5am
I barely slept last night; I was so pumped up on excitement from the dinner party, the email orders that kept my phone flashing all night, and the money that Quinn gave me that I literally just laid in bed in night. I've been staring at Brit for the past 2 hours wondering how I got so lucky. She's beautiful, she's caring, she's just perfect; well perfect for me. I've counted the number of freckles on her face 5 times already, I wanted to be sure I didn't miss any the first 4 times I counted I guess. The sliver of moonlight that was seeping through my window gives her skin such a glow that she looks like a angel right now. Her silky blonde hair is covering half of her face, I keep moving it gently but it keeps falling back to its original position. I lean forward and kiss her softly, which causes her to smile in her sleep and my heart to flutter.
I reach over and grab the remote and turn on the TV, quickly muting it so it doesn't wake Brit up. I turn to the morning news and see it's supposed to snow all day and accumulate up to almost a foot. I quickly rack my head to make sure we have everything we need. I know Brittany went grocery shopping the other day but I like to be sure, part of my obsessive nature I guess. I start plan out some meals for us in my head, when I feel Brittany move closer to me and rest her head on my chest.
"What's wrong Sanny? Why are you awake?" She asks sleepily as she slightly opens her eyes and looks up at me.
"I'm fine baby, go back to sleep. I'm just watching the news." I say softly while rubbing her back and kissing her on the forehead. Brittany lifts her head and smiles sleepily at me before she leans forward and presses our lips together briefly. She then lies back down on my chest and wraps her arms around my waist and exhales slowly as she falls back asleep.
I wrap my arms around Brittany and simple hold her as her soft breaths hitting my collarbone relax me in a way that only her presence can. I lay enjoying the warmth of Brittany's body on mine while I watch the rest of the news in silence. I know it's weird, but the New York news is kind of depressing with all the crime so I don't feel like I really missed anything too pressing. I did however notice that ice skating opened up at Central Park, and I make a mental note to take Brit ice skating sometime this week for a date.
After lying for another 30 minutes, I gently move Brit off of me and slide out of bed. I go to the bathroom and get dressed, I didn't want to turn on the light and wake her; after brushing my teeth and washing my face, I put my hair in a messy bun on the top of my head and grab my phone as I quietly leave the bedroom. I go to the kitchen and look through the fridge, Brit really stocked it when we went grocery shopping so I really don't need too much of anything. I make sure I have all the ingredients for the meals I want to cook today and for the next couple of days since I'm off until Thursday. I open the cabinet to make sure Lord Tubs has enough food and notice he's almost out of treats. I then remember that Brittany took the new box of treats to her apartment, since she was completely out there. I pull out my phone and make a quick list of things to grab from the convenience store on the corner before grabbing a granola bar and putting on my coat, scarf, and gloves and heading out.
Once I get outside I really take in the beauty of the snow falling softly around me. I pause for a moment to look up at the sky and take it all in. I open my arms wide and spin in a circle while staring up at the sky. I take a deep breath and smile like a crazy person when I start to think about Brittany. I get lost in my own world, something I've done a lot lately, mainly since I met Brit. I'm quickly brought out of my perfect daydream when I feel a warm liquid now sliding down my leg. I quickly look down and see a dog pissing on my leg.
"What the fuck?!" I yell out loudly while jumping back, there goes my perfect morning. Apparently when I scream I scare the crap out of the dog and he jumps back as well. "Fucking gross!" I say while reaching in my pocket and pulling out a tissue and lifting my pants leg as I vigorously wipe my leg. I look up when I hear the dog start to whine.
"Bullshit, you don't get to cry you mutt." I hiss out at the dog while still wiping my leg off. I reach over and pick up a little snow, in an attempt to wash my leg while I glare at the dog, and hear him whimper again. I took a closer look at him and notice he is shaking as well.
I frown while standing up and slowly walk towards him. I can tell he's a puppy and my heart drops, being around Lord Tubs and watching Brit take care of him has made me sensitive to animals I guess. I take my glove off and reach out my hand to him. "Sorry for yelling at you." I say softly to him. "But you can't go around pissing on people, it's gross." He sniffs my hand and jumps back slightly; he probably thought I was going to yell at him again. "I won't hurt you." I say quietly while sticking my hand out again to him. He cocks his head to the side and stares at me and I can't help but laugh. "Don't do that." I tell him while smiling. "I can't resist that look." I sigh out as he starts to lick my fingers.
I gently rub behind his ears and smile when he starts to lean into my hand, he obviously loved it. "Who do you belong to?" I ask as I check him for a tag and collar but notice he doesn't have either one. "I can't leave you out here." I say while looking around to see if he belongs to anyone but I'm the only one out on the street. I unwrap my scarf from around my neck and use it wrap him up in it as I pick him up. "I guess you are coming home with me for a little while." I say while holding him close to my chest and walking back to the building.
I open the door and walk to the guest bathroom immediately setting the puppy in the tub. "Let's try to warm you up." I say with a smile as I grab a towel and wrap it around him; he looks up at me and cocks his head to side again. "Stop doing that." I laugh at him and rub the towel around him to dry the snow off his fur, he starts chewing on the towel and I roll my eyes at him and stand up. I then leave him in the tub and run to the kitchen to grab a cracker to give him. Once he's in the bright lights of the bathroom I can tell he's a Shih Tzu puppy. "Who do you belong to and why would they leave you out in the snow?" I ask him as I hold the cracker out to him. He sniffs it and greedily eats it quickly. "Well, I can tell you're hungry."
"Who are you talking to?" I hear Brittany ask through a yawn from the door.
I turn and smile at her. "This little guy." I say while moving to the side and pointing at the puppy who cocks his head to the side and looks at Brit.
Brittany's eyes widen as she runs in the bathroom and quickly kneels down to next to by the tub. "Who is this?" She asks while quickly rubbing his head, he stands up and starts wagging his tail right away at her, causing my heart to melt into putty. I'm sure every living being in this world loves Brittany, you would have to be crazy not to.
"I don't know, he doesn't have a tag or collar. I found him when I was walking to the store." I tell her. "He peed on my leg, and we bonded I guess." I shrug.
"Are you going to keep him?" Brittany asked while picking him up with the towel around him and rubbing the towel over his fur.
"Nope, I was going to take him to the humane society, I just brought him in to warm him up a little before I go." I tell her.
"Can we keep him?" She says while slightly pouting.
We means me, because this is my apartment and technically Brit doesn't live here, but she is here all the time so I guess "we" is a justified statement.
"Brit…"
"Please Sanny…"
"I'm not really a dog person baby." I tell her.
"You weren't a cat person either but you get along with Lord Tubbington." She reasons.
"That's different besides I never even see him." I laugh out softly.
"Please Sanny." She asks while lifting the puppy up next to her face and pouting, and I swear to God he pouted with her.
"You can't have dogs in this building." I tell her as my eyes soften.
"Good thing I own the building then huh?" She smiles.
I laugh as I roll my eyes and sigh. "Fine Brit, but we have to make posters and hang them up so his owner can find him." I tell her with a small smile.
"Cool!" She says happily before leaving forward and kissing me. "Oh, and good morning."
I lean back forward and catch her lips once more. "Good morning." I reply softly.
"I'm going to get dressed so we can head to the pet store and get some stuff for him." She says while jumping up.
"Wait…what about Lord Tubs?" I ask her. "They won't fight will they, I don't want a blood bath in my apartment."
"Lord Tubs won't mind." She says with a shrug.
"Ok." I respond.
"I'll be dressed in a 5 minutes." She says while running out of the bathroom after setting the puppy back in the tub.
We have a small stare off before I smile at him. "You are kind of cute, I guess you have a new home now." I whisper to him while rubbing his head again.
10 minutes later Brittany is dragging me out the door as we head down to my car to find a pet store that's open. "Brit, I'll drive if you want to hold the puppy." I tell her while opening the passenger door for her. Brittany insisted the puppy come with us, I would have preferred he had a bath first but she pouted again and I couldn't resist, so he's coming along for the ride.
I drive in silence, mainly because I want to concentrate on the road since the snow is coming down fast, and two because Brittany sounds adorable as she's talking to the puppy, reassuring him that he's safe and that "Sanny" will take good care of him. I glance over at her and laugh. We pull into a petshop and I'm shocked to see that it's open. Brittany hops out quickly with the puppy in her arms.
"Can we take him in the store Brit?" I ask her.
She nods. "Yeah, you can bring your pet in." She explains.
"Ok." I shrug. I grab a cart and we start to make our way up and down the aisles as Brittany throws in toys, we grab a cage, a dog bed, food, a leash, a collar, shampoo, a ton of treats, and Brittany grabs him a sweater. After we pick out everything but the world for him and a few items for Lord Tubs, so he won't be jealous, we head to check out.
"The total will be $186.74 ladies." The elderly cashier states.
I pullout my wallet and swipe my card before Brit can protest. "San, I was going to buy all this." Brittany said quickly. She then turned to the cashier. "Can you cancel her card and put it on this one please?" She asks while pulling out her black card. Yes, she has a black American Express card. My eyes widen mainly because I've never seen one in person, I've never known anyone personally that had one, and I certainly didn't know Brit had one.
"No, don't cancel it." I say quickly. "Brit, I brought him home, it's fine. You don't have to pay for everything." I say softly as I sign for the purchase.
"Santana…." Brittany says while shaking her head.
"Brittany…." I reply teasingly with a smile. "It's fine baby." I say while kissing her on the cheek.
We load up the trunk of my car, and struggle to put the cage in the backseat, which since I have a two door car wasn't an easy feat. I go to stick the key in the ignition when Brittany turns my head and pulls me into a searing kiss.
"W-what was that for?" I ask her with a big smile when the kiss breaks.
"I love you so much." She winks.
"I love you too Brit." I say shyly as I start the car. "I need to stop by the grocery store quick. That was why I left this house to morning."
"We just went grocery shopping." She asks with a frown. "What do you need to get?"
"I want to do some baking todau and I promised you a loaf of cinnamon raisin bread." I tell her with a wink.
"Cool." Brittany smiles excitedly. "I can taste it now." She says while licking her lips.
I pull into the grocery store. "I'll be right back Brit, stay and keep the puppy warm." I tell her while opening the door.
"Hey San?" Brittany says quickly.
I glance over at her. "Yeah?"
"D-do you need money or want to use my card?" She asks quietly.
I close the door so I can turn and look at her. "Brit, baby, I don't want your money, that's yours. I don't mind paying for things, you already crossed rent off the list of bills I have, I'm fine with money." I tell her. "But thank you."
She nods. "Ok, I'm not trying…"
I quickly cut her off. "I know you're not saying I can't afford anything and I know you aren't trying to flash your money in my face. I'm not offended baby, I just don't want you to feel like you have to pay for everything." I tell her with a smile as I lean forward and kiss her softly. "You can pay for the movie we rent tonight if you want?" I compromise.
Brittany smiles. "Ok, deal."
"Deal." I wink at her and hop out of the car.
I quickly grab a cart and start shopping as I call Quinn.
It's 7am on a Sunday, what do you want San?
Didn't you call me at 7am on a Saturday yesterday? I laugh out
So is this payback?
No, I was actually going to invite you and Sam over to hang out with Brit and me tonight to watch movies
Sounds fun, what time?
6ish? I suggest I'm cooking dinner so come hungry
We'll be out and about around 3
Mind if we come early, or are we cutting into your alone time
That's fine; Sam can go to the workout room if he gets sick of usI laugh
Sounds good, why are you up so early, I figured you would be dead to the world until at least 12 after the long day you had yesterday
Full of adrenaline I guessI say while tossing a bag of pretzels sticks in the cart and picking up some popcorn seeds and tossing them in as well Thanks for the letter and the check Q, but I can't accept that money from you. That's way too much
You're welcome, I meant every word and I already balanced my checkbook so it's too late. Keep the money and get your business started
Speaking of which, I have like 30 emails with orders, which is insane since only 16 were at the dinner party including us.
Word travels fast when something is incredible Quinn replies. I'm so proud of you San. And if you need any help with baking, just let me know and I'll come right over or if you want to bake here since I have 2 ovens just let me know.
Thanks Q, I really appreciate it. I'll talk to you later when you come over, I need to finish up in the store and get home before the roads get too bad, I haven't seen any plow trucks out
Ok, drive safely and tell Brit I said hi.
I disconnect the call and finish picking up the few items I need, I grab Brit a bouquet of flowers and head to check out. I run back to the car because it's freezing out and smile at Brittany as she sits cuddled with the puppy.
"Sorry it took so long." I tell her as I sit down in the car.
"It's ok." She says with a smile.
"Is he asleep?" I ask her.
Brittany smiles and nods, "He must have been freezing outside, being in the warm car probably feels awesome to him." She beams.
"Well let's get him home so we can give him a bath, then he can play or sleep while we make flyers to post, then I'll make us some breakfast." I tell her.
"Mercedes texted me asking if I was busy today, I invited her over to hang out later, is that ok?" Brittany asked. "You didn't have anything special planned did you?"
I smile and shake my head. "No, I actually just invited Quinn and Sam over." I tell her. "Movie night with everyone?"
"Cool!" She says happily.
After unloading the groceries we head to the guest bathroom to clean up the puppy so I feel a little more comfortable with him running through the apartment. Brittany runs a little water in the tub and gently begins to wash the puppy while talking to him softly. I sit back and smile at her, I can't help but imagine how great of mother she would be, I know I haven't seen her in action with a baby yet, but the care she handles animals with such care can only be magnified when she's with a baby.
"Do you want kids Brit?" I ask her. "Not like now, but in the future." I quickly ramble out to clarify.
She looks up at me and nods. "I want like 3 or 4, I love kids." She says softly. "Do you want kids?"
I nod. "Yeah, I was an only child growing up, it got kind of lonely sometimes, so I want like 3 or 4 too."
"You would be an awesome mom." Brittany smiles.
I blush and lean over to kiss her on the cheek. "You would too." I tell her. "We need to give him a name." I say while looking at the puppy. "We can't just keep calling him puppy ."
"Why don't you name him?" She suggests. "You found him."
I shrug. "I've never had a pet, I have no idea what to name him."
"Pick a food, since your Chef Sanny." Brittany suggests while carefully washing around his eyes.
"We can call him Chef." I tell her. "No, that's stupid."
"It's perfect." Brittany states. "Hey Chef!" She then says happily. The puppy cocks his head to the side, like he is thinking about the name, he then jumps up on the side of the tub and licks my hand. "He likes it."
"I guess so." I reply with a smile while rubbing his wet head. "Let's get him dried off and feed him."
After we dry him off as best as we could, Brittany fills up the bowls we bought him with food and water, she then placed all the toys we bought him by his bowl, he instantly begins to scarf down his food.
"I'll make breakfast." I tell her while heading to the kitchen.
"I'll make breakfast today." Brittany says while grabbing my arm and spinning me around to face her. "Let me cook breakfast for you." She states while kissing me softly on the nose. "You didn't sleep last night, so lay down and relax."
I nod. "Ok, thanks."
"It won't be as good as your cooking but I hope it's ok." She adds.
"It will be perfect baby, don't worry." I tell her. Brittany is a great cook as well, she's cooked a few times for me and each time it was great. I go over to the couch and lay down. I grab the remote and turn on the TV and start flipping through the channels. 10 minutes later Chef comes walking over by me and sits down in front of me and just stares. "What do you want cutie?" I ask him with a smile. He looks so much better now that he's clean. He jumps up so his front paws are on the couch. "Oh no, you aren't getting on my couch." I say while shaking my head.
He does that adorable thing where he cocks his head to the side. I sigh out as I reach down and pick him up, I scoot back deeper into the couch and smile when he quickly lays down in front of me close to my chest. "I have a cuddle buddy already." I tell him while rubbing his back. "But I like cuddling with you too." I whisper.
"I heard that!" Brittany calls out from the kitchen.
"No you didn't." I reply back while laughing.
"You're going to get me in trouble." I laugh to him.
Chef and I are dozing off to sleep when Brittany comes in the living room with a plate of pancakes and sausage. "Breakfast is ready!" She says happily.
I yawn and sit up. "Ok, let me wash my hands." I tell her as I carry Chef over to his bed and set him in it. He surprisingly lies down and falls back to sleep right away. "I guess he's tired too." I laugh before I head to the bathroom.
I get back to the living room and sit down close to Brittany on the couch. "Thanks for breakfast Brit." I tell her as I kiss her on the cheek before I grab my plate and start eating.
"You're welcome." She replies while eating herself.
I reach for the remote and start flipping through the channels aimlessly while drinking my juice when Brittany jumps and screams scaring the shit out of me.
"Stop right there Sanny!" She yells out excitedly while pointing at the screen.
"Shit Brit, you damn near gave me a heart attack." I say while tossing the remote down.
"Sorry." She says quickly as she kisses me on the cheek. "Charlie Brown Christmas is the best show ever made, we have to watch it."
I smile at her. "Ok." I shrug.
"Tell me you've seen this before?" She asks slowly while dropping her fork on her plate dramatically.
I laugh. "Of course I've seen it." I tell her. "I'm not a huge Charlie Brown fan though, he's such a depressing little boy and Lucy was a major bitch."
"She's a kid." Brittany says quickly.
"She treats Charlie Brown like shit." I say while reaching over to Brittany's plate and grabbing a sausage. "And she was a horrible older sister to Linus."
Brittany smiles and takes a bite of her pancakes. "True, but it's deeper than that. Each character represents one of the big five personality traits."
I take another sip of juice and raise an eyebrow at her. "Seriously?"
Brittany nods. "Charlie Brown represents neuroticism, he over analyzes everything, constantly wants everyone to like him, and gets slightly depressed when things don't work out the way he wants them to."
I take another bite and think back to all the Charlie Brown cartoons I've seen.
"Then you have Snoopy." Brittany says in between bites of her pancake. "He represents extraversion, he's outgoing, over the top, flamboyant even. He demands friendship from people, and is the life of the party."
"Whoa…" I say softly. "So, what does that make Lucy?" I ask her.
"Lucy represents disagreeableness, she's bossy, controlling, dominating, she makes fun of people. She is the anti-version of agreeableness, which is one of the five personality types. Super clever and creative of them to switch it up." Brittany replies as she takes a sip of her juice.
"That's only 3, what are the other two?" I ask her as I take the last bite of my pancakes and set the plate down on the table just as Chef walks over to me and places his front paws on the couch again, which I'm starting to guess is his way of telling me he wants to get up. I smile at him and lift him up and set him in my lap. He wiggles and lies down as I rub his back.
Brittany smiles at us and eats the last of her pancake and set her plate down as well. She then sits Indian style on the couch to face me. "Linus represents openness, he's witty and super knowledgeable, he's full of life and hope and imagination. He's ready to take on any challenge, and open to new things."
I nod as realization hits me. I glance down at Chef and smile as he closes his eyes.
"Finally you have Schroerder, he represents conscientiousness." She explains.
"Being conscientious is being super organized and paying close attention to details, all he did was play the piano all day." I tell her while shaking my head. "I don't know about that one Brit."
"True, he spent most scenes on his piano, but that shows his focus, dedication, and passion for his craft. Maybe his goal was to be a famous classical pianist, and that's why he practiced so much." Brittany adds with a smile.
"You are seriously a genius Brit, the way your brain works is amazing." I tell her. "I love your intellect baby, that's what's most attractive about you to me, aside from those gorgeous blue eyes." I say with a smile.
Brittany blushes and shakes her head. "I'm not that smart, I just read a lot, about different things and I apply it everything I guess."
"Well, I love how smart you are baby." I tell her as I lean forward and kiss her. I yawn when the kiss breaks.
"How about a little nap?" Brittany suggests. "I felt you get out of bed early."
I nod. "Sounds good to me." I tell her. "You napping with me?"
Brittany stands up and grabs the plates to take to the kitchen. "Yeah, if Chef lets me cuddle with you." She laughs out.
I laugh and slide him to the end of the couch, so I can l stretch out. He lifts his head and looks up at me. "I'm not leaving you, I'm right here." I tell him. "Lay back down." I can't believe I'm talking to this dog as much as I am. He lies back down and watches me for a few minutes, probably to makes sure I'm really not leaving, before he closes his eyes. Brittany comes back in the living room and lies down behind me on the couch. "I'll do the dishes a little later baby, is that ok?" She asks while kissing the back of my neck.
I turn to face her. "That's fine Brit." I grab the blanket from the back of the couch and cover us up. I wrap my arm around Brittany's waist and close my eyes when I feel Chef start climbing on me. I open my eyes and turn my head and instantly smile when I see him with his front paws on my side. "It's nap time buddy." I tell him while sitting up and setting him back at the edge of the couch where I put him before. I lie back down and cuddle close to Brit again, just as I close my eyes Chef climbs on me again.
"She's my cuddle partner." Brittany laughs out at the puppy as she rubs his head. They have a mini stare off which is insanely adorable.
"I guess I have to cuddle with you both." I laugh out as I turn around and lay Chef down in front of me. "You got lay down Chef." I tell him while rubbing his back.
Brittany wraps her arm back around my waist and hugs me tightly. "You two are so cute together." She whispers.
I swear I'm only sleep for a few minutes when I hear Chef start to scream or howl or some mixture of the two at the top of his lungs. I jump from the noise and fall off the couch. "Fuck!" I say as I grab my elbow, which slammed on the edge of the table. "God dammit." I say as I sit up. I look over at Brittany, she has her hand over her mouth and I can tell she is trying not to laugh.
"It's not funny Brit." I say with a slight pout as Chef starts howling again. "I hope Lord Tubs isn't killing him."
"I think he needs to use the bathroom Sanny." Brittany says while pointing at Chef, who is sitting by the door.
"Oh, well glad he's trained at least." I say while jumping up. "I'll take him out."
"I'll go with you." Brittany says while grabbing his leash off the table and slipping her shoes on. I grab our coats and hand hers to her after she puts his leash on.
We hurry down the stairs, just in case Chef really needs to go and fast. "Look at all this snow." I say as I open the door to the building.
"We may get that foot of snow the news predicted." Brittany says while setting Chef down in the snow.
He quickly does his business and then rolls around in the snow. "I think he wants to play." I laugh out as he runs over to Brittany and jumps on her leg.
Brittany smiles. "I think so too." She then leans down and tosses him playfully in a pile of snow laughing as he quickly shakes the snow off of his head while wagging his tail. I pull out my phone and record the two of them as they run back and forth across the deserted sidewalk.
"So cute." I say to myself as I see Mercedes walk up the block with a duffel bag.
"Hey Santana!" She says happily while giving me a hug.
"Hey Mercedes." I reply with a smile.
"Brit has a dog?" She asks me.
I shake my head. "I found him this morning in the street by himself and brought him back to my place."
Brittany comes running back over with Chef. "Hey Cedes." She says happily while hugging her. "This is Chef." She introduces them.
Mercedes leans down and rubs his head. "You are so cute." She says with a smile. "I hope you don't mind I'm early Brit."
Brittany looks over at me and I shrug while nodding that's it ok to her. "It's fine Mercedes, come on in, it's cold out and the snow is still coming down pretty bad."
We head into the apartment and I take Mercedes's coat. "Do you want anything to drink or are you hungry Mercedes?" I ask her.
"No, I'm fine." She replies. "Thanks."
"Well, have a seat, make yourself at home." I tell her as Brittany dries Chef off. Lord Tubs comes out from under the couch and takes a look around before walking over to get a drink of water. He stares at Chef, who stares back at him, and walks away. "Well, I don't think they'll fight." I tell her with a yawn.
"What's with the duffel bag?" Brittany asks her.
"Oh I did some washing this morning at the laundry mat up a few blocks away." She replies.
I sit down on the couch and turn the TV off. "So do you live in the area?" I ask Mercedes was leaning my side on the back of the couch and crossing my arms. Brittany comes and sits close to me, resting her hand on my thigh.
"I'm kind of just hopping apartments with friends for now." Mercedes said with a smile.
I quickly frown. "You don't have an apartment?" I ask her.
"I moved here a little anxiously and haven't had a chance to really look." She replies with a shrug. "Tonight I'm staying at Heather's apartment Brit."
"Heather Marshall?" Brittany asks with a smile.
Mercedes nods. "Yeah she moved to New York a few months ago, I ran into her at the store this morning and she offered me her couch."
I turn at look at Brittany before looking back at Mercedes. "I have a guest room, you can stay here." I tell her.
Mercedes shakes her head. "Thanks but I don't want to intrude on you two."
"Well, stay at my apartment." Brittany suggests. "It's just up the street." Brittany wraps her arm around my waist. "Lord Tubbington and I are always here, so it always empty."
"Are you sure?" Mercedes asked.
Brittany nods. "I can stay with here with San until you find a place so you have some privacy, is it ok with you baby?"
"Of course, I love having you around you Brit, you know that." I tell her while turning to kiss her. "You're always here anyways already." I add with a smile.
"It'll just be for a few weeks or so." Mercedes replies quickly. "Thanks so much Brit."
"Take your time and find an apartment you really like." I tell her. "Is this all of you stuff?"
Mercedes shakes her head. "The rest of my clothes and things are at a friends house."
"Brit, baby use my car later and take her to get the rest of her stuff." I say throw a yawn.
"Ok." Brittany replies while rubbing my side. "Why don't we start our movie marathon early?" Brittany suggests while picking up the remote. Chef comes running over with a rag bone in his mouth and places his front paws on the couch.
"I guess you want to play huh?" I ask with a smile as I grab the bone out of his mouth and throw it, he quickly scurries off to grab the bone and I can't help but laugh at how clumsy he is when he runs.
"He's so cute; I wonder who would just leave him outside in this blizzard." Mercedes asked.
"I don't know." I say while shrugging my head. "Someone that doesn't deserve a dog," I say angrily. "He's just a puppy!"
Brittany picks up the remote and wiggles closer to me, I turn so I'm facing her and lean into her body as I rest my head on her shoulder and exhale slowly.
1pm
"Sanny." I hear Brittany say quietly while rubbing my arm. "Go lay down in the bed baby."
I sit up and look around groggily. "I didn't realize I feel asleep, sorry for being rude." I rasp out.
"It's ok," Mercedes replies with a smile. "Brit said you've had a long past couple of days. Go relax in your bed girl."
I nod as I stand up. "Ok, Brit, I'll make some lunch in a little bit."
"Go lay down Sanny, we can make ourselves some lunch if we're hungry." She smiles while standing up and grabbing my hand. "Be right back Cedes."
"Take your time, mind if I grab a water or some juice now?" Mercedes asked.
I shake my head. "Help yourself to anything in the kitchen."
Brittany and I walk back to the bedroom and I quickly lay down in bed. Brittany lies down next to me and runs her hand slowly up and down my body before kissing me softly on the lips. "We can make some flyers for the puppy when I wake up." I tell her through another yawn. "Then we can hang them once the snow stops falling maybe tomorrow."
"Ok." Brittany says with a smile. "You want to keep Chef don't you?" She then asks me. "You keep putting off making the flyers."
I shrug. "I kind of like him." I say shyly.
"He really likes you and you're so sweet with him." She replies. "Get some rest San."
"Go hang out with your friend." I tell her. "If Quinn calls, tell her to just come on over."
Brittany nods. "Ok." She then peppers kisses to my face and winks at me before hopping out of bed and leaving the room.
I roll over on my stomach and fall asleep immediately.
5pm
I wake up to someone jumping on my back. "Get off of me Quinn." I say sleepily.
"How did you know it was me?" She asks while laughing as she rolls off of me.
"Brit's more graceful than you are, you basically just belly flopped on my damn back." I say with a smile while opening my eyes. "What time is it?"
"It's 5." Quinn says while holding up Chef. "Look what I found in your living room."
"Awwwww, Brit put his sweater on him." I laugh out as I sit up and take the puppy from her. He immediately starts climbing up my chest and licks my face. "No kisses." I tell him while laughing.
"Brit got you a dog?" She asks while rubbing his little back.
"No, I found him out in the street this morning, so we cleaned him up and we are keeping him until the owners claim him."
"Did you hang posters yet or anything?" Quinn asks.
I shake my head and look down.
"Well how are they supposed to find him San?" She asks.
"I don't know, they shouldn't have left him outside in the fuckin blizzard Q." I say quickly.
"So you're just going to keep him?" Quinn asks. "You can't have dogs in the building, remember?"
"My girlfriend owns the building, remember?" I laugh out while standing up with Chef in my hands. "You like it here right Chef?" I coo to him quietly.
"Lucky you." She laughs. "So his name is Chef?"
I nod. "Yeah, I wonder if I can find a little chef hat for him online."
"Who is this person in front of me?" Quinn laughs. "In a matter of 3 months, you've fallen in love, become a popular bartender, started a catering/snack business, and now have a cat and a dog."
"I don't know, but I love the new me." I tell her. "Brittany is the best thing that's ever to happened to me Q."
"I like the new you too." She smiles.
We head to the living room when I hear Brittany and Mercedes whispering. I grab Quinn's arm to stop her from walking.
"So, you and Santana seem pretty cozy." Mercedes states.
"Yeah, I'm so in love with her Cedes." Brittany replies with a smile.
"She knows about your money right?" Mercedes follows up.
Brittany nods. "Yeah she does."
"And you're sure she isn't using you, remember what happened with Brian and then what happened with Naya?"
Brittany sighs softly. "Yeah I do, Naya stole close to twenty five thousand dollars from me over the course of like 2 years." Brittany then shook her head. "Santana's not like that."
"How do you know Brit?" Mercedes asked. "I'm not trying to put doubt in your head; I just want you to be sure about her. You have like 5 million dollars just in your checking, not including your trust funds, business accounts, and savings accounts. You're so trusting with me people that's it scares me sometimes."
"I trust Sanny." Brittany says quickly. "She still insists on paying for things, she treats me like a normal person, she takes care of me and doesn't expect anything from it. She doesn't ever even mention my money or ask me for anything, I honestly feel that she loves me for me. She thought I was homeless the day we first met and she still talked to me, she opened up her apartment to me the day I got locked out without a second thought, she just cares about me."
"Well I've never seen you smile this much or be so cuddly and open with PDA with anyone before, so she must be special to you." Mercedes replies.
"She is Cedes." Brittany says softly.
"Well I'm happy for you B," Mercedes smiles and leans forward to hug her tightly. "You two are cute together, the love you have just oozes off of you. I like her too, she seems like a lot of fun." Mercedes laughs. "But I won't hesitate to kick her ass if she hurts you."
I look over at Quinn and smile.
"I know Cedes, I don't think she would ever hurt me though." Brittany says.
"And home girl can cook, that's such a plus." Mercedes laughs out.
"She could microwave every meal and I would still love her just as much." Brittany replies.
"Well now that I did the best friend thing and that's out of the way, you feel like helping me look for an apartment this week, any of your buildings have vacancies?" Mercedes asks. "Around $1000 a month?"
"I wouldn't take rent from you, you know that." Brittany says quickly. "But you can just have my apartment if you want, I'll be moving in a few months, I don't think Sanny will mind if I stay with her until April."
"What's April?" Mercedes asks. "And I'm giving you at least $500 a month whether you like it or not Brittany."
"Fine, remember the email I sent you about a month ago?" Brittany asks her.
Mercedes eyes widened. "That was real?"
Brittany nods. "Yeah I can't wait, it's so awesome already."
"The perks of being a 24 year old multi millionaire must be amazing." Mercedes laughs.
Quinn grabs my arm and pulls me back into the bedroom. "You two are moving in together?"
"Just temporarily while Mercedes finds an apartment, she's going to stay at Brit's." I say casually.
"Brittany just said she's moving though." Quinn says softly.
I shrug. "Maybe she is, we shouldn't have been eavesdropping anyways." I say. "Maybe she is just moving to another building, I'm not worried about it."
Quinn smiles, "Ok."
"Where's Sam?" I ask her.
"He dropped me off, went to the bar with Puck." Quinn explains. "He'll be back later."
"Ok." I nod and walk to the living room and set Chef down on the floor, smiling at him as he runs quickly over to Brittany's leg and starts chewing on the bottom of her sweatpants.
"I'm going to get dinner started." I say after I kiss Brittany on the forehead. "Tacos ok with everyone?"
Everyone nods in agreement. "Why don't you let me get started on those San, I think your puppy needs to go outside," Quinn says while pointing to Chef who is sitting by the door again.
"Ok. Brit do you want to take him out with me?" I ask her.
Brittany nods. "Sure, I'll grab his leash, can you grab a plastic bag, I gotta pickup his poop from earlier." She asks.
I nod and head to the kitchen with Quinn close on my heels. "Quinn, I have some chicken breasts I want to use for the tacos, I've had them marinating since earlier, can you sautee them for me?"
"Sure." She nods.
Once we are outside Chef quickly goes to use the bathroom before once again beginning to play in the snow. "What's wrong?" Brittany asks me as she tosses Chef's poop in the garbage can.
"I didn't mean to eavesdrop but I heard you say you're moving in April." I say softly.
Brittany smiles, "Yeah I am."
"Out of New York?" I ask quietly while kicking some snow.
Brittany frowns. "Why would you think I'm moving out of the state?"
I shrug. "Things are just going so well, a little too well, I just think that something is bound to happen and mess everything up."
Brittany walks closer to me and kisses me on the forehead. She then bends down and picks up Chef and hands him to me. I cuddle him close to my chest.
"Let's take a walk." She suggests.
I nod. "Ok."
She wraps her arm around my waist as we walk down to her building. She pulls out her keys and opens up the lobby.
"You need something from your apartment?" I ask her.
She shakes her head no. "Well, yeah my spare key for Cedes, but that can wait."
We take the elevator to the 15th floor and get off. She then leads me to the stairwell and we walk up to what I'm guessing is the 16th floor.
"Why didn't you just press the button for the 16th floor?" I ask her.
"There is no button." She replies. "I had it removed."
"Are we going to the roof again?" I ask her.
"Not quite that high up." She smiles as she pulls out a key and opens the only door in the hallway. She swings the door open wide and smiles. "Watch your step." She says softly while grabbing my arm to steady me up the 3 steps. She turns on the light and my eyes widen at the sight.
"Is this where you're moving to?" I ask here while looking around. Brittany renovated the entire 16h floor into a huge penthouse.
She nods and grabs my hand and leads me to the huge floor length windows that overlook the skyline. "I've been renovating it for almost 2 years." She says with a smile. "It'll have 4 bedrooms, the master is down there, and 3 guest rooms on the other side.
"This is the whole floor of your building." I breathe out while looking at all the open space.
"Yeah," She nods while taking Chef from my arms and setting him down on the ground. She then wraps her arms around my waist. "I always said I wouldn't move in until I found someone I truly love and would want to share this special space with."
"What are you saying Brit?" I ask her while turning in her arms.
"That in April, we will be together for 6 months and I want us to move in together." She says softly. "If you feel April is too soon, then I'm willing to wait as long as it takes for you to feel comfortable."
"You're amazing." I tell her. "April sounds pretty damn good to me." I smile before leaning up as kissing her slowly. "I love you Brit."
"I love you too Sanny." She replies before kissing me again. She then grabs my hand and leads Chef and me down a long hallway. "This is your space…." She says with a smile as she turns on the light to what I'm guessing is the kitchen. "You can put whatever you want in the kitchen, color wise, appliance wise, doesn't matter."
"You've been designing this for 2 years Brit, you should decorate how you want." I tell her while shaking my head.
"I designed the penthouse, yes, but you are adding the love to it San." Brittany says with a smile. "Just think about some ideas." She adds before turning off the light. "Ready to go back to your apartment?" She asks.
"Well, now it's our apartment right?" I ask her. "I mean since Mercedes is going to be using yours."
"Are you asking me to move in with you San?" Brittany asks while raising her eyebrow.
I shrug. "I gotta ask my landlord if it's ok first." I tease while winking at her.
Brittany laughs and picks me up hugging me tightly. "I think she'll say it's ok."
"Good." I nod before kissing her.
We get lost in our own little world, as always, while exchanging soft kisses and declarations of love when I break one of our kisses. "Shit, I left Quinn in charge of sautéing the chicken."
"What's wrong with that?" Brittany asks.
"Ummmm, let's just hope you have chicken in your apartment." I say while laughing.
Brittany laughs. "I think I do, let's go check and I'll pack up some stuff to bring over to your place."
"Our place Brit." I tell her softly as I look around one last time and smile before we leave the penthouse.