Later that afternoon.

''Hey Ma, Carl.'' Brittany yells knocking on her mom's hotel door after she changed clothes and locked her own door. ''Ready? They are waiting!''

''Coming!''

''I sure hope you don't.'' Brittany murmurs.

''Brittany!''

She laughs as her moms eyes widen not having noticed that she opened the door during her reply and quickly jumps back as she tries to grab her a bright red blush creeping up her cheeks. ''Fuck no!'' She squeals out laughing turning on her heels as Carl also tries to grab her, she sprints down the hallway busting through the door leading to the stairway and sprints down the stairs.

She slides her phone into her pocket mid sprint dodging a couple jogging up the stairs and opens the door leading to the lobby, she jogs past the elevator laughing as the doors slide open revealing her a still blushing Carl and Susan and speeds up sprinting over to the group waiting near the entrance. ''Safe me.'' She gasps out chuckling as she slides behind Santana.

Santana just turns her head to look at her in amusement and shakes her head as Brittany just leans forward to try and catch her breath through her laughter.

''What did you do B?'' Jake asks chuckling as he notices Susan and Carl walk over clearly blushing.

''Nothing.'' Brittany breaths out chuckling, she straightens up still standing behind Santana and shoots her mother an innocent grin. ''I have witnesses!''

Susan shakes her head shooting her daughter a soft glare as the three strangers and two boys snicker and points at her. ''Payback will get ya honey.''

''It definitely will Brittany.'' Carl promises chuckling.

''What did you do?'' Santana asks in amusement as she tilts her head back to look up at Brittany with an eyebrow raised.

''Just replied to something she said.'' Brittany replies snickering. ''They are the ones with a.'' She reaches over Santana to cover Mateo's ears and chuckles. ''Dirty mind.''

''You thought dirty the second I told you that I am coming!'' Susan defends, she blushes bright red as the boys snicker and shakes her head. ''God I need tea.''

Brittany laughs sliding beside Santana after taking her hands off of Mateo's ears and shoots him a grin as he giggles. ''I am sure we will grab a hot drink soon.'' She mentions her hand to Santana and smiles slightly. ''Ma this is Santana and.'' She smiles as she feels Mateo's arms wrap around her legs and picks him up. ''Mateo.''

''And this is Mercedes.'' Puck adds as he places both of his hands on Mercedes's shoulders.

''Nice to officially meet you Ms Pierce.'' Santana breaths out as she reaches out to shake her hand, Susan clicks her tongue gently slapping her hand away and chuckles.

''The three of you send me some awesome tea that helps me relax after handling three sometimes four kids.'' She tells them as she steps closer, she laughs as she hears her boyfriends whine followed by the three teens and hugs Santana. ''Nice to meet you too Santana and please call me Susan.''

She turns to Mateo after hugging Mercedes and crouches down with a kind grin. ''Hey handsome, I am Susan, Brittany's mommy.''

''Hi Susan.'' Mateo whispers as he continues standing between his mami and Brittany, he reaches out high fiving her as she just holds her hand up and smiles shyly. ''Nice to meet you.''

''Nice to meet you too.'' Susan replies with a kind grin, she stands back up and smiles watching her boyfriend also introduce himself. She turns to her daughter as she picks Mateo back up after he just tugged on her dark blue denim button up and chuckles. ''He has you wrapped around his little finger.''

''Since day one.'' Santana and Mercedes breath out in unison, they laugh after glancing at each other and turn back to Susan as she chuckles.

''Just don't let him hangout with her alone too long.'' She stage whispers. ''I heard that her blonde behavior is infectious.''

''Ma.'' Brittany whines as Santana muffles her snicker, she shoots her mother a soft glare and sighs. ''Please behave?''

''Alright.'' Susan gives in. ''I will for now.'' She laughs evilly as Puck and Brittany just drop their heads with a groan and turns to the girls. ''Where are we going today?'' She asks smiling brightly.

''There is so much that we could show you but it's hard to pack everything in one weekend, so San, Mat and I decided to just take you to our favorite spot.'' Mercedes explains.

''It's half an hour away from here but.'' Santana breaths out as they lead them out of the hotel, she nods her head to the two cabs pulled up front and smiles slightly. ''They will bring us there.''

''Who drives with who?'' Brittany asks chuckling.

''Shotgun!'' Jake, Carl and Mercedes call out in unison.

Brittany laughs as Mateo just tightens his hold around her shoulders and rubs his back with a grin. ''Dips on driving with Mateo.'' Santana shakes her head and laughs.

''Alright Cedes and the boys in the smaller cab, Susan, Carl and the three of us.'' She turns to look at Brittany. ''In the other.''

She plucks her son out of Brittany's arms as Mercedes and Jake start bickering about who will sit in the front while Puck just shakes his head in amusement and walks over to the cab to buckle him in, she smiles as Susan just slides into the back with Brittany and turns to look at Mercedes. ''Aretha?''

She smirks as she turns to her cutting her rambling off and shakes her head. ''Allow Jake to sit up front.'' She laughs as Jake cheers sliding into the cab right after she told her that and slides into the car sitting beside her son.

''Will you tell us where we are going, or is it a surprise?'' Brittany asks curiously as they drive off right after Santana closed her door, she smiles as Mateo grabs her hand to play with her fingers and locks eyes with Santana with an eyebrow raised.

''Santa Monica Pier.'' Santana just replies with a small grin, she bites her lip as she hears the driver turn the volume of the radio up and gulps thickly. ''But I think C and I didn't think it through.''

''Wh…'' Brittany sucks in her lips as she suddenly hears the song she sang with Carrie fill the car and drops her head. ''Oh.''

Susan chuckles watching Santana just tap Mateo's shoulder and turns to her daughter after Santana held a finger up to her lips silently telling the boy to not give away that Brittany is sitting in the cab, she scoots forward after taking her own sunglasses off of her head and holds them out for Brittany. ''We all still have to get used to it, your cap already covers a bit of your features but the sunglasses will cover that what immediately gives it away.''

''Your eyes honey.'' Susan breaths out as Brittany just frowns in confusion, she chuckles as she slides the sunglasses on without a word and shrugs. ''Blue eyes are very common but you can immediately pick yours out of a crowd of only blonde haired and blue eyed women.''

''Your mom is right.'' Santana murmurs chuckling. ''The both of you have the same eye color, but yours are a bit brighter and I never saw such beautiful eyes before.''

Mateo giggles reaching up and taps Brittany's ears. ''Your ears just turned red real fast Britty.''

Susan laughs loudly as Brittany drops her head with a soft groan and shakes her head. ''Oh gotta love kids.'' She turns to Santana as Brittany just covertly flips her off and winks as she sees her amused grin. ''I have to keep the both of you around, I think I never heard Brittany just stay silent before.''

Santana laughs glancing at the blonde over Mateo's seat and smiles slightly as she notices her just playing a round of thumb war with her son. ''I don't think I can separate those two and I don't want to.'' She slides over to Susan as she hears her son just giggle softly as he continues playing with Brittany and bites her lip. ''Was she always so good with kids?''

''I have no idea.'' Susan breaths out as she watches her daughter with a loving grin. ''I think Mateo is the first real kid around her, the boys act like kids too but she can kick their butts or kick them out of they annoy her.''

Santana laughs softly and nods her head. ''We all act like kids sometimes, but she is really good with Mat.''

''She is.'' Susan agrees smiling kindly, she turns to look at Santana and tilts her head. ''Brittany told me you run a catering service, what is your specialty?''

''Cupcakes and cakes in general.'' Santana replies chuckling. ''I sometimes deliver lunch too but there are only two or three firms requesting it twice a month.''

''So you mostly deliver firms?'' Susan asks curiously, Santana shakes her head and smiles.

''I deliver to who ever orders, private parties, firm parties, meetings, birthdays, weddings.'' She lists up. ''Whoever received my card or heard about me, calls and orders something I offer will receive it.''

''So you make wedding cakes too?'' Susan asks in surprise.

''Made one before, I am still working hard to make a name for myself but word is spreading around fast and this Christmas I had ten orders instead of just two.''

''And you do everything alone?'' Santana nods her head and smiles slightly.

''I do.'' She confirms. ''I start early enough on all orders and mostly deliver them too, I only don't deliver myself on Mat's birthday, the holidays or whenever Mat is sick because I don't want to leave him alone but Mercedes, dad or someone I called up will take over delivering that day.''

''What made you open up your own business?'' Susan asks curiously, Santana bites her lip and shrugs.

''I think for the same reason you had to become a freelance photographer.'' She murmurs. ''It allows me to be home for Mat while still doing what I love, I don't have to struggle with any work hours or slaving in the kitchen day in and day out for a minimum wage and can enjoy my life and watch my son grow up.''

''True that is also why I decided to turn my hobby into my job, it allowed me to be home with Britt a lot and even if I had to go somewhere I always took her with me and she just enjoyed the scenery while I worked.'' She glances at her daughter and smiles slightly. ''Even though building everything up and making a name was hard in the beginning, in the end it was worth the struggle because I spend most of my time with her and I am proud of the girl soon to be woman she is.''

''You did a damn good job.'' Santana compliments with a small shy grin. ''But yeah the beginning was hard indeed, but slowly it's all settling down and Mateo also enjoys having me home a lot.''

''Do you also place most orders during the time he is at school?'' Susan asks curiously, she chuckles as Santana nods her head and hums. ''Yeah that is the easiest time to finish most things, I always managed to do my household and complete some assignments that were not so child friendly during the time Britt was in class.''

''He is my taster but some things he can't taste so I make sure it's out of his reach or I prepare them as long as he is at school.'' Santana murmurs chuckling. ''After picking him up I take a break do whatever fun thing we want to do and after dinner I start prepping things for the day after or just relax with him on the couch.''

''Do you only deliver in LA?'' Susan asks curiously.

''At the moment I do yes.'' Santana murmurs. ''I had one order from New York a few months ago and also completed it with overnight shipping including a cold box, but the costs were immense. I am glad the customer accepted it and paid for everything, but not everyone can carry the costs of the shipping prices.''

''And you have a plan on how to make those costs sink?'' Susan asks curiously, Santana nods her head and smiles slightly.

''FedEx offers a discount for people sending things out regularly for a yearly payment, the second I am sure that more people from all over the country will start ordering I will call them and set up a business deal with them.''

''You got it all planned out.'' Susan breaths out grinning, Santana chuckles and nods her head again.

''I am doing what I love and I only received amazing feedback till now.'' She murmurs. ''Mercedes and I support each other where we can, she runs her own boutique so I bring lunch by whenever I can and she helps me deliver things or sometimes helps me out decorating some cupcakes while we just hangout together.''

''The both of you live close to each other?''

''Very close.'' Santana muses. ''Mercedes lives in the same building, only two floors above us.''

''Mami we are here!''

Santana turns to him chuckling as he bounces in his seat and looks out of the window. ''We are.'' She agrees, she reaches into her purse grabbing the money she slid into the small pocket and holds it out for the driver. ''Keep the change sir.'' She slides out of the car as Brittany, Susan and Carl turn to her to object and quickly unbuckles her son chuckling as he jumps out too.

''Safe me.'' Mercedes squeaks sprinting over to them. ''They want to kick my butt because I paid.''

Santana glances at the three sliding out of the car she just sat in and snickers. ''Not only those two.'' She breaths out in amusement. ''We planned today and called those cabs, so we also pay for the ride no discussions.''

Mercedes laughs as they all just grumble and shoots Brittany an amused grin. ''Going undercover B?''

''Looks like I have to.'' Brittany replies with a soft chuckle. ''We just listened to heartbeat twice on different senders.''

''Same.'' Jake breaths out laughing as he turns his cap backwards, he turns to the girls and smiles. ''So what are we doing today?''

''Well we can do whatever you all want.'' Santana tells them shrugging. ''We mostly hang out around the beach and walk a bit further down to visit some local shops.''

''Well the cabs dropped us off perfectly.'' Puck breaths up gazing up at the Ferris wheel. ''Ride that thing first?''

Brittany bites her lip as she hears Mercedes and Santana gulp softly and shakes her head. ''I don't think so Noah.''

''No, no.'' Mercedes breaths out. ''All of you can go, we will wait here.''

Santana crouches down in front of her son knowing he never had the chance to go up there even though he asked it every time they went there and smiles lovingly. ''Do you want to join them baby?''

''Afraid of heights?'' Susan just asks softly as she turns to both girls, Mercedes nods her head and smiles slightly.

''Yeah so you will never get us in one of those carts.'' She breaths out. ''You all can go though.''

''You sure?'' Brittany asks with an eyebrow raised as Jake walks over to buy access passes to the park for all of them after Susan handed him her wallet, Santana nods her head as she looks up at her and smiles slightly as Mateo jogs over to wrap his arms around Brittany's leg.

''Can he ride with you?'' She asks softly after Jake called everyone over handing out wristbands, she slowly stands up as Brittany nods her head and smiles slightly. ''We always managed to distract him whenever we were here even though he always badly wanted to.'' She murmurs. ''So thank you.''

Brittany just shakes her head and smiles slightly. ''No need to thank me San.'' She reaches out taking the two wristbands her mom brings over to her and crouches down. ''Which wrist buddy?''

''This one.'' He squeaks out grinning as he holds out his left arm. ''Like you Britty.''

Brittany smiles wrapping it around his left wrist and slides her own band around her own wrist, she holds it out for him and winks. ''Can you fasten it?'' She nods her head as he carefully pulls it close and looks up at the group as they surround her. ''All in one?''

''Yep.'' Susan breaths out grinning. ''It fits six of us, so we will fill one.''

Brittany nods her head smiling as Mateo jogs over to his mami to hug her tightly and turns her head as she feels a hand on her shoulder. ''Take some pictures for us?'' Mercedes asks softly while nodding her head to Mateo.

''I will.'' Susan promises holding up her camera. ''Pictures I take automatically appear on my phone too so Brittany and Puck can send it to the both of you after I edited them.''

Brittany chuckles taking off her jacket as the sun hits her back and walks over to Santana. ''Can you hold onto my jacket?'' She picks Mateo up as she nods his head and smiles. ''Ready?'' She leans down kissing Santana's cheek, laughing against the hot skin as Mateo follows her lead kissing his mami's other cheek and pulls back shooting Santana a wink as she notices the light blush creeping up her cheeks. ''We will be right back.''

''Have fun.'' Santana murmurs with a grin, Brittany smiles walking over to the group pushing Jake as he bounces around them and chuckles.

''Tone down Jake, no quick movements in there.'' She warns. ''Let's just enjoy the ride.''

Jake turns to her with a pout, smiling slightly as Brittany just glances down at the boy contently settled on her hip and nods his head. ''Alright.''

Santana turns to Mercedes as the group quickly finds an empty cart for all of them to sit in and chuckles. ''Think Mat will like it?''

''He will love it.'' Mercedes breaths out chuckling. ''I am almost one hundred percent sure that he will be sitting on Brittany's lap and that she will distract him if he gets scared the second they stop at the top.'' She turns to her best friend and smiles. ''She is really amazing with him.''

''She is.'' Santana murmurs. ''Hell did you hear what she did this morning?''

She bites her lip as Mercedes shakes her head and sighs. ''He woke up around eight-thirty, we went to sleep around five but Brittany woke up with him and instead of waking me up too they just silently slid out of bed to play with the Lego car the boys gave him.''

''So she functions on three and a half hours of sleep right now?'' Mercedes asks with an eyebrow raised, Santana nods her head and sighs.

''Yeah and that after being awake for twenty-five hours.'' She huffs out. ''She didn't actually drive home or sleep like she told Mat over the phone yesterday morning, she just arrived at the hotel room they booked for the night and after she told Susan to lay down, she borrowed her car and drove back home to pick up Carl and the boys.''

''That girl had a plan and she would make sure it would run the way she wanted it to go.'' Mercedes breaths out chuckling. ''And judging the look in her eyes and the smile on her face, it did exactly go like she planned.''

Santana just nods her head and smiles slightly. ''She fucking surprised me but I am glad that I am not the only one that thought that waiting two weeks to finally see each other and to talk about things was too long.'' She glances at the Ferris wheel and bites her lip. ''I don't really like that she passed up on rest to go through with her plan, but I am happy she is here.''

''Will she sleep over again tonight?''

''I don't know, I hope she knows she is welcome if she wants but she can also crash in the room she booked.'' Santana murmurs. ''But I need to use this free few minutes and ask you something.''

''Shoot.''

''Any idea what I can do with her and Mat tomorrow?'' She asks softly. ''Mat and I wanted to show her our favorite restaurant and have dinner there, but we both know that it's just a small country bar and people will recognize her the second she walks in.'' She turns back to Mercedes and bites her lip. ''This might sound incredibly selfish, but I just want to enjoy the day with her and Mat without anyone interrupting.''

''Nope you don't sound selfish, you just sound like someone who wants to enjoy a date alone and I understand.'' Mercedes replies. ''Why don't you just invite her over, cook something nice for the three of you and end the date with a movie? The movie will give you the chance to cuddle up and just enjoy having her close S.''

''That does sound amazing, but what can I cook?'' Santana asks frowning. ''I don't know what her favorite food is.''

''Leave that to me, I will ask Puck today and you will receive your answer tonight.'' Mercedes murmurs, she takes her phone out as she feels it buzz, opening Puck's text and smiles as she opens the picture he send her. ''Snixx.''

Santana hums turning to look at her as she nudges her and blinks as she practically pushes her phone in her face. ''Damn chill.'' She grumbles through a soft chuckle, she takes the phone from her and looks at the picture. ''Oh damn.'' She breaths out.

She bites her lip as she zooms in to blend out the background and licks her lips as she sees sparkling blue orbs looking down at Mateo, noticing the happy grin on Mateo's face as he points at something beside them and the adoring grin on Brittany's face.

''Your face just went through so many emotions.'' Mercedes whispers. ''But it settled on love, you fell so deep San.''

''There is definitely no turning back now.'' Santana murmurs as she sends the picture to her own phone. ''And I don't want to, after dad told us what she told him, realizing that she would ignore her own feelings just to make sure Mat and I are happy, showed me that she is what I search for in a partner C.''

''Hell she drove for four hours right after the show and skipped on sleep to make sure she would reach LA before midnight.'' She murmurs. ''She didn't want me to overthink and stress myself out, so she just jumped on the plane not thinking about herself to make sure I am okay.''

''Do you know why she wanted to talk to Mat on the phone last night?'' She bites her lip as Mercedes shakes her head and glances down at the picture. ''She asked for his permission before going on with her plan, she wanted to make sure he knew what really liking me meant and not the kind of liking past dates did.''

''She told him that he will be included in lots of things, that we will be going out on a dates alone but that he will join us a lot of times too.'' She glances at Mercedes noticing the surprised look on her face and slowly nods her head. ''She included him into her plan and made sure he knew what it meant before telling me the two secrets nobody else aside from her family knows.''

''Wait she told you her last name and town she lives in?'' Santana nods her head and smiles.

''Yeah that is what caused me to stand up and walk over to the window, she didn't want to start the new year, with a possibility of a date with secrets.''

''Damn San.'' Mercedes whispers. ''I know I normally have to tell Brittany this and I will, but I will say it to you too.'' She pauses, pushing Santana softly as she just frowns in confusion and smiles slightly. ''Mess this up and I will kick your ass, embrace the happiness Snixx.''

''I know that I can be an idiot.'' Santana murmurs watching Brittany and Mateo step out of their cart. ''But I am not stupid C.'' She turns to look at her as Mateo sprints over and smiles slightly. ''I am not planning on letting the happiness I feel right now go.''