10am
Santana started to wake up when she felt a cool breeze waft through the room, sending a chill down her body. She groaned softly as she forced her eyes open briefly and pulled the cover higher over her body before feeling the cold breeze cover her body again quickly, the warmth of another body immediately taking it's place moments later.
"Hey Mack." She mumbled as the body wiggled closer to her.
"How do you always know it's me?" Mackenzie laughed softly, kissing her mother on the forehead.
Santana pulled her daughter closer and laughed, "I know your mom inside and out, all her scents, I know her movements, I can feel when she's near me."
"Gross." Mackenzie scowled.
Santana laughed loudly while opening her eyes. "I know when it's your mom getting in the bed, no matter how much of a mini me you are to her, you still flop in the bed, Brit slides in gracefully."
"Oh."
"What time is it?" Santana asked, rolling over and laying on her back as Mackenzie laid on her chest and hugged her tightly. "I haven't held you like this since you were like 5 years old." She noted, raising an eyebrow as she glanced at the clock on Brittany's bedside, shocked by how late she slept.
Mackenzie nodded in agreement, "I miss when I was little and we would cuddle and watch movies like this, or you would give me a bath to get ready for bed, and when momma was out of town for work, we would fall asleep like this."
"Especially in thunderstorms." Santana teased playfully. "You are so grown now Mack, it's kind of hard for me to see you as a woman. I know you're only sixteen but you're a little woman now too, you have a career, you're somewhat responsible, you have a boyfriend, yes...I actually do acknowledge him, I just...I know you all have to grow up and go live your individual lives, but it's a little hard for me sometimes."
Mackenzie wiped the stray tear that slid out of her mom's eyes and winked at her. "I'm still your Mack Attack."
"Oh I know." Santana laughed, rolling over and beginning to tickle her. "So what's up? To what do I owe this early morning visit?"
"I feel like I haven't seen you much the past couple of days, so just wanted to come cuddle with you. You've been down in the studio with Noah all week." Mackenzie replied. "Are you working on a new song?"
"Kind of." Santana nodded.
"Whoa...so that's why you and momma are fighting." Mackenzie giggled.
"We aren't fighting." Santana replied softly. "Are you going crazy without being able to see AJ?"
"Kind of! Facetime is great, but I just want to hug him so bad." Mackenzie blushed.
Santana nodded. "You two can have a social distance date in the backyard." She stated. "He needs to get tested first, and you need to as well, then I'll set something up for you both. I'll call his mom."
"Thanks mommy!" Santana nodded, hugging her tightly.
Mackenzie kissed her on the forehead, and ran out of the room as Brittany was walking in. "Hey Mack." Brittany laughed softly before glancing at Santana, who had rolled over on her stomach and was falling back asleep. "Good morning."
Santana opened her eyes. "Hey, good morning." She replied. "Where have you been?"
"I had breakfast with my mom." Brittany replied, avoiding making eye contact with the Latina, who was now sitting up against the headboard. "You know Carter has us filming for the Youtube channel today, he wants us to be the first video."
Santana sighed, "oh okay. What are we talking about?"
"We could have discussed that last night, but you were in the studio again." Brittany shrugged.
Santana rolled her eyes as she slipped out of bed, "I'll brainstorm in the shower, and you can do whatever you need to so you're in a better mood." She stated, walking past her to the bathroom.
Brittany rolled her eyes as she sat on the couch, pulling up her iPad and going to the notes section, starting to make a list of video ideas.
Carter walked into the family room and started to pass out planners to everyone. "Alright party people, as everyone knows we are starting the family Youtube channel to create some revenue for the family checking account, and to donate money to charity. The logo and picture art for the page is the family crest, that's the same on the family Instagram account. The goal is to post new content every day, featuring a different member of the family. Mom and momma have Sunday, Mackenzie has Monday, Noah and Madison have Tuesday, mom and momma have Wednesday, Grey has Thursday, I have Friday, and Saturday is a family day, so whoever has extra content can post. Ashton got everyone GoPros and cameras, so you can do your video VLOG style or if you want to do a DIY. Grammy didn't want a specific day every week, but she wants to do some gardening tips and random stuff sometimes, so whenever she gets the urge we'll post hers, no matter the day.
"While this is something that's supposed to be light hearted and fun, keep in mind you are representing the family." Santana stated. "Your mom and I won't be regulating what you post, let's just use our absolute best judgment" She added softly.
Brittany glanced at her briefly while nodding. "My only rule with this channel is privacy. Your mom and I are celebrities, and while we are open with our fans, we do have limits. So, if you are filming a vlog our bedroom is completely off limits, no excuses, no exceptions."
"I agree, B, our bedroom is something that we don't want to share with the public. We don't post pictures and vlogs up there, so we don't want any of you too. So don't run up on us with your cameras out." Santana replied, Brittany nodding in agreement. "Carter is the point person on this, check with him for all questions and shit like that, then Carter you can come to us, okay? I want this to be as organized as possible, for now we won't be using Emily for anything, if this takes off and we decide to do more with it and we need the help, then your mom and I will work with her. Do not go to her with any of your requests for anything, and you know I will find out."
Noah nodded, "what if we don't have anything to add for a week?"
"You can skip your day, I just made days of the week so we all aren't posting on the same day." Carter nodded.
"Ashton, give Blaze a consent form if you plan on posting her." Santana said sternly, staring at him until he nodded in confirmation. "Good." She stood up and left room.
Madison raised an eyebrow at her but snuggled deeper into Noah's embrace as Brittany walked out of the room, heading in a different direction. "You caused a fight." She whispered to him, knowing he's been down in the studio with Santana recently.
Santana rolled her neck around as she walked into the room they were using to film for the Youtube channel. She was wearing a blue jean shirt, open down to her breasts, with a pair of black leggings. Her hair in soft curls, pinned to the side, the left side framing her face. She had on a light layer of natural makeup, a pair of oversized red glasses on her face. Her large diamond and platinum crusted S necklace, shining brightly in the lights. There was a black leather couch set up for them in front of the green painted wall they planned on using for the green screen. There was a other furniture at the other end of the large room that Carter was using to swap out for each person. "All set, Grey?" She asked, sitting down and watching him adjust the camera as her turned on a few more lights.
"Yep, you are perfectly in focus, I'm not going to stay in here, the battery is plugged in, and I can edit down the footage with you both when you're done." He nodded.
"How are things with Blaze?" Santana asked, staring at her nails as Brittany walked in, wearing a black tshirt, a gold Brittany necklace laying softly just below the collar. She head her hair in a big messy bun, with soft make up on, she exhaled softly but took a seat next to her wife.
"Good, she's going to stay the night next week if that's okay." Ashton stated.
Santana nodded it was, "sure baby."
Ashton walked over and kissed them both on the cheek. "You ladies are good to go," he smiled. "Just press the record button when you're ready to start, and press it again to stop it."
Santana waited for Ashton to close the door before she cleared her throat and walked over to the bar they set up to the side, grabbing them each a bottle of water, and herself a diet coke with lime. "Soda or juice?"
"Water is fine." Brittany replied as Santana walked the bottle over to her, setting down a straw. "Is this how this video is going to go?"
"That's up to you, blondie." Santana shrugged.
Brittany leaned forward and pressed their lips together, a silent way of calling a truce, Santana nodded in reply.
"So what ideas do you have?" Brittany asked.
"I asked my fans for questions for an upcoming Q and A, so I have a bunch of tweets and instagram questions for us both. I figured we could just go through those and pick out some good questions, then send out gifts to whoever's questions we answer." Santana suggested.
"What kind of gifts?" Brittany asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Ummm, I can sign some debut albums, pictures, we can think of something fun stuff to do." Santana shrugged.
"Okay, ready?" Brittany asked.
Santana nodded, standing up and jogging to the camera, pressing record before jogging back to sit down. "Hey everyone, welcome to the Lopez-Pierce family Youtube channel. This channel will invite you into our lives a little more through vlogs, Q and A's, and much more." Santana smiled.
Brittany nodded, "our goal is to get content from a different member of the family each day of the week to hopefully help you get through quarantine with some smiles."
"Exactly, Brit and I will kick off each week with a joint video, probably us doing a weekly Q and A, where we can give out some prizes and answer all your burning questions." Santana laughed.
"Santana asked you all to send her questions last night on Instagram and Twitter, so we are going to scroll through her accounts and see what good stuff you have for us." Brittany nodded as Santana opened her Ipad and set it up in front of the pair.
"This is a good one," Santana pointed to the screen, Brittany nodding in agreement. "SnixxFever99 asks what was the favorite birthday gift we received from each other." Santana thought for a moment, "want to go first, babe?"
"I think you know the answer to this, Sanny, the song you recorded with my dad before he died for my 40th birthday party. So for those of you that don't know, since we typically don't share pictures and videos from our birthday parties, Santana threw me the most amazing party when I turned 40 years old, there were pictures of me dancing from all ages of my life, like cut outs, scaled to size, it was super cool. As many of you know, my dad died a few months before my birthday that year, but Santana and Noah flew to Lima before he got sick, and they recorded a music video kind of and a song. Being able to see him one last time, so full of life and excited was the best gift she's ever given me. Well aside from the kids." Brittany laughed. "Thank you so much for that, babe." She added, leaning over and kissing Santana on the temple, making the Latina blush.
Santana cleared her throat. "My favorite gift...I know you are going to think it's shoes, or a car, but it was actually one of the simplest things you've ever given me. It was my first birthday after we got married, I was pregnant with Ashton, Noah had the flu, I was having terrible morning sickness, even that late into the pregnancy, you cancelled your tour dates and came home a month early. We made plans to go out to dinner, but I just didn't feel up to it, super super sick that day. You went to Taco Bell and ordered a shit load of tacos..."
Brittany's face immediately softened as she recalled the memory and nodded with a big smile.
"Like, you all won't believe how many tacos she ordered, knowing I was obsessed with them the entire pregnancy. We sat in bed, eating tacos all night, I got to my last taco, I was pouring hot sauce on, and I noticed something shimmer." She laughed, "I pulled out a taco pendant than had S and B 4ever engraved on it. It's probably the cheapest gift we've ever given each other, but I love it so much, and that's why ladies and gentlemen, you see me wear a taco pendant on occasion."
Brittany blushed slightly, "now...for the answer that you all really want..." She laughed. "Santana bought me a 40kt diamond bracelet for my 40th birthday, that is an ombre of blues. I'm obsessed with it, but always scared to wear it, because I would just die if I lost it."
"My favorite would be the diamond S necklace I have on now." Santana shrugged.
"Next up is from AmandsRST, her question is how do we handle Santana being a morning person, and me being a night owl." Brittany read off. "Ummmm, I think it just works for us." She shrugged. "We both have worked all hours of the day, Santana just wakes up early no matter what, and I tend to enjoy sleeping in more often...we respect each other's sleep pattern."
"Yeah, I've always been an early riser, and I like to think I'm pretty quiet in the morning." She laughed, glancing at Brittany, who nodded with a smile. "I use that time to journal, meditate, or even just enough the stillness of the morning. Brit is the same at night, She can stay up to around 3 in the morning, watching movies, but she never disturbs me." Santana scrolled through her tweets and pointed to the screen. "This is from JaxJax23, what is our favorite thing to do during quarantine?"
"Cooking." They both replied while laughing. "We are cooking like crazy," Brittany nodded.
"Cooking is something we have always loved to do together," Santana explained. "We can spend hours in the kitchen and have a blast."
"Watching movies together is definitely number 2." Brittany stated, "even though Sanny talks through movies, I love cuddling close and watching a movie with her."
"And falling asleep." Santana added with a smirk. "Brittany falls asleep on so many movies." She laughed softly.
"It's so comfy in your arms, I can't help it." Brittany replied sweetly, Santana turning a deep shade of red as she blushed.
"Okay, let's look for some spicy questions now." Santana grinned.
8pm
"You do realize you are the only loser LP kid that didn't get a car when they turned 16, right?" Carter laughed loudly, tossing a handful of Skittles in his mouth. Madison, Ashton, Blaze, Mackenzie, and Hannah were all hanging out in the family room after dinner. Santana was once again down in the studio working on music. Danielle was earning money by babysitting Noah's kids and her siblings with Mrs. Pierce, and Brittany was taking a shower after going for an after dinner run.
Mackenzie rolled her eyes angrily while scoffing. "Whatever."
"Wait...that's true?" Blaze asked, pulling a gummy worm harshly through her teeth. "Ashton mentioned it but I thought he was joking."
"Hell, I even think Aunt Hannah got one at 16." Carter added with a big smile before getting up and moving to sit next to his sister, wrapping his arm around her. "Want me to buy you some new roller skates?"
"Shut the hell up." Mackenzie groaned.
"Did you get in trouble or something?" Blaze asked, cuddling into Ashton's embrace.
Ashton kissed the top of her head and hugged her tightly, "she's probably getting a Bentley with a driver, Mack gets the world from my moms, so they are probably doing something lavish." He laughed. "Don't worry about it Mack."
Hannah and Madison, who both knew the real reason Mackenzie hadn't gotten a car on her birthday locked eyes, but remained quiet as Brittany walked in the room, walking around and greeting everyone with a kiss on the top of the head. "You'll get used to kisses and hugs here." She told Blaze, "very affectionate family."
Madison nodded, "especially mom, she's big on hugs."
Brittany sat down next to Mackenzie, reaching in the bowl of M&Ms that was on the table and tossed a few in her mouth. "What are we talking about?"
"What kind of amazing futuristic car are you and mom getting Mackenzie?" Ashton asked.
Brittany raised an eyebrow and glanced at her daughter. "There is no car, Mackenzie knows that, and she knows why."
"So, momma, dinner was great." Madison said quickly, wanting to change the subject.
"What's the reason?" Carter asked.
"Carter..." Hannah shook her head.
"What did you do, be all diva at a photoshoot again?" Carter pressed.
"Mackenzie was caught being inappropriate with a young man in her room while your mom and I were not home." Brittany stated. "Because of that, no car until we feel she can be responsible. If she can't wait, she can buy herself a car." Britany shrugged.
"What the hell?" Ashton snapped.
"She's been talked to, punished, and lectured by your mother and I. It's been handled Ashton and Carter, so drop it." Brittany said sternly.
Ashton nodded while Carter glared at his sister, before the brothers mad eye contact. "So why is mom working on new music?"
"Next subject." Madison mumbled. "How about we play Monopoly?"
Blaze could feel the tension in the room so she smiled. "Let's play Uno." She suggested. "I can't be beat."
Brittany raised an eyebrow, since she loved Uno and sat up. "Mack go get the Uno cards." She smiled.
2am
"Ok, final run thru." Santana looked over the lyric sheet as the music started to play before she began singing on the signal from Noah.
I need you to stop
Looking at me like that
We are just friends now
You already had your chance
So I need you to stop
Saying the things you say
I don't wanna regret, no
The reason I didn't stay
If you keep acting so sweet
I might just wake up and leave
This boy that I pinky swore
We'd be together for sure
I can't be thinking of you
When I'm alone with my boo
If you smile at me again
I may do something stupid
Don't make it harder on me
Don't make it harder on me
I told you not to love me
And now you're growing on me
Noah stood up and nodded excitedly while rubbing his hands together. "A fuckin hit." Noah pulled out his phone and took some raw footage of singing and posted it to his Instagram account quickly. He double checked that the studio camera was on and was filming Santana as he watched his notifications go crazy from the quick 30 second clip he posted. He then took a bunch of still shot pictures.
Don't make it harder on me
Don't make it harder on me
I told you not to want me
But you don't listen to me
And you never did
Never did
Never did
Never did
Why did we stop
Being together now?
Oh, I just remembered
How many girls you had
So you need to stop
Being so nice to me
'Cause a part of me has moved on
But a part of me is so weak
Santana began to feel the music and gave Noah the thumbs up as she continued to flawlessly sing the the song.
If you keep acting so sweet
I might just wake up and leave
This boy that I pinky swore
We'd be together for sure
I can't be thinking of you
When I'm alone with my boo
If you smile at me again
I may do something stupid
Don't make it harder on me (don't make it harder)
Don't make it harder on me
I told you not to love me
And now you're growing on me
Don't make it harder on me
Don't make it harder on me
I told you not to want me
But you don't listen to me
And you never did
Don't make it hard, ooh
Don't make it harder on me
Harder on me
And you never did
Santana stepped out of the booth. "I killed that shit!" She screamed. "Fuck! That felt so good, so good. Oh my God!" She spit out quickly. "She took a picture of the microphone and posted it to her Instagram with the caption. My first love, I'm sorry I left you, but I'm back baby girl.
Brittany sat up when her phone chimed with a notification that Santana posted an Instagram picture, she stared at the picture of the microphone and felt her eyes grow heavy as tears pooled in her eyes. She watched the video clip Santana posted next of her in the studio singing a clip of a song, with the caption hang tight for details on my fuckin epic comeback album.
Brittany angrily slammed her phone down and laid back down.