Chapter 27 - It Just Feels Right
Brittany woke up before Santana did. She rolled over on her side so that she was facing the brunette. Brittany propped herself up a little by placing her elbow on the bed with her fist holding her head up so she could overlook Santana's body.
She stayed like that for long minutes just watching Santana sleep. Watching her breath in and out. Watching her chest rise and fall with each breathe. Watching her. Just watching. She was beautiful. Sleeping so peacefully. Like she didn't have a care in the world. Like everything was perfect.
Brittany couldn't just watch anymore she had to touch the beauty sleeping next to her. She slowly reached out her hand and gently ran the tips of her fingers up Santana's arm from her wrist to her elbow then back down.
Santana's body flinched in reaction before she curled into herself further. It didn't stop Brittany though. Again she ran her fingertips up and down Santana's arm coaxing her to wake. After a few passes and nothing more than a few twitches out of Santana Brittany leaned down and pressed a soft kiss to Santana's hand before moving up her arm and kissing her elbow.
Finally Santana began to stir. Brittany kissed her shoulder before removing her lips completely from the Latina's body. She leaned back and waited for Santana to wake up, to open her eyes, to say something, to move, anything really, she waited for something anything to happen. She wasn't impatient. She waited. She was just enjoying watching the whole process. She set her eyes to Santana's face waiting to see those big brown eyes.
Santana eyes slowly flutter open blinking to adjust to the light. The first thing she sees is Brittany hovering over her. A smile pulls at her lips at the sight of the blonde haired blue eyed beauty that is smiling warmly down at her. "Mornin' beautiful". Brittany whispered as she leaned down and placed a quick kiss on Santana's lips before pulling back to look down at her again.
"Good morning to you too, Smiley. Someone's in a good mood this morning." Santana commented on Brittany bright mood.
Brittany smiled impossibly larger and kissed Santana once more before speaking. "Well how can I not be?" She asked rested her head on Santana's chest bringing her hand up to rub circles on the brunette's stomach with her fingers.
Confusion arose in Santana. Did I miss something? Why is Brittany so happy today? Is something happening to today? Something I don't know about maybe. She decided to ask. "And why is that?"
Brittany shrugged her shoulders not wanting to talk about it. Feeling silly about how giddy and happy she was. "No real reason." She said after a few seconds of silence.
"Really?" Santana asked knowing Brittany better than that for this to be nothing.
"Well no but-"
"Oh come on Britt. Tell me. Let me in on your little secret. Why are you so happy?" Santana stretched her neck in an attempt to look into the blonde's eyes.
"It's silly." Brittany sighed.
"So. You're a silly girl." Santana teased.
"Hey." Brittany gasped.
Santana continued. "But I love that you are silly. So tell me Silly."
"Ok. But you can't laugh or make fun of me. Promise."
"I promise." Santana held out her pinky finger. "Here. Pinky promise." Brittany wrapped her pinky finger around Santana's squeezing it tight. She smiled at what Santana had just done. It was cute. Child-like. The sort of thing you do with your best friends when you are little. She rested their joined pinkies on Santana's stomach.
"Well-" Brittany began. "I was watching you sleep." She admitted. "You looked so peaceful, so calm, so amazing, so beautiful." Santana flushed at Brittany comments. Even though they had been together for a while Santana still couldn't help but blush when Brittany complimented her. "And- and I was thinking how lucky I am. How lucky I am that I ran into on the street all those months ago. Lucky that I was instantly drawn to you that night. Lucky that I couldn't help but pursue you. Lucky that even though with your stubbornness you agreed to go on a date with me. Lucky that after the accident you were there for me. Lucky that through all of your fears and insecurities you were able to say you love me. Lucky that I am waking up to you today, right next to me, in my parents home the day after Christmas. Lucky that I am completely totally 100% in love with the most beautiful prefectest amazing girl on the planet." She lifted her head off of Santana's chest and smiled a tight lipped smile at Santana.
"Ah-" Santana mumbled out. "That's why you are so happy?" She asked. Brittany nodded. "Ok." Santana added before making a move to get out of bed.
Brittany watched her astonished. "Wait." Santana now sitting on the edge of the bed turned to look at Brittany waiting for her to say something else.
"That's it. 'Ok.' I said all that and you are just gonna follow up with 'ok'?" Brittany asked a little hurt and confused.
A smirk grew on Santana's face and she raised an eyebrow at Brittany. "Yep." She turned back around facing away from the blonde.
"But I just-" Santana jumped to her feet and took a few steps and rounded the end of the bed. "Santana." The brunette stopped. "I just-" She turned and saw the hurt and confusion on Brittany's face. Her smirk grew a little larger.
Santana jumped up on the end of the bed and climbed on top of Brittany pushing her flat on her back wrapping her up in a tight embrace peppering her face with kisses.
"I love you too Britt." Santana started with. "I love you. I love you. I love you." She repeated between each kiss. The big smile returned to Brittany's face. She would never get tired of Santana telling her that she loves her. Brittany wrapped her arms around Santana holding her tighter against herself. When Santana stopped her attack on the blondes face she lifted her head so she could look into those beautiful blue eyes that she loved so much. "Brittany I love you so much. You are the best things that has ever happened in my life. Ever. I don't know how it happened but- I never thought it was possible to love a person as much as I love you. I am far from perfect but I will always try my best to be the best possible version of myself. I love you Britt. I was just messin' with you." She winked at Brittany not realizing that she had done it.
Brittany scrunched her face up. "Well that was mean." She smacked Santana on the ass. "I didn't like it."
"I'm sorry Britt. I was just trying to have a little fun. But I love you. Don't ever doubt that for a second. Ok?" Brittany nodded and closed her eyes taking in a deep breath. Santana rested her forehead against Brittany's. "Hey, this is great and all but I'm kinda hungry. Can we go downstairs and have breakfast?" Santana asked.
Brittany opened her eyes again looking directly into Santana's. "Yeah but can we stay like this for another minute?"
"Yeah." Santana replied.
"I just want to hold you for a little while longer before I have to share you with the rest of the world." Santana giggled at Brittany before pressing their lips together in a slow gently loving kiss.
"Are they ready yet?" Brittany asked as she came up behind where Santana was standing at the counter. She had brought the orange juice and syrup and butter to the kitchen table. She came up behind the brunette and wrapped her arms around Santana's waist. She rested her chin on her shoulder. She could then look at the toaster on the counter where the waffles were cooking.
"Not yet. I just put them in. A few more minutes." Santana informed Brittany.
"But I'm hungry now." Brittany whined.
Santana turned her head so she could look at Brittany's face. What she saw was the blonde trying to suppress a laugh. "Well you'll just have to wait." Santana said firmly.
"I don't want to wait I'm hungry." She said losing control a giggle escaping as she finished. Santana started giggling too. Which made Brittany laugh harder. Santana spun around in her spot and started tickling Brittany. The blonde was now in a full out laugh attack. Santana kept up her assault on Brittany.
Liz had just come down the stairs and heard the laughter coming from the kitchen. She rounded the corner and entered the kitchen. She stopped once Brittany and Santana were in her line of sight and she saw what was going on.
She cleared her throat trying to make her presence known. It didn't work however. Neither girl heard her. "What are you doing?" She spoke up. Santana froze. Brittany looked over at her sister trying to control her laughter.
She was able to calm down to just a few giggles. "Making breakfast." Liz knit her brow together and shook her head at her sister.
"Doesn't look like you are making breakfast." She said in a huff moving over to the table and taking a seat.
Santana spoke up. "Actually we are. Waffles. Just waiting for them to pop. Do you want me to make you some?" She offered.
Before Liz could speak up Brittany cut in. "She can make her own breakfast. You don't have to make it for her. She's big girl." She threw Liz a look.
"What the hell Britt?" Liz said rummaging through the paper looking for the cartoon section. "She just offered. But if you're so against it I'll just make my own. No big deal. Thank you for offering though Santana." She turned her attention to the comics.
"Sure." Santana said looking at Brittany questioningly. "What was that? I was just offering to make some waffles for your sister."
"You don't need to do that. You are a guest here. You are not her servant. She can do it herself. I should be making you breakfast now that I think about it." Brittany explained.
"It's just waffles Brittany. It's nothing. It's not like I'm cooking a five course breakfast or something. Go sit down they should be done any second." She gave Brittany a peck on the lips and smacked her on the butt to get her moving.
"Ok fine. But tomorrow I'm making breakfast."
"I request bacon and eggs for breakfast tomorrow then." Liz spoke up. Brittany glared at her. "Geez calm down I'm just kidding." She added and Santana chuckled at how easy it was for Liz to get Brittany riled up.
Brittany reached the table and poured a glass of orange juice for herself and Santana before sitting down. As she sat down the waffles sprung up from the toaster. "They're ready." Santana announced throwing the four waffles down on two plates before making her way over to the table. She handed Brittany a plate and then took a seat in the chair next to her.
The room fell into silence as they began eating their waffles. After a few moments Liz looked up over the top of her paper at Brittany and Santana across the table from her. She looked back to forth between the two of them. Increasingly interested in the dynamic between the two girls sitting in front of her. "Soooo." Liz drew out. "What are you two doing today?" She asked.
Brittany looked over at Santana who shrugged her shoulders. Brittany shrugged hers too. She swallowed the bite of food she had in her mouth before she talked. "Don't know. Just hanging around the house I guess. Waiting for mom and dad to get home. I didn't have anything planned for today."
"Oh. Ok." Liz returned.
"Why do you ask?" Brittany asked her sister wondering why she was so curious about their plans.
"No reasons really. Just wanted to know if you were going to be hanging around here. That's all."
"Well what are your plans?" Brittany asked.
"Not much. I am going to my friends house after supper but before that I don't have any plans." Liz explained.
"Ok. So do you want to hang out with us this afternoon or something?" Brittany offered.
It was Liz's turn to shrug her shoulders. "Maybe if I get bored enough I will hang out with you. Just as long as mom and dad don't try to hang out with us. They have be weird the last couple of days. I'm not sure what's going on. I think maybe it has something to do with you and your Christmas present."
Santana looked between Brittany and Liz completely intrigued by the way they were interacting. Did all siblings interact like this? Did they always have weird choppy conversations? Did all siblings make jabs at each other the way these two seemed to be doing? It's not like they are trying to be cruel to each other. They are just trying to push each others buttons. Is this normal?
"Santana?" Brittany said pulling the brunette from her thoughts. Santana shook her head quickly in an attempt to regain her focus.
"Huh?"
"Are you listening?" Brittany asked her as she placed her hand on the brunette's thigh getting her full attention. Santana turned her head to face Brittany. She gave Brittany a confused look.
"What? Sorry. What did I miss?" She smile apologetically.
"I asked if you know anything about my Christmas present." Brittany filled her in.
Santana shook her head. "No. Why would I?"
"I don't know. You talked to my mom yesterday. I thought maybe she told you something." Brittany reasoned.
"No. She didn't tell me anything about your Christmas present. You know as much as I do."
"Ok. Well are you finished?" Brittany asked looking down at Santana's empty plate.
The Latina nodded. "Yep. All done." Brittany pushed her chair back from the table and stood up. She reached for Santana's plate and set it on top of her own before picking them both up and bringing them to the sink.
Brittany turned around so that she was facing the table again. "I was thinking you could take a shower now and after we could figure out what to do all day. Sound good?" Brittany suggested to Santana.
Santana thought it over. She thought of something better but didn't dare say it in front of Brittany's sister. She motioned for Brittany to come to her. Santana stood up from her chair at the table. When Brittany reached her the brunette stood up on her tippy toes so she could reach Brittany's ear. She cupped her hand around the blondes ear before whispering. "I think a shower sounds good right now. But- you know what would make it perfect?" Brittany knit her eyebrow together.
She was facing her sister and Liz was watching the interaction between the two of them. She couldn't hear what Santana was saying to Brittany or why she was whispering in Brittany's ear in the first place. What's so secretive that I can know about? Liz thought as Brittany wrapped on arm around Santana's back pulling her closer.
"What?" Brittany said in almost a whisper. Liz now had a perplexed look on her face. Even though Brittany was facing her she wasn't looking at her. Brittany was looking somewhere past Liz or off into space or something.
"You." Santana whispered. "You and me in the shower. Now that sounds good." She said her voice lower than when she started speaking.
Brittany's jaw dropped open and eyebrows raised once she registered what Santana was saying. Santana took a step back so she could see Brittany's face. She chuckled when she saw Brittany's face. "You might want to shut your mouth before you start catching flies babe."
Liz laughed at her sister's face and Santana's stupid joke. "Geez what did you tell her?" Liz asked Santana once she stopped laughing. "You stunned the crap out of her." She added.
Brittany looked at Santana and then at Liz then back to Santana. She shook her head. "I don't think so." Brittany told Santana.
"Come on why not? It'll be fun." Santana pleaded.
"No. Not here. Not in this house." She looked at her sister. "What about her?" She nodded in Liz's direction.
"What about her?" Santana said throwing her hands up in the air.
"NO." Brittany said one final time before walking out of the kitchen and into the family room. She sat down and turned the tv on trying to take over mind off of what Santana had suggested.
In the kitchen Santana looked over at Liz and sighed. "What was that about?" Liz asked her not having a clue what had just happened.
Santana shrugged. "Nothing."
"God you two are weird. I don't get it. At all." Liz said shaking her head. Santana smiled at Liz but rolled her eyes at her at the same time. "What was that for?" She asked the Latina.
"I'm going to take a shower." Santana announced as she left the kitchen and made her way upstairs.
Santana wrapped a towel around herself and proceeded to make her way from the bathroom to Brittany's room. She stopped in the hallway when she heard music. She looked around to determine where the music was coming from. She took a few steps closer to Brittany's room finally realizing that the music was coming from that room.
She moved so she was standing in front of the bedroom door. The door was slightly ajar. She peeked in between the door frame and the door. In the room Brittany was dancing to the beat of the music. It was some song Santana didn't know. Not that it mattered.
Santana watched. She watched Brittany dance around the room. The blonde was totally in her element. It brought a smile to Santana's face. Just seeing Brittany dancing again. It made Santana happy. Happy that Brittany was able to do what she loved again.
She could see how happy that Brittany was. Filled with the simple joy of just dancing to her hearts content. Not dancing for anybody except herself. It wasn't a choreographed routine or anything like that. Brittany was just dancing because she could.
Santana carefully and silently snuck into the room. She shut the door behind her. Brittany didn't notice. She was oblivious to anything around here. Not even another person in the room with her. Santana watched as the song came to an end. When it did she brought her hands together and gave Brittany a round of applause.
The blonde jumped at the unexpected noise. She looked over to where Santana was standing and smile sheepishly at her. "Very nice Ms. Pierce." Santana said as she walked across the room until she was standing in front of Brittany. She placed each of her hands on each of Brittany's hips. "So how does it feel?" She asked.
Brittany smiled brightly down at Santana. "Great. It's been a long time since I've done anything like that. I don't know why now. It just feels right. It felt like the right time. My ribs hardly hurt anymore. I feel great. Today is a wonderful day. And I think being here, at home, really helped. It all just came together."
"Wow. Looks like I've got my sexy dancer girlfriend back. I was really starting to miss her." She said playfully.
"Hmm. Is that so?" Brittany questioned. Santana nodded her head. "Well then. Speaking of sexy girlfriends. Where are your clothes?" Santana pointed across the room to her bag that still hadn't been unpacked. Brittany's eyes followed to where Santana was pointing. "May I suggest that you get dressed." Brittany winked at Santana.
Santana removed her hands from Brittany's hips and sauntered across the room dropping her towel in the process. Giving the blonde full view of her backside. "Sexy indeed." Brittany breathed out as she watched Santana bend over to unzip her bag. Santana turned her head back to look at Brittany. She gave the blonde a smirk knowing that Brittany was enjoying her little show. Santana played it up for all she could. She slowly pulled a pair of jeans and shirt out of her bag. She set them on the floor and returned to the bag searching for a clean undergarments. She stood up her body half turned towards Brittany. She put her bra on and then pulled her t-shirt on after it. Next she sat down on the bed and pulled a pair of socks on. Finally she grabbed her jeans and slipped one foot into the leg hole.
"W-wait." Brittany stuttered out. Santana stopped her movements and turned to look at Brittany. She raised an eyebrow at the blonde wanting her to continue. After a few seconds Brittany found the words she was searching her brain for. "What about underwear?" Santana shrugged and continued to put her pants on.
Brittany shook her head back and forth while her mouth hung open. Santana stood up from the bed threw the towel over her shoulder and moved over to where Brittany was standing. "I think your drooling babe." She brought her hand up and gently closed Brittany's mouth. She gave Brittany a kiss on the cheek and grabbed her hand. "Let's go downstairs. Maybe your parents are back." Santana took a step and tugged on Brittany's hand. The blonde didn't move. "Brittany." Santana tried to get her attention. She tugged on her hand again.
At that Brittany swung her head to the side. She looked Santana up and down once before connecting her eyes with Santana's. "So hot." Brittany said in a breath. Santana giggled at Brittany and pulled on her hand once more leading them out of the room and down the stairs.
