Coffee cup held in her hands Santana stood, as always, with her eyes closed for a moment before deeply inhaling and exhaling. Taking a sip she opened her eyes putting the cup on the counter, without Quinn she would be making breakfast so no bacon, it was going to be bagels, nice and simple, it wasn't that she couldn't cook she just didn't want to be out of the living room that long. Brittany was in the shower getting ready for the day, Santana had already taken hers, grabbing the bagels and flavored cream cheese Santana yawned.
She had everything completed and plated by the time Brittany returned to the kitchen, bright green shirt and another set of black leggings and borrowed socks, she'd braided her wet hair "I love the colors your mom picked." Brittany had showed Santana all the clothes the day she'd gotten them, included the underwear, Brittany hadn't noticed the blush on Santana's cheek when she held up the first matched set of undergarments and Santana was actually thankful Quinn was sleeping because she'd have given her nothing but hell for it.
"Bright colors are definitely your color." seeing the tilt of Santana's head Brittany bounced over quickly planting a kiss on the Latina's cheek, Santana was still shy about things but Brittany had learned that if Santana tilted her head when they were looking at one another it was because she was thinking about kissing her.
"Let me help you with these." Brittany grabbed the saucers with the bagels and her hot chocolate cup leaving Santana with the ambrosia and her coffee, it wasn't a trick of the gods Brittany had informed her during another round of 20 questions that she had been a waitress for a couple years, either way the plate balancing thing impressed Santana.
They set up like they had the day before, Santana took over the coffee table and Brittany the over sized chair, this time with a small black folding table for her laptop, it was slightly larger than the tv trays tucked in the corner of the dining room. "Alright let's drink." Santana said tugging Quinn on her lap, the tumbler of the ambrosia/cacao mix sat on the side table until Santana had Quinn positioned how she wanted her. She had the syringe that could hold up to 2 tablespoons, Santana sat patiently filling and then refilling the syringe as she fed the entire ambrosia mix to her sister. "Next one's lunch time." Santana said slipping out from under her sister "I'm going to wash these and I'll be right back." Santana let Brittany know.
"Okay." Brittany nodded watching Santana walk into the kitchen, Santana didn't like being watched but it never bothered her when Brittany was the one doing it, the blonde wasn't looking for a weakness to exploit. Brittany grinned watching Santana take her seat on the floor at the coffee table, the dreamy way she was looking at Santana had the brunette ask.
"What are you thinking?"
"How lucky I am to have you, how beautiful you are." Brittany said softly knowing Santana didn't take compliments well, the Latina blushed but didn't argue or make a smart ass remark, she was getting better.
The day followed the same pattern as before with Pierce delivering lunch once again, more soup for Quinn, he didn't need to know that Santana had eaten the previous soup and unless Quinn woke up she would do it again. "Thank you Mr. Pierce, if there's anything I can do for you, let me know." Santana whispered so she didn't wake up Brittany, she was napping on the couch with Quinn.
"You have already done much," when Santana opened her mouth Pierce shook his head saying "Brittany told me why your David is still at my place."
"She thinks very highly of you and for that reason you are under my protection." Santana admitted opening the front door.
"She thinks highly of you too." Pierce smiled stepping into the hall, turning he added in a more serious tone "When she speaks of you her face lights up, and I know I am not her father but she is like a daughter to me and I do not want to see her hurt, others..."
"I promise I won't hurt her, she is very special to me." Santana took his warning to heart, she knew he wouldn't be able to do anything to her but the fact that he was telling her not to hurt Brittany meant a lot to Santana." Thank you Mr. Pierce." Since she wasn't hungry and Brittany was still sleeping Santana left the food to cool off before putting it in the fridge, she texted Matt over breakfast and told him she was taking the day off and she'd deal with things later so unless it was an emergency he wasn't going to call her. Turning on the television Santana sat in the over sized chair, finding the forging television show she settled in the chair with her coffee to watch it, she used to watch her uncle, the god Hephaestus, when he would forge and found it interesting. She found the clanging metal soothing.
It was only an hour later that Brittany woke up due to hunger, Santana smiled, quietly getting out of the chair she pointed to the kitchen letting Brittany know she was going to warm up lunch and get Quinn's mix , "Just bring it to me, I'll take care of Quinn while you take care of our food." Brittany whispered sitting up, pulling Quinn partially on her lap Brittany waited.
Pouring a tumbler and regular shot glass of the mix Santana quickly drank the smaller glass before rinsing it and grabbing the syringe for Quinn's, returning to the living room she handed everything to Brittany. Santana thought it would feel strange to rely on someone other than Matt but it didn't not with Brittany, not only did the blonde fit easily with them but she trusted her girlfriend with her sister and Santana didn't trust anyone. Going back into the kitchen she grabbed the go boxes which were microwaveable and put Brittany's food in first and then hers "Pierce brought us lunch again today."
"Oh, I should call and thank him." Brittany said without looking up from Quinn. "She's drinking it faster than before."
"That's good." Santana nodded carrying their food to the coffee table. "I'll ask my mom if we should up the dose and give her more in a couple hours." sitting next to them on the pull out Santana brushed her hand over Quinn's hair. "The more we can get her to drink the faster she'll get her strength back."
"What about you?" Brittany asked.
"I took a drink when I got hers." Santana promised, she knew she needed a boost too, she wasn't sleeping through the night, she was up checking on Quinn "Plus we both took the day so we're just kicking back and watching movies and cuddling." Getting Quinn settled Santana kissed her sister's forehead before joining Brittany at the coffee table, pillows for sitting and food ready to eat. Santana sat on the side of the table so she could see Quinn, Brittany and the television. "Is there a movie you want to see?"
"This is interesting." Brittany watched as they pounded out the metal.
"They're good, for mortals." Santana wasn't going to deny that "I can take you to Uncle Hephaestus and you can see him forge in his volcano forge."
"Really?" Brittany's face lit up.
"Really." Santana promised seeing how excited it made Brittany "I used to watch him with Matt and Quinn, he made us daggers, swords, armor and jewelry." Santana explained and pointed to a few items in the living room including small metal sculptures "That's me and my mom and that's Quinn and hers."
"And that's not awkward?" Brittany asked "I mean they were married when she...you know." Brittany gestured to Quinn.
"Had Quinn with Ares, no that was our brother Cupid," Santana offered Brittany a spring roll, who simply leaned forward to take a bite. "Quinn came along after they split, I mean he shouldn't have shoved them together in the first place, he forced them to marry because he wanted her to settle down, Uncle knew she didn't love him but it still upset him. But then he found Matt's mom." Santana smiled so while Quinn's mom once again hooked up with Ares, Hephaestus got his happy ever after."
"Is Zeus going to be mad at Quinn for finding peoples soul mates?" Brittany asked taking one of the spring roles.
"She's been doing it for three years now and he hasn't said anything." Santana admitted. "I'm hoping he's realized his mistake and is letting her fix it." Brittany nodded in agreement offering Santana her spring roll, leaning forward Santana took a bite.
They passed lunch by watching the show and feeding one another before they put on one of Quinn's musicals and climbed on the chair to cuddle Brittany happily took the role of big spoon since she was bigger than Santana. "I like this, you're like my personal teddy bear, you're my Sanny-bear." Brittany gave Santana a gentle squeeze as the Latina chuckled cuddling against her, of all the many things she'd been called over time she actually liked Sanny-bear.
Brittany left Santana with Quinn while she did the dinner dishes, she knew Santana could just snap her fingers and get things done but Brittany liked to do things the old fashioned way and it seemed Santana did too, she had made dinner, it had been a simple chicken and pasta dish that she and Quinn had learned in their travels, Brittany had liked it. Brittany tilted her head hearing Santana muttered "I don't want to see naked sister so we're going to cheat and switch out your clothes and these bed things." the snap of fingers told Brittany all she needed to know Santana had used her powers to change her sister and the bedding with out having to struggle or as Santana had said 'see naked sister'. Chuckling Brittany finished putting the dishes on the drying rack, she didn't ask, she just brought herself and Santana a fresh cold water from the fridge as she returned into the living room. Quinn and the couch were both in brand new covering, Santana had switched Quinn to a pair of light green sweat pants with a matching t-shirt, "The healers say light colors help." Santana shrugged, the sheets and pillow cases were white while the blanket was a light blue.
"Pretty things always make me feel better," Brittany said before wrapping her arms around Santana's waist "it's why I always feel so good around you." kissing Santana's cheek Brittany slipped away taking her seat in the oversized chair waiting for Santana to join her, brushing her hair behind her ear Santana blushed. After putting in one of the longer movies she owned Santana sat with Brittany pulling the blonde's arms around her.
"Twenty questions." Santana rested her head against Brittany's breasts using them as a pillow.
"Okay..." Brittany thought for a moment. "Favorite chocolate?"
"Obviously all of them." Santana chuckled. "Favorite god other than me?"
"Well if I can't pick you.." chewing her lip Brittany laced her fingers with Santana's
"You can't." Santana shook her head.
"Then it's Quinn because without Quinn we wouldn't have met." Brittany kissed the top of Santana's head. "How many books do you own?"
Santana tried glancing up at Brittany as she asked "You really want to know that one?"
"Of course, I want to know all about you." Brittany said honestly.
"I've never counted." Santana said truthfully, "What I can tell you is that I have read all the books in my study, all of them are first editions," studying Brittany's hand that held hers Santana's explained "the ones I read out here or in my room are modern reprints of my favorites."
"Could you read them to me?" Brittany asked quietly.
"Okay." Santana shrugged, her and Quinn would sometimes read to one another.
"Thank you, I...I...sometimes I have trouble reading." Brittany admitted.
"It's because we're of the Greek gods, ancient Greek and modern Greek are easiest for us, I was able to teach Quinn the different Mayan languages," Santana hated that Brittany felt stupid "at your age all I knew was Mayan and Greek, Quinn and I slowly started learning the languages of the surrounding areas it took years before we were fluent in anything else."
"I can speak the languages of the Upper and Lower Kingdom but I can't read them."
"I can speak more languages than I can read too," Santana shrugged adding "I have however learned to speak and read coffee and chocolate in languages I don't know." Brittany chuckled when Santana said "Quinn knows bacon and donut."
"You're just saying this to make me laugh."
"Where's your phone," Brittany pointed to the table next to them, grabbing it Santana handed it back to Brittany "I'll say coffee and chocolate in multiple languages and your phone will tell you if it's correct." Santana had unintentionally turned twenty questions into 'how many languages can I say coffee and chocolate in'.
"Okay." Brittany nodded.