CH33.
AN: Thank you all so much for all the reviews! A little timejump again..
"Will you stop worrying, please?!" Santiago exclaimed and dropped on his back on their bed. He could hear Brittany huff from the bathroom and grinned. The blonde had been a nervous wreck all week long. They were going to get married in three short days and although Kurt had everything under control, Brittany was getting anxious and kept thinking about everything that could go wrong.
Santiago tried to calm his fiancé down, without success.
"Well, it's easy for you." Brittany closed the door behind her and walked up to their bed. Her long hair still damp from her shower, fell on her back. Santiago smiled, watching the love of his life. Brittany was wearing one of his shirts and he was eager to find out what she was wearing underneath it…
"You're gonna look handsome in any kind of suit." Brittany continued, unaware of Santiago's peeping. She grabbed her bodylotion and sat down on her side of the bed. "My dress is becoming my biggest enemy and Kurt's been bugging me about the hairdresser and the makeup artist! Just make the goddamn appointment, you know?"
Brittany pulled one of her legs up and placed her foot on the bed and began to apply the lotion on her skin. Santiago bit his lip and leaned up a bit. He watched Brittany's hands glide up and down her smooth skin and tried to peek underneath the shirt.
"San?"
Santiago looked up startled. ".. Yes?" He tried and felt his face heat up.
Brittany laughed and watched her boyfriend with an amused smile. "Did you hear anything I just said?"
Santiago quickly sat up against the headboard and shrugged, "Yeah sure.. Dress.. Kurt.." He mumbled embarrassed. Santiago desperately tried to push the thoughts about Brittany's naked body to the back of his mind and kept his hands on his lap, trying to hide his growing erection.
Brittany bit her lip when she noticed what was going on and she quietly placed her bodylotion back on her bedside table, before turning to Santiago. Brittany curled herself against his body and wrapped her arm around his waist. "You weren't listening, were you?" She whispered and kissed his cheek.
Santiago couldn't fight his grin and shrugged again. "I got a bit.. Distracted.." He murmured and turned his head to kiss Brittany's forehead. Brittany nodded and slowly pulled his t-shirt up a bit and caressed his stomach. "Tell me what you we're thinking about, baby." She kissed his jawline and gently nipped at his neck. Santiago swallowed heavily. "Just you.." He murmured. "Wearing nothing but my t-shirt."
Brittany giggled, "Yeah? And let me guess.. You weren't really interested in the shirt, right?"
Santiago smirked and shook his head. He turned his body so he was lying on his side and pulled Brittany closer. "You know me so well.." He mumbled and nuzzled her neck. Brittany tilted her head, to give Santiago more excess and bit her lip. Suddenly, all her worries were out the window, the wedding not forgotten, but no longer distressing her.
They both realized this was their last night together as boyfriend and girlfriend. In the morning, Santiago was going to spent his last days as a bachelor at his mother's apartment. That way, it would be a complete surprise to meet Brittany at the end of the isle.
Santiago gently kissed Brittany neck and nipped at her pulse point, making sure not to leave any marks. Brittany let out a quiet moan and sighed. She opened her eyes and cupped Santiago's face, making him look at her.
"I love you so, so much, baby." She whispered, before placing a loving kiss on his lips.
"As I love you, princess.." Santiago smiled and gently pushed Brittany down on her back. She scooted down a little and Santiago leaned over to dim the lights, before crawling on top of the blonde. Brittany eagerly spread her legs a bit, allowing Santiago to take his place. She held out her arms, embracing her future husband.
Santiago smiled down at her and leaned in for a kiss. Brittany lifted her head a little and captured Santiago's full lips with her own. Santiago leaned on his forearms besides Brittany's head and carefully rested his body on hers. Brittany's hands stroked his neck and played with the hairs there. She smiled against his lips, "You need a haircut.." She whispered.
Santiago chuckled, "I know, but Kurt ordered me to have one on the day of our wedding."
Brittany felt her inside flutter, with the way Santiago said the word wedding. It was so full of love and excitement. Like he really wanted nothing more than to marry her. She quickly pressed her lips against his mouth again, softly licking his lowerlip, silently asking for access.
Santiago immediately opened his mouth a bit and allowed Brittany's tongue to slip between his lips. He let out a quiet moan and let his tongue glide against hers. One of his hands, found his way down her side, all the way down to her leg. He hitched her leg up, around his middle and couldn't help but roll his hips against Brittany's.
Brittany moaned his name and pushed her hips up. "San.." She whispered. Santiago stilled and leaned up a bit more. He looked down and kept stroking the back of her thigh. Brittany watched Santiago's face. His strong jawline and loving, deep brown eyes. Santiago smiled down at Brittany and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. Slowly he moved his hand up and pushed her t-shirt up.
"I love you, Brittany. And I love you, little one.." He whispered as he placed his hand on Brittany's stomach, which now showed off a small baby bump…
"No, daddy! You gots to go now!" Isabell ordered her father. Santiago's eyes widened. He thought Isabell would miss her daddy, but she had been shooing him off all morning. Brittany noticed Santiago's frown and shook her head, "Isabell, don't be so mean at daddy!"
Isabell looked at her mother, "What, momma? Uncle Kuwtie told me daddy needs to go! He saids we need our time to look pwetty, mommy."
Brittany smiled and gently stroked her daughter's hair. "But daddy's going to miss you, honey.. I don't think it's really nice of you to dismiss him like that."
Isabell frowned and turned back to Santiago, who was standing with his jacket in his arms – given to him by his daughter. "I'm going to miss you too, daddy.." Isabell mumbled and looked down to the floor. Brittany smiled at Santiago, she knew he was hurt by Isabell's dismissal. Santiago simply shrugged, knowing his daughter didn't mean it like that.
"Mommy.. Who is going to be with daddy?" Isabell whispered. Brittany looked at her daughter, "He's going to stay with Abuelie, Sweets." Isabell nodded slowly. "Can I.. " She turned to her father, "Can I visit you tomorrow, daddy?" She asked sweetly. Santiago smiled widely and held out his arms, "Come here, Billy."
Isabell ran up to her father's arms, "I'm gonna miss you, daddy, I am!" She wrapped his arms tightly around his neck and kissed his cheek. "We can go have a nailpeddy?" Isabell grinned. Santiago frowned, "Nailpeddy?" Isabell nodded vigorously, "yes to make our nails pwetty!"
Santiago and Brittany started to laugh, Santiago threw his head in his neck and held his daughter tighter. "God, I love you, Billy! But daddy doesn't really need to have his nails done." He smiled and looked at Brittany. To her amusement, Isabell took her father's hand in hers and studies his fingers and nails. "I don't know, daddy. They look a bit stubby!"
Brittany laughed louder at that, while Santiago simply looked astonished. "You've been spending way too much time with you Uncle Kurt, Billy! We need to fix a playdate with Uncle Puck and Sophie!" He chuckled. Puck and Sugar were in town for the wedding and Isabell has been eager to meet little Sophie again. Santiago was eager to set up a date too, although he just wanted it for a bit more masculine influence for Isabell… He loved their little circle of friends and family close by, but Isabell was constantly in touch with females. Or Kurt and Blaine…
"Can we, daddy? Can we?!" Isabell clapped her hands. Santiago smiled and nodded, "Sure we can, honey. But remember; Sophie's still a tiny baby, Billy. She can't play yet!" Isabell rolled her eyes, "I know, daddy.." She sighed. "But I can pwactise!"
"Practice?" Santiago looked at Brittany, who shrugged.
"Yeah, 'cause I want a baby foh my bithday! A sistah oh a bwottah, it's okay eitha way."
Santiago's eyes widened and he looked at Brittany again, this time for support. Brittany simply laughed, "We'll see, Sweets." She looked at Santiago, with a smile so sure and so full of love, it made Santiago relax and smile too. "Yeah, we'll see, Billy."
Santiago sighed and looked at his phone, trying to make it ring with his mind. It has only been one night away, but he was already going crazy. Why did I agree to do this? Santiago groaned when he thought about the next 24 hours without Brittany. Thankfully, Puck was going to hang out with him today, to get his mind off of things.
The couple already had their bachelor- and bachelorette nights, but neither wanted to go crazy, with Brittany being pregnant. Puck tried to get Santiago to visit a stripclub, but Santiago declined. So, instead, they visited a sportsbar and watched a game on the big screen with some friends and beers. After that, they went to another bar, which had the best chickenwings, according to Puck, where they met up with Brittany and her girlfirends, by coincidence.
Turned out, Sugar took Brittany for a day at the spa with her mother, Maribel, her sister and Quinn and Rachel, before heading out for dinner. After that, Rachel insisted to visit a bar down the street, to enjoy some karaoke. When Brittany entered the bar, she immediately recognized Santiago, who was seated at the bar, laughing at something Naythan said. The rest of the night, both parties celebrated together and enjoyed their company. Somehow, Brittany managed to keep her pregnancy hidden, claiming she wanted to stay sober to enjoy everything to the fullest. Thankfully, everybody bought her story…
Santiago and Brittany decided to wait to tell everybody, until Brittany reached the three month point. They were pleasantly surprised, to find out that their wedding was a week after that point and they were going to surprise their friends and family, by telling it through their vows.
Santiago sighed again and pouted. Before they went to bed, he and Brittany called and texted, both missing each other. Brittany promised to call him, as soon as she woke up but it was already nearing ten o'clock and still no sign of Brittany…
Finally, he decided to risk waking her up and dialed her number.
"Hi daddy."
Santiago smiled surprised, "Hey Billy! How are you, honey? Did you sleep okay?"
He was met with silence. "Isabell, you're on the phone, remember? I can't see you nod, sweetie."
Isabell giggled, "Sowwy daddy. I sleeped okay! But momma didn't, daddy.." She whispered.
Santiago frowned, "What's wrong with mommy, baby? Where is she now?"
"She was ill, daddy. She got up reeeeally eahly and got really sick. She's in the bathwoom, still."
Santiago closed his eyes. Morning sickness.. "Mommy's going to be okay, baby. She just had something bad to eat, I guess. Is she still throwing up?"
He was met with silence again, "Speak, Billy.. Remember?" Santiago smiled when he heard his daughter giggle again, "Oh yeah. No, daddy, she's in the shower now and Auntie Heathah is here to feed me!"
"That's good, honey, can you ask mommy to call me back as soon as she can, Billy?"
Isabell nodded and giggled, "Yes daddy! Do I see you today?"
Santiago smiled, a bit sadly. "No honey, you can spend the day with your mommy and Auntie Sugar and Sophie."
"Oh. I miss you, daddy." Isabell replied sweetly. "Oh gotta go, dad! My pancakies are weady!"
Before Santiago could remind his daughter to inform her mother to call him back, she hang up, leaving Santiago frustrated. He dropped on his back with a load groan and tried to stay calm. His thoughts drifted off, thinking about Brittany. Santiago felt bad not being able to be there for his future wife, while she was sick due to the pregnancy. He was hoping she was going to cope the day after. Who wants to be sick on their wedding day?
Our wedding day.. Santiago mused and smiled. He couldn't wait to see Brittany in her dress. She was afraid of her growing stomach showing off, but thankfully it was a winter-wedding, so she was supposed to wear some sort of jacket or something. Santiago wondered what she was going to look like. Beside beautiful, of course. He was silently hoping she would wear her hair down, maybe curled, just the way he liked it on her.
Is she going to like my suit? Santiago shook his head, hating his insecure feelings. Of course she was going to love his suit. She knew where it came from and the tailor Kurt recommended did an excellent job. The suit wasn't outdated at all, it looked like a new suit, perfectly fitting and according to Kurt, it complimented Brittany's appearance as well.
Of course Santiago believed whatever Kurt said. When it came to fashion, Santiago knew nothing. He knew how to dress well. His work suits looked good, he looked good in his suits. His jeans were fitting and never out of fashion, just like his shirts. But that was it. He wore jeans. And shirts. Santiago knew his wedding was like a day out for Kurt. He got to dress him up and play with flowers and colors… Santiago didn't mind, though. Kurt knew what he was doing and Santiago was a hundred percent sure their wedding was going to be amazing.
The weather forecast was promising as well. Of course, it was already halfway December, so it wasn't exactly warm… But according to the forecasts, it was going to be a clear and sunny day. Santiago smiled, thinking about the little chapel they selected. It was a small chapel, which only happened to be free on their wedding date, due to a cancelation. The chapel was old and looked like that too. It was charming, though and thanks to Kurt, Santiago knew it was going to look great.
Santiago smiled, everybody was going to be there, the chapel was perfect, Brittany was going to be gorgeous.. He couldn't wait to see her big blue eyes, when she walked up to him..
Suddenly, his phone rang, snapping Santiago out of his thoughts. He quickly answered it, when he saw it was Brittany calling him.
"Princess! How are you? Are you okay? I'm so sorry I couldn't be there with you.."
Brittany's sweet laughter stopped his rambling.
"I'm fine, baby. It's just a little morning sickness. I already got some diet coke and crackers in my bag for tomorrow and I'm going to get some pills too. Don't worry, San. How are you?.."
Santiago took a relieved breath.
"I'm fine, princess. I'm just missing you.." He mumbled.
Brittany bit her lip at Santiago's sad tone.
"I miss you too, babe. Only twenty-four more hours, Sanny. Then you're going to get to see me.. marry me.."
Santiago grinned, "Don't I know it. I really can't wait, Britt. I can't wait to call you my wife."
Brittany blushed and sat down on the edge of their bed. She woke up very early, puking her guts out. Thankfully, she managed to convince her mother and sister it was just something she ate, combined with her nerves. She didn't want to spill the beans about their.. Little Bean yet. Brittany brushed her hand over the small babybump. She didn't think it was really visible, not without knowing that it's there, but to be sure, she convinced Kurt to let her wear a jacket over her dress. He was against it at first, of course. Saying the long sleeves were enough already and she could wear a nice shawl if she got cold. But when Brittany said she didn't want to have blue lips in the photos, he finally agreed and helped her find a beautiful jacket, matching her dress.
The jacket was pearly, just like her dress. It complimented the dress perfectly, with its tight waist. Brittany didn't want to get married in all white, so she was glad when Kurt showed her a few pearly, off-white dresses. She selected a romantic ball gown with a long sleeved bodice, adorned with lace. Brittany bit her lip, thinking about the dress. She was anxious to see Santiago's reaction, of course she knew he loved the way she looked, but every bride wanted to sweep her husband from hit feet, right?
"I can't wait to call you my husband, San.." She whispered. "Oh I've gotta go. Puck's picking you up later, right?"
Santiago tried to hide his disappointment, thinking their conversation was too short.
"Yeah, we're going to relax, play some games, I guess. I also need to pick some last minute stuff up. How about you?"
Brittany sighed, knowing the next twenty-four were going to be tough on both of them.
"I'm going to miss you!" She exclaimed. "And we're going to get a mani-pedi, you know, girlstuff." Brittany bit her lip, not wanting to ruin her surprise for him. Santiago didn't know, but she was getting a picture taken for him today, so she could give it to him when they returned from their honeymoon. She had a special shoot planned with Isabell, but also a boudoir-shoot, a private gift, of course…
Santiago nodded and smiled when he realized where Isabell got her trait from.
"That's great, honey. You relax and enjoy yourself, okay?" He said sweetly. "I love you and I'll think about you!"
Brittany smiled, "I love you too, San. I'll text you later, alright?"
With a promise to contact each other later, they finished their phone call and finally, Santiago got out of his bedroom. His mother was away, probably working, so Santiago made himself a coffee and checked his watch. Puck was coming over in about an hour or two, leaving Santiago enough time to collect Brittany's gift. Besides getting her a wedding ring, he wanted to give her something more. So, after thinking about it, long and hard, he decided to get her a necklace.
Santiago also got their hotel an update, but that was as much a gift for him as it's for her. They thought about their honeymoon for a while and decided to go to Hawaii together, right after the wedding. Since they wanted to include Isabell into their honeymoon, Santiago and Brittany agreed to spend five days in Hawaii together, before flying back to LA. Thankfully, Rachel and Quinn agreed to take care of Isabell and fly with her to LA as the same time as the newlyweds. That way, Santiago and Brittany, could enjoy the rest of their honeymoon, with Isabell with them. And visit Disneyland…
Although Santiago knew the ring and the room upgrade were enough to make Brittany more than happy, he wanted to go a little further, hence the necklace. A few weeks prior, he went to visit the jeweler who designed their wedding rings and together they designed a beautiful gold white necklace, with a diamond pendant. The design was very delicate, Santiago knew Brittany wouldn't want something too flashy and he was anxious to see how it turned out.
Santiago finished his coffee and quickly grabbed his coat and wallet. With a huge smile on his face, he left the apartment. Only twenty-four more hours, until he was marrying the girl of his dreams…
AN: Almostttt…. Of course, the wedding is next up! And some honeymoon-fluffy-smut-stuff... See you next time!