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Monday (March 15th) Morning 5:00am:
Brittany rolled over onto her back, waking up to the sound of heavy rain. She looked over, out the wind and saw that it was still dark outside.
She sighed and turned onto her side, facing her wife. Santana was on her back, sound asleep.
"San…" Brittany whispered, "Are you awake?"
Santana's breathing continued to be steady and quiet.
"I love you." Brittany whispered, smiling slightly.
She sighed and got rolled over, getting out of bed. She stretched and went to the bathroom, hopping in the shower.
As she showered her mind raced. All kinds of thought pinged around her brain.
She rinsed off before stepped out of the shower and grabbing a towel. She dried off and brushed her teeth before walking to her closet and getting dressed. She pulled on a pair of khaki cargo shorts and a polo shirt before slipping on socks and her shoes.
Brittany walked through the bedroom and heard Santana groan. The blonde walked over to her wife and sat on the edge of the bed. She brushed some hair off Santana's face, "Baby?"
Santana hummed and opened her eyes. She smiled when she saw Brittany, "Morning Baby."
Brittany smiled, "Morning Beautiful." She muttered, "How'd you sleep?"
San nodded, "Good. You?"
Brittany shrugged, "Restlessly." She replied honestly.
Santana furrowed her brow. "What's wrong?" she asked as she sat up and grabbed Brittany's hand.
Brittany shrugged again, "I'm not sure. I think I just need to let off some stress. I'm teaching a class today so that should help."
Santana nodded, "Ok. Call me when you finish class and let me know how you're feeling."
Brittany smiled and nodded, "Alright, Love. I'm going to head in early."
Santana leaned forward and kissed the blonde, "Have a good and be careful."
Brittany smiled and nodded before leaving the room.
She wasn't too surprised when she found her father drinking coffee and reading the paper in the kitchen.
"Morning Pop." Brittany said
Brent nodded, "Morning Bolt. Headed to work?"
Brittany sighed, nodding, "Yeah. Do me a favor and keep an eye on my wife and kids for me today?"
Brent nodded, "What's wrong, Brittany?"
"I'm not sure. I just feel off today." Brittany replied, "Will you do that for me?"
"Of course." Brent said, nodding.
Brittany nodded and left the house. She hopped into her truck and headed to work.
With San:
Santana wanted to roll over and go back to sleep but she couldn't stop thinking about how restless her wife was. She scooted over to Brittany's side of the bed and sighed when she smelled her wife on the pillow.
She fell back to sleep till she heard James crying.
She got out of bed and headed out of her room towards the stairs, running into Brent.
"I'll get James, San. I'll fix him breakfast." Brent said
Santana smiled, "Are you sure?"
Brent nodded, "Yeah."
Santana watched as her father in law headed upstairs to get James. She turned around and went back to her room, deciding to jump in the shower.
After her shower she got dressed and headed to the nursery to see the twins.
Bonnie and Maribel were in there changing diapers and getting them dressed.
"I need to feed them." She said over Ally's crying and William's fussing.
Bonnie handed Allison to the Latina and Santana began to nurse her daughter.
Maribel gave William a pacifier which calmed him down a bit. She kept hushing him, but he wouldn't calm down.
"Walk in circles, it calms him." Santana suggested.
Maribel nodded and did as her daughter suggested, walking William in circles. William's fussing began to settle down, making all three women smile.
7:15am:
Brittany got to the studio and headed up to her office. She sat behind her desk and checked her email.
She heard the elevator ding and footsteps walking down the hallway towards her office.
She looked up and saw Bree walking into her office.
Brittany furrowed her brow, "Hey"
"Hey, I just wanted to you to get the first copies of the finished magazine with your article in it." Bree smiled, setting 5 copies of Big Apple Magazine on Brittany's desk.
Brittany grinned, grabbing a copy.
"It's on page 6" Bree replied, sitting across the desk in one of the chairs.
Brittany read the article, "This is really good, Bree." She said, still looking at the article.
Bree smiled, "Really?" she asked, insecurely.
Brittany nodded and looked up at Bree, "Yeah…how are you doing?"
Bree sighed and smiled, "I'm ok. Thank you for asking. How's Santana and your children?"
"They're all great. Our families are in town so the house is packed."
Bree let out a relieved sigh, "I'm glad I didn't bring these copies to your house. Your mother hates me."
Brittany smiled awkwardly, "Yeah…I think she's coming around to the fact that you're different."
Bree nodded, "Hopefully."
"How did you know I'd be here so early?" Brittany asked.
Bree shook her head, "I was just going to leave them by your door with a note."
Brittany nodded as they heard the elevator ding a moment before Mike walked down the hall.
"Oh hey, Boss." Mike said, looking back and forth between his boss and Bree, "Did I…interrupt something?"
Britt shook her head and stood up, "Bree was just bringing by copies of the article. Would you like to see?"
Mike nodded, "Sure!" he said, walking towards the desk.
They talked for a bit till it was time for Brittany's class.
10:00am:
After Brittany's class, the blonde headed to the lobby to see Penny.
"Hey!" Penny smiled, "How are you?"
"I'm good I wanted to ask how Puck was doing?"
"He's great."
Brittany nodded, "Good and How's Adrian?" she asked, wondering about Penny and Puck's only child.
Penny beamed, "He's perfect."
Brittany nodded, smiling, "I'm glad."
Alex was by, "Hey Brittany, could we talk?" she asked, smiling
Brittany nodded, "I'll see you later, Penny."
"Alright!" Penny smiled
Brittany and Alex headed up to Britt's office and they set down.
"What's up, Alex?"
"Jess is pregnant." Alex blurted out.
Brittany smiled, "That's great, Alex!"
"Yeah. We're thrilled but I just wanted to see if you would be alright with me taking over some of Jessica's classes so that she won't be moving around so much."
Brittany nodded, "Of course. Just talk to Mike and try to make the schedule correct."
Alex grinned, "Thank you, Britt."
"No problem." Brittany nodded
"Alright, I have a class to teach on the first floor. I'll see you later?"
"You bet" Brittany nodded before Alex left.
5:40pm:
Brittany pulled her truck into the garage at the house and hopped out of the vehicle.
She headed inside and entered the kitchen. James looked over from where his was sitting, playing with his toy dinosaur.
Brittany grinned, "Jamie!"
James grinned and stood up before running to her. She sat down her bag and picked him up. She looked over and saw Maribel and Anna smiling at the scene.
"Hey, where's San?" Brittany asked
"Wook Mama!" James said, wanting Brittany to look at his toy.
"Yeah, that's a T-rex." Brittany replied, grinning before looking back at the women.
"Bonnie is cutting her hair in the master bathroom." Maribel replied.
Brittany raised her brow, "Really? Cool. I'm going to go back there and change into something comfortable. I'll be right back." Britt said before looking at James, "Stay in here and play. Mama will be right back. Kiss?"
James smiled and kissed his mom on the cheek before she kissed him back and set him down.
Brittany walked to the master bedroom and found her wife sitting on a chair while her mother cut her hair.
Brittany smirked and leaned against the doorframe, "Ladies…"
"Brittany." Bonnie mutter casually without looking away from Santana's hair.
Santana smiled, "Hey"
"You're getting your hair cut…" Brittany smirked
Santana laughed, "Yeah. The twins keep pulling on it so I figured a haircut would help…What do you think?"
"I think that you're beautiful and if that's what you want to do then I'm glad Ma is here." Brittany grinned
Santana smiled, "Thank you."
Brittany winked at her wife and let out a breath, "I'm going to change into something more comfortable than this polo shirt."
She pulled on a t-shirt and a pair of gym shorts before turning to see Santana standing up with her hair stopping at her shoulders.
"Wow." Brittany said looking at her wife as Bonnie cleaned up the bathroom.
"You don't like it…" Santana said nervously
Brittany shook her head, "That's not it. I do like it. I just wasn't expecting you to cut so much off. But babe, you look beautiful."
Santana smiled, "Really?"
Brittany nodded, "You really do. It's a good look for you."
Santana smiled and walked over to her wife, kissing her on the lips.
Brittany grinned as they separated, "What was that for, babe?"
Santana shrugged, "You're my wife and I wanted to kiss you."
"Well in that case." Brittany mumbled before kissing her wife again.
Bonnie cleared her throat and the girls separated again, "You two are cute. I cleaned up the bathroom and now I'm going to go and check on the twins."
Bonnie left and Brittany pulled her wife close, "I really like your haircut."
Santana smiled, "Are you style attracted to me?"
Brittany rolled her eyes, "Santana, babe, I could never not be attracted to you."
Santana smiled wider, "Good answer."
Brittany laughed, "Come on. I'm ready for dinner."
They headed to the kitchen where Maribel and Anna were making fajitas.
"Whoa! Nice haircut, San." Benny grinned walking into the kitchen.
"Thanks." Santana smiled
Once dinner was ready, everyone sat own to eat and talk about their days.
Tuesday (March 16th) Morning 10:20am:
"Why didn't you go to work today?" Benny asked his sister.
"So we could do this." Brittany replied as they pulled the motorbikes out of the garage and looked them over. "I figured that we could race while Ma, San and Maribel took the kids to the Zoo."
"Who all went to the zoo?" Benny asked
Brittany thought, "Ma, Anna, Maribel and San met up with Michelle, Whitney ad Gabby."
Benny nodded, "Bet they're having fun." He said grinning.
Brittany laughed, "I'm sure."
4:50pm:
Brittany and boys were fixing a large pot of chili when the other girls got home.
Santana carried James upstairs while Bonnie and Maribel took the twins to the nursery. Anna brought in the bags and souvenirs.
Brittany patted her father on the back and swiftly walked over to her mother, "Ma, I'll take her." She said, taking Allison from her mother.
Bonnie nodded and handed over her granddaughter, "I'll see if Brent need s any help."
Brittany held her sleeping daughter closely and kissed her on the head, "Come on, Darlin. Let's get you a dry diaper and comfy in your crib." She mumbled
Maribel changed William's diaper while Brittany did the same for Ally. Ally woke up and began to fuss as Brittany changed her diaper and clothes while William stayed sound asleep.
"It's funny how different they are." Maribel remarked to her daughter in law.
Brittany nodded, "Yeah. He's pretty quiet but this little girl here…she's vocal about everything."
Maribel smirked, "She reminds me of Santana."
Brittany laughed, "That should be interesting."
Maribel nodded as she gently placed Will in his crib, "I'm going to wash up and help with dinner."
Brittany nodded as she swayed Allison gently in her arms and sang quietly to her.
Santana walked in the nursery and smiled, "What are you doing?" She asked her wife who was leaning against the wall with her eyes closed.
Brittany smiled, keeping her eyes closed, "I'm listening to them breath."
Santana smiled, "Mmm" she hummed, "It's is soothing."
Wednesday (March 17th/St. Patty's Day) Morning 9:30am:
Brittany walked down to Mike's hip hop class. The music for the class was Macklemore's Irish Celebration.
She grinned as she watched the class. Mike noticed her and waved her over making everyone clap. She walked over and he showed her the choreography.
By the end of class, they all had it down and performed it together with Brittany and Mike.
"When the music stopped, they heard someone clapping and turned to see Tom Hanson from Hanson Investment standing there clapping.
Brittany furrowed her brow and walked over, "Hey Tom, what can I do for you? Why are you…here?
Tom nodded, "Well…we need to talk…" he said smiling.
Brittany nodded and waved at Mike and the others before leading the way up to Brittany's office.
Brittany felt like something was off about Tom, "What's up?" she asked as they both sat down in the sitting area of Britt's office.
Tom nodded, "We heard that you are working for Sasha Davis in LA…is that true?"
Brittany nodded, "Yeah, I mean the job is in May. Why?"
Tom sighed and nodded, "I was afraid of that. Look it's a conflict of interest for you to work with them and us."
"Them? Sasha and her husband, Richard? I don't understand." Brittany said beyond confused, "How is it a conflict of interest?"
"Well the Davis's have history with my company and it just won't work…you working for her and with us."
"So what are you saying?" Brittany asked, nervous that Tom would take away the money for the studio.
Tom took a deep breath, "Well, you'll need to choose. Us or them…"
"We're talking about my career, Tom." Brittany said feeling a bit of courage to stand up for herself.
Tom nodded, "I know and it kills me that I have to ask this of you but I need you to either keep depositing our checks or working with them."
Brittany sighed as her mind raced. She really wanted the LA job but she knew that she needed Hanson Investments for the studio."
Tom nodded at her silence, "Alright, how about you think about it for a few days then decide?"
Brittany nodded
Tom stood up and buttoned his suit, "Alright then I'll be back on Friday."
Brittany nodded as he left. She was still stunned and sat in silence.
5:30pm:
Brittany and Brent were sitting in a booth a small Irish pub in Glen Cove called O'Conner's while Antonio and Finn were getting the beers at the bar.
"I'm glad we're doing this." Brent said, "Wish Striker was old enough to join us."
"Chief's got quite a few more years to go, Pop." Brittany mumbled
Brent nodded, grinning as Antonio and Finn set the beers on the table.
"You ok, Brittany?" Antonio asked
Brittany sighed and told them about her meeting with Tom Hanson.
"That doesn't make any sense." Antonio said, "Have you spoken with Maribel yet?"
Brittany shook her head no.
"You need to." Brent said, "Tonight."
They stayed an drank a second round before heading home. Finn went to his house while Brittany, Brent and Antonio went to the Britt's home.
Brittany sighed, unsure of how to handle her current situation.
8:45pm:
After having a long talk with Maribel and Santana, they all agreed to let Maribel do some digging to see what was going on.
Brittany got up from the kitchen table and went to the nursery to check on the twins.
Ally was beginning to fuss so Brittany picked her up and sat in the rocker, "What's wrong, Darlin? Hmm? What's the matter, pretty girl?"
Ally began to calm down and was slowly falling asleep when Santana walked in.
Santana watched her wife and daughter but instead of seeing the relaxed smile on her wife's face, she saw worry lines.
"You ok?" Santana whispered
Brittany looked up at the Latina, "I'll be fine, San. I just need to figure all of this shi…stuff out." She sighed before placing her daughter in her crib.
The women walked to the master bedroom. They could see Bonnie checking on James through the video screen on the baby monitor.
Santana turned to her wife, "What can I do?"
Brittany sighed, "I don't know, babe."
Santana nodded and pulled Brittany into a hug, "We're in this together, Brittany."
Britt nodded, "I know."
Thursday (March 18th) Morning 8:15am:
Benny went into the city with Brittany. He wanted to hang out with his best friend and new cousin, Andy.
Brittany dropped him off at the apartment complex where Eric, Holly and Andy were living for the rest of the school year. Holly was homeschooling Andy so that he wouldn't have to go to a new school for only a year.
Benny hopped out of his sister's truck and headed inside.
Andy was waiting in the lobby, "Hey Striker!"
"Hey Pipes!" Benny grinned and high fived his best friend before they headed into the apartment.
5:50pm:
Brittany got home and was immediately pulled into Santana's home office by her wife. Maribel was in there, looking over some paperwork.
"What's going on?" Brittany asked.
Santana sighed and looked at her mother, "Mami…"
Maribel nodded and turned to Brittany, "Derek Holden is behind Tom Hanson's threat."
Brittany shook her head, "How is that even possible?"
Maribel sighed, "Sit down."
Brittany took a deep breath and looked at her wife as she sat down on the small couch in the office.
Maribel handed Brittany a printed copy of and of a call log.
"It's Tom Hanson's. I called him and we had a talk." Maribel said, "He informed me that Derek Holden has called him multiple times form prison, threatening his family if Tom didn't make you decide between the studio and LA."
"Why does Derek Holden give a shit about my career?" Brittany asked, confused.
Maribel sighed, "That…I don't know yet."
Brittany groaned, "So what do we do now?"
Maribel nodded, "Well, I'm going to contact the prison. Derek is threatening Tom's family. He needs to pay for this."
Santana nodded, "Brittany" she said seeing the hesitation in Brittany's eyes, "Mami, will talk to the prison. It'll be fine."
Maribel nodded, "It will be, Brittany."
"Ok" Brittany sighed unhappily, "Fine. So what do I do?"
"Tell Tom that his family is safe. Take the job. Hanson won't stop the money flow." Maribel said
Brittany nodded and stood up sighing, "I'm going to shoot some hoops."
"Be sure and turn the court lights on. It's going to get dark soon." Santana said quietly, knowing her wife needed some time to process all of the information and accept that Derek had once again messed in their lives.
Brittany nodded and headed out to the courts.
6:15pm:
Brittany huffed as she shot the ball again, sweat dripping down the back of her neck.
Benny walked over to her, "What's up?"
Brittany sighed, "Stupid shit" she said, breathing heavily.
Benny nodded, "You remember what you sad to me about 'stupid shit'?"
"What?" Brittany asked, looking at her younger brother.
Benny smirked, "You said, 'Stupid shit is better than serious shit cau…'"
Brittany smirked, "…cause the serious shit can get heavy."
"Yep" Benny grinned, "So do what you would tell me to do. Get inside and hold your kids."
Brittany laughed under her breath and nodded, "You're getting pretty smart"
Benny grinned and laughed, "I've had a lot of great mentors."
Together they headed back inside.
Friday (March 19th) Morning 4:15am:
Brittany groaned as she woke up. She stretched in bed and looked out the window.
She sighed and sat up, grabbing her phone. She pulled up her emails and checked for anything form Tom.
She found it and opened the email.
Brittany-
I'll be at your office at 10am
-Tom
She sighed and set an alarm for 7 before going back to sleep.
10:15am:
"Brittany, there's a Tom Hanson here to see you…" Penny said through the receiver
Brittany sighed and looked at the clock before replying, "Send him up."
A few moments later she heard the elevator ding and Tom walked into her office.
"So I just got a call." Tom said, not bothering with a normal greeting.
Brittany raised her brow, "And?"
"Derek Holden is jail. What the hell did you do?" Tom asked, "Well whatever it was…thank you!"
Brittany nodded, "You don't even know the half of it."
"Look don't even worry about what I said. Take the job with Sasha Davis. I've got to run but call if you need anything." Tom rushed before leaving.
Brittany furrowed her brow and shook her head, "Fucking weird." She muttered under her breath.
6:30pm:
Maribel made enchiladas for dinner while Bonnie made a coconut cake for dessert.
"This is delicious." Brittany said as they ate dinner
The others nodded in agreement before they heard a thud and someone crying.
Brittny jumped up and ran to the playroom where Anna was watching the kids.
Everyone else followed closely behind the blonde.
James was on the floor crying his eyes out.
"What happened?" Brittany asked as she crouched down with Antonio to look James over.
"He fell of the little chair. I don't think that he's hurt. I think he's just stunned." Anna said worriedly
Brittany nodded and turned to Antonio, "Is he alright?" Brittany asked her father in law.
Antonio nodded and handed James to Brittany since he was reaching for her anyways.
Brittany held James close, gently bouncing him, "Its ok, Jamie. You're ok."
Santana brushed some hair out of James' eyes, "You're ok, Baby." She wiped James' tears off his cheeks before Brittany passed him to Santana.
They got him to calm down and eventually he went back to playing.
Saturday (March 20th) Morning 2:45am:
Brittany could her a baby crying and knew it sounded familiar.
Suddenly she realized it was Allison and her eye shot open.
She was in bed.
She sighed and got out of bed, hoping to get to Ally before she woke her brother.
She got to the nursery and walked over to Ally's crib, "Shhh Darlin…you're ok, pretty girl. I've got you."
Ally began to calm down as her mother hummed to her.
Brittany smiled once Allison was back to sleep.
3:30am:
Brittany got back to the master bedroom and saw that Santana was sitting up in bed.
"You ok?" Brittany asked
Santana nodded, "Yeah. I heard you walk out and thought that I'd wait for you."
Brittany smiled and walked over to the bed. She climbed in and pulled Santana close.
They kissed gently and Santana smiled, "You're cute."
Brittany leaned forward and kissed her wife again. Santana pushed Brittany onto her back and climbed on top as they continued to kiss.
They separated and smiled before stripping off their clothes. They laughed and kissed again as Santana climbed on top of her wife again.
It wasn't quick. They took their time and enjoyed their time alone together.
Sunday (March 21st) Morning 10:00am:
"We're going to miss you guys so much." Bonnie said, kissing James on the cheek
Brittany hugged her brothers, "I love you guys. Let us know when you get home." She told them.
Benny nodded, "You guys are coming back for the baby shower, right?"
Santana nodded, "Of course"
"We wouldn't miss it." Brittany added
Antonio handed Allison back to Brittany, "We love you all."
"Call us if you need anything." Maribel added as she passed William to Santana.
Britt smiled, "Thank you."
"We love you guys." Santana told them as they headed out to the waiting limo.
Bonnie smiled, "I love you girls." She said handing James to Anna before following the other.
Anna took James inside while Brittany and Santana watched the limo leave. Once it turned onto the main road they headed inside.
Brittany took Ally to the nursery, feeling a full diaper.
San took Will to the living room where his older brother was playing.
Brittany tickled Ally making the little girl giggle, "Hey cutie!"
Ally giggled as Brittany changed her diaper.
"You know little girl, I'm like a pro at diaper changing now." Brittany grinned as she closed Ally's onesie.
She lifted her daughter up and kissed the dimple in her left cheek, "Jeez you are just like your mother." Brittany grinned as she carried Ally to the living room.
Santana smiled when she saw her wife and daughter enter the living room, "Hey."
Brittany grinned and set Ally on the floor next to her brothers, "Hey Baby." She sat on the couch next to her wife and rested her hand on Santana's thigh, "How are you?"
Santana smiled, "I'm good. How about you?"
Brittany nodded, "I'm good too. A bit tired."
Santana nodded, "Let's try to take a nap with the kids later."
"That sounds good."
2:45pm:
Brittany woke up and saw that James was awake, but the twins and Santana were all still asleep.
She grabbed James and stacked pillows up in her place to keep the babies on the bed.
"Shh..." Brittany said as James began to speak.
She took James and went to the kitchen, "Mama" he said quietly when they got to eh kitchen.
"Yes James?"
"Eat." He replied
Brittany nodded and put him in his highchair so that she could get him some food. She cut up an apple and put a little peanut butter on each slice before giving it to him.
James smiled and began to eat his snack.
"I'm going to feed Rocky." Brittany said, "I'll be right back."
Rocky was sleeping on the back patio, but he jumped up when he heard Brittany open the back door. He ran into the house and went to his food bowl to eat.
9:45pm:
Santana was in the nursery, holding Ally while William was already sound asleep in his crib
Brittany walked into the nursery, smiling, "How are you?"
"I'm good but Ally threw up on me. Can you rock her to sleep while I change?"
"Of course." Brittany said, taking Ally from her wife, "Hey Darlin." She whispered to her daughter.
Santana walked into the master bedroom and took a deep breath.
She had tried to wipe the spit up off her chest and felt something that caught her off guard.
She sighed and took off her shirt before feeling her left breast again.
She felt her heart stop when she when she discovered a small lump there.