Hello! thought I would update to make Monday morning a little brighter for those in my hemisphere and hopefully a nice way to end a weekend for those elsewhere :)
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"I'll come with you."
"San I won't be long just stay here and relax."
"Quinn I want to get back to normal and normal is going back to work."
"Don't you think it's a little soon? You haven't even had a chance to talk to the crisis counsellor yet."
"That wanker is not going to scare me away from a job I love Q and I just want to see everyone I promise I won't do any work."
"You just want to distract my staff then?" Quinn grinned at her.
"Well I would much rather distract you in your office but seeing as you just told me you had lots to do staying down stairs may be more beneficial."
"Ok fine but I'm bringing you back after an hours or so."
"Yes ma'am." Santana saluted and went to put her boots on.
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"Well you saved me a trip." Steph smiled widely when she saw Santana follow Quinn into the bar.
"You're welcome." Santana smiled in reply and hugged her friend tightly.
"I'll head upstairs, look after her Steph." Quinn kissed Santana on the cheek and made her way up to her office.
"You got it boss…I was coming to see you after work." Steph called after Quinn before turning her attention back to the Latina.
"You still can I'm only allowed here for an hour."
"Ooohh girlfriend put her foot down huh?"
"Ha ha the boss has….and this is her turf so I have to listen." She winked at her friend.
"I bet you are under thumb even at home."
"Not even….. I'm the boss at home."
"Ha ha yeah right San."
They laughed together before Steph wrapped her arms around her once more.
"I'm so glad you are ok San. If anything had happened to you I would have never forgiven myself."
"Steph you know there was nothing you could have done right? I didn't even sense anything strange until a while into that car ride."
"Can you come and visit Billie soon she has sensed something has been up and has been asking about you."
"Yeah of course I will. Maybe you guys could come over for dinner or something."
"That would be awesome."
"You can bring Mark also." Santana quirked her eyebrow hoping to get an update on her friends relationship.
"I will ask him." It was all she was going to get at this stage.
"Great, so what can I help with?"
"I don't think you are meant to be working."
"Humor me Steph I need to get back into a routine."
"Fine you can polish that tray of glasses but if Quinn comes down I am pleading the fifth."
Steph pointed to a full tray that had not long been out of the dish washer. Santana was instantly thankful and got to work.
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"We should get out of bed." Shelby stretched her hands above her head.
They had spent all morning in bed simply talking and laughing. For the first time in quite a while Shelby actually felt rested. She had slept better the night before than she had in weeks, it had to be due to the blonde next to her who had kept her arm wrapped lightly and at times firmly around her waist all night. She had been right that it felt really good to be wrapped in Dani's arms.
"I object." Dani rolled on to her side to look directly at Shelby.
"You must be starving."
"Actually now you mention it pizza was quite some time ago."
"There are leftovers in the fridge."
"Yusss cold pizza." Dani fist pumped.
"Gross really?"
"Yes cold pizza is awesome."
"It should be illegal."
"Na ah."
Shelby had to laugh at the indignant look that fell across Dani's face.
"Would you like me to get you some cold pizza and a coffee?"
"Yes please."
"You want that hot right?"
"Of course I'm not that weird."
"Oh so cold pizza is perfectly normal but cold coffee isn't"
"Unless it's intended like a frappe or the iced variety no! Coffee should always be hot."
"I'm glad you have your food morals."
Shelby got out of bed laughing.
"It's rude to mock your guest you know." Dani called out to her retreating back.
Shelby turned and winked at her which made Dani's stomach instantly tighten. The kisses they had shared the night before were sweet and soft but being so close to the brunette all night had only increased Dani's desire to do more. She wouldn't push anything though, Shelby quite possibly had a fair bit of stuff in her head she needed to process.
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"Hey welcome back girl." Puck practically crushed Santana in a hug.
"Thanks Puck."
"Are you here all night?"
"No just came by for a little while to see you all."
"Is Quinn here too?"
"Yeah she is upstairs."
"Finally this place may get back to normal, I'm going to go up and have a word with her make sure you find me before you head out."
"I will."
Santana went back to the lime she had been working on.
"We were all pretty worried about you."
Steph joined her at the table and took some lemons out of the bag to slice.
"I appreciate it."
"Quinn was a mess at first but Rachel got her sorted."
"Oh really? I didn't even know Rachel had been around."
"As much as I don't like the woman she actually came in handy."
"Exes can have some uses after all."
"Speaking of how is Shelby?"
"She is ok as far as I know, I haven't spoken to her today as it appears she has an on call nurse."
"Seriously?"
"Seriously as in Dani."
"WHAT? Dani and Shelby?"
"Looks like it."
"Oh that shit is not normal what the hell is she thinking?"
"I think it's genuine."
"How do you and Quinn even begin to process that?"
"We are opting for the whole as long as Dani is happy route and we will deal with anything if and when it is needed."
"God Christmas could be a fun time."
"Ha ha we may be spending it with my family this year."
"Ugh cringe you and Quinn are stronger than me."
"We do truly want Dani to be happy and if that's with Shelby then I'm happy for them both."
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"I wonder how long he is going to do that for." Santana fastened her seat belt and started the car.
"Puck has always walked the staff to their cars." Quinn leant over and put her lap top on the back seat before waving to Puck.
"Yeah at the end of a shift."
"Santana he cares."
"I know he does I didn't mean to come across ungrateful or anything I just think some of them wanted to wrap me in bubble wrap."
She pulled the car into the street and began their journey home.
"That could be a fun way to pass time."
"You know they have an app that mimics the whole bubble popping thing right?"
"It would never be the same."
"Yeah I think you are right."
Quinn placed her hand on Santana's lap as she always did when the brunette was driving.
"You realize you have been driving this car more than I have lately."
"That's true would you like to take away my driving privileges?"
"No not at all but if you like driving it so much maybe we need to get you one."
"I would never spend that much on a car."
"Why not? It's a great car and completely worth every cent I spent on it."
"I'm just a bar worker Q. I haven't even booked that many private gigs lately. I can't be spending that much on a vehicle. Maybe if I was the hot shot owner of a super successful bar I could but I'm not." Santana grinned.
"Well maybe I will just have to buy you one for your birthday."
"Fuck off don't even think about it."
"Awww are you saying you wouldn't love it?"
"Quinn you cannot buy me a car."
"Well I think that's just mean."
"Why? Because I won't let you spend thousands and thousands of dollars on me?"
"Yep."
"Guess I'm just a big fat meany then."
"You are, you've hurt my heart."
Santana burst out laughing and shook her head at her girlfriends' dramatics.
"Ha ha I'm sure you'll get over it Q."
"Actually seeing as you brought it up why haven't you booked many gigs lately?"
"I don't know I've had people asking but I guess I've just had other priorities and more important people to spend time with."
"Our relationship can't come between you and performing though Santana you love it."
"I do get to perform Quinn and yes I love it but I also love spending time with you."
"I'm flattered and honored but next gig you have to take ok?"
"Ok deal as long as you promise not to buy me a car for my birthday."
"Fine." Quinn rolled her eyes.
She wasn't quite sure how she was going to get around the customized additions she had just approved on the car she had purchased a couple of weeks ago. But at the end of the day Santana simply made her promise not to buy her one for her Birthday she didn't say anything about it not buying one for a happy moving in day, or a happy hey it's Wednesday gift or other such event.
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"Mother have you had any money put into your account?"
"No I haven't and I'm now on the bones of my ass because of you."
"Hey I have kept you covered for years you should have saved plenty of money."
"Well I didn't as I hadn't expected you to get thrown in prison."
Lucas rubbed his forehead his mother had always stressed him out and nothing he ever did had ever been good enough for her. When he agreed to work with Luke the business man had assured him that if anything ever happened to him he would make sure his mother was well taken care of it had been one of Lucas's stipulations in their agreements, now here he was behind bars and the wanker had not kept his end of the bargain. He had kept his and refused to name Luke in any of his interviews but he was now thinking his loyalty was miss-guided and it was perhaps time to do something for himself.
"Look I've got to go can you arrange for my lawyer to come and see me please."
"I will see."
"Mother please."
"Fine I will call him tomorrow."
"Thank you."
Lucas placed the phone back on its receiver and resisted punching the wall. His employer had two more days to come through or he would get very chatty with the police.
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"Is that the rosters?" Santana queried over Quinn's shoulder.
The blonde had spent a couple of hours working since they had been home.
"Yep." Quinn equally hated and enjoyed doing the rosters for the bar it was the planner in her.
"And is my name back in the fold?"
"I thought we could start you off slow next week."
"Quinn I need to get back to work."
"And you will."
"I don't want to wait till next week."
"Santana you need to be careful."
"I'm going to go insane stuck around here doing nothing. I'm safe at the bar there are plenty of people there and if you put me on the same schedule as you I will always be coming and going with you."
"We thought you were safe at the bar before and look what happened."
"That's what the problem is isn't it? You couldn't have changed what happened."
"I shouldn't have left that night San, if I had only stayed with you nothing would have happened."
"That's crap it's more than likely something could have happened to both of us if you had."
"I'm scared something will go wrong." Quinn had been trying to keep a calm exterior but cracks were beginning to show the more Santana pushed to go back.
"Baby he is in custody. Nothing will happen." Santana pulled Quinn into her and hugged her tightly.
"We know he has people working for him."
"Our lives can't be put on hold because of fear my love."
"I know he wins if we do I just don't trust him."
"We could get some security back for a little while if that makes you feel better."
"Yeah coz they did such a great job of keeping you safe and they were meant to be the best. Can't we just go away for a few days and then start fresh next week?"
"Quinn you are going to have the same issue next week, you are trying to avoid the inevitable. The sooner we get back to normal the sooner your fears will be lessened and besides all I've seemed to do since I started is have time off for various things I think the staff are going to start getting a little pissed."
"If they want jobs they will keep their opinions to themselves."
"You are super tense I thought I relaxed you somewhat last night." Santana decided a change of subject was necessary.
"You did….it's just today.."
"Do I need to work on it again tonight?" her lips ghosted over Quinn's ear.
"San don't try and distract me with sex." She tried to escape her lovers embrace unsuccessfully.
"How about I go and see the counsellor that detective Coles gave me the number for and I get an all clear from her to go back to work?"
"Ok fine."
"Good so either start working me into that roster or let me take you to bed."
"Well that's a romantic proposition if ever I heard one." Quinn laughed and allowed herself to be pulled towards the stairs.
Rosters could certainly wait a while longer.
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Dani was propped against the pillows in Shelby's bed scrolling through her Facebook newsfeed. She had offered to spend another night with the brunette and was currently sporting a borrowed pair of PJ's. She smiled when she came across a recently posted photo of Santana and Quinn you could tell they were in bed and they looked so carefree and happy.
"What's got you grinning like that?"
Shelby's voice made her jump as she hadn't even heard the woman enter the room.
"Santana posted a cute pic of her and Quinn."
"I'm glad she's doing ok."
"Quinn will take care of her I can assure you of that."
"Must be a thing with your family huh…..the whole looking after damsels in distress?"
"We're suckers for brunettes it seems."
Shelby couldn't hide the smile on her face.
"I'm not exactly going to complain about that."
"I didn't drive you crazy last night then?"
Shelby looked at her slightly alarmed, truth be told everything about Dani drove her crazy it had been a long time since she had felt that way about someone.
"I um….well…."
"I can move around a lot in my sleep so if I drive you nuts tonight just wake me up or push me out."
"Ohhh ha ha ok deal."
Shelby turned and pulled her sweater over her head to hide her reddening cheeks, she took her time to fold it loosely before placing it on the chair beside the window. She was finding it increasingly difficult to resist the woman in her bed. As she brought her hair up into a ponytail Dani had to swallow hard a couple of times herself. Shelby's shoulder muscles flexed in perfect view thanks to the cut of her grey tank and Dani could tell the older woman certainly took good care of herself.
"You're beautiful." The words fell out of the blonde's mouth before she could stop them.
There was a moment of silence before Shelby turned around where Dani thought she was quite possibly going to pass out.
"And you are exceptionally sweet." Shelby moved towards the bed with a hungry look in her eye the sweet lingering kisses they had shared the night before had ignited a fire within her that was now burning out of control.
Dani slid down the bed into a laying position causing the top she had on to ride up and expose her toned stomach.
"And ridiculously sexy." Shelby said in a low voice as she placed a knee on either side of the blonde's thighs and traced a finger over the revealed skin of her torso causing goose bumps to erupt across the skin.
"Can we add majorly turned on right now to that list?" Dani's voice was a little shaky, she was nervous which was a new sexual emotion to her, normally she was a very confident person in the bedroom.
"We can and if you like I can help you out with that." Shelby now hovered inches above her.
Dani nodded enthusiastically she had been prepared to take things slow but if Shelby was offering who in their right mind would say no.
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"I don't think I could ever get tired of kissing you." Quinn muttered against the already swollen lips of her girlfriend.
"Good thing I have extremely kissable lips in my genes then."
"Extremely addictive lips more like it." Quinn pecked them once more before snuggling into Santana's neck. She was certainly less tense than earlier, multiple orgasms always saw to that anyway.
"You can thank my folks for that." Santana grinned.
"I think I'll pass on that one." Quinn snuggled in closer and took a deep contented breath in.
"So I had a thought at work earlier." Santana spoke quietly in the dark room a few minutes later.
"Oh yeah?"
"Dani mentioned a while ago about wanting to move closer this way right?"
"Yeah she has a bit of a commute to work from where she is."
"And let's face it it's likely she is going to be spending more time around here if things go well with Shelby."
"Please tell me you aren't thinking of asking her to stay with us permanently?" Quinn adored her cousin but living with her twenty four seven would be too much.
"No absolutely not, I love your cousin Q but when we get our own place I want to be able to have my way with you wherever and whenever I want. I don't want to have to worry about a house mate walking in on us."
"You had me concerned for a minute….so what were you thinking?"
"Why don't I offer her my place?"
Quinn lifted her head to rest on her hand so she could look into Santana's eyes.
"I'm sure she would love that."
"Yeah?"
"It actually seems like a perfect idea."
"Ok cool I will chat to her when she comes back."
"If she comes back." Quinn chuckled.
"Surely she is going to need clothes at some stage Q."
"Yeah I don't even want to think about the reasons why she wouldn't."
"Ewww Quinn."
"I said I didn't want to!"
"But now you have made me think exactly that."
"Ha ha sorry baby."
"Ok we're going another round I need to go to sleep with happy thoughts." Santana groaned.
Quinn giggled and rolled on top of the Latina.
"Allow me to give you something extremely happy to think about then." She whispered as she began kissing her way down Santana's tanned body.
Santana's eyes rolled to the back of her head as a soft wet tongue traced over her hip bone. She would certainly be having sweet sweet dreams tonight.