This one has a little bit of everyone…once again thank you for your lovely reviews.
Sorry about the wait
To the anonymous reviewer...I'll try not to have a lame ending...though I'm not sure what you would consider lame. I'm open to suggestions.
~~~ Come, Josephine, In My Flying Machine, Going Up, She Goes ~~~
Santana paced around her office silently fuming as she gnawed away at her thumb nail while her assistant tried to calm her down. She couldn't believe what she had gotten herself into, obviously it was all Quinn's fault. Stupid hoe bag had to go out and make this awesome romantic gesture for her wife and there was no way she was going to be upstaged by Quinn Fucking Fabray. So here she was booking herself and her lovely wife on a trip up in a hot air balloon to see the sun rise and probably die by falling out of the basket. Knowing her luck she'll end up going down in history as that old lesbian who died in that freak hot air balloon disaster with her wife being the sole survivor.
"You could make like a picnic for breakfast with fresh fruit and bagels or something." Emily suggested
"That's too common. Quinn's taking Berry to fucking Paris to renew their vows a stupid picnic isn't going to cut it." Santana grumbled
"Well why don't you renew your vows too?" Emily asked
"Because then Q will just accuse me of copying her." Santana huffed before practically throwing herself onto her couch in a defeated heap.
"And anyways I pretty much renew our vows every time we have sex so the whole ceremony crap would be pointless." Santana added
"Oh um...um...o-ok" Emily laughed nervously and tried not to blush.
"Ugh I hate Quinn!" Santana grumbled
"Can I just ask...why is it so important that you have to do something even more romantic?" Emily carefully asked
"Because it's always been this way and I'll be damned if that puta upstages me!" Santana hissed
"I thought she was your best friend"
"She is and I love her dearly...but that bitch is going down! I hope her stupid ship hits an ice berg and Rachel refuses to share the broken door with her!" Santana replied.
Emily just nodded not really knowing what she was talking about she gave up trying to understand the relationship between her boss and her best friend a long time ago. They had been trying to come up with something all morning after Emily booked them a spot on a rainbow coloured balloon. Santana was insistent that it was a rainbow. But the two could not come up with anything else that could top a fucking cruise across the Atlantic and renewing wedding vows in fucking Paris.
"You know it's a shame that they put back the date for commercial space flights because of that disaster a few years back because otherwise you could have taken your wife to the moon or something." Emily thought out loud.
"Um no…god Em I barely even like flying in a plane there is no way you'll get me up in space!" Santana paled.
"But think how awesome it would be…it would be better than Paris" Emily added
"Yeah well it's not gonna happen and even if I wanted to or could do it, it costs like a couple of million dollars." Santana replied with a huff.
~~~ Blue Birds Fly Over The Rainbow ~~~
Charlie handed Ben his bottle of water as he came over to sit next to his girlfriend for his half hour break. He had been offered a job teaching ballet to kids at the local YMCA at first he didn't think he could do it, that he didn't have enough courage to teach a bunch of kids how to dance but after his first week he loved it.
Just before his break he had been teaching a small group of five year olds which was challenging because they just had no coordination but they were super adorable. They all wanted to impress their parents who watched on throughout the class. The little kids were easy although challenging at times when they would get upset because they couldn't do something properly. It was the teenagers that were tricky especially when Ben didn't have a whole lot of self-confidence he was getting better but he was still a little socially awkward. The classes were pretty much all girls and let's be honest here Ben is a very attractive 20 year old with awesome arms and abs so it was no surprise that half of his students were crushing on him and it wasn't just the girls the few boys in the class were crushing on him too so that made things awkward.
"How was class?" Charlie asked absentmindedly
"Good, I can't wait till Bella and NeeNee are old enough so I can teach them too." Ben smiled
"Aw...does Gracie know that you want to turn her babies into super girlie ballerinas?" Charlie chuckled
"I'll just have to do it in secret." Ben replied with a grin
"Meanwhile Gracie trains them to be the next world top soccer players" Charlie added
Ben just laughed and then took a bite out of Charlie's sandwich that was sitting in front of them. There was a little sitting area behind the Y where most staff went on their breaks. Charlie would always meet Ben out here whenever she was free so they could spend time with each other. It had been a little hard the last few months with Charlie working on the musical and Ben working as well as getting ready for another major performance. But the musical was over now it had ended a few weeks ago so Charlie was back to auditioning and hoping to find another good role. They sat there peacefully for a while just enjoying being close to each other, though Ben couldn't help but notice the abnormally quietness of the moment. Usually Charlie was talking nonstop but today she was unusually quiet and subdued.
"Any luck with finding auditions?" Ben asked trying to get her to talk.
"Not exactly...Frankie called me up today." Charlie replied
"Oh?"
"Yeah...it was the strangest phone call I've ever hand" Charlie replied still a little shocked by it.
"What did he say?" Ben asked curiously
"Well...in a nutshell he basically told me that he wanted to be my manager and that he has several auditions lined up for me." Charlie told him in an eerily calm voice.
"Wow" Ben was just as shocked as Charlie
"And apparently one of them is for the new revival of the Wizard of Oz...he got me an audition for the part of Dorothy...in the Wizard of Oz...on Broadway...me...Dorothy...as in Judy Garland...on Broadway. The show hasn't been on stage for over forty years...and now...I have an audition on Saturday for Dorothy." Charlie muttered feeling overwhelmed by it all over again. She nearly fainted when she heard Frankie tell her about it over the phone.
She turned to look at Ben when he didn't say anything. He looked just as shocked as she had felt he literally was speechless.
"I know...I...Ben this is like...my dream role. I was born for this role...what if I mess up? What if I choke? What if I make a fool out of myself?" Charlie began to panic
"What if you get the part?" Ben quietly asked with a small smile.
"I would literally die" Charlie replied dramatically
"Charlie this is...I am so happy for you" Ben's smile grew even bigger as he pulled her in for a big hug.
"Ben...this is...I won't get it" Charlie sighed sadly in defeat, her eyes began to water.
Ben quickly pulled away in confusion.
"What makes you say that?" He asked
"Because...I...there will be hundreds of girls going for this role. It's one of the most iconic parts in musical history! It's Judy Garland! There will be girls with so much more experience than me, who will be better actors and singers than me. I don't have a chance at this role." Charlie replied getting more upset.
"Charlotte you are an amazing performer and I'm not just saying that because I love you. I'm saying it because it's true. You saw the reviews from your show they all said to watch out for you because you were going to take the stage by storm. You got that role by your talent and by your awesome self and you will get this role for the same reasons. Frankie wouldn't have got you this audition if he didn't think you could do it. Yes there are other talented girls out there that could easily do this role, but none of them could do it justice...none of them except you. I believe in you Charlotte, like you said you were born for this role. You know it inside and out you have done since you were a little girl. You'll blow their minds on Saturday I just know you will."
"Wow...I don't think I've ever heard you say so much at one time." Charlie chuckled as she wiped her tears away.
Ben just smiled and nodded.
"I didn't stutter either" He then pointed out a little proud of himself.
Charlie smiled brightly at that.
"You really think I have a chance?" Charlie quietly asked still unsure.
"I know it." Ben nodded with conviction.
~~~ Shot Gun Wedding ~~~
They hadn't really planned it, well they had but that was far into the future like two or three years not right this very moment. For the last week or two Toby had noticed his fiancée acting a little strange. Nothing too out of the ordinary but he just knew something was up. Toby wasn't the smartest when it came to women, which you would think to be odd seeing as he grew up surrounded by strong women but even so they were still mysterious creatures to him. Today Maya had been acting really weird but Toby was a little scared to ask why. Fortunately...or unfortunately he didn't have to ask because after settling down with a nice cold beer after putting Ally down for her afternoon nap Maya came striding up to him and pretty much dropped a bomb.
"I'm two weeks late" Maya informed him
"Um...o-ok" Toby replied a little confused and slightly scared. Maya looked a little crazy right about now
"Toby I'm late!" Maya repeated raising her voice.
"Well there's not much I can do now if it was two weeks ago" Toby replied still not understanding what was going on.
"Oh my god you are insufferable!" Maya huffed dramatically before storming off.
"What'd I do?" He asked hopelessly as he got up and chased after her.
"You! This is all your fault!" Maya turned sharply and pointed at him with anger.
"I'm sorry! I don't know what I'm sorry for but I'm sorry!" Toby held his hands up in surrender.
Maya sighed heavily before she sat down at the kitchen table. Poor Toby had no clue what was happening and just stood there awkwardly.
"Toby...I'm late, as in I haven't had my period in two weeks what could that possibly mean?" Maya spoke slowly and have him a pointed look.
It took him a second...maybe two...ok three before it finally clicked in the blonde man's head. When it did click Toby's eyes went wide and then he was out.
The next thing Toby knew he was lying on the cold kitchen floor with a very worried brunette hovering above him waving something in front of his face that stank. He quickly recoiled from the smell and grudgingly sat up. Maya sighed with relief and put the lid back on the smelling salts.
"Toby are you ok?" she asked with worry.
"My head hurts" He pouted
"I'll get some ice" Maya quickly got up and grabbed a towel and placed some ice cubes in it then handed it over to Toby.
"What happened?" He asked, wincing at the coldness on his sore head.
"You fainted" Maya told him
"Oh...OH my god Maya you're pregnant!" Toby yelled as he remembered the conversation they were having before this happened his eyes instantly fell to her stomach.
"I don't know for sure" Maya spoke softly
"I can't believe this is happening to me again" Toby mumbled and shook his head in disbelief.
"What do you mean?" Maya asked confused
"Getting a girl knocked up before we got married" Toby replied with a sigh
"Well...I mean at least this time you're engaged" Maya tried to lighten the mood.
"How did this happen?" Toby asked still in shock.
"I don't know...I guess...the condom must have broken or something." Maya shrugged
"Wow...my mini Toby must be one powerful dude, breaking not one but two condoms." Toby smirked
"Ew Toby don't be gross, this is serious. We weren't planning on getting pregnant till a year after we were married, at least." Maya cringed.
"I know...I know...Maya I'm sorry...I feel like this is all my fault" Toby sighed sadly
"Ya think?" Maya asked sarcastically
"Ok yes obviously it is my fault but...what do we do? I mean like you said we weren't planning on having kids for a few years." Toby replied.
"Toby even though we aren't really ready for a baby right now I...I won't get rid of it." Maya hesitantly told him
"No... No I didn't mean it like that I would never ever suggest...I just meant...I just wanted to do things the right way this time around. I wanted us to be married and then have a baby." Toby replied
"We can still do that" Maya smiled softly
"You mean like a shotgun wedding?" Toby asked
"Something like that." Maya shrugged
Toby nodded as he tried to take in everything. It was a complete shock to the system finding out that he might be a father again.
"At least this time my parents will be happy about it" Toby sighed sadly
"How did they react when you told them about Ally?" Maya asked.
- 4 Years Ago -
Toby was a nervous wreck he had never been this nervous in all his life he had already thrown up twice he was that nervous. He had just got back from the family planning clinic with the random hook up he had knocked up. About a month or so ago she and Toby met at some party both were drunk off their faces and like many hook ups one thing led to another and soon enough they were fucking in the backseat of Toby's beat up car. It was a few weeks later when she showed up telling him that she was pregnant and that he had ruined her life. Of course Toby was shocked and after he woke up from fainting he went into denial. He refused to believe that he was the father but the girl insisted.
After convincing him that he was the only guy she had slept with within the timeframe he finally accepted that he was going to be a father. When it finally kicked in Toby felt as though his world was crashing in on him. He was only 22, he still lived at home and he had no real idea what he wanted to do with his life, he didn't even have a job at the moment and now he was going to be a daddy. The girl had stated that she was fine with getting an abortion because there was no way she wanted to be a mother but after a lot of begging from Toby not too she finally conceded in going full term but only if Toby supported her and the baby. Toby agreed.
Toby sat in the living room as he waited for his moms to come home. She was three months pregnant now and there was no way he could keep this from his parents any longer. It was killing him to lie and keep something so huge from them he just had to get it off his chest even though he knew they would not be happy. Especially his mom, after Beth, Quinn had warned him that the only time she ever wanted to hear that he was going to be a father was when he was married and had a stable job and a house of his own.
Toby almost jumped out of his skin when the front door closed and his mothers walked into the living room carrying some groceries.
"Oh hi Toby can you give us a hand please?" Rachel asked
"Sure mama" Toby mumbled before he got up and helped his mothers.
"Thanks" Rachel smiled sweetly
Toby just nodded, the two women couldn't help but notice their son acting rather odd, he was quiet and looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders.
"Everything ok?" Quinn asked with concern when she noticed her son acting a little weird.
"Yeah...s'fine" Toby muttered avoiding eye contact and trying not to let his nerves show in his voice.
"Toby?" Rachel asked softly and placed her hand on her son's cheek to get him to look at them.
What they didn't expect to find we're tears in his eyes. Toby very rarely cried so this was a little startling for them both to see. It would have to be something pretty major for him to get so emotional.
"Honey what's wrong?" Quinn asked with a slight frown.
Toby tried to speak, his mouth opened and shut a few times but nothing came out. A few stray tears began to fall before he crumbled. He fell into his mother's arms as he cried. Quinn was beside herself with worry, and confusion she had never seen her son like this before. She looked over at her wife who looked just as shocked and concerned.
"I'm so sorry" Toby cried into Quinn's shoulder.
"Toby, it's ok. Whatever it is it's ok" Rachel tried to sooth him as she came over to him and began rubbing small circles on his back like she used to do when he was a little boy.
"No it's not, you and mom are going to be so disappointed in me" Toby mumbled
"Toby nothing will ever make us disappointed in you. Don't be silly." Quinn softly told him.
They waited several moments for their son to calm down. They had absolutely no idea what had caused him to break down like this but they wouldn't find out unless he calmed down.
"Are you ready to tell us now?" Quinn asked after wiping away his tears.
Toby just nodded and looked down.
"I swear I didn't mean too." He mumbled
"Didn't mean to what?" Rachel asked with concern
"I...I messed up, I...I slept with some random girl and now she's pregnant and I'm so sorry. I didn't mean too." Toby cried
For the first few moments after that Rachel and Quinn didn't say anything Rachel just closed her eyes and tried to push her emotions down. This was not something she wanted to hear on a Saturday afternoon from her 22 year old son. Her son who she had to admit had no real direction in his life at the moment, who went out partying every weekend and didn't even have a job to support himself let alone a baby. Quinn just stood there in shock as she silently let go of her son.
"Mom please say something" Toby sniffed
Quinn had to admit she was a little afraid about what she would have said if she had opened her mouth so instead of saying something she knew she would regret she simply turned and walked away. Toby watched her walk out of the kitchen and his heart broke.
"Mama" He whispered desperately.
Rachel slowly opened her eyes and her heart sank. Standing there in front of her was her only son pleading with her not to be mad or disappointed in him for a stupid mistake that would forever change his life. She knew Quinn was going to be very upset and angry about this and it didn't really surprise her to see that her wife was no longer in the room. She knew that she would have to talk to her about this but right now she needed to be there for her son.
"It's gonna be ok Toby" Rachel finally spoke though her voice cracked a little with her emotions...
"What happened after that?" Maya asked
"A lot of crying and a lot of yelling" Toby chuckled
"Well obviously things turned out alright" Maya stated
"Yeah...mom was really pissed at me for a long time but as soon as she held Ally she just let it all go. She apologized a lot after that. She didn't need to but..." Toby shrugged
"And you never heard from her again?" Maya asked not understanding how she could just abandon her child like that.
"Nope...she pretty much left Ally on our door step and was never seen again." Toby replied with a hint of anger.
"Well that's her loss." Maya stated
Toby nodded in agreement.
"I've booked an appointment with my doctor for tomorrow, would you come with me?" Maya asked nervously
"Of course I will" Toby smiled and placed a sweet kiss on her lips.
~~~ A Promise Kept ~~~
Becky sat at the kitchen table with her laptop while Hannah worked around the kitchen preparing the food for dinner that night. It was lamb chop night so Hannah was in charge of cooking, it was her specialty. The blonde was finishing up on some paper work for her students when a notification popped up on her screen indicating that she had a new email. Becky quickly saved her work and clicked open the email.
Rebecca,
I hope you and your family are well. As promised I have attached some photos of Vanessa's ninth birthday. It's crazy how much she looks like you. She's doing well, she asked about you and how we knew each other. I didn't know what to say so I just told her you were a friend of mine I hope that's ok? It was good to see you and to hear that you are happy.
Vanessa and I will be dropping by at the park this weekend on Saturday afternoon…maybe you and your boys could join us? I know I said that you shouldn't but Vanessa kept talking about Max and I didn't have the heart to tell her that she couldn't see him.
Anyway I'll let you go, hope to see you soon.
Jackie. Xo
Becky smiled as she read the email a few times and waited for the photos to download. She clicked on the folder and looked through the pictures.
"What are you smiling at?" Hannah asked curiously
"Jackie sent me some photos" Becky replied
"Can I see?" Hannah asked
"Of course" Becky smiled and turned the laptop around for her wife to see.
There were only five photos and they all were of Vanessa smiling brightly at the camera. Becky recognised the background to be Jackie's house it looked like the girl had gotten a new bike for her birthday. The last photo was of Vanessa and Jackie sitting together with a small cupcake with a candle on top.
"You guys have the same nose" Hannah pointed out with a grin
Becky just laughed
"Is it ok if we go to the park this Saturday?" She then asked
"Of course, we can take Otis and show him the big bright world." Hannah smiled
"Where is my little man anyways?" Becky asked
"Max and Cooper are trying to train him. Max said something about turning him in to his slave, though I really don't see that happening that little bugger is too hypo to follow any instruction." Hannah replied
Becky grinned and nodded
"But he's so cute!" She cooed
"Well at least I hope they train him to stop peeing and shitting on the carpet." Hannah grumbled
"He didn't mean it. He just got over excited and had a little accident he even looked ashamed of himself when he realised what he did." Becky tried to defend him
"He looked like a smug bastard." Hannah replied under her breath
"He's only a baby he's just learning." Becky added
Their conversation was then interrupted when Max came running into the room.
"Mom, Ma Otis pooped on the floor again." He informed them
Hannah gave her wife a pointed look and with a sigh Becky stood up and grabbed the bucket, paper towels and some disinfectant.
~~~ Let's Get It On ~~~
Sofia sat on her bed flipping through one of her medical books trying to study but her mind was somewhere else it didn't help that her book was on the female anatomy and just made her think of how long it's been since she'd seen her own wife's female anatomy though she had gotten quite familiar with her own female anatomy as of the last few months. The brunette was sexually frustrated and just generally frustrated as well. She gets that Grace is insecure about her body after giving birth to twins but she told her that it doesn't matter to her so she doesn't understand why Grace still won't have sex with her. She thought talking about it would help but it hasn't done much of anything. Grace still won't even get changed in front of her.
Sofia closed her book it was useless trying to get any studying done because she couldn't concentrate so she got up and went into the living room where Grace and the girls were. She couldn't help but smile when she saw her two daughters rolling around on the floor and giggling at themselves. Sofia sat down next to her wife purposely sitting extremely close to Grace. She had been doing that a lot just trying to get that physical contact even if it wasn't sexual to make Grace more comfortable with the idea of getting intimate.
"Hey I thought you needed to study" Grace spoke up
"Yeah…I tried but I'm just not in the mood and my brain was turning to moosh." Sofia replied
"Are you looking forward to having the twins to yourself on Monday?" Grace asked
"Heck yes." Sofia smiled brightly making Grace laugh
"We're gonna have an awesome girly girl day with shopping, and make overs, and lots of dress ups and talking about boys" Sofia added with a smirk
"No boys…not until their thirty and married" Grace warned
"Oh god Gracie you sound like your mother" Sofia chuckled
Grace frowned and then looked offended, Sofia just quickly swooped in and kissed her wife's pout not lingering too long to make it pushy but lingering long enough to make it somewhat intimate. It was a fine line to walk.
"Are you looking forward to going back to work?" Sofia asked
"No…yes…I don't know" Grace shrugged
"You'll be fine and besides its only half a day and then you'll be back home with my awesome self and our little bubbies." Sofia smiled
"Yeah but what if they need me?" Grace asked softly
"They'll probably just sleep and you'll be back when they wake up." Sofia tried to comfort her wife
"I suppose" Grace grumbled sadly
"I know it's hard, heck I cried like a baby when I had to go back to the hospital but it gets easier and we've got our schedules all worked out so one of us will always be at home with the kids and we also have time for just us." Sofia reminded her
"You're right" Grace sighed
"Of course I am" Sofia smiled
"I guess it will be good to go back to work…see the girls, get back into the swing of things…go back to my work out routine." Grace added
"Don't push yourself Gracie" Sofia softly told her
"I have to if I want to get my abs back" Grace huffed
"Your abs aren't the be all and end all of who you are Grace" Sofia replied a little annoyed
"I just want my body back!" Grace raised her voice and moved away from her wife
"Well I want my wife back" Sofia muttered under her breath though Grace still heard her.
"Not everything is about you Sofia I didn't even want to do this in the first place!" Grace yelled back then looked shocked at what she had just said.
Sofia mirrored that shocked look except hers had a whole lot of pain and anger mixed in with her facial expression.
"So it's my fault? Is that why you won't touch me? You blame me for how you think your body looks?" Sofia asked angrily
"I didn't say that" Grace replied
"No you just implied it! It's the same fucking thing!" Sofia yelled
"Why can't you just accept that I'm not ready to have sex? Why do you keep pushing me?" Grace asked
"I'm not pushing you"
"Yes you are! I told you I'm not ready and you keep bringing it up. Do you think I like this? That I don't hate not being with you? Of all people I would have thought you'd understand I mean you're the one who was going to get a fucking boob job for crying out loud!" Grace yelled.
As if on cue two little set of lungs cried out. With all their fighting Grace and Sofia forgot that their daughters were right there in the thick of it all. Both Grace and Sofia looked down at their girls feeling incredibly guilty and ashamed of themselves for arguing in front of their kids. Sofia quickly bent down to pick up Bella while Grace grabbed Nina trying to soothe them.
"Bubbie its ok" Grace murmured softly
"Shhh Bella, Mami's sorry for yelling" Sofia whispered
It took a good long while till Bella and Nina calmed down. It was safe to say they did not like it when their mommies were fighting. When their tears subsided Grace and Sofia placed them into their cribs for their nap. Neither had said a word to each other while they did this. They stood by the two cribs watching their daughters chest slowly rise and fall as they slept.
"I'm a terrible mother" Grace frowned
"No I am" Sofia insisted
"We both are" Grace added sadly
"Gracie I don't want to be the type of parent who argues in front of their kids" Sofia looked up towards Grace with tears in her eyes.
"I don't either" Grace replied before she quickly wiped away her own tears that had fallen.
"I don't want to fight at all" Sofia added
"I don't either" Grace replied
"Grace you know I would never push you. I just want us to talk about this." Sofia sighed sadly
"I know...I know that and I'm sorry for being such a b-i-t-c-h."
Sofia just smiled a little at that.
"I'm gonna try harder, I mean I do miss you too. I miss being with you." Grace told her.
"D-Do you happen to know when you'll start trying?" Sofia hesitantly asked
"I just really don't like my body right now" Grace sighed sadly looking down.
Sofia shuffled over to stand behind her wife wrapping her arms tightly around her and rested her chin on Grace's shoulder.
"Wanna know a secret?" Sofia softly asked
Grace just nodded slightly
"When you were eight months pregnant and you looked like you were about to pop your tummy had gotten so big-"
"I don't like this story" Grace butted in
"Shh let me finish."
"Fine" Grace grumbled
"It was like the girls had a massive growth spurt your tummy practically doubled in size. I was surprised you could walk around with that thing." Sofia chuckled
"Is there a point to you telling me I looked like a beached whale?" Grace asked getting annoyed
"My point is...that even when you looked like a beached whale as you often referred to yourself as...I still thought you were the sexiest creature on this earth. You still made my heart beat fast and made my stomach flutter whenever you were near...and you always make my lady parts tingle" Sofia grinned
Grace tried to hold back a chuckle at that.
"You're the love of my life Gracie and I will always find you beautiful and unbelievably sexy and if I need to, I'll continue to tell you that every day of every year that I'm on this earth." Sofia added.
Grace didn't say anything for a long while and Sofia began to think that what she had said hadn't worked and that they would be back to square one but Grace suddenly shifted in her arms turning to face her with an odd look on her face.
"Grace?" Sofia asked with a hint of worry
"Take me to bed" Grace blurted out
"S-Seriously?" Sofia stuttered not getting her hopes up
"Yes...let's just...if I just make myself do it then I should be fine afterwards." Grace nodded
"I don't want you to force yourself-"
"Sofia stop talking and just take me to bed before I change my mind" Grace instructed
"Yeah sure ok, let's go!" Sofia smiled brightly as she grabbed Grace's hand and dragged her to their bedroom.
Sofia didn't waste any time as soon as they closed their bedroom door the Latina was already half naked and on her way to doing the same to her wife. Grace wasn't that eager to strip down so she tried to slow things down and work her way up to that.
"You're so hot" Sofia muttered into her wife's shoulder as she trailed wet sloppy kisses up and down her neck and pulled her tightly closer leaving no space between them.
"This needs to go" Sofia added as she tugged at Grace's top
Grace hesitated briefly before nodding. Even though Sofia was super eager to finally have sex again she slowed herself down to make sure her wife was comfortable. Being as gentle and loving as she could Sofia slowly undid the buttons of Grace's shirt and carefully slid the item of clothing off her wife's shoulders letting it fall to the floor. Sofia's hands began to make their way over her wife's body being careful not to get too grabby knowing Grace's boobs were still sensitive. When her hands began to tug at the hem of Grace's undershirt the brunette began to freeze up again. Of her whole body Grace was most insecure about her stomach.
"Can I leave it on?" Grace nervously asked
"We can for now" Sofia answered and then moved her hands to undo Grace's belt instead.
"Sofia wait" Grace spoke up halting her wife placing her hands on top of Sofia's to still their movements
The Latina tried not to let her frustrations take over but she couldn't keep getting worked up to only be left hanging. It was torture. Grace couldn't help the small giggle that escaped at the epic pout on her wife's face right now.
"I just-"
"Gracie please! I'm not opposed to begging now. I'll get down on my knees and beg, please don't back out now" Sofia replied desperately even getting down on her knees to prove it.
"Sofia get up. Don't be so dramatic. I was only going to suggest moving to the bed." Grace replied with an eye roll.
"Oh" Sofia's whole face turned bright red in embarrassment
Grace helped her wife get up and then moved them over to their bed sitting down and pulling her wife down to straddle her lap.
"You're such a goober" Grace chuckled
"Well when you've suffered an extreme case of blue balls like I have these last few months you'd understand my desperation" Sofia huffed
"I am sorry. I know it's been difficult" Grace softly replied
"It's ok...well it's not ok but I understand" Sofia replied with a kiss.
"I'm really lucky I have you" Grace whispered
"I know...I'm really awesome" Sofia smirked
"Shut up. I was having a moment" Grace softly shoved her wife.
"Well can we have our moments later. I'm ready to burst and as embarrassing as it is I probably won't last very long so..." Sofia replied fidgeting in Grace's lap.
"Yes, sorry lets continue" Grace smiled
"Great, hands on boobs and fingers in vaginas...now!" Sofia demanded
Grace just laughed and nodded but before they could do anything a loud cry came from the baby monitor followed by a second loud cry letting the two women know that their babies were awake and were demanding attention.
"Noooo" Sofia cried...literally, it was like instant tears.
"Babe...tonight I promise." Grace sighed sadly.
She loved her daughters but they had terrible timing.
~~~ I'll Never Let Go Jack, I'll Never Let Go ~~~
Quinn and Rachel entered the Lopez-Pierce house following Santana into the living room where Brittany was sitting with a cup of coffee. Quinn took a seat next to her fellow blonde while Rachel sat on the lazy boy getting herself comfortable.
"Hey pretty lady" Brittany winked at Quinn
"Hi sexy legs" Quinn giggled and ran her finger down Brittany's arm making the taller blonde giggle as well.
Santana and Rachel both looked at each other and then at Quinn and Brittany looking a little disturbed by their wives flirting with each other.
"I can't believe we never noticed it before" Santana muttered
"I know...but it's harmless...right?" Rachel asked
"Yeah...totally" Santana replied sounding a little unsure.
"If it's not then Q is going to be sleeping with the fishes" Santana then added with a threatening scowl on her face.
Rachel nodded darkly.
"So Rach was telling me all about your romantic trip in a hot air balloon." Quinn smiled
"Yeah, my wife's awesome. I can't wait" Brittany replied giving Santana a big grin
Santana smiled back feeling all proud of herself. She refused to think about the fact that she will essentially be high up in the air just floating around up there. If she thought about it too much she was afraid she would back out and she can't do that to Brittany now. Plus Quinn would totally bag the shit out of her if she cancelled the ride because she was kinda, maybe just a tiny bit scared of heights.
"Well take lots of photos so you can show me" Quinn insisted
"Don't worry I've already promised Rachel I will" Brittany chuckled
"So what brings you two by?" Santana asked taking a sip out of her wife's coffee and cringing before subtly spitting it back in to the mug. Her wife loved her sugar. It was like drinking water sugar with a hint of coffee. It was gross.
"Well actually we were wondering if you guys could look after our place while we're on our holiday" Rachel replied
"What about Charlie?" Santana asked
"Well someone has to make sure she's alright." Quinn replied
"Quinnie she's a grown girl now I'm sure she can look after herself" Brittany softly replied
"Yeah and I'm sure Benny will look after her" Santana smirked
"Shut up Santana!" Quinn hissed
The blonde still didn't like the idea of her little baby girl doing grown up things with a boy. She was slightly comforted by the fact that it was with Ben because she knew he was a total gentleman and would never hurt her daughter. But still Charlie was the baby of the family and Quinn didn't like thinking of her as anything but that.
"Anyway we just want you guys to check in and make sure everything's fine" Rachel interrupted
"Sure we can totally do that" Brittany smiled
"So when are you two leaving then?" Santana asked
"We leave in about a month and we'll be gone for three weeks." Rachel smiled.
The brunette was so looking forward to this trip. They hadn't been on a vacation in such a long time and after the past year with everything that has happened Rachel really needed a break from her life to just relax and spend some good quality time with her wife. She had always wanted to go on a cruise, her fathers went on a few when she had moved off to college and they had nothing but good things to say about them. Judy and Marcus along with Maria all went on a cruise one year and they said it was one of the best times of their lives so Rachel was super excited to finally experience it. She knew Quinn was excited too though her fear of the ship sinking and getting eaten by sharks was on par with her level of excitement Rachel assured her wife that, that probably won't happen.
"You should see the size of the ship, it's massive" Quinn added pulling out her phone to show them the photo of the ship.
"Wow...how on earth does that thing stay afloat?" Brittany wondered as she looked at the photo.
It was pretty impressive, it was one of the largest cruise liners on the ocean and one of the most luxurious too. It had cost quiet a lot to get their tickets but Quinn figured it was worth it, you only live once and after her heart attack she didn't want to waste time worrying about how much everything costs. She wanted to experience different things and she knew her wife would love it.
Santana just rolled her eyes, stupid Quinn and her big boat. Though she would never admit it she was insanely jealous of the trip her two friends were going on. She had always wanted to travel and see other parts of the world but she never had the money or the time to do it. That and she hated flying.
"Oh hey do you guys want to stay for dinner?" Brittany then asked
"Yeah let's make a night of it, we can order pizza and watch some movies...you know the classics...ooh I vote we watch Titanic" Santana added with a grin
"That sounds great, but Quinn can't eat pizza, I do not want her having a another heart attack while we sail across the Atlantic" Rachel replied
Later that evening the awesome foursome sat cuddled up together on the large lounge watching the movie and eating popcorn, Rachel allowed Quinn to eat it as long as it was butter-free and because she didn't have any pizza. Quinn hated her wife's nazi regime on her diet sometimes. They did end up watching Titanic and everyone enjoyed it, except for Quinn and Brittany, the taller blonde had never seen the whole movie before. They were up to the part when Jack makes Rose get onto the life boat without him and then that sad depressing music starts to play and they're looking at each other as the lifeboat gets lowered to the water.
"They're gonna be ok right?" Brittany whispered to her wife
"Um..." Santana couldn't bring herself to tell her wife that no, no they were not going to be ok.
"Rach what if we hit an ice berg?" Quinn quietly muttered to her wife her face filled with fear.
"Quinn your hurting my arm" Rachel winced as she looked down to see her wife's death grip on her forearm.
"Sorry...but what if our ship sinks? What if we freeze to death? Maybe we should just fly over to France instead I'm sure Hannah can change it" Quinn rambled
"Don't be silly Quinn. The Titanic sank over a hundred and thirty years ago and it had barely any life boats. Our ship is made with up to date modern technology with more than enough life boats. We will be fine it won't sink" Rachel tried to calm her wife down.
"That's what they said about the Titanic…and look what happened!" Quinn reminded her
"Quinn…just watch the movie and stop over reacting" Rachel sighed.
After that Quinn seemed to have calmed down a little and they went back to watching the movie but by the time it got to the part where Rose drops Leonardo into the depths of the ocean promising to never let go all four women were crying their eyes out.
"I'll never let go Rachel, I'll never let go" Quinn cried into her wife's shoulder
"I don't like this movie" Brittany pouted and buried her head into her wife's chest.
"Great movie choice Santana" Rachel huffed
The Latina at least looked a little guilty.
Just to let you know I won't be writing the cruise, the story will end just as they embark on their holiday. That's not to say that I might never write it, it just won't be in this story. I was thinking of doing a little time jump for the epilogue if you like when the time comes.