Chapter 30 - Fancy Pants
"But mom I don't have anything to wear tonight." Brittany whined to her mother. They were standing at the kitchen sink.
"I'm sorry. What do you want me to do about it?" Kathy asked sarcastically.
"Mom. I'm serious. I need to go shopping or something. I need something nice to wear. Can't we just go this morning?" Brittany pleaded.
Liz was sitting a the table slowly eating her cereal listening in on their conversation.
"Brittany I told you that I have cleaning to do today for our New Years Party and I also have errands to run. I don't have time to be going shopping with you."
"I'll be really quick. Please." Brittany practically begged. Her mother turned to her with a scowl on her face seriously contemplating everything Brittany had said.
"I'll come." Liz spoke up. "I can help. It will be quicker that way." Brittany and her mother both turned to look at Liz. "What? It will be. You know it."
They couldn't really argue with Liz's suggestion. It would make everything quicker if Brittany had help picking out something it wear.
"Ok. Fine." Kathy threw her hands up in the air in defeat. Looks like her day wasn't going to be going as she planned.
Brittany clapped excitedly bouncing over to her mother and engulfing her in a huge hug. "Thank you. Thank you. Thank you." She chanted. "I promise I won't putz around."
"Yeah yeah ok. Just let me finish the dishes and take a shower and we can go." Kathy said. Brittany released her grip on her mother so she could tend to that mornings dishes.
Brittany was caught up in her thoughts. She was staring out the kitchen window thinking about what she wanted to wear tonight. Just blankly staring not looking at anything in particular.
After a few seconds something caught her attention. A flash past the window. A second later another flash. She leaned closer to the window and squinted her eyes together trying to see what it was. Then she heard it. The sound of laughter. Children's laughter to be specific.
Two of the neighbor kids had been playing outside in the snow. They were running around chasing each other. They ran past the window again and a small smile grew on Brittany's face. She loved kids. They were kind of like her. So full of energy and excitement.
"Brittany?"
"What?" Brittany said as she was pulled from her thoughts.
"I asked where you wanted to go when we go shopping." Her mother asked for a second time.
"Doesn't matter. The mall is fine I guess." She turned to look at her mother.
"Ok that will work. I need to get a few things from there as well." She said as she washed the pot she had made oatmeal in. Brittany simply hummed acknowledging her mother's statement.
"What about me?" A sleepy voice said from across the room. Brittany spun around to where the voice had come from.
At the table sitting next to Liz was a rather sleepy looking Santana. The brunette had been sitting there the whole time but had just now come out of her sleepy daze. She had a bowl of cereal in front of her that she was slowly working on eating. She had heard the whole conversation but was too tired to really put any effort into speaking up. She took another spoonful of cereal into her mouth as she waited for someone to say something.
Liz started giggling next to her. "I wondered when you were going to wake up. You're like the living dead in the morning."
"I'm not usually a morning person." Santana said her voice less sleepy sounding this time she spoke.
"So what about me?" She asked again.
"Um-" Brittany thought for a moment. "You can come w- Wait no. I don't want you to come with us."
Santana scrunched her face up in confusion. "You don't want me to come with?" She asked feeling a little hurt.
"No. No. That's not what I meant."
"Well then what did you mean Brittany?" Santana questioned her.
"I mean I don't want you to see what I'm going to be wearing until tonight." Brittany nodded. That's what she meant. "You can come with but while I'm shopping you can hang out with my mom."
"What?" Santana and Kathy said in unison.
"Yeah. I think it will be a great experience for the both of you. Getting to know each other."
"Yeah. Ok. Now that I think about it you're right Brittany. I would love to spend some time with Santana alone." Her mother said.
Santana really didn't have a choice at that point. It was either go along with the plan or sit in an empty house, that wasn't her own, all by herself for god knows how many hours.
"Ok." Santana agreed. "But can I pick up something to wear too."
Kathy rolled her eyes and huffed out. "Fine." She looked between Brittany and Santana. "You two are going to be the death of me today. I have so much to get done. But I guess I am the one to blame for all of this in the first place. I am the one who got you those tickets."
"And we thank you for them. And for everything you are doing. I love you mom." Brittany leaned over to her mother who was only a step away from her and kissed her gently on the cheek.
"I love you too. Now all of you get out of my hair. I have things to do." She paused before adding. "You all better be ready to go and standing by the door at exactly 10 am. Or I leaving you behind." She threatened.
The three girls scampered off upstairs to their rooms to get ready.
"I must admit- you and Santana are a rather interesting pair." Liz said to her sister as she handed her another dress.
"Oh yeah, would you care to explain that." Brittany threw back.
"Um- well at first I thought you two were totally opposites but upon further inspection- I had to reevaluate that thought. Now I know I'm 'young and don't know anything' as dad puts it. But I have never seen any other couple have the chemistry that you guys have. You understand each other. You fit so perfectly together. I don't know how because you wouldn't think that when you just look at the two of you. It just fits ya know." Liz explained.
"I do know." Brittany said with a warm sense of pride. "It's amazing isn't it. I never would have thought-" She trailed off looking over the dress she had just put on. "This is it. I'm getting this one." She confirmed her dress choice.
"Ok. Now get changed so we can get out of here before mom has a cow." Liz said to her older sister. "I think Santana will like that one. Good choice, fancy pants."
"I hope she likes it."
"She will. Don't worry. You look smoking." Liz added.
"I want to ask her to move in with me." Brittany blurted out.
"What? Brittany isn't it kinda soon for something like that?" Liz blurted back.
"No. I don't think so. You said it yourself we are perfect for each other. I love her and I already know that I want to spend the rest of my life with her. There is nobody out there in the world that can even come close to comparing to her. She is the most unique person I have ever met. She is so special to me. And she deserve to be told and reminded of how special she is everyday. You know she told me once that no one ever loved her the way that I do. So if I only do one thing for the rest of my life- it will be to make sure that she is loved."
Brittany was talking super fast pouring out all of her feelings to her sister. "Whoa. Brittany take a breathe. I understand but I have one question for you." Brittany looked over at the sister confused as to what she could possibly ask. "Do you think Santana is ready for that? Ready to move in with you?"
Brittany knit her brow together thinking it over. "I don't know. But ya know we sort of have been living together for over a month now without really knowing it." She smirked thinking about that. They had more or less been living together while Brittany recovered. It never dawned on the blonde that that was exactly what she wanted and already sort of had it.
"Well maybe then." Liz said bringing Brittany back from her moment of thought.
Brittany was smiling from ear to ear. "Lets go." She said moving across the store to the register to pay for her dress.
"So Santana you mentioned that you moved to New York after you graduated high school." Kathy confirmed making sure she had her facts straight.
"Yes. I did."
"Where did you live before you moved?" She asked wanting to know more about the brunette girl that was dating her daughter.
"Uh- Lima Ohio." Santana said nervously. She was uneasy of the direction that this conversation could take. God I hope she doesn't ask about my family.
"Oh wow. Didn't expect that. Bigger city or little city?" Kathy asked not expecting Santana to hail from Ohio.
"It's a smaller city. It's in western Ohio. Not too impressive of a town- if you ask me. Just small town Ohio." Santana commented.
"Well there's nothing wrong with a small town- if you ask me." Kathy joked. Santana smiled at the silliness of Brittany's mother. She could see where Brittany got it from. "So tell me why didn't you go to college. Not that there is anything wrong with that but you seem like a very intelligent girl. I'm sure you could have gotten into a number of schools."
Oh shit. Great. Now what. I really don't want to talk about all of this. But- I should probably tell the truth. There is no use lying to this women. Santana thought as she looked around the store for something to wear for the evening. The faster she found something the faster this conversation would be over.
"I couldn't afford it." Santana started with.
"Why is that? There are grants and scholarships and loans. I'm sure you could have figured it out. What about your parents? Wouldn't they have helped you?" Kathy questioned trying to put together a reason Santana didn't go to college.
"No. My parents wouldn't help me pay for college." Santana said plainly. "They cut me off when I turned 18."
"What do you mean cut you off?"
Santana sighed not wanting to explain. "My parents wouldn't pay for a single thing for me once I turned 18. They said they weren't going to pay for my education. That they couldn't. The day I turned 18 my parents abandoned me. I haven't seen or spoken to them since."
"What? That's awful. Why?" Kathy couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"I'll tell you the abbreviated version. Okay?" Kathy nodded knowing that this probably wasn't going to be easy for Santana. "When I was 16 my mother caught me making out with a girl. My parents obviously didn't approve. They said I was a sinner and a disappointment to them. They allowed me to live in their house until I graduated from high school but after that I was on my own. So I moved to New York." She shrugged her shoulder like it was no big deal.
"Wow. I'm so sorry. I didn't know any of that. Does Brittany know all of that?"
Santana nodded her head. "Yep she does." She smiled think of Brittany.
"Hmm. Wow." Kathy really didn't know what to say. She stepped closer to Santana until she was able to wrap her arms around the brunette in a tight hug. Santana froze for a moment before putting her arms around Kathy and hugging her back. "You are always welcome in my family." She whispered in Santana's ear.
Santana sighed. "Thank you." She let go of Kathy and the women took a step back smiling at Santana.
"Now lets find you a stunning dress for tonight." She said putting a hand on her shoulder and leading her across the store.
"Santana hurry up or we're going to be late." Brittany yelled from the bottom of the stairs. She was standing there dressed and ready to go. She was just waiting for Santana to finish getting ready.
"Mom have you seen the tickets? I don't know where I put them down." Brittany asked seeming nervous.
"They are on the table next to the door dear. You put them there so you wouldn't forget them. Remember?"
"Oh yeah. I wish Santana would hurry up."
"Why are you so nervous Britt?" Kathy asked seeing her daughters behavior.
"I don't know that it's nervous. I'm super excited. I'm super happy. And I don't know-" Brittany tried to make some sense of the way she was feeling.
"Ok. Oh by the way you look beautiful in that evening gown." Kathy said trying to distract Brittany from her giddiness.
Brittany looked down at herself. Looking over her dress a smile slowly making its way across her features. "Thanks mom."
"Your mom's right Britt." Santana said standing at the top of the stairs. "You look beautiful tonight." She looked the blonde up and down a few times before making her way down the stairs.
Brittany couldn't take her eyes off of Santana as she came down the stairs. The Latina was wearing a long black evening gown. It had a slit up the side that ran from the ground to halfway up the brunette's thigh. It dress was accompanied by a pair of black heels. Santana's hair was half up half down and was curled in soft curls.
Santana finally reached the bottom of the steps and stood directly in front of Brittany. "You are breathtaking babe." Brittany breathed out and leaned into Santana and placed a kiss on her cheek.
"Thanks. You look pretty amazing yourself." She reached down and grabbed Brittany's right hand. She brought the hand up to her face and place a kiss on the back of Brittany's hand.
Brittany had on a one shouldered tight fitting light blue dress that fell halfway between her knee and ankle. She was also wearing a pair of black heels that she had borrowed from her sister.
Brittany's mother stood there silently watching the pair. "You too are so damn cute." She said quietly. Both girls turned to look at Kathy. Brittany's brow knit together. Did she just use the word 'damn'. Brittany thought knowing that her mother wasn't fond of curse words. "Ok now time for a picture." She said as she smiled and turned to grab the camera off the table.
"Really? Why?" Brittany whined.
"Come on Brittany. Just go with it." Santana said.
"Fine." Brittany huffed out.
"In front of the fireplace girls." Kathy instructed.
Brittany and Santana walked from the bottom of the staircase across the room to stand in front of the fireplace. Brittany stood behind Santana slightly off center from the brunette. She wrapped her arms around Santana's waist clasping her hands together on Santana's stomach. Santana put her hands on top of Brittany's squeezing them before loosening her grip slightly.
"Ok ready." Kathy said. Santana gave her best smile for the camera. "Smile Brittany." Kathy said. Brittany rolled her eyes before she forced herself to smile. "That looks forced." Kathy commented. Santana squeezed Brittany's hands again still smiling waiting for the picture to be taken. Once Brittany felt Santana squeeze her hands Brittany couldn't help but smile a genuine smile. "Much better." Kathy giggled pressing down on the button and taking the picture.
Brittany went to move away from the fireplace. "One more." Kathy said causing Brittany to grumble. She returned to her previous position. Not that she had really moved that far. "Say cheese." Kathy joked out.
Nothing.
"I said say cheese." Kathy tried again.
"Cheeeeeesssseeee." Santana said through her teeth.
"That's more like it." Brittany mother said as she clicked the picture. "Thank you girls. You are free to go."
"Great. Lets get going Santana. I don't want to be late." Brittany said as she made her way to the front door. Santana followed her to the door. Brittany grabbed the tickets and the car keys to her mother's car. "Bye mom." She yelled across the room. "And don't wait up for us."
"Alright Brittany. You girls have a good evening. See you tomorrow." She threw back towards the girls who were standing by the door. Santana put her coat on and helped Brittany get hers on over her cast.
Brittany looked to Santana. "Ready to go babe?"
"Yep." Brittany stuck out her right elbow and Santana wrapped her arm around it. Brittany reached for the door with the other hand and swung it open. The two girls stepped out the front door into the chilly late December weather.
There i got another chapter done. I hope to have another up by Friday.
Thanks to all those who reviewed or favorited this story. It keeps me going.
