Brittany didn't take Rachel's news too well, but she isn't sure how she feels. She knows she's hurt and angry, but she's confused and has no idea what to do next. Why wouldn't Rachel tell her how she really felt, instead of doing what she did? She has so many questions. Was Rachel ever really over Santana? Was she just a really long rebound?
Santana hates seeing Brittany sad and hates herself even more, feeling like she's the cause. She wants to fix it. She wants Brittany to go back to her normal, optimistic, positive, bubbly self, but there's nothing much she can do to help. Brittany doesn't know where she stands with Rachel right now, but she's okay with that because she thinks space might be good for both of them.
"You don't have to act so weird. I told you, I'm not mad at you." Brittany says as Santana sits on the couch. After telling Brittany about what happened, Rachel went to stay with Kurt for a little while to give Brittany some time away from her, but she's been there for the last week.
"I know...but you should be." Brittany shakes her head as she sits next to Santana.
"You didn't do anything." Brittany says.
When Rachel came clean to Brittany, she'd asked Santana for her side of things to get the whole story and she didn't find any reason to be upset with her friend.
"How are you handling it?" Santana asks and Brittany shrugs.
"I don't know. Let's talk about something else." Santana sighs, but nods her head.
"Are you nervous about tonight?" Brittany asks, smiling.
"Nervous? Of course I'm not nervous. Quinn is smart so obviously this is going to go as planned." Brittany tilts her head slightly watching as Santana's smirk falls and she rolls her eyes.
"Okay, yeah. I'm nervous as hell." Brittany smiles softly at her friend.
"Don't be and Kai can stay overnight if you need it."
"Thanks. You're sure you're okay with all of this?" Brittany's eyebrows furrow.
"Why wouldn't I be? You asked me to watch her for you weeks ago." Santana nods in return.
"I know but-"
"No buts!" Brittany interrupts.
"I'll be okay. I'm okay right now, so go enjoy your day." She finishes, smiling softly.
"Fine...call me if she's too much." Brittany sighs softly, but only nods as she stands from the couch to hug Santana. Standing, Santana pulls the taller woman into a bone crushing hug, resting her chin against her shoulder.
"You know I love you right?"
Brittany smiles softly. "Yeah, I know. I love you too. Now you should leave before Kai wakes up and sees you then throws a fit." Nodding her agreement, Santana pulls away and quickly exits the apartment.
"Lucy." Quinn nervously bites her lip, her eyes pinching together as she realizes she's late and Santana's tone isn't a pleasant one.
"You wouldn't believe how bad traffic is! So much worse than normal!" Quinn lies.
She's still sitting at her desk, a pile of paperwork taunting her. Today, Santana had asked her to leave work a few hours early so they could spend some time together. Which, Quinn completely agreed to, but then forgot about until Santana said her name in that tone. A tone that let her know, Santana knew she was still at work.
"Really? Because it looks fine from where I'm standing." Santana says dryly from the other end of the phone. Quinn quickly stands from her desk, gathering her papers and stuffing them into a manila folder.
"Are you there already?" Quinn asks.
"Yeah, I'm here. Checking out this smokin' blonde. Since my girlfriend isn't here, maybe I should go ask for her number?" Quinn rolls her eyes as she grabs her bag, shoving the folder inside.
"I'll be there in like 10 minutes San."
"10 minutes, huh? Well I guess I can find some way to entertain myself...make a new friend even, but then again, I don't think she'd be a good friend." Quinn's eyebrows furrow as she packs up her laptop.
"The blonde woman you're not talking to?" Quinn grabs her bag, slinging it over her shoulder and pushes in her chair when she notices she'd dropped a pen.
"Mhm. Seems like a liar. She does have a really nice ass though." As Quinn bends over to grab the pen, she has an eureka moment.
"You're outside my office, aren't you?" As Quinn stands, she gets her answer as her office door opens and she sees Santana standing in the doorway with her arms crossed. As Quinn removes the phone from her ear, she gives Santana a sheepish grin as her cheeks begin to burn.
"I can explain..." Quinn starts, earning her a raised eyebrow from the other woman.
"Okay. Explain then." Santana says as she begins to walk towards her girlfriend. Quinn sighs softly, meeting Santana in the center of the room.
"Fine, I lied, but I was going to come clean once I got to whatever address it is that you sent me." Santana gives her a disbelieving look then shrugs, resting her hands on Quinn's hips.
"That's why I'm here. I knew you'd forget." Santana responds as Quinn wraps her arms around her neck.
"I'm sorry I lied, but little white lies keep relationships alive." Santana chuckles softly.
"Just kiss me already." Quinn grins before happily planting a kiss to Santana's lips.
"Are you ready to go?" Quinn nods before kissing Santana again, pulling her closer.
"If you keep kissing me like this, I'm just going to lock the door." Santana says after having pried herself away from Quinn.
"Do it." Quinn whispers, capturing Santana's bottom lip and biting softly. Holding back a moan of pleasure, Santana reluctantly pulls away.
"Later, now let's go." Taking Quinn's hand, she leads her out of the office.
After making a pit stop for food, the women arrive at the botanical gardens. As they walk and take in their surroundings, Quinn enjoys this peaceful moment. Since becoming a mother, these moments are rare which makes her cherish them that much more.
"In all these years, how have I never been here?" Quinn asks as they continue on their stroll, admiring the view.
"Because how interesting can plants really be?" Santana responds to which Quinn shrugs.
"We should bring the kids here." Santana shrugs as Quinn let's go of her hand and pulls her phone out of her pocket.
"What are you doing?" Santana asks as Quinn slows down.
"Checking on Kai." Santana rolls her eyes.
Quinn does this often no matter who has Kai. If she's with her babysitter, Quinn calls to check in constantly. When she's with Santana, or Rachel or Brittany, you name it Quinn calls. Santana doesn't know why, but she's not letting it happen today. Quickly grabbing Quinn's phone from her, Santana rolls her eyes at the shocked look she receives.
"Give me back my phone."
"No. Today is about you and me. Not work. Not Benji. Not Kai." Santana says firmly and Quinn sighs softly as Santana tucks the phone into her back pocket.
"You're right. I'm sure she's fine." Santana nods.
"If she weren't, Britt would call. Now come on, we still got random plants to look at." Smiling softly, Quinn takes Santana's hand and they continue walking.
"Right and Kai has Benji so she's probably fine." Quinn says more to herself than Santana.
"Benji isn't there. He's with Rachel." Quinn's eyebrows furrow.
"But aren't they at their apartment?" Santana nods.
"Rachel is staying with Kurt right now." Now Quinn is really confused.
"What? Why?" Quinn asks.
Santana hadn't told Quinn about what happened, or what didn't happen between her and Rachel. It wasn't because she felt like it needed to be hidden, just that it didn't seem important to her and she knew Quinn would be pissed.
"They had a fight." Santana responds.
"A pretty big fight apparently." Santana sighs and rolls her eyes at herself. This isn't what she wanted to do today, but Quinn is going to find out some way or another so she might as well get it over with.
"Yeah...kinda."
"You know what it was about?" Quinn hadn't talked to Brittany since she'd come back into town and Rachel has continued to keep her distance.
"Yeah...so, how mad would you be if something happened, but it wasn't really anything...and I didn't tell you about it?" Quinn's eyes narrow as she pulls them to stop.
"What?" She questions and Santana quickly licks her lips before sighing softly.
"Rachel...might've tried to kiss me." Quinn's eyes widened slightly.
"She did what?!" She exclaims, snatching her hand from Santana's.
"Keyword baby. Tried. Nothing happened." Santana says to the glaring woman.
"Nothing happened? Why the hell didn't you tell me about this?" Quinn growls.
"I- I didn't think it was a big deal because she didn't actually do anything."
"Yeah, but she tried Santana! That means something and you should've told me."
"Okay! You're right, I'm sorry. I should've told you. Now, can we like table this argument or whatever for an hour?" Santana takes a step towards Quinn, who steps back shaking her head.
"Don't. Let's just go home." Quinn says coldly as she walks past Santana. Sighing, Santana silently follows.
For the remainder of the day, that was the last time Santana heard Quinn directly speaking to her. After they'd gone to get Kai, they'd followed their daily routine until it was time for bed. Lying on her back, Santana sighs softly as Quinn climbs into bed and turns away from her.
"Can we talk now?" Santana softly asks.
"About you lying to me? Sure." Quinn says, turning onto her other side to face Santana.
"I would love to hear why you thought that was something I didn't need to know about." Santana sighs.
"I already told you. I didn't think it was a big deal and you two just started being friends, Why would I want to fuck that up?"
"That's not your decision to make Santana. You should've told me the second it happened. If Brittany tried to kiss me and I didn't tell you, how would you feel?" Santana turns onto her side to face Quinn.
"I'd be pissed...I'm sorry baby. I didn't think about it like that." Quinn sighs softly as Santana's hand finds hers.
"I need to know I can trust you." Quinn responds and Santana frowns in response.
"Wait, you don't trust me?"
"I do, but I don't need a reason not to." Santana nods slowly.
"Do you still have feelings for her?" Quinn asks softly, not really wanting the answer.
"Hells no. I love you Q. Only you." Santana looks at her earnestly, hoping her eyes can convey the way she feels.
"You can't keep things like that from me." Nodding, Santana scoots closer and places her hand on Quinn's hip.
"It'll never happen again. I swear." Quinn searches the dark eyes before her and sighs softly as Santana smiles at her.
"I love you." Santana says quietly, pressing a soft kiss to Quinn's nose before resting her forehead against hers.
"I love you too, you idiot." After sharing a soft laugh, Quinn presses to Santana's lips.
"Are you afraid I'll go back to her?" Santana asks gently. That's a possibility Quinn thinks about more often than she'd like.
"Sometimes. I don't doubt you love me, but...sometimes I think...maybe we moved too fast or something and you didn't really have enough time to figure out what you wanted. I don't know, it's stupid." Santana shakes her head.
"It's not. Wanna know a secret?" Santana asks to which Quinn quirks an eyebrow.
"Sometimes...I think one day you'll realize that you're not really in love with me." Quinn frowns slightly.
"If there's one thing you can be certain of, it's my love for you." Santana smiles at her words.
"Good to know because I'm not going anywhere. Even if you want me to." Quinn snorts lightly.
"Stalker much?" Santana rolls her eyes, laughing softly.
"I mean it though. I don't want you to go anywhere and I know I'm going to fuck up sometimes, but I'll always love you. When it comes to Rachel, I need you to know that I'm over her, completely. I'd never do anything like that to hurt you." Quinn grins at her girlfriend before pressing a soft kiss to her lips.
A/N: Hey everyone, I know it's been a little while but I'm back. It's been a little tough to write for this (or at all) but I'm trying. Anyway, thanks for reading and stay safe.