The next day.
''God that was delicious.'' Brittany breaths out, Santana turns to her smiling lovingly as Nicolas hums in agreement as he climbs onto Brittany's lap.
''I am glad.'' She just breaths out sipping on her wine.
''You sure you found your calling?'' Brittany asks chuckling. ''I am pretty sure people would love your meals San.''
''Oh no I will keep making movies.'' Santana breaths out chuckling. ''People are already happy with everything you offer Britt.''
''You could be a movie chef mami.'' Nicolas breaths out giggling. ''Open a restaurant and act while you cook.''
Brittany laughs softly and nods her head. ''We don't have that in LA yet, only the singing chef and the comedian.''
''Right.'' Santana drawls out chuckling. ''And what genre would that be?'' She asks with an eyebrow raised, she laughs as they both turn to her and hums as they shrug. ''Exactly, I will keep on cooking at home.''
''Well if you are up to test new recipes and need tasters, I would love to try.'' Brittany breaths out grinning, Nicolas giggles and looks at his mami.
''Britty eats just as much as Tio Puck.''
''There is one difference between Britty and Tio Puck.'' Santana breaths out chuckling as Brittany just snickers. ''Britty works out.''
Brittany laughs and nods her head. ''I promised Q to pull Noah out of the house more often, so twice a week he needs to join me for a jog.''
''And he does without complaining?'' Santana asks in surprise, Brittany shakes her head and laughs.
''No he continues complaining the whole jog, but I always speed up so he needs to speed up to so I can still listen to his complains.'' She smiles as Santana and Nicolas giggle and shrugs. ''As soon as he gets home, he eats whatever he burned off again though.'' She adds with an eye roll.
''Well that's counterproductive.'' Santana breaths out, Brittany hums in agreement and takes a sip of her beer.
''Yeah kinda, but he doesn't just hangout at the house anymore.'' She glances at Santana as Nicolas cuddles into her and smiles slightly as she notices her loving grin. ''Well those two days he doesn't.''
''Might have to pull him with you every day.'' Santana breaths out, she laughs as Brittany immediately shakes her head with wide eyes and raises an eyebrow. ''That bad?''
''I thank god every time for long hair and wireless air buds.'' Brittany replies chuckling, Santana tilts her head as Brittany holds up her finger the second her phone rings and watches her slide it out of her jeans pocket.
''Hey Marls.'' She takes a sip of her wine as she hears her answer the call and glances at her soon winking as she sees his pout, the both of them thinking the blonde has to leave. ''No not tonight, tell whoever asks that I am not around tonight.''
Her eyebrows raise in surprise as she hears her reply to whatever Marley asks and just looks at her as she places her phone down after wishing Marley a nice night. ''You do know that you don't have to stay here if they need you right?''
''It was just a customer asking if I am available to take some compliments.'' Brittany breaths out. ''Marley can talk to him too.'' Santana licks her lips as they lock eyes and just nods her head with a small grin.
''What are we gonna do now?'' Nicolas asks as a comfortable silence surrounds them.
''What do you want to do?'' Santana and Brittany ask in unison.
''Well we did invite Britty over for a dinner and a movie mami.'' Santana nods her head as he turns to her with an eyebrow raised and leans forward to grab the remote control, she turns the TV on and turns to look at Brittany and Nicolas. ''What do we want to watch?'' She asks curiously as she opens the Disney app.
''Oh Safety is finally out!'' Nicolas squeaks, Santana laughs softly as she watches Brittany's eyes light up and selects the movie.
''Safety it is.'' She breaths out in amusement as she dims the light with another remote control placed on the table, she grabs her wine glass after turning the TV louder and kicks her feet up on the table feeling Brittany and Nicolas move too.
She glances down as she feels feet land in her lap and smiles as she notices that her son relaxes against Brittany with his shoulder tucked under her right arm and his legs spread out feet relaxing in her lap. ''Comfy mijo?'' She asks chuckling.
Brittany chuckles as he just nods his head with a giggle and gently massages his back. ''I am glad.'' She murmurs teasingly, she glances at Santana as he turns to the movie and smiles as they lock eyes.
Santana scoots a bit closer knowing her son won't hear anything but the movie, the second he got sucked into the movie. ''How was your day?'' she asks softly.
''Pretty relaxing.'' Brittany breaths out with a soft chuckle. ''I only had soccer training and a talk with Jack my boss from Avalon.'' She murmurs. ''How was your day?''
''Only you call having training relaxing.'' Santana laughs softly. ''My day was alright, the movie is nearly finished so everyone is stressed out to be sure it's perfect.'' She breaths out. ''We have a deadline but we are almost done and the deadline is two months away.''
''So are you allowed to tell what movie it is now?'' Brittany asks with an eyebrow raised knowing everyone but Puck and Quinn only know that it's an action movie.
Santana shakes her head and snickers. ''Not yet, the trailer will be published by the end of this month so a few more weeks patience Britt.'' She laughs as she pouts and glances at her son smiling lovingly as she sees him focusing on the TV, she turns back to Brittany licking her lips as they lock eyes and gulps thickly.
''Well would you like to the premiere?'' She blurts out nervously, she bites her lip as Brittany's eyebrows raise in surprise and shrugs. ''Normally I take Nic as my date, but he can't watch this one yet.'' She adds lamely hoping it covers the real reason behind her question up.
''Santana.'' Brittany murmurs softly, she tilts her head as nervous brown orbs lock on her own after Santana glanced at Nicolas and smiles slightly. ''Did you just ask me out on a date?'' She reaches out grabbing her hand before she can scoot away and slowly shakes her head. ''No, no.'' She whispers. ''Don't pull away, that was just a question and not a no Santana, you just caught me a bit off guard.'' She breaths out.
Santana just licks her lips glancing at her son once again and slowly stands up still holding Brittany's hand. ''I will tuck him in.'' She whispers as she gently takes Nicolas in her arms. ''Can we talk as soon I come back down?'' She shoots her a nervous smile as she hums and slowly walks out of the living room carrying her sleeping little boy.
Ten minutes later she jogs back down the stairs and walks into the kitchen. ''You want another beer Britt?'' She grabs a bottle as she hears her reply and grabs the bottle of wine she opened the day before, she walks back into the living room biting her lip as she feels Brittany's eyes follow her and holds the bottle out for her.
''Here you go.'' She murmurs as she drops down on the couch sitting on the opposite against the arm of the couch instead of taking the middle beside her again.
Brittany thanks her softly raising an eyebrow as she notices the distance between them suddenly and turns her body to face her after taking a sip. ''Okay what happened in the past ten minutes?'' She asks curiously, she just tilts her head as Santana looks at her in confusion and mentions her hand to the distance between them.
''This is the first time since the four months we know each other, that we have this distance between us whenever we sit somewhere San.'' She points out. ''So what happened?''
''You mean aside from the bomb I didn't mean to drop, I honestly overthink every fucking action around you but then this happened.''
''Hold up.'' Brittany breaths out in surprise. ''You overthink everything you do?'' She asks. ''Why?''
''Because I don't want to scare you away.'' Santana grumbles as she looks down at her hands.
Brittany chuckles softly and shakes her head. ''San I walked in on Puck naked more than once when we were teens and he never learned.'' She locks eyes with her as she turns to her and snickers. ''I didn't either.'' She adds in an afterthought. ''But I am scarred for life already, whatever you have going through that pretty little mind of yours won't scare me at all.''
Santana blushes at the compliment and clears her throat. ''It's just..'' She cuts herself off and frowns. ''You scare me.'' She confesses softly. ''Not in a bad way.'' She continues as Brittany just looks at her with a small frown and sighs. ''I don't even know what to say, I am a fucking actress normally I always know what to say.''
''Yeah everything that is scripted.'' Brittany points out. ''This is real life and not a movie Santana.'' She breaths out. ''Can I ask one question?''
She tilts her head as Santana hums and licks her lips. ''Did you ask me to the screenings as a friend, or as your date?''
Santana blows out a breath as they lock eyes and gulps thickly. ''As my um..'' She glances at the pictures, her eyes immediately landing on Marcus's picture again and closes her eyes.
Allow it querida.
She turns back to Brittany as she hears his voice in her head and bites her lip. ''As my date.'' She whispers as she notices that she is waiting patiently for her to gather her thoughts. ''I know it comes as a surprise and I curse myself for being so blunt, but after months of overthinking my actions and making sure my son doesn't catch on, he approached me yesterday and literally gave me the last push to stop fighting myself and allow my heart to beat my mind for once.''
''I am not even sure if you feel the same and I am sorry for making this awk…''
''Santana.'' Brittany breaths out leaning forward to grab her hand, she smiles as she stops rambling to look down at the hand covering hers on her lap and locks eyes with her. ''You are rambling.'' She whispers.
She scoots closer as Santana just clamps her mouth shut keeping her hand on top of hers and smiles slightly. ''Okay so first of all.'' She breaths out. ''I would love to be your date to the premiere.''
''Wait really?'' Santana asks in surprise, Brittany chuckles softly and nods her head.
''Really.'' She confirms. ''But.'' She continues as Santana smiles slightly. ''I don't want to wait two months and I don't think a premiere airing worldwide would be a good first date.'' She breaths out before Santana can frown. ''Just too much people and no chance to get to know you, the real you who doesn't overthink actions around me.''
''That might take a while.'' Santana breaths out. ''But I agree, so.'' She slowly looks up from the pale hand covering hers and raises an eyebrow. ''You feel the same.''
''Pretty much since day one.'' Brittany murmurs, she chuckles as Santana's eyebrows raise in surprise and tilts her head. ''San why do you think I mostly sit beside you and Nic?'' She smiles slightly as she just raises an eyebrow and chuckles softly. ''I needed to be close somehow and that was the best I could do while making sure I wouldn't cross a boundary.''
''I honestly don't think I have a boundary set for you.'' Santana whispers softly. ''And that is what scares me.''
''Maybe not, but I did.'' Brittany murmurs, she takes a sip of her beer and squeezes her hand softly. ''What scares you Santana?''
''The way you make me feel.'' Santana whispers looking down at their hands. ''I had some dates the past two years but..'' She cuts herself off and shrugs. ''None of them met Nic and none of them made me feel like this.''
She glances at Marcus's picture and exhales shakily. ''You make me feel like I did three years ago, before everything happened Brittany.'' She turns back to Brittany and gulps thickly. ''That fucking scares me.''
''I never thought about relationships, dating sure but nothing further than that.'' She breaths out shakily. ''But then you appear into my life and throw everything around.'' She continues as they lock eyes. ''You make me feel like I felt with Marcus and as scary as that is, it's also wonderful, it just…''
''It's against your expectations.'' Brittany murmurs. ''You never thought happiness would be a part of your life after losing the love of your life.''
Santana nods her head and sniffles. ''Yeah.'' She whispers. ''That is why I overthink every action around you, you make me feel like I did around Marcus and make me want to act like that but you didn't even know I have feelings for you.''
''So there is more behind the sweet and hot idiot act?'' Brittany asks with a tiny grin.
''Did you just call me an idiot?'' Santana asks glaring at her.
''Sure did.'' Brittany breaths out. ''Pretty dense too.'' She adds her grin growing bigger, she laughs as Santana pushes her and scoots closer. ''San what did I tell you all about the dating world and what I would change?''
''You mean that the dating world is fucked up because people u-haul their asses in your life?'' Santana asks with an eyebrow raised.
''Beside that.'' Brittany breaths out chuckling. ''Let me reword it, what did I tell you what I search for in someone?''
Santana tilts her head and bites her lip. ''Someone who understands your careers, is okay with your workload and doesn't try to forbid you to follow your dreams.''
''Mh and what would I change?''
''Your workload.'' Santana breaths out chuckling. ''Which is kinda against the thing you search in a partner Britt.''
''San I can't lessen the soccer stress.'' Brittany breaths out. ''But I can lessen the hours at the restaurant and the gigs.'' She adds.
She chuckles as she frowns and just tilts her head. ''How often did I have a gig the past month?''
Santana's eyebrows suddenly raise in surprise and locks eyes with Brittany. ''You only mentioned one.''
Brittany nods her head and chuckles. ''Yeah the one you joined.'' She points out. ''My next gig after the ball drop will be in February during valentines day.''
''A long break?'' Santana asks in surprise.
''Lessened my workload.'' Brittany breaths out shrugging. ''I will only take gigs on big nights, got the request to play on Christmas too but I only took New Years because he didn't find someone else.''
''You said no to the gig on Christmas because of us.'' Santana breaths out in realization. ''Brittany..''
''Santana.'' Brittany just breath out teasingly as she frowns. ''I told you that I would step back from things the second I felt like I met someone who I can imagine in my life for longer than just a few days.''
''I rather hangout with you, Nic and the group then stand up in a booth and watch people trying to dance.'' She tells her softly. ''A gig once in a while is nice and I will take bigger ones when it's not on a holiday spend with family and friends, but I won't take random things anymore.''
Santana just blinks and licks her lips her heart practically beating out of her chest. ''Why?''
''Why what?'' Brittany asks softly.
''Why did you do it?''
''Isn't it obvious?'' Brittany squeezes the hand she holds softly and smiles slightly. ''I like you Santana and I absolutely adore Nic, to make sure I have the chance to be your friend I already lessened a few things but now..'' She bites her lip and shrugs. ''Now that I heard that my feelings are answered, I will lessen more because I don't want my work to ruin anything.''
''It won't.'' Santana whispers softly. ''I am not exactly working a nine to five job either.''
''But yet you make the time to raise your son to be amazing.'' Brittany breaths out. ''I took on so many jobs because I had no one in my life Santana, now I not only have my best friend back, along with my best friend I also have a niece, a future sister in law and two people who definitely wormed their way into my heart immediately.''
''I went from having no one to having my family back.'' She continues softly. ''From being single, to falling head over heels for an amazing actress and her little boy.''
''If reducing stress allows me to see where this will take us, I will do it immediately.'' She breaths out as they lock eyes. ''That is also the reason why I told Marley to handle the restaurant alone today, they don't need me every day and the whole crew knows exactly how it needs to run.''
''I don't want you to stop your career though.'' Santana whispers frowning. ''It's your restaurant Brittany.''
''I am not stopping it Santana.'' Brittany tells her with a grin. ''I am just giving the crew more responsibility and they are enjoying it, it is still my restaurant but I don't need to be there every day.''
Santana just licks her licks slowly intertwining their hands and gulps thickly as she feels a shock traveling up her arm. ''So..'' She smiles slightly as they lock eyes and tilts her head. ''Instead of waiting two months and having our first date during a worldwide premiere, would you like to go out with me next week Friday?''
''Mh.'' Brittany hums teasingly. ''I don't know, I have to check my calendar.'' She laughs as Santana hits her arm with a soft gasp and quickly grabs her hand, she intertwines both of their hands and squeezes Santana's softly. ''I would love to Santana.'' She whispers as they lock eyes.
Santana bites her lip to contain her big grin and glances down at their hands as the inner turmoil that followed her around ever since she met Brittany settles down, she gently tugs on the hands still in her own smiling as Brittany slides even closer and slides her hands up her arms to wrap around her shoulders. ''Anything you will never do?''
Brittany just turns around leaning back in her embrace and intertwines their hands on her abs. ''Not much.'' She breaths out as she leans her head back trying to keep the surprise out of her voice as she notices her body just relax in Santana's hold instead of tensing whenever she cuddles into someone but Puck. ''I just can't go without any kind of movement the whole day.''
''Work out before.'' Santana breaths out chuckling. ''I am not going bungee jumping with you.''
''Not?'' Brittany pouts. ''That would be fun.''
''Right.'' Santana breaths out turning to look at her, she smirks as she just glances at her while taking a sip of her beer and shrugs. ''A broken rubber is the reason many of us are alive Britt, you really want a broken rubber to end it too?''
She laughs as she immediately covers her mouth to keep in her beer while laughing and softly taps her hand. ''Sorry.'' She apologizes snickering.
''Right.'' Brittany breaths out hoarsely. ''You sound so sorry, is that what you meant with overthinking?''
''One of many.'' Santana murmurs. ''Gotta stick around to find out more.''
''I definitely will.'' Brittany whispers the promise clear in her voice as she leans back against her, she tilts her head back against her shoulder and turns her head as she yawns.
''It's almost two.'' Santana whispers after glancing at the time on her phone, she shakes her head as Brittany tries to move and chuckles softly as she turns to her frowning.
''You drank three beers Britt.'' She whispers. ''I won't let you drive now.''
''But..''
She just shakes her head cutting off her soft protest and gazes into tired blue orbs. ''You look tired as fuck and you already did the second you arrived.'' She whispers. ''Which tells me, you didn't sleep well the past few days.''
Brittany shakes her head and sighs. ''Nightmares.''
Santana sighs softly knowing exactly what she means and slowly stands up, she tugs Brittany up with her and leans down pulling a tiny lever attached to the couch. She watches it form into a bed and turns to look at her with a grin. ''I forgot to turn on the heater in my room and I know you freeze easily, so.'' She mentions to the couch and smirks. ''Cuddle?''
''Hell yes.'' Brittany just breaths out as she drops back down on the couch, she pulls Santana back down laughing as she yelps softly and turns on her side to cuddle against Santana as soon as she laid down comfortably. ''This okay?''
''Just perfect.'' Santana murmurs as she turns off all the lights, she grabs the blanket laying beside her and covers them with it. ''Good night Britt.'' She whispers softly as she wraps her arms around her waist, smiling as she feels her face nuzzle against her shoulder with a soft content sigh.
''Good night San.''