I didn't want to make you wait too long, enjoy.
''So what were you girls up to the past few weeks?'' Jack, Mercedes's dad asks after Santana returned from tucking Mat in, Mercedes chuckles handing Santana her whine and shrugs.
''We made three new friends thanks to Mat, we spend a weekend with them three weeks ago and went camping.''
''You go camping?'' Jack asks chuckling. ''Since when?''
''Since San has a crush on the girl that planned the whole weekend.'' Mercedes breaths out shrugging.
''Bitch what?'' Santana squeaks out almost spitting her whine out. ''You pulled me with you after the guy you are crushing on invited you!''
Jack laughs as he watches both women glare at each other for throwing one another under the bus and shakes his head. ''So my daughters are in love?'' He raises an eyebrow as they just sip on their wine glasses while looking everywhere but at him and snickers. ''Come on girls, what are their names?''
''Noah Puckerman.'' Mercedes murmurs as her dad just keeps looking at them, she turns to Santana and chuckles. ''I am surprised Mat didn't gush about her before.''
Santana laughs and shrugs. ''She called this morning right after you left to pick dad up, she just got home and was about to go to sleep but she still wanted to congratulate him in case she slept through till midnight.''
''And who is she, Mat loves her yes?'' Jack asks curiously
''Mat adores her.'' Santana breaths out. ''We met her and their best friend thanks to him winning the meet and greet dad.''
''Hold up.'' Jack breaths out eyes widening. ''You mean…''
Santana just nods her head and smiles shyly. ''Yeah I definitely fell for Brittany and she didn't only steal my heart, she stole Mat's too.''
''And Noah is?'' Jack asks softly.
''Her best friend and member of her band.'' Mercedes breaths out with a shy grin. ''They joined the meet and greet and we immediately clicked.'' She bites her lip as he dad just hums taking a sip of his beer and glances at Santana. ''And before you ask, Noah or well we all call him Puck is eighteen almost nineteen.''
''And Brittany is Seventeen right?'' Jack asks turning to look at Santana, he chuckles as she just nods her head while worrying her bottom lip between her teeth and exhales slowly. ''Stop looking so damn worried, I am not going to kick your ass because the both of you are a few years older.''
He raises an eyebrow as they relax slowly and tilts his head. ''What made you fall for them, what makes them special?'' He asks curiously. ''The both of you dated before, but I think you were never this nervous talking about one of your crushes before.''
''Because we both think this isn't just a crush dad.'' Santana breaths out. ''I know that I feel much more for Brittany as I did for anyone else and that scares the living hell out of me.''
''They make us feel things, we never felt before.'' Mercedes breaths out with a nervous grin. ''Puck is an idiot for sure but he also has a loving side and he definitely caught my interest after he contacted me a few days after the meeting and we started talking about god knows what.'' She tells him softly.
''He had your attention beforehand.'' Santana teases. ''You thought he was hot long before the meeting.''
Mercedes shoots her a glare and chuckles. ''Wanna talk about your blue eyed beauty?''
Jack laughs as Santana blushes and raises an eyebrow. ''I am listening San.'' He teases.
Santana blows out a breath and shrugs. ''I honestly can't pinpoint the moment I fell for her dad, sure I thought she was hot but during the meeting I only focused on Mat and enjoyed the happiness clear in his eyes.''
''Like hell you did, you flirted with her.'' Mercedes breaths out laughing, Santana rolls her eyes and hits her softly as a blush creeps up her cheeks.
''Shut up Aretha.'' She turns to Jack and bites her lip. ''She had to leave the meet and greet early because something happened to her mom, but before she left she slipped a piece of paper with her private phone number into Mateo's pocket telling him that he can ask me to send her whatever question he has and she would answer them.''
She hums as Jack's eyebrows raise in surprise and bites her lip. ''That's how everything started, Mat mostly wrote some things during the day but we started talking more and more during the night. Now we have a tradition that she calls and talks to him during the day and we will call before bed and if we are too tired to call we text and promise to call the day after.''
''Will she call tonight?'' Jack asks curiously, Santana nods her head and chuckles.
''That is why Mat was so hyped up, she promised to call him before the ball drop to wish him a happy new years.'' She smiles slightly as Jack just chuckles and bites her lip. ''I don't think I ever saw that big grin on his face before dad.''
''I never saw those smiles on your faces before girls.'' Jack breaths out. ''Can you answer just one question?''
''Shoot.'' Both girls breath out in unison.
''Do they make you happy?''
''The happiest I have ever been.'' Santana breaths out without a second hesitation, Mercedes nods her head and smiles.
''He does.'' She murmurs.
''Well, when will I meet them?'' Jack laughs as they turn to each other with wide eyes and takes a sip of his beer. ''I wanna meet the girl storming the charts and her best friend who makes music with her.''
''You will probably meet three.'' Santana breaths out chuckling. ''Jake, Puck's little brother will join them for some fun in LA sometime soon but C and I want to fly to Nashville in one or two weeks with Mat.''
''They invited you again?'' Jack asks smiling, Santana shakes her head and smiles shyly.
''No I need to talk to Brittany about some things.''
''She wants to ask her out on a date.'' Mercedes breaths out chuckling, she laughs as Santana just drops her head with a bright blush as her dad's eyebrows raise in surprise and shrugs. ''Britt sang a song yesterday and during her speech after winning the award she told everyone that Santana means quite a lot to her, so it's San's turn to show Britt she feels the same.''
''Wait you are the person with the necklace she talked about?'' Jack asks in surprise as he turns to Santana, he chuckles as she just nods her head blushing and smirks. ''Well she did confess it worldwide San, I think it's definitely your turn now.''
''It's a work in progress.'' Santana promises, she glances at Mercedes and smiles shyly. ''But it will happen soon.''
''I sure hope so San.'' Mercedes murmurs with a big smile. ''I am glad you finally stopped fighting your feelings.''
Santana just nods her head turning to Jack as she suddenly hears music filling the room and groans as he just holds up his phone playing Heartbeat with a teasing grin, she scoots closer to Mercedes hiding her face against her arm as she just hears her laugh loudly and shakes her head. ''I hate you both.''
''No you don't.'' Mercedes breaths out laughing. ''You love us, just not as much as you love Britt.''
She hits her softly as she hears Jack's loud laugh and blushes bright red as they continue teasing her, she bites her lip as Brittany's verse echoes through her head as she hears it and closes her eyes just listening to her soft sweet voice while Mercedes and Jack just joke around knowing they will continue teasing her during the night.
Three hours later.
''Mami?'' Mateo asks sweetly as he dances into the kitchen where his mami is preparing drinks and snacks for them, he wraps his arms around her legs as she just hums and tilts his chin up to look at her with a big grin. ''Can I have some hot chocolate?''
''Only tonight.'' Santana murmurs as she runs her hand through his dark locks. ''And only half a cup, you will go back to bed soon mijo.'' She picks him up as he just nods his head his grin growing bigger and places him on the counter. ''Keep an eye on the snacks? Aunt C can't steal them okay?''
Mateo just nods his head and giggles. ''I will.'' He promises as she opens the cupboard to take out her homemade hot cocoa mix. ''When will the fireworks start?''
Santana glances at the time after placing a mug she filled with milk in the microwave and smiles. ''In forty-five minutes.'' She murmurs as she walks over to kiss his forehead, she reaches out to adjust the collar of his white button up and taps his nose softly smiling as he giggles. ''I bought some sparklers for you, so we can go outside and you can hold them.''
''Really?!''
She smiles as she sees the excitement in his eyes and nods her head. ''Really but you will only hold one with an adult near and please listen when we tell you to drop it alright?'' She smiles as he nods his head with a big smile and kisses his forehead as the microwave beeps. ''How many spoons?''
''Just two mami.''
She adds two spoons filled with the mix to the cup and stirs it, she reaches up in the cupboard above her grabbing a few mini marshmallows and adds them shooting her little boy a wink as she hears his cute giggle.
''San phone!''
She raises an eyebrow as she hears Mercedes's yell and picks Mateo up, she places him down and kisses his head. ''Go and grab it before aunt C answers the call.'' She laughs as he immediately sprints off and follows him after placing the mug on the tray filled with drinks and snacks.
''It's Britty, mami!'' Santana just blinks as Jack takes the tray from her the second she entered the living room and takes her phone from her son, she quickly answers the call and moves it up to her ear.
''Hey you, afraid that the network won't allow you to call the second midnight hits?'' She teases.
She smiles as she hears Brittany's soft chuckle and sits down running her hand through Mateo's hair as he immediately climbs on her lap, she shoots Mercedes's a glare as she hears her soft snicker and rolls her eyes as Jack stands behind Mercedes making kiss faces.
''Sort of?'' She turns back to the phone call hearing Brittany's soft reply and raises an eyebrow.
''You sound tired, did you just wake up?''
''Nah I slept for about two hours.'' She hears her sheepish reply. ''Is Mateo awake too?''
''Two hours is not much Britt.'' She breaths out frowning. ''Yeah he is, want to speak to him?''
''Please.'' She chuckles holding her phone out for her son and winks as he just looks up at her with a big grin.
''She wants to speak to you mijo.'' She shakes her head as he slides off of her lap practically squealing Brittany's name the second he lifts the phone up to her ear and turns to the two sitting on the bigger couch. ''Can you stop?'' She whines as she sees the twin pair of teasing smirks on their faces. ''I know okay?''
''Really?!'' Her head snaps over to Mateo as she hears his happy squeak and frowns in confusion as he just dances around still talking to Brittany on the phone, she turns to Mercedes as he whispers something and raises an eyebrow.
''What the hell?''
''Don't look at me.'' Mercedes breaths out laughing. ''I am not the one talking to him on the phone.'' She nods her head to the TV as Santana just rolls her eyes and smiles. ''Thirty minutes left S.''
Santana nods her head leaning forward to grab a handful of chips and leans back in her seat glancing at the TV as Jack turns the volume up, she glances back over to her son as she hears him giggle and raises an eyebrow as he jogs over holding the phone out. ''Britty wants to speak to you again mami.''
She takes her phone back holding her hand with chips out for him to munch on and lifts it back up to her ear. ''Done being secretive?'' She teases.
''Secretive?'' Brittany asks laughing. ''I just had to clear something with him.''
''Oh and what?'' Santana asks curiously.
''One second.'' She raises an eyebrow as she hears a rustling over the phone follows by a whack and snickers as she hears one of the boys groan. ''Sorry Jake annoyed me.''
''Be nice.'' She scolds chuckling. ''You can hit him at midnight.''
''Hey!'' She laughs hearing Jake's whine and shakes her head. ''Ugh remind me to ditch them next year.''
She snickers hearing both boys whine right after Brittany's plead and shakes her head. ''You won't be able to enjoy the night without them.''
''True but they are disturbing my call, anyways.'' She frowns as Brittany clears her throat and raises an eyebrow as she hears the waver in her voice and tilts her head hearing her soft question. ''Do you remember what you told me during camping?''
''I think you need to elaborate Britt, I told you a lot during those three days.'' She breaths out shooting Mercedes a confused glance as Mateo slides off of her lap to climb on Mercedes's and whisper in her ear.
''What you listed up as important to you?'' She hums turning back to the phone call as Mercedes just keeps a straight face and takes a sip of her wine.
''I do.'' She confirms softly.
''Are secrets also lies?''
''Depends on the secret Britt.'' She replies honestly. ''There are secrets kept like a plan of a surprise party that are alright, but hiding that someone is a.'' She pauses glancing at her son and just chuckles.
''Okay yeah little ears.'' She hears her breath out chuckling, she glances at the TV as Mercedes nudges her with her foot and nods her head as she sees that there are fifteen minutes left. ''Tell me two things I don't know about you San.''
She raises an eyebrow hearing her request and clears her throat. ''Um I am a huge Eminem fan.'' She breaths out. ''And I was born and raised in a small town called Lima.''
''I already knew the first one.'' She blushes hearing her teasing voice and bites her lip remembering the first night in Puck's truck where she sang one of Eminem's songs with a cap Brittany handed her turned back on her head. ''But I will let that count.''
''Want to know two things about me?'' Santana just raises an eyebrow hearing her soft question and hums. ''Alright well, my last name is Pierce.'' She blinks quickly sitting up and turns to her son in surprise hearing his soft giggle. ''And I live in a small town called Springville.''
''Why are you doing this to me?'' She asks softly as she stands up, she walks over to the big window overlooking the city and bites her lip as she feels her heart beating in her throat.
''What am I doing?''
She drops her head hearing the soft question and exhales shakily. ''Fuck Britt.'' She just whispers making sure it's soft enough so her son won't scold her for saying a bad word. ''Do you know how much it sucks to sit 1800 miles away hearing your new song, hearing what you said at the end of your speech and now hear you tell me the two secrets you keep for the rest of the world?''
''Would you rather have me in LA?''
''Fuck yes I would like having you right here, right now.'' Santana murmurs dropping her head against the cold glass, not noticing the three she left on the couch standing up, her son and Mercedes whispering something to Jack before disappearing into the hallway. ''So I can tell you in person just how much I would like to feel everything you sang too.''
''So what are you waiting on?''
She blinks as she hears the question that also belongs to the song twice, followed twice by Mateo's soft giggle and turns on her heels. She blinks as she sees the blonde standing right beside the couch with Mateo contently settled on her hip and gulps thickly. ''What, how..''
