Chapter 4:

Sleeping… Sleeping is one of the things I like the most in the whole world, probably I like sleeping as much I like dancing and right now I can't sleep and again is because I'm thinking about Santana, the second time in few weeks. I'm so naïve, thinking things between us could be the way they were, but today was a kind of a start I'm not giving up so easily. I want my friend back.

I grab my phone and I have a message from my cousin and I quickly answered back.

Chat: Quinn

*Saturday night, dinner at Breadstix – Quinn.

*We're all going – Quinn.

*You can count us! – Brittany.

*Perfect – Quinn.

If at least Danielle were here with me, we could cuddle… But no, my parents, well, my mother told us that we have to sleep in different rooms because we have to respect grandma's house.

And then, my room's door opened.

"It was about time!" I said while turn around, giving my back to her and left the phone on the nightstand. Today I'm not feeling like the big spoon.

She snuggles behind me putting her arms around my hips. I'm waiting for her to tell me what she talked with mum and granny, because we spent the afternoon with Quinn and Sam and the rest of the family and we couldn't talk. I'm way too curious and way too impatient to wait for tomorrow.

"Dani" I say slowly "Danielle" And I pat her hands lovingly.

"Nuh huh" She mumbled "The last thing I need is your mother walking on us."

"What?" I turn around to face her while I'm laughing. "No, no, is not that. What did you talk with granny and my mother they were so happy during the dinner." She didn't say anything. "Oh, come on! It can be that bad." I turn myself around to face her even the room is completely dark. "Spit it out." Danielle sighed.

"Your mother wants us to get married in here" Thanks at the lack of answer from me, Danielle points out "In Lima."

I sit on the bed and Danielle does it too. She has to be kidding; I mean same sex marriage is banned in Ohio.

"Your mother and grandmother want us signing the papers in New York and making the celebration in Lima with a minister."

"What a crazy idea!" I laughed "Both of them are out of their minds." And I realize that Danielle is not laughing with me.

"So…. The truth…. Is that I didn't disagree with them." Dani said in a whisper and my laugh instantly died. I switched on the light because I can't have this conversation in the darkness. "Relax. I didn't agree, either."

"Wait? What? Do you want to marry in Lima?"

"No! But I didn't want to openly disagree with your mother and since I was sure you didn't want to marry in Lima I thought it was safer for me… "

"Let me be the bad guy. Genius" I said the last part ironically.

"Try to understand me, since we decided to marry your mother is not happy about it, I didn't want to give her another reason to dislike me even more."

I'm mad at Danielle right now. She knows that I'm always arguing with my mother about most of the things in my life, of course my wedding wouldn't be an exception.

"I don't understand why are we even arguing, since we agree, neither of us want to marry in Lima."

"I'll talk to my mother, but just for your information happy wife, happy life and you're doing it wrong."

And I left the bedroom.

We all arrived at Breadstick and are already looking the menu to ordering the food. The only missing is Puck; he's probably running late, he always does.

My phone vibrated once again, I curse the day Emma downloaded the whatsapp on my mother's phone, I love her but she's so annoying! I just hope that she annoys Emma as much as she annoys me. So, I told her this afternoon that there's no way in hell I'm marrying in Lima and she's bugging me about it, trying to make me change my mind.

Everyone is chatting cheerfully while looking at the menu, Finn and Sam are talking about football; Rachel and Kurt are trying to convince Santana to see a new Broadway show, Quinn and Dani are talking about the wedding, but I have to admit that right now is a topic I don't want to discuss, I'm still a little bit angry with Danielle, besides there are more things going on in my life.

"Where's Puck?" I try to start a conversation with a new topic and then everyone shut up at the same time.

"He's out of town because of work." Rachel quickly answered.

I was expecting an answer from Santana, since she's Puck's girlfriend but now she's busy glaring at the smaller brunette, but sometimes Rachel is a little bit eager about things she knows and can't help it. I just answered with an "ok" and came back to comment the menu with Dani.

The food is delicious and the company is amazing, we spend most of the night remembering old times but my mind wonders about Puck, I don't really know why I asked for him, maybe is because Quinn told me that we were all going to dinner and I just wasn't expecting him missing it, or maybe is just that the last time I talked with him was a little bit weird.

The last summer

I'm lost in this big, or like Rachel would say enormous hotel hall, I needed to go to the bathroom but the one's near to the party for Rachel and Finn's wedding were occupied and now I can't find the way back, orientation is not my strongest suit, most of the times I need to make my own maps to arrive at places.

When I look to in the big room I see Puck. Finally! A familiar face! He seems a bit lonely right now, like drinking his blues away. I think he didn't even notice I'm looking at him and that's weird because this morning and during the wedding he was like super happy, after all he's Finn's best man. I walked towards him maybe something happened while I was gone.

"Puck what are you doing here?"

"In this side is no line to order the drinks." He answered without stop looking the glass while puts his free hand in his pocket.

"I can see, but that means you got the drink and then come back to the party but you're sitting in here, alone." His hair is disheveled and the bowtie is unbuttoned.

"What about you? I could make the same question." He snapped.

"I got lost…" Puck raised his eyes from the glass this time "And you?"I tried again.

"Relax. I'm just chilling in here for a bit" He took a sip of his drink "The party is awesome." And he almost fell of the barstool, luckily for him he had enough reflexes to grip the counter and stabilize his body and drink one more time. "Time flies…without noticing, you know… Sam and Quinn first, now Finn and Rachel…" Puck looks at empty glass.

"We're growing up, unbelievable, huh?"

I took a sit next to him because my heels are killing me and Puck makes a sign to the bartender to put two drinks.

"Even you have a stable relationship." He said grabbing the new glass.

"Thank you. I think…" I drink and oh my god! "You, son of a Yeti, this is so strong, you could warn me, at least!"

"Where would be the fun in that?" He laughs and drinks again "Anyways, why isn't your better half in here, from what I heard she knows the bride and the groom?"

"Yeah, she does know Sam, Quinn and Kurt, but we agreed that we'll have plenty of time to attend official family stuff together, now is still early." I drink as well.

"Maybe you didn't want her to know…." He clears his throat "Lima?"

"Nah" I took another sip "Is not that, Lima is not that bad."

"Whatever…." He seemed lost in thought for a moment "Why you stopped being friends with Santana?"

The question caught me off guard and I choked on my drink.

"What?"I put the glass down and clean my mouth with the napkin under my drink.

"You two were like 2 peas in a pod and now" Puck drinks once more and makes a grimace "Not that much."

"I didn't stop; we just made different choices."

"Nah" He said mimicking me "You can't fool me, that started before the whole 'we made different choices', sometimes I thought Santana blames me about you two losing contact."

"Nonsense!" I have to admit that I could never imagine Puck being sensitive enough to realize when I really started to stop being friends with Santana. "Are you sure you are okay?"

"Yeah I'm fine, but why do you even care? Is not like we're friends or something like that" And that's the Puck we all know. I really was starting to worry about him.

"That was rude, but you're right, we have never been friends. Is just, I don't like seeing people sad."

"At least you're honest, is refreshing." He said looking me straight in the eyes.

"I think this is the first time, in all the years we know each other, that we've been talking this long just the two of us, or you even asked me things."

"There is always a first time for everything" Puck raised his glass "Cheers." And he finished his drink in one gulp, stood up and left.

The waitress picking up my finished dish makes wakes me from my memories from last summer and I grabbed my phone that is vibrating again, there's like 50 messages. I'm tired of arguing, I sighed and I put my phone in my purse instead of my pocket. Everyone is talking so I get up and go to the bar to get another glass of wine because the waiter seems to forget about the one i asked for like 10 minutes ago.

"I bet my breadsticks that you argued with your mother about something" Santana said appearing next to me and sitting on the barstool next to mine.

"What?" She startled me; she didn't talk to me a lot during the night. "Am I so obvious?"

"No, but I'm quite clever, you still make that grumpy face 'I want to kill her but I can't." We laughed. "What did Susan this time?"

"She wants me to get married in Lima" Santana's eyes widened "I know, she's nuts, well my mum and granny, they want that we sign the papers in New York and we celebrated in here. Of course I said there's no way in hell."

"Why not?"

"Marrying in Lima can't compete with marrying in New York, is not the same, not even close" Santana seems annoyed by my answer "I mean, no offense, but you choose here because of Puck not for the awesomeness in Lima."

"Maybe she just wants to help with the wedding preparations and since your parents are coming back to Lima." Santana said nonchalantly. "Maybe the woman just wants to spend more time with her daughter before she definitely starts a new life" I look at the latina and I'm astonished "Well, it's just a guess, I don't know." She looks away.

"Why everyone takes my mother side! It would be nice having someone rooting for me." I complain and Santana glares at me. "What?"

"Since when are you so whiny?" She snapped, "I understand a wedding is a big thing, but I'm sure there are plenty of things going on in your life besides the wedding."

Santana gets up and walks to the table under the gaze of Danielle, I didn't realize she was looking at us. I scrunched my nose that was a bit rude; after all Santana was the one who asked about my grumpy face.

Finally, the waiter came back with my glass of wine so I came back to the table. What Santana told me got me thinking so I texted my mother back. After I put my phone back at the purse I realize that Danielle is starting a toast.

"Brittany, I haven't met a person who's as nice and caring as you, and I'm amazed because you could have anyone in the world, and yet you chose me." She knows I'm still mad at her and is trying to make amends. "So I can't wait for marry you, and for you all" She looks at my friends "To accompany us in New York for the wedding."

"In fact, there's a change of plans, we are getting married in Lima!" I said raising my glass as well while Danielle's jaw dropped to the floor.