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Santana is hugging Brittany tightly, not wanting to let go. It's the day Brittany has to leave and neither woman wants to leave.
"I wish you didn't have to go." Santana sniffles.
"I know babe, but I'll see you in three months when you fly out." Brittany says trying to stay strong.
She's going to miss her wife and daughter so much. It's much harder to leave now than she thought it would be. She's going to miss so much with Stella. Santana promised to video everything and send it to her.
"If you need me, text and I'll fly home right away." Brittany promises.
"We'll be fine," Santana says.
Both their moms are coming out in a week to stay for a few weeks to keep them company. Also, Quinn and Mercedes are in town so Santana has lots of support. Still, she really wants Brittany to stay.
"I have to get on the plane now." Brittany says slowly pulling away.
Since Brittany is flying private, Santana and Stella are able to see her off at the gate along with Amanda, who is currently holding Stella.
"Bye San, baby girl," Brittany says giving them a kiss. "Take care of them for me." she says to Amanda.
"I will," Amanda says nodding to her boss.
"Bye,"
Amanda wraps her arm around Santana as they watch Brittany board. They don't move until the plane leaves the gate.
"Come on Santana, let's head home." Amanda says.
"I miss her already." Santana says.
"I know," Amanda says handing her Stella to hold.
Amanda drives them home knowing Santana won't be able to. When they get back, Quinn and Mercedes are waiting.
"Brittany asked you to come keep me company." Santana says walking up to them.
"She thought you would need the company." Quinn says.
"Thanks," Santana says so glad to have them all here.
"I think we should watch Quinn's new movie." Mercedes says as they walk into the house.
"We could-" Quinn starts.
"I'd like that." Santana says turning to Amanda. "Will you join us?" she asks.
"Of course," Amanda says.
The four of them head to the theater room and Amanda gets everything set up with Quinn.
"How is she?" Quinn softly asks.
"Okay for now, I don't think it has really hit her yet." Amanda tells her.
"One of us will come by everyday to help." Quinn says.
"Thanks, their moms are coming out in a week, but I think it will be good for her to have you both stopping by." Amanda tells her.
Mercedes is tickling Stella who is giggling, seated in Santana's lap.
"Quinn and myself have decided that one of us will stop by every day." Mercedes tells her.
"You don't have to. I can look after myself." Santana says not liking that they're thinking of her like a kid.
"We know you can, but we want to help wither it's with Stella or just to talk to you." Mercedes says.
"Maybe we can work on some songs. I was thinking of trying to finish my next album while Britt's gone." Santana tells her.
"Yes, I so want to be on it." Mercedes says smiling.
"What do you want to be on?" Quinn says as they both walk back to the theater seats.
"San's next album." Mercedes says.
"Going to finish it while Brittany's gone?" Quinn says.
"Yep, Mercedes told me you two are going to be stopping by. Thanks for helping me." Santana says.
"We want to help, anyway you need us." Quinn says.
Amanda settles herself down next to Santana and starts the movie. She's glad that Santana has such great friends and won't have to do this alone.
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Brittany has been training hard for a week and a half since she arrived. Today is the first day the whole cast is sitting down to do a table read.
"Hey Britt," Tom the male lead says sitting next to her.
"Hey," Brittany says looking up from her phone where she was watching a video of Stella, Santana sent.
"Are you as happy as me that we're getting a break from training?" Tom asks.
"Heck yes," Brittany says. "I'm sore in places I didn't think could get sore."
"This is your first action film, right." Tom says.
"Yes, most of the other movies I've done have been dramas or comedies." Brittany says. "I never realized how much actual training went into action movies."
"It's a lot but well worth it." Tom says as the rest of the cast files in.
"Everyone welcome to our first table need." the director says.
Back in LA, Santana is annoyed with their moms. She knows they mean well, but for some reason everything they do is just annoying her. All she wants to do is be alone so she can write.
"Honey!" Whitney shouts.
Santana cringes thinking maybe she should try hiding again.
"Stella's hungry!" Gloria shouts.
"Coming!" Santana shouts back.
She finds them in the living room where Stella is trying to open Gloria's shirt.
"You are always hungry." Santana says to Stella taking her from her mom.
"Just like you," Gloria says.
"Britt ate a lot too. So much that I had to give her formula as well." Whitney says.
"I'm glad Stella doesn't eat that much." Santana says.
A little while later Whitney has taken Stella outside leaving mother and daughter to talk.
"How are you really doing?" Gloria asks, she can tell that something is bothering her daughter.
"I'm okay mami, I promise." Santana says.
"Something is up, I can tell." Gloria says.
Santana tries to deny it a few more times before finally giving in.
"I feel suffocated between you, Whitney being here, Quinn and Mercedes checking in on me everyday and Amanda checking in. I get why honestly; I just want some peace. I can be alone." Santana tells her.
"Okay mija," Santana says giving her a hug.
"Thanks, mami," Santana says giving her a hug.
"We just didn't want you to feel lonely." Gloria tells her.
"And I appreciate it." Santana says.
Gloria leaves to give her daughter some space. She goes out with Whitney.
"How is she?" Whitney asks.
"She needs some space. We're overwhelming her." Gloria says.
"Okay, then we can just spend more time with Stella." Whitney says handing her over to Gloria.
"I hadn't thought of it like that." Gloria says all smiles.
Inside Santana is just starting to work on a new song when Brittany texts that she's free to Skype.
'Britt,' Santana says as soon as Brittany picks up.
'Hey San,' Brittany says.
They talk via Skype at least once a day sometimes twice.
'Are our moms still annoying you?' Brittany asks.
'No, I told my mami that I need space and now they are giving it to me.' Santana tells her.
'That's good, where's our little angel?' Brittany asks so glad her wife is happy.
'Our moms have her. You haven't missed anything.' Santana tells her.
'I guess I can call again later to see her.' Brittany says.
'How has your day been?' Santana asks.
'Great, we had our first table read so I got a break from training.' Brittany tells her.
'Have you made friends?' Santana asks.
'I get along with Tom, the male lead but other than that not really. I've been very focused on training.' Brittany says. 'I do tell everyone about you and Stella.'
'Good to know we're on your mind.' Santana says smiling.
'I miss you both and can't wait for you two to be here.' Brittany says.
'We miss you too.' Santana says.
They talk for another twenty minutes before Brittany has to go back to training.
'I'll call you later tonight.' Brittany says.
'Bye,'
Brittany hangs up and heads to hand-to-hand practice.
"Hey Brittany, ready to get your butt kicked." Amy says.
"I'm going to beat you this time." Brittany says.
Amy just shakes her head, there is no way that she will lose even though they are only training.
"You'll beat me when pigs fly." Amy says.
"I can hope can't I." Brittany laughs. "After all you are training me even if it's choregraphed steps."
"Exactly which is why you'll never beat me." Amy says.
They run through warming up and go quickly through some exercises before getting to the fighting steps.
"Left, right, then block." Amy says.
"Okay," Brittany says.
She picks up the steps easy enough though she has some issues with the hand placements.
"Now, remember that you're going to get hit several times in a row before finally hitting back." Amy says.
"Really," Brittany groans.
"Yes, now get going." Amy says.
Brittany is "hit" three times before she can finally hit back. They move through the fight scene, not really hitting each other. Amy lands the final blow that "knocks" Brittany out.
"I hate that I get least there." Brittany says as Amy helps her up.
"The character has taken some lumps otherwise the story won't be interested." Amy says.
"Yeah, but still I wish I wasn't beaten there." Brittany says.
"We're done for now off to your other training." Amy says.
"See you tomorrow." Brittany says heading off to weapons training.
In LA, Santana, Gloria and Whitney are eating dinner while Amanda watches Stella for them.
"We've decided that the two of us are going to go to Vegas for the weekend. We want to give some space. Your mom will come back for a week then I'll come back out for a week just to help with Stella. We both want to spend time with our granddaughter." Whitney tells her.
"You don't have to leave." Santana says feeling bad now.
"We want to honey," Gloria says. "Since Brittany left you've had people around twenty-four seven, you need some space so we're going to give that to you. If you need us, we'll be here as fast as we can."
"Thanks, mami, Whitney." Santana says.
"Now, did you talk to Brittany today?" Whitney asks.
"Yes, and we're going talk again tonight." Santana says all smiles.
"That's great," Whitney says. "How is she doing?" she asks.
"They just had their first table read and are still training." Santana says.
"They haven't started shooting yet?" Gloria asks.
Gloria and Whitney have never really understood what goes into making a movie or album.
"No mami, there's a lot of training that goes into a rule before they actually start shooting. Britt thinks it will happen in the next two weeks." Santana explains.
"I'll never understand how all this works." Gloria says shaking her head.
"Sometimes it's better if you don't." Santana agrees.
Shortly after Amanda comes back in with a hungry Stella.
"Someone is hungry and grumpy." Amanda says.
"Our angel is never grumpy." Whitney says smiling as Santana takes Stella in her arms.
"If she's anything like Santana then grumpy is an understatement." Gloria says chuckling.
"Shh, baby girl don't listen to them." Santana says to Stella, causing the rest to laugh.
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A few days later, Brittany is awake and getting her hair and makeup done at four am for the first day of shooting.
"Hey girly," Martha says coming in to do Brittany's hair. "Ready for today?"
The pair have worked on several movies together over the years.
"I'm excited to be getting back to acting though I miss my wife and baby girl." Brittany says.
"This is your first movie back since the birth, right?" Martha says.
"Yes, it's harder than I thought." Brittany admits.
"Well, we'll make you look amazing for your first day back shooting." Martha says.
After finishing up with hair and makeup, she heads over to the costume department. Since the first scene being a fight scene, she gets in her Catwoman costume.
"This looks amazing, Amber." Brittany says spinning around.
"I'm glad you like it." Amber says smiling.
She tells Brittany about al the features of the costume, showing her how to use them.
"By far the best costume ever." Brittany says.
"Have fun," Amber says.
Brittany heads out to the set. The first half hour is spent with everyone trying to figure out where to go. The first thing they shoot is a fight scene between Brittany and a couple thugs.
"Okay, take three." the director shouts.
Brittany crouches, her suit claws extended. Two thugs run at her and she kicks at them, knocking the first one down and causing the second to tumble. A third guy runs at her with a crow bar. She leaps over him, kicking him in the back. She fights them for a few seconds before tying them up and leaving them for the cops.
"Cut! Great job!" the director shouts.
They film four more scenes before cutting for the day.
'Brittany, how's it going?' Katie asks over Zoom.
'I'm doing better now that we've started shooting scenes.' Brittany tells her.
'That's great, any problems?' Katie asks.
They're only scheduled for a very short fifteen minutes session.
'Nothing new, still missing San and my baby girl.' Brittany says.
'They are still going to be coming out right?' Katie asks.
'Two months, ten days and sixteen hours.' Brittany says.
'Well, it sounds like you are doing well. If anything changes let me know and we can set up more time.' Katie tells her.
'Thanks, I'll talk to you later.' Brittany says.
"Hey Britt, we're headed out. Want to come?" Tom asks.
"Sure," Brittany says following him.
They end up at a local bar with most of the cast. They're all just hanging out, not drinking much since most of them have an early call time.
Meanwhile back in LA, Santana and Mercedes are sitting in the living room, brain storming.
"Thanks for your help." Santana says.
"Any time, I enjoy working with you." Mercedes says smiling. "Let's hear what you have so far."
Santana starts playing her guitar, humming along as she's not sure about the lyrics yet.
"That's what I have thus far." Santana says.
"No lyrics yet?" Mercedes asks.
"Some, but none that I like yet." Santana says handing her the page with the lyrics thus far.
"I see what you mean on the lyrics. I love the melody and chords. I do think if you sped it up slightly it would be better." Mercedes says.
They work on the speed the song should be played at before finally setting on a medium tempo.
"I want to talk about the joy I have with my family." Santana says as they work on the lyrics.
"Okay, how about this?" Mercedes says showing her the intro she's come up with.
"Yes, but how about we put this first." Santana says showing her a line she has.
They work for three hours on lyrics and have a good seven lines that they both like.
"We're off to a great start." Mercedes says taking Stella from Amanda who just brought her in.
"Yes, we are, do you want to stay for dinner?" Santana asks.
"I would, but I have a date tonight." Mercedes says.
"Goodluck,"
Mercedes leaves shortly after that.
"Well Amanda, it's just us unless you have plans." Santana says biting her lip.
"Don't worry I'm here with you until Britt comes home." Amanda tells her.
"Thanks,"