I'm back with another chapter, I'll try to get the next one out a little faster.
"Stay B," Santana pouts trying to pull her wife back in bed.
"Babe, I have to go meet my agent to go over the new details the director sent along with the script updates." Brittany says trying to detach her wife, unsuccessfully.
"You'll be leaving in a few weeks and I want to spend as much time as possible with you." Santana pouts.
"You and Stella could come with me." Brittany offers.
"No, I'd rather stay in bed." Santana says snuggling back down into the blankets.
Brittany smiles, shaking her head at her wife's antics.
"Okay, I'll see you when I get back." Brittany says giving her a kiss on the lips.
Once she hears Brittany leave, she gets up quickly, grabbing Stella who's still sleeping and heads out to Amanda's house out back. She knocks on the door, sure that Amanda is already awake.
"Santana?" Amanda says frowning. "Is everything okay?"
"Yes, but I do need your help with something." Santana says.
Amanda opens the door more for Santana to come in. They go into the living room, sitting down on the couch.
"So, what do you need help with?" Amanda asks.
"Can you watch Stella? I want to set up a romantic lunch for Britt." Santana says.
"Of course, you know I love Stella and will watch her any time you need." Amanda says taking her from Santana.
"Thank you, she hasn't eaten yet." Santana says handing her two bottles as well.
"Go prep for your romantic lunch, I've got Stella." Amanda tells her.
Santana gives Stella a kiss before heading back to the house. The first thing she does is pull out steaks from the freezer to thaw. Steak is Brittany's favorite so even though it's lunch, she's making them steak, steamed vegetables and mash potatoes. She puts on some Adele as she cooks, singing and dancing along.
Meanwhile Brittany is in Matthew's office to finalize her travel plans and sign a few contracts.
"Here's the new script." Matthew says handing it over to her.
"Any big changes?" Brittany asks flipping through the script quickly.
"No, just some line changes and switching a few scenes around." Matthew tells her.
"I'll read it tonight." Brittany says.
"Okay, now I have you flying up to Vancouver in two and half weeks to start training and you'll start shooting a month after that." Matthew tells her.
"Sounds good to me." Brittany says. "Did you have it put in my contract that San and are daughter are allowed to be on set?" Brittany asks.
"Yes, and they were fine with that. You're professional reputation has come in handy." Matthew happily says showing her the contract.
"Thank you," Brittany says. "Is there anything I need to know before signing?"
"Nope, it's pretty standard, just like your last movie contract." Matthew says.
Brittany signs the contract so glad to be done with all the paperwork now.
"I'll get these off." Matthew says.
"Great, do we need to discuss anything else or can I go? San wants to spend all our time remaining together. And I want to too." Brittany says.
"Go spend time with your wife. I'll call you if I need you for anything." Matthew says.
Brittany heads out spending her wife a text that she's done and headed home. Santana replies with a happy face and thumbs up.
When Santana receives this text, she quickly starts finishing up her set up. Lunch is completely done being kept warm in the oven. Now she's setting up the dinning room with rose petals, place mats, silverware, candles on the table and all around to give it the mood and closing the blinds. She puts on a romantic music set list.
"San," Brittany says coming in half expecting to see her and frowning when she doesn't.
That's when she notices the trail of rose petals. Smiling to herself, she follows them into the dining room.
"San," Brittany gasps.
There's her wife standing next to the decked-out table with candles, smiling. Romantic music is playing in the background.
"Amanda is watching Stella so we can enjoy a romantic lunch." Santana says smiling so glad that her wife is happily surprised.
"San," is all Brittany can say.
"Come sit down, I made us your favorite steak." Santana says motioning to the table.
"Oh my god, I fucking love you." Brittany says wrapping Santana up in her arms, kissing her.
Santana is all smiles as they sit at the table.
"This is so amazing." Brittany says looking all around. "You've out done yourself."
"I wanted to surprise you and spend some time alone with you." Santana says.
"Well, you did." Brittany says.
They lightly chat about new movies and music coming out soon as they eat. Neither wants to bring up that Brittany will be leaving in a little over two weeks.
"We should do this more often." Brittany says as she finishes up.
"We haven't really spent any time alone since Stella was born." Santana says agreeing. "We should plan to spend one afternoon or night a week together alone. I'm sure Amanda wouldn't mind babysitting."
"Even on set or tour, we should Skype dates." Brittany adds.
"Yes," Santana agrees. "Should we take this upstairs?" she asks.
Brittany picks up her wine, gulping it down. She then stands up, holding out her hand for her wife. Santana laughs at her wife's antics.
"You are something else." Santana says.
She grabs her wife's hand and pulls her upstairs.
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"Thank you again for watching Stella for us." Santana says some hours later.
"We needed the alone time." Brittany adds. "Thank you so much for watching our baby girl."
"Any time, you know that I love this little girl and you two like family." Amanda says motioning to the sleeping baby in her mobile crib that Amanda got so she could watch her.
"Still, we appreciate it." Brittany says looking over at her wife who nods.
On the way out back to Amanda's they had decided to offer her the raise and vacation option now. They want to make sure that Amanda doesn't think they don't appreciate everything she does and doesn't leave because of pay or lack of time off. Though they do realize at some point she might leave wanting her own family.
"We want to offer you a raise and some vacation time." Brittany tells her.
"Though don't feel pressured to take a vacation if you'd rather just do a staycation." Santana adds knowing Amanda isn't big on taking vacation.
"You two don't have to do this." Amanda says shocked that they are offering her another raise.
"We want to," Santana says smiling. "You've been amazing since Stella was born and we feel that you have earned it."
"More than earned it. You've done so much for us, above and beyond what we pay you for and we want to make sure you know how much we appreciate everything you do for us."
"You all just gave me a bonus and raise before Stella was born. You didn't have to do this again. I know how much you two appreciate me." Amanda says shocked by their generosity.
"We want to," they both say.
"Thank you so much." Amanda says deciding not to argue anymore.
"You're welcome," Brittany says.
"Let us know if and when you'd like to take some time off." Santana says.
"I will," Amanda says.
They gather up the still sleeping Stella and head back to the main house, leaving Amanda to enjoy the rest of the evening to herself. The first thing Amanda does is call her parents to tell them the great news. They are very happy for her and excited that she'll be visiting soon.
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"Are you sure you don't mind me tagging along?" Santana asks as they head up to Kate's office.
"Of course not, Kate thought it was a great idea for you to come. She wants to meet you, after all I've told her all about you." Brittany says smiling as she cradles Stella in her arms.
"I'm honored to come with you." Santana says happy she gets to do this.
The pair of them head in and Kate gets up to introduce herself to Santana.
"You must be Brittany's wife Santana. It's so nice to finally meet you. I've heard so many great things about you." Kate says holding her hand out.
"It's nice to finally meet you too." Santana says shaking Kate's hand. "I'm so thankful for all the help you've given my wife."
"And this must be Stella." Kate says tickling Stella.
Stella giggles, kicking her legs.
"How old is she now?" Kate asks waving and smiling at Stella.
"Seven months," Santana says.
"I can't believe she's that old already." Kate says. "I'm glad you two could join us."
"We're honored to be here." Santana says as they all sit down.
Stella is now in Brittany's lap, playing with her fingers.
"I'm glad you're here, last time we were talking about Brittany not wanting to miss out on anything Stella does while she's filming and how much she'll miss you. Have you two talked about it?" Kate asks.
"We've talked some, mostly we've been focusing on spending time together." Brittany tells her.
Santana doesn't say anything instead she takes Stella from Brittany to hug her.
"San?" Kate says noticing how quiet she is and how Brittany looks at her, a little worried.
"I don't want to think about her leaving." Santana defensively says. "This is for Britt."
"But she worries about you so why don't we talk about your fears." Kate suggests. "Since you're here, I'd love to help."
"Okay," Santana agrees, how can she argue with someone who has help her wife so much and thus her.
"How do you feel about Brittany leaving for four months?" Kate asks.
"I hate it." Santana says frowning before continuing. "Don't get me wrong, I'm very proud and happy that Brittany got the role she's always wanted. But I hate that she's going to be gone for four months."
"Why is this time different? She's been gone before." Kate asks knowing they both need to talk about it.
"Because we have Stella." Santana says.
"It's more than that, what's the real reason?" Kate pushes.
Brittany looks at her wife to see what she's going to say. She's curious as to what the reason is.
"I don't want to talk about." Santana says hugging Stella to her.
"I know this is hard, but it will do you good to talk about it." Kate tells her.
"I didn't want to either at first, but it did end up helping." Brittany says wrapping her arms around her wife.
Santana frowns still not sure. She's not a talker about her feelings unless it's to Brittany. But this woman has helped her wife at lot so she'll try.
"I don't like talking about my feelings unless it's to Britt." Santana tells her.
"Then talk to her, pretend I'm not here." Kate says.
Santana turns to face her wife. "I'm scared that something bad will happen while you're gone and you won't get back in time. What if I screw up Stella?" she sniffles.
Brittany wraps her wife up in a hug, Santana sniffles into her wife's shoulder.
"You have family and friends close?" Kate asks starting with her first problem, first.
"Yes, we have friends close and our family would come out if we asked." Brittany tells her.
"Well, maybe ask them to come stay with you." Kate suggests. "That way someone is here to help you."
"Our assistant lives in our guest house." Santana says.
"So, you already have backup." Kate says. "Trust me when I say that you will be fine on your own for a few months. It's normal to be nervous about being alone for the first time with a baby."
Santana sniffles, nodding.
"I'm sure that Brittany would drop everything and come straight home if you needed her to." Kate says and Brittany nods. "I'm here too if you ever feel like you need to talk."
"I trust that you'll be fine and nothing you do would screw Stella up." Brittany reassures her.
"Thanks," Santana says to them. "I'm already feeling better."
"Good, I also suggest that you fly out to visit Brittany. That way you can feel better knowing you'll see her sooner." Kate says.
"Could I?" Santana asks Brittany knowing she often likes to focus completely when filming.
"Heck yes, I'm going to miss you and Stella so much." Brittany says.
Kate smiles so glad that these two women are so open to talking and taking her suggestions. They talk a bit more before time is up.
"Well, Brittany next time we talk it will be virtually. Let me know what time will work best for you, when you get on set." Kate says to her before turning to Santana. "It was wonderful to meet you and feel free to give me a call if you need to." she offers.
"Okay,"
"Talk to you later."
The pair heads out with Brittany now carrying Stella.
"How do you feel now?" Brittany asks her wife.
"Much better, I'm glad I came with you." Santana says.
"Me too,"