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"You are doing such an awesome job Mackenzie." Santana beamed as the little blonde furrowed her eyebrows in concentration while painting her mother's toenails.
Mackenzie looked up and smiled at Santana brightly. "Thanks mommy." She replied excitedly before going back to her painting with a big smile on her little face.
Santana inwardly cringed at her usually perfectly pedicured feet, which were now covered in bright pink nail polish. The weather was not on the Lopez-Pierce family side that day with the morning starting off with a thunderstorm, causing Santana to just order room service for breakfast for everyone. The storm subsided around noon but a constant and steady rain still poured from the sky, forcing the family to stay in the hotel.
Brittany stayed in bed and slept the morning away, only waking up to eat a small breakfast and take her daily medicine and vitamin cocktail; so Santana decided to take the kids down to the pool for a few hours, to let her wife rest in peace, since the boys were quickly going stir crazy. When the pool area got too crowded Santana allowed Noah to take Ashton and Carter to an arcade in the park, with full security. She asked Mackenzie if she wanted to do anything special and the little blonde wanted to play beauty shop. So Santana sat in the living room of the suite, with 10 ponytails all around her head, complete with ribbons and barrettes. She allowed Mackenzie to put makeup on her as well, which left her with a thick layer of red lipstick on, purple eye shadow on one eyelid, orange on the other and the rosiest cheeks ever, due to the copious amount of blush Mackenzie used.
"We do your fingers too?" Mackenzie asked when she finally finished and handed Santana the nail polish bottle while she blew on her mothers toes to help them dry faster.
"Ummm, maybe another day, let's save the rest of the nail polish for momma's toes." Santana suggested with a smile.
"Ok." Mackenzie smiled while crawling in Santana's lap. The Latina tightened the bottle and set it down while propping her feet up to let her toes dry.
She then wiggled her toes. "Thank you, Mackenzie." She said before she kissed Mackenzie on the forehead and rubbed her back as the little blonde cuddled close to her chest.
"Are you tired, baby girl?" She asked her softly. "We can go nap with momma."
Mackenzie shook her head quickly. "I just want to hug you."
Santana smiled and hugged her daughter tighter. "Thank you, I love your hugs, they are the best ever."
"Better than mommas?" Mackenzie asked while looking up at her mother.
Santana laughed at the trick question. "Hmmmmm." She hummed out while tapping her chin softly as Mackenzie turned and straddled her to look her mother in her eyes. "Well..." Santana dragged out while looking around the room.
Mackenzie laughed and used her little hands to steady Santana's face to look at her; once they locked eyes, the Latina smiled and tightly closed her eyes.
"Mommy!" Mackenzie smiled while patting Santana's cheeks until the Latina opened her eyes.
"You and momma are a tie for the best hugs." Santana finally replied with a smile before kissing her on the forehead.
"Ok." Mackenzie nodded. "How come my eyes are blue and yours are brown?" She then asked while playing with Santana's necklace.
"Different people have different color eyes, sweetheart, just like Ashton's are grey." Santana told her. "It just happens that way."
"Oh." Mackenzie furrowed her eyebrows. "Tia Quinn's are green."
Santana nodded. "So are Eli's." The Latina added with a smile. "What color are Noey's eyes?"
Mackenzie thought for a minute. "Her's are green too."
"Espanol?"
"Verde." Mackenzie said shyly.
"Muy buena." Santana praised her. "Very good sweetheart."
"Danielle's are blue like Aunt Hannah's." Mackenzie stated.
Santana nodded. "That's right." Santana responded just as her cell phone rang. "Can you grab mommy's phone please?" Santana asked her while setting her on the floor.
"Can I answer?" Mackenzie asked while running to the table and grabbing the phone.
"Not this time." Santana told her. "Bring it here please." Mackenzie ran over to her mother quickly and gave her the phone and climbed back in her lap as the Latina answered.
Hey Emily, what's up?
Sorry to bother you, I know you are on vacation.
It's fine, not a big deal, we got rained out today anyways so I'm just hanging out with Mack.
Ok. I got a few calls and emails with modeling and commercial opportunities for Mackenzie.
Cool, really?
Should I set up a meeting?
Santana shook her head. Brit handles all of Mackenzie's casting calls and photo-shoots, run it past her. I just follow her lead on Mackenzie's career; I don't make any of the major decisions.
I called her, she didn't answer.
Yeah, she's asleep. Why don't you email Brit the info and CC me on the email, we can look over it together. Is there a deadline for anything?
Well Oreos wants her for the Valentine's Day commercial with Brittany again, so that deadline is soon, everything else is should be okay until after the New Year. I'm emailing you everything right now.
Great, did you hear anything from our lawyers about Karly going on CNN?
Yes, Karly's guardians have been notified and served with a cease and desist letter. Did you still want to move forward with legal action?
Santana sighed. I do, but I don't know if Brit wants to. We aren't looking for any monetary compensation or anything, so I don't know if it's really worth it. We'll talk about that and get back to you.
Ok, and the doctor's office has been notified and served with a letter as well, the receptionist who gave Karly extra information about Brittany's medical file has been terminated, and your lawyer is drawing up a confidentially contract that each doctor and nurse that sees Brittany has to sign, otherwise they aren't allowed to see her file.
Great. Can you email us a copy of those letters?
I absolutely will. I don't know if Zack called you yet but you have a media tour for your new album, starting in 2 weeks and lasting for almost a month.
What? Santana almost yelled. No, I'm not going on a month long tour right now; they need to reformat it somehow.
Well you are doing media rounds in California, Texas, Arizona and a stop in Vegas then you have an Eastern tour that's half for your album and half for your movie. There is an 11 day break inbetween the two tours.
Fine, email me the exact dates please so I can see if it works, Brit's still getting used to her medication and working through being tired, I can't leave her with the kids right now, Hannah has a new born so she can't come over and help, and I don't want to send Momma P crazy by having her drive back and forth between her two daughters houses.
Ok, just emailed you the tentative schedule I have.
One more thing Emily….
Ok.
Take the next couple days off and enjoy the holiday. Santana smiled. Don't reply to any email unless it from our lawyer. Relax, party, get wasted, and bring the New Year right.
Are you sure?
Positive, we'll be back home on the 2nd, let's meet around 2pm, and hash out everything for the first quarter of the year.
Thanks Santana.
You're welcome, Happy New Year, and stay safe.
You too.
Santana smiled and hung up the phone. "Do you want to take some more pretty pictures, Mackenzie?" When the little blonde didn't answer, she looked down and saw she was fast asleep on her chest. "Nap time it is." Santana said softly while carefully turning her body so she could lay on the couch, she placed Mackenzie in front of her, and kissed her on the forehead before closing her own eyes.
Brittany stirred and woke up slowly, she was stretching her arms when she finally opened her eyes and saw Ashton and Carter in bed with her. Ashton was on his iPad sitting next to her while Carter sat next to him and watched.
"Hey." Brittany said softly while rubbing Carter's leg.
Carter turned and smiled at her. "Hi Momma." He quickly leaned down and kissed her on the cheek.
"What are you two knuckleheads doing in here?" She teased while sitting up and hugging Carter who instantly latched on to her.
"Playing Flappy Bird." Ashton replied, his eyes never leaving the screen.
"Grey's good." Carter nodded. "He got 50."
"What is Flappy Bird?" Brittany asked as she lifted Carter in her lap and scooted closer to Ashton.
"You have this bird and you tap the screen to make him fly, and he has to fly through these tunnels, if he hits the tunnel, the game is over." Ashton explained. "Want to try?"
Brittany smiled. "Sounds easy enough."
"Sounds is the key word." Noah said as he stood up from the side of the bed.
"Why are you on the floor?" Brittany asked.
"There wasn't room in the bed." Noah laughed while sitting on the other side of Brittany, on the edge of the bed to watch her play.
"You play this too?" Brittany asked.
"The world does, you are probably the only one still playing Candy Crush." He laughed.
"Hey, I like Candy Crush, your mom would freak out if she knew how much money I've spent on the game though." Brittany laughed. "I play Angry Birds, and QuizUp too." Brittany defended herself. "I've branched out a little."
"I bet you're really good." Carter smiled.
"Where's your mom and Mackenzie?" Brittany asked.
"Living room." Noah stated while texting on his phone. "Can I invite a few more people to my birthday party?"
Brittany frowned slightly. "You already have over 100 guests Noah, what did your mom say?"
"I didn't ask her, I just got a text." Noah replied.
"How many more people?" Brittany asked.
"5."
Brittany sighed. "Fine, text Emily and see if she can get invitations out to them. Remember, they need invitations to get in to the club your mom rented out, and no alcohol."
"Ok, cool." Noah smiled. "Thanks."
"Did you boys eat lunch?" Brittany asked as she glanced at the clock and Carter sneezed. "Bless you."
He sniffled and leaned back on her chest. "Thanks."
"Are you getting sick?" She asked him while checking his neck for a fever. Carter shook his head quickly.
"We after we went swimming." Ashton nodded.
"Ok, so how do I start it?" Brittany asked while staring at the ipad.
"Tap the screen." Ashton told her while touching the ipad. "Keep tapping so the bird flies."
20 minutes later a very frustrated Brittany tossed the ipad on the bed. "That game sucks." She mumbled out.
Noah fell over laughing, "Well you only cleared 2 tunnels." He added.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Brittany smiled. "I'm going to talk to your mom about dinner plans, be right back."
Noah went out on the balcony as Carter watched Ashton start a new game, Brittany smiled at her boys and grabbed her phone she left the room. She was going through her emails when she saw Santana on the couch with Mackenzie fast asleep.
"What the hell?" She laughed out quietly when she saw the Latina's makeup and hair. Brittany had to cover her mouth and turning around she was laughing so hard. "I'm so blackmailing her with this." She laughed while taking numerous pictures of the Latina's makeover.
Brittany then ran quietly back to the bedroom and closed the door. "Want to have some fun?" She asked the boys with a big smile.
"Doing what?" Carter asked. "It's raining and mommy said we have to stay inside."
"Hmmmm, she did huh?" Brittany asked. Carter and Ashton both nodded as Noah walked back in the room.
"How about we have some fun inside then?" Brittany said with a smile. She looked around the room and grabbed her sneakers and her purse. "I have an idea, quietly follow me."
Brittany took the boys to every gift shop she could find nearby and bought everything they needed. Once they got back to their suite, she smiled happily when she saw Santana still fast asleep. The Latina had now turned so she was on the outer edge of the couch, while she cuddled Mackenzie tightly on the inside of the couch. She led the boys back to their bedroom and had them unload the 10 bags of stuff she bought. She passed out the items and created a game plan with her sons; she then put simple army battle lines on Carter and Ashton's face with her eyeliner pen.
"Ok..." She whispered. "On three we attack." She looked around at her three sons as they one by one nodded in agreement. "Carter, go over there sweetheart, and Ashton you go to that side." She pointed. "Noah, you cover my back."
"Got it." Noah smiled while turning his baseball cap backwards on his head. Carter quickly ran and rolled on the floor dramatically to get in position, while Ashton did the same thing.
Brittany looked around slowly. "Yo Snixx!" She then yelled out loudly while throwing a water balloon at Santana to wake her up.
"What the fuck?" Santana groaned out as she woke up from the balloon hitting her in the back and instantly soaking her t-shirt. "I swear to God, someone is in a shit load of trouble." She snapped as she slowly sat up and turned around. She widened her eyes when she saw Brittany and her sons in attack mode. "Oh God." She then laughed out. "I guess I'm the one in trouble."
"One….two….threee!" Brittany yelled out as the boys all began to shoot their nerf guns at Santana.
Santana laughed as Mackenzie stood up behind her on the couch and jumped on her back. "Run mommy." She said happily as the Latina picked up a pillow to shield herself from the soft missiles. "They got you."
"Here." Brittany laughed out while picking up the extra gun she had by her feet and tossing it to Santana.
"Thanks babe." She smiled while catching the gun and standing up while shooting the nerf balls at Carter, Noah, Brittany, and Ashton. "Hang on tight Mackenzie, don't let go."
Mackenzie laughed and clutched tighter to Santana as the Latina stood up and ran behind the couch and crouched down so Mackenzie could slide off her back. "We have to get momma's gun from her." She told the little blonde.
"What about Noah's?" Mackenzie asked sweetly.
"Hmmmm, maybe you can distract him for me." Santana suggested.
"I can give him a hug." Mackenzie smiled.
"Good idea." Santana laughed. "We have to get more ammo."
"We have some here." Mackenzie smiled while pointing to a bag of nerf missiles and balls that Brittany stashed behind the couch for her wife.
"She thinks of everything." Santana laughed while handing Mackenzie one of the small guns. "Do you know how to shoot it?"
Mackenzie nodded. "I press here."
"That's right, just like Carter's at home." Santana nodded while she picked up a huge nerf gun Brittany left for her. She stuck extra missiles in her pants pocket and made sure Mackenzie's gun was fully loaded.
"Yo Pierce!" Santana yelled out while standing up with her nerf gun. "You know teams aren't fair right?" She then laughed.
Brittany laughed. "That's not my problem."
"What does the winner get?" Santana asked as one of Carter's missiles hit her in the head causing Brittany to laugh.
"What does the winner get Carter?" Brittany asked as she aimed her nerf gun at Santana and shot a few more at her wife, who laughed and quickly shot a few more back at her.
"Cookies!" He yelled out as his eyes widened.
Santana shrugged. "Loser team makes cookies for the winning team?"
Brittany looked back at Noah, who nodded. "We accept."
"Well, you can't cross the couch." Santana said quickly. "This our fortress."
"Deal." Brittany nodded. "Game starts now!" She then said while ducking behind the wall that separated the living room from the small kitchen area.
Santana quickly turned and shot Carter with the nerf gun. "You're out Carter." She laughed.
"Ahh man." Carter laughed while running to the side and climbing on the stool by the kitchen area.
"Go now Mack." Santana whispered.
Mackenzie peeped from around the couch and ran to Ashton, who was looking the other way and shot him in the arm. She then grabbed his gun and ran back to Santana.
"I got it mommy!" She said happily.
"You're out Grey." Santana smiled while narrowing her eyes on Brittany. "Good job Mackenzie."
"Don't fall for the Mackey trick." Brittany laughed out to Noah.
"I won't." He laughed.
Brittany began to shoot at Santana causing the Latina to duck behind the couch. "Darn." Brittany smiled. "We need a plan." She said to Noah while walking over to him.
Mackenzie peeped around the couch and ran over shooting Noah in the leg. "Noah gone!" She said happily while trying to run back to Santana.
Brittany looked down and laughed as she quickly caught the little blonde and picked her up. She took an extra missile out of her pocket and rubbed it on her arm. "Gotcha Mack, you're out baby girl." She then smiled while tickling her before setting her down.
"Sorry mommy." Mackenzie laughed while running over to Noah, who tossed her in the air before tickling her.
"That's ok, you did awesome." Santana smiled out.
"So it's down to us...Lopez vs. Pierce." Brittany said slowly while refilling her nerf gun as Santana did the same, they each never taking their eyes off of one another.
"I'm not worried." Santana smirked.
Brittany smiled. "Me either." She said slowly while lifting her gun as Santana quickly lifted her as the two began firing nerf balls at each other while ducking and dodging the others missiles.
"Surrender!" Santana yelled out as the kids all cheered them on from the sides
"You surrender!" Brittany smiled
Santana looked down and noticed she was out of ammo. "Crap." She laughed out while tossing the gun on the couch.
"Well, well, well." Brittany smiled as she bent down and opened another pack of nerf balls and quickly reloaded her toy. She walked slowly to Santana who raised her hands high in the air with a big smile.
Brittany began to shoot the nerd balls at Santana while smiling as they bounced off her abs. With every shot she took a step closer until she was right in the Latinas face.
"You lost, you know that right?" Brittany laughed out.
"Yes Brit." Santana said sadly.
"Well, you're my prisoner now." Brittany told her.
"I love you." Santana said softly with a smile.
"I love you too." Brittany replied before leaning forward and kissing the Latina gently on the lips.
Santana wrapped her arms around Brittany's neck and pulled her close before kissing her again.
"Ewwwww." Carter yelled out when Brittany tossed her gun on the couch and deepened the kiss while pulling Santana closer.
Santana laughed into the kiss breaking it. "Boys go get dressed for dinner please." She stated while glancing at her watch.
"Did we win momma?" Ashton asked while jumping off the stool he was sitting on.
"Yes we did Grey." Brittany nodded as she started to pick up the hundreds of nerf balls and missiles with Santana.
"Mackey and I will make cookies tonight." Santana added.
"Cool!" He said happily while following Noah and Carter out of the room.
"Mack, can you pick out a pretty dress to wear?" Brittany asked their daughter. The little blonde nodded and ran out of the living room.
Santana grabbed Brittany's hand and pulled her to the bedroom. She quickly attached their lips as soon as the bedroom door closed and walked Brittany backwards to gently push her on the bed. She quickly climbed on her and began kissing her hungrily.
"You were so sexy being all GI Jane in there." Santana laughed while slipping her hand under Brittany's t-shirt and rubbing her abs. She then leaned back in and kissed her again as Brittany ran her hands through the Latinas hair.
"So were you." Brittany nodded with a smile.
Santana kissed her softly one more time before sitting up. "Shower with me before dinner?"
"Shower? And ruin that awesome makeup?" Brittany teased.
Santana playfully rolled her eyes. "Mackenzie's masterpiece is only for the suite." She then laughed while walking towards the bathroom. Brittany laughed and followed her to the bathroom.
After dinner at a steakhouse, Brittany and Santana made cookies and popcorn for the kids, so they all could watch a movie together.
"Can we watch the movie in your room?" Carter asked as he walked in the suite in his pajamas.
"Go ask momma." Santana smiled while melting butter for their popcorn.
Carter nodded and ran to the bedroom where Brittany was sitting on the floor stretching, he stopped in his tracks and stared at her. "Did you fall?" He asked quietly.
Brittany lifted her head. "No, I didn't fall Carter, I'm just stretching sweetheart, I'm ok." She assured him with a smile. "What's up?"
"Ok." He nodded with a smile. "Umm, can we watch the movie in here?"
"What did mommy say?" Brittany asked while leaning forward and once again touching her toes.
"She said to ask you." He shrugged.
"Ok, that's fine with me." She nodded. "Go get your brothers and sister."
"Cool." Carter said happily while running out of the bedroom as Brittany smiled at him.
20 minutes Brittany and Santana were sitting in their bed, Ashton cuddled in Santana's side, Carter cuddled in Brittany's with Mackenzie sitting in between the two of them, her head on Santana's lap as she dozed in out and out of sleep. Noah was stretched across the bottom of the bed texting on his phone and casually watching Home Alone with the family.
"What are we doing tomorrow?" Noah asked as he reached for a huge handful of popcorn.
"Tomorrow you boys get to pick." Santana stated. "What do you want to do? What rides do you want to go on?"
"Rollercoasters." Ashton said excitedly.
"I'm all for rollercoasters." Brittany clapped.
"I want to go on go karts." Carter yawned out.
"Ok, we can do both of those." Santana nodded as she reached over Ashton and grabbed her soda, taking a few quick sips before putting it down. "What do you want to do Noah?"
"Rollercoasters are cool, and go karts." He nodded while replying to a text.
"Excited for your birthday party?" Santana then asked him.
"I can't wait." He beamed. "It'll be the party of the year."
"Of course it will be, I'm throwing it." Santana smirked.
"You won't be there will you?" He then asked her causing Brittany to laugh softly while rubbing Carter's back and pulling him closer to cuddle to her.
"Of course." Santana replied.
"Momma can you make sure she stays like to the side with the rest of the parents?" Noah then asked.
"What the…." Santana started.
"She won't follow you around or embarrass you, I'll make sure of it." Brittany quickly interjected before kissing Santana. "We have a parent's section of the club."
"Whatever." Santana rolled her eyes. "The tailor will drop off your clothes Saturday morning, so you need to go get your haircut Friday night, so Saturday we can make sure everything goes smoothly."
"Ok, and we have the limo right?" Noah asked.
"Yes, the limo is for you and Madison, Eli and his girlfriend, and Manny and whoever he brings. They need to be at our house at 6, no later." Santana said sternly.
"Got it." Noah nodded.
"Tomorrow we are seeing World of Color before the midnight fireworks for the new year." Brittany added.
"Ok." Santana nodded. "Do we need tickets, or did you get them already?"
"I got us the dinner package so we got tickets to the best seating for the show." Brittany stated. "We can see the fireworks from right here in the room, we can go out on the balcony, and avoid the crowds."
"Even better." Santana nodded.
Midnight
Santana woke up after drifting to sleep with Mackenzie now straddling her and asleep on her chest with Ashton asleep in her side. She looked over at Brittany, who was asleep on the Latina's lap, her head just behind Mackenzie with Carter cuddled in her chest; Noah was still across the end of the bed fast asleep as well.
"I'm obviously a pillow tonight." She smiled as she looked around at her family. She grabbed Brittany's pillow and propped it up behind her head to get more comfortable before sliding down a little more and wrapping her arm around Ashton, leaning him closer into her side. She glanced down at Mackenzie and kissed her on the forehead as she ran her fingers through Brittany's hair.
"Good night all my loves." She smiled before she closed her eyes and fell asleep herself.
"No!" Santana said sternly. "I'm not going in that." She shook her head while pointing at the building. "Hell no Brit, and Mackey can't go in there either, it'll scare the crap out of her."
"I can watch Miss Mackenzie." Sam interjected with a smile.
Santana quickly turned her head. "You're fired Sam, you're supposed to be on my side." She then laughed.
"You are not fired." Brittany laughed out. "Thank you watching Mackenzie."
"Tower of Terror." Ashton read out. "Is it a haunted house?"
"Something like that, but not quite." Brittany nodded excitedly.
"Let's go!" Carter said excitedly while running towards the building.
"Wait Carter." Brittany smiled.
"This is going to be sick." Noah smiled while walking over to Carter and Ashton.
"Brit, I had too much lemonade, I'm going to piss myself in there." Santana whined.
"You said the boys could do anything they wanted to do today." Brittany reminded her. "And like you always say we're rich and we can buy you new pants." She mimicked while laughing.
"You are so lucky I love you." Santana snapped. "Mackey, can you stay and keep Sam company while we go in the building?" Mackenzie looked up at Sam, who winked at her, and quickly nodded. She then handed Sam a twenty-dollar bill. "Get her a pretzel of something to distract her." Santana laughed. She then bent down and kissed Mackenzie on the cheek.
"Come on Snixx." Noah laughed.
Santana rolled her eyes and ran over to the rest of the family as Brittany showed their Fast Pass vouchers so they could easily skip the line as they walked into the old Hollywood Terror Hotel.
"Wow." Carter breathed out while looking around at lobby, which was still fully set up but now covered in dust and cobwebs.
"Don't let my hand go Carter." Santana said quickly.
"Scared?" Brittany teased as she walked behind the pair and kissed Santana softly on the neck when the line came to a standstill.
Santana turned her head and smiled. "Nope." She replied before kissing Brittany quickly and continuing to walk.
They entered a library that was full of different global artifacts; they began to walk around and look at everything just as a TV came on and a man appeared on the screen to welcome to the ride. They then continue to walk into a boiler room and enter an old elevator.
"Mommy, that's too tight." Carter groaned out while lifting his hand.
Santana looked down and realized she was squeezing his hand tightly. "Lo siento, mijo." She said softly as she lifted their hands and kissed his knuckle.
"Mommy!" He said quickly while looking around. Brittany laughed at the pair and took her seat in the elevator next to Ashton and Noah. Santana quickly put her seatbelt on and reached over to tighten Carter's.
"Brit, check Ashton's seatbelt." Santana said over her shoulder.
The lights went out on the elevator as the ride started and they slowly began to rise in the tower stopping at the 5th floor first, which opened into a dining room scene.
They then suddenly dropped down quickly. "Shit!" Santana whispered sharply.
"Whoooooo!" Ashton and Noah yelled out while raising their hands in the air with Brittany with every fall.
Carter sat with wide eyes enjoying the rises of dips of the ride. "You ok Carter." Brittany asked when ride leveled at the 9th floor. He nodded his head quickly and turned to smile at his mother. Santana glanced down at him and smiled just before the ride dropped back down the 1st floor to let them off.
"That was so cool." Carter squealed when they were back outside, he ran over to Ashton while the two of the talked excitedly.
Brittany walked behind Santana and grabbed her hips. "That wasn't too bad, now was it?" She asked her wife.
Santana turned in Brittany's arms. "Nope." She smiled before kissing her on the cheek. "What's next?"
"Let's fine some other rides for the kids." Brittany suggested.
After getting their fill of numerous rides and rollercoasters, they had lunch in the park and allowed to kids to fill up on hotdogs, funnel cakes, cotton candy, and what ever else they wanted. They then went to ride go-karts, and bumper cars, and a few smaller rides for Mackenzie before ending the night before dinner on the Ferris Wheel.
The four kids rode in one car together; with Noah assuring his mother's it would be fine, while Santana and Brittany rode in a separate car. They were cuddled close with Brittany leaning on Santana's shoulder, while the Latina rubbed her side soothingly.
"This mini vacation was such a good idea, Brit." Santana said softly as she kissed her wife on the forehead. "The kids are having an amazing time."
"You don't miss Cedes huge New Year's Eve bash tonight?" Brittany asked.
"No, this is the best party for me, right here with the 5 loves of my life." Santana smiled. "I love you so much, Brit." She added.
"I love you too, baby." Brittany replied as she lifted her head and pressed her lips softly against Santana's.
"So dinner, World of Color Show, and then back to the hotel for the fireworks?" Santana asked.
Brittany nodded and wrapped her arm around Santana's waist. "That's the plan."
"How are you feeling?" Santana asked.
"Pretty good actually." Brittany nodded. "A little tired but not too bad, I think the more active I stay, the better I feel."
Santana hummed in agreement. "That's good, maybe your body is getting used to your medication a little more?"
"Could be, my hair isn't shedding as bad anymore." Brittany smiled. "I can start using your brush again."
Santana laughed. "You could use it before, Brit."
"When do you go back in the studio for your album?" Brittany asked.
"Soon, I have a media tour coming up in a like a week or two, but I'm trying to cancel it." Santana told her.
"Why?" Brittany asked while sitting up.
"I don't want to leave you right now for 2 weeks." Santana shrugged.
"Go on your media tour." Brittany told her. "I'll be fine."
"Brit…"
"Santana…go on your tour baby." Brittany repeated. "If I need you to come home, you're a call away, right?"
Santana nodded. "Right, you call, and I'll come running back to you."
"Good." Brittany nodded before leaning forward and kissing Santana again. "This is most alone time we've had in the past few days, so less talking, more kissing." She smiled.
They spent the rest of the ride softly kissing each other while gazing in one's another eyes.
After dinner the family was escorted to the front row center area to watch the World of Color show, the show featured music and characters from Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, Tarzan, Toy Story 2, Enchanted, Lion King, The Little Mermaid, and more.
Noah sat and recorded the show on the family camcorder, since Santana wanted to have it for Mackenzie to watch again later. The little blonde sat in Santana's lap with bright eyes at the colors and movie scenes displayed on the sky in front of her. Carter and Ashton sat with big smiles on their faces as well while they watched excitedly.
"Cinderella!" Mackenzie screamed out when the princess came on the screen briefly.
"How cool huh?" Santana asked with a big smile.
The show switched over to scenes from The Little Mermaid to which Brittany danced in her seat and sang along.
Under the sea
Under the sea
Darling it's better
Down where it's wetter
Take it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we're devotin'
Full time to floatin'
Under the sea
She looked over at Mackenzie and winked her with a big smile as the little blonde sang along to every song as well. Aladdin then appeared on the screen.
"He's the best and Jasmine was really pretty." Ashton said quickly with a smile as he took pictures for Noelle with his camera.
Santana reached over and grabbed Brittany's hand and started to sing along to her.
A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming
Brittany blushed and sang back to her.
A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here, it's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
Now I'm in a whole new world with you
"Cinderella coming back on?" Mackenzie asked.
"I don't know Mack, but look Lion King." Brittany smiled as Simba and Nala appeared in the sky and began to sing.
"This is the best show ever!" Carter cheered while singing along. Brittany glanced down at him and smiled while running his fingers through his hair and wrapping her arm around him.
11:45pm
"Well, the kids didn't make it to midnight." Santana laughed at the three kids all asleep spread around the living room on the couches. Noah was out on the balcony from Mackenzie's room on Facetime with Madison, so she could see the fireworks and they could see one another's faces at midnight.
"Good thing we did the mini new year toast at 11pm, after the show." Brittany nodded while pouring champagne for them both.
Santana grabbed her glass and followed Brittany to their bedroom; she locked the door and joined her wife out on the balcony as the fireworks began to start.
"This has been an interesting year." Santana said softly as she leaned on the banister next to Brittany.
Brittany nodded. "We've definitely had some ups and down, but we went through them together."
"We will always go through everything together, I'm never leaving your side, Santana." Brittany said softly as she sat down on the small wicker couch, Santana quickly sat down next to her.
"I'm never leaving your side either, Brit." Santana assured her. "We will continue to work through everything together." She set her glass down and grabbed Brittany's hands. "We are the Lopez-Pierce family, nothing and no one will break our family, not Karly, Anthony, my abuela, annoying anxiety or fuckin lupus." She said sternly. "I love you, you love me, and we love our kids, that's all that matters in the end."
Santana leaned forward and kissed the few tears from Brittany's face. "So what will next year bring, we got all the shit this year." Brittany shrugged. "I'm almost scared."
"Next year will be full of love, new experiences with the kids, the opening of your dance studios, my new album, my new movie, your dance videos will be released, we'll watch Hannah marry her best friend, we'll watch Danielle get older and learn the world, and we'll fall deeper in love." Santana stated. "If something else bad happens, we'll deal with it, and use our love to make it through again."
"Ok." Brittany nodded as Santana pulled her into a tight hug. "Next year is our year."
"Every year is our year, baby." Santana smiled. "But next year will be our best year ever, how about that?" She winked.
"Sounds good to me." Brittany nodded.
"Now….this champagne isn't going to drink itself." Santana teased while wiping Brittany's tears as she handed her glass back to her.
After they stood back up, Brittany moved and stood behind Santana, pressing her body against her wife's back and wrapping her arms around her waist to rest on the banister as well. She leaned her chin on the Latina's shoulder and gave her soft kisses on her neck every so often, as they watched the fireworks explode in front of them. The LED lights from the World of Color of show began to shine and count down.
Santana turned around to face Brittany as she counted down slowly while gazing in Brittany's eyes.
"5…4…3…2…1" They whispered out together.
"Happy New Year Brit." Santana smiled.
"Happy New Year San, I love you so much." Brittany replied with a huge smile.
"I love you more." Santana stated while leaning up and pressing their lips together, and allowing Brittany to deepen the kiss before breaking it as the two simply stood and hugged each other tightly.
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