Chapter 53: Making Plans
Brittany's POV
Sunday 5th March 2023
Since the children are still with my parents and aren't coming home until this afternoon then Santana and I had a nice relaxing morning in bed this morning. We didn't do anything exciting, we just took advantage of the fact we didn't have to rush out of bed and do our usual routines with the kids. I spent most of my time reading a book while Santana was browsing on her iPad for baby things and seeing if there were any good deals on what we needed to buy. I mean we're not short of money exactly but we certainly don't want to buy the first thing we see when we could save money and put it away for the future.
We're both out of bed now and getting ready for the day. I've just finished moisturising and brushing my teeth when Santana steps out of the shower and wraps a towel around herself. She smiles at me before walking towards the sink so she can see in the mirror that we have above it.
"You smell nice" I tell Santana as I lean against the sink with my back to it so I can face her.
"Thank you" she smiles at me while glancing in my direction before preparing her toothbrush to clean her teeth.
"You also look kinda sexy" I say while smirking at her. My sexual desire has increased somewhat recently but I don't know if that's just because I've hit the 2nd trimester so sometimes there is a spike then or if it's because I'm feeling good about myself and happy about the pregnancy.
"Just kinda sexy or totally sexy?" she teases.
"Totally" I smile.
"If I didn't have a mouthful of toothpaste right now then I'd kiss you" she smiles back.
"I can wait" I shrug. She smiles at me again before going back to continuing to brush her teeth. Once she's done, she uses some mouthwash before standing right in front of me.
"How about that kiss now?" she asks while gently sweeping my hair behind my ear and cupping my face in her hands. She then leans in and kisses me passionately.
"Ok, we have to stop" I say while pulling away regrettably. "If we get any more carried away then I'm not going to want to stop and we've got stuff to do."
"Ok" Santana smiles at me.
"I know I'm being boring but with the kids not here then it's the only chance we get to get things done without any distractions. I need to get the kids' beds changed, vacuum the whole upstairs and we need to clear out the spare bedrooms so we can get the nurseries organised soon for the babies" I tell her.
"Honey it's fine, I get it" Santana says, continuing to smile at me. "There's no way I think you're boring, especially after last night" she says with a slight smirk.
"Last night was pretty fun, wasn't it?" I smile.
"It was" Santana nods. "Now if you can handle me putting some clothes on then we can get things done sooner rather than later and we'll have some time in the afternoon before the kids come home."
"I'll try to keep my hands off you" I smirk. I'm actually not even joking right now. Santana is super sexy anyways but with these pregnancy hormones affecting me then she seems 10 times sexier to me which I didn't think was possible.
"Ok" Santana laughs while beginning to put some clothes on. "I'm just thinking we should probably get some breakfast before we do all the chores because we won't have much energy on an empty stomach" she adds.
"I agree" I nod. "I'll go downstairs and start making us something and you can just come down whenever you're ready" I smile.
"Sounds good. I won't be long" Santana smiles back. I then leave and head downstairs to the kitchen. I'm just beginning to make us some scrambled eggs when Santana walks into the room.
"I'm making us eggs, are you good with that?" I ask over my shoulder.
"I can eat anything at all. I'm not fussy" Santana smiles.
"Ok, good" I smile back. Once I've got the eggs under control, I go over to the coffee machine and fire it up. I can't drink coffee at the moment but Santana still does so I'm going to make her some coffee.
"Since you're cooking breakfast then I might as well run upstairs and get the kids sheets and things and we can put them on a cycle in the washing machine as we eat breakfast" Santana suggest.
"Good idea" I smile. I suppose that'll save a bit of time this morning instead of us hanging around later waiting on the laundry being finished. After 5 minutes or so, Santana has got the laundry started and I'm almost finished making breakfast.
"Breakfast smells good" Santana smiles at me as she takes a seat at the table.
"It's almost done" I tell her while walking over to the table and placing a cup of coffee down in front of her.
"Thank you" Santana smiles at me brightly. It's one of those smiles that just makes me melt inside because of how lovingly she looks at me. I say it all the time but I honestly can't believe how lucky I am to have Santana sometimes.
"You're welcome" I smile back before going to plate up breakfast. I then bring it over to the table and sit down before we start eating. "So, any ideas what Quinn wanted yesterday?" I ask nosily. She seemed quite insistent on talking to Santana so I'm just curious what it might be.
"I really have no idea" Santana shrugs. "I might ask her to drop in today and we can talk this afternoon" she adds.
"She did seem quite serious about something" I point out.
"I know and I do feel bad for not talking to her yesterday but I just wanted to spend some time with you. We've been so busy lately and then we'll be even busier when the twins come along so I just wanted some you and I time" Santana replies.
"I know and I don't blame you at all for sending her away so to speak" I say. "I mean I don't want to be rude but there are other people she can talk to so I wouldn't be too concerned about it."
"Yeah, I suppose" Santana nods.
"Like you say though, invite her over for coffee this afternoon and you two can talk" I say.
"I might just quickly text her just now" Santana smiles before pulling out her phone. She quickly texts Quinn and then puts her phone away to give me her undivided attention.
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After Santana and I got everything done that we needed to get done, we managed to sit down together for half an hour. We just sat in the living room and Santana showed me some of the things she found for the babies. By the time we got finished that, my parents arrived with the kids so we spent some time catching up with them before they left again. The kids are now down for an afternoon nap so Santana is just going through some work emails and we're just waiting on Quinn coming over.
"I was just thinking about some stuff about work and after the babies come" I tell Santana as she sits on the couch with her back against the arm and her feet rested on my lap as she balances her laptop on her own lap. "Are you thinking about taking time off from work again?" I ask.
"I mean I certainly will in the beginning but I wanted to talk to you about that because as much as it will be hard on our own, I don't know if it's good financially for both of us to be off for a long period of time" she points out.
"That's exactly what I was going to say" I nod. I mean we have money but we're not made of the stuff so I don't think we could afford to both be off for such an amount of time.
"I know with Aiden you stayed home for longer and with Ella it was me so I really don't mind which one of us it is" Santana smiles.
"I know I was stressed out after my first pregnancy but I think that was because of college not Aiden so I was actually thinking of taking off 6 months on maternity leave after the babies and you could go back to work maybe after a couple of weeks or something" I suggest.
"We can certainly do that but you have to be sure it's what you want because if you want me to take 6 months off then I totally will and you can go back to work sooner" she tells me.
"No, I want to do this" I smile. Santana does have her own business so it's probably better for me to be the one that's off rather than her because lots of people can cover my shifts but it's not that simple when you have your own company. Plus, that's not the only reason anyway, I do really want to be here for the babies and get to spend time with them when they're so little.
"We'll still keep Aiden and Ella in day-care though, won't we?" Santana asks.
"Yes, I think we should because 4 kids would just be way too much for me all on my own" I point out. Day-care isn't exactly cheap but I'm sure we can afford to do that because I honestly wouldn't cope on my own with 4 infants.
"Ok, sorted then" Santana smiles.
"Yeah" I smile back. I think I'll speak to my manager tomorrow at work and discuss my maternity leave plans so I can be prepared well in advance and I don't need to stress out closer to the end of my pregnancy.
"Oh, I think that's Quinn" Santana says as we hear a car outside. "I'll go and let her in before she rings the doorbell and wakes up Aiden and Ella" she laughs while quickly getting off the couch and running to the door. After a minute or so, they both walk into the living room.
"Hey Quinn" I smile.
"Hey, how are you?" Quinn asks while smiling back.
"I'm ok, still married so I'm doing good" I joke.
"It is hard being married to a lopez isn't it?" Quinn teases Santana.
"It definitely is" I nod while smirking at my wife.
"You can both joke all you want but my parents brought all of us kids up well so you two are lucky to be married to Jason and I" Santana states. "Anyway, coffee Quinn?" she asks her best friend.
"Yes please" Quinn nods.
"Hey I'll go and you two can talk in private if you want" I offer.
"No, it's fine, you don't need to go anywhere. I just needed someone to talk to but it doesn't mean Santana has to keep it a secret" Quinn replies.
"Ok" I smile.
"I'll be back in a second" Santana says while heading to the door. "Britt, do you want anything to drink when I'm through here?" she asks while turning back around to look at me.
"I could take another glass of water please" I smile.
"Ok, I won't be long" Santana says before leaving to get the drinks. While she's in the kitchen, Quinn and I just chat to one another. I didn't want to ask what was wrong yesterday when it's Santana she really came to see so it's probably best to wait until she's back here. We mostly just talk about the kids and how quickly they're all growing up.
"Thanks Santana" Quinn says when Santana walks back into the room and hands her a cup of coffee.
"No problem" Santana smiles before walking over to me and handing me my water.
"Thank you" I smile.
"So, what's going on with you Quinn?" Santana asks as she takes a seat next to me and begins to sip on her coffee. I honestly have no idea how she can drink coffee when it's that warm. I'm usually sitting for ages waiting on mine cooling down before I can take a sip.
"Well you know how you and I were talking about having more kids the other week?" Quinn asks and Santana nods. "Well I sort of broached the subject with Jason and I don't think he wants any more children" she sighs.
"Did he actually say that?" Santana queries.
"Not in those exact words but I could tell Santana. I just know he doesn't want to have any more children" Quinn states.
"He's a bit younger than you so maybe he just needs some time" I point out. Jason isn't much older than me so I could understand if he perhaps didn't feel right now was the right time. He's almost 26 so he maybe just wants to enjoy having Harry at the moment and he'll be open to kids in a couple of years.
"I did think about that but I'm not exactly young so like Santana mentioned the other week, if we want a couple of kids then it'll take a good nine months in between so ideally we would need to start just now" Quinn points out.
"Did you explain that to him?" I ask.
"No because I didn't want it to look like I'm pressuring him at the moment. Plus, he didn't even seem that interested in the topic" Quinn replies.
"My brother is so oblivious sometimes, he wouldn't even be thinking about what it means for you" Santana says shaking her head.
"I love Harry and if I don't have any more children then I'm ok with that but I'm worried about Harry. He's an only child so I don't want him getting lonely" Quinn sighs.
"I know what you mean because as open and honest we want to be with our kids, we know there are certain things that kids would rather talk to a sibling about than their parents" I say. I don't mean at the moment necessarily but when they get older. I am close to my parents but there are things I went to my sister about first and shared with her.
"That's exactly what I mean" Quinn nods in agreement.
"I think the only option is to talk to him about it because you guys are married so you need to communicate your feelings with one another otherwise it all builds up and causes a big argument" Santana states.
"I know but how do I bring it up again without looking like I'm annoying him about it?" Quinn asks.
"You just need to say, 'look Jason do you want another baby with me or not' and then you'll know" Santana replies with a shrug.
"Honey I don't know about that" I say honestly. "There could be a deeper reason so I think treading carefully is better than being so blunt about it" I admit.
"Nonsense Britt, my brother isn't all that smart so you need to be blunt to get through to him" Santana shakes her head.
"Jason is smart and I have to agree with Brittany here" Quinn points out. "Maybe he wasn't being so open about it because he is sensitive to the subject so perhaps I need to have a gentler approach."
"Ok well do whatever you think but just make sure you talk to him soon before things get too hard" Santana says.
"Santana is right there, you need to nip this in the bud before it transpires into something a lot bigger" I say.
"Yeah, I suppose you're both right" Quinn nods in agreement. "Maybe I'll try to get some time alone with him over the next few days and make him a nice dinner and we can hopefully talk without any interruptions" she adds.
"If it makes it easier then we can take Harry for a night and let you two have some time to yourselves?" I suggest. Aiden loves having Harry here anyway so it wouldn't be any trouble.
"I don't like to upset Harry's routine during the week but if I haven't had a chance to talk to Jason by next weekend then I might take you up on that offer" Quinn replies.
"Well whether you have talked to him or not by then, we could still have Harry overnight on Saturday because Aiden would love some boy time I think" Santana states.
"We can text throughout the week then and arrange something" Quinn smiles. After catching up for a while more, Quinn heads home and by that time the kids are awake from their nap and ready to tell us all about their time with my parents last night.
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Saturday 11th March 2023
After another hectic week at work, it's finally Saturday again which means I get to spend the weekend with my wife and kids. We are having Harry over tonight like we planned but he won't be coming until a lot later in the day so Santana and I have a few things to get done first. I'm going to be taking Aiden to his weekly dance class and Santana will look after Ella. I'm currently just clearing up from breakfast while Santana gets Aiden and Ella's shoes on.
"I'm not sure how long we'll be today because I'm taking Aiden to get a haircut once his class is finished" I tell Santana.
"I like his hair a bit longer" Santana points out.
"It's starting to get his face and it's annoying him so I think he'll want it cut" I say. He does look cute with his hair getting a little longer but I have been noticing lately that he keeps swatting it out of his face and pulling on it so I'm assuming it's getting in his way.
"Ok fair enough" Santana smiles. "So, what are you going to do while Aiden is at his dance class?" she asks me curiously.
"I think I'll go to the gym for a little bit because there is no point coming home to then leave again in another 30 minutes" I reply. Aiden's class only last about an hour because that's a long enough time for someone his age to do the same thing for the full hour and not lose concentration.
"Funny babe" Santana smiles. "Seriously though, what are you going to do because I was going to take Ella to the grocery store when you were out so you don't need to worry about that."
"I'm serious, I'm going to go to the gym and do some light exercises" I say.
"I don't like you doing anything strenuous when you're pregnant" Santana points out.
"I know and that's why I said light exercises. Honey women can exercise when they're pregnant so don't worry, nothing will happen to your children" I say with a sigh. I don't mean to get annoyed but sometimes I feel like a walking womb. Santana worries all the time about the babies and it's lovely that she does but it sometimes feels like that's all she's worried about.
"I don't want you overdoing anything either Britt" she tells me.
"Ok" I nod.
"I know you think I'm just concerned about the babies but I'm worried about you too because if you do too much then you might get stressed and your blood pressure will go up. It's your health I'm worried about babe" she replies.
"I promise I'm not going to do anything strenuous, just some light exercises to keep the blood moving and to keep me from gaining too much weight during the pregnancy" I assure her. I've had a lot of cravings during this pregnancy so I am concerned I might be eating too much which isn't good for me or the babies.
"Britt you don't…"
"Santana don't worry, this isn't like weight issues after I had Aiden" I say, interrupting her. "I genuinely feel this is the most I've ever ate during a pregnancy so I just want to be careful that I'm not overeating." Obviously after I had Aiden, I had some weight problems and I developed an eating disorder but this really isn't the same. I'm feeling good about things and I'm keeping positive during this pregnancy but I really have been eating a lot lately so I don't want to go in the opposite direction and end up with gestational diabetes or something later in pregnancy.
"Just be really careful then babe" she tells me.
"I will, I promise you" I smile.
"I just really worry about you sometimes babe so please don't think I'm only thinking about the babies because I'm not" Santana says while walking over to me. "You mean the world to me and I don't like that you have to go through all of this yourself. Sometimes I wish I was born properly and at least I could be pregnant once or twice so you wouldn't need to go through it all the time" she adds.
"Listen to me," I say while taking her hands in mine, "you were not born improperly babe. You were born perfectly, the way you were meant to be so don't ever think you're anything but perfect. You and I are very privileged that we can have children together because a lot of couples out there can't. I mean I'm sure we'd figure something out to have a family if you had been born differently but the kids wouldn't be a mix of both of us so we're lucky" I smile.
"That's true" Santana smiles back. "I just hate seeing how hard it is for you sometimes and I can't do anything to help."
"You help me a lot more than you know babe so don't get stressed out about this. You're amazing and I love you" I smile again before leaning in to kiss her. "Anyway, Aiden and I should get going now before we're late" I say before quickly kissing her again.
"Ok" Santana smiles before walking back over to the kids. "I'll see you in a little while so have fun at dancing" she says while kissing Aiden's head.
"I will mom" Aiden smiles brightly at Santana.
"I'm not sure when Ella and I are going to the grocery store so we might not be home when you get back" Santana tells me.
"That's ok" I nod. "Ok so have fun" I say before going over to kiss Ella goodbye and then Aiden and I leave and head to the car. I drop him off at his dance class and then head to the gym which is quite close by. I spend about 50 minutes there before heading back to collect Aiden and take him to get his hair cut.
"Your hair cut mommy?" Aiden asks me as we walk along the street to the barbers.
"No sweetheart, mommy gets her hair cut somewhere else so I'm not getting mine trimmed today" I smile at him.
"Is it just boys hair mommy?" Aiden asks as we walk in the door.
"Yes, it's just a place for boys and men to get their hair cut. Uncle Ben and Grandpa James go here though" I say. My dad and brother like it here so I felt comfortable taking Aiden somewhere I knew rather than take him to someone I didn't. I actually used to come here all the time with my dad because my mom would be working or something plus they gave the kids free sweets so I liked it.
"Ok" Aiden smiles before taking a seat as I go over to the desk and see if they have some space this morning to take Aiden.
After Aiden and I got home, he helped me with a few chores before we started to get lunch ready. We were just making the sandwiches when Santana and Ella got home. Ella was running towards me holding a carrot and an onion as Santana struggled in the door with the grocery bags.
"I help mom" Aiden says as he runs over to Santana and drags a bag across the floor behind him, completely ignoring Santana's protests about how heavy the bag was. I would help myself but I know Santana's answer would be 'no' since I'm pregnant so I wasn't about to disagree with her.
"Why are you carrying a carrot and an onion?" I ask Ella while picking her up.
"Mom let me carry" Ella shrugs.
"She was so fascinated with them when we were picking up the produce we needed so I just let her carry them. I had to practically force them out of her hands to pay for them before she took them off me again" Santana chuckles.
"I'm just making lunch for us just now but I can help you put the groceries away before we sit down to eat" I tell her.
"It's ok, you do what you're doing and Aiden can help me" Santana smiles while placing the grocery bags down on the floor. Aiden then goes over and starts unpacking the bags. He does his best to put the things away that he knows the places for.
After spending the afternoon with the kids and putting them down for a nap, Quinn and Jason brought Harry to our place. Quinn and Jason were heading out to dinner so they didn't stay long, just enough to make sure Harry was settled ok. Santana, the kids and me all then had dinner together before playing with Aiden's cars. The 3 kids are now all in bed and Santana and I are in our room getting changed for bed. Harry is sleeping on the camp bed in Aiden's room because they refused to sleep in separate rooms since they're good friends while Ella is in her own room. She was too tired to really care that they had someone staying over.
"Has anyone ever told you it's rude to stare?" I tell Santana with a smirk as I change out of my clothes.
"They have but it doesn't mean I'm going to do what everyone tells me to do" Santana replies.
"So, if I told you to strip naked and lie down on the bed then you wouldn't?" I question.
"Now that is something I would do so lock the door" Santana smirks. I quickly lock the door and Santana strips off. Later on though we'll unlock the door just in case the kids need us.
Santana's POV
Sunday 12th March 2023
My brother and Quinn are currently at our house to pick up Harry. It was nice having him stay over and having someone for Aiden to run around with. Aiden does like playing with Ella but she's almost 2 years younger than him so they don't always like the same toys or are able to play the same things. Aiden doesn't always understand why Ella can't have a conversation with him like we do but it's just because she hasn't fully developed her communication skills yet. She can talk but she doesn't know as many words as Aiden yet or is able to form proper sentences.
Quinn and I have been talking in the living room for a while now with the kids but Jason and Brittany haven't been here for some time now. Brittany went to make some coffee and Jason went to help but that was over 15 minutes ago.
"I'll be back in a second Quinn, I'm just going to see what's going on" I tell her.
"Ok" Quinn smiles. I then make my way to the kitchen. As soon as I walk in, I see Jason with his arms around Brittany, hugging her and she's even hugging him back.
"Hi there, you might have forgotten who I am since we don't live together anymore but I'm your big sister and I can still beat your ass so if you wouldn't mind kindly getting off my wife then that would be much appreciated" I state while pulling Jason away from Brittany.
"Relax Santana" Jason laughs. "I was just thanking Brittany for helping me" he adds and I frown in confusion. What exactly has my wife helped him with.
"Thanking her for what?" I ask curiously.
"It's a private matter so it's none of your business" Jason shrugs at me before picking up the tray of drinks for the kids.
"Brittany and I don't keep secrets so she'll tell me" I say. I am going to find out one way or another so it's not going to be private so he might as well tell me.
"That's fine then but I'm not telling you" Jason says while smirking at me before walking back to the living room.
"Seriously what the fuck is going on?" I ask, turning around to look at Brittany.
"It's no big deal really. He and I were just talking about the kids because Quinn must have told him last night about wanting more and he was just concerned. I'll tell you more about it once they leave, ok?" Brittany replies.
"Ok" I nod. I'll let it go for the moment but hopefully we can finish the discussion later.
"Right so we better go through before this coffee gets cold" Brittany says while making her way to the living room and I follow her. We catch up with Quinn and Jason for a while before they head home with Harry. I'm just tidying up the cushions in the living room that the kids threw around the room when I notice Aiden and Ella outside. I quickly stop what I'm doing and head outside.
"Where are you two going?" I ask Aiden and Ella as Aiden drives himself and his sister towards the drive way in his toy electric car.
"Ice cream" Aiden shrugs while proceeding towards the edge of our driveway.
"Indeed you are not" I tell him. "You two do not go anywhere without a grown up and you mostly certainly shouldn't be driving around out here. If you want to play in your car then you ride it outside in the back yard not out here at the front" I state. The front of our house is open plan so there are no fences to keep the children safe so they're only allowed to play at the back of the house where it is all fenced up and safe for them.
"Fine" Aiden sighs while dramatically turning the car around and heading towards the gate next to the house which takes us through to the back of our house.
"How did the two of you get through the gate?" I ask them both as I follow them and lock the gate behind me. We always keep the gate locked so they can't just wander to the front on their own but they've obviously found a way.
"Open" Ella says with a smile.
"The gate was open?" I ask for clarification.
"Yes" Ella nods her head at me.
"Ok well that's not your fault but you two do know not to leave the back yard. You cannot be wandering off like that so I think it's best we all go inside now" I say while lifting Ella out of the car. Aiden just looks at me for a moment before driving off again around the yard. "Aiden Lopez, come here right now" I say seriously while marching over to him.
"Want to play" Aiden huffs.
"No more playing now get out of the car and go inside" I state.
"Ok" Aiden sighs while stepping out of his car. He then marches over to the door and goes inside. I get him and his sister settled at the table and make them some lunch. They're just beginning to eat when Brittany comes into the room after her shower. I go over to the side to talk to her.
"Honey, you know I love you and everything but you have to be extra careful at the moment because the pregnancy hormones are obviously making you forgetful" I say in the nicest tone I can.
"Excuse me?" Brittany quirks an eyebrow at me. I didn't think I would be met with the warmest of responses but I needed to say something. We can't have the gate left open for the kids to wander around.
"I'm just saying that this pregnancy is making you a little forgetful so you just need to try and pay extra attention when you do something" I reply.
"I hear what you're saying Santana but I don't like it" she states.
"I'm not trying to be a bitch babe, I'm just trying to gently make you aware that you're being a little forgetful" I smile.
"In what way?" she questions.
"I just found the children at the front of the house because the connecting gate from the front to the back was left open so Aiden drove them through in his electric car. You must have forgot to lock the gate honey" I say.
"No, I didn't" she states and I look at her questioningly. It certainly wasn't me so it must have been her. "Stop looking at me like that, I didn't leave the gate open."
"I certainly didn't so are you sure you didn't do it by mistake?" I ask.
"No, I didn't so are you sure you didn't do it by mistake?" she asks me.
"Look, I know you didn't mean it and it's ok because there was no harm done. You just need to try and be extra vigilant at the moment when the pregnancy is playing tricks on you" I say.
"I'm telling you right now that I didn't leave the gate open and furthermore, this pregnancy hasn't made me forgetful at all" Brittany tells me.
"Well someone left it open" I sigh.
"How about your best friend and brother who were just here half an hour ago visiting and picking up their son?" she points out.
"They did leave through the back of the house, didn't they?" I say, thinking about it.
"I think they did, yes" Brittany nods.
"Oops" I say, feeling slightly bad for blaming her.
"Is there anything else you would like to say to me Lopez?" Brittany smugly asks.
"I'm really sorry. I just knew it wasn't me so I thought it was you" I apologise. "I love you" I add with a smile to see if it makes things better.
"I love you too but just be careful before you blame something on the pregnancy. I may have gotten a little forgetful towards the end of my last two pregnancies but I'm nowhere near that stage yet" she tells me.
"Ok, well I am really sorry" I smile.
"It's ok" she smiles back.
"So, I've just made the kids some lunch, do you want anything?" I ask her.
"Not right now but thank you" she replies.
"So, are you going to fill me in on what you and my brother were talking about earlier and why he had to hug you to thank you?" I ask.
"Are you jealous?" she asks with a smirk.
"No, just confused" I say.
"It's really not that exciting actually. He was just telling me about last night about how he and Quinn talked about having more kids. He didn't mention it to her but he was really quite nervous about it but he told her he was good with it because he knew she wanted more kids" Brittany starts off.
"So, what is he nervous about and what has it to do with you?" I ask, still somewhat confused about this.
"Apparently he found it really quite tough when Harry was born. It wasn't just because he was young and trying to start a career for himself, Harry seemed to be quite a handful" she says.
"Kids are hard sometimes as we both know" I point out.
"I know but I think Harry got so used to Quinn being there a lot that when she went back to work, he started to miss her and play up for Jason. He really struggled to settle when Quinn wasn't there and Jason found it really hard to cope with him" Brittany tells me.
"I didn't know that" I say surprised.
"Jason didn't have the heart to tell Quinn in case it made her feel bad for going back to work so he powered through it himself but it was a lot to handle. Obviously Harry is great now and settled in day-care but it was really tough for Jason" she replies.
"Ok fair enough but where do you come in?" I ask.
"We just got talking when we were making the coffee and I just gave him some words of advice and he seemed to feel a bit better. I think he just needed to talk to someone but didn't want to worry Quinn" Brittany states. "He did always want more kids though, he was just scared" she shrugs.
"I get that but why hasn't he come to me before about all of this?" I ask. We're family so I thought if he felt like he couldn't talk to Quinn then why wouldn't he turn to me or one of our other siblings.
"It's not that he picked me to talk to, I was just there and we started up a conversation that led to that. It's not that he couldn't confide in you I'm sure" Brittany reasons.
"It's probably because I always tease him that he didn't feel like he could come to me" I sigh.
"I really don't think that's it Santana. I wouldn't read too much into this at all" Brittany assures me. "Jason knows he can go to his big sister about anything so don't feel bad about this" she smiles as she puts her arms around me to hug me.
"Yeah maybe I am overthinking again" I nod. I do it all the time but I suppose it shows I care about something so deeply.
I'll probably reveal the babies' gender in the next chapter