Chapter 25: Presents
Santana's POV
*Wednesday 22nd December 2021*
Christmas is only a few days away so a lot of my employees will be finishing up today for the festive period. Brittany and I are workaholics though so we'll likely still be here every day until Christmas eve. We've already held a meeting yesterday morning with all of our staff to wrap things up for the calendar year since they won't be returning until January now. I'm just about to head to work now so I'm going to find Brittany and see if she's ready to go and we can travel in the same car together.
"Hey honey, are you…um, what are you doing?" I ask confused. As soon as I came into the room to see if she was ready, she lunged onto the bed and pulled the covers over her.
"Nothing, just stretching and it's cold" she smiles at me.
"Brittany, we need to go to work so come from under the bed covers please" I say while walking towards the bed and pulling on the duvet. She is not stretching but I don't have time to waste now to see what's going on.
"Please don't do that" she pleads with me.
"Brittany what is going on with you? If you're hard or something then you don't need to hide it, I've seen it all before" I state.
"No, this is not something sexual" Brittany bursts into laughter.
"Why are you being weird then?" I ask confused.
"If you must know, I was wrapping a couple of your Christmas presents on the bed when you walked in so I bounced on top of them and pulled up the cover to hide them" she tells me.
"That is cute but we really need to go to work. You shouldn't be doing that kind of thing just now when we need to leave" I tell her. Obviously, it is really sweet but now really isn't the time for that because we are supposed to be going to work so she can make time later this evening to wrap her Christmas gifts like the rest of us do.
"Ok" Brittany nods.
"Come on then, let's go" I say after a few seconds when she doesn't move.
"You kinda need to leave before I can move otherwise you see what the presents are" she replies.
"Right, yeah" I laugh. That would make a lot of sense.
I go ahead downstairs and out to the car while Brittany tidies away what she's doing before locking up the house and joining me in the car. I drive off and speed along the road to work, much to Brittany's discomfort. I swear every time I turn a corner; I can see her stretch out her leg and press on the imaginary brake that's sitting in the footwell of the passenger side of the vehicle. She also doesn't hide the fact she's clinging onto the door handle either. To be honest with you, I think she's doing it for attention because my driving really isn't that bad. It's definitely faster than Brittany's but I'm not a bad driver.
"Here we are, another day at work is upon us" I say as I put the car in park.
"I think I need a minute to get my breath back. That was a torturous journey and I was actually fearing for my life" Brittany teases me.
"That's what happens if you don't get ready when you're supposed to. I wouldn't have had to speed to work had you not started wrapping Christmas presents and holding us back" I point out.
"They were your presents though; doesn't that make it any better?" she asks with a smile.
"I suppose I would be more pissed if it was presents for someone else holding us back so ok, I forgive you" I smile back.
"I forgive you too" Brittany replies.
"Me?" I ask surprised. "Why would I need to be forgiven?"
"For driving like a maniac and nearly killing your wife. You are aware you ran a red light, right?" she asks me.
"It wasn't red when I approached honey. My wheels were over the line when it turned to red which means it would cause more of an issue to stop than it would to keep going" I assure her.
"Ok" Brittany smiles.
"Anyway, let's go" I say and we get out of the car and head into work.
"I've got a busy day ahead of me so I might not be able to come and see you during work but I'll text you at some point and we can discuss when we want to head home" Brittany tells me.
"Yeah I've got a busy day myself so that's cool" I smile.
"See you later" Brittany smiles back before kissing me and then heading towards her office.
Brittany and I really don't see each other for the next couple of hours at work. We both just had so much of our own things we had to do. I'm getting frustrated now though with sitting in my office on my own working so I'm thinking about texting Brittany to see if she wants to come to my office to work. Just as I wrap up what I'm doing and pull out my phone, it buzzes with a text. I quickly check it and it's Brittany.
From Brittany: I need to go to a meeting outside of work so I'll meet you at home when we're both finished for the day. I've left the car for you.
To Brittany: ok : (
From Brittany: see you later honey
To Brittany: ok, see you when we get home
I sigh loudly to myself and put my phone away. I really didn't want a text like that today. I know it seems stupid to be sad that Brittany isn't going to be here this afternoon or we won't get to drive home together but that's just me. We always go home together when we can and I like that. I also like that even though we can't work in the same room together, I know Brittany is always just down the corridor from me if I need her. To know she isn't in the building anymore is annoying.
As soon as I finish work for the day, I head out to my car and drive home. I don't know if Brittany will be home already or not but I'm rushing anyway because I just want to get home. It really doesn't take me long so I'm parking the car in front of my house before I know it. To my surprise, the lights are on inside which means Brittany must be home already. I get out of the car and walk over to the door and push it open. However, I don't get inside because the door only opens so far since the chain is on.
"Brittany why is the chain on the door?" I shout through the gap between the door and the wall. "Can you take it off and let me inside" I ask with a sigh. I just want to go inside and sit down after the stressful day I've had.
"Yes" Brittany replies. I hear her fumbling about for a second before the door is unchained and opened properly.
"Thank you" I say as Brittany holds the door open for me and then closes it behind me.
"Welcome" Brittany smiles at me.
"What is all of this?" I ask surprised as my wife stands in front of me dressed in one of my favourite dresses of hers. There are rose petals scattered throughout the house and gentle music playing with lit candles throughout as well.
"This is a surprise for you. I wanted to make tonight romantic and treat you" she smiles. "Things have been stressful at work recently so I wanted to cheer you up. Also, I sort of want to apologise if I've been too full on about us trying for a baby so this is part of my apology" she adds.
"What are you talking about?" I ask confused. She hasn't been full on at all.
"I feel like whenever we have sex it's to make a baby and of course I want that to happen but I don't want us to lose sight of things. It's not just about making a baby. Sex is about so much more. It's about being intimate and close with your partner so I don't want you to think of it like a chore" Brittany explains.
"I am so glad you said that because I've been wanting to talk to you about me. I feel like I've been so focused on making a baby that I need to apologise to you. I don't want you to think that's all I want from you because I don't. I feel the same way, I don't want it to be a chore between us. Maybe tonight if we do have sex then we don't focus on making a baby but just focus on us" I smile.
"Ok" Brittany smiles back. "Anyway, I have made dinner so why don't you come with me and we can sit down and eat together" she says while leading me to the dinning room. I get seated and after a few minutes, Brittany brings through the food and wine and then joins me at the table.
"It all looks great babe" I say as I look at all the food.
"Thank you" she smiles. "I just hope it tastes as good as it looks" she adds.
"I am sure that it will" I assure her as we start eating.
"So how was work?" she asks me after taking a mouthful of food.
"Just the same old really, stressful and hectic" I shrug. "What about you, how was work for you today?" I ask.
"It was ok but I actually didn't have a meeting earlier. I just used it as an excuse to come straight home and get the place ready for tonight" she tells me.
"I will admit I wasn't pleased when I got your text because I was having a bad day and I just wanted to go along to your office and see you and get to go home with you. However, knowing you were planning all of this makes everything all better now" I say honestly.
"I'm sorry you were having a bad day and needed me. I just wanted this to be a surprise though so I didn't want you to find out what I was up to" she replies.
"I know and I get it now so it's all good" I smile. "You are the best wife ever for cheering me up like this" I add and Brittany smiles back at me.
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*Saturday 25th December 2021*
Today is Christmas and I'm quite excited about it. Brittany and I have spent Christmases together before but this is the first one where we're married so it's a little different and it's quite fun to think I'm married now and spending Christmas with my wife. Mostly all of our close family are spending Christmas with us later but none of our grandparents are. It's just the way it's worked out because they're spending time with their other children and grandchildren. That's actually why the Christmas party last week was good because absolutely everyone was there and we got to all be together for once. My parents are hosting Christmas at their place so my siblings and their partners will all be there. I'll be there obviously with my wife and, Brittany's parents, her sisters, their kids and partners are also all coming to my parents' house for dinner which is pretty cool. My parents and Brittany's parents are really good friends now so it seemed fitting we all had Christmas dinner together.
"Merry Christmas babe" Brittany says as she walks into the kitchen where I am making some coffee.
"Merry Christmas to you too" I smile as I walk towards her and peck her lips.
"No, a little more" she tells me as she pulls me back to her and kisses me deeper. "You weren't in bed when I woke up. It's Christmas and you weren't in bed next to your wife on your first Christmas as a married couple" she tells me.
"I know and I'm sorry" I smile as I wrap my arms around her. "I just couldn't sleep any longer so I had to get up but I didn't have the heart to wake you because you looked so peaceful sleeping" I add.
"It's ok" she smiles back at me.
Once we've both had some coffee and breakfast, we went to the living room and started opening our Christmas presents. We didn't have all of our presents yet since we'll get them later when we see our family but we did have presents from other family and friends that we could open. We also had our presents from each other to open which was exciting. Brittany got me lots of really beautiful things and I spoiled her quite a bit too. Once we finished all of that, we went upstairs and got ready to go to my parent's house.
"Are you almost ready to go?" I ask Brittany as I load her car up with presents for everyone.
"Almost" she replies from inside.
"What are you doing anyway?" I ask impatiently. We're going to be running late at this rate if Brittany doesn't hurry up. Usually she is the one concerned about us turning up late but clearly not today. I just don't want to turn up late because it would mean we've left everyone else to prepare and cook dinner which isn't very nice.
"Nothing" Brittany shrugs as she walks towards the car.
"Really?" I ask, not believing her. She has a guilty look on her face like she was up to something but just didn't want to tell me what it was.
"I know you babe and I know when you're hiding something so what were you doing?" I question.
"Nothing, honestly. I was just finishing off getting ready to go out" she shrugs at me as she gets into the car and I lock up the house.
"Fine" I shrug back, letting it go. I then join her in the car and she drives to my parent's house. Once we get there, we all catch up with one another, have some drinks and help with making the dinner. We then all sit down together and begin eating.
"Maybe next year we'll have one more at the table" Carly says excitedly.
"Wait, what?" her boyfriend Matt asks shocked.
"My sister is hoping to get pregnant soon so by this time next year she might have a child" Carly explains to Matt while glaring at him.
"Oh ok, phew" Matt says in relief.
"It's good to know where you're at Matt" my sister says offended. They've been together for a while now, in fact even longer than me and Brittany, so I can see why my sister is a little mad that Matt doesn't think they could be ready for the next step in their relationship.
"I mean we've not really…"
"It's fine, you don't need to explain. I totally got the message" Carly sighs. Everyone is quiet for a moment and we're all sitting there in an uncomfortable silence, not sure what to do now.
"So, did everyone get some nice Christmas presents?" Brittany asks, breaking the silence.
"I got some beautiful jewellery from my wife" I say to everyone. As much as I would rather kick Matt's ass right now than discuss Christmas presents, I can see my sister wants to change the subject so Brittany and I will do that.
"Oh, what kind of jewellery?" Brittany's sister Grace asks.
"I got a necklace and earrings which matched along with a bracelet and a watch. She really spoiled me this year" I say.
"Are you saying I don't usually spoil you at Christmas?" Brittany teases me.
"Of course not" I smile at my wife. "So, what about everyone else, what did you all get?" I ask as I look around the table at everyone else.
"I got some really nice perfume from my son and my husband" Brittany's other sister Haley points out. "I also got some jewellery too" she adds.
"Santana got me perfume" Brittany replies.
"I did but to be honest with you, it smells a lot better than the perfume Quinn got me so I might end up borrowing some or just borrowing the whole bottle from Brittany" I shrug.
"That is a typical Santana thing to do and say" my brother laughs at me. "You always think the gifts you give are better than everyone else's so basically you claim them back as your own" he states.
"What can I say, I just have great taste" I shrug again. It's the truth so if he's trying to tease me then I don't care because I know I have wonderful taste in everything I like.
For the remainder of dinner, we all just talk and eat together as well as having lots of alcohol to really celebrate Christmas. We don't really talk about anything specific, just whatever comes into our minds because it's still a little awkward between my sister and her boyfriend. The silences were just too awkward at points so Brittany and I kept the conversations going as best we could so we weren't all feeling uncomfortable. Sometimes the conversations would end up with my brother teasing me again but I didn't really care because I would rather that than for my sister to feel any worse about things. The talking and teasing hopefully distracted her from Matt's reaction earlier. We're now just about to all sit down together in the living room to rest and let our dinner digest.
"Can I have a word Matt?" I say as everyone starts to enter the living room.
"Honey, what are you doing?" Brittany asks me sceptically.
"I just want to talk to my sister's boyfriend for a second" I shrug.
"Be nice please" Brittany says while giving me a warning look.
"I can't promise anything babe" I shrug again before walking off to the kitchen with Matt. There is no one in the kitchen so it'll give me a chance to talk to him in private.
"So…what's up?" Matt says nervously.
"You are aware that you've upset my sister today, right?" I ask but I don't really give him a chance to answer. "It's Christmas Matt so it's not very nice to upset her on a day like this" I add.
"I didn't mean to make her upset. You know I love her so much Santana" he tells me.
"It's Ms Lopez or Mrs Pierce to you, not Santana" I say seriously.
"Oh, come on, I've known you for years" Matt says as he shakes his head in disbelief.
"If you don't want children with her or any kind of future then you need to tell her now otherwise, I'll beat the crap out of you for hurting her even more" I say seriously.
"I'm not saying I don't want that; I just think it's too soon for it to happen right now" Matt replies.
"Next Christmas is a year away so are you honestly telling me in a year's time you still won't be thinking of a future with my sister?" I ask. He's just admitted himself that he's been in the family for years so what exactly is holding him back?
"I just got scared and panicked, don't judge me Santana. Only a couple of years ago you were single at Christmas and had no intention of getting into a proper relationship so don't pretend we all don't get scared about the future" he states.
"I'm not saying I haven't changed, what I am saying is that you've been with my sister for long enough now so surely you can't still be panicking about the future. You're in a completely different position from what I was" I say seriously.
"I don't want to discuss my relationship with you" Matt says while shaking his head at me.
"I don't want to discuss it either Matt but you upset my sister so I can't let that slide. You have to be honest with her because I don't want her waiting around for someone who doesn't want what she wants. I used to like you Matt but now I want to throttle you" I state.
"I know you're my girlfriend's sister but I don't need to take this from you so I'm walking away now. Just stay out of my relationship otherwise I'm going to say something about your relationship that you won't like" he tells me seriously before walking away.
"What an ass" I say while sighing loudly as I walk back to be with my wife.
"Were you meddling in someone's relationship Ms Lopez?" Brittany asks me as she puts her arms around me.
"Me, would I ever?" I smirk while putting my arms around my wife too.
"What were you saying to him? You didn't make things worse for them, did you?" Brittany asks worriedly.
"I don't think I made it worse but even still, something had to be said. You wanted to get married and have kids the same as I did but imagine if I turned around and said, no, kids aren't for me anymore" I point out.
"I know what you're saying but it's for them to sort out so maybe you should give them some space to work on it themselves" Brittany replies.
"I know and I will but the minute he hurts my sister, I'm going to hurt him" I say seriously.
"I know and I understand but let's not think too far ahead right now because they could work it all out without a problem" she smiles and I nod.
"You know, we're standing under mistletoe right now" I say as I look up to the ceiling.
"I better kiss you then" Brittany smiles at me as she leans in, closing the gap between us.
"Yeah you better" I nod with a smirk and then she kisses me. "Let's join everyone else now" I say and we make our way to the living room and sit down with everyone.
"Anyone up for some family games?" Brittany asks as she looks around the room.
"Really babe?" I ask. I think we're all a bit too old to be playing games.
"Come on, it'll be fun" Brittany says while leaning over to kiss me. "Plus, it'll be fun for the kids to do and have some fun with us all" she shrugs.
"I think it sounds like a great idea. There is nothing better than watching Santana take a tantrum after a family game night when she's been well and truly beaten" my dad says as he smirks at me. My family always claim I'm a sore loser but really, they just cheat and I don't like it.
"Fine, we'll play a game" I state. "Let's just see how you feel when I beat you this time dad" I say competitively.
"You very rarely beat me at games so I doubt it'll happen tonight" my dad replies.
"It will if I'm on her team" Brittany states. "Santana and I make a killer team so you all better prepare yourselves because we're going to whip some butt around here" she smiles. She is totally right; my wife and I do make the best team ever.
After having fun at my parent's house and catching up with everyone, we all decided to head home. Brittany and I had been drinking so we left the car at my parent's house and got a cab home so we can pick the car up in the morning. As soon as we got home, we lock the house up for the night and went upstairs. We went through our usual nightly routine and brushed our teeth before getting changed into our pyjamas. We're just getting settled in bed now and getting comfortable.
"How about we really celebrate our first Christmas as a married couple right now" Brittany smirks at me.
"I'm sorry, I don't know if I'm in the mood right now. It's been a great day but it's been a long one so I'm tired plus I did drink a little more than I meant to" I say apologetically.
"Come on, I'll be quick" she smiles at me.
"Aren't you always quick?" I tease my wife.
"Indeed I am not. I take my time you know and it always lasts a good amount of time" Brittany says faking to be offended.
"Not tonight honey, just go to sleep" I say while kissing Brittany's cheek and then turning around to go to sleep.
"Please" she pleads while putting her arms around me from behind.
"Brittany, I said no" I say harshly.
"Ok, I'm sorry" she apologises while backing off. "I really wasn't trying to pressure you, I promise. I get the message loud and clear now" she adds.
"No, I'm sorry" I sigh. "I know you weren't trying to pressure me because I know you wouldn't do anything until I said yes" I add. I didn't mean it like that, I meant I'm just not in the mood so I wanted her to stop asking. I really didn't mean I thought she was pressuring me.
"Ok, good" she replies.
"Why were you so insistent tonight?" I ask curiously. I don't mean it in a bad way but Brittany is never really like that. I'm mostly the one who determines whether we have sex or not so it's usually me who would be the one asking, not her.
"If you must know, I've been tracking your menstrual cycle recently and you're ovulating tonight so I didn't want a good opportunity to go to waste" Brittany tells me.
"I don't know if that's cute or a little disturbing" I tease my wife.
"I knew how worried you were about us not being pregnant yet so I wanted to do everything I could to maximise our chances. I thought figuring out what stage in your menstrual cycle you were would really help us" she shrugs.
"It probably will" I smile. "Although, what my sister said about us having a baby by next Christmas has really got my hopes up and now I'm worried it might not happen" I say honestly. "I get excited for a split second that we could have a baby and then I'm brought back down to earth at the thought, this might not happen" I sigh.
"Honey, I thought we weren't going to think negative like that" Brittany says as she kisses the top of my head.
"I know but I just can't help it because I want a baby with you so badly" I reply.
"I know and it will happen eventually so we just need to stop stressing out about it and just take each day as it comes. We're both young and healthy so there is no reason it shouldn't happen and no reason we really do need to rush it. Yes, we want a baby soon but there are no strict reasons as to why we need to rush things so it'll be ok" Brittany assures me.
"Ok" I nod.
"To put your mind at rest though, we could really try tonight?" she smirks at me.
"Ok, let's do it" I smile while pulling Brittany on top of me.
Brittany's POV
*Saturday 8th January 2022*
Santana and I are taking a night off from making a baby tonight and are at an engagement party. Sam finally proposed to Mercedes after years together so they're hosting a party to celebrate at their place. They also recently moved into a much bigger house which was very affordable due to Quinn's realtor skills so tonight is sort of celebrating that as well. The party is really in full swing now and everyone is having fun. Santana and I are just standing with our friends, getting some drinks together.
"Who wants to do body shots?" Quinn asks excitedly.
"No thank you" my wife shakes her head.
"Come on Santana, you used to do it and it was fun" Quinn smiles.
"Wait, you used to do body shots off one another?" I ask curiously. I wouldn't have thought they would do that. I mean Santana likes to have a drink and have fun but not once has she ever done body shots with anyone.
"Yes, we used to but I'm not going to do it anymore" Santana shrugs.
"Not even if it was on my stomach?" I ask with smirk.
"I suppose that wouldn't be an unpleasant task" she smiles at me. "I'm not taking my shirt off though for you to do it to me because I haven't been to the gym in a while so no one needs to see my horrible flabby stomach" she tells me.
After doing some body shots and some normal shots, we all went off in different directions to enjoy the party. Sam and Mercedes wanted to go and talk to some of their guests for a little while and Mike persuaded Tina to dance with him. Quinn and James went somewhere else and I wanted to go somewhere a little quieter with Santana. I just wanted to have a moment to talk to her on my own and spend a little time with her since we were with our friends for the first portion of the night. Just as we're walking back to the main area of the party, I see someone out of the corner of my eye.
"Oh my god" I say in shock.
"What's wrong?" Santana asks, looking at me confused.
"My ex just walked in" I sigh.
"What one is she?" Santana asks curiously as she looks around the room at all of the people.
"Do you see the woman in the red dress?" I ask and she nods. "It's her" I shrug.
"Wow, you really upgraded when you started dating me" Santana states.
"You saw a picture of Megan before and said she was hot, what's changed?" I ask amused.
"She doesn't look at all hot tonight. Your taste in women has really improved significantly since you were with her" she shrugs.
"Someone thinks a lot of themselves" I tease my wife.
"Ok fine, tell me she's hotter than me" she replies. "I'm serious, if you really think she's hotter than me then tell me" she adds.
"Babe I was just messing, of course I know you're hotter than her" I state. Wow, where did that come from?
"You better know that or we have some serious problems" she tells me.
"I'm going to find Mercedes and talk to her to see what's going on" I say. "Are you coming or waiting there?" I ask.
"I'm going to find Quinn because I need to talk to her for a minute" Santana replies. I nod and then go off to find my best friend. It takes me a few minutes to locate her but when I do, I march over to her.
"Mercedes, why is Megan here?" I ask annoyed. Why would one of my best friends invite my ex to her party at her house? I would never invite an ex of Mercedes' to my place to hang out or to party so why would she do that to me?
"Megan who?" Mercedes asks confused.
"My ex-girlfriend" I state. "Why is she here right now when you knew I would be here with my wife?" I ask in no mood to wait around.
"Brittany, I didn't invite her. I promise you I didn't because that would be wrong on so many levels" Mercedes assures me.
"Why is she here then and how would she know about this party?" I ask confused.
"I honestly have no idea but let me find out. You wait here and I'll go and ask her to leave" Mercedes states.
"No, it's fine, I'll find out" I sigh. "I'll be back in a minute" I say before walking away towards Megan. She is talking to some people when I get there but as soon as I catch her attention, she manages to get rid of them. She then walks towards me, smirking at me.
"Megan, why are you here?" I ask with a sigh.
"It's a party so I came to have fun and to hang out with everyone" she shrugs.
"No, why are you here at this party. It's a weekend so there's bound to be plenty of places for you to go to to have fun. Why have you come to my best friend's party in particular?" I ask her.
"I came with a friend who's works with Sam" she shrugs at me.
"Well you can leave with that friend now because you know Mercedes is my best friend and this is her party so it's not appropriate for you to be here" I state.
"Are you worried you might want to get back together?" Megan asks me with a smirk.
"Absolutely not" I say outraged. How dare she think I would want to be with her after the way we ended. "I've moved on Megan so I just don't really need my past here at a party, following me around" I say.
"I don't have to be the past you know" Megan states as she walks closer to me.
"Yes, you do. You're my past therefore you have no presence in my life now or my future" I say seriously. I really don't know what she's playing at but my life is perfect now so I don't want her around me anymore.
"But…"
"Babe, what do you think you're doing?" Santana asks me sceptically as she walks towards Megan and I.
"Babe, huh?" Megan smirks at me. "Is this your girlfriend?" she asks as she eyes up Santana.
"She's not my girlfriend" I shake my head.
"Babe is quite overfamiliar then is it not?" Megan states as she gently strokes my arm.
"Santana is my wife actually" I say with a smirk as I put my arm around Santana. "Yeah so the term babe is not overfamiliar at all between us" I add.
"Wife?" Megan says shocked. I can literally see the colour draining from her face, she is that shocked by what I'm saying. "Y-you're married and to her" she says nervously as she points at Santana.
"Excuse me, don't point at me" Santana says offended.
"You always wanted to get married eventually and have children" Megan says sadly. "I wasn't as interested in all of that stuff but I thought eventually we would get back together and I would be the one you married" she adds.
"Megan, we ended a while ago. What makes you think we would get back together?" I ask curiously.
"Because we always do" she replies. "I just can't believe you're actually married now. You've actually moved on with your life" she sighs.
"Look, we're here to celebrate our friend's engagement, not join your pity party so pull yourself together and get out of here" Santana says seriously.
"I really loved you Brittany and I thought we would find our way back to each other. I just can't believe I have lost you now. I really thought this was just another break, I didn't think you'd get married" Megan says as a few tears fall down her cheeks.
"God, she's good" Santana laughs. "You should really take up acting" she states.
"Babe, can you give us a second?" I ask softly.
"I beg your fucking pardon?" Santana asks in disbelief. I knew I wouldn't like this reaction but I need a moment to talk to Megan because she's clearly misunderstood our situation.
"It'll only take a second, I promise you" I reply.
"I don't want you talking to her when I'm not here" Santana tells me seriously.
"I understand that but you being here isn't helping matters" I whisper. "She's upset and you just laughed at her. I think we need a more delicate approach" I add.
"Fine" Santana shrugs. "Hope you have fun with your little girlfriend because your wife is going to be having some fun of her own" she says before marching off to elsewhere in the house. I just roll my eyes because I know she can't be serious.
"Megan, you and I have been over for quite some time now. When I broke up with you, I meant it that time. We had run our course and we wanted different things. I couldn't wait for you to change your mind about marriage so I had to end our relationship" I say softly. I don't want to upset her even more.
"We always went back and forth to each other so I just thought this would be the same. I didn't think you would have moved on so quickly" she tells me.
"Santana is my person. She's the one I'm with now and she's the one I'm supposed to be with. We're married now and we are trying for a baby. All I have ever wanted is what I have with Santana so I am sorry you're upset but it doesn't change things between us" I say honestly.
"I see that now, loud and clear" Megan states. "Why didn't you at least tell me you had officially moved on and got married?" she asks.
"Because I didn't think I had to. We broke up Megan so I didn't owe you an explanation of what was going on in my life after that. I moved on so I saw no reason to look back into the past" I explain. We didn't leave things on good terms either so I didn't really want to speak to her again. I especially didn't really want to contact her when I'm with Santana now. I don't think she would like me meeting up with an ex again and quite rightly so.
"I clearly misunderstood our situation" she says sadly.
"You did but now you know so we should move on from this. I don't mean to be rude but I also think you should leave now because this is a party for my friends. You don't know them as well as I do and let's be honest, you were never too fond of Mercedes anyway" I say. I think she has only come here because she thought she could see me or wind me up. I really doubt she came to celebrate Mercedes's engagement.
"I will go now, don't worry" Megan assures me. "I guess all I can say now is have a good life" she shrugs.
"Yeah, you too" I say. Megan leaves and then I go and track down my wife. "Hi" I say while sneaking up behind Santana and wrapping my arms around her waist as I kiss the side of her face.
"Don't" she states while pulling away from me.
"Please don't be mad at me" I say.
"I can't believe you picked her over me" Santana says while shaking her head at me.
"Santana, I did not do that" I sigh.
"Why did you want to speak to her so much?" she asks me.
"Because I have a heart and she was genuinely upset" I state. "You are my wife and you know how much you mean to me but I couldn't just walk off and leave her there crying. She used to mean something to me so I had to make sure she understood the situation" I add.
"Fine" Santana shrugs like she doesn't care anymore.
"You knew who you married Santana and you know I have a tendency to care about other people's feelings so I'm not sorry for not walking away when someone was crying in front of me" I say. "I have however made it abundantly clear now that we will never be anything again. It's all sorted and she knows we're completely done with each other. She has also left now with the friend she came with" I add.
"What if Greg turned up here and wanted to talk to me? Are you honestly saying you would like it?" Santana asks me.
"No, I wouldn't like it. I know you don't like what happened either but you still trust me so I thought it would be ok to just make sure things were settled" I point out. "I'm never going to like other people that have or used to have feelings for you but it doesn't mean I wouldn't let you clear the air somewhat. I know I'm yours and you have no interest in anyone but me. You should know that about me too and how I have no interest in anyone but you" I say.
"You care way too much sometimes" Santana sighs. "I guess it's a reason I love you so much" she smiles slightly at me.
"We will never see Megan again, I promise you" I assure her. "With Megan, it's better to do things calmly because kicking off would just rile her up even more and she would kick off too so I wanted to settle things the way I did" I explain.
"I do get it Brittany; I just don't like it" she states.
"I know but it's done now so we can move on and not let it worry us" I smile.
"She was probably the only ex you had that you had a proper relationship with, right?" Santana asks me.
"Yes, Megan was the only meaningful relationship I had so there are no more exes to worry about. All the others were just flings or were done before they even begun so there were no feelings involved and no one really got hurt" I shrug.
"Ok, good" Santana nods.
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*Friday 28th January 2022*
Santana and I didn't really get a chance to do anything for her birthday a couple of weeks ago so I'm hoping we can do something special together this weekend. We're currently at work just now but I am hoping when we finish, we can go home and relax and maybe do something nice tomorrow. I'm thinking we could go out for dinner to a nice restaurant and then hit a few bars or I could take her shopping and we could get lunch somewhere expensive. I really don't mind which we do so I'm going to let Santana decide. Right now though, I am on my way to my wife's office to speak to her about a few work things and ask about the weekend.
"Hey, do you have a minute?" I ask my wife as I peek my head around her open door.
"I have several minutes for you" she smiles at me as she looks up from her computer.
"Awesome" I smile back while walking into the room and closing the door behind me. "I wanted to talk to you about some work stuff but I'll get to that in a second, I want to suggest something first" I say.
"Ok" Santana nods.
"It's our weekend off tomorrow so I was thinking I could book us a table somewhere for dinner and we could go out for some drinks or we could treat ourselves with some shopping and lunch" I suggest.
"I'm not sure honey, I'll see how I'm feeling tomorrow if that's ok" Santana replies.
"Why what's wrong?" I ask as I immediately put my hand on her forehead to see if she has a fever. She doesn't actually look too good right now. She doesn't have a fever but she does look a little under the weather.
"I'm just not feeling great. I think I have food poisoning again because I actually had some really spicy food the other day and I haven't been right since. Remember on our honeymoon I had that spicy food and was in the bathroom half the night" she states.
"Is it the same as last time or different symptoms?" I ask in concern.
"It's different, it's like I can't stop throwing up. It's settled down at the moment but I still feel a little uneasy. The same thing happened yesterday where I was sick and just felt nauseous the rest of the day" Santana tells me.
"Ok" I nod.
"I can be a spicy person sometimes but weirdly enough spicy food does not agree with me" she jokes.
"We'll just have a quiet night in tonight then and we can decide in the morning tomorrow if we want to go out and do something or if we just want to stay home. If you don't feel up to going out then I can go to the grocery store and get lots of ingredients and just make a really nice dinner at home" I tell her.
"Sounds like a plan" Santana smiles.
"I better get back to work now but I'll come by around lunchtime and we can eat together" I say as I make my way over to the door.
"Ok but didn't you want to talk to me about some work things?" Santana asks confused.
"I do and we can talk at lunch. I just remembered I have something urgent I need to go and do so I'll talk to you later" I smile and then leave the office.
After sorting out my urgent matter, I get back to work for a couple of hours. I then go out and pick up some lunch before making my way back to Santana's office. I gently knock on the door before proceeding inside with the food. She is hard at work in front of her computer so I wait ten minutes until she finishes what she's doing before I get the food out. We then move over to her couch and sit down together and begin eating.
"How are you feeling?" I ask my wife.
"Still a little queasy but at the same time my stomach feels so empty since I've barely eaten so I want to try and make sure I digest my lunch" she replies.
"Just make sure you're hydrated as well" I tell her. "I know you like your coffee babe but sometimes caffeine isn't appropriate so you need to make sure you have plenty of water and fluids in you" I add.
"Yes Dr Pierce" Santana smirks at me.
"I know I seem like I'm annoying you but I'm serious. We want to make sure we're doing everything we possibly can do in order to get pregnant" I explain.
"I know and I'm just teasing" she smiles at me.
"Ok" I smile back. Once we finish eating lunch, we move back over to her desk and talk through some of the work matters I wanted to discuss with her.
"So, I think that's everything sorted now and we can just work on our own until we finish" Santana states.
"Yeah, I agree" I smile as I stand up from the desk, intending to go back to work. "Oh, I have a present for you Ms Lopez" I tell my boss as I turn back around, just remembering about the present.
"Ok" she smiles at me. "Is this a present for your boss or your wife?" she wonders.
"My wife" I reply.
"I'm not getting to open it right now then am I since we're still working?" she asks.
"I'll give it to you at home later" I state.
"Sounds good" Santana smiles.
After working for another number of hours, Santana and I finally headed home together. We got inside and changed into something a little more comfortable and I made us dinner. Santana wanted to help but I insisted she rested since she wasn't feeling great the last week or so. We sat down to dinner together and just talked about the parts of our days we hadn't already caught up on. I then told Santana to stay where she was while I went through to the hall and got something from my work bag. I then brought it into the dining room with me.
"For you" I say while handing Santana the wrapped gift. "We can clear up the dishes later, I want you to open this now" I smile.
"Ok" she smiles back before tearing the paper off the present.
"Huh, a pregnancy test" she says unenthusiastically while looking at it. "I don't really get it honey because I could buy one of these myself if I wanted to. This isn't a present and it's not jewellery either which I was expecting given the shape of this present" she says sadly.
"I know it's not what you were expecting but think about it clearly. Why might I give you this today?" I ask her.
"No idea" she shrugs, still not looking pleased with the gift.
"The sickness babe, I don't think it's food poisoning from the spicy food" I tell her.
"Wait…do you think I could be pregnant?" Santana yells in excitement.
"I can't say for definite but maybe you could be because all the signs add up" I point out.
"I guess I should take the test and find out then" she smiles while getting up from the table. "Come on, you're coming with me" she says while grabbing my hand and pulling me to the bathroom with her.
"Shall I wait out here?" I say as I stand at the bathroom door.
"No, you can come in, I don't care about using the toilet in front of you when it's for something like this" she shrugs while pulling down her pants.
"Ok" I nod. Santana does what she needs to do before placing the stick on the side and washing her hands. "So, what now?" I ask impatiently.
"I need to wait a few minutes before checking to see what it says" Santana replies.
"Ok" I nod again. I don't know if I'm more nervous or more excited. Obviously, I'm excited that she could be pregnant and this could be the start of our little family. Also, I'm really nervous because I could be getting a baby which is scary but also, it could be a false alarm and we've got our hopes up which isn't a great feeling.
"Surely this has been enough time now" Santana says after a few minutes.
"Yeah I think so" I say.
"Do you want to look or should I?" Santana asks me nervously.
"You look babe" I tell her and she nods. She takes a deep breath in preparation for the result and then turns the test over. She stares at it for a second without saying anything which worries me. I'm just about to ask her what it says when she speaks up.
"Brittany it's positive! BRITTANY IT'S FUCKING POSITIVE!" she yells loudly. "OH MY GOD, I'M PREGNANT. I'M PREGNANT" she says while jumping up and down before leaping into my opened arms.
"This is amazing" I say delightedly as I hug her tightly. I can't actually believe it right now. My wife is pregnant. My wife is pregnant with my baby and we're going to be parents in 9 months.
"It feels so surreal. The test says positive but I just can't seem to believe it" Santana states in disbelief.
"I can't believe it either but I also can believe it if that makes sense" I smile as I hold her tightly.
"It doesn't make sense" she shakes her head at me and I just laugh at her cuteness.
I was actually just thinking that you were quite irritable the other day so it probably was the pregnancy hormones" I shrug. She really has been in some bad moods lately so clearly that's why.
"Is that so?" Santana states, glaring at me as she gets down from my embrace.
"Uh…yeah" I say confused. Why is she glaring at me right now?
"You don't tell someone they're hormonal. You especially don't tell someone pregnant that they're hormonal" she tells me.
"But you are…or you were as it happens" I chuckle.
"Yeah and you're annoying" she says while glaring at me again.
"In what way am I annoying?" I ask defensively.
"In what way was I hormonal?" she challenges.
"You know…like you were in a terrible mood the other day and stuff" I shrug.
"You don't like being called annoying, do you?" Santana asks me and I shake my head. "Ok, well I don't like being called hormonal. It's the same thing babe" she shrugs.
"Ok, I'm sorry" I smile while leaning forward to kiss her. "We're having a baby by the way" I say as I wrap my arms around her.
"I know" Santana squeals in excitement.
Santana's POV
*Monday 31st January 2022*
I'm pregnant and I can't believe it. I've known for a couple of days now but I still can't believe it. Brittany and I had a doctor's appointment this morning to make sure I really was pregnant and to see what my next steps were. I still can't wrap my head around it though even after my doctor assuring me I am pregnant. The morning sickness is really kicking my ass and yet, I still can't believe it's finally happening. Brittany and I are at work now after the appointment but we've decided to wait another few weeks before telling people about the pregnancy because it's still very early on. We might let it slip to our close family before then but definitely no one at work can find out just yet.
"Honey, are you ready?" Brittany asks, looking over at me as she closes the conference room door.
"Yeah" I nod with a smile. We're just about to hold another weekly meeting just to see where everything stands after Christmas and things. There is sometimes a decline after Christmas in sales because all of our customers have spent so much money on the lead up to Christmas so we want to make sure we find income in other ways at this time of year.
"Ok, good morning everyone. Welcome to another weekly meeting" Brittany says, welcoming everyone this morning. "I think we'll have Ms Lopez kicks things off this morning and then I'll bring a few things to your attention."
"Ok, so first things first I want to talk about our Christmas sales. The final numbers will all be coming out this morning so those of you who don't work in the accounting department will all find out really soon how well we did. I won't tell you the exact figures right now in case I'm wrong but what I will say is both lines did amazingly well this year" I tell everyone.
"They really did so thank you everyone for all of the hard work" Brittany adds.
"The next…" oh god, I feel sick now. "Um…the next thing I need to talk about is our expenses" I say weakly as I try to take a deep breath and keep the feeling of throwing up at bay.
"You ok?" Brittany asks in a whisper to me.
"Morning sickness" I mumble so no one can hear me. "I'll be fine" I add.
"Ok" Brittany nods.
"Where were we…right expenses" I say trying to get things back on track. "They were a little higher than I would like over the last couple of months so I want to speak to the accounting team about that. I'm hoping it's just to do with the Christmas party we had or something like that and it's not something that will happen every month" I state while leaning onto the table next to me. This sickness is actually making me dizzy.
"I don't mean to interrupt but are you ok Ms Lopez?" Jade asks me.
"I'm fine" I wave it off.
"Let me finish the meeting today" Brittany whispers.
"I can do it" I say while trying to stop myself from wanting to throw up.
"Trust me babe, just let me do this and go back to your office to rest" Brittany says seriously.
"Fine" I sigh. I really don't want this to be affecting my work but Brittany's right, I am in no fit state to be holding a meeting right now. "Come and see me as soon as you've finished" I tell her.
"I will" she smiles at me. "Ok, everyone I will finish off this meeting while Ms Lopez goes and sits down. Honestly, whatever you guys do at lunch, do not go to that new sandwich shop down the street. Unless you want to be like my wife right now with food poisoning that is" she states. I am so glad she tried to explain the situation somehow because it would look weird if we didn't say anything for my leaving.
Once I'm back in my office, I take a lie down on my couch and just rest until Brittany is finished. Even though I feel really sick, I don't think I will actually physically be sick. It happened to me yesterday where I am sick first thing in the morning and then just feeling nauseous for the rest of the day. I'm hoping it's going to pass within an hour because I really don't want to miss work at this early stage. I know pregnancy doesn't always go according to plan but I'm not even 12 weeks yet so I don't want to miss work already.
"Hey, you ok?" Brittany asks as she quietly comes into the office.
"I'm getting there" I smile. "Can we not talk about the sickness right now though because I think it will make me sick if I keep reminding myself of it?" I say.
"Sure" Brittany smiles back. "What shall we talk about?" she asks.
"Your birthday maybe. Are you looking forward to it tomorrow?" I ask my wife.
"I guess so" Brittany shrugs.
"You don't sound that excited" I laugh.
"I mean I'm not not excited about it but I'm just not as enthusiastic as I used to be. I guess I'm just getting that bit older and it's not as big a thing as it used to be. I have bigger things to be excited about" she explains.
"I get that" I nod. I sorta feel the same way as her so I know what she's saying. We're older now and have had so many birthdays so we have other things to be excited about.
"Plus, I've already got the best present I could ask for" she says as puts her arms around me and gently caresses my stomach.
"Me?" I ask with a smile.
"I actually meant the baby but sure, you are the best present I've ever had" she laughs.
"Can you actually believe I'm pregnant?" I ask, still not believing it myself.
"I can because I knew it was going to happen" Brittany smiles. "You say I'm a worrier but, in this instance, it's been you because I wasn't worried about us having a family. I knew it would work out" she adds.
"I am so glad you were as positive as you were because I was not. Like you say, I was really worried about it not working out. I mean we're not totally out of the woods yet but we're going in the right direction" I say.
"Exactly" Brittany smiles while leaning forward to kiss me.