Chapter 24: Bringing the excitement back
Brittany's POV
April 2020
I've been going to therapy for a few weeks now and I think it's going really well. Things with Santana and I seem really good and I feel a lot more confident about stuff. My eating habits are not fully under control just yet but I've been told it takes time. I'm not skipping meals anymore but my therapist and Santana don't feel I'm eating enough just yet either. On the whole though everything is looking up and Aiden definitely seems to be settling without us when he needs to which is good.
Last week was our spring break at college so I had the full of the week off which was fun. Santana managed to take a few days off too which was good so we spent a lot of the time with Aiden and doing some fun stuff. He didn't really understand much of what we were doing but he seemed to have fun.
"Hey I'm home" I hear Santana shout as she walks in the front door.
"Hey" I smile while going to meet her.
"How are you?" she asks before leaning in to kiss me.
"I'm good. How was work?" I ask.
"Just the usual I guess but its Friday thankfully so I'm off for a couple of days now" she replies.
"Aiden has literally just went to sleep so I haven't even had time to make us something to eat yet" I tell her.
"That's ok, I'll make us something now if you want" Santana smiles before walking to the kitchen. "What do you fancy to eat?" she asks as I quickly follow behind her.
"Anything will do me" I reply.
"Shall I just heat some leftovers from last night or do you want something else?" she asks as she looks in the fridge.
"I can eat leftovers" I smile.
"That's settled then" she smiles back before lifting the leftover lasagne out of the fridge. Just as she is about to heat it up, we hear Aiden start to cry through the monitor.
"I'll be back in a second" I say while walking to the kitchen door.
"Wait, can I go, I haven't seen Aiden since this morning and I miss him" Santana asks.
"Of course" I smile. "I'll put the food in the oven and you go to Aiden."
"Thanks babe" she says kissing my cheek before leaving the room. It's about 15 minutes later before Santana enters the room again.
"Everything ok?" I ask.
"Yeah, Aiden just didn't seem to want to go back to sleep but I managed in the end to get him to settle" she replies.
"He probably just missed you so didn't want to sleep now that you're home" I tell her.
"Yeah maybe" she smiles.
"Hey come here" I say pulling her towards me.
"Yeah baby?" Santana smiles while wrapping her arms around my waist.
"I haven't thanked you properly for being so understanding about everything lately and how patient you were with me in therapy" I tell her genuinely. "It really means a lot to me and I love you so much."
"I love you too Britt, so much" she replies, leaning up to kiss me.
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Once we had eaten, we both began tidying up before Santana went to check on Aiden and I continued clearing everything away. As soon as I was done, I went to find Santana and Aiden.
"What's going on in here, are you both hanging out without me?" I tease.
"Of course not" Santana smiles. "Every time I tried to put him down, he started crying so I just wanted to make sure he was fully asleep before I put him down this time."
"That's cool" I smile.
"He seems ok now though" Santana says while placing Aiden down gently.
"Yeah he looks quite peaceful now so maybe we shouldn't disturb him" I say.
"Yeah" Santana nods in agreement before we go back to the kitchen.
"What are you up to now?" I ask.
"I was actually just going to pour myself a glass of wine, do you want some babe?" Santana asks.
"Sure" I smile and Santana pours the wine before we go to the living room. "Babe come and sit down" I say while pulling her towards me.
"I was going to do some cleaning though once I had a sip of wine" she replies.
"Can't it wait?" I ask.
"Not really, I have let a lot of the housework go recently so I probably should do some" she tells me while taking a drink before placing her glass down.
"But I wanted to spend time with you" I say.
"Aren't you studying?" she frowns in confusion.
"Not tonight" I shrug while placing my wine down on the table.
"Why didn't you say that before" she says while leaping into my arms and wrapping her arms around my neck.
"Honey you got to warn me when you're going to do that. I nearly put my back out because I tensed up" I laugh.
"I'm sorry" she says leaning down to kiss me.
"It's ok but how about we sit down now" I suggest.
"Yeah good idea" she nods in agreement before I gently place her on the ground and then we sit together on the couch.
"There's a good movie about to come on if you want to watch it" I say.
"Yeah let's do that" she smiles before moving slightly so she can snuggle into me. I gently place my arm around her and we begin watching the movie.
We only get through about 20 minutes of the movie before we realise it doesn't have the best storyline so we find ourselves talking over most parts of it.
"You know I love your hair right?" Santana says looking up at me.
"Um…yeah" I say hesitantly. I have no idea where she is going with this.
"Well what do you think if I dyed my hair so it's a bit closer to your colour?" she asks.
"I mean I love your hair as it is but if you wanted to change it then I'd also love it too. I think you might be quite sexy rocking blonde hair actually" I smile.
"I'm not getting any younger and I just thought it might be nice to change things up a bit while I can still pull it off" she says.
"Baby you could pull anything off no matter your age. You seriously look younger than me sometimes so I wouldn't worry about getting older" I tell her honestly.
"I'm off tomorrow so do you maybe want to go to the salon with me?" she asks excitedly.
"I'd love to babe but I did plan on getting some assignments finished" I say regrettably.
"That's ok, I'll go another time maybe" she shrugs while smiling.
"Or you could just go and surprise me when you get back. You could also take Aiden if you want because I'm sure your hairdresser would love to meet him and I know you like showing him off" I smile.
"I could actually do that and that way you have the house to yourself to study" she nods.
"Awesome" I smile.
"Also if you get all your studying done in the day then maybe tomorrow night you could take some time off and really appreciate my new hair" she smirks.
"I think that's a great idea" I say leaning in to kiss her. "Actually I do have one request though about your hair" I say pulling away.
"What's that?" Santana asks.
"Just don't get it any shorter though because I like having something to tangle my hands in when we're having sex" I smirk.
"Ok, noted" Santana smiles.
"Good" I smile back.
"Hey have I showed you the last video I took of Aiden on my iPad, it's another one where he is laughing slightly again?" Santana asks after a moment of silence.
"I don't think you have actually" I reply. Aiden has only just started laughing recently, he's been smiling a lot longer but recently whenever he laughs, Santana likes to record it.
"I'll show you it" she smiles before hovering over me slightly to grab her iPad which is at the side of the couch.
"When you lean over like that I can totally see your boobs" I smirk. "It's a very lovely sight, I must admit."
"Thanks baby" she says leaning down to kiss me before grabbing the iPad.
Santana's POV
After I went to the salon with Aiden, we went back home. I could see Brittany was still studying hard so I didn't want to disturb her so I gave Aiden some milk and then I took him a walk to the park. We spent most of the day together, just the two of us, before I thought we should head back in case Brittany started to get worried.
We're just clearing up from dinner now and then we'll most likely put Aiden down for a nap. I'm just washing up some of the dishes when Brittany walks over to me.
"Baby…how much do you love me?" Brittany asks wrapping her arms around my waist.
"What do you want?" I laugh. I can tell by her tone of voice that she wants something right now.
"Well we finished the wine last night and I'm really craving another glass right now" she says. "I would go myself but I'm not nearly presentable enough to go outside since I've been studying inside in my sweatpants all day so would you mind going to the store really quickly for me?"
"Ok honey" I say giving in. We don't get many nights to relax together so we might as well enjoy tonight with a glass of wine.
"Thank you" she smiles.
"I won't be long, ok?" I say leaning in to kiss her before quickly grabbing my car keys.
"Ok" she smiles and then I leave.
It doesn't take me long to get the wine because the store is reasonably close and I didn't buy anything else so I just quickly ran in, grabbed a bottle, paid for it and then left to head home.
"Hey I'm back" I shout when I walk through the door. I don't get a reply from Brittany so I walk into the living room where I find Aiden. "Aiden, what are you doing in here alone?" I ask while sitting the wine down and quickly picking him up. "Where's mommy?"
"Right here" Brittany smirks while walking into the room.
"Wow…you look so hot right now" I smirk.
"I wanted to make an entrance so I had Aiden distract you for a second so you wouldn't come looking for me and spoil the surprise" she smiles.
"Well you most certainly have made an entrance and I love what you're wearing" I smile. "Some new lingerie is it?"
"Yes it is but don't worry I won't have it on for too long" she smirks.
"Is that so?" I smile.
"Yeah I mean I was hoping once we get Aiden down for a nap then you and I could you know…nap" she winks.
"I think that's a great idea" I say leaning over to quickly peck her on the lips.
"Let's go and get Aiden settled and then I've got a surprise in the bedroom waiting for you" Brittany tells me.
"Ok" I say excitedly.
I think I probably wore Aiden out a bit today because it really doesn't take long to get him settled in the nursery. Once he begins drifting off to sleep, we wait a few more minutes to make sure he's going to settle ok before slowly creeping out of the room.
"So did you really want wine or was that just a ploy to get me out of the house for ten minutes so you could change into that oh so sexy outfit?" I ask as we walk to our bedroom.
"I wasn't desperate for wine but it certainly won't be unwelcomed" she smiles.
"Good because I left it at the top of the stairs when we came up with Aiden" I tell her while grabbing the wine and the glasses. "Shall I pour you a glass?" I ask as we enter the room.
"Yes please" she smiles.
"Ok there you go babe" I say handing her a glass.
"Thank you" she smiles and we sit down on the bed together.
"This is nice isn't it?" I say.
"Yeah I like it when we get to have nights like this" she replies.
"Me too" I agree.
"I don't know if I actually said earlier but I really love your hair baby" she smiles while gently running her fingers through my hair.
"You did say it but you can keep saying it honey because I love it when you give me compliments" I smile.
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"Uh…we need to hurry" I say out of breath as I continue to thrust in and out of Brittany. "I can hear Aiden stirring in the nursery."
"Uh…ok" Brittany says, also breathless. "I'm almost there, just move a little faster" she moans.
I quicken the pace and thrust into Brittany a bit harder. Eventually we both cum at the same time and take a moment to get our breaths back before quickly throwing some clothes on. As soon as we're appropriately dressed, we head to Aiden's room to make sure he's ok.
"Babe, look" Brittany sighs while pointing to a peacefully asleep Aiden. "You made us hurry and Aiden isn't even awake."
"I'm sorry baby" I say kissing her cheek. "I swear I could hear him making those cute little noises he makes just as he's about to wake up. I really didn't want to chance it in case he did start crying."
"It's ok, I understand" she smiles.
"Do you think we should maybe leave the room before we do actually wake Aiden?" I ask.
"Yeah…oh too late" Brittany says just as Aiden wakes up and starts to cry.
"Hey sweetie what's wrong?" I say gently placing my hand on his stomach. As soon as he realises Brittany and I are there, his cries begin to subside. "Did you just want to see mommy and me?" I ask him while tickling his chin causing him to smile slightly and look up at me. I continue to tickle him slightly for a few minutes before Brittany leans over.
"Come on Santana" Brittany says picking Aiden up.
"Did you just call our son Santana?" I laugh.
"Yes because he looks exactly like you when he does that cute little face" she smiles.
"That's his poop face Britt, I hope to god I don't look like that" I chuckle.
"Since you know that face so well, why don't you change him" she smirks while placing Aiden in my arms.
"Fine…ok" I say reluctantly. I know babies need their diapers changed but it's not the most fun task in the world for me. Somehow Aiden always seems to wriggle about when I change his diaper.
"I'm going to run downstairs and get his bottle for him, I won't be long" Brittany says quickly kissing my cheek before she leaves.
As soon as I get Aiden's diaper changed, I sit down on the chair with him in my arms. I gently rock him but not too much that he falls asleep because I want him to have his bottle first. A few minutes later, Brittany comes back into the room.
"Do you want to feed him?" I ask as she hands me the bottle of milk.
"No you do it, you look cute doing it" she smiles.
"Ok" I smile back before beginning to feed Aiden. Brittany takes a seat on the arm of the chair and gently puts her arm around me. Once Aiden has had enough milk to drink, I burp him and make sure he doesn't need changed again before placing him in down in his crib.
"I think he's asleep now" Brittany says a few minutes later.
"Yeah I think so too" I nod. "Anyway, I'm going to get ready for bed now" I say moving away from the crib.
"Ok babe, I'll be there in ten minutes. I just want to sit with Aiden for a little while more" Brittany smiles down at our sleeping son.
"Ok" I reply before leaning in to kiss her and then leaving.
I'm just going through my usual nightly routine when after about ten minutes Brittany comes up behind me and wraps her arms around me. She then leans in and begins kissing my neck.
"Baby I'm brushing my teeth right now" I smile at her through the mirror.
"Yeah, and?" she asks shrugging.
"Well I'm not very sexy right now standing with a mouthful of foam spitting into the sink" I state.
"I think whatever you do is sexy" she shrugs again before quickly pecking my cheek and moving away to put her moisturiser on. As soon as I'm finished, I go over to Brittany and kiss her.
"Mm minty fresh" she grins pulling away from the kiss.
"You're so cute sometimes and I love that" I smile.
"I love that you love that" she smiles back.
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Saturday 23rd May 2020
Brittany's exams finished in the middle of last week so she's finished with college and can graduate soon providing the results all say pass next week. She's decided she's going to go back to work at the café until she gets the results and then she's going to apply for jobs related to her degree.
Now that college is almost over then it means Brittany hasn't been studying anymore so we've both really been enjoying all this free time we have together. I mean it might not seem lots of time to some people since I work fulltime and Brittany has just started work back at the café but to us this is the most time we've ever had to spend together in ages.
"Aiden is hungry so I just need to heat up his bottle" Brittany says walking into the kitchen and going over to stand in front of me.
"Ok" I smile.
"Would you care to step out of the way then so I can get the formula from behind you?" she smiles back.
"I don't know" I say playfully to annoy her.
"Baby come on, I need to prepare Aid's milk because he's hungry" she says beginning to gently shove me to the side.
"Aiden is a good boy, he doesn't mind if you're a minute or so late with his bottle" I smile while grabbing her hips bringing her closer to me.
"I think he will mind but I'll be right back as soon as I'm finished feeding him" she smiles.
"Fine" I smile back and let go of her hips.
"I'll be back soon" she smiles before quickly kissing my lips and then leaving the room. She's gone for about 15 minutes and as soon as she walks back into the kitchen she puts Aiden's empty bottle down and makes her way over to me.
"Hi" I smile at her as she wraps her arms around my waist.
"Hi baby" she smiles back while gently pushing me back against the kitchen countertop and leaning in close to me. Our eyes connect for a second before she leans in and kisses me.
"I'm getting so turned on right now" I say while moaning into the kiss.
"You've no idea just how turned on I am" Brittany says pulling me closer to her so our bodies are as close as they can be.
"Hey it's me…Jesus" Emma says before quickly covering her eyes.
"As always Emma, you have impeccable timing" I say rolling my eyes before moving away from Brittany.
"You can uncover your eyes now honey" Brittany laughs.
"Yeah and while you do that, tell us why you're here" I state.
"I missed my nephew so I actually came here to see if I could look after him for a while but since you have a bit of attitude Santana then I don't know if you deserve Brittany all to yourself" she shrugs.
"No matter what happens Emma, I'm still going to have sex with your sister at some point today so if you think you're doing me a favour then you're not really" I say with a slight shrug.
"Let's move on" Brittany says trying to change the subject. "Emma if you want to spend some time with Aiden today then you can" she tells her.
"Yeah I'd like to" Emma smiles. "Mom and dad said he can stay with us tonight as well if you want unless you'd rather have him home."
"No I'm happy for him to stay the night with you guys" Brittany replies.
"Yeah me too" I say smiling over at Brittany.
"Would you just stop Santana, please" Emma shakes her head at me. "I know you want Brittany all to yourself but you don't need to be so obvious about it."
"Brittany I'm going to get Aiden ready, why don't you entertain your sister and keep her away from me" I reply while smirking at Emma causing her to glare at me.
"Ok" Brittany nods.
As soon as I get Aiden ready, I begin packing a bag for him with all the stuff he might need tonight to stay with Brittany's parents. I then take him downstairs to say goodbye to Brittany and we tell Emma everything she needs to know about looking after him. Emma then leaves with Aiden and I go back to what I was doing in the kitchen earlier.
"Upstairs right now baby" Brittany says while turning me around and scooping me up bridal style.
"What's going on?" I laugh.
"Emma has Aiden now and they've finally left so I think we should make most of this free time" she smiles.
"But I thought I was taking you out for lunch?" I query.
"You are but we're pushing it back slightly because we have some business to attend to upstairs that really can't wait any longer" she smirks.
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Our plans changed slightly and we ended up not going out for lunch and just hung out together at home. We decided we'd rather go out to dinner instead and make it into a proper date night where we go somewhere nice and dress up.
Once we finished dinner, we decided to stay out and get some drinks at a club nearby. I don't think Brittany and I have really done that before because shortly after Brittany turned 21 we started trying for a baby. We hung out a lot and went to parties but we never got to actually have drinks in public or anything since Brittany was too young.
"I'm just going to the bathroom babe, I'll be back in a second" Brittany says while standing up. "Hey can you watch my purse for me please" she asks while placing her purse in my lap.
"Sure honey" I smile and then Brittany leaves.
I'm just sitting by myself waiting on Brittany when I notice someone sit down next to me. I briefly glance at her just to see who she is and why she's sitting right next to me when there's plenty of other free seats. When I go to turn away, she turns her head and smiles at me. I smile politely back before looking in the other direction.
"Hi" I hear her say.
"Um…hi" I reply hesitantly while turning back around to look at her. I don't want to be completely rude and cause a scene but I don't want to invite a conversation either.
"Do I know you because you look familiar?" she asks with a smile.
"I don't think so" I say honestly. She doesn't look in the least bit familiar to me.
"I'm Michele by the way" she smiles again.
"Cool" I nod, trying not to say too much to her.
"Aren't you going to tell me your name?" she asks with a slight laugh.
"I'm not, no" I shake my head, praying internally that Brittany will come back from the bathroom soon.
"Ok, suit yourself" Michele shrugs. "So can I get you a drink, I notice you haven't got one yet?" she asks.
"No thank you, I'm waiting on someone" I reply.
"Oh are you waiting on a friend?" Michele asks.
"No she's waiting on a wife actually" Brittany says while standing in between us. I have no idea when she got back from the bathroom but I don't care. I'm just glad she's here now.
"Oh…uh…I should go" Michele states while standing up.
"I think that would be wise" Brittany says glaring at Michele. "I also think it might be an idea to go to an optician too because clearly you can't see very well since you didn't notice my wife wearing a wedding ring. She has expensive taste so it's really quite a noticeable diamond she has on her finger" she adds.
"I'm sorry" Michele says quietly while quickly leaving.
"Man, the nerve on some people" Brittany says shaking her head while sitting down next to me.
"Yeah" I say smiling at her.
"So do you want to…um why are you smiling at me?" she asks, just noticing I'm currently sitting looking at her and smiling.
"Because I liked what you just did" I reply, still smiling.
"What did I just do?" she asks playing dumb.
"You know exactly what you did and I liked it" I say. We both know we love each other but it was nice the way Brittany made that woman know she was my wife and she didn't like the fact she was trying to hit on me.
"I'm sure you would do the same for me" she shrugs as if it was no big deal that she did that.
"Of course I would" I tell her honestly.
"I mean she was clearly trying to hit on you and it was obvious you weren't interested but yet she kept doing it. I tell you if anyone else does that then I might do something stronger than just give them a warning" she states.
"I love you" I smile while leaning in to kiss her.
"I love you too" she blushes. "So…uh…shall I order us some drinks?" she asks.
"Yes please" I smile and then Brittany calls a bartender over.
"Can I see some ID please?" the bartender asks.
"Sure" Brittany nods before digging her driver's licence out of her purse.
"Thank you" the bartender says checking the ID. "The drinks are coming right up" he smiles before giving Brittany her licence back and sorting out our drinks.
"I wish someone would ask me for ID" I joke feeling a little old right now.
"Honey you're still young" Brittany smiles while leaning over to kiss my cheek.
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Friday 29th May 2020
"Baby wake up please" Brittany says shaking me rather hard. "Santana come on babe" she says shaking me even harder beginning to get irritated.
"Santana is sleeping and so is Aiden so why don't you" I sigh while moving away from her so she'll stop shaking me.
"Please I really need you right now" she pleads while bouncing slightly when she gets on the bed.
"Right now?" I ask while opening one eye to look at her.
"Yes babe, right now" she nods enthusiastically.
"Fine but I'm really tired so you'll need to be on top" I sigh while throwing the cover off and rolling my pyjamas bottoms down.
"Jesus Santana, no" she frowns while quickly putting the cover back over me.
"What's wrong?" I ask, finally opening the other eye to look at her.
"When I said I needed you I meant I needed your support, I didn't mean I wanted sex" she shakes her head in annoyance.
"My support, baby what's happened?" I ask, quickly sitting up in concern. It sounds really serious so I want to give her my full attention.
"You do remember what day it is today, right?" she asks.
"Of course I do, that's why I'm so enthusiastic to get up and knew you weren't talking about sex" I say sarcastically.
"I really don't need this today Santana" she sighs.
"I'm sorry for being sarcastic but you're talking in riddles and it's frustrating me. I can see I'm supposed to know what today is but I don't so please just tell me instead of talking around the situation" I say.
"At 8am today I get my college results and then I know whether I'll graduate or not" she replies.
"Oh I remember now" I say nodding in understanding. We sit in silence for a few minute until it turns eight o'clock. "That's 8am, are you going to look now?" I ask.
"I don't know if I can look" Brittany says nervously, her hands shaking as she holds the iPad tightly.
"You can do it babe, I know you've passed" I smile at her reassuringly.
"Ok I'm going to do it" Brittany says taking a deep breath before logging in to see her results. There seems to be a long silence for a moment until Brittany speak up again. "Oh…wow" she says staring at the iPad.
"What does it say babe?" I say, the suspense killing me.
"I…uh…" she can't even form a sentence right now. I don't know if it's good or bad news.
"Babe are you graduating?" I ask eager to know what's going on.
"I got all A's" she says looking at me in shock.
"Oh my god, that's fantastic honey" I say engulfing her in a big hug. I knew Brittany was really smart but she was really nervous when she took the exams so I wasn't sure if the nerves perhaps took over at times. Don't get me wrong, I knew she would pass them all, I just wasn't sure what her grade would be.
"I feel like these can't be my results" she says still in shock.
"Come on honey, I'll take a look" I say taking the iPad from her and scrolling down to look at each result. "No these are definitely your results honey and you're definitely graduating" I assure her. "I am so proud of you right now, you have no idea" I smile while putting the iPad down and leaning over to hug her again.
"Not to be conceited but I'm kinda proud of me too" she shrugs as I pull out of the hug.
"You have every right to be proud honey" I say squeezing her hand before leaning in to kiss her.
"I've never felt so relieved in all my life before. I think I was more scared to get these results than I was to give birth" she jokes.
"It can be really scary" I tell her. "I mean I felt the exact same as you when I got mine but luckily it was all good news."
"In all honesty I probably would have been even worse if you hadn't of been here for me" she smiles.
"Yeah I probably would have felt better if you had been there for me" I tell her honestly.
"Anyway I finally have my results so we should celebrate now" she smiles.
"We totally should" I nod in agreement.
"You know, I'm in the mood now so I kinda want to have sex" she smirks.
"I kinda want to too" I say leaning in to kiss her. I can feel the kiss intensify just as Aiden begins crying. "Apparently our son doesn't though" I chuckle.
"I'll go and check on him" she smiles while getting off the bed.
"Ok baby" I nod. "I'll go downstairs and make us some breakfast and get Aiden's milk ready because he's probably hungry" I say.
"Ok I'll be down with him in a second… In fact after I check on Aiden I'll probably call my parents and tell them about my results and then I'll be down" Brittany replies.
"That's cool babe" I smile and then we leave the room in different directions.