''It's your turn.''

''What is the difference between living and existing?''

Santana raises an eyebrow and chuckles. ''Damn that's deep Britt.'' She murmurs, she takes a sip of her drink as the blonde just shoots her a grin contemplating her answer and bites her lip. ''Well I think existing is just allowing the events in life to control you, but living is controlling the events in your life.''

She mirrors her position as she just hums and places her cup aside making sure the movement won't wake her son, she locks eyes with the blonde and smiles slightly. ''Where do you find inspiration for your songs?''

''Everywhere.'' Brittany murmurs with a grin. ''Lyrics just pop up in my mind randomly, but most of them appear in my head after an amazing day spend with people that matter to me.''

She locks eyes with her and smiles slightly. ''If you could go back in time and talk to your younger self, what advice would you give?''

Santana blows out a breath blindly grabbing her cup and takes a big sip, she bites her lip as blue orbs just follow every movement and licks her lips. ''Don't believe the people who tell you that they love you, believe the people that show you.'' She murmurs around the rim of her cup, she gulps thickly as Brittany's eyebrows raise in surprise and shrugs. ''Do you believe in fate or are we in control of our lives?''

''I think we are in control of our lives.'' Brittany replies almost immediately. ''But.'' She continues as Santana's eyebrows raise in surprise. ''Fate does exist and stirs our lives up every once in a while, it's just our decision if we allow fate to intervene or if we rely too much on controlling our own lives and ignore what fate offers.''

Santana just blinks slowly putting her cup down and chuckles. ''Are you sure that you are sixteen?''

Brittany laughs softly and shrugs. ''Seventeen in two weeks.'' She teases. ''I know it doesn't seem like it but whenever the boys and I are alone, we have pretty deep conversations that causes us to take a view on life and decide if we want to continue the way we are living now or change it fast.''

She runs a hand through her hair and bites her lip. ''Many of those nights caused us to change some things, Puck had some bad friends in the past and started smoking and drinking quite a lot until Jake and I opened his eyes and told him that he has to change his act to continue allow Jake living with him.''

''Jake lives with him?'' Santana asks in surprise, Brittany nods her head and sighs.

''Yeah their parents are not around and instead of Jake landing in foster care, we all fought hard with the help of Ma that he could stay with Puck.'' She breaths out. ''Ma is his guardian and decides life changing events, but he lives with Puck.''

''What is it with parents and not being around their kids?'' Santana asks frowning, Brittany shrugs her shoulders and smiles slightly.

''No idea, some people just don't deserve to be parents.'' She replies softly. ''There are a lot of dead beat parents walking around earth, but that just means that we have to put the real parents in the spotlight and show people just how amazing they are.''

''Like how you put your mom in the spotlight with that song?''

Brittany nods her head and chuckles. ''Yeah for example, I could release so much songs about my dad but I just don't want to give him the feeling that I am thinking about him.'' She breaths out. ''So I just write about the amazing things Ma does and rather release that and show the world how amazing she is.''

''She sure is lucky to have you as her daughter.'' Santana whispers with a grin, Brittany shakes her head and smiles.

''No I am lucky to have her, just like Mateo is lucky to have you as his awesome mami.''

Santana just smiles reaching out to pat Brittany's hand laying on the mattress softly and takes another sip of her drink. ''Alright next question.'' She murmurs. ''When do you feel most like yourself?''

''Right now.'' Brittany replies softly. ''I did whole weekend, but right now I just feel completely at peace.'' She murmurs. ''It's nice to hang around people who know my career but still treat me like a normal person, people who just don't care that I am currently making a name worldwide and see me for the person I am.''

Santana smiles lovingly as she hears the honesty in her soft voice and watches her glance over at Mateo's sleeping form. ''If you think back to the day you posted that video of Mateo on your Insta, would you have ever thought that you would be here three months later?''

Santana shakes her head as they lock eyes again and chuckles. ''I never even thought that you would see it, I was surprised the day you messaged me and you definitely shocked me the day you invited me and Mat to the meet and greet because he won.''

Brittany chuckles softly and bites her lip. ''I get tagged in so many things and I mostly ignore it, but that day I just had to tap on Puck's comment after reading it and I thank god that I did.'' She murmurs. ''If I hadn't, I would have never met your adorable little boy, you or Mercedes.''

Santana nods her head and smiles. ''Yeah thank god indeed.'' She agrees with a grin, she props her head back up on her hand after taking a sip of her drink and hums feeling the warmth of the alcohol spread through her body. ''If you could ask me one question about anything and I have to answer truthfully, what would it be?''

''Are you asking me, to ask you a question?'' Brittany asks in amusement, she chuckles as Santana just shrugs and tilts her head as they lock eyes.

''What is the most important thing according to you in a relationship?'' She asks after a few seconds of peaceful silence between them.

Santana licks her lips and smiles slightly. ''Communication is very important.'' She murmurs. ''But I also need someone who is truthful, someone who doesn't just lie and promise me the world at first and later on kicks my ass and shows me that everything was just an act.''

''Someone who accepts things as they come and is open to walk with me instead of forcing me into the unknown.'' She glances around and bites her lip. ''Someone who respects me for who I am and is also not scared to show vulnerability and compassion.''

She glances at her baby boy and gulps thickly. ''But most importantly, someone who accepts that my baby boy is and will always be my number one priority.'' She breaths out. ''Jealousy is normal in a relationship but being jealous of a little boy cuddling up to his mami because he had a nightmare in the middle of the night is a bit too much.''

''Someone was jealous because Mateo cuddled up to you?'' Brittany asks shocked, she frowns as Santana just nods her head and shakes her head. ''What the fuck?''

Santana giggles as she watches Brittany's eyes widen the second the curse word leaves her lips and shakes her head as they both glance over at Mateo. ''He is knocked.'' She murmurs reasuringly. ''But yeah my last girlfriend got jealous because Mat walked into my room after waking up from a nightmare and wanted to cuddle, she had an early shift and sat up to curse him out.''

She shrugs as Brittany raises an eyebrow and forces a smile. ''I kicked her out right in that second and never saw her again, if someone can't understand that he is allowed to crash into my room at times, definitely when he has a nightmare, it's just a person I don't need in my life because even though I am in a relationship with that person, Mat will always be my priority number one.''

''And that's understandable.'' Brittany breaths out. ''He is your son.'' She breaths out. ''Every amazing parents priority is their kid and that he or she is happy, if a relationship is the cause of unhappiness it's normal that you decide what is best for you and for him.''

Santana takes the last sip of her drink and scoffs softly. ''Yeah many people just can't understand that, hell before her I met someone who asked me why I didn't bring him to Mercedes so we could have some time alone the day I canceled our date because he was sick.''

She snickers as Brittany's eyebrows raise in surprise and shrugs. ''Yeah so that is also one of the reasons why I would tell my younger self that just because someone says they love you, doesn't always mean they do and that they have to show that they mean it.''

''Yeah but honestly why would someone ask you if you could leave your son with your best friend because he is sick and she wants to have you to herself?'' Brittany asks frowning. ''You have a very good reason to cancel the date and it's normal to stay with him if he is sick, hell if I am sick I am clingy as hell and still sleep with Ma and Carl knows that if something is up with me that Ma will cancel all their plans to stay with me.''

Santana chuckles softly and nods her head. ''Yeah he is clingy too and if he is sick I don't like being away from him, if I have an order I do prepare them making sure he won't enter the kitchen but I will ask Cedes or ask a delivery company to deliver it.''

Brittany nods her head and smiles slightly. ''I don't even know what to say to people expecting you to leave Mateo with Mercedes or not allowing him into your room, I am sure they knew that he exists the second you started dating so any sane person would just see him as a part of you.'' She breaths out. ''Hell if you already start dating a single parent, you should now that you are not only a part of their life but also a part of the little one's life.'' She murmurs.

She chuckles as Santana just raises an eyebrow in surprise and shrugs. ''They will never force you into a parental role but knowing that a little one is also part of your life from the day you start dating, so in my eyes it's normal to include him into the plans and not only plan dates that only includes you but also things you can do with him so he also gets used to everything and has a chance to get to know the person who will be around more too.''

Santana's heart jumps hearing Brittany just list everything up that is important to her in a relationship and bites her lip. ''I um..'' She cuts herself off with a shake of her head and sits up to mix herself another drink.

''What's wrong?'' Brittany asks softly noticing the trembling in Santana's hands as she adds sprite to the big shot of crown she added to the cup.

''It's just.'' Santana bites her lip taking a big sip of her drink and groans dropping on her back. ''It's weird to hear you list up everything that is important to me in a relationship but others just think oh fuck it, I don't care that there is another little heart that would break too.''

Brittany shrugs her shoulders and smiles slightly. ''If I had a little one, I would have had the exact same rules set up.'' She murmurs. ''It's just…'' She cuts herself off glancing at Mateo and turns back to Santana biting her lip as intense brown orbs immediately lock on her own. ''He is adorable and it's so easy to adore him, knowing someone is out to not only hurt you but also him just so they can satisfy their own needs is just fucked up.''

''Bad word Britty.''

Santana covers her mouth to muffle her giggle as Mateo's soft scolding causes Brittany to jump with a soft squeak and turns to look at her son, she shakes her head as she sees his tired cheeky smile and leans down to kiss his head. ''We will ignore it this once.'' She murmurs sweetly. ''Next time she will pay a dollar in the bad word jar too mijo.''

''Why are you up bud?'' Brittany asks softly as she sees that it's three in the morning.

''It's cold.'' Mateo pouts tiredly as he tucks himself further into his sleeping bag, Santana just glances as Brittany knowing the alcohol in her system along with the blonde's company heats her up and smiles slightly as she just shrugs silently telling her that she is fine too.

''Here.'' Brittany murmurs crawling over to cover him with her own sleeping bag. ''I sat on it the whole time, so it should be nice and warm.''

Santana smiles lovingly as she watches her son's eyes just slip close after Brittany tucked the sleeping bag around him and turns to her with an eyebrow raised. ''What about you?'' She asks softly as she lovingly runs her fingers through Mateo's dark locks.

''I will be fine.'' Brittany murmurs. ''I just don't want him to get a cold.''

''Do you have a mattress?'' Santana asks with an eyebrow raised, she sighs softly as Brittany just looks around the tent with a sheepish grin and chuckles. ''Britt..''

Brittany laughs and shrugs. ''I will be…''

''Run Britty.''

Brittany cuts herself off turning to Mateo as she hears his tired warning and chuckles. ''Run?''She asks in amusement thinking he is still asleep.

''That was mami's scolding voice.'' Mateo murmurs giggling. ''Run.''

Santana just laughs and shakes her head hearing Brittany's soft chuckle. ''She has nowhere to go mijo.'' She breaths out in amusement, she shoots Brittany a cheeky grin and winks. ''Unless she wants to run around in the rain again.''

''How bad is your mami's scolding?'' Brittany breaths out chuckling as she turns to look at the little boy tiredly nuzzling his face against his mami's thigh, she bites her lip hearing Santana's soft sweet laugh accompanied with Mateo's tired giggle and locks eyes with the Latina with an eyebrow raised.

''Not bad if you say sorry.''

Santana laughs and dips her head to kiss her son's head. ''Sleep mijo.'' She whispers still chuckling softly. ''It's too early to be awake for you.''

Brittany just stays silent as she watches Santana softly murmur Mateo back to sleep and takes a sip of her coke, she turns back to Santana as she leans back to look at her and raises an eyebrow as she notices the thoughtful look on her face. ''What?'' She asks softly.

''You do know that I won't clear out the section beside us right?'' She shakes her head as Brittany just immediately opens her mouth to reply and smiles slightly. ''Let me reword that, I won't let you sleep in that section without a mattress Britt.''

She slowly scoots over noticing Brittany's mouth snap shut as she pats the spot beside her after moving Mateo to his own sleeping mat and smiles slightly. ''You already slept on a hard surface yesterday, this mat is big enough for the both of us.''

''Are you sure?'' Brittany asks nervously, Santana nods her head unzipping her own sleeping bag so they can use it as a blanket and just pats the spot beside her again.

''I am.'' She murmurs confidently even though her insides are trembling. ''Let's try to sleep too even though it's still loud outside, I don't think we can make him go back to sleep is he wakes up again.''

She places her cup aside after downing her drink and grabs her pillow, she holds it out for Brittany and slowly reaches over Mateo to grab his abandoned pillow. She turns on her side facing Brittany as she lays down beside her and smiles slightly. ''Night Britt.'' She murmurs softly.

Brittany licks her lips glancing at Santana after crossing her arms behind her head under the pillow and smiles slightly. ''Good night Santana.'' She murmurs softly, she looks up at the roof of the tent as Santana dims the lantern they used to see each other during the conversation and exhales shakily as she feels Santana's legs gracing her own the second she turns around to face Mateo.

How the hell am I supposed to sleep with the woman swarming my head awake and asleep ever since we met? She thinks to herself, she smiles slightly as she hears Santana's soft content sigh accompanied by Mateo's soft snore filling the tent and just closes her eyes wishing sleep to come fast.

A few hours after both women laid down, Mercedes tiptoes over to the tent after going to the bathroom with the intent to throw cold water over Brittany as a payback of the prank she pulled in the middle of the night and crouches down to unzip the tent.

She peaks through the small opening eyeing the empty section filled with bags and raises an eyebrow as she sees doesn't see Brittany, she opens it a bit wider to look into her best friends side and bites her lip a grin forming on her face as she notices three sleeping figures close to one another in there. ''Go Snixx.'' She whispers softly.

''What are you doing?''

She jumps as she hears Jake's soft whisper and quickly covers her mouth to silence her squeal, she hits his leg shushing him as he laughs and holds a finger up to her lips. She just points into the tent and smiles slightly. ''Just look.'' She whispers.

Jake crouches down in confusion and looks through the opening, he smiles brightly as he sees his best friend fast asleep laying on her back with Santana cuddled into her side and shakes his head with a soft chuckle as he sees Mateo laying on top of Brittany with his face nuzzled in her neck.

He takes out his phone softly unzipping the tent further and crawls inside, he holds his breath as soon as he gets near enough and leans up far enough to snap a picture of the three. His eyes widen as he hears a soft groan and quickly crawls out bumping into Mercedes, Mercedes laughs softly quickly zipping up the tent and pulls Jake with her towards the table with drinks. ''Don't worry, that was just Mat complaining to himself that he doesn't want to wake up yet.''

Jake just chuckles and holds out his phone so she can look at the picture. ''Just look at the way they are cuddled up.''

Mercedes raises an eyebrow taking the phone to look at the picture and smiles as she sees the peacefulness on her best friends face, she glances at Jake as she notices Brittany holding both close with one arm curled around Santana hand placed on the middle of her back and the other holding Mateo her hand securely placed on his back so he can't roll off.

''I swear to god, if they don't start seeing that they belong to each other soon I will kick their asses.''

''You and me both.'' Jake murmurs with a soft chuckle. ''I don't think I ever saw Britt this happy.''

''Mh and I never saw San and Mat this happy.''