''Mami!''
Santana laughs as Nicolas sprints over the second she walks into the backyard of Marley's and Kitty's new house after Brittany told her the gate is open and catches him as he jumps in her arms. ''Hola mi corazón.'' She greets with a grin as she kisses his head.
''Santana!'' She chuckles as Marley and Kitty both stand up the second she walks over to the table and hugs them.
''Hey girls, nice house.'' She breaths out with a grin. ''Amazing backyard too.''
''Oh yeah we immediately fell in love with the house the second we saw this.'' Kitty breaths out with a grin. ''You want to drink something?''
''Already have something Kitty.'' Brittany breaths out as she joins them with a grin. ''Hey babe.'' She murmurs turning to Santana, she kisses her temple as she slides closer and shoots Marley a glare as she coos. ''Be quiet Rose.''
''Hey boss?'' Kitty teases, she laughs as Brittany immediately turns to her with a glare and smiles cheekily. ''Can you make me a cocktail?''
''You have everything here?'' Brittany turns around as Marley hums and watches her open the shed, she laughs as she sees the makeshift bar and shakes her head. ''Do I have to check the restaurant stock?''
''This is still everything we ordered for our parties.'' Marley tells her in amusement. ''Alright guys, cocktail or shot?''
Brittany ruffles Nicolas's hair and crouches down beside him still keeping a hold on Santana's hand. ''Do you want a children beer, or the drink we came up with yesterday?''
''The drink we made yesterday!'' She nods her head hearing the excitement in his voice and stands back up. ''You want a cocktail too babe?'' She asks softly. ''I won't drink tonight, so I can drive us.''
Santana nods her head knowing she never drinks before an important match and smiles. ''Surprise me, Britt-Britt.''
''Can he have a sugar rim?'' Brittany asks softly, Santana nods her head watching her walk over to the bar and just follows her with Nicolas as Brittany asks everyone what they want.
''Marls, you have edible glitter here?''
''Right above you, I will bring you the stool!''
Santana chuckles as Brittany just reaches up with ease and turns to Marley as she scoffs. ''If any of us decide to move again, she will paint our ceilings.''
Marley laughs and nods her head. ''Yeah we had to call her instead of paying a fortune.''
''I offered.'' Brittany breaths out shrugging, she places a glass on the bar and shoots Nicolas a wink. ''That one is yours Nic.''
''Whoa glitter.'' Nicolas breaths out with wide eyes. ''That looks so good Britty!'' He exclaims grinning as Kitty hands him the glass. ''Thank you Kitty.''
''What exactly is that?'' Santana asks curiously.
''A mix of T sunrise and Blue Lagoon.''
''It's so good.'' Nicolas hums out after taking a sip. ''Here mami, try.''
Santana crouches down and takes a sip of his drink, her eyebrows raise in surprise as she notices that it isn't as sweet as it seems and turns to her girlfriend in surprise.
''I don't think we can handle a hyped up little one tonight.'' Brittany tells her chuckling. ''So I went easy with the juice.'' She turns to Kitty and winks placing a glass on the table. ''Your Winter Wonderland Kitty.''
She turns to Santana and places a glass with rainbow colors on the bar. ''And this one is yours babe.''
''That one looks awesome.'' Everyone breaths out with a grin.
''What is it?'' Santana asks with a smile as she takes the glass.
''Malibu, blue curacao, pineapple juice and grenadine.'' Brittany breaths out, she places several other glasses on the bar with Marley's help and chuckles. ''And the Phoenix Rose special.''
''Baileys strawberry and cream, coconut milk and white rum.'' Marley explains Santana with a grin, she nods her head to Kitty and chuckles. ''Just wait till we all drink before going clubbing, we will enjoy the Wilde Phoenix shot.''
''Only booze and flaming.'' Brittany breaths out chuckling.
''Blue curacao, Hpnotiq and Malibu.'' Kitty tells Santana. ''One shot is enough to feel something.''
''How many drinks did you all create?'' Santana asks in amusement as Brittany and Marley join them again with a drink in their hands, she smiles as she sees that Britt only drinks sprite and turns to the group.
''A lot.'' Jay breaths out laughing. ''Kitty, Marley and B come up with the best drinks though.''
''Some nights did end in the bathroom for some of us.'' Ann tells her with a shake of her head. ''Thank god for everyone having enough space for us to sleep over.''
Santana chuckles as everyone nod their heads in agreement and tilts her head back to look at Brittany with an eyebrow raised. ''Does that mean that I have to clear out a room, to build a bar now?''
Brittany shakes her head as everyone snickers and smiles slightly. ''Nah the bar in the basement at my house is big enough, I can just bring a few bottles or we throw the parties at my house.''
Santana just smiles, taking the empty glass Nicolas holds out for her and kisses his forehead as he yawns. ''Tired mijo?'' She asks softly.
''We will go soon.'' Brittany murmurs as she feels him nod his head, she shrugs off her leather jacket as he hums and wraps it around him. She kisses Santana's head as she leans back against her, having seen her loving grin and looks up as she hears someone clear their throat.
''You ready for the match tomorrow B?'' Ann asks grinning, Brittany shakes her head and sighs.
''Not really, I am pretty sure Chicago will pull out the big guns which means that it will end with Penalties or they find a weak spot in our defense.''
''There is one spot in the defense of your team that they can't break.'' Marley reassures her chuckling, Santana snickers as she looks up at her girlfriend, noticing her confused frown and taps the hand on her hip.
''You.'' She explains chuckling. ''You are everything in one Britt-Britt, even if they pass the last player on the field, they have to run past you four or five times.''
''And they manage to run past you once, but never twice.'' Kitty adds laughing, she turns to Santana and smiles. ''Will you be at the stadium too tomorrow?''
''Yeah my whole family will be.'' Santana breaths out grinning. ''So prepare yourself for loud Spanish curses whenever Chicago tries something.''
''All of you have the first two rows in the area a bit to the right of our dugout, so you all don't have to enter the stadium with everyone else.'' Brittany tells them with a smile. ''Becky will wait outside and lead you to the box.''
''The V.I.P box where the manager normally sits?'' Jay asks in surprise, Brittany nods her head and smiles.
''Yeah, the manager is sitting right beside Sue tomorrow so the box is free and I asked her if I can invite you all in there because it's a pretty big group and the other girls invited their families too.''
''So the family box is already filled.'' Kitty breaths out chuckling, Brittany nods her head and smiles.
''Yeah, Press and Ems also asked Sue if you all can sit there.'' She glances down at her girlfriend and chuckles. ''I know you all cheer for everyone, but the loudest for the three of us.''
''Well yeah, the three of you are the faces of Angel FC.'' Jason tells her shrugging, Santana nods her head in agreement and chuckles.
''You like everyone on your team, but you are the closest to them.'' She adds with a grin. ''Your friends are our friends, babe.''
''I think it's time to call it a night guys.'' Marley breaths out as Brittany just smiles, she glances at the sleeping boy in the blonde's arms and smiles. ''Britt has to be fit for her match and we powered Nicolas out.''
Brittany hums in agreement adjusting her hold on Nicolas and smiles. ''Yeah he is slowly getting heavy.'' She glances at the time and smiles. ''And I have to meet up with the team around eight tomorrow.''
''Any of you need a ride?'' She asks as she slides her phone into Santana's purse, she walks over to Marley and Kitty to hug them and kisses their cheeks. ''See you tomorrow.''
''Nah we will all crash here B, see you tomorrow.'' Jay breaths out with a grin as he hugs her, Santana follows Brittany lead, hugging the crew and nods her head promising them to join their parties more often after Ann asked.
''Thank you again for the gift girls.'' Kitty breaths out as she leads them to the front door. ''I still want to kick your butts because we know the price, but it's appreciated.''
''You're welcome.'' Brittany just breaths out laughing as she follows Santana out of the house. ''Don't drink too much alright?''
''We won't.'' Kitty promises. ''Text when you are home.''
''We will.'' Santana breaths out as they hug once again, she follows Brittany to her car and smiles lovingly as she watches her carefully place Nicolas in his seat. She slides into the passenger seat as Brittany gently closes the door after buckling him in and turns to look at her as she slides in the drivers seat. ''What exactly did we gift them?'' She asks in amusement.
''A Keurig with iced coffee brew option.'' Brittany breaths out as she drives down the road.
''The same one I have?'' Santana asks with an eyebrow raised, she blinks as Brittany hums and bites her lip. ''Britt..''
''Not everyone receives a gift in that price range.'' Brittany tells her before she can point out the costs. ''I know the both of them since UFC and they stood behind me, offered to work for me and I would have never managed to build the restaurant up like it looks now without their help.'' She explains.
''Kitty designed the whole interior after asking what I wanted.'' She continues with a small grin. ''Marley took charge of the recruitment and after she narrowed the list down, we took the final decision together.''
''So the restaurant isn't only your baby, but theirs too.'' Santana whispers with a small smile.
''Yeah that is why they have a much higher position as anyone else has, Kitty is the executive chef and creates most of the recipes after I wrote them down. We try most of them at home and she is allowed to add something after running it by me.''
''Jay is the sous chef but jumps in whenever we are short staffed and Jason is our pastry chef, they work closely with Kitty after she noticed that she works the best with them.'' She continues softly. ''Marley is the head waitress but I am playing with the idea to promote her, I just need to sit down with her beforehand to see if she agrees and wants to do it.''
''Promote her to what?'' Santana asks softly.
''Assistant manager.'' Brittany parks her car in the garage connected to her house and smiles slightly as Santana turns to her in surprise, she squeezes the hand she held the whole time softly and shrugs. ''It's pretty clear to everyone by now that I took a huge step back and don't intent to change back to the pressure I put myself under, Marley knows how I want my restaurant to run and I trust her judgment, I am still one call away but I will be a bit more relaxed knowing she is in charge.''
''Think she will take it?'' Santana smiles as Brittany takes Nicolas back in her arm after they slid out of the car and opens the door for her after taking her keys.
''I think she will after sitting down with Kitty, they discussed Kitty's position beforehand too and they both know I don't want to stress them out but that the restaurant is mine just as much as it is theirs even if it isn't put down on paper.'' Brittany breaths out as they walk up the stairs. ''They receive a small percentage every month depending on the entire restaurant income, they receive their normal salary but I added a bit on top because it's our restaurant, not just mine.''
''But you signed all the paperwork?''
''Yeah they didn't want to write their names down, I offered it though.'' Brittany whispers as they walk into the guest bedroom across from the master. ''I think they prefer their title now and we had a big discussion the first time they noticed that they received a bit more than what they would normally earn, they stopped arguing the second I told them that the restaurant wouldn't run like it does now without them helping me.''
She places Nicolas on the bed after Santana took off his shoes and steps back, she turns to her as she notices Santana still standing beside her and raises an eyebrow. Santana smiles slightly as she notices her confusion and just nods her head to Nicolas. ''You can change him Britt-Britt.''
''You sure?''
Santana nods her head noticing her hesitation and smiles slightly. ''I am, but I can do it too if you think you will wake him up.'' She watches her step forward after she shook her head and smiles lovingly as she watches her gently change Nicolas in his PJ'S, she laughs softly as Brittany struggles to slide his right arm in the shirt and steps forward to help her. ''You powered him out, he normally wakes up slightly but he is still deep in dreamland today.''
''We might have done a bit too much during training today.'' Brittany breaths out with a sheepish grin. ''We taught him a few tricks and gave him a few tips, after training him, we just ran around the field to keep up our cardio and he joined us only begging me to pick him up the last ten minutes of the sprint.''
''You ran around with him?'' Santana asks in surprise. ''How long did you keep that up?'' She breaths out in amusement as Brittany hums.
''The whole time.'' Brittany tells her chuckling. ''Twice a month Sue makes us go through her killer training, which contains sprinting around, doing jumping jacks and pushing up with weighted vests.'' She breaths out shrugging. ''He weighs less then one of those vests, so I didn't have to adjust to the added weight.''
She tucks Nicolas in after placing the teddy bear he keeps at her house beside him and smiles lovingly as Santana leans down to kiss his forehead softly wishing him a good night, she leans down kissing his temple and runs her hand through his dark locks. ''Good night buddy.''
''Good night mami and Britty.'' Nicolas mumbles tiredly as he turns on his side. ''Te amo mucho.''
''Te amo también mijo.'' Santana whispers as she notices Brittany tense knowing it was directed at her too, she locks eyes with her and winks.
Brittany just smiles as she notices nothing but happiness shining in Santana's brown orbs and looks down at the little boy, she tucks him in once again as she notices that the blanket slid down and kisses the side of his head. ''Love you too buddy.''
''That was the first time right?'' Santana asks softly as she leads her out of the room after turning the nightlight Brittany bought for him on, she squeezes her hand softly as she hums and smiles. ''Tired children are like drunk people.'' She murmurs.
''They always speak the truth no matter what, you spend around twelve hours a day with him the past two days Britt, he had the chance to get to know you even better during all of it and he just follows his heart.''
''Yeah he observed.'' Brittany breaths out as they walk into her room, she turns on her heels to face Santana and smiles. ''But you trusted me enough to spend time alone with your son, Santana.'' She murmurs.
''I already trusted you before..''
''I know and I am not saying that you didn't trust me.'' Brittany replies with a small grin. ''But it's hard to turn off all of your thoughts knowing Nicolas is with someone he didn't spend the day with yet and that caused you to think a lot during your time on set.''
''The pictures helped.''
''Why do you think I send them?'' Brittany chuckles softly as Santana's eyebrows raise in surprise and shrugs. ''I send far less pictures today, but I know it was a way to let you see that he is fine.'' She wraps her arms around Santana's shoulders and smiles as she bites her lip. ''I don't mind sending pictures to you Santana, besides they stay on my phone and when I scroll through them I can think back to the day spend with your adorable little boy.''
''He is so easy to adore Santana and I loved watching him have fun on the field and with the crew the past two days, if you ever need to record till late again, I would love to watch him.''
''You are one of a kind you know that?'' Santana asks softly. ''I think you are the first one, aside from my family, who voluntarily skips a night out to watch Nic.''
Brittany shrugs her shoulders and laughs. ''I think I rather watch a movie with him and do whatever, then drink and wake up with a massive headache.'' She rolls her eyes as Santana smirks and pushes her softly. ''It will still happen sometimes.'' She promises with a soft laugh. ''But if you need me and he wants to spend the day with me, I will gladly change my plans.''
''You getting too old, to go out every weekend?'' Santana teases with a smirk, she laughs as she hears a soft scoff and leans up on her tiptoes to kiss her softly. ''It's really appreciated B and I am sure he will love spending time with you too.''
She pulls back and glances at the time. ''Can I take a quick shower before we go to bed?''
''Yeah go ahead.'' Brittany murmurs as she kisses her forehead. ''I am still a bit too hyped up, so I will work out for a bit and quickly jump under the shower the second you are finished.''
''It's almost midnight.'' Santana breaths out chuckling. ''And you want to work out?''
''You want me to kick you out of the bed or the bed move wildly because I can't come down?'' Brittany asks chuckling, she hums as Santana immediately shakes her head and pecks her lips. ''Thought so.'' She breaths out laughing. ''I will stop the second you enter the room again.'' She promises.
Santana nods her head grabbing the long shirt she borrowed from Brittany and walks into the bathroom, having moved the beauty basket with her items into Brittany's bathroom that morning, she closes and locks the door behind her as she hears soft music filling the living room and quickly takes off her clothes after setting the temperature of the shower.
She unlocks the bathroom door after twenty minutes, drying her hair with the towel and hums softly. ''You can sho.. Holy fuck.'' She stops in her tracks, biting her lip as she watches Brittany's abs contract the second she sits up with her arms crossed behind her head and the crop top she wears allowing her to see her abs and the movement whenever she tenses her abdomen.
''You okay?''
She blushes bright red as Brittany's amused voice, a bit huskier as she tries to catch her breath reaches her ears and hums. ''I um yea.'' She stammers. ''Shower is yours.''
''San?'' She hums keeping her eyes fixated on Brittany's abs and gulps thickly as she suddenly feels warm fingers cupping her chin, she licks her lips as blue orbs shining with amusement lock on her own and raises an eyebrow. ''Can I enter the bathroom?''
''Huh?'' She glances behind her as Brittany just nods her head to the entrance and clears her throat, her blush deepening. ''Oh yeah, right.''
''Easy, beautiful.'' Brittany murmurs grabbing a hold on her hips as she stumbles over her own feet, Santana just groans and drops her head.
''Go shower babe.'' She closes her eyes as she feels soft lips on her forehead and clenches her hands in fists to keep them by her side, she gulps thickly as she hears the bathroom door close, silently thankful that Brittany understood her silent plea to leave the room for a bit and collapses on top of the water bed. ''I am so fucking screwed.'' She whispers softly as she hears the shower run.
She crawls up the bed after grabbing her phone and reclines back against the pillows, she quickly sets the alarm to make sure Brittany will be on time to meet up with her team in the morning and opens her Instagram as she notices one unread message.
From AbiLopez: Hermana, have you seen this?
She taps the screenshots she send her and tilts her head as she notices that it's a picture of Brittany's details on Instagram, her eyebrows raise in surprise as she reads the last sentence and quickly exits the message to open Brittany's profile.
She smiles slightly as she notices that Brittany indeed added the date she asked the blonde to be her girlfriend and scrolls down, she taps the picture she uploaded early in the morning and bites her lip as she reads the message accompanying it.
She double taps the picture to like it and taps the button to return to her own page, she taps the little box beneath her own name and quickly adds the same date, a B and a red heart emoji underneath everything she wrote down.
She looks up from her phone as she hears the bathroom door open and smiles as Brittany walks out wearing an old worn out UCF shirt, she pulls the blanket back chuckling as Brittany immediately dives into the bed beside her and shivers as cold fingers graze her wrist. ''Fuck, you are cold.'' She breaths out. ''You okay?''
''Yeah that allows my muscles to cool down immediately.'' Brittany whispers shrugging, Santana raises an eyebrow immediately knowing it's a lie and bites her lip as she notices the redness creep up Brittany's neck to her cheeks.
''Makes sense.'' She just murmurs as she realizes what the reason behind the blonde's cold shower really is. ''I already set an alarm for tomorrow, you won't work out right?''
Brittany just shakes her head as she cuddles close and smiles slightly. ''I think the match will power me out, I don't want to risk losing some energy that I need on the field.'' Santana hums softly as she wraps her arms around her waist and kisses her forehead.
''Alright, let's go to sleep so you will be fit enough babe.'' She smiles as she hears her tired hum and looks down. ''You are already fighting to keep your eyes open huh?''
''Kinda.'' She laughs hearing her tired slur and reaches up to turn the lamp on the bedside table off.
''Good night Hermosa.''
''Good night baby.''