Chapter 7: Meet the Pierce's
Ok that was weird, I swear I just saw Brittany talking to Quinn Fabray. I didn't even know Brittany knew who she was or anything. I can't say I'm too thrilled with the fact Quinn put her hand on Brittany's shoulder momentarily before she left.
"Santana, are you ready?" Mr Schue says, breaking me out of my thoughts.
"Yeah, I'm ready" I reply.
"Good" he smiles. "Ok everyone I need to go back to the audience now but good luck" he says before disappearing.
Once the curtains open, we go out there and do the first performance which is a duet between Rachel and Artie while the rest of us dance around them. Once that's done, it's my turn to perform the solo. As soon as I stand there in front of the packed audience, all my nerves vanish because I know this is what I love doing, I love performing. Everything seems so much better as well when I spot Brittany in the crowd cheering for me. I take my place and begin my song.
Our whole Regionals performance is over in nine minutes and there's nothing we can do now to boost our chances for Nationals. It's so nerve racking waiting there not knowing your fate, we really need this win today since it's been so long since New Directions reached Nationals. We and the two other schools are now lined up on the stage waiting on the results. I can see Brittany in the crowd clasping her hands together as if she was praying for us to win.
"And the Regional Champions 2014 are….New Directions!" the announcer shouts out. We all leap for joy and hug one another.
"You guys were amazing, I am so proud of you all" Mr Schue says while hugging us.
"Well Rachel we managed to win without me taking your lame advice" I tell her but she just glares.
"Santana that's enough" Mr Schue tells me disappointedly.
"Well it was Rachel that said…"
"That's enough" Mr Schue tells me sternly and I quickly shut up. "We should all be celebrating not arguing with one another."
"Whatever" I say while leaving.
"Oh my god you were amazing during that solo, honestly" Brittany tells me while hugging me tightly.
"Really?" I ask.
"Yes really, I am so proud of you" she tells me and I can't help but smile. "Do you have to get home now or can I take you out for something to eat?"
"I'd love to" I say smiling "But my mom is cooking us all a family dinner tonight."
"Oh that's ok, I'm seeing you soon anyway for the concert in a few days" she replies. "Actually speaking of families, do you want to come to my place a week tomorrow and meet all of my family? I'm bringing the whole family together, my mom and her family and my dad and his."
"That's sounds cool, I'm there" I reply excited to meet Brittany's parents for the first time. "When you say whole family you don't mean like aunts and uncles and grandparents right?" I ask.
"No just my parents and my siblings including my step parents and step siblings" she replies.
"Ok that's cool" I say.
"Don't worry, I'll keep the rest of the family to another time where they can bombard you with questions and make you uncomfortable" she tells me.
"Are they really like that, do you think it'll take time for them to warm to me?" I ask worriedly.
"No I was only kidding, don't panic babe" she smiles.
We are silent for a few seconds before I finally pluck up the courage and ask her the question I have been wanting to ask.
"Hey babe, do you know Quinn Fabray?" I ask.
"Yeah, she's family" she states. "Why do you ask?"
"I just saw you talking to her briefly earlier so I just wondered" I reply smiling. I can just tell by her tone of voice and how upfront she was that there's nothing to worry about.
"Ok" she smiles back. "Well I should let you get back to your parent's and everyone but I'll call you tomorrow at some point and then I'll see you on Wednesday for the concert" she tells me.
"Ok cool" I reply. "Will we just finalise the arrangements for when I meet your family nearer the time?" I ask.
"Yeah baby" she replies. "I'll probably cook lunch and have everyone at my apartment" she says.
"Ok no problem. I'll see you soon?" I say.
"Yeah I'll pick you up on Wednesday, enjoy the rest of your night" she says while kissing me before we both depart in different directions.
Saturday 5th April 2014
The concert on Wednesday was amazing and I had a lot of fun with Brittany. I'm seeing her again today since this is the day I am meeting her parents and siblings. I'm excited about seeing Brittany since it's been like four days but I'm also really nervous about meeting her family. I'm currently sitting at the kitchen table eating breakfast when Emily walks in.
"Morning" I say with a mouth full of food.
"Hey" she replies yawning.
"It's a nice spring morning isn't it?" I ask while still chewing.
"It would be if I didn't see all the food in your mouth" she replies while glaring at me.
"Sorry" I apologise while laughing.
"It's fine so are there any bagels left?" she asks.
"No this is the last one, why did you want one?" I ask.
"Yes I did" she replies.
"Oh well tough shit" I say shrugging but then regretting what I said when my mom suddenly walks into the room scolding me for swearing. "Ok sorry mom" I say genuinely which my sister finds funny.
"Emily it is not that funny that Santana was getting scolded for doing something she shouldn't" my mom says. "And more to the point you're doing something you shouldn't, get down off of my nice clean worktops right now."
Emily apologises while jumping down.
"Emily can you get some breakfast now because you and me are hitting the store today" my mom tells her.
"Aw what?" she groans. "Why can't we go a day when Santana has to come too?"
"Because we need some supplies today like more bagels" my mom replies.
"This isn't fair I need to go to the store and Santana gets to go to her girlfriend's place to meet her family" Emily complains.
"Well Emily you should get yourself a girlfriend and then you could be like me" I say chewing with my mouth open to annoy her again.
"No way do I want a girl, I'm into guys 100%" she says loudly. As if I'm stupid, I know damn well Emily is straight.
"Well get yourself a guy and go to his place for lunch" I sigh.
"No and will you stop doing that?" she demands and I pretend I don't know what she means so I shrug. "Stop chewing with your mouth open and speaking at the same time, it's rude" she tells me. I apologise but end up doing it again so she glares at me. I raise my hands in the air to say sorry but don't actually speak. I'm finished my breakfast a few minutes later so I stand up from the table and put my dishes in the sink before heading towards the kitchen door with the intention of going upstairs.
"Eh you don't just leave them there, you put them in the dishwasher. Mom tell her" Emily complains.
"Look I'll get them after but I'm going to take a shower now" I say.
"I'll get them for you sweetheart, don't worry about it" my mom tells me.
"Cool thanks mom" I smile. "I'm going for a shower now so will you be away before I get out?" I ask.
"Most probably but we'll be back in plenty of time to give you a ride to Brittany's for 1pm" my mom replies.
"Ok cool, see you later" I say before heading upstairs to shower and make myself look good for lunch. As soon as I'm ready and it's nearly time to leave to go to Brittany's place I go downstairs to the living room to see if my mom is ready to take me. "So how do you think I look" I ask everyone who is in the room. "Do I look ok?"
"You look amazing" Emily states.
"You do realise her parents are there today so I doubt you'll have very much alone time with her if you know what I'm saying" Jason says smirking.
"Don't listen to him, why don't you wait in the car?" my mom suggests while grabbing her jacket. I take her up on the idea and go wait for her in the car so I don't need to listen to my brother and his idiot talk.
Brittany's POV
My best friend and little brother seem to be the first ones here so they're helping me prepare lunch just now. I can't wait until everyone meets Santana because then that means we don't need to be as careful where we go now when we're hanging out. I wanted each of us to meet the other's parents before we started to properly go public with our relationship because I feel the parents should meet my girlfriend before anyone else does. Once today is over I am going to take Santana out on so many dates, she won't know what's hit her.
"Hello!" I hear my mom Lindsey shout from the front door.
"I'm in the kitchen mom, come through" I shout back. She then appears in the kitchen with my sister, two step brothers, step dad and my younger half-sister. "Hey guys, how are you all?" I ask.
"Hey sweetheart" my mom replies while I kiss her cheek. "We're all fine, how are you?"
"Yeah I'm ok, just getting stressed with this cooking. Lucy and Harry are helping me but they seem to be taking too many breaks to kiss" I tell her.
"Well I'll help you then" she replies while taking off her coat and grabbing an apron. "What do you need me to do first?"
"Can you stir the sauce for me and if it's not thick enough can you add a little more flour" I say.
"Ok no problem" she replies while getting started. I continue with what I'm doing. "So is it just us and Lucy here then, is your dad and his family not here yet?" she asks.
"Yeah it's just us for the moment" I reply.
"Is that what you're wearing?" my step brother Mike asks. "I mean your mom made me put on a nice clean shirt and trousers but it's your girlfriend that is coming and you're wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt" he states.
"No this is not what I am wearing" I reply.
"Oh thank god because if I am made to make an effort by your mom then you have to" he tells me. The thing is, my mom is basically his and his brother's mom except they don't call her mom. Their birth mom walked out on them when they were really young so they have been brought up by their dad and then with my mom as well when she married their dad.
"I will be making an effort I just need to make the lunch first" I state.
"Lucy and I can handle lunch if you want to get ready" my mom offers.
"Ok but don't let any of the boys touch the food, it'll be ruined" I say while smirking at my brother and two step brothers but they just glare at me. I then go to my room and get changed and return to the kitchen when I'm done.
"You look like a Princess" my four year old half-sister Grace tells me.
"Aw thanks sweetheart" I smile at her. Shortly later my dad and his family arrive including Quinn, her brother Lewis, my half-brother Andrew and my step mom Judy.
"Are you nervous?" Quinn asks.
"A little bit but only because I want to make sure everyone gets on with my girlfriend" I say.
"I'm really excited to see who this girl is because you've kept up the mystery too long now" Naomi says.
"I think Mike and I are the most excited to meet her because apparently we know her" Quinn says.
"Hey mom are you ok with this?" I ask.
"What meeting your girlfriend?" she asks with a frown.
"Yeah but not just that" I state. "I mean are you ok with dad being here as well?" I ask.
"Honey of course I'm ok with that" she smiles. "Your dad and I are good, I mean we did divorce in 1998 so I would hope everything is good now" she tells me.
"Ok" I say laughing.
Santana's POV
I get to Brittany's apartment building but the outside door seems to be locked so I can't get into the actual building. I decide to call Brittany to see if she can let me in.
Brittany: hey babe
Santana: hey
Brittany: where are you? Are you on your way?
Santana: that's the thing I'm outside but I think the main door must be locked so I can't get in.
Brittany: ok hold on, I'll be there in two seconds ok
Santana: ok cool
We both hang up and I wait on Brittany coming to open the door. Two seconds later and the door opens revealing my smiling girlfriend. "Hey you, in you come" she tells me and I step inside while she shuts the door behind me. "Sorry I didn't realise it was locked."
"That's ok" I smile.
"So are you all set to meet my family?" she asks. "Are you nervous?"
"One question at a time babe" I say smiling. "But yes I'm all set and I'm not really that nervous, more excited" I reply.
"Cool, let's go upstairs and you can meet everyone then" she says and we head upstairs to her apartment. We just about reach her apartment before she pulls me by the hand so I'm standing close to her and she kisses me. "Sorry, I nearly forgot to kiss you" she smiles.
"Yeah you did" I say with a smile. "Hey maybe I could stay over tonight if everything goes well today" I suggest.
"You could but are you allowed to?" she asks. "Even though you have stayed here before your parents never knew."
"But they should be cool with it since you've met them now" I say.
"Ok well we'll see but let's go inside just now" she says before leading me into the apartment. Once inside I take my jacket off and Brittany intertwines her fingers with mine and we walk to the living room. "Ok everyone this is my girlfriend" Brittany announces before I move from behind her since she was sort of shadowing me.
"Quinn?" I say shocked.
"Santana" Mike says just as shocked as me.
"Oh my god you're dating my step sister" Quinn says laughing.
"So wait you all know each other" Naomi asks.
"Yeah we're all in glee club together and Santana is the head cheerleader" Quinn replies.
"Anyway how about I introduce you to everyone else?" Brittany asks and I nod. "Well this is my mom Lindsey and my step dad Michael and their daughter Grace aka my half-sister" she tells me. "Guys this is Santana."
"It's nice to finally meet you sweetheart" Lindsey says with a smile.
"You too" I say returning the smile.
"Michael is Mike's dad by the way and that's Mike's brother Rob so my step brother" Brittany tells me. "And this is my dad James, his wife Judy and their son Andrew" she informs me.
"Hey nice to meet you all" I say politely and they return the greeting.
"Judy is Quinn's mom and that is her brother Lewis" Brittany says. "And this is Naomi my little sister and this is Harry my little brother" she says while pointing to her siblings. "Finally we have my best friend in the whole world, Lucy" she says while putting her arm round Lucy. We then all greet one another before I sit down and get to know some of Brittany's family as she finishes off preparing lunch in the kitchen.
"So you, Mike and Quinn are all in glee club together?" Lewis asks.
"Yeah we've all been in it since we started high school" I state.
"I remember when Brittany was in it, I was never but she was" Naomi tells me.
"She is a really great singer" Lindsey says.
"Yeah she is" I agree.
"Oh have you heard her sing" mike asks.
"Yeah of course" I reply. My phone suddenly rings "Oh sorry" I say while looking at the screen.
"It's ok sweetheart, you can take it" Lindsey tells me and I answer the call. No longer than two seconds later I hang up because it was just my brother annoying me.
Brittany walks into the living room. "Hey can I speak to you in the kitchen please?" she asks me.
"Sure" I say while standing up from the couch before heading to the kitchen with Brittany. "What's up?" I ask.
"I just wanted to see you alone" she replies with a smile.
"Ok but why?" I ask.
"I don't know why Santana, maybe because you're my girlfriend" she laughs.
"Ok sorry" I wrap my arms round her waist.
"So what do you think of everyone so far?" she asks me.
"They are all really nice" I say.
"Good I'm glad you like them" she says while pecking me on the cheek.
"So how is lunch coming along?" I ask. "Need any help?"
"No it's almost done" she replies. "You can go and have a seat if you want while I finish in here, I only wanted to see you for a second."
"Ok cool" I say before we kiss quickly and I go back to the living room.
Shortly later Brittany comes into the living room and let's us know lunch is ready so we all take a seat at the table. Brittany then brings all the food through from the kitchen and we begin eating.
"So did you make all this yourself" I ask Brittany.
"Of course, you know me I'm a good cook" she says smiling.
"I've only tasted a few things of your cooking so I don't know if I could agree with you being a good cook just yet" I smile back.
"Ok fair enough" she replies. The next few minutes are spent in silence while we all eat.
"So where did you 2 meet?" Brittany's step-mom asks.
"That's actually a funny story" Brittany replies.
"Enlighten us then" her dad says.
"Maybe another time, how about we move on for just now" Brittany suggests.
"Oh are we not supposed to know?" Quinn asks smiling.
"Sorry it's top secret" Brittany replies.
"Oh come on just tell us" Mike says.
"Well we actually met at that camp I was working at back in the summer" Brittany tells everyone. "Santana was one of the students there."
"Oh right I see" Judy replies. "So have you been together a while?" she asks.
"Four months or something" I reply. "We were friends for a bit first" I say.
"So you became good friends during the summer camp and began dating later in the year?" Judy asks to clarify.
"Yeah, sure" Brittany says.
"Something tells me there is more to it than that" Lindsey says.
"How about we move on just now, how we met isn't important right now" Brittany says trying to change the subject.
"Well I would like to know how you two managed to keep your relationship a secret" Quinn says.
"Yeah I mean did you not know Britt, that Santana knew Quinn and me?" Mike asks.
"Yeah I did know but I didn't want to say anything too soon to anyone plus I didn't know if Santana wanted everyone at school to know" Brittany replies.
"I know you guys are cool but we don't talk on a personal level so I never really said who I was dating to anyone" I say.
"That's cool I was just curious how you could hide a secret so well without someone finding out especially since we all know one another" Quinn says.
"Anyway enough about us, let's talk about something else" Brittany says. "So has anyone got anything planned for this week?" Brittany asks.
"Not really babe" Lucy replies. I've got to say I'm not hugely fond of the pet names Lucy gives Brittany. I should be the one to call her babe not Lucy.
"I think most of us are all working this week" Brittany's mom replies.
"What about you honey?" Lucy asks Brittany.
"Well on Saturday I am meeting Santana's friends but before that I'm not doing much other than going to uni and working" Brittany replies.
"Oh have you not met any of Santana's friends yet?" Lucy asks Brittany.
"I met them briefly the other night but we're all meeting properly and having lunch plus I'll meet her other friends as well" she replies.
Lunch is all cleared away now and everyone is hanging out in the living room. I'm currently in the kitchen getting some water.
"Hi" I say when I notice Quinn appear in the kitchen.
"Hey" she replies. There are a few minutes of silence before she speaks again. "You and Brittany make a really cute couple" she says.
"Thanks" I reply with a smile.
"It's funny because we all kept annoying Brittany about who she was dating but she would never say your name" she tells me.
"Oh right" I nod.
"I would never have guessed it was you, I mean no offence" she says.
"It's ok, no offence taken" I reply. "Why didn't you think it could be me though?"
"I don't know, you both seemed so different but when I see you two together it changes my whole opinion" she says. "You seemed really quiet and kept yourself to yourself but Brittany is completely the opposite, she talks non-stop and likes everyone to know about her. I don't mean that in a disrespectful way of course."
"I'm not exactly quiet, I just tend to keep myself more guarded around people I don't know as well but if you knew me really well you'd know I could talk just as much as Britt" I say.
"Anyway I only came in here for a drink" she tells me.
"Yeah me too" I say just as Brittany walks into the room.
"Uh, what are you girls doing?" Brittany asks.
"Nothing, just chatting and getting a drink" I reply. "Do you want a drink babe?" I ask.
"No thank you" she replies. "So what were you talking about, me I hope" she smirks.
"Yeah of course you hope that" Quinn rolls her eyes.
"Come on tell me what you were saying about me" Brittany says. "Were you telling Quinn how hot and sexy you think I am?" Brittany asks smirking.
"Oh yes of course I was telling your sister that" I say sarcastically.
"I'm walking away now because I don't need to know who finds who hot and sexy" Quinn says while leaving with her drink.
"Do you always wind your siblings up?" I ask her.
"Yeah quite a lot, its fun" she tells me. "Anyway let's go back through eh" she suggests.
"Yeah ok" I say before we go back to the living room. We all talk a little bit more before everyone leaves.
"So…" Brittany says as she closes the front door after we waved away the last of her family.
"Yeah…" I say as we walk to the living room.
"Just you and me now, huh" she says with a smile.
"It certainly is" I reply. "Hey come and join me on the couch" I say. Brittany then comes over and takes a seat next to me. We kiss quickly before she gets comfortable. "Today's been great" I say.
"I know and I think it went really well. Everyone seemed to like you and you seemed to like them too which is good" she says and I smile.
"Hey can I just say something?" I ask and she nods. "I am sorry that I never ask about your brothers and sisters" I say.
"That's ok because I like to keep things quiet until I know for sure it will work out" she tells me.
"It's not that I'm being rude I just like to get to know you not your siblings" I say "Like I know you have brothers and sisters but other than that I didn't know anymore."
"So you had no clue you were dating Mike and Quinn's step sister?" she asks me.
"No" I say laughing.
"Well you've met then now anyway" she says. "So I have you all to myself for the night now?"
"Yep you do because I'm staying over, I even cleared it with my parents and they're cool" I say.
"Really?" she asks.
"Ok so they think I'm staying at Mercedes's house" I reply.
"Why didn't you just ask if you could stay here?" she asks.
"Because they would have said no so I didn't want to get into an argument so I just lied" I say.
"Well I don't condone lying but at the same time I'm kinda desperate to have my girlfriend to stay tonight so I guess I'll just need to be ok with it just this once" Brittany tells me.
"Good" I say while leaning my head on her shoulder.
"So do you like Lucy?" Brittany asks after a few seconds of silence.
"Yeah your babe seems great" I answer.
"What?" she asks confused.
"Nothing" I say while laughing.
"What do you mean?" she asks.
"It was just weird because I call you babe all the time and Lucy called you babe tonight" I say.
"Oh right" Brittany says.
"Is that it?" I ask. "Is that all you're going to say?"
"What do you want me to say?" she asks while moving position on the couch so she's facing me.
"I don't know but something more than just brushing it off" I state.
"How about I say how cute you are when you're jealous" she says leaning into me.
"I'm not jealous, it's just weird" I say a little too defensively.
"How is it weird?" she asks.
"Sorry that sounded so cheeky there, I didn't mean it was weird it's just I don't know. Put it this way my friends are not my babes" I say.
"Lucy and I are just really over familiar with one another but only with names" she tells me.
"It's cool I'm just saying" I tell her.
"You're my only true babe though" she smirks.
"Ok that's enough cheesiness" I laugh and Brittany quickly pecks my lips.
"Jealous Santana is so hot" she says kissing me again.
"Brittany I'm not jealous" I wanted it to sound serious but it came out like a whine.
"Sure you're not baby" she says kissing me a third time.
"I hate it when you do that" I say. "It's so hard for me to make a point when you keep kissing me."
"Do you really have to make a point anyway?" she asks. "I live on my own so I have an empty apartment all to myself and you get to stay the night so why don't we make use of this opportunity which doesn't come around often instead of 'making points'" she says while air quoting the 'making points' part.
"Fine, ok. You win" I say before pushing her back on the couch and kissing her passionately.
"Controlling Santana is also very hot" she says through the kiss. I don't bother verbally replying, I just kiss her harder instead.
"I just love those lips" she tells me.
AN: I know it's been a while since I updated this and I am hoping to continue updating. I was struggling with this story and I came across this chapter earlier that I didn't even know I had typed up so I've just posted it. Let me know what you think and if you're still interested I'll keep going.