Chapter 63: Fun And Friends
Santana's POV
*Sunday 30th June 2024*
Brittany has taken the kids to the park for a while so I've decided to go and visit my sister while I have some spare time. I haven't really seen her very much recently because we've all been busy with work or other things so it'll be good to catch up. As soon as I arrive at her apartment, I knock on the door and she answers almost instantly.
"Hey" I smile.
"Hi, in you come" Carly smiles back.
"Do you have a minute?" I ask Carly.
"Yeah of course, what's up?" she smiles again as we make our way to the living room to sit down.
"I just need someone to talk to and kinda vent to" I say.
"Ok" Carly nods.
"I can't talk to Quinn or Brittany because it'll upset them" I say.
"What do you mean?" Carly asks confused.
"I can't confide in them at the moment about this because it involves them both" I explain.
"Ok" Carly nods. "Well, I am here for whatever you need so if you want to talk then we can" she adds.
"Thanks" I reply.
"So, what's going on?" Carly asks curiously.
"Brittany is avoiding me" I shrug.
"She is?" Carly says surprised.
"Yeah" I nod.
"I wouldn't like it if Jess were to avoid me but you don't look as bothered by it as I'd expect so why doesn't it bother you?" she asks.
"Because I know why she is doing it and I get it" I shrug.
"Why?" Carly asks confused.
"Because being around me means being around the baby and she is struggling with that right now. It's hard for her to see me pregnant and know it's not her child. I know that it's not mine either but it's different for me" I explain.
"I mean it is sort of fair for her to feel like that because I wouldn't want to see my partner pregnant with someone else's baby" Carly says.
"Yeah, I mean, she can't hug me or put her arms around me without sorta touching my stomach which means touching the baby" I say.
"I get that" Carly nods.
"I get why she does it too because it's hard for her. I just don't like it though" I admit.
"I know you don't but what you need to remember is that this isn't forever. The surrogacy will end eventually and you and Brittany can then move on and maybe have more kids of your own" she tells me.
"I know" I sigh. "I just wish what I was doing didn't hurt my wife so much" I add.
"I understand that but I'm sure everything will be ok eventually so you just need to focus on that and know that this won't last forever" Carly says. "Have you spoken to Brittany about this?" she asks.
"No and I don't know if I can. I want to reassure her that it's going to be ok but she doesn't seem to want to talk about the situation. She just wants to pretend it's not really happening and avoid me. I can't push her to discuss something she doesn't want to. I mean she's had issues with her mental health in the past so I'm not going to make this worse for her by making her talk about stuff" I state.
"I totally get that but maybe not talking about things is making it worse" Carly suggests.
"I think you're right but like I say, I can't force Brittany. I just need to get this stuff off my chest today and I'll feel better and might be able to deal with the situation better" I say.
"Ok" Carly nods. "Hey, I could talk to Brittany for you if you want?" she suggests.
"No, you don't need to do that" I shake my head.
"Brittany was really good to me when I went through that rough patch recently so I could repay the favour and maybe see if I could help her" she says.
"Honestly, it's fine. Let's just let Brittany deal with this the way she needs to" I say.
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After spending time with my sister, I headed back home again. Brittany and the kids weren't back when I arrived home so I decided to make use of the alone time and catch up on some household chores that I had to do. By the time I had done that, Brittany and the kids were eventually home. Jaxon and Xavier went straight upstairs for a nap so it's now just Brittany and I alone in the kitchen which I've got to say is a little awkward.
"So…how's your day been?" I ask my wife, breaking the silence around us.
"It's been good. It was nice getting to spend time with the kids and they seemed to have a lot of fun at the park which was good" Brittany replies.
"I'm glad you all had a nice time" I smile.
"What about you, how has your day been?" Brittany asks me.
"It's been ok. I went to visit my sister for a while which was good because we could catch up and get a chance to hang out. I then came home and did some laundry which wasn't exactly as exciting because you know I hate doing laundry" I say.
"You should have left it and I would have done it. I said I would do it tonight" Brittany replies.
"I know but you and the kids weren't back yet and I was bored so I decided to do some chores around the house" I shrug.
"Ok, fair enough" Brittany nods.
"So, what are your plans now?" I ask my wife curiously.
"I hadn't really planned on doing much because this is supposed to be our day off from work" she replies. "Although I do need to call Carly back" she adds.
"My sister?" I ask confused.
"Yeah" Brittany nods. "She called my cell about 10 minutes ago but I didn't get a chance to answer so it went straight to voicemail so she left a message asking me to call her back. I'm not really sure what she wants though. I mean no offence but you just saw her" she shrugs.
"I'm sure it's nothing. I mean I could just call her for you if you want" I say worriedly.
"No, it's ok. I can do it" Brittany shrugs.
"Are you sure because I don't mind" I say panicked. I swear to God if she tells Brittany anything about what her and I just talked about then I'll kill her. I told her I didn't want her to speak to Britt so she better not be.
"Is there a reason you don't want me to talk to Carly?" Brittany asks amused, clearly picking up on my worries.
"No, no reason" I lie. "I just find it really odd considering I've just spent time with her and she didn't mention anything about needing to speak to you" I add.
"It is a little weird I guess but it's fine. I'll call her anyway and see what's going on" Brittany shrugs.
"Ok" I nod as Brittany begins calling my sister back.
I wait anxiously the whole time Brittany is on the phone to Carly, trying to work out what they're saying. It proves quite hard because I can't hear what Carly is saying from her end and from our end, Brittany isn't saying much at all apart from nodding along with whatever my sister is saying. I really need to know what's going on and it's frustrating me that I don't know.
"So…what did Carly want?" I ask nervously as Brittany ends the call.
"She needs me to go round to her place" Brittany shrugs.
"But why?" I ask. "Surely she can talk to you over the phone" I add.
"It's not something we can talk about over the phone" my wife replies.
"Ok, well I could come too. We could go round once the kids wake up from their nap" I say.
"It's ok, I'll just go round just now while the kids are still asleep. I shouldn't be too long" she replies.
"Are you sure you don't want to wait and we can all go?" I suggest.
"Babe, what is going on with you. Why do you not want me to go to Carly's place alone?" Brittany asks confused.
"This whole thing just seems so weird because I was just at her place" I point out.
"She's got a problem with her shower so she wants me to check it out before she calls anyone like a plumber in case it's a simple fix we can do ourselves" she replies.
"How would you know any better than her on how to fix her shower? I mean why did she just not ask me when I was there earlier" I ask.
"Because I used to live there considering it's my apartment and I still own the place so she's renting it from me so wanted to ask me first" Brittany replies amused.
"Oh my god, why do I always forget you still own your old apartment" I laugh. Honestly, I have to laugh because I'm getting myself all worked up over something that's not happening.
"I really don't know babe but it really is hilarious that you were visiting your sister today and didn't even click that you were in the apartment I used to live in when we got together" she laughs.
"I know" I nod.
"I'm just going to go round just now so I won't be long, ok" Brittany says.
"Ok" I smile and then Brittany grabs her car keys and leaves.
I am so relieved right now because for a few minutes I actually thought Carly was going to talk to Brittany about our conversation earlier when I specifically told her not to. It makes sense now why she called Brittany and not me because it's not technically my apartment since it's always been Brittany's from before we got together.
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*Thursday 4th July 2024*
It's been a busy day today between work and looking after the kids so I'm grateful it's now the end of the night and I can relax somewhat. The kids are fast asleep in bed and I've just finished my nightly routine so it's time for me to be in bed. I'm just lying in bed when Brittany comes out of the bathroom. She doesn't say anything, she just continues getting ready for bed before pulling back the covers at her side of our bed. She slips into bed and pulls the covers over herself.
"Hi" Brittany says as she wraps her arms around me and settles, lying spooning me from behind.
"Hey" I smile, content and comfortable in my wife's arms.
"I know it's my fault but I really miss you and I hate the distance we've had between us recently" she says honestly.
"It's ok" I assure her.
"I love you for saying it's ok but it's not though" Brittany states.
"No, it really is ok babe because I understand" I tell her.
"I know you're not carrying our baby and it is hard but I do need to get over myself because you're still my wife. You're still a person with feelings so avoiding you isn't the answer here so I'm sorry" she says.
"Honestly Brittany, you do not need to apologise because I really do get it. I know it's hard so you have every right to feel the way you do" I assure her.
"I'm just scared to get too close to you sometimes because being close to you means being close to the baby and it's not my baby so I don't want to bond with it only to get hurt later" she tells me.
"I understand that" I say.
"I'm glad Quinn is getting a chance to be a parent but it's hard to know it's her baby you're carrying and not mine. I am going to try to be better though, I promise" Brittany states.
"You don't need to be better; you have every right to handle it the way you feel is best so it's ok. Just do whatever you're comfortable with" I assure her.
"I just don't want you to think I am avoiding you personally because I'm not. I don't want to hurt your feelings in any way but because you're carrying the baby then me avoiding the baby is essentially avoiding you which like I say, I don't mean to do. I really do love you so much Santana and that hasn't changed" she tells me.
"I know you love me and I love you so much too" I smile.
"Ok" Brittany says assured.
"Let's just move on from this now and consider the situation to be cleared up, ok?" I say.
"Ok" Brittany agrees.
We fall into a silence for a few minutes as we just lie contently in each other's arms. It's been a while since we did this so it's nice to feel close to one another and not worry as much as we did before when we weren't open with one another about how we feel at the moment.
"Hey babe" Brittany says breaking the silence.
"Yeah" I reply.
"I know I can't tell you what to do and I would never want to do that but please don't be a surrogate again" she says quietly.
"I won't" I tell her seriously.
"I get that Quinn might want to have another child later on but I don't think I could handle you doing it again. I want to help her but not like this again" Brittany states.
"I'm not going to do it again" I shake my head. "The next time I'm pregnant it'll be our baby, I promise you" I say as I turn around in her arms to face her.
"Ok" Brittany nods.
"I love Quinn but you and the boys are my priority so I will always put you all first" I assure her.
"I know you will" Brittany smiles softly.
"So, do you want to go to sleep now or do you want to hang out together?" I ask my wife.
"I want to spend time with you" Brittany says.
"Ok, cool. Let's do that" I state.
"What do you want to do?" Brittany asks curiously.
"I'm happy to just watch some TV snuggled up together" I say.
"Ok, we can do that" Brittany smiles.
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*Friday 5th July 2024*
Brittany and I are splitting our time between working from home today and looking after the kids. I'm currently just taking a break right now to catch up with my best friend. We haven't seen one another in a while so we wanted to catch up and see how each other were doing. It's especially important at the moment to check in with each other since we're going through the surrogacy together.
"Hey, do you want to talk to the baby for a second?" I ask my best friend.
"Uh…ok" Quinn says nervously, just staring at me.
"I'm not going to bite" I laugh.
"Like what do I do?" she asks.
"It's your baby Quinn so, just start talking to it or even put your hand on my stomach" I tell her.
"Ok" Quinn nods before moving towards me and gently placing her hand on my stomach.
"Hey baby, that's mommy" I say to my stomach.
"Hi baby" Quinn says to my stomach. "I can't wait until we can finally meet each other" she adds.
"Maybe if you move your hand around gently, we might feel the baby kicking. I'm not saying for definite though cos it might be too early" I say.
"Ok" Quinn nods before gently moving her hand around my stomach for a few minutes. "This is so weird, right?" she sighs as she pulls away.
"Ordinarily I would say yes in a situation like this but this is different. It's your baby Quinn so I want you to feel connected to it" I smile.
"My hands are all over you though" she says.
"No, they're not" I laugh. "You've got your hands on my stomach it's not like you're feeling me up or something" I add.
"I would fucking hope not" Brittany says as she enters the room.
"See, Brittany is uncomfortable with this" Quinn states.
"No, she's not, she's teasing us at the thought of you groping me" I say. "Look, I know you and I are similar in the fact we don't really like mass amounts of affection unless it's with a partner or me with my kids but this is different. This is your baby so I've came out of my comfort zone to allow this so you should too" I state.
"Santana is right" Brittany smiles. "I know Santana can be a cold bitch sometimes but you need to put that aside because you have every right to touch her stomach or whatever so don't feel uncomfortable about it" she adds.
"You're skating on some thin ice today" I tell my wife.
"How so?" Brittany teases me.
"For that comment" I tell her.
"What was wrong with that comment. I mean it was correct, was it not?" Brittany smirks.
"That last part was correct but the middle wasn't. You don't get to call your wife a cold bitch and get away with it" I state.
"Marriage is about being truthful to one another. It's not about lying so I'm not going to start now so I stand by what I said" Brittany shrugs. "Am I right Quinn?" she asks.
"I'm not getting involved" Quinn shakes her head.
"We need to move on right now so I'll deal with you later, Brittany" I say. "Anyway, the bottom line is Quinn that this is your baby so I want you to be completely involved in it. I meant what I said about talking to the baby or whatever."
"I mean we are still best friends so why am I finding this weird" Quinn states.
"I guess we're maybe not as close as we once were but yeah, we're still best friends so don't feel uncomfortable around me, please" I smile.
"Ok" Quinn smiles.
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*Saturday 6th July 2024*
Brittany and I have taken the day off work today so we've just being doing our own thing for a while. Jaxon and Xavier are both upstairs napping so I'm hanging out with Quinn again. Brittany on the other hand, I'm not sure what she is doing right now. She was meant to be doing laundry but that was a while ago so I can't imagine she is still doing it. I'm guessing she's probably in our home office doing some things or upstairs in our bedroom.
"See, this is better than yesterday, right?" I say to Quinn as she continues to talk to my stomach.
"Yeah, I do feel more comfortable today" Quinn smiles.
"Hey guys, what's going on?" Brittany asks as she walks into the living room.
"Not much. Quinn and I are just hanging out" I smile.
"Yeah, I thought I would try again with talking to the baby" Quinn says.
"That's cool" Brittany smiles. "I'm going to get myself a drink, do any of you want anything?" she asks us.
"No thank you" Quinn smiles.
"Yeah, not for me either babe" I say.
"Ok, I will leave you all to it" Brittany says before leaving the room again.
After hanging out with Quinn for a while more, she decided to head home and spend some time with her husband. It was nice hanging out with Quinn again but I'm looking forward to doing something else now like maybe hanging out with my wife.
"Quinn has gone home now and the boys seem to be still napping so do you want to hang out?" I ask my wife as I find her in the kitchen.
"Sure" Brittany smiles.
"We could go upstairs and take a nap ourselves" I smirk.
"Do you know, I would love a nap right now because I am exhausted. Xavier really took it out of me last night when he was teething. I was almost up all night with him so I only got like 1 hours sleep, tops" Brittany says.
"Wait…you're serious?" I say sadly.
"Yeah…oh wait, did you mean you wanted to have sex?" Brittany asks.
"Yeah, but it's fine. If you're tired then you should take a nap" I smile.
"No, I don't need to nap. I can power through" Brittany shrugs.
"Honestly, take a nap and rest. We can have sex any time" I assure her.
"Ok" Brittany nods.
"I'll see you when you come back downstairs" I say as I kiss my wife's cheek.
"I won't nap too long" she smiles before heading upstairs.
I've got to admit I am a little sad right now. I mean I'm not exactly desperate to be with my wife but it has been a while since we were last intimate and I kinda just miss her. We've finally overcame some of the issues we had recently with the distance between us so I finally thought we could get some passion back again into our lives. The closest we've been recently is a kiss so I thought with the kids napping and some time on our own then it would be a good time to get things back on track. It's ok though because I am sure it will happen eventually.
After amusing myself for half an hour, the kids wake up so I spend some time with them. I then get them settled in their highchairs so I can make a start on dinner. I'm not cooking for very long when Brittany walks into the room and goes over to the kids, kissing them both on the head.
"Hey, did you have a good nap?" I ask.
"I did" Brittany smiles as she walks towards me. "It was really good to rest so I could get my energy back" she says as she wraps her arms around me.
"That's good" I smile.
"Come here" she smirks at me as she pulls me even closer to her and kisses me. Just as I go to pull away, she deepens the kiss.
"What was that for?" I ask taken aback.
"No reason, I just wanted to kiss you" Brittany shrugs.
"Well, I liked it" I smirk.
"Good, because there's plenty more where that came from once we go to bed later" she tells me.
"I will look forward to it" I smile.
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*Saturday 13th July 2024*
Brittany, the kids and I are all going on vacation today with our close friends. Quinn and James are going as are Mike and Tina, and Mercedes, Sam and their daughter. Brittany has rented out a villa for us all for the week near the beach. The villa is actually amazing, it is so big that we all have plenty of room and it has its own private pool. I'm just hanging out with some of our friends right now. Brittany, Mercedes and Tina are cooking dinner for everyone tonight which I'm looking forward too so the three of them are in the kitchen while the rest of us are in the living room.
"Mom!" Jaxon screams as he walks briskly into the room.
"Inside voice please buddy" I tell Jaxon.
"Sorry mom" Jaxon says, his voice quieter this time.
"Is everything ok?" I ask my son.
"From mommy" Jaxon says as he gives me a bottle of water.
"Did mommy ask you to bring me this?" I ask Jaxon.
"Yeah" Jaxon nods.
"Aw that's cute, mommy is looking out for me" I smile.
"Tell her thank you?" Jaxon asks.
"Yes, you tell mommy I say thank you" I smile again.
"Ok, bye mom" Jaxon says before disappearing out of the room to go back to Brittany.
"I don't know which I find cuter, Brittany looking out for you or Jaxon for running in here like that" Quinn says.
"I know. The whole thing was just so cute" I smile.
After hanging out with some of my friends for a while more, dinner was finally ready. We all got ourselves sat down at the table as Mercedes, Brittany and Tina brought the food through to the dining room. Mike and James sorted out drinks for everyone and then everyone else took their seats and we began eating. There's lots of different dishes on the table for all of us to help ourselves to whatever we want to eat.
"All of this food tastes great" Quinn says as she begins eating.
"Yeah, it really does" I agree.
"I can only apologise if the chicken tastes a little salty. Jaxon got a hold of the salt before I could stop him" Brittany chuckles.
"Yeah, he was so quick, running in and picking it up" Tina laughs.
"Were you helping to cook Jax?" I ask my son.
"Yeah" Jaxon smiles at me.
"At least it's edible food this time" Brittany chuckles.
"Yeah, I know" I laugh. "Jaxon made us some 'food' the other day made from mud and grass so poor Britt had to pretend to like it" I tell my friends.
"Oh dear" Tina laughs.
"I had the excuse of being pregnant and saying the baby doesn't like mud so I didn't need to eat it but Brittany didn't have that excuse so she had to pretend to like it" I say.
"Did you actually eat some?" Mike laughs.
"Yeah, I had to" Brittany laughs. "Thankfully Jaxon's attention wavered quickly so I spat most of it out before he saw me" she adds.
"Did you not get sick after it?" James asks.
"No, I was fine" Brittany shrugs.
"Yeah, my wife very rarely gets sick, she's too strong and healthy to get sick" I smile at Brittany.
After we all ate dinner, we cleared up together before spending some time with the children. It was then bedtime for Jaxon, Xavier and Brooke. Brittany and Mercedes put the kids to bed and got them settled before joining the rest of us to hang out together.
"So, we are surviving together as a group so far and we've got through the first meal together" I say.
"Didn't you think we would?" Mercedes asks amused.
"I don't know, I was a bit apprehensive about how things might go" I admit.
"Why?" Mike asks confused.
"Because we're all grown adults who like their own way of doing things so I wasn't sure how things would work especially being in the same house all week" I say.
"We've been on vacation together as a group before and it was fun" Quinn says.
"I know but none of us had kids at the time so it was different. We've got little people to take into consideration now so we can't be as carefree as we once were. We need to have some rules set in place and things" I tell them.
"I mean that is true but it doesn't need to be such a big deal because we're all close friends and we know each other so there is nothing to worry about" Brittany says.
"Yeah, I guess" I nod.
"This week will be fun and those of us without kids do understand the priorities for you guys have changed now so there's nothing to stress about" Tina says.
"Ok" I smile.
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*Sunday 14th July 2024*
I'm just making my way through the villa right now to see where everyone is and what they're up to. Brittany got out of bed before me this morning and said I could lie a little longer while she went to make a start on breakfast. I don't assume she is making breakfast for all of us on her own so I'm guessing she'll have help.
"Hey, babe" I say as I walk into the kitchen.
"Yes, sweetheart" James replies as he comes from behind the opened fridge door.
"Uh…you're not my wife" I say embarrassed.
"That I am not" James chuckles.
"Yeah" I nod.
"Babe is outside but she'll be back in in a minute" James tells me, still amused at my mistake.
"Brittany said she was making breakfast so I just assumed it was her behind the fridge door" I say.
"It's ok, don't worry about it" James shrugs. "I was helping Brittany makes breakfast but she went outside to ask the others what they all wanted to eat" he adds.
"Cool" I nod.
"So how are you?" he asks me.
"I'm good" I smile.
"And the baby?" he asks.
"The baby is doing great" I assure him.
"May I feel or is that weird?" James asks as he holds out his hand towards my stomach.
"Of course, you can" I smile. Ordinarily that would be weird to have a man touch my stomach but James isn't just any man. This is his baby so I'm more than ok for him to do this.
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"Breakfast was lovely this morning but I think it's about time some of the rest of us did some cooking because that's twice now Brittany has been left to do it" Quinn says.
"Speak for yourself Quinn, I am more than happy to sit back and let everyone else prepare the meals" I shrug.
"Is that what happens at home, you sit back and make Brittany do all the cooking?" Sam asks.
"No, Santana always pulls her weight" Brittany smiles at me.
"Exactly" I nod.
"So, now that breakfast is done, maybe we should discuss our plans for the day" Tina says.
"I'm happy just taking things easy today and chilling out here. The boys can get some time to play in the pool for a while" Brittany says.
"Yeah, I was going to say I'm happy to lay by the pool and do a little sunbathing" Quinn says.
"Sounds like a plan then" I smile.
"I'm going to get the kids changed into their swimwear and then I'll change into mine" Brittany tells me.
"That's cool. I will change just now and see you out by the pool when you're ready" I reply.
"Ok" Brittany smiles before heading off to the kid's bedroom with them.
As soon as I got myself changed, I headed outside to the pool and got comfortable on the chair ready to sunbathe. Everyone was already outside except Brittany, my kids, Mercedes and Brooke. It's only about 5 minutes until the rest of them join us outside. Jaxon runs straight towards me in his little swimwear while Brittany walks over to us carrying Xavier. I'm not going to lie; my children look so cute right now in their swimwear that Brittany and I designed.
"Looking good in the bikini Lopez" Brittany smirks at me.
"Thanks babe" I wink in response.
"Ok boys, I think we'll give it 10 or so minutes before we go in the pool because we've not long eaten breakfast and we don't have sunscreen on either" Brittany tells our children.
"Want swim" Jaxon frowns at Brittany.
"I know buddy and we will swim very soon but right now we need to let our breakfast digest and put our suncream on so we don't burn" Brittany explains.
"Ok" Jaxon sighs.
"Why don't you come and sit with me Jaxon and I'll put your suncream on" I tell my oldest son.
"Ok" Jaxon nods before sitting down next to me.
"We'll need to put your water wings on as well before we swim" Brittany says.
"Yes, we will" I agree.
"So, how does Brooke like the water?" Brittany asks Mercedes and Sam.
"She loves it" Mercedes says, smiling at her daughter.
"Yeah, the boys are the same. Ever since Jaxon took his first bath, he's liked the water" I chuckle.
"Yeah, and I think Xavier just likes it because Jaxon does. He loves doing whatever Jaxon does" Brittany says.
"That's cute" Tina says.
"Yeah, it really is" I smile.
"All the kids are cute" Quinn says.
"Yeah, they are" I agree.
"Speaking of kids, do you want your baby to be a girl or a boy?" Sam asks Quinn and James.
"I don't mind either way" James smiles.
"I think it would be nice if it was a girl but I'll still be happy with a boy" Quinn says.
"You know what they say, a daughter is a daughter for life but a son is a son until he takes a wife" Brittany shrugs.
"I don't like that phrase because we have two sons. I want them to always be my sons whether they're married or not" I state.
"Yeah, that is true" Brittany nods.
"To be fair, our kids are probably going to date the kids within our friends circle so I'll likely love whoever they marry" I smile.
"Oh my god, how weird would it be if Quinn's baby is a girl and dates Jaxon or Xavier. They'll all have grown inside you Santana, imagine how creepy that would be dating someone who your mom gave birth to" Sam states.
"Ok, way to ruin my mood Sam" I glare.
"He kinda has a point though" Brittany chuckles.
"Now just putting two and two together, that would be so weird for our children" Quinn states.
"Yeah, I know" I state, just realising it myself. I mean obviously the kids wouldn't be related but the thought is still weird if they dated.
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*Tuesday 16th July 2024*
Myself, Brittany, Mike and Sam are all in the living room just now hanging out. All the kids are still sleeping in bed and the rest of our friends haven't joined us yet this morning. I'm not sure if they're all still in bed asleep or just taking it easy this morning and not bothering to get up too early.
"It was a loud night last night, huh?" Sam chuckles.
"It was" Mike admits.
"Yeah, it really was and Brittany and I must apologise for the noise. We just could not keep our hands off each other when we went to bed" I shrug.
"Santana!" Brittany says embarrassed.
"What?" I laugh. "We had loud sex, who cares" I shrug again.
"I actually meant it was loud because the kids were so unsettled and wouldn't stop crying but thank you so much for putting the image of you two into our heads" Sam says sarcastically.
"Yeah, I meant the kids as well" Mike points out.
"Don't worry, I knew what you both meant" Brittany says.
"What are you all talking about?" Mercedes asks yawning as she walks into the room with Tina, Quinn and James.
"The kids last night and the noise" Brittany replies.
"Yeah all 3 of them were so unsettled" Mercedes agrees.
"I think it was because Jaxon wouldn't go to sleep which made Xavier not want to go to sleep which in turn caused Brooke to start crying because the boys started crying when they were told they had to sleep and couldn't play with any more toys" Brittany explains.
"It maybe wasn't the best decision to have all of the children in the one room" I chuckle.
"We are sorry to those of you who aren't used to babies screaming in the night. We did our best to calm them so they wouldn't wake absolutely everyone up but it backfired" Brittany says.
"Don't worry about it" Tina smiles. "I mean we're not used to living with children but we do get it so honestly, you don't need to apologise" she adds.
After we all spent some time together, the kids woke up so we all got ourselves some breakfast. We then discussed our plans for the day and decided we wanted to go to the waterpark nearby. It was actually so much fun not only for the kids but for the adults as well so it was a great experience. We're all back at the villa now and about to have dinner. Quinn and I decided we'd be in charge of dinner tonight because we haven't exactly prepared any other meals so far.
"Hey, do you need any help?" Brittany asks as she walks into the kitchen.
"No thanks, we're good" I smile at my wife.
"Are you sure because I don't see any food being cooked yet" Brittany says confused.
"No, the food is underway so don't worry" I assure my wife.
"Something weird is going on here" Brittany says sceptically.
"No, it isn't" I shake my head.
"Babe, there is no food out and none of the cooking equipment is turned on. I mean I hear no oven or microwave going" my wife says.
"Britt, just go back to the living room and hang out with everyone else. Dinner is all under control so just mind your own business" I laugh.
"Something is going on with you two" Brittany laughs.
"There really isn't so relax" I assure her.
"Guys, can you come in here" Brittany shouts to the rest of the group.
"What are you doing?" I ask confused.
"I want to get everyone else's opinion about what's going on right now" Brittany says.
"It's hardly necessary to bring everyone in here" I state.
"What's going on?" Tina asks as everyone else walks into the kitchen.
"Something weird is going on with these two and I want to get you guys opinion on it. They're supposed to be cooking dinner for us all but where is the food? Where are the ingredients and why is there no oven running?" Brittany says.
"We are sorting dinner for everyone" I laugh.
"I wonder if they're not actually cooking the dinner themselves but only serving it" Mercedes points out.
"Good point" Tina nods.
"So, when Santana says she's cooking for everyone she actually means she's ordering take out for everyone?" Brittany says.
"Yes, that is exactly what I mean" I shrug.
"We should be mad that you're not putting the same effort in as we all did when we were cooking for everyone but I really can't be mad right now. This is just a typical Santana thing to do" Brittany laughs as she hugs me.
"Yeah, I mean what do you expect" I smile.
"You are so adorable right now" Brittany says as she kisses me.
"Thank you" I reply.
"Now I expect this of my wife but not you Quinn. How has she got you to agree to this?" Brittany asks Quinn.
"She's carrying my baby for me so I owe her to do whatever she wants me to do" Quinn says.
"Ok, fair enough" Brittany nods.
"I trust you've ordered us all something good?" Sam asks.
"Yes, don't worry, all the food should be just fine and there should be plenty of it" I assure him.
"Ok" Sam nods.
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*Wednesday 17th July 2024*
We're all taking some time for ourselves today to do whatever we want to do. It has been nice all hanging out as a group but at the end of the day we are all on vacation so we don't need to stick to any rules or anything, we can just have this time to relax and do as we please. Brittany and I are just clearing up from making the boys some breakfast while our friends are doing their own thing at the moment.
"Jaxon is asking if he can go into the pool with me" Mike says as he walks into the kitchen. "I'm happy to hang out with him and the other kids but I wanted to check with you two first" he adds.
"No, that's fine" I smile.
"Yeah, we haven't made any plans yet so the kids can play in the pool for a while" Brittany says.
"Cool" Mike smiles.
"We'll get Jaxon and Xavier changed into their swimwear and bring them out to you" Brittany tells Mike.
"That's fine. Sam has already got Brooke changed so she's outside with Tina right now so we'll just be waiting on Jaxon and Xavier" Mike smiles.
"Ok" I smile.
As soon as the boys are changed into their swimwear, Brittany and I take them outside. They waste no time in hanging about as they run straight over to Mike and Tina. Brittany and I meanwhile go over to the other side of the pool where we won't get splashed all the time by the kids.
"You're looking very sexy in the swimwear right now" I tell my wife.
"Thank you" Brittany says as I put my arms around her.
"The boys seem occupied and happy to play with Mike and Tina right now so you and I should be able to have 5 minutes to ourselves" I point out.
"I like the sound of that" Brittany smiles at me.
"Yes, so do I" I say as I pull my wife closer to me.
"What are you doing, people will see" Brittany says laughing nervously.
"It's fine, we're all friends here so I don't care" I smile as my hands unapologetically grope my wife's butt.
"I guess that's true" Brittany smiles.
"Come here, come closer" I smirk as I pull my wife closer towards me.
"Why?" she teases.
"So, I can do this" I say before leaning forward to kiss her.
"Excuse me, we were not playing in the pool with your children just so you two could be alone and make out" Tina teases us.
"No, you were hanging out with my children because they're your nephews and you love them" I smirk.
"Yeah, I guess that is true" Tina nods.
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The kids are all in bed now so us adults are staying up a bit later and hanging out together. We're not even doing anything in particular, we're just hanging out and having a good time catching up with each other. It's so weird just how much we have to talk about because we're always so busy these days that we don't get much of a chance to really talk to each other.
"Santana has taken to drooling in her sleep at the moment which isn't great for me" Brittany teases.
"That is not true at all" I laugh.
"Yes, it is. I wake up in the night with my face slap bang in the middle of the wet pillow" Brittany adds.
"Why would you have your face on Santana's pillow anyway?" Mike asks laughing.
"Santana and I sleep with the same pillow at night" Brittany shrugs.
"What do you mean?" Mercedes asks confused.
"We share the same two pillows, one on the bottom and one on top. Our heads are rested on the same pillow at night" I shrug.
"Wow…so you sleep that close to one another?" Sam asks surprised.
"Yeah, don't any of you?" I ask.
"I mean we all love our husbands and wives but I think I speak for everyone else here when I say that we like a bit of space when we go to sleep at night. Being in bed at night is one of the few moments we get to be peaceful and relax" Mercedes says.
"Wait…none of you hug or anything at night?" I ask confused.
"No of course we like going to sleep in each other's arms but we like a bit of space too because as I say, sleeping at night is one of the rare times you get to be alone" Mercedes states.
"I guess it must be good especially for those of you who are parents to have that time at night to relax" Tina says.
"Exactly" Sam nods.
"Surely you guys can't have sex ten feet apart though so you must be close sometimes" I point out.
"Yeah, that's different" Quinn laughs. "We're talking about actually sleeping and resting right now, we're not talking about whatever else we do in bed" she adds.
"Yeah, when it's time to sleep, we'll have our own pillows and whatever" James says.
"Well, that's great and all for you guys but that's not how Britt and I do it. We like to be super close even when we're asleep" I say.
"Yeah, if Santana isn't breathing on my face at night then there's something wrong" Brittany jokes.
"I don't breathe on you babe; we're usually facing the same direction so we're spooning or something. It's not like we lie face to face all night long" I point out.
"I know, I'm just teasing" Brittany smiles at me.
"Hey guys, I'm getting another drink so does anyone want anything?" Mike asks.
"Yeah, I'll have another drink" Tina replies.
"I need to get one as well but I'll get it" Brittany says.
"Ok" Mike nods. "We'll be back in a second" he says before he and Brittany go to the kitchen. They return a couple of minutes later with the drinks everyone wanted.
"Some chocolate for you, my love" Brittany says as she hands me the candy bar.
"Thank you" I smile.
"Oh my god Mike, you nearly winded me" Tina laughs as Mike lunges himself to the seat next to her.
"I just wanted to sit with my wife" Mike smiles.
"Sit with? You nearly sat on top of me and elbowed my chest" Tina laughs.
"Yeah, she'd have no breasts left with the way you landed" Brittany teases.
"Exactly" Mercedes laughs.
"My breasts are actually really strong so that wouldn't happen to me" I say with a shrug.
"Well, they would need to be strong to support my weight because I get tired sometimes being married to a pillow princess" Brittany smirks at me.
"Um…I ain't no pillow princess" I say defensively.
"It's ok Santana, you can admit that you don't control everything in your relationship" Quinn teases.
"I do admit that but what I am saying is I'm not a pillow princess" I state.
"Again, I'm just teasing you" Brittany smiles before kissing me.
"Just you wait, I am going to tease you like hell tomorrow" I smirk at my wife.
"Ok, bring it" Brittany smirks.