to court. We need to prove without the tape that she never listed any allergies." Preston replies.
"Ok, how do we do that?" I ask.
"Let me do more research on the taping laws to be sure, this wasn't a phone conversation right?" He asks. We both shake our heads.
"We always meet at a Starbucks for consultations." Brittany answers.
"Great, well I'll get to work, both on more info on Mrs. Olsgary and I'll look over the consultation notes as well."
"Ok, as you see, we get all the notes printed and notarized too." I add. "Each customer gets a set of consultation notes emailed to them, we have the notarized copy, and they have the time stamp with the email, and the price."
"Ok...looks like you have everything in order. Just no catering gigs until this is over, Santana." He tells me.
"Fine." I roll my eyes as we stand up to shake his hand.
"Dinner with my wife soon?" He asks.
"Sure thing." Brittany smiles as we leave the office.
Once we are back downstairs in the car, Brittany taps her thumbs on the steering wheel. "Traffic is going to be rough getting back to the city. Do you want to grab dinner, and talk?"
"Sure, let me call Ali and make sure she doesn't have anything to do." I tell her. "I'll tell her she can order food with the credit card in the kitchen."
"Ok." Brittany nods while starting the car and pulling out of the parking spot.
"So..." Brittany draws out while taking a sip of her wine. We are at an small and intimate restaurant in Manhattan not too far from Preston's office, we picked a booth in the corner away from a lot of people, that's lit by a few candles.
I glance up at her and smile. "I've always loved the way you glow in candlelight."
"Thank you." Brittany replies while reaching for my hand over the table. "What's on your mind?"
"I don't want to talk about the meeting, honeybee." I shake my head. "Let's just enjoy our date night."
"You think Sebastian is asleep?" She ask as the waiter brings out some bread and oil for us.
"He sounded wide awake when Ali called to see where more wipes were." I tell her.
"Did she give him a bottle?" Brittany asks.
I nod. "She said she was going to lie him down when he finished his orange slice." I reply. "Oh, she's going to give him a bath first too."
"Cool." Brittany replies while sliding closer to me in the circular booth and kisses me quickly before sliding back over to her original seat. "So, are we going to decorate the house for Sebastian for Halloween?"
I nod and eat a piece of bread. "I want to, I mean, he won't get scared will he?"
"We can just do pumpkins and stuff." She shrugs before pausing and her whole face lights. "We should go to a pumpkin patch!"
I laugh at her excitement as she starts to bounce in her seat a little. "Can I confess something?"
"Sure."
"I've never been to a pumpkin patch." I admit.
"Wha...wh...shi...are you serious?" Brittany asks. "How do you get pumpkins?"
"The grocery store." I reply as the waiter bring out our entrees, grilled seabass for me, and salmon for Brittany.
Brittany is still staring at me in disbelief. "Why didn't I know this?" She asks after gasping loudly. "You bought our pumpkins every year from the grocery store?"
I cut my baked potato and start to add my fixings to it as Brittany continues to stare at me. "Sorry, B."
"No wonder Halloween always felt a little weird." She sighs.
"Are you serious?" I ask her while breaking her salmon and eating a piece. "Damn, that's good." I nod while licking my lips and reaching for more.
Brittany slams her fork on mine. "No more salmon for you."
"Why?" I playfully frown with a small smirk.
"Because you've been tainting Halloween with store bought pumpkins." Brittany replies while snagging an asparagus spear off of my plate and taking a bite.
I laugh at her eat a forkful of my mashed potatoes. "Well, how about the three of us go to a pumpkin patch, maybe this weekend, and pick out as many pumpkins as you and Sebastian want?" I suggest.
Brittany eyes start to sparkle. "Score!" She smiles. "I'll get us all orange sweaters to match so we can take pictures while we are there too."
"Do you think it's time for another set of professional pictures of Sebastian?" I ask while eating a forkful of my sea bass.
Brittany nods since she is chewing, she then takes a sip of her wine and passes me the glass, since we are sharing. "Yeah, I mean he can sit up now by himself, so we can probably do more props."
"Yeah, he can hold things better." I agree. "I'll call and book another appointment at the Picture People in Jersey, and we can drive over. Different costumes for him?"
"Shit, I completely forgot." Brittany smiles. "I ordered him a penguin costume."
I start to laugh. "I bet that is so cute."
"Totes." Brittany agrees. "So Halloween pictures to send our parents, and then we need to start thinking of Christmas pictures for our Christmas card."
"I can't wait to take those." I smile.
Brittany and I spend the next forty five minutes at dinner, talking about Sebastian, and making holiday plans. Since it's his first Christmas, we want it to be in New York, we are going to host Christmas at our place after we go to the shelter. Then maybe we'll head to Lima to visit my parents after stopping in Philly to see Brittany's family.
We are heading toward the car, after Brittany paid the bill, so we can make our way back to New York when Ali calls to let us know that Sebastian is bathed, fed, and fast asleep on the couch in the living room. I told her to just leave him there and we would put him in his crib when we got home. I hang up the phone and glance at Brittany who smirks at me.
"What's that face for?" I ask her.
"Does Ali have plans?" She asks me.
"Not that I know, she's watching Gossip Girl on Netflix she said." I reply.
"Want to take a walk through Central Park before heading home?" She asks.
"I would love to." I nod with a smile.
We find a park a few blocks away and walk, hand in hand, to the park; people watching the entire time. When we first started dating, we people watched all the time, it was so fun. We would use different accents, and pick whole lives and scenarios for people. Brittany lets my hand go and wraps her arm around my waist, sliding her hand in my coat pocket, she kisses me softly on the temple, letting her lips linger for a little bit. I turn my head to catch her lips in a quick kiss, while smiling at her.
I look around as we continue walking and lead her to a bench. "Do you remember this bench?" I ask her.
"Of course." Brittany smiles and blushes, her cheeks a brighter red than normal since it's pretty cool out tonight, and a little windy. "This is where you told me you loved me for the first time." She sits down and pulls me in her lap, hugging me tightly. "It was the second happiest day of my life, I mean I already knew you loved me, I could feel it, but hearing the words just made my heart feel like it was going to jump out of my chest."
"I love you more now than I did that day." I reply while wrapping my arms around her neck. "I was so nervous that day." I laugh. "I knew you loved me, you said it all the time, and I could tell you really meant it, but I was still scared shitless."
Brittany places a soft kiss on my neck and then pulls my collar higher on me, to cut the wind. "Well, you don't have to be scared with me."
"I know." I reply before kissing her and nuzzling my face in her neck while she rubs my back. We sit in silence, in each other's arms for I don't know how long, before I finally break the silence. "We should bring Bash to the park, maybe next week, let him see all the fall colors and leaves."
"Sounds good, Ashley and Joseph are staying with us next weekend right?" Brittany asks.
"Yep, I'm getting them from school Thursday afternoon, Rachel and Puck's flight is at 1pm." I inform her. Rachel and Puck are going to the Bahamas for a little trip with some of Puck's friends, so Rachel asked if I would mind watching them, which I quickly agreed to. Brittany was on board right away, since we haven't spent much time with out two favorite little people.
"So every room in our house will have a little body in it?" Brittany asks.
"Yep."
"How awesome will that be, when it's our kids in all of the rooms?" She asks with a smile.
"It will be amazing." I smile at her. "When do you want to get pregnant?"
"Let's start next summer."
"Ok." I agree before kissing her again and resting my head on her shoulder.
That night when we got home, Sebastian was fast asleep on the couch, cuddled in front of Aliana while she watched TV; Brittany carried him to the nursery while I had a little talk with Ali and thanked her for staying so late so Brittany and I could have a little alone time. I told her I couldn't take any major catering gigs, and to just fill her in loosely on the meeting. After she left, I went to kiss and love on Sebastian for a few minutes before Brittany and I went to the roof, where we cuddled on the couch under a blanket in front of the firepit. We didn't even really talk, we just sat cuddled and enjoyed the night. The next few days were kind of a blur, I had a number of cookie and cupcake orders so I was able to stay busy and keep my mind off the lawsuit. Brittany was busy with grading papers and tests so she stayed in the office most nights, she had Sebastian with her on Thursday night, I took Brittany a snack since I was late getting started on dinner, and saw him sitting on the desk, facing her, a huge smile on his face while Brittany sang the alphabet to him; her work long forgotten. They were both clapping and laughing, and it made my heart melt, like always when the two of them interact together. We were lying in bed later that night when I asked Brittany if she minded if I took a day to myself on Saturday and she could hang out with Sebastian. She immediately jumped at the idea before pausing and asking if everything was okay. I explained to her it was. I was just a little overwhelmed with the lawsuit and just wanted to clear my mind a little, my plan was to go to the library and do a little reading, maybe do a little shopping; just have some me time.
So here we are Saturday morning, I've been awake for probably an hour, Brittany has her face nestled in my neck, her arm loosely across my waist, and our legs are tangled. I turn my head and kiss her softly on the lips after I move some hair out of her face. I hear Sebastian start to whimper so I reach over and grab the monitor to check on him. I watch him as he rolls on his stomach and pulls the top half of his body up. He smashes his face to the rails, like normal, and starts to scream. Brownie, who's in his room jumps up and starts howling, and Chef who's in our room quickly takes off running down towards the source of noise. Brittany jumps when she hears him cry and wakes up instantly.
"I'll go." I tell her with a smile while kissing her on the cheek. "He most likely needs to be changed, and I want to nurse him before I head out for the day."
"Ok." Brittany nods slowly as her eyes flutter shut again. "Can you just bring him in here while you shower? We can cuddle."
"Of course." I reply while grabbing my robe, since I only slept in an oversized t-shirt. "Do you want me to get him dressed for the day?"
"No, I can later if we leave the house." Brittany replies. "We may just hang out in our jammies all day." She teases.
I wink at her and turn the monitor off in our room so she can get a little more sleep and make my way towards the source of screams and howls. Chef is running down the hall, no doubt to come get one of us, he sees me coming and turns and sprints back to Sebastian's room. When I walk in I smile at Sebastian right away to relax him. "Good job Brownie." I tell her like always when she howls and barks when Sebastian is crying. I reach in his crib and pick him right away and hug him while kissing his forehead.
"Buenas dias Crespo." I say softly while walking over to the changing table and grabbing a diaper. "How did you sleep?" I ask him as I lay him down and wipe the tears from his eyes. "Mami's here, you're okay now."
I hum softly while unzipping his footed pajamas and lifting his little t shirt to kiss his stomach to calm him down some more. By the time I'm done changing his diaper he's staring at me with his blue eyes with a smile on his face. I move to sit in the rocker and rocker and open my robe, and roll my t-shirt up so he can nurse. Even though we are weening him slowly off of me and more on his bottle so he can feed himself, he still nurses really good, which is a plus. While he latches on, I tell him how much fun he'll fun have with his momma all day, and laughs because he is staring at me, hanging on to my every word. I burp him and walk him down to our room, him babbling and pulling my hair the entire way.
"Go to the bathroom." I tell Chef and Brownie as I stop by the staircase off the kitchen that leads to the roof. One they both run up the stairs I continue my way to our room, where Brittany is fast asleep again, on her stomach.
I lean down and kiss her shoulder before sitting Sebastian down on the bed next to her. He immediately leans towards Brittany and pulls some of her hair, he loses his balance and falls on her head, causing both of us to laugh. Brittany opens her eyes and joins in laughing with us before flipping over on her back and scooping Sebastian quickly in her arms and hugging him while kissing all over his face.
"You smell clean." She smiles before smelling his head again.
"I washed his face." I tell her as I head to the closet to pull out clothes for the day. "Are you sure it's okay that I leave for the day?"
"Yes, baby, we've talked." Brittany frowns. "But if you want to stay home today that's fine too." She sits Sebastian on her stomach and grabs his hand while she dances him around. I watch them for a few moments and debate just cuddling in bed with them all day. I smile and move to the chest to pull out undergarments when I see Brittany letting Sebastian rub all over her face, each part he touches she says the name of each of her facial features in English, Spanish, and French to him depending on what he touches.
"I'm going to shower." I call over my shoulder as I walk to the bathroom.
Brittany nods and continues tickling Sebastian, causing him to laugh and kick his little legs. I decide in the shower to head to Barnes and Noble this morning and do a little reading, then make my way over to Brooklyn to pop in on Quinn. Her and Lio bought a brownstone a few weeks ago and are slowly moving in little by little since she's so pregnant. I know she's most likely trying to set up her in home office, so I'll help her out. As I'm walking back out of the bathroom, I see Brittany tossing Sebastian in the air and bringing him down to kiss him with a big smile, before repeating the action.
"Brit..." I start to warn her but it's too late and Sebastian starts to spit up on her face. "I nursed him this morning." I finish with a chuckle while grabbing a baby wipe and wiping her face off for her, then wiping off Sebastian's.
"Thanks for the warning." Brittany laughs while sitting Sebastian on the bed next to her, handing him a stuffed animal to play it, and sitting up.
"Hey, I tried." I laugh as I start to get dressed. "Do you want me to make you some breakfast."
"No." Brittany shakes her head. "You're off duty today, relax, enjoy your Santana Day and when you get home this evening, you can tell Bash and I all about it over the dinner we are going to make for you. Right, Bash?" She asks while poking his chubby thighs. He smiles and sticks his hand in his mouth while staring at her. "See, he agrees." Brittany gets out of bed and stretches before walking over to me and kissing me while pulling me into a tight hug and allowing her hands to slide down to my butt where she grips and deepens the kiss. "I love you so much, and want you to have a day to yourself."
I moan into the kiss and wrap my arms around her neck before Brittany breaks it and leans her forehead on mine, she locks eyes with me and taps on my lower back signaling me to talk. "I just feel like I'm running away from responsibility today."
"Santana Marie Pierce," Brittany states sternly. "Everyone is allowed some me time, even mothers of eight month old amazing baby boys." She laughs. "Seriously baby, you are always around Sebastian, taking care of him, you take care of me, and today I want you to take care of yourself. I get me time on the drive to school, on the drive home from school, when I do work at the library, during my free periods at school. You don't get that because you literally work all time."
"What if Sebastian cries?" I ask her without even thinking.
"Then his other mommy, me, will handle it." She laughs.
"That came out wrong." I state quickly. "Brit, you know I think you are a great mother to Sebastian." I confirm as I glance at him, and laugh when I see him sucking on his monkey's ear and babbling to himself. I know Brittany is an amazing mother, she's great with him, but I just always feel guilty leaving him.
"Hey, the two of us are going to hang out all day, I want you to relax, maybe take Quinn to get a pedicure, since you had to cancel last night, just relax." She says sweetly. "When you get home, Mr. Handsome and I will have dinner waiting for you, then the two of us will take a long hot bubble bath together, with rose petals and champagne, then I'm going to give you a long massage while we lie in front of the fireplace."
"Sounds like an amazing day." I reply as she squeezes my sides.
"It will be." She nods before kissing me gently again. "Get dressed."
"Ok, then I'll make you some breakfast."
"Uh, no." Brittany says while letting me go. "You're off duty all day. I'll just have cereal." She shrugs before jumping in the bed on all fours and crawling slowly to Sebastian, who is staring at her. She starts tickling him and gives her the biggest gummy smile ever, his little teeth trying to poke through.
Brittany POV
It took Santana close to thirty minutes to get out of the door, she kept hugging and kissing Sebastian, who thought it was a game, and then we had a pretty intense make out session by the door. After she left I turned around to face Bash, who was staring at me, a slight frown on his face until he realized I wasn't leaving him. I walk over and sit him in my lap, so he can face me.
"I like your jammies." I wink at him while pointing to his bright blue footed pajamas with muffins all over it, one of the custom ones I ordered for Him. "I love you so much sweetheart." I then whisper to him as I kiss the top of his head. "So, so, much. You know, I remember when me and mami first talked about you, I loved you then." I tell him as he reaches for my tshirt and starts to grab it and run it through his fingers.
From the moment we put my eggs in Santana, I've been in love with Bash, hearing his heartbeat for the first time was amazing, seeing the ultra sound, finding out whether he was a boy or girl, feeling the first time he kicked, feeling him kick everytime I told him a joke, every little moment we've shared together has been incredible. I remember holding him for the first time and falling so in love with him. My coworkers ask me how it feels to be a mother, and I don't have an answer, because I can't describe it. He's my everything, I can't even imagine life without him anymore. Watching Santana interact with him is the best thing ever, I love watching her nurse him, sing him to sleep, even when they play together just makes my heart triple. I love my family so much.
"So what do you want to do today?" I ask him. He stares at me and smiles. I use his bib to wipe his drool from his mouth and carry him to his swing, so I can get myself some breakfast. I come back to the living room with a bowl of Apple Jacks, an orange slice for Bash, and small bowl of pears that Sanny made for him. I hand him the orange slice and laugh when his eyes light up and he sticks it in his mouth right away. I turn the TV on to Sesame Street and switch it to Spanish, I then tap his swing so he starts to rock while I lean back in the couch and eat my cereal. Bash is start to pay more and more attention to TV now so he's actually looking at it and kicking his legs in excitement. I notice how his eye widen when Elmo comes on the TV, and make a mental note to buy him some Elmo stuff.
"Elmo is cool, right?" I ask him when he turns and looks at me. Once I finish my cereal I set the bowl down and pick up his bowl. "Let's eat some pears." I suggest to him and turn his swing slightly. I get a little on the spoon and make an airplane sound while flying it through the air to his open mouth. "Mmmmmmmm." I smile when he eats it and opens his mouth wide again. "Oh you want more?" I tease with a smile when he stares at me and frowns because I'm not moving fast enough. He ends up eating the whole bowl. "Good job buddy!" I praise him while lifting his hand to give him a highfive before I start clapping, which prompts him to clap with me.
I quickly clean up the kitchen and head back to the living room, it's clear Bash was waiting for me since he and Brownie were staring at me. I lift him out of his swing and set him on his stomach on the floor. "You're in charge today, lead the way." I tell him. He stares at me and starts crawling in a big circle in the living room, something Santana says he does when he plans to start crawling down the hall. He looks back at me, and sees I'm crawling behind him and hesitantly starts to crawl off of the rug, I know he's heading down the hall so I follow him. Brownie and Chef jump up and start following us as well, he stops and looks behind me, laughing when he sees I'm still following him.
"Where are we going?" I ask him when he starts to crawl faster. I notice he is heading towards the nursery, which is great since I want to get him dressed for the day anyways. He sees Lord Tubbington in the hall and stops crawling immediately and stares at him. Lord T purrs so Bash crawls closer to him and reaches to touch his tail, which is swinging in the air.
"Lord Tubbington." I say sternly as a warning to him when he lifts his head and looks at Bash. He sighs and lies back down. I crawl closer to Bash and move his hand from his tail to his back. I help him pet Lord T slowly and gently, I hear Lord Tubbington meow and stare at us, so I can tell he's enjoying it. Brownie instantly gets jealous and runs over to Bash and licks the side of his head. "Brownie." I laugh when it takes Bash off guard and he turns to smile at Brownie.
I use his bib to wipe his face off, and notice Lord T uses the break in attention to run away. Bash continues his quest of crawling down the hall until we finally reach the nursery. I let him crawl to the middle of his room on his animal rug before I lift him in my lap. I point out all of the animals on the rug and make their respective sounds, which really amused him. After another thirty minutes of animal time. I get him dressed in a pair of jeans, and a little navy blue sweater. I put on his little brown Polo boots, a gift from Mercedes, and put his little Northface jacket on him. I grab his baseball cap that has a letter B and set it down next to him.
"It matches your eyes." I smile at him before attempting to comb his hair, which is always a struggle. As usually, he fusses and whines the whole time. I then carry him to our room and get dressed in a blue sweater and a pair of jeans, so we are matching. I leave my hair down and grab my Northface jacket, I slip on my Uggs, before finishing my outfit with a pair of sunglasses.
I make sure Brownie, Chef, and Lord Tubbington all have fresh water before strapping Bash to me and double checking the backpack I grabbed, since i didn't want to take his diaper bag. Once I make sure I have two bottles than Santana pumped, a little of the pears and some squash, diapers, extra pacifiers, and extra clothes for him. I toss my wallet in and leave the penthouse.
We get outside and I'm relieved when the weather is super comfortable. We are walking down the street, Bash's back is on my chest, so he can look out with me. I point out different stores to him and laugh when he gets excited when a dog walks by. The owner was enamored with Bash, so we talked for a few moments, I let her know we had two dogs at home, so that's why he was excited. She explained that she had a toddler at home that thinks every dog they pass in the street in friendly and theirs to play with, so she gave me some tips on making sure Bash wouldn't fall into the same trap.
I get a cab for us and we head to Central Park, after I tip the driver I hop out and walk towards the small pond in the park. Bash is holding on to my finger, he has been since we got in the cab. I glance down at him and lift his hat off to kiss the top of his head.
"Babababa." He shrieks happily while wiggling and kicking his legs.
"You like the park?" I ask him as I reach the bench I was hoping was empty, and it is. Score! I sit down and grab the pieces of bread I brought with me and start to feed tear it in small pieces and toss it out for the ducks. Of course, Bash starts to reach for the bread but stops when a few birds approach and start to eat it. "You want to feed them, sweetheart?" I ask him while putting a little piece of bread in his hand and moving his hand to throw it for him.
He screeches happily and starts laughing when more birds and finally some ducks appear. "Why aren't you guys south yet?" I laugh. Bash turns and looks up at me before staring back at the birds. I pull out my phone and take some selfies of us to send Santana, I then get a video of Bash laughing and pointing at the birds. He's getting in a phase of dropping things just for fun, so I put some bread in his hand and motion his hand for him to throw it again. I give him another piece and smile brightly when he throws it, whether on purpose or not. I start to clap, so he does too.
"You are amazing with your son." I hear someone say. I turn my head and see an elderly woman. "He has your eyes."
I blush. "Thank you, my eyes and my wife's hair." I laugh while lifting his cap off, showing off his dark curly hair.
"He's a cutie, watch out girls." She smiles before walking away.
I kiss his cheeks before hugging him tightly and letting him continue to throw the bread. "Mamamamabababa."
"Are you saying momma?" I ask him.
He laughs and shake his head, something he picked up from Ali. He has no idea he's saying no, but it's so cute when he does it since he's flails his arms around when he does it. I shake my head no with him and laugh when he screams in excitement.
"Hey why don't we go get mami a gift." I suggest as I stand back up and slip the backpack back on me. I start to leave the park to head to the shops up the street to pick out a little gift from the two of us.
Thoughts?
The next chapter stays in Brittany's POV for a little bit to wrap up their day before Santana gets home.