Chapter 26: Pregnancy Begins
Santana's POV
*Tuesday 1st February 2022*
The morning sickness is still kicking my ass lately but I'm not letting it stop me doing things. I'm lucky enough to only have the sickness in the morning like it suggests so usually by mid-morning I'm doing good and I can get on with my day. It's my wife's birthday today and even though she didn't want a fuss, I want to make it a big deal. It's going to be her last birthday before she becomes a mom so I want to make sure we celebrate it properly because we might not have as much time just the two of us once the baby comes. I'm just in the kitchen just now making breakfast for us.
"What are you doing out of bed?" Brittany asks me as she wraps her arms around me from behind and rests her hands on my stomach.
"I was trying to make you breakfast in bed but it doesn't look like it's going to work out anymore since you're up" I tell her as I place my hands on top of hers.
"What are you making me?" she asks me curiously.
"Your favourite" I reply.
"Oh, French toast, cool" Brittany says excitedly.
"Uh…no. I am making you scrambled eggs on toast" I frown. I was led to believe that scrambled eggs were her favourite breakfast. I have no idea why she would think it was French toast.
"Oh, ok. That's cool too" she says less enthusiastically.
"You told me scrambled eggs were your favourite, not French toast. We very rarely eat French toast" I point out.
"French toast is my favourite because of how we never really have it. Scrambled eggs are like something I could have every day so it's not exciting anymore whereas we don't have French toast all that much so it's like a treat. My mom would normally make me French toast every birthday that's why I was excited" Brittany replies.
"Well I'm not your mom so scrambled eggs it is" I state.
"I'm very well aware of the fact you're not my mom, trust me" Brittany laughs. "I will eat the scrambled eggs though, don't worry" she assures me.
"Maybe tomorrow I can make you French toast since you like it so much and you're not getting it for your birthday" I say.
"Sounds like a good plan to me" Brittany says as she kisses the top of my head. "Since I'm up now, do you want some help with breakfast?" she asks as she pulls out of the hold we're in.
"No, I've got all of the food under control. You could get some plates out and set the table for me though" I reply. We're both out of bed now so it makes sense to just eat in the kitchen now instead of going back upstairs to bed. To be honest with you, I don't like us eating in bed that much because we always put crumbs everywhere so it's probably worked out better anyway.
"Ok, I'll do that" Brittany nods and then begins arranging the table. She then makes some coffee and pours us some orange juice. By that time, the food is ready so I put it on plates and we sit down to eat together.
"Let's toast" I say while raising my glass of orange juice in the air. "To the amazing birthday girl. I hope today is every bit as special as all your birthdays have been" I smile.
"To me" Brittany says with a smirk and then we clink our glasses together.
"So, I'm thinking we could do presents after this" I suggest as we both begin eating.
"Sounds like a good plan to me" she replies. "Hey, how's the sickness this morning?" she asks me as she takes a hold of my hand over the table and squeezes it.
"Not too bad but I still don't like it" I shrug.
"It won't last forever babe so it should be over in the next few weeks" Brittany replies.
"I hope so because I hate being sick" I sigh. "I'm also hoping though that if I keep myself busy then I can distract myself from the feeling and then I might not feel as bad. That is why we're making today a priority to have fun because it's your birthday and also I could use a distraction" I smile.
"I still think we should be going into work today because it is a Tuesday so everyone else will be working today" she tells me. Mostly all of our staff work Monday to Friday but that doesn't mean Brittany and I need to stick to that all the time. I want us to take today off so we can celebrate Brittany's birthday.
"I want today to be special and fun, it's not going to be that if we're working and stuck in our offices all day without each other" I point out.
"Ok, let's take the day off then" Brittany smiles at me.
"Excellent" I say excitedly. I love spending days off together with Brittany. "I actually thought we could clear out one of our guest rooms today and start getting organised for the nursery" I suggest.
"Ok" Brittany shrugs.
"Is this too soon to start thinking about the baby's room?" I ask concerned. Maybe I'm just getting a little too ahead of myself at the moment because I've not even had my first scan yet.
"No, we can do that if you want" Brittany nods.
"Are you sure because you don't sound exactly thrilled about it?" I question. Brittany is definitely not as happy right now as she was previously about us having a baby.
"I'm sorry" she apologises. "I am happy about everything; I just have some other stuff on my mind that's bringing down the mood a bit" she adds.
"What's going on Britt?" I ask in concern.
"I feel awful Santana about that abortion. How can I be happy right now when I made us abort our last baby? I can't be as excited about this baby as I want to be because I shouldn't be allowed to be because of what I made you do" she admits.
"Brittany, we were not in the right place to bring up a baby. Of course we're always going to feel bad about it but honestly, we made the right decision at the time. This isn't like we're choosing this baby over the last one. It's nothing like that honey" I assure her.
"I sometimes wonder why we did that because look at us now" Brittany states.
"I know but everything was different back then. We were in no position to be settling down with anyone let alone each other so a baby would only suffer during that. We were too devoted to our work and having a baby would have changed everything. There was a little bit of selfishness involved but at the same time, we also weren't ready to be together or have a family together so we made the right call to protect the baby from a bad childhood" I explain.
"I know what you're saying, I just can't help feeling bad sometimes" she replies.
"If I'm being totally honest then I know how you feel. The reason I was so worried about not getting pregnant was because I thought I was being punished for the abortion" I admit. Any couple trying for a baby would be nervous about it not happening for a while but I think I was overly worried because I thought I was being punished for the abortion.
Once we finished eating breakfast, we cleared up and headed to the living room. I said I would do all of the washing up since it's Brittany's birthday but she insisted on helping so we were cleared up pretty quickly. We got comfortable on the couch and Brittany began opening her birthday gifts. I didn't get Brittany a whole load of stuff because we agreed that since I'm pregnant now then we're not going to go overboard with giving each other gifts and can put the money towards baby things. I did get her some special gifts though that she really liked.
"I think I did pretty well with presents this year" Brittany smiles at me.
"You got some really nice stuff honey" I agree. We're just about to tidy up Brittany's gifts when the doorbell rings. "Can you get the door for me please?" I ask my wife.
"Sure" she shrugs at me. She gets off the couch and makes her way to the front door. After a few minutes, she comes back into the room holding a bouquet of flowers. "Flowers apparently addressed to me. I wonder who they're from" she says as she pulls out the card from the flowers and begins reading it aloud.
To the most beautiful person in the world.
Happy Birthday!
We love you so much
From Santana and Baby xx
"Happy birthday" I smile at my wife.
"Babe, that is so cute" Brittany smiles back at me as she leans down and kisses me. "Hey, Baby would be a cute name for the baby too. I mean it works for both a boy or a girl" she adds.
"I'm not naming my baby, Baby" I say while shaking my head. "Anyway, let's put these flowers in some water" I say as Brittany follows me to the kitchen.
"I know it's still early but out of curiosity, have you had any thoughts on baby names yet?" she asks me.
"I've not really thought that much into it yet but sometimes I hear a cute name and think it might be cool for our baby" I reply.
"Yeah I do that too actually" Brittany smiles. "I think the perfect name will come to us though when we start looking or as the pregnancy progresses and we get a feel for the baby's personality" she adds.
"I am so excited for this pregnancy to really begin and for us to start making arrangements for the baby" I say excitedly.
"We should totally start on the baby's room today like you suggested. We can just start small by clearing it out and once it's empty, we can pick colours and I'll paint and we can buy furniture and everything" Brittany replies.
"Exactly" I nod. "Clothes will be easy to get for the baby because that's what we do for a living so we'll have free clothes for every month old our baby gets" I smile.
"I hope our baby looks exactly like you" Brittany tells me as we make our way upstairs to start on the nursery.
"I would like that but I also think the baby version of you would be so cute" I say as I turn around and peck my wife's lips.
"That would be cool because I was particularly cute as a baby, just ask my mom" Brittany shrugs.
"So, where do we start?" I ask as we open the door to our largest guest room which kinda happens to be a junk room. Ever since Brittany moved in, we started to fill it up with stuff we didn't have a place for and then when we got married, we ended up putting our wedding gifts in there too. Gradually over time we just put more and more stuff into the room that it became full of miscellaneous items.
"I think we just need to pick a corner to start in and go through all of our things to see which we want to keep, which to trash and which we can donate" Brittany replies.
"Ok" I nod. I pull the chair we have in the room to a corner and start making my way through our stuff.
"Hey, you took the only chair so where do I sit?" Brittany asks.
"You could sit on my knee" I smirk.
"No thank you. As cute as that may be, you are pregnant now so I am not going to be sitting on you. You could give me the chair though and then sit on my knee" she replies.
"Or you could just sit on the floor and we could make a start on sorting through this stuff, not delaying it any more" I point out.
"Fine" Brittany nods. "You're giving me a massage later then if my back gets sore from sitting on the floor all day" she adds.
"I can definitely do that so there are no complaints from me" I smile.
We make a start sorting through all of our stuff. We started off working together doing it but then it was taking too long so we decided to take a section of the room each and work separately. It's been going reasonably well so far. Sometimes Brittany will move things from the trash pile into the keep pile of stuff but apart from that, we seem to have the same ideas of what we want and what we don't want anymore.
"Honey?" Brittany says breaking the silence that we fell into as we were working hard.
"Yeah" I smile.
"Whose furry handcuffs are these?" she asks curiously.
"They're mine" I shrug.
"Oh, kinky" Brittany smirks at me.
"Quinn gave me them as a joke one time but I've never used them before" I explain. "None of my previous relationships were very exciting so I never felt the urge to use them with anyone. Sex was just sex with previous people, there was never any fun involved."
"It's fun for you now though, right?" Brittany asks worriedly.
"Of course it is" I laugh.
"Can we try these out some time then?" she asks me.
"We could try them out right now if you wanted to" I smirk at my wife as I make my way over to her where I kneel down in front of her on the floor.
"Ok" Brittany nods while pulling me closer and handcuffing my hands together above my head as she gently pushes me backwards on the floor to lay down.
"I was actually intending to handcuff you honey" I laugh as I look my wife up and down to see what she is going to do.
"You can do that another time" she smiles. "I'm going to undress you now but you can't move those hands, got it?" she asks.
"I understand" I smirk.
Brittany leans in and kisses me as she starts unbuttoning my pants. She leaves a trail of kisses along my jaw and neck as she pulls my pants down my legs. She tugs the jeans off at the ankles and throws them behind her. She gently scrunches up my shirt at the bottom and pushes it upwards as she kisses my stomach and along my panty line.
"Please" I moan out, getting turned on very quickly.
"Just a second baby, have patience" Brittany smiles down on me.
"I'm not a patient person Britt and you know that" I reply.
"Ok" she smiles while gripping my panties at the waistband and then swiftly pulling them down my legs and throwing them to the side. She bends my legs as she pulls me closer to her and puts her arms under my knees to hold onto them. "Wow, you are really ready for me today" she smirks as she stares down at my center.
"It's the pregnancy I think" I mutter. I never usually get like this so fast.
"It's cute" Brittany smiles again as she sits back slightly to get a better angle and then leans in closer to me.
"No, not your tongue" I shake my head at her.
"I was going to…"
"I want you inside me as you kiss me" I interrupt her.
"Ok" she nods while quickly slipping out of her pants and underwear. She lines herself up in front of me and leans down to kiss me. She then slowly pushes into me.
"Harder" I moan out as she begins a gentle rhythm thrusting in and out.
"How did we get from me handcuffing you to you telling me what to do?" she asks through a laugh as she does what I tell her to.
"I am so close already, it's embarrassing" I moan out again, ignoring her question.
"Me too" Brittany replies as she adjusts her position to get more comfortable as she continues to thrust into me and lean down to kiss me. It really doesn't take either of us long at all to come together.
"Short but sweet" I smile at Brittany as she pulls me closer and wraps her arms around me.
"We can make up for it later though" she smiles back with a shrug.
"Definitely" I nod.
"You are so beautiful; I just can't stop looking at you" Brittany tells me.
"You're cute too babe" I smile.
"Thanks" she smiles. We lie together in each other's arms for a moment or two before I'm brought back down to earth, realising what we were doing. This bedroom is in a real mess right now and we're barely making any progress with turning it into a nursery so I think we need to get back to work so to speak.
"We should get back to what we were doing" I point out as I sit up.
"Yeah, ok" Brittany agrees. She quickly dresses again and then helps me to get fully dressed again.
"Can you take these handcuffs off me now please?" I smile at my wife.
"Of course" she smiles back. She fidgets about for a second before sitting back and frowning. "Uh-oh" she says nervously.
"Uh-oh? What does uh-oh mean?" I ask questioningly.
"I thought these were the ones that sort of click and unlick but I think what we're looking at is a contraption that needs a key. I mean I wouldn't ordinarily be bothered about how you release the handcuffs but considering I never saw a key with these, I'm a little concerned" Brittany replies nervously.
"A little concerned?" I ask outraged. "Brittany, we need to get me out of these. I can't be in these all day. I mean what if I need to go to the bathroom or something?" I say starting to panic.
"I can help you to the bathroom" Brittany shrugs.
"Stop being so blasé and help me please" I state. "Have a look around the area where you found these because there must be a key somewhere" I say while trying to manipulate my fingers in a certain way to try to slip out of the handcuffs.
"Ok, just calm down. I'll look for a key and if I can't find one, I might need to saw them in half or something" she replies.
"You are coming nowhere near me with a saw Brittany" I say seriously.
"You are so cute when you get all worried and angry" Brittany turns around and smiles at me.
"This isn't a laughing matter" I shake my head.
"No one is laughing babe" Brittany shrugs.
"You're trying to make light of the situation but I don't like that. I don't like being stuck like this and it's panicking me even more the longer it goes on because without a key I don't know how else to get out of these" I state.
"Found it!" Brittany yells in excitement.
"Oh, thank god" I say in relief while shuffling towards Brittany with my arms outstretched so she can unlock the handcuffs.
"Not so easy. I want to see you struggle a little more without having full function of your hands" she smirks at me as she puts the key down her shirt into her bra.
"I'll happily go down there you know" I shrug. "Putting it there won't deter me from getting out of these handcuffs."
"Come on then" she smirks at me again.
"Fine" I say while getting to my feet. I wait a second and then grab her shirt when she least expects it. "You thought you were smart and were going to run away but I'm too fast for you" I add as I lean in and kiss her.
"What are you doing? I thought you wanted the key, not round 2?" Brittany asks me.
"I do want the key" I say as I distract her with kisses before putting my hands up her shirt and grabbing the key when she isn't paying attention. "You're really not too smart today" I say gleefully.
"I am smart. You just kept distracting me by kissing me" she states. "You're not exactly smart yourself now because even though you have the key, you won't be able to open them on your own" she smirks.
"Just get me out of these please. I've had enough of them. I'll make it up to you later though so the quicker you get them off the longer I'll be sexy for you later" I smile.
"You're always sexy to me" Brittany shrugs while finally unlocking the handcuffs. She then leans in and kisses me.
"I'm serious though, it's your birthday so I am going to do whatever you want tonight in bed" I smile.
"I'll look forward to it" Brittany smiles back.
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*Friday 4th February 2022*
Brittany and I are just getting ourselves ready for the day. We're going out to lunch with some of our friends in a little while. Mercedes organised the whole thing and asked us, Quinn and Tina if we wanted to go. I was definitely on board for a free lunch and I think Britt was too. We were taking the day off work anyway today so it's all worked out pretty well. We've both already showered so we're just getting dressed now.
"These jeans are starting to get a little tight on me, I must really be pregnant" I say as I try to button up my jeans.
"My pants are a little tight on me too but I don't think I can use pregnancy as my excuse" Brittany laughs. "I think I'm still carrying a little holiday weight from Christmas and everything" she adds.
"You look in great shape to me" I smile.
"Thank you" she smiles back while leaning over to kiss me. "I think I might go to the gym tomorrow morning and do a session just so I can get back into the swing of working out" she adds.
"Ok but don't spend too long there because I have plans for us tomorrow" I tell her.
"It'll just be the morning so I'm all yours for the rest of the day" she smiles.
As soon as Brittany and I are ready, we head out to Brittany's car and I drive off. It only takes us about 15 minutes to get to the restaurant. I quickly put the car in park and Brittany and I make our way inside where the waiter takes us to the table. As expected, all of our friends are there and seated before us. We take off our coats and Brittany pulls the chair out for me where I sit down and then she takes a seat next to me.
"Sorry we're late" I apologise.
"It's ok, we kinda expected it" Quinn smirks at me. Brittany and I do tend to always be the last ones to arrive to gatherings. I'm not really sure why because we know the time we're supposed to be there but yet we just never get ready on time.
"Anyway, I think we should get some drinks and order our food because I'm starving" Tina states.
"Good idea" Mercedes agrees. We all order some drinks and have a look at the menu before ordering what food we want.
"So is lunch today anything special or are we all just catching up since we haven't seen one another in a little while?" Brittany asks.
"It is something a little special actually" Mercedes nods. "I wanted to ask the four of you an important question" she adds.
"If you're about to propose then I'm sorry, I'm already married to this lady right here" Brittany smirks as she puts her arm around me.
"No, it's not that" Mercedes laughs. "It is wedding related though since I have just become engaged. I wanted to ask you all if you'd be my bridesmaids" she asks.
"Are you kidding, of course we will" I say excitedly.
"Yeah we would love to be your bridesmaids" Quinn states.
"Out of curiosity, who is going to be the maid of honour…or should I say matron of honour?" Brittany asks while smirking at Mercedes.
"It's not going to be you babe" I laugh. I know that's what she's trying to hint to Mercedes but I can't see Mercedes choosing between Tina and Brittany. The three of them have all been close friends since they were kids so I really can't see Mercedes picking Brittany when Tina is just as equally close to her.
"Why not?" Brittany states. "I think I would be a really good matron of honour because I'm married now so I know how these things go. I could be really useful to Mercedes" she adds.
"You would be a great matron of honour Brittany but Santana's right, it's not going to be you" Mercedes tells my wife. "In fact, it's not going to be any of you" she tells us.
"I really don't think you should go without a maid of honour because you need someone to help you with important decisions and to organise the bachelorette party" Brittany replies.
"I am having a maid of honour" Mercedes nods. "It's going to be my sister" she shrugs.
"That would actually make sense" I laugh. I'm too busy laughing at my wife trying to invite herself to be the maid of honour that I totally forgot Mercedes had a sister.
"I'm never going to be someone's matron of honour" Brittany sighs.
"Don't worry, you can be mine babe when I finally find the one and get married" I assure her.
"Ok" she smiles. "Wait no, that's not funny" she frowns at me as she finally registers what I said.
"Why does it matter so much honey?" I ask confused.
"I don't know, I just feel left out I guess. My sisters were each other's maid of honours and they were both jointly mine but I've never been someone's and I'm unlikely to be now" Brittany shrugs.
"Don't let that bother you babe because you did something better than being a maid of honour. You got to be my bride and I got to be yours. That was so much better getting married to each other than it would be to be a maid of honour" I say. "I was never at your sister's weddings but in my biased opinion your wedding was way better than theirs so you didn't miss out on anything" I smile.
"You always know the right things to say" Brittany smiles back at me as she pecks my cheek.
Once lunch was over, Brittany dragged me round the grocery store, metaphorically that is of course, before we headed home. We needed to get a few essential items so Brittany thought we might as well do it since we were out anyway. Once we got home, we changed into some sweatpants and relaxed together in front of the TV. I wasn't particularly crazy about what Brittany picked on Netflix to watch but I did rather enjoy us snuggled up together with Brittany caressing my stomach. I'm really not far along in the pregnancy at all but it felt nice because there is a baby growing in there, Brittany's baby to be precise and that's really cute.
"Can I ask you a question?" I ask my wife.
"Of course" Brittany smiles.
"Would you be against the idea of me working out now that I'm pregnant?" I ask.
"I'm not against it because lots of people workout when they're pregnant but I also don't really think you need to work out. If you're worried about losing the pregnancy weight then there is no rush to do it so you don't need to start working out now. At the same time though, it's your body so your decision" she explains.
"Ok" I smile. I'm happy enough with that answer because she understands where I am coming from but at the same time, she wants me to just enjoy the pregnancy and not worry about losing the weight.
"Can I talk to the baby?" Brittany asks as she moves down the couch a little to be closer to my stomach.
"You don't need to ask that; you can just do it" I smile. "Yes, it's my body but it's your baby so if you want to talk to the baby then you can just do it. You don't need to ask permission."
"Ok" Brittany smiles at me.
Brittany's POV
*Wednesday 9th February 2022*
It's been a busy morning at work so far but so worth it. I've decided to launch a new line for my clothing range and I'm hoping Santana will do it with me. She makes children's clothes and I have my sportswear line so I thought the perfect joint venture together would be a range of children's sneakers. I was just putting some ideas down and the more ideas I got the more excited I got about the pregnancy because my little boy or girl could be wearing them in the not too distant future.
"Uh…what are you doing?" Jack asks looking at me confused as he walks into my office.
"Just dancing" I say as I stop. Like I said, I was excited about my baby so I started dancing around.
"But why?" he asks. "You never dance at work like this. I mean shouldn't you be actually doing work like sitting behind your computer or at a meeting?"
"I was working and I came up with a brilliant new work idea for Santana and I to do so I was taking a short break" I state.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were celebrating something" he states.
"Nope, just letting off some steam" I shrug. I was celebrating obviously but I can't tell Jack the real reason because we're keeping the pregnancy quiet at the moment. Also, if we were telling people, our friends and family would be the first ones to know.
"Ok" Jack nods, satisfied with my answer. "Can I talk to you about a couple of things?" he asks.
"Yeah, sure" I smile. We go over a few work things and then he leaves again. I then make my way to Santana's office to see her for a while.
"Hey you" Santana smiles at me from her desk as I walk into the office.
"Hi" I smile back while walking over to her and kissing her. "Babe when can we tell people about the pregnancy because I'm really struggling to keep it to myself at the moment. I was just dancing in my office celebrating because I'm so excited when Jack walked in" I explain as I take a seat across the desk from my wife.
"I'm actually thinking we should say something sooner rather than later to people because Mercedes has been talking about dress fittings for us since we're bridesmaids and I don't know how else to tell her I will need a bigger dress in a few months without mentioning I'm pregnant" Santana replies.
"That is a good point because if she is getting married in the summer then the baby isn't going to be here by then so you will be quite heavily pregnant" I nod.
"Did you just call your wife heavy?" Santana teases me.
"No, I was saying you would be heavily involved in the later stages of pregnancy" I smile. "You're very chipper today considering we're at work right now" I add.
"I'm like you, I'm just getting super excited about the pregnancy" she replies. "I can't wait until that first scan so it can finally be confirmed that we're having a baby."
"Me too" I smile. "Hey, can I talk to you about a work thing or are you busy right now?" I ask.
"I'm never too busy for you babe so fire away" Santana replies.
"I had an idea for a new design that I thought you and I could do together. It's a mix between the children's line you have and the sports line I have. I want us to develop some really cool sneakers for children. I want to design them for babies right up into children" I explain.
"Sounds like a great idea but I just have one concern" she tells me so I nod. "Everything is great right now but as the pregnancy progresses, I'm going to have to cut back on the work I do just now so are we going to have the time to run our own lines and develop a new one at the same time" she states.
"I'll take care of it all. I really just need you for the initial stages like designing and stuff but once it's underway, I can take care of everything myself that we need to do. Jack is really good with BP Sportswear so he can help with that and Jade can help with your line so it'll be fine" I say. "I know it might seem like a lot to take on but I really want to do this with you especially since we're having a baby now. I want our baby to get to wear all this cool stuff before it grows and it'll be too old to test out all of our cute baby designs if we did wait" I add.
"I just don't want you under pressure though because I want you to enjoy the pregnancy as well as me. I am the one that's pregnant so I don't want you to stress yourself out trying to work for the both of us. I want you to be as relaxed during this time as me" Santana replies.
"It'll be fine, I promise you" I smile.
"Ok, let's do it then" Santana smiles back at me.
"Ok well give me two seconds until I run back to my office and get all of the plans I've made so far" I say and Santana nods. I quickly head to my office and get what I need before returning to Santana. "This is everything I have thought about so far" I say as I place the files in front of Santana.
"Wow, you've really put some thought into this" she smiles at me. "Have you been working on this idea for a while?" she asks curiously.
"No, I just thought of the idea last night and started writing notes and everything this morning. We're both very successful with our own fashion lines so this is going to be so good bringing them together" I say.
"I'll have a look at all of this and then we can discuss it" Santana replies.
"Why don't I go and get us something to eat while you look at everything I've prepared and then once we've eaten you can tell me what you think. I'm still relatively new to all of this so I'm sure you will have a lot of feedback for me" I say.
"Sounds like a plan" Santana smiles. "It's a good idea to do something like this though so even if I do have some feedback, you have done well to start planning it all" she adds.
"Ok, I won't be long" I smile. I then grab my purse and my jacket and head out to get us some lunch. I'm really not long at all so I'm back in Santana's office in no time.
"The baby and I are so hungry right now, what did you get us?" Santana asks as she enthusiastically opens the paper bag I placed on the desk.
"It's nothing exciting, they're just paninis" I shrug. "Don't worry, I did get some coffee too" I smile.
"Awesome" Santana smiles back.
"I don't want to sound controlling or anything but I don't think lots of coffee is good for the baby so I only got us small ones" I explain.
"Don't worry, I've read up on everything so I am going to cut back on my coffee. I can't completely stop drinking it but I promise I will cut back. Eventually I'm hoping to only get down to one cup a day" Santana replies.
"That's cool" I nod. "I'm in this with you so I'm going to cut down on my caffeine intake as well. Also, if there is anything else you need to stop doing then I'm happy to stop too. Just say the word" I add.
"Anyway, let's eat because like I said, the baby and I are hungry" Santana says as she pulls out a chair for me to sit next to her to eat.
"Ok" I smile and then we start eating lunch. "So, what do you think of what I have put together so far for the new designs?" I ask.
"Everything looks great babe" Santana nods.
"Why do I feel a but is coming though?" I ask.
"There is" Santana smiles. "You have done everything we need to do to develop the new line from a business point of view which is great. My only concern is that there are no sketches of what we want to design. How do we develop a shoe line with no designs of the shoes?" she adds.
"I'm not great on designing so that's where I need your expertise. I know what I want, I just can't seem to sketch it properly" I sigh.
"This is the 21st century honey where we have computers now. You don't need to sketch things by hand when we have a computer to do it for us. You don't need to be good at drawing to know what a good design looks like" Santana explains.
"Ok so what do I do then?" I ask confused.
"Once we're finished lunch, I'll set up the software on my computer and you can play about with it and we'll see if you come up with anything good. If not then I'll just design the sneakers" she teases.
"Sounds like a plan" I smile.
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*Monday 14th February 2022*
I'm just hard at work in my office right now. Santana and I finally managed to get our new idea off the ground so we've both been busy working on that recently. Since it's Monday though and I haven't been here all weekend because I was busy then I'm working on some of my own work things at the moment and will work on the new development in the afternoon. Santana is an excellent businesswoman though so I'm not too worried about the new line because she can always steer me in the right direction so we'll get it all done before the pregnancy progresses too much.
"Hey Britt-Britt" Santana smiles at me as she skips into my office.
"What are you so cheerful about?" I ask curiously.
"You and I having a day off tomorrow" she shrugs at me. "It's only one day and it's a weekday but it's a day to just spend with each other so I'm looking forward to it since we'll be away from this stress. It's also Valentine's Day today which is meant to be a fun and romantic day" she adds.
"That is true" I smile as I walk towards Santana. "Hey, can you call me Britt-Britt again please, it's really sexy" I say as I pull Santana towards me by the hips and wrap my arms around her.
"Sure can, Britt-Britt" Santana smiles at me as she puts her arms around my neck.
"Do you want to go out for dinner tonight and we can make it like a date night. We haven't had date night in a long time" I suggest.
"Sounds good but we're not going somewhere with sushi. Your baby doesn't like sushi. I felt horrible yesterday after eating that sushi" Santana replies.
"Ok" I smile. It seriously never gets old hearing Santana say I have a baby. I mean I know she's the one that's pregnant and we're having a baby together but to know we're really having a baby now is just so cool.
"We should think about reserving a table somewhere as soon as possible though because like I said, it's Valentine's Day which means everywhere is likely going to be busy" Santana points out.
"What would you say if I told you I already got us a table somewhere for tonight?" I smile.
"Wait…really?" Santana asks excitedly.
"Yeah" I nod. "I booked it just in case we wanted to do something special tonight. I wasn't sure how you would be feeling considering the morning sickness is still there but I didn't see the harm in reserving a table in the off chance you were feeling good. It was better to be safe than sorry" I shrug.
"Oh, I really love you right now Brittany Pierce" Santana says as she pulls my head down and kisses me.
"I kinda like you too Santana Lopez" I smirk.
"If you want to spend the night in bed with me tonight rather than on the couch then I would change that sentence if I were you" my wife replies.
"I love you too" I smile as I lean in and kiss Santana.
"Good answer. Hey I'm not totally busy right now if you wanted to take a break" Santana suggests.
"Sure" I nod. "Do you want to get some coffee or something?" I ask. We've not had any coffee so far today so I'm sure we could get a cup now.
"I do want something but it's not coffee" she smirks at me as she walks towards the door and closes it before walking back over to me.
"What is it you want?" I smirk back as I pull her towards me again.
"You know exactly what I want" Santana replies as she pulls me towards the couch. She sits down and I hover over her. "I think this pregnancy is really doing things to me because I can barely concentrate on work without thinking about sex" she adds as she pulls me close to kiss me.
"I always find it hard to concentrate when you're around. I just want you all the time" I smile as I start unbuttoning Santana's shirt.
"Can we use the handcuffs tonight? I've got something sexy in mind that I want us to do once we get home from dinner tonight" Santana replies.
"We can use and do whatever you want to" I say with a wink.
"Excellent" Santana smirks at me as she leans in to kiss me again.
"Hey Brittany can…wow, I'm sorry" Jacks asks as he quickly spins around covering his eyes. Santana and I immediately jump apart in surprise. I really thought we locked the door.
"Knock much?" Santana asks unamused as she buttons up her shirt.
"I'm so sorry" Jack apologises again. "I really need you right now though Brittany" he adds.
"Yeah, I know the feeling. I kinda needed Brittany too" Santana points out.
"Honey, an employee right there" I say surprised. I don't think we quite need to divulge that amount of information right now to someone that works for us.
"I'm going back to my office, come and find me when Jack is done with you" Santana says as she walks towards the door.
"Ok" I smile. Santana leaves and then Jack and I talk through some stuff.
"I'm really sorry by the way, Brittany" Jack apologises.
"Don't worry about it" I shrug. "You didn't really see much plus Santana and I really shouldn't be doing that at work. It would be just as uncomfortable for me as it would be for you if we started messing around" I add.
"If you want to do something, perhaps just lock the door" Jack states.
"I thought we did lock it but never mind. There wasn't really any harm done so it's fine now" I say. We finish talking through what we had to before Jack leaves and then I head to Santana's office.
"Hey babe I was just thinking…wow" I say surprised as I walk into the office.
"You like?" Santana smirks at me.
"You look so hot right now" I say as I lock the door and walk towards my wife as she sits on the couch in some really sexy lingerie. "My only concern is that that door was not locked when I walked in here so you were really taking a chance by sitting there like that and waiting because someone else could have come in before me" I say as I straddle her lap.
"There is a do not disturb sign on my door, didn't you notice it?" she asks me as she tugs on my shirt and pulls it over my head before putting her hands on the side of my face and pulling me down to kiss me.
"Hold on a second, I need to catch up" I say while pulling out of the kiss and quickly standing up to get out of my pants.
"I know you think I'm sexier than you but trust me, you're just as sexy" Santana says as she reaches out to pull me towards her once I'm undressed.
"If you say so" I smile before leaning forward to passionately kiss my wife.
"I do. Plus, I'm always right so you have to believe me" she smugly replies.
Santana's POV
*Friday 18th February 2022*
I've just finished up a long meeting with my team so I'm making my way back to my office. I'm hoping to just sit down and put my feet up for ten minutes and have a cup of coffee. It wasn't exactly a stressful meeting; it was just really really long. I wasn't planning on talking so much but a few members of staff wanted to discuss some things which then led to us discussing other things so it lasted a lot longer than I wanted. As soon as I open the door to my office, I see Brittany inside moving furniture around.
"Uh…what are you doing?" I ask my wife.
"I'm moving in" she smiles at me while shrugging.
"What do you mean, we already live together" I laugh.
"I meant I am moving in here into your office. We're going to share this office from now on" Brittany replies.
"As much as I would love to see you every day at work, this office isn't big enough for the two of us babe" I point out. Since we run our separate lines then we have double the amount of everything so it's going to be a tight fit if Brittany brings all of her furniture and documentation with her.
"I know it's going to take a little getting used to but we'll work it out until I've had time to speak to some contractors about knocking this wall down. I'm thinking we knock it down into the storage room next door to make one large office for the two of us to share and we'll turn my old office into the new storage room" Brittany smiles.
"That does sound like a good plan but why have you decided to do all of this so suddenly. We've been working together for years now so why suddenly change it now?" I ask curiously.
"We're having a baby now and I don't want to miss any big moments and I want to be here by your side for whatever you need" she shrugs. "Also when the baby comes, we haven't exactly talked about nannies or childcare but if we ever wanted to work and have the baby here with us then there is going to be more than enough space now for a crib if I knock down the wall and make a bigger office" she adds.
"Sounds like a great idea babe so let's do it" I smile. It does make sense and I'm really not opposed to getting to work all day everyday in the same room as my wife.
"Like you say it will be a tight squeeze in the beginning but I'm hoping it doesn't take too long to fix the place up" she states.
"How much do you like this coffee machine?" Brittany asks me and I just look at her questioningly. "That was a stupid question, wasn't it?" she laughs.
"It was a bit silly to ask me that" I nod. "Why are you asking anyway?" I ask.
"Well I was thinking since we aren't drinking coffee as much with the pregnancy then maybe we could move this out of here until we've renovated the office" she replies. "It would make some more room for my things and then once the office is ready, we can move it back in" she adds.
"I'm not using it as much but I don't trust my employees to take care of it so there really isn't anywhere else for it to go" I point out.
"Ok, that's fine. I will leave it where it is" Brittany nods.
"Can we discuss the rest of this later. I need a rest for a minute because I am so tired" I say.
"Ok, sure" Brittany smiles. "Are you feeling ok?" she asks in concern.
"Yeah, don't worry. It's not pregnancy related or anything like that. The meeting I was in was just really exhausting so I just need a minute to sit down and have some coffee" I reply.
"Ok, say no more. I will have your coffee in just a second" she tells me.
"Ok" I smile at my wife. She makes some coffee and then joins me sitting on the couch. "I'm kinda excited now about us sharing an office. I can just imagine you and me working in here and our baby lying in their crib sleeping" I say.
"I know what you mean" she nods. "We're not going to bring the baby to work all the time because that wouldn't be fair on them but when we do, it's going to be so cute for our little baby to be in here with us."
"As soon as the scan is over next week, we'll tell everyone" I say as I bring Brittany's hand to my stomach and place it there. "I just can't keep it a secret anymore" I admit.
"Me neither" Brittany smiles.
I'm undecided on whether they'll have a boy or a girl yet so let me know if you have any preferences. I need some cool ideas for baby names too.