Its Christmas in the Lopez household! This is a nice fluffy chapter...a little angst but not a lot. Enjoy!
"She wants to see me." Santana whispered out. "But I don't know if I'm ready to see her." Santana looked up at Brittany. "Am I ready?"
Brittany was speechless. She didn't know what to say to the Latina. "I, uh, I cant answer that for you." Brittany said gently while stroking the Latina's arm. "That's a decision only you can make."
Santana tossed the letter back on the bedside table. "Yeah I know."
"SO is that why you tensed up at dinner when I brought up Lima?" Brittany asked.
"Yeah…it's been heavy on my heart and in my thoughts since I read it….I just don't know what to do." Santana replied sadly. "I love my abuela more than anything. I looked up to her, I admired her, hell I even idolized her and she kicked me out. She said she never wanted to see me again. She, she made me feel ashamed to be myself." Santana reached up and wiped a tear away.
"Follow your heart on this one baby. No matter what you choose, I will completely support you. You know that right?" Brittany responded. Santana nodded while leaning further into Brittany's embrace. "Well, we are all going to Lima anyways next week…so you can decide if you want to go then. I will even go with you if you want me to."
"Thanks Brit." Brittany squeezed her tight and kissed the top of her head.
"So do you think Noah will be happy with what Santa got him in the morning?" Brittany said with a smile.
"If not, I will have raised a more than spoiled child." Santana laughed.
"Well you chose to spend a small fortune on him." Brittany teased.
"I don't recall you being stingy with you platinum card either Brit." Santana playfully hit her while laughing.
"I love him so much Santana….its amazing. I really feel like he is my son." Brittany said while smiling.
"He is babe, well once you sign the papers." Santana reminded her. "W-why haven't you signed them yet?" She asked slowly. "Do you not want co guardianship?"
"Of course I do Santana. I just…I want to give you time to really think about what you're asking me. Me signing those papers is as huge a step as me proposing to you, don't you think?"
"B, I planned to give you those papers before you proposed." Santana replied while turning so she could look the blonde in eyes. "I didn't give them to you to make up for the proposal."
"I know you didn't. But, why did you give me the papers? Quinn's his godmother right?" Brittany asked while shuffling her position so her and Santana were completely facing one another.
"Yes Quinn is his godmother." Santana replied carefully. "But I'm not dating Quinn…if something were to happen to me, Noah would be yours. I asked you Brit because I love you, I trust you with Noah, I want to build a life with you and a family with you." Santana paused to think. "To me this was the first step in making us a real family."
"A proposal isn't the first step?" Brittany asked while raising her eyebrow.
Santana sighed lightly. "Brit, you said you weren't mad about that." Santana looked down at the sparkly ring on her finger. "You can have the ring back if you want…" She breathed out while attempting to slide it off.
"Santana, I said I wasn't mad because I'm not but if you take that ring off I will be mad." Brittany lifted her hand and slid the ring back closer to the Latinas knuckle. "I just don't understand your train of thought with this whole thing. You trust me with Noah but not your heart?"
Santana reached for Brittany's hand and kissed it before holding it in her lap. "Noah is my heart…and so are you. I trust you with my life, my heart, and my soul Brit. Don't ever doubt that. When I said it's too soon, it's because I don't trust myself." She slowly began. "I don't trust myself not to hurt you. I get so lost in my own head with the nightmares, and the blackouts that I don't trust myself completely. I'm scared I'm going to do something to mess this up."
Brittany furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "What do you mean you don't trust yourself not to hurt me? Like cheat on me?" She asked.
Santana's eyes widened. "No!" She leaned forward and quickly kissed Brittany gently on the lips. "I would never cheat on you Brit. I mean like emotionally hurt you. I can tell you're hurt and threatened by my friendship with Quinn." She whispered out.
"San, I'm not asking you to stop being Quinn's friend. I would never do that. I'm not asking you to choose between the two of us…I'm asking you to put Brittana before Quintanna." Brittany stated.
Santana smiled weakly at her. "I'm really trying Brit…I am."
"I know." Brittany leaned forward and hugged Santana tightly.
"Why are you scared to get married? We've talked about marriage plenty of times and you've never seemed scared befoe." Brittany asked.
Santana looked down. "I just don't want to do something to mess it up. I know I can be selfish and I just think I will ruin it."
Brittany frowned. "You wont Santana, have a little more faith in yourself. We can talk more about this another day. Ready for bed?" Brittany responded while moving to lay back down and promptly closing her eyes.
Santana glanced over at the clock. "Well it is midnight…I was hoping to give you your present." She responded shyly.
Brittany's eyes popped open as she quickly sat up rubbing hands together. "Presents!" She squealed.
"So freakin adorable." Santana chimed while walking to the closet and pulling out a long tube and a square box.
Santana sat Indian style on the bed in front of Brittany who quickly folding her legs mimicking the Latina. "Ok, here's the first one Brit Brit." Santana said cheerfully while placing the box in Brittany's hand.
Brittany opened the box and gasped. She pulled out a platinum bracelet covered in black and white diamonds, followed by a matching necklace. "San…." Brittany breathed out.
"Do you like it?" Santana asked softly.
"I love it! This is gorgeous Santana!" Brittany squealed as she tackled the Latina peppering her with kisses. Santana smiled brightly as Brittany leaned back in her original position.
"I'm glad you like it…here's the second part of your gift." She hands her the long tube.
Brittany frowns in confusion as she pulls a picture of the tube and unrolls it. "What is it?"
Santana smiles while she crawls across the bed and sits behind Brittany leaning the blonde back on her. Santana reaches around and points to the picture. "This baby, is how your dance studio will look downstairs in the basement."
Brittany shifts and looks up at Santana. "What?"
Santana flips over the picture and shows Brittany a blueprint. "There is extra space in the basement next to the game room that I had no idea what to do with. So I just put up a wall so the boys wouldn't go over there. I'm building you a dance studio. I mean you can design it however you want, but I wanted to show a picture…." Santana was cut off by Brittany crashing her lips against hers and leaning her down kissing her passionately.
"You don't have to do that." Brittany breathed out when they finally broke for air. Santana reached up and wiped the tears away from Brittany's eyes.
"This house is as much yours as it is mine now Brit, you live her too. I have my studio so I can work from home. I want you to have the same flexibility baby. You can put together routines and practice and everything from home now." Santana said with a soft smile.
"I love you so much San." Brittany gushed while pulling her back up in the sitting position.
"I love you too Brit." Santana replied while smiling shyly and reaching for Brittany's hand.
"Well, can I give you your gift now?" Brittany asked while bouncing on the bed.
Santana held up the rock on her right hand. "This is gift enough Brit." She said slowly. "I can only imagine what this cost you." She shook her head. "I don't need anything else."
"You really want to talk about the cost of gift?" Brittany said with raising her eyebrow. She gave the Latina a quick kiss and grabbed her purse off the floor. "Noah helped me decide." Brittany gushed with a twinkle in her eye.
"I love how your eyes sparkle when you talk about Noah." Santana said with her hand on her chest. "It literally makes my heart melt every time."
Brittany ducked her head and blushed while she handed Santana an envelope. Santana pulled out 3 plane tickets and a brochure. "Hawaii?" She asked with a smile.
"Yep, I'm taking you and Noah to Hawaii right after we leave Lima next week. It'll be our first family vacation." Brittany said not being able to contain her smile.
"I'm sure Noah will love this." Santana said with a smile. "It lands right on his birthday."
"I know, that's why I rented us a private house for the week, so we will have all the privacy we want while we are in paradise." Brittany added while opening the brochure to show Santana the house.
"Oh my God! This house looks amazing B! You have to let me help you pay for this." Santana replied.
Brittany shook her head. "There's something else in the envelope."
Santana pulled out another brochure with a picture of the Eifel Tower on the front. "Brit… Brit….Brit!' She squealed out as tears came streaming down her face as she opened the brochure and two more plane tickets dropped out.
"You need a vacation baby, we need a vacation together…to relax…to enjoy each other…to get to know one another as adults and to understand one another better. Basically to work on us. What better place to do that than in the most romantic city in the world…Paris." Brittany said softly while pulling Santana into her chest and kissing her gently.
"I've always wanted to go to Paris Brit." Santana cried.
"I know…and now we are baby. Mercedes is meeting us in Hawaii the day we leave to take Noah back to LA with her while we head to Paris." Brittany continued. "I made a few friends when I was tour over there and they set us in a penthouse suite of an upscale hotel for the week.
"I don't know what to say…" Santana whispered. "This is perfect."
"Say you'll go to Paris with me so we can fall in love all over again." Brittany mused while leaning forward and kissing her passionately.
"I can't wait to Brit." Santana said softly while pulling Brittany close and hugging her tightly. "Thank you baby…I love you more than you know."
"You're okay with Mercedes taking Noah from Hawaii?" Brittany asked.
"Of course, any decision you make about Noah I trust you Brittany ok?" Santana said seriously. "I trust you." She leaned forward and kissed her gently.
"There is a sleeping 4 year old in the room down the hall expecting Santa. So we better go get all of the gifts out of the studio and put them under the tree." Brittany reminded her while hopping off of the bed and pulling Santana up with her.
Brittany had her arms wrapped tightly around the Latina while Santana had her face tucked in Brittany's chest. They had just gone to sleep an hour or so ago after putting the gifts under the tree. Once back in their bedroom they spent another hour just talking idling, while cuddling and exchanging innocent kisses, and enjoying each other's company until they fell asleep.
There was a soft knock on the bedroom door. "Mommy? B?" Santana stirred in her sleep but didn't wake up. Noah knocked again a little harder this time. "Mommy? B?" Noah said a little louder this time garnishing Santana's attention. She sat up slowly and looked at the clock, it was only 4am. She climbed out of bed quickly and went to the door.
"Hey mijo, what's wrong?" Santana asked sleepily while kneeling down to Noah's eye level.
"My eyes itch" He said while rubbing his red eyes which were slightly swollen with irritation.
"Don't rub them baby." Santana whispered while picking him up and carrying him to the bathroom. She closed the door so she wouldn't wake up Brittany when she turned on the bathroom light. She set him gently on the counter while wincing at the bright light. She leaned on the counter to steady herself now feeling a pounding in her head. She wet a clean towel with cold water and gently dabbed his eyes. "That feel better?" She asked while running her hands up and down his sides.
"Thank you" He said softly while nodding.
"You're welcome baby. Want to lay down with mommy and B?" Santana asked with a smile.
He nodded while yawning as Santana picked him up and went back to bed. She set Noah down first then climbed in bed behind him, putting him between her and Brittany. Brittany stirred and opened her eyes slowly when she felt Noah wiggling to get comfortable.
"Everything ok San?' Brittany asked while sitting up slightly.
"Yeah his eyes were itching so I just put a wet towel on them to soothe them. Sorry to wake you Brit." Santana replied softly as Noah turned into her chest and fell asleep almost instantly. The Latina winced slightly as she spoke.
"Its fine." Brittany replied while rubbing Noah's back and leaning forward to kiss the back of his head. "You okay, your eyes look a little glazed? Do you have a headache?" She asked Santana.
"Yeah I'm fine Brit." Santana leaned over to kiss the blonde gently. "Let's get some sleep before he wakes back up and realizes," Santana covers Noah's ears with her hands before finishing. "Its Christmas morning." She whispers.
She leans over again. "Merry Christmas baby." She whispers against Brittany's lips before kissing her.
"Merry Christmas to you too baby." Brittany whispers back.
The two fall back asleep, Santana with Noah cuddled into her chest with her arm over him laying on Brittany's thigh, Brittany facing them with her hand resting on Noah's back. 2 hours later Noah wakes up and looks around almost stunned at where he is. Santana feels him wiggling and squirming and wakes up. As soon as she opens her eyes she's met with a wet kiss. "Its Christmas!" Noah exclaims while jumping up.
"Feliz Navidad, Merry Christmas." Santana says with a smile.
"Feliz Navidad." Noah mimicks with a twinkle in his eyes. "Can we go see if Santa came?" He said while climbing over Brittany.
"Noah Antonio." Santana said sternly as he stepped on Brittany's stomach waking the blonde up.
"Sorry B." He leans down and rubs her stomach earning a smile from the blonde.
"Its okay, Merry Christmas little man." Brittany replies while scooping him up and setting him in her lap to give him a hug. He gives her a kiss on the cheek. "Go see what Santa got you." She says as she sets Noah on the floor and watches him take off running out the bedroom.
She then turns to Santana and pulls her into her lap so the Latina is straddling her, she leans forward and kisses her passionately while running her hands up and down Santana's back under her shirt, noticing the Latina feels extremely warm. When they break the kiss Santana leans forward into Brittany's chest and nuzzles her face there.
"Are you ready for today Sanny?" Brittany asked gently while continuing to move her hands.
Santana lifted her head sighed in to the blondes neck. "I hope so."
"Well I wont leave your side baby. Ok?" Brittany reassures her. "Let go downstairs."
Noah opened all his gifts from Santa and Santana, which consisted of cars, trucks, video, games, clothes, shoes, board games, a new bike, and probably every popular toy at the moment. Noah was trudging through the wrapping paper and smiled over at Santana. "That's all of them mommy." He said happily.
"Not yet, I have a gift for you sweetie." Brittany said with a smile while standing up.
"From Santa?" He asked while he moved to sit in Santana's lap on the floor.
"No it's from B." Santana replied.
Brittany came back from the sunroom with a box with holes in it. Santana locked eyes with Brittany and raised her eyebrow at her as Brittany kicked some wrapping paper out of the way to make space on the floor. She sat down cross-legged and waved for Noah to come over. He walked over slowly and sat in Brittany's lap.
"Remember your cast on your arm sweetie?" Brittany asked.
"Yeah it was a turtle shell!" Noah said proudly.
"Right." She replied with a smile. "Well B got you a real turtle." She reached around him and took the lid off of the box revealing 2 small turtles.
"Woooowww!" Noah squealed out putting a huge grin on Brittany's face. "Mommy look!" Santana got up and walked over to see the turtles.
"Those are cool Noah. Brittany where did you get colorful ones?" Santana asked while sitting on the floor next to Brittany. "This big pet store a ways out." She replied casually.
"Can I touch his shell?" Noah asked while looking up at Brittany.
"Very gently." She replied with a smile.
Noah tentatively stuck his finger in the box and grazed it against the shell of one of the turtles. "They are both mine?" He asked with an even bigger smile.
"Yep…they are both yours." Brittany responded.
He stood up and gave her a huge hug. "Thanks B. Wait til Eli and Manny see!"
"You, Eli, and Manny can only touch the turtles when B, Mommy, or Aunt Quinn is around to help you." Santana stated. "Understood?"
"Ok." Noah nodded his eyes never leaving the small turtles that were slowly walking around the box.
"I got a really cool tank that they live in, so let's go put them in so they get comfortable." Brittany replied while standing up and picking up the box. Santana grabbed Noah's hand and they walked over to the sunroom where Brittany had a huge tank already set up and decked out for the turtles.
"What do they eat?" Noah asked while Santana held his waist from behind as he stood on a stool watching Brittany place the turtles in the tank and close the lid.
"Well, we can give them worms and spiders, or they can eat lettuce or kale, or we can buy turtle food." Brittany replied while running to the kitchen to grab a piece of lettuce to give Noah. "Lets try lettuce today."
"I can do it?" He asked while looking up at Santana.
"Yeah go ahead baby, carefully." Santana encouraged while opening a small portion of the lid so Noah could toss the lettuce in. Once he did one of the turtles crawled over and began nibbling the lettuce while the other stayed in the corner.
"He wont eat." Noah said sadly pointing to the one in the corner.
"He may not be hungry right now baby." Santana said gently. "He will eat when he's ready."
"Ok…" Noah said while staring intently at the tank.
"While the turtles eat, why don't you go grab the 1st part of the gift you got B." Santana said while lifting him off the stool and back on the floor. "After you get dressed and when Eli and Manny come over you can come back out and look at the turtles with them."
"Ok." Noah took off running out of the room.
"Is it ok I got him a turtle?" Brittany asked. Santana turned and wrapped Brittany in a hug.
"Yeah its fine, it will teach him responsibility. I'm just happy you didn't get a hamster or a snake." She laughed while leaning up to kiss the blonde. "Besides, these are really cool looking ones, they are a nice addition to the sun room."
Brittany and Santana were sitting on the couch waiting for Noah when Santana yawned and laid her head on Brittany's bare shoulder. "You feel warm San." Brittany said while bringing her hand up to feel the Latina's neck. "Sure you're feeling ok?"
"I'm just a little tired." She replied softly while clenching her jaw and closing her eyes.
"Well when we are done here, go lie down and I will clean up the wrapping paper tornado aftermath and start prepping for dinner." Brittany replied while stroking Santana's check with her thumb.
"Mommy I got it." Noah yelled as he came into the living room. Santana winced at the loud noise and opened her eyes while sitting up.
"You have a migraine don't you?" Brittany whispered to the Latina.
"The start of one." She whispered back.
Brittany the small of back to comfort her and focused her attention on Noah who was smiling while presenting her with a small box, it was apparent he wrapped it himself.
"Did you wrap this all by yourself?" Brittany asked while a smile.
Noah nodded while jumping up and down. "Mommy wanted to help but I wouldn't let her."
Brittany pulled the paper off and opened the box and pulled out a charm bracelet.
"It's a carm bracelet." Noah said.
"Charm bracelet baby. Charm." Santana gently corrected him while laying on her arm on the end of the couch.
"Yeah it's a charm bracelet." Noah said with a smile.
"Why don't you come explain to me what each charm is for." Brittany said while stretching her arms out to pick Noah up. Once in her lap he wiggled to get comfortable, and took the bracelet in his hands.
"This is a star because when nanny and grandpa died you helped me and mommy decorate star cookies with Aunty Quinn, Eli, and Manny. This is a spacha because you always let me help make pancakes"
"Spat – u – la mijo." Santana gently helped.
"Yeah a spat u la." Noah said slowly to make sure he said it correctly.
"This is a slide cuz when we went to the park before you got on a the plane, mommy was crying and then you made her feel better when we all got on the slide together."
Brittany felt her eyes welling up and began to try to blink the tears away. Santana noticed and grabbed Brittany's held and held it.
"This one is hands because you always give me a hug when I'm sad or sick and you hug mommy when she cries." Brittany couldn't hold it any longer and the tears began to spill out of her eyes.
"This is one is me and you!" He said excitedly holding up a charm that had a picture of the two together from the mall a few weeks ago.
"And the last one is a cat because of Tubby!" Noah said handing Brittany the bracelet while jumping off her lap and running out of the room.
"W-what's a tubby?" Brittany whispered to Santana who simply smirked and shrugged at the blonde.
Noah came running back with a small grey kitten in his arms. "Careful mijo, remember he's a baby." Santana reminded him. "Be gentle with him."
"This is Tubby!" Noah said while holding out the kitten to Brittany.
"He looks just like Lord Tubbington as a baby." Brittany gushed.
"Yeah and like 50 lbs lighter." Santana quipped.
"Mommy said you used to a have a cat like this but he got sick and died…so I got you a new one." Noah said while rocking side to side.
"He is so cute….Tubby is the perfect name for him." Brittany smiled while kissing the kitten.
"Do you like your gift?" Noah said shyly.
Brittany placed the kitten on the couch and reached down to pick up Noah. "This is the best gift I've ever gotten Noah." Brittany said with tears streaming down her face. Noah wiped her tears away and gave her a huge hug.
"I love you B." He said sweetly.
"I love you too Noah." Brittany said softly while holding him tight.
It was now 3pm, Santana, Brittany, and Mercedes were putting the final touches on dinner in the kitchen. Quinn was in the living room with Puck, Rachel, the boys, and some other random Christmas guests.
Santana was slicing the ham when she noticed her hand felt numb and tingling. She took a deep breath while opening and closing her hand a few times to her the numbing feeling out. "Shit…" She whispered to herself before slamming the knife on the table. Brittany and Mercedes both turned around at the sudden noise. Mercedes gave her a sympathetic smile and carried some food out to the dining room.
Brittany walked up behind Santana and wrapped her arms around the Latinas waist. Santana leaned back in Brittany's embrace and sighed. "What's wrong?"
"My hand is numb." Santana replies. "I can't slice the damn ham."
Brittany grabbed Santana's hand and gently massaged it, she then kissed her neck. "You still have a fever." She said softly. "Here let me do the ham baby." Santana nodded and turned around burying her face into Brittany's chest and silently sobbing a little.
Quinn walked in to the kitchen and cleared her throat. "Um, everything ok?" She asked.
"San is a little sick with a migraine." Brittany said while rubbing her back. "Can you have her lay down Quinn, and force her to take some pills for her migraine." Quinn nodded and walked further into the kitchen.
"I, I'm fine Quinn. I can go myself." Santana quickly walked out of the kitchen.
"Did I do something?" Quinn asked.
"I'm sure you didn't Q. Can you slice the ham for me?" Brittany asked.
"Sure Brit, we can handle the rest. Go check on her." Quinn said while picking up the knife.
"Is Santana ok?" Rachel asked as she entered the question. "She ran through the living room pretty quickly."
Quinn kept her gaze down while she continued to slice the ham. "Um, today is probably just hard for her."
Rachel nodded. "Do you need help?"
"Ummm yeah can you take the rolls out of the oven, please?" Quinn said quietly.
Rachel took them out and put them in a basket before walking over to Quinn. "We need to finish our conversation Quinn." She whispered.
"There is nothing to talk about Rachel." Quinn replied coldly.
"Prove it Quinn…" Rachel said with tears in her eyes. "Prove that it meant nothing to you."
"You left me Rachel, not the other way around. I woke up and you were gone. So does it mean anything to me anymore? No." Quinn picked up the tray. "Now if you'll excuse me I need to get this food out for dinner." Quinn brushed past Rachel leaving the brunette standing with tears in her eyes.
Brittany followed Santana upstairs and into the bedroom. "What's wrong?" Brittany asked her.
"You can't tell me to put you before Quinn then ask Quinn to look after me when I'm sick." Santana said through tears. "It's not fair.
"San….what? I asked her to help you upstairs and get you some aspirin. She's still your friend baby." Brittany asked while sitting down. "What's really going on? You've been avoiding Quinn all day."
"I know I have been." Santana said while looking down at her hands.
"Why?" Brittany asked gently.
"I don't want to talk about it Brit." Santana said while standing and walking to the bathroom. Brittany jumped up and stood in front of the door.
"Get out of my way Brit or…" Santana hissed out.
"Or what you'll go all Lima Heights on my ass?" Brittany said incredulously.
"Move the fuck out of the way B." Santana yelled.
Brittany crossed her arms and planted her feet. "No, we are going to talk. Your idle threats don't scare me Santana…you know that."
"Brittany….move please." Santana said weakly losing all the fight in her body and crumpling to the floor crying.
"San…." Brittany said softly while sliding to the floor and pulling the Latina in her lap. "Baby…talk to me."
"I want my mom." Santana cried into Brittany's chest. "I miss my mom." She choked out.
"Its okay baby." Brittany said softly while rocking the Latina and humming softly until she calmed down. "I know today is hard."
"Last year on Christmas Quinn and my mom helped me cook dinner. So being around Quinn is hard right now." Santana whispered.
"Its probably hard for Quinn too." Brittany said gently while standing up. "You gotta remember you're not the only one hurting sometimes San." Brittany extended her hand out to the Latina to pull her up. "Clean your face up baby and come join us for Christmas dinner." Brittany opened the bathroom door for the Latina and turned on the light for her. She gave her a kiss on the cheek and a small smile before leaving the room.
"I'll be waiting for you." Brittany called over her shoulder.
20 minutes later Santana came downstairs and joined the rest of the party. She walked up to Brittany and gave her a hug right away.
"Thanks Brit." She whispered in the blonde's ear. "I needed to hear that. I was being selfish and not thinking of how Q is probably doing. You're away from your parents and your dad is sick. I'm sorry." She gave the blonde a kiss.
"I'm proud of you baby." Brittany whispered back breaking their embrace.
"Mind if I go talk to Q?" Santana asked while grabbing Brittany's hand.
"Go ahead San. She is in the sunroom with the boys." Brittany replied with a smile. Santana lifted Brittany's hand and kissed it gently before walking away.
Santana walked to the sunroom where Noah and Manny were talking excitedly while staring at the turtle tank, and Eli was sitting on the floor with Tubby playing with him. Quinn was sitting on one of the couches drinking a bottle of water watching in amusement how intrigued the boys were with turtles.
"Hey boys, why don't you go get cleaned up for dinner." Santana said while ruffling Noah's hair.
"What about Tubby?" Eli said while carrying the small kitten over to the Latina.
Santana smiled and bent down to take the kitten. "I'll take him Eli. Tell B we will be there in a few minutes."
Santana sat down next to Quinn and placed the kitten on the floor. "I'm shocked you got Brit another cat. You hated Lord Tubbington." Quinn said softly while watching Tubby roll around on his back.
"When I showed Noah pictures of Brit from high school with Lord Tubbington he wanted to get her one for Christmas." Santana shrugged.
"Are you mad at me S? Did I do something?" Quinn asked while turning to finally face the Latina.
"No…I'm sorry Q." Santana started. "Um, it was hard being around you earlier because it reminded me of last year when we cooked Christmas dinner with my mom. It hurt too much."
Quinn nodded while a tear escaped her eyes. "Brit helped me realize that it's probably hard for you this year as well, and that I wasn't being fair. So I'm sorry." Santana continued
Quinn leaned over and pulled Santana into a hug. "Its ok babe. I know it's hard for you this year." Santana broke down a little in Quinn's arms but pulled herself together quickly and sat up slowly wiping her eyes. "You're growing San." Quinn said with a smile. "I'm proud of you."
Santana felt Tubby walking over her feet and glanced down. "My house is becoming a zoo." Santana mused while reaching down to rub the kitten.
"You love it." Quinn said with a smile. "Come on let's go eat dinner."
How cute was Noah's gift?
When will Brittany finally sign the co-guardianship papers?
Santana is slowly growing, with Brittany's help.
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