Written with Nephewsnixx.
A couple more chapters before the big day.
It's the beginning of September, four months away from the wedding, and Dani's first day back to high school, this time as a junior. This school year is going to be even crazier than the previous one; with college in mind, Dani needs to work more on her grades and her extracurricular activities and balance it her relationship with Marley and her family. This time of year always ends up stressful or busy for them; Dani goes back after a relaxing summer to a situation where she has a lot to do in so little time and it takes her time to get things under control, Rachel is in the very early stages of the new season of her show and Santana spends a lot of time in her office planning the next year at the club and dealing with money related issues. This year they're more prepared, because they knew they'd have to close the last things for the wedding, Santana and Rachel planned this month carefully so they won't push themselves too much and actually see each other.
One of the decision the couple took is that one of them takes Dani to school every day, unless something comes up, and that's what happened today. After breakfast and even though she hates morning, Santana got ready for a day at the office, then took Dani to school. She kissed her daughter and wished her good luck and to have a great day, then drove away.
On her way into school, Dani got a text from Marley to meet at their usual place. Dani smiled and made her way to where they shared their first kiss, the auditorium. Last year, the young couple felt the need for some quiet time alone every now and then, in the auditorium they found what they were looking for and no one bothered them there. They got themselves a spot on the side of the stage that was comfortable and no one would be able to see them unless they get closer.
"Good morning." Dani says when she gets to their spot and ugh, how much does she like that they have one.
"Morning." Marley smiles at Dani for a few moments. "You look beautiful, well you're always beautiful, just.." She pecks Dani's lips once. "Hi." She giggles.
Dani blush at the at the compliment and gives Marley a warm hug, "Thank you and you look great." She says and sits down, pulling Marley with her. "Can you believe we've got only two years left here?" She looks around, then back at her girlfriend, still holding her hand.
"Not really, it feels like yesterday we had our first kiss." Marley lets out a soft sigh. "I am in a way glad that high school is almost over though, only because then we can get out of our parents place and be alone together." She says.
"I can picture that.." Dani smiles and moves to sit between Marley's legs so the girl could wrap her arms around her and she could lay her head on her shoulder. "I'd sound extra geeky, but if we'd work hard now, we'd get to live it and it'll be amazing!"
"I've been looking for some babysitting jobs to start out with, I figured a little bit of cash here and there could go a long way." Marley rests her head on Dani's, her hands grazing the smaller girl's waist. "Just think though, me, you alone in our own apartment.." She says. "Imagine what we'd do.. Or what we wouldn't do." Marley jokes at the last part.
Dani raises her eyebrow, even though Marley can't see it, "Marls, you'd have to wear clothes sometimes." She chuckles and nuzzles her girl's neck.
Marley chuckles as well before running her hands up Dani's shirt to feel her bare stomach. "Sadly, yes."
Dani, still with the same expression moves and looks at Marley. Her face softens when their eyes meet and she smiles. She moves one hand to Marley's face and cups it gently, then pecks her lips and looks at her shyly.
"Where is it.. Where is it.." Beth was walking down the halls trying to find a classroom, she accidentally stumbles upon the auditorium. "Crap." she lets out, but notices a couple people down at the stage. "Hey! Do you two know where Mr.." Her eyes adjust to the distance and she notices a familiar hairstyle. "Dani?" She calls out.
Marley jumped a bit, then moved her hands from Dani's waist. "Dani, who is that?" She asks.
"Beth?!" Dani looks up at the young girl, then she remembers that Shelby enrolled Beth in the gifted program at her school and it's her first day here. "This is Beth, she's my.. Well, my mom's sister," Dani chuckles as she stands up, "Technically, she's my aunt." She tells Marley then turns to Beth and gesture her to come closer.
Beth quickly walks down the steps, then climbs on the stage. "Hi, say, is this the girlfriend you told me about?"
Marley raises an eyebrow. "Yup, that I am." she nervously says.
"You know, she doesn't look as tall as Maribel made her out to be." Beth whispers towards Dani's direction.
"I am sitting down, just saying." Marley says, then gets up then brushes herself off.
"Whoa." Beth looks up at Marley, wide eyes and all.
"You're just tiny, she's not that tall." Dani pokes Beth's side and hooks two fingers with Marley's. "And she gives the best hug." She says and gives her girlfriend a warm look.
Beth smiles for a few moments, then shakes her head. "I, uh.. I was wondering if you knew where Mr. Adair's class was." She looks between the two girls.
"Yeah, that's just by your niece and I's locker, we can take you." Marley smiles at Beth.
Dani makes a face and shakes her head, "No, she's 12, you're not calling me her niece." She picks up her bag and hold Marley's hand more firmly, "Yeah, we can take you."
"Oh, I am going to have fun with you two." Beth says with a smirk on her face.
Marley rolls her eyes and starts walking with the other two. They make their exit from the auditorium, then they head down the hallway, making any turns needed, eventually making it to the lockers. "Okay, Beth, you just need to head down the hall, it's the first door on your right." Marley points towards the direction of the class.
From the end of the hall, a student who's starting his senior year, dressed in a football jacket, sees the girls and makes his way towards them. He intentionally bumps into Dani, "Hey, freak, stop blocking everyone's way!" He says loudly, "Isn't it enough we suffer from those stupid clubs of yours? You and your lesbo girlfriend need to hide your ugly faces, not stand in the middle of the hall."
Dani froze in her place and tighten her hold on Marley's hand. She didn't want to start the year like that and she was tired those idiots making her feel bad just for being who she is. She's not the type to answer back and with her anxiety, she prefers just to let is pass and hope to not get any attacks that would surely earn her some time in the hospital.
Marley growled under her breath at the sight of this guy, and right when she was about to say something, Beth pats Marley's arm then walks in front of her.
"Freak, huh?" Beth looks up at the jock, observing every feature of the guy's face. "Yikes, if I had a mug like yours I'd be mad at everyone too." She says. "Of course me personally, I am too smart to be intimidated by lesser minds." She continues, not backing down. "But I guess the amount of injuries to your head made you lose any and all comprehension of avoiding people, so let me teach you how to avoid someone." she moves around the jock, then walks back to Dani and Marley. "Simple, right? A caveman can do it, surely you, the third cousin of a caveman can do it."
The jock groan, "This school is full of ugly bitches." He says and walks away from the trio.
"Oh my God.." Dani mumbles quietly, not releasing her hold on Marley's hand. She turns to Beth and pulls the girl against her, "That was beyond amazing!" She says and hugs the girl with one arm, "I don't want you to get hurt and he could've hurt you, but thank you for doing that."
"I'm not scared of him, he's barely the dirt in my shoes." Beth shrugs with confidence. "Are you two okay?" She asks while looking up at Dani and Marley.
"I'm fine, thank you." Marley ruffles Beth's hair. "Babe, you okay?" She asks as she looks at Dani with worried eyes.
"I.." Dani looks around, her heart still pounding fast, "I need a few moments, but I'm alright." She says and takes a deep breath in and slowly exhales. "Before we go, do you remember we're going dress shopping after school?"
"Yup." Beth nods, then slowly backs away with a smile. "Gotta go to class." She says, then pecks Dani's cheek before quickly walking away. "Love ya'." Beth says before entering her classroom.
Marley kept her eyes on Dani, she was worried about how she's taking what that guy said. "Babe..." She frowns. "Look at me."
Dani makes sure Beth got into her classroom before turning her head. "C-Can we go to the bathroom? I n-need you to h-hold me for just a little bit." She asks in a quiet tone.
"Yeah, of course." Marley nods twice, then helps Dani from the hall into the bathroom, she makes sure no one is in, then places the trash can against the door to keep anyone from getting in. "Okay, c'mere." She opens her arms for Dani.
Not wasting any time, Dani closes the distance and let Marley's hands wrap around her as she holds her girlfriend tightly. "I d-didn't want Beth to see me l-like that" She gulps, "I freaking hate those assholes, it makes me want us to be on our own even more." She says and rest her head on Marley's chest. Her heart still racing and she really needs to relax because soon the bell will ring and they'd have to go to class.
"Shh, shh, shh..." Marley runs one hand through Dani's hair, rocking their bodies back and forth. "In due time, I promise..." She says in a calm tone of voice. "I'm gonna take care of you the best I can, I won't let them hurt you..." She continues her soft tone.
"I love you." Dani lets out. She takes in Marley's smell, relaxing into her arms and voice and brush her lips on her neck for a few seconds just to feel her skin. It's not the first time it happens, nor it would be the last, so they kind of know how to keep it together. When Dani finally opened up and talked to her therapist about it and her fear of ending up in the hospital again, she gave her a few tips and they worked; breathing exercises, positive thoughts and let someone hold her tightly, of course that someone is Marley. So far, after minutes that feels like hell, Dani calms down and starting to feel better, she just needs to drink some water and cool off. If there is anything positive about these horrible situations, is that Dani sees, over and over again, how much Marley cares for her and her feelings for her girlfriend only gets stronger. So thinking of their life together is something very real for both girls.
Marley, of course, enjoys Dani's lips on her neck. In fact, she just enjoys holding Dani like this. "I love you too."
Eventually, Dani's heartbeats return to their normal pace and, even though she'd love to stay like this some more, they have to go to class. She pecks her girlfriend's lips a couple of times and takes her hand in hers once again, "Thank you." She tells her before they make their way out and back into the craziness in their school.
The rest of the school day went on alright and with no other accidents. Beth seemed to be happier at the new school and even talked to a kid in her class. Between classes and at lunch, Dani made sure to check up on the girl and introduce her to Elliot and some of her friends from the glee club. Dani finished with her classes for the day, but had to wait because Beth had another one. Thankfully, Marley didn't have to rush back home and they spent some more time together, dreaming of life after high school and what Dani is going to wear for the wedding. Marley made her promise to send her a picture of whatever she picks so she'd know what to wear and they'd match. Before the bell rang, Dani and Marley made their way to Beth's class and after it did, the three made their way out. Kurt was already waiting for them, so Dani gave Marley a kiss and told her they'd talk later. They said goodbye and walked to Kurt's car. On the way to the shop, they chatted about the day and maybe going for a nice, hot drink after they're done with getting their outfits. It didn't take them much time to reach the shop, then Kurt parked the car and they walked in.
Dani walks around, looking at the dresses, but not really finding anything she'd be comfortable wearing. She steps closer to her uncle, trusting he'd have something good for her.
"How about this nice maroon dress?" Kurt suggests as he pulls out the dress and smiles at Dani.
Beth looks at the dress, then up at Dani, she shook her head. "If he was asking me, I'd say no."
The teen shakes her head and bite her lip. To be honest, she doesn't really see herself in a dress, but she's not sure how her mom and the other would react. She starts playing with her ring, moving it from finger to finger. She looks around again, then at Beth and finally at Kurt, "D-Do you think my moms would be ok if I won't wear a dress?" She asks nervously.
"They just want you to look your best, sweetie. Go ahead and take a look, I will be here if you need help with color matching or something." Kurt smiles at Dani then places the dress back on the rack.
Beth grabbed Dani's hand and takes her over to where her size would be. "I needed to have a bit of girl talk with you." She says with a smile on her face.
Dani lets a breath of relief out, then gives Beth a curious look, "What is it about?"
"Your friend Elliot." Beth nervously bites her lip. "Is he single?" She asks, being completely blunt. "He's like, really handsome and stuff."
"Elli.. Oh, hmm.." Dani feels rather uneasy; she really doesn't want to hurt Beth, but she can't let her have false hope. "I'm sorry baby girl, but Elliot is gay." She reaches out and rubs her arm, "And besides, he's much older than you.. You really think I would let a 16 year old come near you?"
Beth let out a soft pout like whine but then shrugged it off. "Oh well, dating is for the romantics. I am a woman of knowledge." She states while rummaging through some of the dresses. "Did you know that I may go to college sooner than the average student?"
Dani's mouth drops a little and stays open a few moments after Beth finished talking. "First, you're not a woman yet." She bumps her hips in Beth playfully, "And having someone is great, you should not pass on it. I'm sure there are cute, intelligent boys out there, but you have time for that.." Dani says and looks around for something she might like. Her tone becomes more serious as she gets to what she has left to say, "B, are you sure that's what you want? I think it's amazing that you have this huge brain and you're probably going to win a Noble prize, but you shouldn't miss these years and growing up.."
"I want to get school out of the way, as soon as possible." Beth states. "I could get a degree by the time I am old enough to drink alcohol, I mean.. I want to be a kid, yes." she sighs a slight amount. "But I am tired of wasting my potential around people who won't even care in 10 years, I have aspirations to be like.. Like Sheldon Cooper, but real and I actually am able to comprehend people's feelings over my own."
"I get what you're saying and you should never give up on reaching your full potential." Dani says as they're looking around, "But you should also think of what you're giving up; proms, friends your age that you can have fun with, having a boyfriend and a first kiss and basically, having careless fun as a kid and a teenager. Don't be quick to give this all up.."
"If I wanted to give that up, I'd try for college right now." Beth gave Dani a tight hug. "I want to go to those dances, I want to do cool stuff, but with my family." She explains.
"I love you, you know that?" Dani hugs back, then cups Beth face and tilt it up so she could give her a hard kiss on her cheek. "Now, I think I found a nice tux to try on. Promise you'd tell me your honest opinion?" She smiles as she takes the tuxedo off the rack.v
"That I will." Beth nods while holding her hands together. "After, you gotta help me out."
Dani gets into the changing room and quickly takes her clothes off. Her fingers move along her scars, then she let out a sigh and continues to put on the tuxedo she chose. Once she'd dressed, Dani steps out, somewhat nervous, and looks at her uncle and aunt, "What do you think?"
"You look amazing, sweetheart." Kurt smiles at Dani for a few moments.
Beth walks up to Dani, looks around her for a little bit. "I love it, you look awesome." She gives Dani a thumbs up. "Very awesome."
Dani excitedly claps her hands, "Thanks.". This tux feels nice on her body and it looks good on her too, she thinks when she looks at the mirror. "Can you take a picture of me in it?" Dani hands her phone to Beth, "I promised Marley." She explains, then looks at Kurt, "Should I send it to my moms as well or should we keep it as a surprise?" She asks him.
"I don't think the don't-see-'till-wedding stuff applies with the children." Kurt smirks at Dani.
Beth held the phone up, took a couple of pictures then handed the phone back. "Now we need to find my dress." She says before running back to where she was at before Dani went to change.
While Beth was looking, Dani sent the pictures to her moms and Marley and it didn't take long for the compliments to arrive. Dani was glad that the response was positive and couldn't wait to see what Marley is going to wear. She also told her moms that they'd be home a little later because Kurt is taking them for a hot beverage and they'll probably find themselves in some music shop for a little while after.
Eventually, Beth found herself a cute looking dress that she loved and the other two told her she has to get it and that she looked beautiful. Beth smiled brightly and went back to change to her regular clothes, while Kurt settled the payments. With that, the arrangements for the wedding were almost over, only very few things were left to finish. And like promised, the happy trio took a little walk to a near coffee place to hang out together a little longer.
Rachel and Santana had a bit of work throughout the day, Rachel did some press stuff for the second season of her show, it was already getting great publicity as is, and Rachel gave a bit of a sneak peek as to what she was working on for season three. As for Santana, she was working on the numbers for the year, making sure everything that needed to get paid, got paid. Although this was nothing Santana couldn't handle, she wished this stuff was easier, that way she would feel a bit of weight off her shoulders. Rachel decided to surprise Santana at the club, she pulls up in the parking lot at the club, got out of her car, locked it, then made her way inside avoiding all the girls to get to Santana's office.
"San." Rachel calls out as she opens the door to Santana's office.
Santana looks up from the pile of papers on her desk and smiles at the sight of her fiancee, "Hi, babe." She gets up, "What a pleasant surprise. Come here." She opens her arms and gestures Rachel to step forwards.
Rachel quickly walks in, closing the door behind her, then instantly latching onto Santana. "You look like a mess right now." She points out. "Baby stressing over work?" She asks whilst furrowing her eyebrows.
Santana moves one hand through her hair to straighten it, then place it back on Rachel's waist. "Yeah, I have budget things to finish up and my head is starting to spin from all the numbers." She pouts and walks backwards to sit back on her chair, then pulls Rachel on her lap. "And I had to make sure the money for the girls' dresses transferred.." She sighs, "I'm so happy to see you."
"I wish you'd let me work on the club's finances, you know I don't like it when you're stressed." Rachel runs her hand through Santana's hair, giving her a calm smile. "I'm more than happy to see you though." She whispers.
"The only good thing about me being stress is your massages." Santana says and pecks Rachel's lips, then leans back on the chair. "I'm relieved that we're practically done with the payments on the wedding and thanks to our parents contributing, I can move what's left in that savings account I have to the one I set up for Dani."
"Savings account?" Rachel asked. "When were you going to tell me about this savings account, babe?" She continues with a smirk.
"Less than two years from now." Santana chuckles nervously. "I.. Hm.." She gulps and starts tapping her fingers along Rachel's back, feeling shy about what she's going to say. "Well, back when Dani just started living with us and a bit after I stopped acting like a jerk, I started to put some money aside for her, for college." She shrugs, "And it's just happens automatically now; some money from my paycheck goes to that account.." She blush and bites her lip.
"Aw." Rachel brushed her nose against Santana's. "I knew you loved her the second you saw her cuddled up against me." She says with slight amounts of confidence. "But I wish you would have told me sooner, I would have contributed."
"Have you seen our daughter? How can someone not love her?" Santana smiles, ignoring the pain in her chest caused by the thought of Dani's life before Rachel brought her home. "You know I thought I wouldn't be a good role model at the time, so I wanted to at least take care of her in some way." She explains, then changing the subject, "So.. Is there a special reason why I get a visit from my beautiful fiancee?" Santana asks and lowering one of her hands down Rachel's back.
"Yes, to see a real beautiful woman." Rachel answers then bites her lip. "Just a few months, we'll be walking down that isle, and the attention will solely be on the two of us."
While the couple was in Santana's office, a woman walked into the club in a search for someone. She looked around, slowly understanding what is this place all about and then she found the one she was looking for - her girlfriend, one of Santana's girls. Saying that the woman didn't like her girlfriend working there is an understatement and the commotion she made is a proof of that. The screaming voices reached even Santana's office, that's located pretty far from where the source is. "What the fuck?" Santana raised her eyebrow and gently got up from the chair, so she won't hurt Rachel. They made their way out of the office and met with two girls that were on their way to let Santana know what's happening. They tried to explain, but they talked together, so the Latina couldn't understand completely what's going on.
"-I want to speak to the one running this filthy place! I'm going to close this place down." Is what Santana and Rachel hear when they get close enough.
"Hey, wow!" Santana waves her hands, "First of all, don't call my place filthy." She says in her cold tone. "I'm the boss, care to tell me what the problem is?" She asks, then looks around at her girls; they all look uncomfortable, but one looks even scared.
"The problem is that you run a whorehouse!" The woman yells at her, "You hire young girls to answer the need of disgusting sick people, does that look ok to you?" She gets a little closer, "My girlfriend is a talented girl and instead of doing something with her life, she sells her body here." She looks around, "Is this place even legal?! I don't want to know what's happening behind those doors.."
"Actually, this place is very legal, all these girls that work here do age checks that are checked even further through the police database." Rachel places a hand on Santana's shoulder. "Now I am sure we can talk about this, if you want to sit down I can get us drinks and stuff. This place makes the best tofurkey sandwich around."
Santana worries about Rachel and pulls her closer, the woman is obviously very upset and it looks like one who wouldn't be scared to use violence.
The woman sneers at Rachel suggestion, "Are you fucking kidding me? This place makes me sick. How can you sleep at night knowing what you're doing to these girls?!" Not only that the woman takes another step towards them, but she reaches for her girlfriend's hand and hold it tightly.
"Ok, that's enough." Santana steps in front of Rachel, "You can't barge in here, disrespect me and my business and yell at my fiancee." It's not the first time Santana deals with people like that, but now that Rachel is involved, she can barely control her anger. "I don't owe you any explanations and you're a very closed minded person if you think that people who enjoy different types of sex, and are consensual adults, are sick." She looks at her girls again, then back at the woman, "Now, my bouncer is going to show you the way out and you should expect the police." Santana says in a calm voice and signal the bouncer to come. "Oh, and Mia isn't going anywhere with you." She pulls the scared girl to her side.
It takes a few minutes for the bouncer to kick her out, due to the woman protests and yelling. Santana checks that the girl is alright and for the other to keep an eye on her while she calls the police. After she makes the quick call, she pulls Rachel tightly around her. "Are you ok?" She cups her face and looks into her eyes.
"I was about to punch her in the fucking face.." Rachel glares towards the door, her muscles still rather tense from being around that woman. "I could care less about how I would look as a celeb, no one talks down about my fiancee, and what she worked hard to create.." She growls under her breath.
Santana pushes down how hot she thinks Rachel is right now and focus on what's really important, keeping Rachel calm and safe. "Babe, she doesn't worth you getting upset. The police will take care of her." She grazes Rachel's cheek bones with her thumbs. "Thank you for protecting me, but I don't want you to ever get hurt because of me."
"I wouldn't get hurt..." Rachel smiles slightly then pecks Santana's lips. "I'm like Super-Woman around you."
The smile comes back to Santana's lips and she wraps her arms around Rachel's shoulders. "Will my super hero go out on a date with me?"
"I would love to." Rachel pecks Santana's lips again. "When and where?" She asks.
"Hm.. The police said they'd call if they'd need me, so I can just take some work home and we can get going. It's still lunch time.." Santana answers, "You look gorgeous, so no need to change."
"Problem, whose car are we taking?" Rachel asks with a raised brow. "Both of ours are here right now." She says.
"Oh.." Santana thinks for a moment, "Do you need to be somewhere early in the morning tomorrow?" She asks, "We can drop off Dani, then you can take it from here." She suggests.
"I have no where to be tomorrow, 'cept home." Rachel shrugs. "Let's take your car, then tomorrow, Kurt could take you, then you can take my car home." She suggests with a smile. "It'd almost be easier, plus Kurt is supposed to help out."
"So we have a plan." Santana pecks Rachel's lips. They go together back to Santana's office to take everything the Latina needs. On their way out of the club, Santana stops to talk to the girls for a few minutes and tells them to call her if anything happens. From there, Santana drives them to a nice, classy restaurant.
After a short drive the couple made it to the restaurant and got the best table, thanks to the host being a fan of Rachel. Everything on the menu looked great, so the girls took their time to decide. Once they did, the waiter took their order and left them to keep chatting. The place is intimate and romantic, giving them the feeling of a date even if it's lunch time on a Monday.
"Do you like it here, my savior?" Santana asks with a smile.
"I do, it's very nice." Rachel smiles at Santana. "Thank you." She nods once.
"I didn't get to ask you about your day, how was it?" Santana asks and adds, "I'm guessing not crazy busy since you came to visit."
"Just a press conference for the second season, nothing major." Rachel answers. "I went to one of the old theaters, one is being auctioned off."
"Babe, are you trying to tell me you want to buy a theater?" Santana raises her eyebrow.
"Yes and no." Rachel admits. "I want to because I know I can keep it alive, I don't because it'd be a personal buy, and it wouldn't be fair to those that know more about tending a theater than me."
"I'm not telling you what to do, but I have two points to add." Santana says, "The first one is your mental state; you are an amazing actress, you have a great career, but you're already pushing yourself too much sometimes. You know that when that happens, you stop eating and your personality shifts." She reaches for Rachel's hand and graze it, "And secondly, we're getting old, so if we want more kids we need to do it soon. That process costs a lot of money. We can afford it now, but I don't know if we could after a large investment."
Rachel raises her brow and chuckles. "Yeah, but one, I've been going to my therapist. Two, we make more money than we really spend. Three it'd be a great investment for our kids, and four, I know you would love owning a theater on Broadway for the bragging rights." She gently pokes Santana's nose. "I understand your points completely though, I won't buy it." She says and nods. "It wasn't that great of a theater anyways, just where I got my start."
Santana looks at Rachel with so much love, "If it's something you really want, we can discuss it further at home, when we have all the information." Santana tells Rachel as the waiter comes and serves them the food and drinks. After being busy all morning, Santana is starving and starts eating right away. The fish she ordered is so tasty, she can't help but moan, "This is absolutely delicious."
Rachel takes a bite of her food happily, almost mirroring the same moan Santana let out. "Fuck yeah, this is delicious." She smiles while chewing her food. "Also, mm.." Rachel dabs her napkin on her lips. "We don't need the theater, I can live without it." She says.
The couple kept eating and talking, mostly about the wedding and their future, since they're both can't wait. By sharing with each other their thoughts and feelings about the years ahead, they got the other even more excited than they already were. Now, while they're waiting for their desserts, the two, being the cheesy couple that they are, just gaze into each other's eyes. Before Santana has the chance to reach for Rachel's hand, a man approaches their table.
"Rache Berry? Is that really you?" A tall, handsome blond guy says to Rachel with a bright smile, causing Santana to tense up immediately.
"Hm?" Rachel's eyes shot up at the man. "Yes, it is really me, who's asking?" She asks.
"Now I'm hurt." He places a hand on his heart and chuckles, "James, we worked together a few years back, we were the only ones eating healthy in our cast.." He tries to jog her memory.
"Oh!" Rachel nods. "I remember you, wow.. Time flies, huh?" She chuckles some. "San, this guy worked with me on American Idiot, the Green Day play."
Santana forces a smile to her lips and nods at the man, then takes a sip from her drink. Her eyes never leaving this James guy, 'Can he see this is a date?' slowly the simple look turns to a glare as the guy keeps talking.
"Yeah, that was a great time!" James says, "I've seen you're doing very well these days and you look great." He gestures Rachel's body, then place his hand in his pocket. "So are you only working on tv now? I'm sure the theater misses you."
Now Santana glares so hard at him that she's sure he'd soon will catch on fire. She tries not to be disrespectful, even though she wants to rip this man's head off; Rachel has a status now and she doesn't want to do anything that can harm it. But she's not sure for how long she's going to be able to hold back her jealousy. Her body is tensed, her breathing is short and her jaw is clenched and she just wants him to go away.
"One day, I'll go back." Rachel looks over at Santana, seeing her tense up like crazy scares the brunette. "Uh, you know I am sorta on a date right now." She says. "My fiancee and I never really have time to ourselves because of our jobs, so.."
"Oh, a date.. With your fiancee.." The man moves uneasily in his place.
"Yes, her fiancee." Santana takes Rachel's hand and show him their rings.
The guy nods, "I h-hope to see you around.. Have a nice day." He says and leaves.
Santana keeps watching him until he's out of her sights, then let Rachel's hand go and brush her hair with her hand. Rational or not, the fact is that Santana got jealous. She's doing much better with fans coming up to Rachel, but she'd never be cool about people hitting on her future wife. She's gorgeous, who can blame them? But she's taken and Santana is all about making it clear; if that man would've stayed, she would've made him understand how wrong he was with coming there and talking to Rachel. When the waiter comes with their desserts, Santana asks him to box it for them and he quickly goes to do that.
"San." Rachel furrows her eyebrows. "Are you okay?" She asks.
"He was too friendly." Santana states and looks for the waiter to come back.
"Was he?" Rachel looks around then back at Santana. "Hm, well, I am an engaged woman, so he doesn't phase me." She says calmly.
The waiter comes back and Santana hands him her credit card and asks him if he can please hurry. "We're going to finish this date at home, because what I have in mind for you is very inappropriate for the outside." She whispers when he's gone. On the outside, Santana looks extremely calm, but inside she's burning with jealousy, lust and the need to mark Rachel as hers.
"Uh." Rachel's face lit up from Santana's comment, she gulps and nods a couple times. "O-Okay." She says.
After paying, The couple takes the small boxes with their desserts, walks to the car and Santana drives them home. The Latina keeps the same expression on the way, but gives Rachel a few lustful looks. It's good for her that they have some time before getting home, this way she can lose all the anger and stress from the two events that happened today and execute her little plan for Rachel perfectly.
The drive back home didn't take too long and soon enough Rachel and Santana were back home. They were welcomed by Dex and after giving him some attention, Santana asked Rachel to go wait for her in their room while she put the desserts in the fridge. She told her to sit at the edge of the bed and only to take her shoes off. Santana watched as Rachel walked up the stairs and disappeared in the hall, she then made her way to the kitchen. On her way to their room, Santana made a stop to check if Dex had water and food, then continued.
Santana walks into the room and smiles when she finds Rachel waiting for her. "Our fun time includes two parts," She says in a low tone and dims the lights, "The first requires you to behave and have self control, by that I mean you can't touch me." Santana taps her phone a few times, then place it in the dock, "In the second part I'm having my dessert, and you should be thankful that you're free tomorrow, because I doubt if you'd be able to move so much after I'll be done with you." Santana tells Rachel with a voice dripping with arousal and her eye are almost as dark as they ever got.
"Okay.." Rachel gulps and bites her lower lip, she rests her hands on her lap. She wasn't so sure if she should say anything else. "U-Uh.." She gulps again, then shakes her head.
Santana's face softens as she sees Rachel's expression, "What is it, babe?" She needs to do this, she craves it, but not if Rachel isn't comfortable with something or doesn't want it. She can stop, go take a very long cold shower and a run, if needed.
"It's nothing." Rachel assures Santana then crosses her legs and waits.
Santana nods once and starts the music. "I always knew I had a smoking body and we both know how much you like it." She says as she's taking her jewelries off, "But I thought to put on a little show, to make sure you don't forget what you have at home.. Or any other place you'd like." She explains and starts swaying her hips from side to side. Santana let her hair down, then moves her hand through it. She's unbuttoning her blazer and throws it off to the side. Her hands grab the hem of her black shirt and slowly pulls up and off her body. Santana always dresses up for work, that includes lingerie just for moments like this. So now Rachel if faced with a pink half laced and half see-through bra that supports Santana's breasts and her toned, mocha colored stomach.
By this point in their relationship, they know how to entice one another. Seeing Santana like this would instantly make Rachel want to change her panties, but she knows Santana too well, and she was more worried than turned on. "Oh, why am I not allowed to touch you?" She gives a soft gasp, playing along with what Santana had planned.
"Because you don't touch a person who puts on a show for you." Santana simply states and unbuttons her gray pants. She turns around and first kicks her heels away. Santana then bends over a little and, again very slowly, pulls her pants down. She takes her time with pulling it down her ass, revealing a matching thong, then she bends more to pull it down her legs. When the item is finally down, Santana kicks it aside. Her body moves to the rhythm of the music as she steps closer to where Rachel sits. "I think I need some help with my bra, you may touch." She says and sits on Rachel's right leg.
"Okay." Rachel says before helping Santana with her bra, she rests her tongue between her lips for a few seconds then rests her hands back on the bed.
Santana's excitement grows when all Rachel did is what she ask her to do. She pulls the straps of her bra down her hands, making sure to gently move herself against Rachel's leg and hit her core. When the bra is off, Santana throws it away, like with every item so far. "Are you enjoying the view, Rach?" Santana husks in her ear, "Oh, and I'm sorry, it seems like I ruined your pants." She smirks and keeps grinding.
"It's fine, I needed to do laundry this weekend anyways." Rachel gives Santana a slight smile.
"Really, babe?" Santana sighs, "You're talking about laundry while your hot, almost naked and obviously really horny fiancee is grinding on you? Should I stop and let you go do some chores?"
"You apologized for ruining my pants, I pretty much told you it was okay." Rachel raises an eyebrow. "You're the only one who said anything about stopping, not me." She says while waiting for something more to happen. "Whatever it is you have planned, do it." Rachel looked towards the floor and sighed.
"Yeah, you really sound like you want me to.." Santana shakes her head and gets up, "Just forget about it." She turns off the music and looks for her robe so she could go and take a shower.
"Oh my god.." She mutters to herself. "What the fuck happened, Santana?" Rachel asks somewhat angrily.
"Oh, sorry I don't want to feel like I'm forcing my girlfriend to have sex with me." Santana matches Rachel's tone as she puts her robe on and walks to the dresser to find something to wear.
"Once again, back to the girlfriend." Rachel throws her hands up. "It didn't seem like an issue when you thought I was into it, what the fuck happened?" She repeats, her tone lowering. "Make sure I don't forget..." Rachel mumbles to herself. "It's about James, isn't it?" She asks.
She didn't want to fight or argue, but Santana can go so far without some kind of a release to her anger and on top of it, she's sexually frustrated. "You are still my girlfriend or did we got married already and I missed it?" She grabs a shirt, then looks for pants and panties. "Yeah, it wasn't an issue because I thought you wanted it. Isn't that the whole point of consent?" She picks up the clothes and shut the drawer with a bit too much force. "What, you were going to go with it without wanting to, are you serious with me? Did it happen before? Do I need to question every time we ever had sex?" She turns to Rachel with a mix of hurt and anger on her face.
"It was about him, why?" Rachel asks. "Why were you so jealous?" She continues before placing her hand on Santana's arm.
"Why I was.. Rachel, you are surrounded by good looking and successful people," She moves away from Rachel, "People from your world, that understand what it's like, that no one will give you shit about their job. People that can give you things I can't." She tightens the robe around her body and crosses her arms. "We're old enough to know that love isn't enough to keep a couple together.. And I can't help but wonder sometimes why you're with me." She clears her throat and looks up, trying to hold back the tears, "We both came here we a dream and you deserve someone who didn't give up on hers.. Not someone you have to fake wanting to have sex with." Even the strong ones break sometimes. Santana never wanted to bring that up, but so much had happened today, that it was just pushed out.
"You're such a dummy sometimes.." Rachel says before hooking her arms around Santana's neck. "You helped give me a new family, a new life, a new perspective to see things." She lists as she rests her forehead against Santana's. "Honestly, the only reason why I remotely faked today was because I was more worried about you than I was turned on." She admits. "I do love you, and we have more than just love, we have a family, we have history." Rachel explains.
Santana's lips quiver as she pulls away again, "No, you don't fake with someone you love." Her voice now sounds broken and hurt; she once was in a relationship that, she thought, had a promising future, but she ended up crushed. "Did you think how it'd make me feel or you didn't think I'd notice or find out? You know that the mere thought of doing something with you that you don't like, make me sick.." She takes a few steps back, "You know I freely and happily gave up things because I love you and you go and pull something like that.. Do you have any idea how disgusted with myself I feel right now?"
Rachel looks down and nods. "Yeah.. I feel that every day, even now..." She admits. "I guess I will go..." She turns away to leave the room. "Are we even going to get married now?" Rachel asks.
Santana sighs; she has to be the stronger person for the both of them, even if she feels like she got kicked in her stomach a few times. "If I didn't go, you don't go." She says firmly, "Stop breaking your promise. I stopped running, yet you keep doing this to me like it doesn't break my heart to see you turn away every time." She says and some tears running down her face. "If you think we're that easy to break, then what are we even worth?" She tries asking with a steady voice, but can't. "If you want an out, here, you have one.. Just keep going and I promise I will pack my things and leave, you don't even need to say anything. Because I swear to you, Rachel, if you're walking out of this door, we're done." Her heart breaks saying words she never thought she'd say, certainly not a few months away from her wedding day. But everything she said were from her heart; she might seem strong and confident, but she gave Rachel her heart and the woman can easily crush it into dust in seconds.
Rachel looks down and nods. "Yeah.. I feel that every day, even now..." She admits. "I guess I will go..." She turns away to leave the room. "Are we even going to get married now?" Rachel asks.
Santana sighs; she has to be the stronger person for the both of them, even if she feels like she got kicked in her stomach a few times. "If I didn't go, you don't go." She says firmly, "Stop breaking your promise. I stopped running, yet you keep doing this to me like it doesn't break my heart to see you turn away every time." She says and some tears running down her face. "If you think we're that easy to break, then what are we even worth?" She tries asking with a steady voice, but can't. "If you want an out, here, you have one.. Just keep going and I promise I will pack my things and leave, you don't even need to say anything. Because I swear to you, Rachel, if you're walking out of this door, we're done." Her heart breaks saying words she never thought she'd say, certainly not a few months away from her wedding day. But everything she said were from her heart; she might seem strong and confident, but she gave Rachel her heart and the woman can easily crush it into dust in seconds.
"Why do you love me, be honest." Rachel asks. "I can't stop screwing up, I just.." She runs one hand through her hair, lips quivering quite a bit. "I'm so sorry..."
"While you keep giving up on yourself, you don't give up on me. You have a huge, warm heart for the ones who earn excess," Santana starts listing; she's hurt, but she didn't stop loving Rachel. "You give me a reason to wake up in the morning and do stuff, you make me smile during random times of the day.. Rachel, we are soulmates." She stresses the last three words. "You know I'd stand here as much as needed and gives you all the reasons and I'd do it whenever you need me to, but not when you're not being honest with me." She says. "Yes, I can get very jealous and possessive and I need sex, probably rougher and more frequent than others." She admits, "But I've changed or else that guy would've a broken jaw or something. Though, I won't be able to entirely give up on this kind of sex," Her body feels so tensed up that it's starting to hurt, "But if something is bothering you or you don't want to do it, you need to tell me, communication is the most important thing." Santana wipes the tears from her face and take a deep breath. "And you should know by now that you can talk to me about anything.. So what's going on?"
"I was just scared..." Rachel scratches her arm. "I was very aroused by the sight of your new underwear, but that was shoved aside for my fear that you were upset or angry." She tries to explain, but ultimately feels worse. "My intention was never to make you feel so bad, I promise. I did want you, so badly, but... My stupid worrying side of my brain said otherwise."
Santana reaches for Rachel's hand and pulls her closer, "I'm sorry I scared you, honey." She takes Rachel's hands and place them around her waist, then rests arms on Rachel's shoulders. "I guess I'm more stressed about the wedding than I thought and it's not mixing well with my jealousy. " She place her forehead on Rachel's, like the woman did before, "I just tried to prove something to myself that I already know; that you're all mine." Santana shrugs. "But Rach, please, don't fake and don't run from me anymore."
Rachel closed her eyes and nodded. "I'm so sorry..." She whispers as she grazes Santana's waist. "I'll never do that again, I promise." Rachel continues to whisper.
"I love you." Santana gently cups Rachel's face and peck her lips, "And I'm sorry too." She kiss Rachel's lips for a long moment, then holds her close.
"No." Rachel states. "You have no reason to be sorry, this was my screw up." She says, then brushes her nose against Santana's, her hand slowly moves in between the folds of Santana's robe to graze the bare skin of the Latina. "Let's take a nice warm shower, hm?"
Santana bites her lip and nods.
Rachel pulls Santana with her into their bathroom, when they are inside, Rachel opens some of Santana's robe then leans to kiss at her chest.
Santana's head sent backwards and her hands move to hold Rachel in place. She wants Rachel, she needs her, and not only right in the moment, but in her life as long as she lives. Santana is desperate for Rachel touch, so she pulls the woman against her and removes her shirt. "Please?" She asks and glance at Rachel's pants, then starts kissing her neck.
"Of course." Rachel undoes her belt, slides her pants slowly past her ass then she kicks them off to the side. Then, Rachel opens more of Santana's robe to reveal her lower body, her hands move towards Santana's waist and grazes it for a few seconds, then they travel towards the woman's ass, she squeezes it and presses herself more against Santana.
A moan slips Santana's lips at Rachel's touch. She cups Rachel's face, her thumbs caressing the area beneath her eyes. Still with her eyes open, Santana starts kissing and nibbling Rachel's lips softly. She takes Rachel glasses off and despite not wanting to move away, she does, only to place them on the counter. "Babe, can we go into the bath? I don't think I'd be able to stand through this." She asks on her way and takes her own panties off.
Rachel nods, then moves back slowly to take her bra and panties off, her breathing is already at an abnormal pace from the sensation she's getting. "Y-You start the bath?" She asks.
"Yeah." Santana answers and kiss Rachel's shoulder as she pass her. She knows Rachel doesn't see very well at the moment, but it doesn't stop her from bending over in a sexy way. She opens the faucet and lets the hot water fill the bath as she add something to create bubble bath and a nice aroma.
"Is it ready?" Rachel asks while holding her hands together, feeling rather nervous, this was most like due to the lack of clothing, or the fact she can't really see much of anything.
"It is." Santana answers and takes a couple of steps back to hold Rachel's hand, "Let me help you."
"Thanks." Rachel smiles a bit as they get in. "I-I am more used to taking showers so, I haven't familiarized myself with the bathtub." She explains before sitting down.
"You should try it more, it's great for relaxation, especially with some of the things I bought recently; oils and bath salts.." Santana says and she gets. She turns off the faucet and adjusts herself over Rachel's body. "The disadvantage, however, is that you'd have to settle for only my fingers." She tells Rachel and place kisses all over her face.
"It.." Rachel breathes in, her hand travels around Santana's body. "It's not a disadvantage, I still get you, right?" She asks with a slight smile, when she's able to she gives Santana's lips soft kisses.
"All yours." Santana mumbles and deepens the kiss, turning it passionate. She steadies her body with one hand and the other travels up and down Rachel's front. If earlier she wanted to ravish Rachel's body, now she takes her time. She gently bites Rachel's lips, then continues to kiss her slowly. Santana let her tongue only touch Rachel's for a few seconds at a time, she's teasing her even though they're both very turned on.
"Y-Yes.." Rachel was able to mutter as one hand slowly traveled down Santana's body, her hand is almost at a complete stop on the other woman's abs. Rachel's thumb feeling the ridges that came from Santana taking excellent care of herself, it damn near turns Rachel on to a-whole-nother level.
Santana breaks the kiss with a couple of pecks to Rachel's lips, then kiss her way down her fiancee's neck. She easily finds Rachel's sweet spot and waste no time; she kisses her hard, biting down and sucking on the skin that quickly turns red. Santana usually goes for less visible marks when get like this, but most of Rachel's body is under water and she needs it. "Only mine." She growls under her breath. Considering the length of their foreplay, Santana doesn't bother to tease Rachel more, instead she inserts two fingers into her and thrust them at a slow pace.
"Oh god.." Rachel lets out as her body raises a bit due to Santana's fingers working her, she takes deep breaths and looks towards Santana's direction, her tongue rests on her lips. "I l-love you.."
"I love you too." Santana says and smiles at the mark she gave Rachel. With her body raised, Santana now is able to target a different area. She brushes their noses together and kiss Rachel's lips a few times, then move to Rachel's chest. She moves her fingers a little faster, hitting that sensitive spot over and over again. While doing that, Santana holds Rachel a bit up and works on her left breast. She adores Rachel and she knows how to perfectly take care of her body. When she feels like it's the right time, Santana adds her thumb and circles Rachel's clit gently, now giving the woman everything she needs.
"S-San.. Oh, fuck.." Rachel clenches her eyes shut and wraps her arms around Santana's neck, holding her as close as she could. Her hips continuing to move as she is finally able to get her release, and a few seconds after she releases she rides Santana's fingers some more before relaxing her body. Rachel rests her head against Santana's shoulder, breathing against the other woman's bare skin.
Santana carefully pulls her fingers and holds Rachel tightly, for as long as she needs. "You are the most beautiful woman in the world." She says quietly and kiss her head.
Rachel takes some deep breaths, but as a reaction to what Santana said, she presses against Santana as much as she could. "You're the most perfect woman in the world.."
"How about we stay here a little longer, then I'll take Dex on his walk and make dinner?" Santana suggests as her hands roam Rachel's body.
Rachel looks at Santana, furrows her eyebrows and quivers her lips. "I love you..." She says, then pecks Santana's lips. "I still can't believe that you're going to get married to a screw up like me."
"You are not allowed to talk about the woman I love like that." Santana taps on Rachel's nose. "We're stuck together forever!" She laughs and pecks Rachel's lips.
"Well, I hope so!" Rachel chuckles with Santana. "I remember a couple years back, you were talking to Maribel.. Did you really think I didn't understand what you were saying?"
Santana nods, "When it happened, it slipped my mind because I was nervous and my mom kept telling how we're belong together.." She rolls her eyes and looks for a more comfortable position to sit, "But I remembered later and try to forget about it, not like there was much I could've done, I was already having trouble with my feelings, that I couldn't deal with much more."
"Reason I ask is, do you think it'd be weird if I did some Spanglish for the wedding?" Rachel asks then shakes her head a couple times. "I mean, sing some Spanglish."
"You're going to sing?" Santana's face lights up. "Babe, you I'd like you to, very much so." She feels like a little girl receiving a present.
"Well we are paying for a live band, so it would be nice to sing so they won't be completely bored." Rachel explains with a smile, the sound of Santana's voice being so happy over something as little as Rachel singing makes doing so, worth it.
"Yes!" Santana pulls Rachel for a quick hug. "That's it, we're going to have the perfect wedding." She says with a smile and rests her head on Rachel's shoulder.
"My soulmate, right here." Rachel grabs Santana's hand and grazes it for a few moments. "We'll probably prune up if we don't get out of the tub soon." she mentions.
Santana chuckles and nods. She gets out and walks to grab a towel, she then helps Rachel out and wraps the towel around her body. Santana cups Rachel's face and pecks her lips, she can't resist, her fiancee looks absolutely adorable. She hands Rachel her glasses, then wear her robe. After they get dressed, and like promised, Santana took Dex out and started to work on dinner, while Rachel got some rest in their room. Nothing comes easy for the women of this family, but every time they overcome their struggles and comes out stronger. Rachel and Santana have big fights sometimes; because they know everything there is to know about each other and are the most vulnerable with one another, they can hurt the other like no one else can. But the love they share is stronger than any argument, they are soulmates, hence they're going to stay together for many years; as happy and as difficult as they may be.
'till next time.