This is another two parter. Again, I wanted to get something posted. Thank you for the reviews, it's helped to push me to write :)

Keep reviewing! I have a few ideas of where this story can go

Santana POV

Dani had been away for just over 2 weeks now. After New Year, everything with her album came together quite quickly and she had to go to LA to finalise everything for the release with some bonus promo work her manager insisted she do. Considering I'm someone that has been independent for so long, I should be used to it but her being gone is actually starting to get to me. It may also have something to do with the fact that while browsing the news earlier there was a story about her being out to lunch with an old friend. Of course the site felt the need to speculate about the nature of their relationship because two women can't possibly just be friends when one of them is gay. More than likely, however, it's my stupid boss and this stupid job. I'd been hiding in my office all day trying to avoid him, he's a misogynistic prick and I'm angry at myself for not seeing it sooner. We ended up getting in to a pretty heated argument earlier in the week and I haven't quite yet figured out what I'm going to do about it. I'm pulled from my thoughts by my phone vibrating in my bag. I had told my assistant to hold my calls for the day. I grab my bag and pull it out seeing that it's Dani calling. I've been kind of avoiding her calls today too just wallowing in my own self-pity. I contemplate not answering again but I know I'm being ridiculous.

"Hello?"

"Hey you. Where have you been? I've called you a couple of times today" She says cheerily

"Yeah, I'm sorry, I've been busy" I answer

"How are things? How's Bailey? I'm sorry I haven't called in a couple of days"

"It's fine. Bailey is good. Not much to report."

"Are you okay babe? You sound weird." She sounds worried

"I'm fine, just a busy day"

"Okay.. well I'll let you go I guess" She replies awkwardly

"Okay.. " I seriously suck.

"I should be able to fly back at the end of next week. I'll talk to you later maybe.. " She hangs up and I realise how unsure of herself she sounded. What did I say about me being ridiculous? I feel like an asshole. I groan to myself and decide that since it's too late to get someone to watch Bailey tonight so I can drown my sorrows with an entire bottle of wine, I'm going to drown myself in Ben & Jerry's instead.

I check the time and decide to just pack up my stuff and go home. It's Friday and I don't want to be here anymore. My days of working extra hours for nothing are over. I pick Bailey up from day care, managing to completely avoid running in to Michelle. My timing was perfect and she was stuck with another parent when I snuck in. She knows about what's been going on with my boss and I'm not at all in the mood for her to ask me how I'm feeling. By the time I get home with the city traffic it's already 6 so I get Bailey some dinner and bathed and we settle in front of the TV. He falls asleep on me not long after so I put him to bed and get myself a tub of ice cream and a glass of wine. I have no idea what I'm going to do about my asshole boss and by the bottom of my glass, I realise I've now also probably fucked up with Dani again just because I didn't want to appear too needy. I try to call her but it goes straight to voicemail so I send her a quick text apologising for earlier and asking her to call me back, no matter what time. I grab another glass of wine and go to bed to read my book. By 11, I haven't heard from her and I'm starting to get upset. I haven't slept much over the last few days and I'm surely PMSing on top of it all. The last thing I remember before falling asleep is curling myself up with Dani's pillow and trying to keep myself from breaking down.

I wake up feeling slightly better, I had dreamt about Dani which always makes me happy. I remembered then that I was waiting for her to call, so I grabbed my phone, my stomach sinking seeing that I had no new notifications. I hear Bailey laughing to himself and drag my sorry ass out of bed.

I follow the sounds of his laugh to the kitchen and stop dead at the sight in front of me.

"How..? When..? What are you doing here?" I manage to stutter out, causing her to look up

"I flew.. About 1am.. and I'm making my babies breakfast" She says matter of factly while putting pancakes on Bailey's plate.

I stand there staring at her in shock and I feel just about ready to fall to pieces. She looks back up at me, her eyebrows knitted in concern.

"Are you okay?" I nod, not saying anything as I move to sit down at the table. She watches me sit down and then moves back towards the pan to finish the batch of pancakes. She puts a full plate in the middle of the table then goes to move away again. This breaks me out of my trance and I grab her hand and pull her in to my lap. I nuzzle my head into her neck not wanting to let her go.

"I thought I was dreaming. I've missed you so much".

"I missed you too" She lifts my head from her neck to kiss me. I can feel the tension of the week float away from me. She pulls back which leaves me pouting at her.

"Moooore" I say trying to kiss her again. She pecks me then pulls herself off my lap.

"Let me grab some coffee and we can eat then continue where we left off"

"Fine" I huff, probably behaving worse than Bailey does when he doesn't get his way.

She sits across from me and starts carrying on a conversation with Bailey about what's been happening in her absence. She occasionally makes eye contact with me and smiles while Bailey recounts random details from his week.

The conversation dies down as we finish eating our pancakes and I realise she didn't actually answer my earlier question.

"How are you here? I thought you weren't back til next week?" She looks down at Bailey and then back at me questioningly.

"I have to go back.." Bailey interrupts her before she can finish.

"I'm done!" He says cheerfully. Dani jumps straight up taking his plate away and grabbing a wet cloth to wipe his face and hands.

"Since you ate all your breakfast, I guess I can give you your present now" She says as she takes something out of her handbag giving it to Bailey.

He squeals with excitement at the gift Dani has handed him.

"Look Mami!" He shows me his brand new copy of Frozen on DVD which I know isn't due out for a couple of weeks. My boy is a sucker for pretty girls that sing, I'm really not sure where he gets it from.

"What do you say?" I prompt him. He's bouncing in his chair now.

"Thanks Den! Love you!" He says while moving out of his chair to hug her.

"You're welcome bud, I love you too" She says picking him up to return his hug.

"Do you love Mami?" He asks innocently as she's putting him back down on the floor.

We're both speechless and Dani looks straight up at me with wide eyes. In a split second her expression changes and she answers him while still looking at me.

"I do" Wait.. what?

"Good. She loves you too" He says before wandering out of the kitchen completely oblivious to what he just did.