Heaven Sent
Chapter 10
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Beth had a blast picking and choosing everything. She picked the pink princess bear with a crown on its head. She picked a flurry purple dress for her but said she didn't want any shoes because it would take hide her cuddly feet. She did however pick the princess wand. She said as a princess, she just had to have it. I was amazed at how much people paid for a teddy bear and accessories. It was crazy. I tried to tone down the amount of things Beth picked but Santana constantly chided my reluctance to let Beth pick what she wanted. I'm not even sure what the total came out to because when Beth was finished she quietly went to ring everything up. Sneaky ninja.
"Thank you, thank you Santi" Beth hugged the taller brunette's legs with her new teddy bear crush in between.
"You are very welcome mija. Did you come up with a name yet?"
"Yes, her name is going to be Princess Melanie" She beamed towards Santana.
"That's great baby." I gave my little girl a squeeze.
"Well now that Beth and Princess Melanie are properly introduced shall we go eat?" Beth giggled at Santana but nodded happily to her.
"Where to San?" The nickname just seemed to roll of my tongue before I had a chance to even complete my thought. The smile Santana broke into rivaled my own.
"Well there's actually a restaurant down the street, I had in mind if that's ok?"
I nodded and took Beth's left hand into my right. Santana walked up to my left and every once in a while as we walked her arm or hand would brush up against my own and my breath would hitch just the slightest. Luckily for me if it was loud enough to hear, the hustle and bustle of the street would cover it up.
"Here we are." Santana pulled open a door halting or steady walk, "after you ladies."
"Thanks," both Beth and I said to the Latina as we walked by.
It wasn't a "fancy" place but it was a tad on the upper scale of things. It was not overly elegant but was rather nice. At least now I know why she advised us to dress nice/casual.
"How many in your party? Three?"
"Yes" Santana answered the man dressed in a white dress shirt with black slacks.
"Follow me."
"There's a party?" Beth eagerly pulled me forward.
"No, sweetie it's just what people say sometimes. Instead of group they say party to mean the same thing." Beth's face slightly frowned at hearing there would not be a party.
"Here we have it. Your server will be with you shortly." He left us with menus on the table.
He took us to a small round booth. Beth took the middle, while Santana and I flanked her sides. At doing so the brunette and I were seated right across from one another. The menus had "Bakers" printed on them. It looked to be somewhat like a nicer version of a Coco's restaurant. We took a few minutes looking at the choices they had. Beth had the kid's menu and was having fun with all the puzzles and games it had.
"Hi I'm Jack. I'll be your server today. Can I start you off with some drinks?" Jack, the curly haired man asked us. Santana gestured with her hand for me to answer first. I smiled back.
"I'll just have water please, and she'll have…" I glanced down at Beth's menu "a strawberry lemonade. Thank you."
"I'll have water as well, thank you."
With are drinks jotted down, he went back off towards the back.
"Beth, what did you pick?" I set my own menu down when I had made up my mind.
"I want the small pizza please?"
"Great choice Beth" Santana said drawing shapes with my daughter in her menu.
"You're a lefty aren't you?" I noticed that her drawings were a little shaky. They weren't awful, surprisingly, but I could notice that it wasn't her dominant hand.
"Yeah," she said with a bashful smile. "Are my drawings that ugly?"
"No Santi, you draw pretty flowers." Beth piped up. They were both so cute, my cheeks hurt from the huge smile I was sporting.
"Thank you Beth." She set the crayon down and met my gaze with a smile tugging at her lips. Mmm those lips. How I wanted to kiss her again. I'm not sure what's gotten into me. I don't usually have this much..desire. "Yes I'm a lefty. On more than one occasion I've had to use my right. I like to try and stay practiced for all kinds of activities. You never know when dexterity will come in handy." The wink she gave made me shutter and sent an all too familiar warmth to my core.
Fortunately, Jack came back to take our order. Beth asked for her pizza, I ordered a Cobb salad. I mean it had bacon, plus it didn't make me feel like a fat ass in front of the brunette. Santana decided on a burger of some sorts.
The food was good and we had a nice time talking. I was enjoying this date? Outing? Whatever it was, it was nice. When Beth wasn't talking Santana's ear off, I got to talk get and some glimpses into the Latina's life. I learned that she had graduated from Columbia top of her class. She had a thing for muscle cars, etc. My little girl didn't allow me and Santana to get more in depth with our topics. I was ok with that, for now. I wanted to know this woman. I also very much wanted to ravage those red lips of hers, but I couldn't do that in front of my girl. I didn't want her seeing that, not if I wasn't in a relationship first. I needed to talk to Santana about what this was all about. Was this a friendly gesture or was it more. I needed to know not only for me. If she was just buttering me and Beth up to get into my pants then I couldn't let her get close to Beth. Who was to say she would stay after? I had to take care of Beth before myself. She was already getting attached to the taller brunette.
Before we were finished Santana excused herself to the restroom. I flagged down the waiter and asked for the bill.
"Not to worry miss, the other woman already took care of it." He pointed over to where I could barely see Santana paying for our lunch. Fuck I hope this wasn't just about sex. I couldn't take it if I was being used again. But it was a little late for that I was falling for this charming ass woman. She was already inside before I even had a chance to put up my walls.
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When she hailed for the cab I thought our time was over. She leaned into the window to tell the driver the location, and I assumed we were going home. Once inside Beth was chattering off to both of us and we answered when spoken to. I was so focused on the stare contest Santana and I were in that I didn't even notice we had stopped till Santana got off and around to open my door. Again she paid. Man she's fast. The cab came to a stop in front of a quaint theatre. Movie is it. She came up to the window and began talking to the girl behind the window.
"Hello, how can I help you?" The young teen ask Santana.
"Hi, uh Cindy, two adults and a child please."
"Sure coming right up."
"Santi what movie are we watching?" Beth's curiosity peaked.
"Who said anything about a movie?" The smile on her face grew wider. No movie so what are we watching? "It's a puppet show."
Beth's face brightened immediately, "I've never seen one before!"
"Well then I guess today is your lucky day little lady, because I have your ticket right here." Santana handed it to the little girls awaiting hands.
"Actually, I've never seen one either. I didn't even know they still did these." I pondered aloud.
She smiled that amazingly idyllic smile of hers and left her palm up for me took me to take, "Shall we?"
"Mommy Santi, c'mon!" Beth whined ahead from the door.
"Let's get some treats first. What do you want?" Santana slipped her hand away from mine and I couldn't believe I missed it already.
"So this is why you told us not to order dessert earlier." My eyebrow arched and my lips were formed between a smirk and a smile.
"Maybe," she shrugged with an impish smile.
They had so many different things. They had the usual popcorn and candy a regular movie theater had plus other things like cotton candy and caramel apples. Beth was content with her Dippin' Dots ice cream. I went with a simple KitKat bar. Santana just got some popcorn with three bottles of water for all of us.
"You're total is.." I didn't even allow him to finish before I was shoving my card his way. This time I wasn't going to allow the brunette to pay. "Here."
However Santana had other plans, "No, use this one."
I gave the kid behind the register my HBIC death glare. I normally saved that look for the court room or back in high school when I was a cheer leader, but I needed him to know I meant business. He looked between Santana and me trying to figure out who's to take. Santana was giving him a glare that rivaled my own. Impressive.
"Uh oh." Beth said in between us. She knew this face was my no nonsense face. Of course I had never given her one this intense but she was aware of it.
"Look here," I spoke up looking down at his name tag. "Jimmy. If you know what's good for you, I suggest you take my card."
He took my card right away. I felt bad for the kid but I was not going to allow her to pay for one more thing on this non-date. I came to the conclusion I was better off addressing this as a non-date till I knew otherwise. I could tell Santana was a little upset that I had ended up winning our little contest but there was a hint of a smile on her lips. The boy kept dropping my card when he tried giving it back and once firmly in my hand he ran off to take his "break." I looked to Santana and vice versa, and neither one of us could hold the laughter that erupted from our throats.
Beth just looked at us as though we were crazy but our laughter was contagious. She couldn't help but join in, "You guys are weird mommy." It made us laugh just that much harder.
"Oh god, that was priceless." Santana finally said once her laughs had subsided. "I'm so glad I took a pill after my meal or else that would have hurt and not in a good way. I think we should probably go in now." Oh she likes pain.
When we took our seats I wanted to see if Santana would sit by me but Beth insisted that she and Princess Melanie be in the middle. I argued with Beth that Melanie would fall if she sat in her own seat so now there was only one seat separating the Latina and I. When she bent down to help Beth with something my eyes went straight to her ass. Those leather pants, just WOW.
The puppet show was cute and Beth loved it. She was laughing right along with everyone else. I however could not stop looking to my left. Santana's laugh was adorable. The way her whole face would scrunch up, it was too cute for words. I couldn't stare for too long because I'm sure she felt my stare. As soon as her held tilted the slightest in my direction I would turn my focus back to the stage. I didn't want to seem creepy just watching her laugh.
I gave up my staring when Beth wormed her way onto my lap. It was nothing new to have my little bundle of joy there. I instinctively wrapped my arms around her just enjoying her. Soon I allowed one of my arms to drop and rest on the bar between the seats. I was suddenly drawn to my left wrist by a familiar warmth. When I looked down I noticed two things. One, sometime during the show Santana had exchanged her seat for the one Beth had vacated earlier and two, was now tracing patterns on my skin with the pads of her fingers. When I looked back up to gauge her expression, her gaze was firmly planted on the stage. It seemed to be something her fingers were doing subconsciously. Could that be any more heart fluttering? Needless to say, I could not pay attention to anything else but the warmth on my wrist for rest for the remainder of the show. Once it was over I was expecting to go our separate ways but she got in the cab with us.
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As expected Sam, Britt, and my mom were all waiting for us to return. I was hesitant to ask her if she wanted to come inside because they were all there. However she didn't seem to mind and strolled in behind a screaming Beth.
"Look! Look!" She was holding up her new toy. "Santi bought me a teddy bear! She's a princess!" Clearly she was excited, not to mention her sugar levels were still up from the ice cream.
"Oh wow look at that." I heard Sam say.
"She's pretty Beth." Britt said playing with the bear's wand.
Brittany got up from the couch to pass by us and head to the kitchen. "Have fun?" She whispered in my ear and wiggled her eyebrows once she was out of arms reach. I gave her a feigned glare.
"Would you like some coffee Santana?" My mom offered the tall brunette.
"No thank you, I can't stay long. I just wanted to make sure these lovely ladies made it home ok. Maybe another time?"
"Well thank you for taking both my girls out. By the looks of things my grand baby really enjoyed herself. I'm sure my baby did too." She gave Santana a cheeky grin.
"That was mighty nice of you." Sam's voice broke through.
"Yes very nice indeed." Brittany joined in.
I cry for help was more subtle then these three.
"Mom, could you go help Beth wash up before bed?" I gave them all pointed looks to stop.
"C'mon Beth."
"Wait! I have to say good night to Santi." Beth came skipping up to the Latina. "Good night Santi, thank for my teddy and the puppet show." She held the princess tight to her chest with her held tilted down. She was twisting from side to side, looking quite adorable. Well, then again, I might be a little biased.
"It was no problem pretty girl. I had loads of fun with you and your mom." She bent down and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Sweet dreams Beth."
She ran off with my mom in tow. Britt and Sam were sitting on the sofa feigning interest to the show on tv.
"So, I guess it's my turn to walk you to the door then huh." I smiled up at Santana.
"You don't have to if you don't want to." She pointed out.
"Are you kidding? It's the least I can do after, everything. And maybe I want to."
We walked out, and I did her one better by going all the way to the elevator. Not that my extended trip out did even one thing she did today.
"Santana," I was nervous to finally ask. "What is all this? Are you doing all this just to be nice to Beth and me or, do you just want in my pants, or is this some kind of…" I was spewing off thought after thought.
"Yes, not yet and will you go out on a date with me sometime this week? On an official date?" She interrupted with a hopeful smile.
I was in bit of a shock. She not only answered my ramble of questions but cut me off to ask me out. I had my bottom lip between my teeth when I looked up at her. Oh wait I still haven't answered her yet.
Yes, yes. I nodded, "Yes." I didn't even fight the army of butterflies that invaded my insides.
"Is Friday too soon?" That's not soon enough.
"Yeah that sounds good." Now she pressed the button to call up the elevator. "Thank you for today. It was really sweet of you to do all this for Beth."
"I'm glad she had fun. It didn't hurt that I got to spend some time with you too." Ugh my ivory skin allows even the slighted flush to be seen. I could only imagine what shade of red I was on now.
"Good Night Quinn. I'll call you later." She leaned in for what I hoped was a kiss. Instead her soft lips met my cheek. The chime of the elevator sounded and she walked in through the doors with a grin.
"Good night Santana." I stayed till the doors closed and block my view to the beautiful brunette.
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A/N: Hope you guys like it. I just want to give to give a HUGE shout out to JesterChester I think most of you know of this story because of her but if not you really should check out her stories. She writes some awesome stuff. Thank you to everyone that reviews.