Chapter 29: Misunderstandings
Santana's POV
"I'm not going to be able to walk if you keep holding onto me so tightly" Brittany laughs.
"Maybe I don't want you to walk, maybe I want to do it right here" I tell her.
"We're not doing it in the middle of the hall babe so come on" Brittany says pulling me along to the guest room.
The minute I close the door behind me, Brittany has me pressed up against it and is kissing me. I instantly wrap my arms around her waist pulling her as close as possible to me. As we continue kissing, I slowly move my hands down to her butt where I squeeze it.
"We need to get undressed and quickly" she tells me while pulling my shirt over my head.
"Ok" I nod while immediately unbuttoning her pants as soon as my shirt is off. As soon as we are both left in our underwear, I lead us over to the bed. Brittany quickly gets on the bed and I straddle her hips before leaning down to kiss her.
"Now I know you want this super sexy but I'm going to need you to go a little slow for me because I'm really tender in places at the moment" she tells me.
"I'll go really slowly, I promise" I say genuinely while pushing her hair behind her ear so I can kiss her properly. "If it gets too much then just tell me and I'll stop" I smile.
"Let's not be hasty, I mean there's no fun in stopping altogether" she smirks. "I just need you to be gentle with me that's all."
"Well I can certainly do that" I smile before leaning down to kiss her again. After kissing for a few moments, I begin kissing along her jaw and down to her neck. Once I reach her breasts, I realise we're still somewhat dressed so I reach behind her and unclasp her bra before gently pulling it down her arms to take it off.
"I want to take yours off" she tells me while sitting up slightly so she has better access. She unclips it and takes it off me before throwing it to the floor. We then both quickly get out of the rest of our underwear before I gently lie Brittany back and kiss her again. I then make my way kissing down her neck and along her collarbone. Once I reach her breasts, I kiss them softly before beginning to caress them gently with my hands as I make my way kissing down her body. Once I reach her core, I gently run a finger over her folds to make sure she's wet enough.
"Trust me, I'm ready" Brittany smirks while pulling me up slightly. "I want you inside me so bad" she says placing her hand on the back of my neck and pulling my head down. I capture her lips in a passionate kiss.
"Ok" I smile while guiding myself to her entrance. I go in very gently since she asked me to be gentle with her before slowly picking up my rhythm with each trust. "Is this pace ok?" I ask to make sure she's comfortable with it.
"Yeah" she moans. "Maybe a little faster though" she says holding onto my hips to keep me as close as possible to her. I begin picking up the rhythm causing both of us to moan louder at the feeling. Eventually we both came together and as soon as I got my breath back I moved so I was lying next to Brittany.
"That was good" I say turning my head to smile at her.
"It was" she smiles back. We lie silently for a few minutes tangled up in each other just resting our bodies.
"Hey babe where are you going?" I ask as I notice Brittany letting go of me and getting out of bed.
"To the bathroom to freshen up and brush my teeth" she says turning to look back at me and smile before continuing out the door and to the bathroom.
"But I didn't think we were done yet" I say rushing after her.
"You want more?" she smirks.
"I always want more" I chuckle while wrapping my arms around her.
"Well regardless of that right now, I still want to freshen up and brush my teeth" she tells me.
"I think you're fine as you are" I smirk. "You know I always find your post sex look incredibly sexy so come back to bed."
"I'll come back in a second, I just want to tidy myself up and then check on Aiden first. I haven't heard anything through the monitor so I want to make sure he's ok" Brittany says leaning in to kiss my temple before squirting some toothpaste onto her brush and beginning to brush her teeth.
"Ok babe" I say before beginning to get dressed. I can't say I've heard Aiden either so it wouldn't hurt to check on him to make sure he's ok. As soon as we are both ready we tiptoe into Aiden's room.
"He's ok, he's just sleeping" Brittany replies after peaking into the cot to check on him.
"In that case, let's pick up where we left off" I say while grabbing her hand and spinning her around so she's facing me.
"Ok" she laughs slightly before leaning in to kiss me. We quietly leave the room and go to our bedroom.
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I wake up suddenly feeling rather cold and when I look down I realise I'm not wearing anything and Brittany now has the cover all to herself. Instead of waking Brittany up, I decide it's best to just get up and quickly put some pyjamas on. Just as I'm about to get out of bed, I feel the bed shift and Brittany rolls closer to me and pulls me back to wrap her arms around me tightly. We always lie close together in bed with our arms around one another but there's something different about today and how Brittany pulls me closer to her. I guess it's because we've been going through a difficult time recently so it's really nice to be close again.
"You're so sexy right now" she whispers in my ear while running her hands gently up and down my body.
"Thanks baby" I say smiling.
"Were you going to go somewhere?" she asks while gently stroking my arm.
"I was just going to put some pyjamas on because I was getting cold" I reply.
"No need, I'll warm you up" she replies before lightly kissing the side of my neck. "So how tired are you right now?" she asks.
"Not that tired, why?" I ask curiously while turning around to face her.
"Well after my little nap I feel very rejuvenated now so how about we see how many more times we can cum" she smirks.
"That sounds like a really good idea" I smirk before kissing her.
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Saturday morning
When I first woke up, Brittany wasn't beside me in bed so I went to look for her. When I saw her with Aiden, she seemed to have everything under control so I quickly took a shower. I'm now making my way downstairs to see where she is because she and Aiden are not in his room anymore.
"Morning" I smile when I see Aiden and Brittany in the kitchen.
"Morning" Brittany smiles back.
"Hi honey" I say leaning down to kiss Aiden.
"Mom" he smiles up at me.
"Have you had your breakfast yet sweetheart?" I ask Aiden and he shakes his head in response.
"Aiden, mommy fed you not long ago" Brittany laughs.
"He's like me, he likes to eat" I smile over at Brittany.
"Food" Aiden says clapping his hands together.
"No more just now Aid" I tell him before kissing his head and sitting down at the table next to him. "Speaking of breakfast have you eaten yet Britt?" I ask turning my attention to Brittany.
"Not yet because I thought we could eat together" she smiles.
"That's cool, what shall I make us?" I ask.
"I don't mind, surprise me" she replies.
"Ok well how about…excuse me that better not be coffee you're about to drink" I say just before Brittany can get the cup she has just picked up get to her lips.
"Yeah it is" she says looking at me.
"No coffee when you're pregnant please" I say taking the cup out of her hand.
"You can't seriously think I'll be able to function without coffee" she states.
"I'm serious Brittany" I tell her. "I didn't let you have coffee with Aiden and I'm not about to let you have it with this baby."
"But what…"
"No buts Brittany, no more coffee until after the baby" I say standing up and picking up her cup before going over to pour the coffee down the sink.
"I don't like you right now" she sighs giving me a playful glare.
"You might not like me right now but you'll love me later when I'm deep inside you" I smirk.
"Santana!" she says shocked while laughing at the same time.
"What?" I shrug.
"Aiden is right there and you're saying things like that to me, it's not ideal" she says slightly embarrassed.
"He doesn't know what I mean and the chances of him even listening to what I just said are slim. He's too busy staring at the toy car he's playing with" I tell her.
"Ok fine" Brittany nods.
"Anyway I'll get started on breakfast now" I say while going over to the fridge to see what we have that I could make. As soon as I decide on something and make it, we sit down to eat together.
"Since we're all cleared up, I'm going to go for a shower now babe" Brittany says kissing my cheek before leaving the room to go upstairs. I meanwhile take Aiden upstairs to see if he needs a diaper change and to get him dressed. I then take him to my bedroom with me where he can play and I can get organised. By the time I hear Brittany come out of the shower and into the bedroom, I'm doing my makeup and Aiden is playing on the bed with some toys.
"You're beautiful" I smile at her as I notice she's only dressed in a towel.
"Uh…thanks" she says blushing slightly.
"I'm serious Britt" I say moving to stand behind her at the mirror. I kiss her bare shoulder lightly before wrapping my arms around her waist and leaning my chin on her shoulder.
"You're going to scar your son if you keep getting affectionate with me in front of him" she teases.
"Look away son, I'm going to kiss mommy" I say before turning Brittany's head slightly so I can kiss her.
"Honey come on" Brittany laughs pulling away after I manage to give her a quick kiss.
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Once we arrived at the aquarium, we went over to the desk to pay to get in and to get some leaflets so we knew where the most interesting areas would be. We've never took Aiden to something like this before so I wasn't entirely sure how interested in fish he'd be so I was hoping if we at least found the more interesting fish to look at then he might like it.
"Wow look at the size of that fish…its huge" I say walking away from the glass so I'm not as close to it. I doubt they can break the glass and get to me but the thing was scary so I wasn't taking any chances.
"Oh my god, honey are you scared?" Brittany asks wrapping her arm around me.
"Don't be silly" I wave it off. Yeah like I'm going to admit to my wife I'm scared of a silly fish.
"That is so cute" she smiles at me.
"I'm not scared Britt" I say shaking my head but who am I kidding. That thing is freaking huge, I wouldn't like to get on the wrong side of that in the ocean.
"Mom…shark" Aiden squeals in excitement causing me to turn my attention to him.
"That's not a shark Aid, that's just a really big fish" I smile down at him.
"No that actually is a shark" Brittany states shrugging.
"Are you kidding me?" I ask shocked before quickly pulling the stroller away from the glass window. There's no way my son is getting so close to a shark, a glass window or not.
"You are seriously so cute" Brittany smiles shaking her head at me as we begin moving along.
"Wait…you were joking?" I question looking over at her.
"Yes I was joking, it wasn't a shark" she laughs. "You'll know what a shark is for sure when you see one because it'll be ten times the size of that."
"Ok" I say breathing a sigh of relief.
"We should totally buy Aiden a toy shark at the gift store though because he seems interested in sharks" Brittany says causing me to shake my head.
"No he can get a dolphin, he's not getting a toy shark" I state.
"Is that because you think he'll like a dolphin better or because you don't want to walk into his room and see a fluffy toy shark and get freaked out?" she asks while smirking at me.
"The former Brittany because like I just said, I'm not scared of sharks" I shrug.
"If you're not scared then you and I should take a boat ride sometime and we can go out there to the sea and look at all the sharks" she smiles. I know she's not genuine and she's just trying to tease me.
"Ok fine, I don't like sharks" I sigh. "So yeah, there won't be any boat rides anywhere near an area where sharks might appear."
"Yeah I thought as much" she laughs before leaning in to kiss me.
"Whatever" I wave it off slightly embarrassed. Once we've had enough walking around looking at all the aquatic animals and plants, we leave and head to the parking lot. I get Aiden strapped into the car and then Brittany and I get into the front.
"It's still early in the day so why don't I take you both to lunch" Brittany suggests looking over at me.
"We can go to lunch but I'm paying" I reply. "You deserve to be treated" I smile.
"In that case I'll order the most expensive thing on the menu and I'll be ordering the most expensive non-alcoholic drink they have as well" she smirks.
"Trust me, you can order whatever you want and I'll still be happy" I tell her honestly. As long as Brittany is happy then I'm happy.
"Ok then, where shall we go?" she asks.
"I know a place so if you want to switch, I'll drive" I say.
"No it's ok, I'll drive" Brittany shakes her head. "Just give me the directions and I'll take us there" she smiles.
"Ok" I shrug. Once we get our safety belts on, Brittany drives off in the direction I instruct her to go. The restaurant is relatively close to where we are so we don't take long in getting there. I get Aiden out of the car and then we go inside to see if they have any tables available.
"Good afternoon" the waitress smiles as we walk through the door.
"Hi, we were looking for a table for 3 and a child's highchair if you have one" I smile back.
"That's no problem, follow me" the waitress replies while picking up some menus and leading us to our table. "I'll leave the menus here and I'll be back over in a second to get you some drinks" she smiles before leaving.
"Ok Aid, let's get you into your seat" Brittany says taking Aiden from me and placing him in the highchair. As she is doing it, he begins kicking his legs in the air because he doesn't want to sit in the seat and he ends us kicking Brittany in the thigh.
"No kicking please" I warn him but he doesn't take any notice, instead he just laughs at me. "Mom is not laughing, you don't kick people Aiden."
"Kick" Aiden giggles before kicking his feet in the air.
"Aiden Lopez do not do that again" Brittany states firmly causing Aiden to stare at her for a second thinking about doing it again before he lets his foot relax. "Good boy" Brittany smiles.
"Seriously Brittany, where am I going wrong?" I ask her as we both sit down now that Aiden is in his seat.
"You're not doing anything wrong as such, it just always ends up that I am the more firm one with him so he knows not to mess with me whereas he knows he always gets to play with you. Once you start staying home with him you'll see how things will change" she smiles.
"I suppose" I nod. "Anyway why don't you pick something to drink and I'll get the waitress over here" I say while handing Brittany the drinks menu.
"Ok" she smiles before taking the menu from me.
"Do you know, these seats are rather hard, do you want me to ask if we can switch to another table?" I ask.
"No it's ok, I'm fine here" Brittany smiles. Eventually we order some drinks and then decide on something to eat. We're now just sitting talking, waiting on the food to arrive.
"So how are you feeling today, any morning sickness?" I ask.
"I'm ok, I was a little sick before you got up this morning but that's been about it" she replies.
"And what about our decision, are you still ok with going through with it?" I ask to make sure she's not having any doubts.
"Yeah, I'm feeling good about everything just now" she says while leaning over the table to squeeze my hand in reassurance.
"So is there anything you need me to do or anything you want to talk about at the moment?" I ask.
"Baby relax please, I'll tell you if I need anything else" she says smiling sweetly at me.
"Ok" I nod smiling back.
Brittany's POV
Sunday evening
I haven't seen my mom in a few days so I'm on my way to visit her just now with Aiden. Santana had some work stuff to do and was then planning on going running so I figured I'd take Aiden with me so she could have some time to herself. Also my parents haven't seen Aiden in a few days either so I thought they'd like to see him.
As soon as we arrive at my parent's house, I notice my dad outside washing his car. I put the car in park before getting Aiden out and then we walk over to my dad.
"Hi dad" I smile at him while keeping a hold on Aiden's hand so he doesn't wander away.
"Hi sweetheart" he smiles, kissing my cheek.
"Say hi to grandpa Aiden" I say looking down at him.
"Hi" Aiden says quietly while waving at my dad.
"Hey how's my favourite little boy" my dad says picking Aiden up.
"Car" Aiden says excitedly pointing to my dad's car.
"That's right, that's my car" he smiles at Aiden before turning around so Aiden can see the car better.
"Hey why don't you stay and play with Grandpa for a while and I'll go and see Grandma" I say leaning over to kiss Aiden's head. "You can come in later and see her ok?"
"Ok" Aiden giggles.
"Don't get him wet please dad" I tell him while walking over to the house.
"Oh lighten up Brittany, let him help me wash my car" my dad smiles.
"Well you better be prepared to change him when he gets all wet and refuses to take off his clothes" I state.
"Don't worry, I'll get him changed just fine" my dad smiles. "Just ask your mom to lay out some of Aiden's spare clothes for me because I don't want to walk around the house all wet."
"Ok" I nod before walking inside. I go straight towards the living room where I hear the TV playing hoping my mom is in there. When I walk in I see her sitting with her laptop in front of her. "Hi mom" I say happily while throwing myself to the couch.
"Oh hi sweetheart, how are you?" my mom smiles over at me.
"I'm ok, a little tired but ok" I reply. "Aiden didn't sleep too well last night for some reason but he seems ok today."
"Did he maybe have a fever or something?" she asks, putting her laptop down and turning her attention to me.
"No he didn't seem to" I shake my head. "Santana thought it was maybe another tooth coming in or something."
"That could be it" my mom nods. "So where is Aiden, is he at home with Santana?" she asks.
"No Aiden is outside with dad actually and Santana was planning on going running when I left" I reply. "Dad is going to bring Aiden in soon to see you."
"Ok" my mom nods. "So speaking of Santana, how are things between you two?" she asks in concern while coming over to sit next to me.
"They're perfect, they've never been better actually" I smile.
"So Santana took the decision well?" she asks slightly shocked.
"What decision?" I frown in confusion.
"About the baby" she states.
"Of course she did, she was over the moon" I reply.
"Wait…you're having a termination right?" my mom asks confused.
"No I've decided to keep the baby" I smile.
"I thought when you came to see me the other night and the numerous times we spoke on the phone you decided to have a termination" she replies.
"No I hadn't decided one way or another" I say honestly. "Like I say though, we've decided now so you're going to be a grandma again" I smile.
"I guess I am" she nods. I've got to say I thought she would be a little more enthusiastic about it. I mean I am her daughter after all and she is going to get another grandchild.
"You could say congratulations mom or even hug me" I state.
"I'm sorry, I know I should sound a little happier for you right now but I'm just concerned about this that's all" she replies.
"Don't you want another grandchild?" I ask.
"Of course I do but is this the right decision in this situation?" she asks.
"There was never going to be a right or wrong decision mom, it was just going to be what would be the best overall" I reply.
"And you talked things over with Santana and you both agreed this was the best overall?" she asks.
"Yes" I nod.
"Are you sure you both agreed?" my mom asks.
"What do you mean, am I sure? Of course I am" I say slightly offended.
"You know I like Santana but I was getting the feeling you were more swaying your decision at times to keep the baby because you want Santana to be happy rather than keeping it because you want that. I just want to make sure you are doing this because you want this as much as you want to make Santana happy" she replies.
"This is what I want mom" I assure her. "Santana is going to help me through all of this and we're thinking that she will stay at home with the kids and I can go back to work" I say.
"I guess that does make sense" she nods.
"You still don't look happy about this mom" I say. I mean I don't need her approval but it is nice to have it to know I am going to be ok.
"It's not that I'm unhappy, I'm just worried because you're my daughter and I don't ever want to see you get hurt" she smiles.
"I know but I'll have Santana for support and you too hopefully" I say looking at her.
"Of course I'm going to support you" she smiles at me.
"If you were in my position what would you do?" I ask.
"Honestly, having you and your siblings were the best times of my life so I think I'd end up having the baby" she admits. "At the same time though I was never put in the same situation as you so perhaps I may have had my doubts."
"That doesn't help" I say chuckling.
"At the end of the day Brittany, this was always up to you not me so I'm there for you" my mom smiles.
"Thank you" I smile back gratefully.
"I am truly happy for you Brittany, honestly" she smiles again before leaning in to hug me. "I'm always here if you need to talk again, ok?"
"Thank you mom" I reply. "I promise to come to you if I need to talk about anything" I tell her. The first person I would go to would be Santana but it's nice to know I've always got my mom there too.
"Good" she smiles. "Now let's go and find this grandson of mine because I haven't seen him in ages and I miss him."
"He misses you too" I say genuinely. As soon as we head outside, we see Aiden sitting on my dad's shoulders washing the roof of the car. I use the word 'washing' very lightly though because he is only 1 year old so he's more throwing water over it than cleaning it.
"Mommy" he squeals excitedly when he sees me.
"Hi sweetheart" I say while lifting him gently from my dad. "Grandma wants to say hello to you" I tell him while pointing to my mom. He starts getting excited again when he sees her and begins reaching out to her.
"Why don't we go over here to sit and you can tell me what you've been getting up to Aiden" my mom says as she takes Aiden from me and goes over to the garden furniture to sit down. I meanwhile make my way over to my dad to talk.
"So how are you Brittany, we haven't talked a lot recently" my dad smiles at me while handing me a sponge to help him clean the car.
"I'm fine dad" I shrug while smiling at him.
"Are you sure there's not something on your mind?" he asks.
"Why would you think that?" I ask not really answering the question. I don't like keeping secrets from my dad but I hadn't really planned on telling anyone but Santana about the pregnancy because it was still really early days. I mean I told my mom but that wasn't the intention in the beginning so I'd rather tell my dad a little later on.
"You and your mom have been having secret talks for about a week now so I'm guessing there is something going on" he replies.
"I don't like keeping secrets from you dad but I just wasn't ready to talk about it and mom was helping me" I admit. "I know mom is your wife and you don't want to have secrets from each other but I didn't want her to say anything to anyone either."
"I don't like not knowing things but I understand" he smiles at me. "If you do ever want to talk though I am here as well. You don't always need to go to your mom."
"I know and thank you" I smile back. We remain silent for the next few minutes just finishing up the car. It's actually nice just spending some time with my parents because I don't do that very much anymore. Don't get me wrong I love spending all my free time with Santana because she is amazing but I have to admit I do miss doing things like this with my parents.
"Do you know, Aiden reminds me so much of you as a little girl" my dad points out breaking the silence between us.
"If I'm honest I always think Aiden is more like Santana" I admit.
"I mean by looks he's Santana's double but his mannerisms remind me a lot of you" he smiles. "The way he was washing the car earlier reminded me so much of how you used to help me when you were younger."
"What hand was he using to wash the car?" I ask randomly.
"Um…both hands, why?" my dad asks in confusion while laughing slightly.
"Santana and I have a bet on to see if he's going to be right or left handed" I reply. "I bet her 20 dollars that he'll be like me and be right handed but Santana is so sure he's going to be left handed."
"Well he had both hands on the sponge and was washing it like that so it was hard to tell" my dad says.
"That's ok, I guess we'll just need to wait a little longer to find out" I shrug. "So tell me, what else do Aiden and I do that are similar?" I ask.
"Well he mentioned something about car and mom so I can only assume Santana bought him a new toy car?" he asks and I nod. "Anyway it seems Santana buys him a lot of stuff and as I remember you had me pretty out of pocket when you were younger with the number of dolls I had to buy you. You and your son both seem to like lots of new toys."
"I guess we do both like that" I laugh.
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After talking to my dad for a little bit, I decided it was probably best to get Aiden home to bed because he was getting tired. As soon as I arrived back home, I put Aiden straight to bed before going to find Santana.
"Someone smells nice" I say walking into the bedroom instantly smelling a nice aroma.
"I just took a shower because I was sweating buckets after my run" Santana says walking over to me. "Anyway hi baby" she smiles leaning in to kiss me.
"Hi" I smile back.
"How were your parents, are they ok?" she asks going over to fix her hair in the mirror.
"They're good" I smile. "Aiden helped my dad to wash his car and he seemed to have fun which was so cute."
"Yeah he loved it the other day when he got to help me wash our cars" she smiles. "Where is Aid by the way?" she asks.
"He fell asleep in the car ride home so I've put him down in his bed" I reply.
"Shouldn't we change him into something a little comfier though?" Santana asks in concern.
"No it's ok because we got him changed at my parents' house because his clothes were all wet from washing the car so I figured I'd just put the pyjamas on that my mom had at her house. He was getting pretty tired anyway so I thought he might fall asleep soon" I reply.
"That's cool" she smiles. "I'll quickly go and kiss him goodnight just now and then I'll be back" she says walking over to the door.
"Ok, I'll just get ready for bed just now" I reply.
Once I'm ready, I get into bed and wait for Santana to come back. As soon as she does, she joins me in bed. I'm not really sure what happened next because one minute we were talking and the next I'm flat on my back with Santana kissing me. I guess I'm just slightly preoccupied thinking about what my mom said because I sure as hell should know when someone as sexy as Santana is straddling me.
"Baby if you're not into this then we don't need to do it tonight, we can just relax and watch some TV in bed together" she says looking down at me.
"I'm sorry, I am into it I just had a few other things on my mind" I admit. "Keep going though because it feels really good" I smile at her.
"Ok" she smiles before going back to what she's doing. A few seconds later I feel her slow down again before sitting back so she can see me better. I know she knows there's still something on my mind that's distracting me so I'm not going to lie right now.
"I'm going to be ok during this pregnancy, aren't I?" I ask concerned.
"Of course you are" she smiles. "You have me remember and I'll do whatever it takes to get you through this without anything bad happening."
"Ok" I say taking a deep breath.
"Is something making you question things again?" Santana asks.
"It was just something my mom said" I admit.
"Oh really?" she asks raising an eyebrow in interest. "What did your mom say?"
"She was surprised I was keeping the baby, she really thought I might have went with having a termination" I reply.
Santana's POV
Monday 1st March 2021
Even though I'm supposed to be working from home today, I just can't seem to focus on work because of what Brittany said last night. I've decided to go and see if her mom is home so I can talk to her. I want to know why she would say something like that to Brittany because Brittany finally seemed to be ok with the pregnancy and now she's not. I don't think I could go through the situation of deciding again, it's too painful.
As soon as I arrive at the Pierce's house, I get Aiden out the car and we go over and knock on the door. Sometimes if Brittany is with me we'll walk straight into the house since it used to be her house but since it's just Aiden and I then I find it more polite to just knock.
"Hi Santana, in you come" Karen smiles while opening the door.
"Do you need to go anywhere or do you have a minute to talk?" I ask.
"I'm not working today so I've got plenty of time" she smiles while leading Aiden and me to the kitchen. "Do you want some coffee?" she asks.
"No thank you, I've decided to stay off coffee as long as Britt has to" I reply. "It's going to be really hard for me" I chuckle, "but I made her stop so rightly I should too."
"How about some juice then?" she smiles.
"Ok, thank you" I reply while sitting down with Aiden on my lap.
"So what would you like to talk about?" Karen asks while placing the drinks down and sitting down across from me.
"The conversation you and Brittany had last night when she was visiting" I reply. "Look I appreciate you were trying to help but you're giving her second thoughts" I state.
"She is my daughter Santana, I only want the best for her" Karen sighs. "It wasn't my intention for her to change her mind, I just wanted to make sure she was ok and she knew what she was doing."
"I'm not going anywhere Karen so I'll be with her every step of the way. I know she can handle this so what she needs is reassurance from us all, not you frightening her" I say.
"Excuse me, I didn't frighten her Santana" Karen points out. "Like I just said, I was making sure she felt that she was doing it for herself and the baby and not for anyone else."
"Of course she was doing it for herself, that's all I wanted her to do" I state.
"She just wants to make you happy Santana and I was scared that was swaying her decision" Karen sighs. "I just…"
"Hold on" I say raising my hand to signal for her to stop, "are you saying you think she's doing this because of me?"
"You and I both know you've always wanted lots of children" Karen says.
"That doesn't answer my question, I am asking you if you think she made the decision to make me happy and not because she felt it was the better of the two options" I reply.
"Santana, I do believe how you felt factored into this in a big way" Karen admits.
"I didn't make Brittany make that decision. She decided on her own that that was what she was going to do so don't make it out that I made her do this" I say beginning to get slightly defensive.
"I didn't say you made her; I'm just saying how I feel as a mother" Karen replies. "I'm just saying it was a possibility that you swayed her decision" she says.
"But you believe me that I didn't push her into this?" I ask to make sure.
"Yes I believe you" Karen replies.
"Ok" I nod, beginning to calm down.
"Think about Aiden, ok. I know he's a boy but say he was your daughter and this happened to him then what would you want" Karen asks. "Would you rather a grandchild than have your child healthy?"
"Of course not but Brittany is healthy just now and that's the thing. I wouldn't want her to do this if something was wrong just now but since it's not then we just need to make sure throughout the whole thing that we keep her upbeat about things" I reply.
"I appreciate what you're trying to say but those are just words Santana, we can't predict what she'll be like later on so both scenarios are tricky in my opinion" Karen admits.
"I know they are but Brittany and I need to pick one and now that she has you're making her doubt herself" I say. "I want you to support her not make her question her decision."
"I am supporting her" Karen says shaking her head at this whole conversation we're having.
"It doesn't feel like you are and honestly it feels like you're trying to make me feel bad as well" I admit.
"Do you know how many of my daughter's partners I have liked?" she asks.
"I'm guessing none" I sigh.
"No, one and do you know who it was?" she asks.
"An ex-boyfriend of Brittany's I'm assuming" I shake my head. "And let me guess things would be different if she was with him now and she'd probably be ten times happier too."
"Why are you putting yourself down like that Santana?" Karen asks.
"Because you're not exactly painting me out to be someone you like right now" I state.
"Santana it's you, you are the only one of either of my daughter's partners I have liked" she replies.
"Why are you telling me this?" I ask confused.
"Because I want you to know I have nothing against you. This whole thing is not about you, it's about how terrified I am of losing my daughter" she tells me.
"I won't let that happen Karen, no one is going to lose Brittany" I assure her.
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After talking with Karen, my head wasn't really into working today so I decided just to have some fun with Aiden and I could catch up with work tomorrow back at the office. We went to the park to play for a little while before going to the grocery store to get a few things for dinner. Since I know he hates going to get groceries, I promised him another new toy car if he was good the whole time we were inside and he was. He's currently playing with it just now while we wait on Brittany getting home.
"Hi, I'm home" I hear Brittany shout as the front door opens.
"Aiden, who's that?" I ask him while tapping his shoulder to get his attention. "Is that mommy?" I ask and he looks at me for a second before looking over and taking off towards the door since Brittany is standing leaning against the doorframe.
"Mommy" he smiles brightly while holding his hands out so Brittany can pick him up.
"Hi honey" she smiles while scooping him up in her arms. "Oh, what have you got there?" she asks looking at the tiny BMW in his hand.
"Yeah so I have a confession to make" I laugh nervously.
"We are going to be broke if you keep buying him things like this" she laughs. "He already had a black toy car" she states.
"I know but this is an actual BMW one and I promised him it if he was good in the store today and he was" I tell her.
"You're in for a shock one of these days when he suddenly asks you for one of those cars that toddlers can actually drive and then he'll have the whole house turned upside down. He'll be ramming it into doors and tearing up the carpets" she laughs.
"No if I buy one of them for him then it'll be strictly for outdoors" I say.
"Yeah I'd like to see that conversation because you just can't say no to him" she chuckles.
"Yeah but you can so I'll just send him to you" I tease.
"Ok fair point" she smiles while putting Aiden back down on the ground. "So not to rush you or anything but I'm starving so shall we make dinner?" she asks and I nod. We then take Aiden to the kitchen and make a start on dinner.
"I had a fight with your mom today" I sigh, breaking the short silence we fell into while we cooked.
"How on earth did that happen?" Brittany frowns in confusion, looking over at me.
"I wanted to speak to her because I didn't think it was right what she said after you 2 had a talk" I admit.
"What exactly did she say that offended you?" Brittany asks.
"Well she told you not to keep the baby and to be honest with you Britt, that's not her decision. That decision is between you and me" I state.
"Ok, back up" she sighs. "When exactly did she tell me to terminate this pregnancy?"
"Last night when you went over there" I frown in confusion.
"Santana my mom didn't tell me to terminate it, she just said she thought I might based on how I was feeling but she most certainly didn't say I had to terminate the pregnancy" Brittany replies seriously.
"Oh…shit" I say aloud. "I had a fight with your mom over something she didn't do" I say shaking my head.
"Honey, apart from you she was the one person who has been there for me through everything so yes I am going to question a few things when she says something" Brittany states.
"So you think I was wrong to go over there today?" I ask. I mean yes it was wrong maybe to act the way I did but I still I had right because she made Brittany question things.
"Yeah a little bit" Brittany nods.
"Wait, really?" I ask. "I was just trying to be polite with asking that but I don't think I was wrong because the way you told the story about your talk seemed quite serious."
"You could have just asked me babe instead of interrogating my mom" she states.
"Are you seriously siding with your mom over me?" I question. "Brittany I am your wife and I have been here for you through everything."
"I am not siding with anyone Santana and if you listened to me a second ago you would hear that I also know you have been there for me through everything" Brittany replies.
"I know she's your mom but I prefer it if we talk about things rather than go to other people" I say.
"Are you telling me you wouldn't go to your mom to talk if we started having problems?" she asks.
"No I'd deal with them with you, I wouldn't go to someone else and let their opinion inflict mine" I say. "I especially wouldn't do it when it was something as serious as a baby being involved."
"Wait a second…are you overreacting about this because you think I'm going to go back on my word. Do you think I'm going to suddenly change my mind and have a termination after all?" she asks.
"Well yeah" I reply like it's obvious.
"Babe…" Brittany sighs, "I'm not going to do that, I promise you."
"You're not?" I ask surprised.
"No" she shakes her head. "All I meant was that I was worrying about things again, I didn't mean it was going to make me change my mind. I just needed a little more reassurance that we'd get through this" she states.
"Oh" I say feeling a little bit of a fool right now.
"Look…" Brittany says moving to wrap her arms around me. "I get that this whole thing hasn't been easy so I understand how you might have got the wrong end of the stick. Honestly though I would never say one thing and then suddenly change my mind when it's something as serious as this. We're having this baby and that's not going to change."
"Ok" I smile before pulling her into a passionate kiss.
"One of these days we'll be able to communicate effectively without someone misunderstanding" Brittany chuckles.
"I know" I laugh.