So here is another chapter. Please forgive me for the wait.
Chapter 29 - Christmas Present or Something
"Everyone here loves you. I mean I understand. How could anyone not love you. But they like really care about you and want to know what's going on in your life and everything. And it's great, don't get me wrong. You're lucky but-" Santana paused.
"Hey." Brittany looked over at Santana from the driver's seat. "What's up? What are you getting at?"
"I- I'm not sure." The Latina said honestly.
"Well try walking through it. Step by step. Okay?" Brittany suggested.
Santana nodded in response completely wrapped up with the thoughts in her brain. "Well like Carl. He real cares about you and that you are happy. Your dance teacher too. She was freaking crying because you have what you always wanted. You following me so far?" Santana asked making sure that she made sense and what was coming out of her mouth wasn't a bunch of incoherent babbling.
"Yes. Continue." Brittany simple followed up with.
"Ok. So. Well. I don't- It's great. It's wonderful that you have that. You are lucky. That people support you and believe in you. I've never seen anything quite like it actually." Santana sighed.
"You have an amazing family. I can see that. And it's been great for me to get to meet Carl and Joan and your parents and your sister." She stopped again to collect her thoughts.
"But." Brittany could feel Santana was holding something back.
Santana turned her head to the side to look Brittany. The blonde just kept her eyes trained on the road in front of her.
"But-" Santana started tentatively. "I don't have any of that to offer you. I can't bring you to meet my family or any friends from back home. Cause I don't have any." She said sadly.
Brittany bit her bottom lip thinking over what Santana had just said. How sad it made her feel. How stupid she felt in that moment. That she didn't think about how Santana would feel meeting all these people. She just wanted to show the most important person in her life all the other people in her life that were important to her. It was supposed to be simple not turn into this. Into Santana being sad and ashamed. She didn't mean for any of that to happen.
"Santana listen. First of all I'm sorry. I never meant for you get sad or feel like you have to bring me to meet your family or anything like that. I just wanted to share with you some of the people in my life that are important to me. That's all." She looked over at Santana who was looking out her window.
"And second that's not true."
Santana looked at Brittany confused. The blonde looked back at Santana quickly without saying anything before returning her attention to the road.
"What's not." Santana asked confused as to what Brittany was referring to.
"That you don't have a family." Brittany shrugged her shoulders like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Which it sort of was. The Latina did have a family she just didn't talk to them.
"Yeah Britt but I don't even talk to any of them. So yeah- you're never gonna meet them." Santana huffed out.
"Never say never." Brittany quipped trying to lighten the mood.
Santana looked at the blonde more confused than before. Not knowing what else to say to convince Brittany that it wasn't possible to meet her family. "Did you just quote Justin Bieber?"
"What? No. Well yes I guess I did but it wasn't my intention." Brittany giggled at the realization. Causing Santana to break out into her own fit of giggles at the mention of one Justin Bieber.
"Everyone loves the Biebs." Santana said through her giggles. Both of them busting into a full blown laughing fit.
They eventually pulled the car into the Pierces' driveway. Brittany threw the car in park and killed the engine. As she did she looked over at Santana who was still trying to catch her breath from laughing so hard. "Hey." Brittany got her attention. "Don't worry about it. About me meeting anyone from your family. I have you and that's all that matters to me." She said with the most genuine smile. She kissed Santana on the cheek. "Now din din time. I'm starving. Hope mom made something good." Brittany reached for the door handle and exited the car.
She waited for Santana at the front of the vehicle so they could walk up to the house together. Brittany held her hand out for Santana to take. Instead of just taking it in her own Brittany wrapped her hand around Santana's and raised it to her mouth. She kissed Santana's knuckles before letting their hands sink between the two of them. A bright smile was etched across Santana's face as they approached the front door.
They walked into the house and removed all of their winter attire before making their way to the kitchen. "Hi mom. We're back." Brittany said as they entered the room hand in hand.
"Yes I heard you come in." Her mother said as she chopped up lettuce.
"When is dinner going to be ready and can we help you with anything?" Brittany offered.
"Should be ready in 15 minutes. And no I have everything covered. But thank you." She spun around to glance over in Brittany and Santana's direction. "Why don't you two have a seat and tell me about your day."
Brittany looked to Santana silently asking her if it was ok to talk about the day or not. Santana nodded her head and Brittany gave the brunette a smile in response. They went and sat that the kitchen table and told Mrs. Pierce all about their activities that day.
Brittany's sister Liz came into the kitchen in the middle of Brittany telling her mother about visiting Joan at the dance studio. She looked around the room before moving to stand behind her mother at the counter. "Is dinner almost ready?" She asked.
"Yes but you interrupted Brittany's story so shhh." Kathy said putting her finger up to her lips. Liz rolled her eyes and went over and sat at the table across from Brittany and Santana.
Brittany talked about going to the dance studio and having Joan meet Santana. In the meantime Liz was giving Brittany a dirty look. Santana saw it and knit her eyebrow together back at the girl trying to figure her out.
Brittany finished her story and finally looked over at her sister. "What's that look for?" She asked flat out, not in the mood to mess around with her sister's nonsense.
"Nothing. Nevermind." Liz got up from the table and exited the kitchen.
"Weirdo." Brittany whispered under her breath. She turned to Santana and winked at her before she leaned in to whisper in her ear. "How about after dinner with cuddle up in my room and have a little movie marathon." She leaned back so she could see Santana's response. The brunette nodded at Brittany in agreement.
"Ok dinner is served." Kathy's voice rang through the house. Liz came practically running into the kitchen taking the same seat she was sitting in just a few minutes earlier. Tom came in too and sat at the head of the table. Kathy set the food in the center of the table before sitting at the other end of the table.
"That was very delicious Mrs. Pierce." Santana exclaimed. "I don't think I've ever been so full." Brittany chuckled at Santana. "What it's true." Santana defended.
"She's right, Brittany you shouldn't be laughing." Tom added.
Brittany sunk down in her chair. "Fine. They are right it was very good. Thanks mom." Brittany looked around at everyone at the table. She wasn't sure if she still needed to ask. Being an adult and all. "May we be excused now." Brittany said timidly looking from her mother to her father.
"No." Her mother piped up.
"What do you mean no. We are finished with our food." She pointed at her plate and then to Santana's.
"I have something for you before I don't see you for the rest of the night. Actually I have something for you and for Santana." Her mother explained.
"OOOh my Christmas present." Brittany clapped excitedly.
"Geez calm down Britt." Liz threw across the table. "Don't wet your pants." Brittany threw her a death glare. Liz threw her hands up in the air and shook her head before getting up from the table. "I'll be in my room if any of you need me." She threw over her shoulder as she set her plate in the sink.
"Ok sweetie." Tom said to Liz. "And yes Brittany it is your Christmas present but first-" He got up from his chair and went into his office that was off the side of the kitchen.
When he came back a few seconds later he had something in his hand. "This is for Santana." He said as he sat down at the table again. He set down the item gently on the table next to Santana's empty plate.
Santana looked down at what he had set in front of her. It was the picture they took on Christmas night. The picture of herself, Brittany, Liz, and Kathy standing in front of the fireplace. She looked over it thoroughly as a smile pulled at the corners of her mouth. She looked up from the picture and over to Tom. "Thank you for this."
She turned her attention to Brittany's mom. "Now you can put it in the picture frame we got you." Kathy said. Santana nodded before mouthing 'thank you' with tear filled eyes.
Now that Santana was facing Kathy Brittany could she how much the picture meant to the Latina. She could see it written all over her face. In her watery eyes. In her grateful smile. Just in her whole body language. Brittany slipped her right hand between the chair and Santana's back. She comfortingly rubbed circles on the small of Santana's back. The brunette leaned forward to give Brittany better access needing her soothing touch in that moment.
"Now as for you Ms. Brittany." Kathy began. "I won't lie. We didn't know what to get you for Christmas. So it took us a little longer to figure out. And I don't know about your father but I believe you will like your present." She stood up and went over to the counter and picked up an envelope and brought it back to the table. She set the envelop in front of Brittany. "Merry belated Christmas."
Brittany stared down at the envelope for a few second. "An envelope?"
"Just open it dear." Her mother instructed.
Brittany took her hand from Santana's back so she could open the envelope without any troubles. She opened it and took out two tickets. She read over the tickets then looked to her mother and then her father. "Wow. Thanks guys." She said with a warm smile.
"I know it's short notice. As you can see that show is two nights from now. But I know you always wanted to go to something like that." Brittany's mother spoke. "And I thought you could take Santana with you." Santana's head snapped to Kathy with wide eyes.
Brittany was looking down at the tickets but heard the rush of air from Santana's movements. "They're dinner theater tickets for two nights from now in Pittsburg." She explained to Santana. She turned her attention from the tickets to the brunette sitting next to her. "Would you come with me?" She looked straight into Santana's eyes.
Santana gave Brittany a cute smile and nodded her head. "Okay." She whispered without looking away from the blonde. Brittany leaned in bringing her right hand up to cup Santana's cheek and kissed her softly.
"Ahem." Tom cleared his throat. Santana and Brittany giggled.
"Sorry dad." Brittany said as she sat up straight in her chair again.
"No need to apologize. Just to PDA at the kitchen table please. I have to eat here." He joked.
Brittany rolled her eyes at his silliness. Santana blushed. She wasn't use to parents being around. Well anybody being around really.
"Thanks again mom and dad. I think we are going to head up to my room now though." Brittany said getting up from the table. She took hers and Santana's plate to the sink.
"What you guys don't want to hang out with us tonight?" Tom said.
"No thank you. Dad." Brittany said with emphasis on the word 'dad'.
Santana got up and followed Brittany across the kitchen. "Goodnight Mr. and Mrs. Pierce." Santana said as they were leaving the room.
"Goodnight Santana." Tom and Kathy said in unison.
"Goodnight Brittany." Kathy added.
"Night." Brittany said over her shoulder. She took Santana's hand and they made their way up the stairs.
Santana set the photo down on the desk in the corner of the room. She reached down to her bag and picked up the picture frame. She took the back off and placed the picture in the frame.
Brittany came up behind Santana wrapping her arms around the brunette's waist. She looked over Santana's shoulder to watch what she was doing. Santana returned the backing to the picture frame before turning it over to look at the front. She smiled as soon as she saw the picture fit perfectly in the frame.
Brittany looked at the photo too. A smile lighting her features. She placed a kiss to Santana's shoulder. Her lips lingering on that spot. She gave Santana's waist a squeeze. "Today was perfect." Brittany spoke quietly.
Santana put the picture frame down on the desk and spun around in Brittany's arms. "I'll have to agree. It was a pretty great day." Santana wrapped her arms around Brittany's back holding on to her tight. She rested her head on the blondes shoulder. "Despite a few hiccups."
"Despite a few hiccups." Brittany repeated what Santana said and kissed the top of Santana's head.
After standing in the same spot for a few minutes Brittany perked up. "How 'bout them movies?" She asked Santana looked down to see her face. The brunette nodded.
The blonde let go of her hold on Santana. She went over to the tv stand and looked through the movies that were there. Not satisfied with anything in the selection she turned to Santana. "Be right back." Brittany skipped out of the bedroom and down the hallway. She made her way downstairs into the family room. She went to the tv and again looked through the movies that were there. She picked out three movies and made her way back up the stairs.
She stepped into the bedroom and glanced around the room quick trying to spot Santana. She didn't see her. "Santana." She called out. She didn't get a response. She looked around the room again before sinking down onto the bed in a huff.
Not more than 30 seconds later Santana entered the bedroom dressed in her pajamas. Brittany glanced over in the brunette's direction and smiled slightly. "Hey babe got your jammies on already I see."
"Yep. Thought I would change quick while you went downstairs. All nice and comfy now. Ready to get my cuddle on."
"Well I better get my butt in gear then. You pick the movie and I'll change quick." Brittany pointed to the three movies that were on the end of the bed. She then pulled her shirt up over her head and threw it on the floor with the rest of her dirty clothes. She pulled on her night shirt and took off her pants.
Brittany spun to face Santana seeing a dvd in her hand. "So what did you pick?" The blonde asked.
"Dodgeball." Santana said waving the dvd case around in the air.
"Ooooh. I like that movie." Brittany said snatching the dvd from Santana's hand and moving towards the tv.
"Never seen it." Santana said climbing on the bed.
"It's funny. You'll like it." Brittany popped the dvd in the player, grabbed the remote and plopped on the bed next to Santana.
Santana was sitting with her back against the headboard. Brittany curled up next to her looking sheepishly at Santana. "What Brittany?"
"Nothing." She kissed Santana on the cheek and started the movie. Brittany wrapped her arms around Santana and squeezed her tight. "I love you." She whispered in the Latinas ear as the movie started.
Santana looked Brittany in the eyes. "I love you too babe. Can we watch the movie now?"
"Yep." Brittany turned her attention to the tv and laid her head against Santana's shoulder.
