Two weeks later.
Nickayla holds up her phone recording herself as she sits in a chair while the make-up artists Santana hired do their magic and glances in the mirror smiling slightly as she sees Brittany walk out of the blue room wearing a beautiful blue and white one piece that show off her abs. ''Well damn BP you look hella fine!'' She exclaims whistling, Brittany locks eyes with her through the mirror as she runs her hand through her hair and shakes her head laughing as she sees her recording them.
''You are an idiot Nick.''
''Awe I love you too B.''
Brittany rolls her eyes walking over to her as she sees that the make up artists finished and leans down wrapping both of her arms around her shoulders from behind, she kisses her cheek glancing at the phone seeing the live chat getting filled with comments and winks. ''Sup guys.''
Nickayla laughs seeing even more comments fill the chat and looks up at her shaking her head. ''Stop killing our fans with your wink B.''
''Ladies are we ready?'' Quinn asks as she leans against the door leading to their dressing room with her camera in her hand, she looks at them as they both turn to look at her and whistles. ''Well damn, I hope we will have a bucket of water to cool down after this shoot.''
Nickayla laughs standing up keeping her camera pointed at her and shoots Quinn a smirk. ''We can always dive into the rooftop pool after the shoot Q.''
''Swimming with the two hottest models? I am definitely in.'' Quinn exclaims laughing as she turns back around walking down the hall knowing they will follow.
''Stop hitting on my models Fabgay, you have your Hobbit!''
Nickayla and Brittany both snicker hearing Santana's yell and shake their heads, Nickayla turns back to her phone and winks. ''That's all for today guys, just keep an eye out for this shoot it will be published soon.''
Brittany wraps an arm around her shoulder smiling as she flips her phone so the both of them are on screen and hums. ''It will definitely hit the trends with this one.'' She nods her head to Nickayla. ''Looking hot as ever in her red bikini, we won't spoil much so just tell us how much it surprised all of you.''
''See ya later!'' Nickayla exclaims smiling brightly as they walk into the studio.
Brittany winks as she zooms in on her and chuckles as she ends the live stream, she pushes her softly and shakes her head. ''Don't make this a habit Nick.''
''Nah I won't B.'' Nickayla murmurs softly knowing she normally hates doing live streams, she walks to the middle of the room as she sees Quinn set up her camera and pulls Brittany with her.
''Holy fuck.''
They both turn to the voice filling the studio and Brittany breaths out a laugh as she sees Santana looking at them with her jaw dropped, she turns to Nickayla and snickers. ''We just surprised the boss, I think we can pull this off.''
''I swear to god, call me boss once again and I will give you the lamest shoots ever.'' Santana exclaims laughing as she points her finger at Brittany trying to look threateningly while Nickayla and Quinn burst out laughing.
Brittany turns to her and smirks. ''As long as you will join me, it won't be that lame San.''
Nickayla's eyebrows raise in surprise hearing her flirty undertone and locks eyes with Quinn, she bites her lip as she sees her wiggle her eyebrows silently telling her that something is happening between them and glances between her best friends seeing them still looking at each other.
''Sometimes people can be so denseee.'' Quinn sing songs softly as she walks past Nickayla, Nickayla giggles humming in agreement and clears her throat.
''Alright where do you want us San?''
Quinn chokes out a laugh seeing her best friends eyes glaze over knowing her mind just wandered somewhere, where only she and Brittany would be and clears her throat. ''Shower, right San?'' She snickers in amusement as she turns to her in confusion and nods her head to the shower head they set up in the middle of the room.
''Oh right, yeah under the shower please.'' She smiles as they both take their spots and walks over to the buttons controlling the shower, she turns to Quinn and raises an eyebrow. ''Ready Q?'' She pushes the button as soon as she nods her head and watches water immediately soak both girls while Quinn snaps pictures, she sees both girls move in sync taking different poses and clears her throat trying to avoid looking at Brittany's abs rippling with every move. ''A bit more sexy girls.''
Brittany runs her hand down her abs gazing into the camera with a smirk as she feels Nick run a hand through her hair and tugs on the bottom part of the one piece showing the v of her hips while still leaving a lot to imagination, she leans back against Nick knowing she will hold the both of them up. ''Crouched down pose?'' She murmurs making sure her muttering doesn't ruin the pictures.
Nickayla hums covertly tapping the small of her back a silent sigh they both agreed on to count down and crouches down the second she feels Brittany's back tense knowing it's her silent sign telling her she is ready, Quinn climbs onto the ladder they placed near the shower head and photographs them from above. ''Damn girls, just like that!''
Santana looks at the pictures filling her laptop and gulps thickly seeing water droplets run down Brittany's abs on screen, she licks her lips turning back to both girls and smiles. ''Sexiest smirk!'' She orders, she turns back to the laptop nodding her head as she sees their smirks and smiles. ''Perfect!''
Nickayla turns to her and smiles. ''More or enough San?''
''More than enough Nick, they will pay a fortune for these pictures.'' She turns the shower off and smiles. ''Alright please dry yourselves off, I don't want the both of you to get sick.'' She watches them nod their heads walking out of the studio and turns to Quinn. ''They will be the reason our agency will be popular Q.''
Quinn looks at the picture and nods her head in agreement. ''Well damn they sure will be S, Nick was always amazing and the single shoots we had with B were amazing too but together they just beat the hotness factor.''
''Mh they do.'' Santana murmurs softly, she watches Quinn save the pictures and turns to look at the girls. ''Hey Britt, do you have time for the interview I take for the website?''
''Yeah I think so.'' Brittany replies after wrapping the towel around her body, she turns to Nickayla and smiles slightly. ''How late is dinner?''
''Around six, I can pick the kids up and the two of you can meet us at the house.'' Nickayla turns to Santana and chuckles as she sees her eyebrow raise. ''Yes mami and papi invited you over too S.''
Santana shrugs her shoulders and chuckles. ''I won't turn down Yolanda's food and I know Sof will love to play more with Liam.'' She grabs her phone shooting Puck a text and looks up at her with a smile. ''Puck will drive you, Britt and I will take my car.'' She turns to Quinn and shrugs. ''Take the weekend Q, I think we have enough pictures of Britt so we don't have to shoot new ones and I can handle uploading the interview myself.''
Quinn bites back a knowing smile and nods her head. ''Alright, see you all on Monday?''
''You sure will Q.'' Brittany replies with a small smile hugging her, Nickayla hums in agreement hugging Santana and turns to Quinn.
''Want to drive with us? I am sure Puck can drop you off before dropping us off at my parents house.''
''I won't say no to spending a bit of time with two of my favorite little kids.'' Quinn exclaims with a bright smile as she shoulders her bag, Santana shakes her head in amusement watching both woman walk out of the studio and turns to Brittany.
''Ready?'' She smiles as she nods her head closing her laptop and nods her head to her office. ''Let's do it in my office, I am sure you are freezing your ass off.''
''Yeah a bit, remind me next time to dry my hair too.''
Santana chuckles leading her into her office and sits down at her desk. ''I will.'' She opens her laptop again smiling as Brittany sits down in the chair beside her instead of on the other side of her desk and opens the document with the questions she set up for her models. ''Alright.'' She starts clearing her throat. ''Easy question, how old are you?''
Brittany chuckles turning to look at her and raises an eyebrow. ''I think you know that answer.''
Santana snickers shrugging her shoulder and hums. ''Eighteen right?'' She laughs as Brittany just pushes her softly and types in twenty.
''I thought I already became a mother young but with eighteen I would have been pregnant with thirteen.'' Brittany murmurs chuckling, Santana turns to look at her and winks.
''And you would still be the prettiest mother LA knows.''
Brittany bites her lip swallowing thickly as she feels her insides jump at the sexy wink Santana sends her and smirks slightly. ''Says the hottest mami walking around LA.''
Santana bites her lip as they lock eyes and breaths deeply through her nose turning back to her laptop as she feels her stomach flutter, she clears her throat once again and runs a hand through her hair not noticing Brittany also taking a relaxing breath. ''Okay next, tell us a bit about yourself.''
''Like what?'' Brittany asks curiously as she moves to lean against the desk, Santana glances at her and smiles slightly.
''Why do you work as a model and who inspired you to try out for this agency?''
''Nick always forces me to take pictures with her and the second it became clear that we would be moving to LA she made sure that we could meet right after everything settled down for a bit, she also inspired me to try it because she always told me I am beautiful even though I don't see it.'' Brittany replies shrugging. ''HeMo and Nay teamed up with her and after Li heard them talking about it he told me to try it and if I don't like I could always do something else.''
''Damn that is wise advice from a five year old.'' Santana mutters impressed as she types everything down only leaving the names out except for Nickayla's, Brittany hums in agreement and laughs.
''Yeah he definitely knows how to use my own words against me.''
''Sometimes we don't listen to things we say until someone uses it against us.'' Santana mutters shrugging, she looks at the next question and chuckles. ''Alright next, what are your hobbies?''
Brittany blows out a breath and turns to look at her. ''After work mommy time starts I think you know that the best too, so after work my time is spend with my little boy and when he is in bed I either read a good book, listen to music or go to bed myself because he powered me out.''
Santana laughs nodding her head in agreement typing that down and smiles slightly. ''What is your favorite book or song at the moment?''
''Favorite book literally everything from Stephen King, I can always read his books and favorite song..'' Brittany cuts herself off pulling out her phone and scrolls through her recently downloaded songs. ''Halestorm miss the misery.''
Santana's eyebrows raise in surprise not expecting that kind of song and turns to look at her, Brittany bites her lip shrugging her shoulders and sighs. ''Don't ask.''
Santana hums softly typing her answer down and sighs. ''Alright last question, what is one goal you want to reach in your life?''
''Finally be happy and live my life with my son like it has to be and to not be afraid of someone trying to take him away from me and kick me back into the hospital.'' Brittany freezes the second her thoughts leave her mouth before she can stop them and groans softly. ''Please don't use that as an answer.''
Santana's eyes widen turning in her seat to face her completely and stifles her shocked gasp. ''Excuse me, what?''
Brittany shakes her head glancing up to lock eyes with her and bites her lip as she hears her quick intake of breath knowing her eyes are darkened. ''I know I just dropped a major bomb and you are curious as fuck, but please not now.'' She runs a shaky hand through her hair and blows out a breath. ''Just type down that I am looking forward to shooting with Nick and enjoying time with my family after finally moving here.''
Santana quickly types that down saving the interview and opens her browser, she turns to Brittany as she notices her stand up and reaches out placing her hand on her forearm as she sees silent tears drip down her cheeks. ''Oh no I won't let you walk out of my office now B, I am not asking you any questions okay?''
She watches her walk to the window after she slowly shrugged her hand off with a soft sniffle and turns back to her laptop quickly uploading the interview with the pictures she selected beforehand, she closes it after getting the notification of an update to her website on her phone and stands up walking to the blonde. ''You want to go to your little boy?'' She asks softly knowing the presence of her daughter also immediately calms her down, Brittany shakes her head wiping away her tears and exhales shakily.
''He will immediately know something is wrong, I don't want to trigger another set of nightmares.'' She turns to her after blowing out a breath and bites her lip. ''How can you still be so calm and not question the hell out of me? Other people would have pushed until I would break.''
Santana shrugs her shoulders and smiles sadly. ''I am not like other people, I hope you know that I am here if you want to talk and I am just as content to just stand near you so you feel like you are not alone.'' She takes a step closer to the blonde as she hears her sniffle and slowly places her hand on the small of her back. ''We all have a past Brittany and not everyone likes to talk about it, I hate my past too and only my best friends know the whole story but I know that if I am down and in need to talk to someone that you will be the first to jump up too.''
''Well yeah, that are friends for right?'' Brittany asks softly, Santana hums in agreement following her gaze and looks out of her window overlooking LA.
''Exactly and friends don't push one to talk, I can tell you have a fucked up past but I will never force you to tell me about it. It will happen as soon as you feel like you can trust me.''
''I already trust you though.'' Brittany murmurs, she turns to look at her and gulps. ''It's not the trust holding me back to talk about it.''
''Than what is?'' Santana asks just as softly while tilting her head in confusion, Brittany bites her lip pulling away from her and shrugs.
''More the angst that you will be so shocked that you walk out of my life, I know we just became friends but I have this really secure feeling around you what scares the shit out of me because I never felt like this before around someone who isn't family but.'' She cuts herself off blinking away her tears and gulps thickly.
''My past is not something I am proud of and I barely talk about it because I am partly ashamed that I let it go that far, I am glad I managed to keep my son away from everything but that his fucking dad is the reason he has nightmares is also partly my fault because I didn't find the courage to leave him until Heath and Nay made sure I had a bunch of lawyers that backed me up so I could leave the damn city and he and my folks have to stay away from me and Li.''
Santana bites her lip hearing her voice filled with tears and takes a step closer again, she reaches out curling her right arm around her waist and pulls her in a hug. ''Easy it's just me.'' She murmurs softly as she feels her tense knowing she had her eyes closed the whole time, she leans up on her tiptoes so Brittany doesn't have to lean down too far and places her chin on her shoulder keeping her mouth near her ear so she doesn't have to speak loud.
''No matter what you will tell me, I won't walk out of your life Britt-Britt.'' She promises softly, she shakes her head as she hears her broken chuckle knowing she suffered quite a lot of heartbreak from people who did walk out of her life and kisses her cheek. ''I mean it, just like I said before. Everyone has a past and I am almost one hundred percent sure that whatever went down in your life is not to blame on you even though you do put it on yourself, if you want to talk about it we can but if you don't want to that is no problem either okay?''
Brittany gulps feeling the wave of emotions hitting her as soon as Santana calls her Britt-Britt and squeezes her eyes shut as tears fill them once again, she exhales shakily hoping she doesn't notice the effect she has on her and slowly wraps her arms around her waist. ''Thank you.'' She whispers softly, she slowly pulls out of the hug wiping away her tears and bites her lip. ''I don't want to ruin our night but I am ready to talk about it.''
Santana slowly nods her head and smiles gently. ''No stress B, I am not going anywhere.'' She glances at the time and chuckles softly. ''Well not without you, it's almost five thirty, ready to go?''
Brittany nods her head grabbing her phone she placed on Santana's desk at the beginning of the interview and watches her close everything off for the weekend, she reaches down grabbing her purse for her and walks out of the office so she can lock up.
After Santana made sure she locked everything she takes her purse from Brittany with a small smile and leads her down to the garage unlocking her car, she pulls out of the parking lot after they both put on their seat belt and drives out of the garage softly humming to the music playing.
Brittany turns to look at her smiling slightly as she sees the big sunglasses covering half of her face and reaches out softly squeezing the hand on the gear stick, she bites her lip as she turns to glance at her and sighs. ''Thank you.'' She murmurs softly.
Santana smiles flipping her hand so she can grab Brittany's and runs her thumb over the back of her hand ignoring the tremble she feels. ''There is no need to thank me Britt-Britt.'' She replies just as softly, she glances at her once again after taking a right turn and smiles sadly as she sees the emotions clear on her face. ''Want me to pull over before we reach the house?''
Brittany shakes her head and sighs softly. ''No you don't have to, I will be alright.'' she pulls out her phone as Santana hums softly and opens Heather's chat.
To HeMo: Hey Cuz, any chance you and Nay can come out in five? I need to talk to the both of you before Li sees me.
She turns to look at Santana and bites her lip. ''I just asked HeMo and Nay to come outside before Li can see me, they always manage to pull me completely out of it.''
Santana slowly nods her head smiling slightly and takes a left turn into the street Yolanda and George live. ''That is good and it looks like they are already waiting.'' She parks her car in the driveway chuckling as Naya immediately opens her door and grunts as she tackles her in a hug practically jumping in her lap. ''Well hello to you too Nay.''
Naya laughs kissing her cheek and hugs her tightly. ''Missed you bitch.'' Santana smiles lovingly slowly taking off her seat belt and slides out of the car to hug her properly.
''Missed you too Nay.'' She turns to look at the passenger seat seeing Heather leaning far into the car to hug her cousin and turns back to Naya. ''You might want to go and check on B.''
''What happened?'' Naya asks softly watching her girlfriend shush Brittany as she has her face buried in her shoulder probably crying.
''She opened up a bit.'' Santana explains, she runs a hand through her hair as she sees Naya's eyebrows raise in surprise and sighs. ''Well not really opened up but she gave a few answers to the interview that she didn't plan on at all and she knows that I can put them together.''
''It won't take long before she allows you in completely S.'' Naya murmurs softly with a sad smile knowing just how patient Santana is, Santana shrugs her shoulders and sighs.
''I won't force her to talk and to tell me about everything, but can you answer one thing for me?''
''Depends on the question San.'' Naya replies honestly, Santana nods her head in understanding glancing at her car and bites her lip turning back to Naya with a soft sigh.
''Is she safe?''