Chapter 11

Disclaimer: I don't own glee or this story


Santana cleared her throat softly as she continued to massage Brittany's lower back under the water in the bathtub before kissing her shoulder and leaning back, resting her head on the wall. After dinner with the girls, Brittany drove around until Skylar was sound asleep in her car seat, and Taylor was nodding against the door falling asleep herself. She would glance at Santana, who sang softly to the music and was sneaking glances back at her with a soft smile; they didn't talk about Quinn at all, but Taylor did keep asking when she could go back over Quinn's house, to which Santana quickly changed the subject and mentioned Christmas was quickly approaching, letting Taylor know she should start thinking about what gifts she wanted. Once they got home Santana put Skylar in bed after giving her a warm bath, laughing every time her little head would bob from her trying to fight her sleep. while Brittany made sure Taylor was situated. Santana noticed her grabbing her back again so she ran a hot bath for the two of them, turning on the jets in their jacuzzi tub, she helped Brittany in, holding her waist tightly as she settled between her legs and sighed in relief as the hot water began to soothe her aching back.

"You've been quiet since we got home." Brittany stated, turning her head to kiss Santana's jaw. "What's on your mind?"

Santana leaned back, wrapping her arms around Brittany's waist, rubbing her stomach. "A lot of nothing." She shrugged in reply.

"Did seeing Quinn upset you?"

"I don't want to talk about her, Brittany." Santana stated quietly. "Please, let's just get through one night without mentioning her."

Brittany turned again to look in her eyes and nodded before pressing their lips together. "Can you rub my back again?"

Santana quickly moved her hands to her back and began to rub there again. "When is your doctor's appointment again?"

"Next Wednesday."

"Okay, I want to ask the doctor some questions." Santana stated, rubbing her finger up and down Brittany's lower spine, noticing her flinch slightly. "Did that hurt?"

"A little."

Santana made a mental note and massaged the area around it, before slowly running her finger over the spot again, attempting to feel for any swelling. "Still okay?"

"Yeah, I think it's just back pain." Brittany assured her.

"Okay, let's get out so I can give you a massage." Santana suggested, standing up first and drying off, she then slipped a tank top and shorts on before helping Brittany out, noticing how slow she stood up. She helped her dry off and handed pajamas to her, watching Brittany slowly leave the bathroom as she drained the tub and cleaned it out quickly.

10 minutes later Santana walked into the bedroom just as Skylar began to whine in the monitor, she walked over to the screen and watched Skylar sit up and look around while whining louder for a few minutes before she finally laid back down, and stuck her fist in her mouth, soothing herself. "She's been whiny lately." Santana stated

Brittany winced as she laid down. "This time of night she is."

Santana pursed her lips together and glanced at the monitor again, listening to Skylar's whines come to a halt as the tiny Latina fell back asleep. "Okay, let's work on your back." She stated, climbing in bed and straddling the back of Brittany's thighs, she lifted her tank top, rolling it up her back, she ran her fingers over Brittany's scars from her surgery gently, leaning down to kiss them before she began to massage her lower back.

"What are we doing for Thanksgiving this year?" Brittany asked as Santana worked on her back. "Do you want to go to Lima and see our folks or stay here?"

"I think I have to work that Friday after." Santana stated. "I would move the days around but if you want me to bring the girls to see you on your trip I can't get out of both of those weekends. Sorry, but Thanksgiving has to be in New York this year."

"That's fine, just a suggestion." Brittany shrugged. "Maybe we can fly our parents in?"

"Both sets?" Santana asked, raising her eyebrow. "We are getting a hotel for them then, right?"

Brittany lifted her head and looked up. "Why would we put our parents in a hotel?" She asked with a frown. "We have plenty of room, Taylor can stay with Skylar in her room, we can get the futon out of storage for her, or she can sleep on the air mattress, whichever one she wants, one set of parents can stay in her room, the other in the guest room."

"Let's talk about that later." Santana mumbled.

"What's going on?" Brittany asked. "Why don't you want our parents here?"

"It's not that, I just...can we not talk about it tonight?" Santana requested. "I promise we can this weekend."

"You work third shift this weekend." Brittany pointed out.

"Well then we can next weekend." Santana replied. "I just want to work on your back, baby, then we can get some sleep."

"Next weekend is Thanksgiving." Brittany pointed out again. "So you just want it to be the four of us for Thanksgiving?"

"Maybe we can invite Cedes and her family over." Santana suggested, watching Brittany's face carefully for any indication she was in pain. "Otherwise yes, just the four of us would be perfect, Skylar gets her first piece of turkey, I can make an apple pie with Taylor, we can just relax."

"You're avoiding our parents." Brittany noted as Santana once again kissed her surgery scars and pulled her shirt back down, Santana then turned the light out in the room and settled in bed next to Brittany.

"I just want to be around you and the girls, is that so bad?" Santana asked.

"Of course not, but I know you Santana, and that's not the only reason." Brittany replied, she then pressed their lips together, slipping her tongue in her wife's mouth. "Good night, baby."

"Good night." Santana nodded, turning on her back and staring at the ceiling.


3am

Brittany jerked awake from Skylar's ear piercing scream in the monitor, and opened her eyes, focusing on Santana, who was fast asleep herself, facing her in bed.

"Momma!" She cried loudly, which in turn woke Santana up. The Latina lifted her head and rubbed her eyes, glancing at Brittany before slipping out of bed.

"I'll go, baby." Santana stated through a yawn, grabbing a sweatshirt off the end of the bed and slipping it on.

"Are you sure?" Brittany asked, groggily.

"Yeah." She nodded, leaning down to kiss Brittany softly on the lips, she placed her hand on her wife's back and rubbed her gently, since Brittany was lying on her stomach as Skylar continued to scream. Santana walked in the baby's room and frowned. "What's wrong, Sky?" She asked softly, wasting no time picking her up and checking her diaper, Skylar continued to scream, hiding her face in Santana's neck as her mother began to rock her side to side.

"You're not wet." Santana yawned, running her fingers through her curls as Skylar continued to cry into her neck, clutching to Santana's robe tightly. "Calm down, Sky Sky." Santana sang softly to her while walking slowly around the room as she began to hum and bounce her, kissing her on the forehead softly. When Skylar's cries finally started to calm down Santana went to the rocker and sat down, grabbing a blanket and covering the two of them, her hand still rubbing Skylar's back while humming as she began to rock.

Skylar rubbed her face against Santana's sweatshirt and stared up at her mother and sniffled. Santana locked eyes with her and smiled at her daughter. "You are so tired Sky Sky." She said softly, tapping her on the nose as her eyes started to flutter closed. Santana reached over and grabbed a pacifier out of the bucket next to her and stuck it in Skylar's mouth, turning the baby to straddle her and rest on her chest.

After two runs through of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, both in Spanish and English, Skylar was fast asleep so Santana leaned back and closed her own eyes to fall asleep, not wanting to let go of Skylar.


Taylor examined her teeth in the mirror after brushing and flossing before turning out the light in her bathroom and running down the hall to her mothers' bedroom. She peeped in and saw Brittany still fall asleep in the middle of the bed and smiled. She kicked her house slippers off and climbed in bed, snuggling close to Brittany, she lifted her mother's arm and wrapped it around her as she cuddled close to Brittany, who woke up and smiled at her.

"Morning Tay." Brittany smiled, kissing her on the cheek while she pulled her daughter closer in her embrace.

"Morning momma." She replied, kissing Brittany on the forehead. "Where's mami?"

Brittany glanced behind her and noticed that Santana wasn't in bed. "She must have fallen asleep in Skylar's room."

Taylor furrowed her eyebrows and pursed her lips. "What happened to Sky?"

"She's okay, just a little fussy this morning so mami went to check on her." Brittany smiled. "How did you sleep?"

"Pretty good." Taylor nodded. "Are we doing anything cool today?"

"Your history project is what you'll be doing." Brittany raised an eyebrow and told her as Santana walked in the room with Skylar, who was resting on her shoulder.

"Morning ladies." Santana smiled, setting Skylar on Brittany's chest, since they were reaching for one another.

"Buenas dias." Taylor winked at her mother as she climbed in bed behind Taylor and kissed the back of her head.

"Did you sleep in the rocker?" Brittany asked Santana.

The Latina nodded and rubbed Taylor's back as she cuddled in her mother's arms. "Yeah, when she finally fell back asleep I didn't want to move her.

"What's wrong Sky?" Taylor asked the tiny Latina, who was lying on Brittany's chest, her arms wrapped around her mother's neck, facing her big sister, a huge smile on her face.

"Mami, are you helping me with my history project today?" Taylor asked.

Santana nodded. "Of course baby, we have to go to the art store, right?"

"I'm going to stay behind, if that's okay." Brittany stated, watching Skylar tangle her fingers in Taylor's hair, lifting some to her mouth, which Brittany quickly slid out of her hand. "I need to send a few emails and I think Skylar needs a long nap today, so I can get her down while you two are gone."

"Ok, we'll be gone for a few hours. I need to run to Jersey and grab something." Santana yawned. "Why don't you go get some breakfast Tay and get dressed."

"Can I take Sky?" Taylor asked, rolling over Santana and jumping out of bed.

"Yes, mash a banana for her, and grab a bottle for her." Brittany nodded, sitting up and handing Skylar to Taylor. Skylar smiled at Brittany and waved.

"Bye bye." She screeched.

"Bye bye." Brittany replied, waving back at her with a big smile.

Once the girls left the room Santana wiggled closer to Brittany, resting her hand on her back. "How's your back?" Santana asked, kissing Brittany on the neck.

"Good." Brittany nodded. "Thank you for last night."

"You're welcome." Santana smiled, leaning forward and catching Brittany's lips. "Do you need help showering?" She asked her wife. "Because I'm going to shower now and..."

Brittany smiled at her and laughed. "Can I take a raincheck? I want to sleep a little longer."

"Of course." Santana replied softly, she sat back down on the bed, watching Brittany roll off of her side and back on her stomach. She lifted Brittany's shirt and pressed around her back carefully, again watching her face for any pain, when she noticed Brittany didn't flinch at all, she nodded in approval and pulled her shirt back down. "I'll make you breakfast before I leave with Tay." She added, kissing Brittany down her neck before landing on her lips, blushing when Brittany kissed her back.

"Thank you, bring Sky up here before you leave too, I want to cuddle with her." Brittany smiled.

"Okay." Santana nodded, she ran her fingers through Brittany's hair once more before standing up and heading towards the bathroom.


4pm

Skylar sat on the floor in the living room, dressed in her purple corduroy overalls, long sleeve white shirt, pink and white striped socks with purple socks. She was holding a teddy bear tightly, a pacifier in her mouth, while we watched Brittany pull a series of DVDs out of the case and set them on the floor in front of her.

"Which movie are we watching, Sky?" She asked her daughter, pointing to the brightly colored boxes.

"Elmo!" Skylar screeched happily, reaching for the DVD case with Elmo on it.

"Great choice." Brittany nodded in approval, she gathered the other movies and set them on the table. "Come with momma to get a snack." She stood and held out her hand to Skylar, who jumped up and grabbed her hand, her little legs moving as fast as they could to keep up with her mother.

"Lech." Skylar stated, hugging Brittany's leg and looking up at her.

"Leche?" Brittany asked her, looking down and locking eyes with her. "You want milk, baby girl?" Skylar nodded, so Brittany nodded with her. "Okay, mami has some bottles for you." She grabbed a bottle that Santana pumped and set it on the counter. She then poured some Cheerios into one of Skylar's snack bowls, and grabbed a pouch of cherry applesauce for her. After warming up the bottle, she poured the milk into a sippy cup for her, since they were introducing cups to her, and handing the bright blue cup to her.

"Momma?"

"Hmmm?"

"More."

"What else do you want, Sky?" Brittany asked as Skylar stared at the cup and took a drink. Skylar then shook her head and ran to the living room. "I guess that's it." Brittany laughed, her eyes caught a bag of puff popcorn so she poured some in a bowl and carried the items to the living room, where Skylar was sitting back and waiting for the video to start.

"Momma?"

"Yes, baby." Brittany answered, setting the items on the floor and watching Skylar's eyes light up as she reached for a piece of the popcorn and ate it with a smile. "Let's build a fort." Brittany said suddenly, jumping up, she went to the sectional and pulled the cushions off, Skylar watching her every move, as Brittany positioned the pillows and moved some chairs around, creating a little secret space for them, she then covered the area with a thin blanket as the roof.

Skylar stood up and stared at the contraption as Brittany crawled inside. "Come on in Sky." She smiled, sliding the snacks in one by one, Skylar furrowing her eyebrows and watching.

The tiny Latina watched closer and peeped her head in, smiling when she saw her mother's big smile. "Sky?"

"Yep, this is for Sky, come in with momma." Brittany nodded and opened her arms.

Skylar smiled and ran in, right into Brittany's arms. Brittany kissed her on the cheek and set Skylar between her legs.

"Okay, movie time." Brittany lifted the remote and pressed pray as Skylar leaned back in her embrace and drank her milk. "I love you, Sky." She smiled, rubbing her little legs and kissing the top of head.

"Amo." Skylar nodded.

"Si, te amo." Brittany blushed when Skylar looked up at her and smiled.

Within the first couple minutes of the video, Elmo began to sing and dance causing Skylar to jump to her feet and shake her body happily, while jumping around. Brittany stayed sitting, not able to stand in the fort and danced around as best she could, since Skylar would turn and watch her, laughing at Brittany throwing her head and arms all around dramatically. Brittany grabbed Skylar's waist and held it steady as the little Latina danced and tried her hardest to sing along with the DVD, she then grabbed her hands and danced around with her, Skylar having the time of her life.


6pm

"Okay, Tay, spread cheese all over the top, evenly." Santana told her, watching Taylor nod and sprinkle a layer of cheese on the stuffed peppers they were making for dinner. "You are going to be an awesome cook."

"Thanks mami." Taylor blushed. "What's Sky going to eat?"

Santana pulled out the boneless and skinless chicken breast she bought for Skylar and washed it off. "I'm going to make her some chicken strips."

"When is she going to be able to eat dinner with us?" Taylor asked, staring at the finished peppers.

Santana lifted the tray and set them in the oven. "Well, momma and I are slowly introducing her to more and more foods but we have to do it carefully and slowly so we can make sure her stomach can handle it."

Taylor watched Santana add a little seasoning to the chicken before adding a little olive oil to the pan. "So Skylar's stomach can't eat our food?" She asked, looking up at Santana.

"Sky's stomach is still developing, she's really only used to eating my breast milk, so we have to introduce her to new foods slowly. So that's why we give her a lot of chicken, and salmon. We know that her stomach can digest those easily and she really likes them. Just like with her veggies, we introduce her to them slowly to make sure they agree with her." Santana explained.

"Is that what you did with me?" Taylor asked.

Santana nodded. "Yep, exactly."

"Does Sky get turkey for Thanksgiving?" Taylor then asked excitedly.

Santana smiled, glancing at her daughter. "Yes she does, do you think she'll like it?"

Taylor nodded excitedly. "Turkey is awesome." She smiled, scratching her arm.

"You've been scratching all day, raise your sleeve."

Taylor raised her sleeve, showcasing the red, irritated skin on her arm. "It itches again."

"Go get your ointment and I'll meet you in your bathroom to put some on and get a closer look at it." Santana told her, turning the chicken down a little lower and covering it.

She walked in the family room, smiling at the giggling she heard from the makeshift fort and walked closer to it, she kneeled down and poked her in, smiling brightly at the sight of Skylar sitting on Brittany's lap, who was hugging her tightly while Brittany read her a book, using the light of a flashlight.

"Hey ladies." Santana smiled.

Skylar laughed and shook her head, leaning back into Brittany's embrace. "No mami."

"No mamis allowed." Brittany winked at her wife.

"Whoa." Santana feigned hurt and placed her hand on her chest. "Can I get kisses?"

Skylar shook her head again while she laughed, Brittany whispered in her ear, making Skylar blush and she lunged forward and kissed Santana quickly on her lips before sitting back down in Brittany's lap with a big smile.

Santana winked at her while blushing. "Gracias." She told her daughter. "Dinner will be ready in like thirty minutes, B, I need to run up and put some ointment on Tay's arm, she's been scratching a lot today and now it's irritating."

"Okay." Brittany nodded.

Santana stood up and grabbed a pillow from the recliner before lifting the top of the fort, and slipping the pillow behind Brittany's back and kissing the top of her head, she then closed it back up and headed upstairs to the Taylor's room.


Santana walked in the bedroom after helping Taylor with her bath, using her

medicated soap, before helping her a little more with her history project. Since it was Saturday night, which meant Taylor was able to stay up an extra hour, Santana allowed her to watch a movie. She went to the bathroom and saw Brittany building a beard and hat on Skylar's face out of suds while the two laughed, Skylar was sitting on Brittany's lap, facing her, staring at her mother in awe.

Skylar scooped some suds in her hands and smeared them on Brittany's face while laughing. "Momma!"

"We look silly." Brittany giggled before kissing her on the forehead and lifting the towel to wash her back as Skylar continued to play in the suds, rubbing them on Brittany's collarbone as she began to sing to her daughter.

Five little ducks went swimming one day,

Over the hill and far away.

Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack,"

But only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks went swimming one day,

Over the hill and far away.

Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack,"

But only three little ducks came back.

Skylar smiled and bounced as Brittany sang and began to wash her arms, her big brown eyes staring at Brittany while trying to sing along with Brittany.

"What sound does the duck make?" Brittany asked.

"Qwat Qwat." Skylar smiled, shaking her head.

"That's right." Brittany nodded. "Quack quack." She repeated before she began to sing again.

Three little ducks went swimming one day,

Over the hill and far away.

Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack,"

But only two little ducks came back.

Santana leaned against the door and watched them as Skylar continued to quack. "Look who's here." Brittany told the baby, pointing to Santana.

"Mami, qwat." Skylar instructed.

Santana smiled. "Quack, quack."

"Come on in, Mrs. Duckie." Brittany teased.

"I don't want to ruin your momma and Sky day." Santana shook her head.

"More." Skylar reached for Santana with a smile.

"Someone wants you in with us." Brittany shrugged with a smile, placing more suds on Skylar's head.

Santana stripped down and walked over to the tub, carefully getting on the other end, so she was facing Brittany and Skylar, who turned to face her mother.

Santana began to massage Brittany's feet under the water while singing the next verse of the song they were singing together.

Two little ducks went swimming one day,

Over the hill and far away.

Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack,"

But only one little duck came back.

"Qwat qwat." Skylar mimicked while smiling and splashing the water around.

"I saw a yawn." Santana sang to Brittany, nodding to Skylar.

Brittany nodded in reply and continued to run the warm water over Skylar's back as Santana sang the last verse of the song, watching Skylar's eyes start to droop.

One little duck went swimming one day,

Over the hill and far away.

Mother duck said, "Quack, quack, quack, quack,"

But no little ducks came swimming back.

Sad mother duck went out one day

Over the hill and far away

The sad mother duck said "Quack, quack, quack,"

And all of the five little ducks came back.

"Qwat." Skylar sighed as she leaned back on Brittany's chest, Brittany turned her and continued to run the warm water on her as Santana hummed, she lifted Brittany's foot and kissed it softly, staring at her wife.

"My favorite sight in the world has always been you with the girls, cuddling them, holding them, taking care of them." Santana murmured.

Brittany looked up at her and blushed. "I'm going to take her to bed, she should fall asleep quickly, will you meet me in the bedroom?"

"Absolutely." Santana nodded. "Let me kiss her goodnight."

Brittany handed Skylar to Santana so she could step out and get her robe on, Santana kissed all over her little tired face.

"Good night, my little love." She whispered to her before handing her back to Brittany, who cuddled her close in a towel.

Santana sighed and leaned back into the bathwater and exhaled in contentment.


Brittany was straddling Santana in bed, engrossed in a deep kiss, Santana's hands all over her body when the telephone rang.

"Let it ring." Santana mumbled against her lips, before bracing Brittany's back and flipping them over, lying flush on her wife, kissing down her neck before resting on her chest.

"That's your mother calling, I know the ringtone." Brittany stated, hugging her tightly. "Why are you avoiding our parents?"

"I'm not." Santana replied. "If it were super important my mom would call the house, not my cell."

"Mami." Taylor knocked from the other side of the door.

Santana sighed and rolled off of Brittany and sat up against the headboard. "Come on in Tay."

Taylor walked in slowly. "I had another nightmare." She whispered.


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