I debated whether to write their Sunday hang out day but thought people would want it if I didn't. I was able to use it to cover off a couple of my other ideas though so here it is.

The formatting of the previous chapters was killing me so I tried to break this one up.

Remember to review, they make my ideas flow in to words :)

Dani POV

I was just hanging with Santana and her son but for some reason I was so nervous. Like super ridiculously nervous. I've performed in front of a hundred thousand people and I'm nervous about this. I spoke to Santana yesterday and we agreed I'd come over at 8. It's 7:45 and I'm ready to go but I don't wanna seem too eager. My phone beeps.

From Santana:
Come over whenever, Bailey is bouncing around the apartment waiting.

I decide to suck it up and head down to their apartment.

Santana opens her door and she looks so good. She's wearing a pair of black skinny jeans and a blue sweater. She does casual well for someone who spends most of her week in a suit.

I'm wondering whether to greet her with a hug when Bailey comes running over to me

"DEN!"

He yells and throws his arms up for me. I pick him up and he hugs me tightly.

"Hey buddy! I haven't seen you in forever"

"You come to Harry's?" I look at Santana when he says this and she raises her eyebrows at me in question.

"Let me say hi to your mom and then we'll figure out what we're doing, okay?"

"Okay" he says and smiles at me.

I put him down and he runs back to his cartoons.

"Hi" I say smiling at Santana.

"Hi, don't I get a hug?" She says jokingly with a pout.

"Of course" I say pulling her towards me and in to my arms.

"How you doing?" I ask pulling back and heading towards the living area with her.

"I'm good, excited for today. What about you?"

"Same. A bit nervous too."

"Aww why nervous?"

"I dunno. I guess I haven't spent a lot of time with kids."

"You're great with Bailey"

"Thank you. That means a lot." I say before sitting beside Bailey on the couch. "Hey so I know Bailey mentioned me going with you guys to Harry's but I don't have to come. I can wait here or come back later?"

"Why wouldn't you come with us?"

"The paps. I don't think they'll be around, but I don't wanna put you guys in that situation." She grabs my hand.

"Look, why don't we use this as a trial. If we're going to be friends, Dani, then we're going to need to leave the house at some point. If they end up finding us, we can deal with it then. What do you think?"

"Are you sure?" I say gripping her hand back.

"Absolutely." She says grinning. "Let me put Bailey's shoes on and we can go"

I look down at her feet and then answer "I'm not sure they'll fit you"

"Ha ha. B come on, let's get your shoes on so we can go to Harry's"

As we walk out of the building, I glance around to see if I notice any paps. It's still early on Sunday morning and at this stage, I don't think there are any around. Bailey is walking in between Santana and I while holding her hand. About a block away from our building, he grabs my hand as well. This kid is too cute.

The walk is mostly quiet except when Bailey decides to make random sounds or ask us questions. Santana and I keep glancing at each other and smiling and before I know it we've made it to the front of a quaint little bakery. We walk in and it's pretty busy so I decide to pick Bailey up so he won't get lost in the crowd.

"Okay, so we normally get bagels, but we can get whatever you want."

"Well I love bagels so I'm easy"

"Why don't we get them to prepare them for us and some coffee and go to the park?"

"Sounds perfect." I say to Santana. "What do you think Mr Bailey, breakfast in the park?" I poke his cheek.

"Yep!" He gives me a toothy grin.

After we finish eating, Bailey is playing in the sand pit and Santana and I are chatting about our weekend so far. I'm currently telling her about my album progress.

"So I have a couple of songs left to record then they'll be edited and then I'll start doing promo shoots and everything else that goes with it"

"So when is it due to be released?"

"End of January"

"That's months away! I can't wait that long!"

"Awww. Maybe If you're good I'll give you a sneak peek"

"Yay" she says enthusiastically. Now is as good a time as any.

"So.. Will you do something for me?"

"That depends. What is it?"

"Have dinner with me."

"Like a date?"

"Yes like a date. I thought maybe I could take you out on Wednesday night. Your mom watches Bailey right?"

"She does."

"Soooooo..?" She's killing me.

"Yes. I will have dinner with you."

"Awesome. Is there any food you don't like?"

"Nope. I'll eat anything."

"Okay."

"Okay." We smile at each other.

The rest of the morning and early afternoon is spent watching movies. While Bailey has his nap, Santana and I watch Friends reruns that are on tv. Bailey's project for this weekend is a strawberry garden that Santana plans to put on their balcony.

When he wakes up, he's so excited that I'm still here to help with his garden. After a snack we get straight to it. He's too little to do most of it, but Santana and I make sure he gets to do as much as possible. By the end of it, his face and hands are covered in dirt. He looks adorable so I snap a couple of pics with him where we make silly faces and then some of the three of us. I change one of the last photos I took to be my wallpaper on my phone and Santana notices.

"You have to send me all of those."

"Okay I will"

"I should probably get him in the bath before he starts touching stuff" she says and gestures to Bailey climbing off his chair. "I'll be like 15 minutes if you wanna hang around"

"I'll start cleaning up" I say.

"Just relax, I can do that later. Be right back" she picks Bailey up and heads down the hall.

I decide to clean up anyway. I figure if I get all that done we can hang out more. I can hear them in the bathroom playing around so I follow the giggles and wind up in the doorway watching them.

"Where was my invite to the party?" I say. They both turn and look at me.

"Den! Come play!" I kneel down so I can play with Bailey's toys.

We end up playing until the water gets too cold for Bailey to stay in. Santana left to get Bailey's pyjamas ready so I pulled him out and got him dry then we went to find Santana.

As we walk down towards his room, Santana starts to walk out.

"Hey!" She says surprised to see us.

"The water was getting cold so we decided to get out"

"Good idea. Let's get you dressed" she says to Bailey and grabs him out of my arms. I'm about to head back to the living room when she grabs my hand and pulls me with them in to Bailey's room.

While Santana gets Bailey dressed, I look around his room. Santana has set it up well. It's super cute.

"So I was thinking we could order pizza for dinner?" She says while pulling Bailey's shirt over his head.

"Are you sure you don't mind me staying? I've been here all day"

"Don't be silly. I told you to hang with us all day, that includes dinner. So, pizza?"

"Pizza is good" I smile nervously at her. The way she makes me feel. Seriously.

She brushes Bailey's hair and then puts him down with a kiss to his forehead. "Ok kid, you're done. Go pick a movie cuz after dinner you're off to bed." He runs out of the room.

"So I'm gonna order the pizza then I just need to clean up the bathroom and his garden mess. Why don't you go sit with him and I promise I won't be long."

"How about I order the pizza while you go sort out the bathroom. I cleaned up what I could earlier from the garden, there's just a few things that need to be put away. Then we can both watch the movie."

"You can hang out with us every Sunday if you're gonna clean up as well." She jokes.

"Hey, that's a one time thing. I'm trying to impress." I joke back.

"Me or Bailey? Cuz I think you've already done both." We grin at each other and I think it's a good idea to change the subject before I grab her and kiss her For being so perfect.

"I'm starving, let's go organise this dinner. Do you have a preference?"

"No, but Bailey will only eat cheese, so just get a small cheese one as well." We walk out of the room together and then she heads back to the bathroom.

After dinner, Santana has to fight with Bailey to get him to go to bed. I get the feeling it has something to do with me being there. He eventually relents when I agree to read him a story. Santana says goodnight to him and leaves to do the dishes. He falls asleep about 5 pages in. I kiss his forehead and go to the kitchen.

"I can't get over how cute he is. He's really smart too. It must be hard though, doing it by yourself. I'm exhausted and it was one day. He's asleep though." I sit at the table.

"It can be, but my family have been really supportive. So have Brittany's family. We try to see them every few months so they don't miss out on too much." She sits down across from me but I can tell her mood has changed.

I grab her hand and get her to look at me.

"Sorry. It's her birthday this week. "

"When?"

"Tuesday." She says as a tear falls down her face.

"You know you don't ever have to apologise to me about being upset about Brittany. To be honest, I've never lost anyone like that, but I do know that everyone deals with pain in their own way. I just hope that one day, you can think of her and remember all the good times and then maybe it won't hurt so much. Tell me about one of her birthdays. Being friends for so long, surely you've got a story."

"Umm okay" she says a little bit unsurely.

"While you think, why don't I get us some tea." I say and jump up.

"Okay, there was one year, we were like 14, and she asked our classmates what she should do for her birthday and what would they like to do. Everyone agreed that we should go to the water park in our town." I look at her confused by this.

"I know, November birthdays and water parks. But they were still open since most of it was inside and it was heated. The problem is, Britt hated the water. She was terrified of it. But everyone wanted to do that, so she got her parents to arrange her party there." I put her tea in front of her. "Thanks"

"So she spent the first half of the day avoiding any slides or pools. But eventually I convinced her to go on one of the kid's slides with me. She had so much fun, her face was priceless. Then she worked her way through the different slides. She ended up having the best day, but it was just so funny that she started out being terrified. It was a good day." By the end of her story she is smiling so much just from remembering. It feels good to see that look on her face.

"From what you've told me, it sounds like she put other people first a lot."

"She definitely did. I really want Bailey to know that when he's old enough You know? He knows that she's his mom and that she died but he's obviously still too young to understand." She smiles and I smile back then she grabs my hand from the table and links our fingers.

"Thank you. That really helped."

"Anytime." I say running my thumb along hers.

"So... Where are you gonna take me for our date?" She says excitedly, changing to subject.

"You'll have to wait and see. But, I will tell you that you should wear a dress. You can pretend you're seeing your fashionista cousin."

"I don't think I would wanna go on a date with my cousin." She says seriously.

"Just do it, okay?" I say after poking my tongue out at her.

"Okay." She grins. She pulls her hand back to sip her tea.

"So what do you have going on this week at work?" I ask.

"Back to normal for this week so should be 8-5 days. Nothing too crazy. What about you?"

"I'm finishing up the last few songs early on and then I have a couple of press things. I'll be on GMA on Friday."

"I'll be sure to tune in then. What time do you have to be at the studio tomorrow?"

I scrunch up my face. "8. I really hate early mornings." She laughs at this.

"8 isn't early. Besides you were here at 8 this morning and you seemed fine."

"Yeah but I had been up for ages cuz I was excited."

"Awww. You're too cute."

"Shhhhhh am not. I should probably go soon though, I've got a couple of things to do before bed."

"Me too and Bailey will be up way earlier than he needs to be."

"Thanks for today." I say, wishing I didn't actually have to leave

"No, thank you. You were a big help with Bailey and I know he's going to talk about you for days."

"Mission accomplished then. I'm gonna go." I say standing up. Santana starts to stand up too but I stop her.

"Stay there and finish your tea. I can see myself out" She sits back down.

"Text me tomorrow?" She asks, looking up at me

"Of course." I lean down and kiss her cheek then squeeze her hand. "I'll talk to you tomorrow." I say.

"Can't wait" she says grinning.