A/N: Day 2- Disney (Obsession) a little bit late, but it's up.
"Does this mean," Beth chews, carefully choosing her words. "That your eventual wedding will also be in Disneyland or Disneyworld? If it is can we dress up like characters! Obviously, Momma Rach will be Belle, and you Mama Q will be Elsa—cause duh, you're totally her! Oh and Aunt B can be Aurora while Aunt S is…hmm…Aunt S can be Rapunzel, and Aunt Tina can be Mulan while Aunt Mercedes will dress up like Tianna and Aunt Sugar can be Ariel with Aunt Kitty being Merida and Aunt Marley can be…"
"So why are we here?" Elliot questions slipping his hand into Kurt's.
"Because, Quinn and Rachel are hosting the annual glee holiday dinner tonight," Kurt answers, checking his phone waiting for the text explaining where their friends were. The couple has been waiting patiently outside the Fabray-Berry household (and no, the girl weren't married yet), but it was getting cold and from what Kurt could see no had shown up yet.
"And they choose to do this willingly?" Elliot asks. "You sure nothing else is going on tonight?"
Kurt and Elliot have been a couple for a bit over two years and they've been friends for almost seven now, so through their friendship and now relationship, Elliot has gotten to know the glee club pretty well. He's met goofy and oblivious (sometimes dense) Finn, badass and equally as dense Puck, lovable and bright Brittany, sarcastic and pushy Santana, quiet but patient Tina, passionate and demanding Mercedes—he's met the glee club.
"Don't know," Kurt shrugs, "but I'm not going to question it. C'mon, babe, I think I see Brittany and Santana and Mercedes and Sam as well as Sugar."
Next to the parked black SUV Santana stood clutching her stomach and focusing on the ground a worried Brittany hovering over her. The Latina had been suffering morning sickness for the past four months and she was super glad to be halfway through her second trimester of pregnancy. Mercedes and Sam were pulling up behind the other two and Sugar and her boyfriend of the past three years Peter behind them.
"Oh my god, San," Brittany mentions. "What can I get you? I know I should have driven."
"It's okay, Britt-Britt," Santana gasps out. "I'm okay, now, sweetie, I promise. And I'm pregnant for god's sake, I can still drive."
"You sure?" Brittany frowns hating seeing her girlfriend sick. "I'll drive back."
"Pinky promise," the Latina states, holding out her pinky and feeling the blonde's wrap around it with her own. "And Britt, driving doesn't cause the morning sickness, you know that."
"I know, but still," Brittany draws out, chewing her bottom lip.
"Aww," Mercedes fawned over the couple. "How are you guys? I feel like I haven't seen you in forever."
"You two are sickenly," Kurt comments, walking over to the group of gathering friends and hugging them. "I mean how old are you now? And you still do that."
"Leave them alone, Kurt, it's cute," Elliot states, greeting both women before feeling a smaller force impact against him.
The group of young adults turns towards the smaller human who is sheepishly looking up at Elliot. Her blonde hair covering half of her face and the jeans she wears with the nice shirt slightly wrinkled now.
"Beth Corcoran-Fabray," Shelby reprimands, stepping out of the car with a platter in hand after seeing her daughter crash into the younger man. "What have I told you about running?"
"Not to do it," Beth murmurs before turning to Elliot and the others. "Sorry Uncle E."
"I don't think I will ever get used to that," Elliot says causing the others to laugh. "It's not a problem Beth, but you wouldn't want to get all dirty now would you? So let's keep the running down to a minimal."
"It makes you feel old doesn't it?" Sugar chuckles watching as Brittany received a hug from the smaller blonde who was now greeting the older gleeks.
"How you doing Beth?" Brittany asks the younger child.
"I'm doing alright, Aunt B," Beth gushes out excitedly. "I can't believe Mama Quinn and Momma Rach are hosting this year. Do you think Mama Quinn will have made her famous Bacon wrapped Turkey squares?"
"And I don't think I'll ever get over that," Santana points out, leaning into her girlfriend after receiving a careful hug from Beth.
"Let it go, San they've been together for four years now," Mercedes says, hugging Beth and watching Sam spin the blonde around before setting her on the ground.
"I'm not talking about Q and Berry getting chummy," Santana clarifies, feeling Brittany chuckle at her words. "I'm talking about the whole 'are you my mother' situation."
Beth rolls her eyes at her aunt while Elliot, Sam, Mercedes, Sugar and Kurt laugh and Shelby finally reaches them, Elliot immediately reaching out to help the older woman.
"Hello," Shelby greets receiving nods and hellos back. "Why are you waiting outside?"
Kurt grins sheepishly, "Elliot and I might have shown up extremely early and Rachel kicked us out for not helping."
"Ah," Shelby smiles, "so she had a surprise then, knowing Rachel she'd love help unless she has something to tell us."
"But Rachel," Quinn's voice drifts over into the kitchen from the dining room where she's finishing setting the table. "Don't you think we should show them after we eat? You know when Kurt, Mercedes and Sugar suspect nothing."
"Quinn," Rachel states once she knows Quinn is in the kitchen, "I will burst if we don't tell the others news before dinner, not mention the other gleeks will also be getting here in the next two hours. So we need to get the surprise out of the way first."
"What if we postpone it for another day?" Quinn asks, pausing Rachel's movements over the stove. "You know, tell them all tomorrow…lull them into a sense of security."
"Quinn," Rachel argues, "the whole point of this dinner is about breaking out the news gently to our family, because the news will come true."
"Exactly, we have all night to tell them," Quinn informs as she feels Rachel pull away and the doorbell ring in the background. "Why can't we tell them following dessert, that will be the perfect moment to celebrate our victory."
"Quinn," Rachel says shooing the blonde to go open the door, "even if we tell them after dessert you know it wouldn't make a difference. Now go open the door."
"Fine," Quinn pouts kissing Rachel's lips before sprinting towards the ringing doorbell, "but I get to tell them!"
"Quinn, no—" Rachel states right as the front door opens and she effectively cuts herself off.
Not even two minutes later, Rachel is getting the wind knocked out of her by Beth.
"Hey Momma Rach," Beth greets, allowing the older woman to catch her breath.
"BETH!" Shelby's voice shouts once again followed by Santana cackling and the rest of their group arriving behind them into the kitchen with the food Shelby had also brought.
"I'm okay, Shelby," Rachel replies smiling at her mom and giving her a hug. "Hey yourself, Little B."
"I'm not little," Beth clarifies. "I'm eleven."
"Well you'll always be our Little B," Quinn adds in, hugging her daughter after telling Elliot where to set the plates.
"Hi Mama Quinn," Beth smiles up towards her biological mother. "Where's everyone else?"
"They'll be joining us later," Rachel mentions after greeting everyone.
A short while later the group of friends and family find themselves in the living room sharing a glass of wine and chit chatting idly about the past few months. Quinn is busy playing hostess while Rachel is finishing off the final pieces of their surprise downstairs in the basement.
"So how is the pregnancy going, San?" Quinn questions, watching the previous grumbling brunette's face light up in a smile.
"Other than the morning sickness and the rules about no alcohol, quite well, Q," Santana answers sincerely. "When can we be expecting another Little Q or a Little Berry around?"
Quinn laughs off her friend's comment before taking another sip of her wine.
"Not for a while," Quinn confirms. "Let me make her my wife before we even begin to contemplate a family bigger than just us."
Kurt squeals at the comment and suddenly all the attention is on him.
"You alright, Kurt?" Quinn asks, an eyebrow quirked in a true Fabray fashion.
"Oh my god, is that the surprise?" Kurt questions bouncing up and down in his seat. "Did you finally ask Rachel to marry you? Or did she ask you? Are you two engaged? Did you elope and not tell us? Is one of you pregnant?"
Quinn has to blink back at the boy owlishly due to the amount of questions thrown in her direction. She notices that the rest of their friends have paused and are looking at her—all asking silent questions.
"Umm," Quinn stalls breathing deeply before answering, "no…sorry…"
"Ugh," Kurt sighs. "Then what is the surprise?"
"What makes you think there's a surprise?" Quinn counters, setting down her drink.
"Please, Q," Santana interrupts, "Rachel is off doing god knows what and no one else has showed up yet. Clearly short-stack is up to something."
"Well I'll have you know tha—" Quinn starts only to have Rachel walk into the room with two bandanas.
"What are those for, Rach?" Brittany questions eyeing them.
"You're right we do have a surprise," Rachel clarifies. "Think of it as gift for our future niece and hopefully future godchild."
"Not this again, Rach," Santana moans. "We told you, that Britt and I haven't decided who will be this little girl's godparents!"
"We know," Quinn adds, "but it doesn't help that we've all turned it into a competition. So just think of this as a gift."
"As if you can trump Sam and my collection of the Disney albums we gave them," Mercedes laughs and Sam offers a smile.
"Excuse me," Kurt interjects, "but we'll be giving that little girl all the dresses belonging to the Disney princess designed by me."
Elliot only shakes his head at Kurt's comment.
"You seem to forget," Sugar inputs, "that the collection Santana and Brittany now own of original Disney art for their daughter was a gift from me and Peter."
Peter who was sitting next to Sugar blushes at being dragged into the competition the gleeks had created revolving around Brittany and Santana's pregnancy.
"Which is why we Quinn keeps saying it's a gift," Rachel restates. "Now, Britt, San if you will?"
Rachel prompts extending her hand with the bandannas.
Sighing as she gets up to her feet Santana groans: "Let's get this over with."
Brittany giggles as Elliot ties the bandanna over her eyes and sees her girlfriend shake her head while Peter does the favor of tying the Latina's.
"Shelby," Quinn asks handing over the woman a camera, "would you mind documenting this?"
"Documenting?" Mercedes laughs, "Yep, you're definitely ready to marry Rachel."
"Marry?" Rachel questions guiding Santana to the basement door, Quinn guiding Brittany and the group of adults and Beth behind them. "Who says she'll ask me and not the other way around?"
"Not the point of interest right now," Sugar steps in, "I want to see this huge surprise, so let's go."
In all honesty it had been a mistake to announce they were expecting a child at the annual glee reunion in Lima. Not that the friends of the high school sweethearts had been unsupportive (more like the opposite, the gleeks were ecstatic to finally have a glee baby since Baby Gate back in high school) but the room may have turned into a war-zone between Quinn and Rachel, Kurt, Mercedes, and Sugar. It was no secret that they were all the closest friends Brittany and Santana had, and because of that within the first month of Santana's first trimester a war-zone had been created.
Quinn had automatically assumed Rachel and she would be named Godmothers of Brittany and Santana's unborn child because she'd been their oldest friend. However, Kurt stated he had right on the Godfather title because Santana and him had grown extremely close during their shared living space in New York for many years. Sugar's argument was similar to Kurt's but she had formed a strong bond with Brittany, going as far as having had Brittany set her up with Peter. Mercedes deemed herself the winner of the title because she was friends with both halves of the couple and honestly because she could relate to them in a way that neither Quinn nor Rachel could due to their shared times in The Trouble Tones.
So when Brittany had confessed that they hadn't decided who was going to be the child's Godparents, the gleeks had gone a bit crazy. The remaining gleeks had been smart enough to only offer a congratulations and step back as to not be dragged into the famous glee face-offs. It also didn't help that Santana had accidently let it be known that she they were having a baby girl and that she couldn't wait to teach her all about Disney because both of her mothers had a slight obsession with the company. Santana loved the majority of Disney films (even though they neglected to have a Latina princess since she was 16—and she was currently 27, but she still held out hope that one day there would be a princess with a Hispanic/Latin American Princess) and loved singing most of their songs. Brittany much like her girlfriend enjoyed the movies and the stories behind and throughout the years had collected a large variety of stuffed creatures from the films (large meaning almost the entire ensemble of character from at least 95% of the movies Disney had produced).
The moment the couple reaches the bottom step of the basement, Santana starts moving her hands to unknot the bandana only to be stopped by Rachel's hands.
"Rachel," Santana hisses not liking having her hands slapped away. "I'm down here in one piece, let me take it off."
"Give me a second to gather everyone," Rachel explains, as she saw Quinn come place Brittany next to the Latina, before turning the gathered gleeks, Shelby and Beth in the dark basement. "Beth, can you go turn on the lights, please."
The younger girl nods moving along the wall to find the light switch while Rachel keeps talking.
"Again this is just a gift," Rachel says, "and we're hoping you'll enjoy it as much as that little girl will. And before you take these off know that we love you very much and would be honored to have the title of Godmothers for your child. So I hope this gift is up to your standards."
And with that the lights turned on causing Mercedes, Kurt and Sugar's jaws to drop and Beth to utter out an "Oh my God, this the coolest thing ever."
"What is it?" Santana asks irritated that there is still a blindfold over her.
"You'll see," Quinn adds as she unties Brittany's blindfold and watches Rachel do the same with Santana's.
"Holy shit," Santana mutters once her eyes have adjusted to the bright lights of the basement—no of the wonderland the basement has transformed in.
The basement has been rearranged to look like a child's dream playroom. Along the back wall the Disney logo has been painted and below it Cinderella's castle with a setting sun background establishing the time of day. In front of the wall are different sized wardrobes each representing a different princess and each containing a stuffed doll of the princess going in order of the first Disney Princess to the current one (Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tianna, Rapunzel, Merida, Anna and Elsa—followed by the current princesses).
To the right of the back wall, the next wall has been painted a black with a darker navy blue mixed in and all around the top of the wall are blinking white lights representing stars. In the middle of the wall are two floor to ceiling bookcases filled to the brim with movies and books, and in between the bookcases there's a flat screen tv. Above the screen is a painted sign saying "Welcome to Radiator Spring" and underneath the screen is the back part of a red car which is painted to resemble Lightening McQueen from Cars. Inside the car is a blue ray player, the latest play station, a stereo system, and even a VCR player (what can the girls say they're suckers for videos specifically when they know that Santana, Brittany and themselves still own the VHR versions of the Disney films). Two the right of the mini movie theatre is a music station (there is no way Rachel would have excluded that). There's a piano, a guitar, and a beginners drum kit and of course behind the area is a painted mural of Aristocats jazz cats as well as Sebastian from The Little Mermaid and other classical musicians from Disney along with a nightstand filled with different Disney music sheets. And of course in front of the home theatre are two bean bags that look like Mickey and Minnie along with a couch filled with different Disney stuffed creatures.
To the left wall of the back of the room, it has been painted to represent the morning and daytime scattered with trees closer the wardrobe of Snow White while it seems to turn into a port nearer the stairs. The trees resemble the forest of Sleep Beauty and in fact in front of them are two easels that have been painted a dark brown like bark along with more knicks and knacks belonging to art stations. The little area is enclosed by stools also painted to resemble bushes and logs. The corner that connects the left wall to the wall where the stairs are (to the left of the forest) are steps that, only two, lead to an elevated platform that's matted and contained a treasure trunk pressed against the wall. The platform is big (a ten feet by ten feet squared area) and is barred by cushioned slight wall that from where the group stands is made out to look like a boat. The treasure trunk that is pushed against the wall contains foam swords (both pirate and warrior like). On the wall of the stairs there's a painted mast representing the rest of the ship along with a painted Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy and her brothers.
But what completes the room is that in the middle of the room is a transformed piece of furniture, that the easiest way to describe is it, is that it's similar to two bunkbeds pushed together. Yet it's been built to look like a giant tree. The bottom part contains a padded floor with pillows and a curtain that is a dark brown like another tree trunk. And the stairs that lead up to upper half have also been painted brown giving the piece of furniture a true rustic look. The top half of the bunkbed contains a padded platform with pillows as well and more books. It's a quiet reading area that looks like a giant tree from the vantage point of the gleeks.
"So?" Quinn pipes up after the group has had time to observe the room. "Do you like it?"
"Please tell me you do cause we spent ages on this," Rachel adds, "and had to have Puck, Finn, Mike, Jake, and Ryder help with everything as well as enlisted Tina, Kitty, Marley and Unique to help with the final decisions."
"Like it?" Brittany mouths, "it's amazing!"
"Well," Kurt dryly says, "clearly, they've outdone us."
"Dammit," Mercedes mumbles, "I was looking forward to being that little girl's Godmother."
Sam smiles uneasily and rubs her shoulder while Elliot does a similar gesture on Kurt.
"Why didn't I think of this," Sugar groaned, hiding into Peter's shoulder who only wraps his arms around her.
"I got to give you credit," Santana confesses, "I did not expect this at all."
Rachel and Quinn beam at the Latina and smile taking a look at their handiwork. Shelby is still snatching pictures particularly of Quinn and Rachel.
"So does this room have an age limit?" Beth asks after a few minutes of silence.
"No, I think most of us will enjoy it," Rachel informs watching a grin form on Beth's face.
"Awesome," the eleven year old states turning to Peter. "Race you to the swords, Uncle P!"
"You're on kid," Peter laughs taking off after the younger girl.
"Wait up," Quinn chuckles. "Let's double tag him!"
"C'mon, Momma Rach," Beth calls as she's tossing a plastic sword towards Quinn.
"I think I'll go play the piano," Rachel admits turning towards the piano that's next to the home theatre.
"Please, baby," Quinn pleads jumping over the barrier with another sword, Beth—taking the steps, follows. "I promise I'll protect you."
"Yeah, Momma," Beth adds, "me too."
"Well how can I refuse my two very beautiful knights," Rachel jokes accepting the sword, watching how both blonde's eyes light up. Peter has been smart and pulled Elliot and Sam along with him to fight off the other girls. Kurt, Mercedes, and Sugar are now observing the wardrobes and debating if Quinn and Rachel spent time going through each Disney story in order to get all the details. Meanwhile Shelby is still snapping pictures of the group while Santana and Brittany have taken a seat on the couch in front of the home theatre.
"If we were keeping track of who has given us gifts, they win hands down," Brittany whispers.
Santana chuckles snuggling into the blonde.
"So…"Santana mumbles, "who gets to tell them that your sister and my brother are going to be our daughter's Godparents?"
"Let's not mention Katie or Carlos just yet," Brittany laughs quietly, "I'm curious to see how far they go with our Disney obsession."
"You're evil, Britt-Britt," Santana laughs. "But I love you for it."
In the background Rachel and Quinn are kissing after having defeated the three boys. Beth is moaning how typical her parents are because her Mom Shelby is the same with her husband David.
And as the afternoon drags on and the doorbell rings upstairs, the group makes their way upstairs. While Elliot opens the door for the remaining gleeks Beth is already sitting down beginning to eat when she turns to Quinn and Rachel and asks.
"Does this mean," Beth chews, carefully choosing her words. "That your eventual wedding will also be in Disneyland or Disneyworld? If it is can we dress up like characters! Obviously, Momma Rach will be Belle, and you Mama Q will be Elsa—cause duh, you're totally her! Oh and Aunt B can be Aurora while Aunt S is…hmm…Aunt S can be Rapunzel, and Aunt Tina can be Mulan while Aunt Mercedes will dress up like Tianna and Aunt Sugar can be Ariel with Aunt Kitty being Merida and Aunt Marley can be…"
"Oh dear lord," Rachel whispers into Quinn's ear, watching Beth keep rambling, "what have we done?"
Quinn chuckles at Rachel's words.
"Released a very bad obsession that should have been kept a secret," Quinn supplies after a moment in a hushed tone.
"What's going to happen when we tell them that we actually got eloped in Vegas last time we went?" Rachel asks, making sure no one's heard her.
Quinn's eyes widen before turning to her girl. "Let's deal with one surprise at a time, Rach."