Chapter 15: Progression
Santana's POV
*Friday 8th January 2021*
Christmas has come and gone already but it was a good time of year. It was Brittany and I's first Christmas together as proper couple so we got to spend some of the day together. Christmas was always a family time of year for my family so Brittany and I did spend the first part of the day apart but after Brittany got back from her parent's house and I had spent some time with mine, Brittany and I spent the rest of the night together. We're both back to work now after the festive period but there's still a lot to look forward to. My birthday is next week and it's going to be the first birthday in a long time where I was genuinely personally happy. I do want a gift from Brittany but I don't even care if she doesn't give me anything because I'm just happy to be able to spend my birthday with the girl I love.
We've been together for 8 months now and on the one hand that barely seems like any time at all since the year has went by so quick but on the other hand, I feel like I've known Brittany a lifetime. We work so well together personally and professionally and we've never been in a better place before than we are right now. Everything is going amazingly between us so I'm so excited about the future. I'm just on my way to Brittany's office right now to talk to her about some things.
"Hey, it's me" I say while knocking lightly on the door and then walking straight in without waiting for an answer. I mean why would I need an answer anyway because one, it's my company so I can walk in anywhere I want to and two, it's my girlfriend's office so I can rightfully just walk in.
"Jesus" Brittany says while jumping in fright from her chair and turning around quickly as she zips up her pants.
"Uh…what are you doing?" I ask confused.
"I nearly shit myself babe" she says while trying to regain her breath since I gave her a fright.
"Were you like…you know…getting yourself off?" I ask curiously. Why else would she get such a fright and why else would she be zipping up her pants?
"Oh yes of course I was. It's all I ever do at work" she replies sarcastically.
"Why did you get such a fright?" I ask.
"I just saw the door swing open as I was pulling up my pants so I got a fright and spun around to make sure no one saw me. I didn't realise it was you that was walking in otherwise I'd have just pulled my pants down and not up" she smirks at me.
"Ok" I laugh. "I am confused though, like why were you even doing something with your pants if you weren't sitting at your desk giving yourself a treat" I add.
"If you must know I was on my lunch break so I thought it was an appropriate time to apply some cream to my thigh in the privacy of my own office because I didn't expect anyone to just mosey right on in" she tells me. "I've took a bit of an allergic reaction to my laundry detergent so I've got a few rashes on my body but the most bothersome one is the one on my inner thigh since it chafes with my other thigh through my pants so I wanted to apply some cream to it" she shrugs.
"Ok" I nod. I didn't expect that answer but it's better than what I thought she was doing. "For a minute I thought you were maybe giving yourself a little enjoyment" I say.
"Oh no, definitely not" she shakes her head at me.
"Out of curiosity do you ever do that kind of thing in here when you're alone?" I ask.
"Call me boring or weird but no I don't. I don't have the need to do that because I have an active sex life with my girlfriend already so I'm content with that. It doesn't mean I don't think about you in the day though because I do. I can't stop thinking about you" Brittany smiles.
"I don't think it's weird or boring. I think it's quite sweet actually" I smile back.
"So, what's going on?" she asks me. "Did you just want to hang out or did you need me for something?" she asks.
"I just thought I would come and see you for a little bit" I shrug.
"Cool" she smiles.
"By the way you left your favourite necklace at my place the other night and a few other essential things" I tell Brittany. "You can get them tonight though because I want you to come over and I'll cook for us" I smile.
"Would it be so bad if I just left them at your place?" Brittany asks with a shrug.
"It doesn't bother me but won't you need them?" I say confused. Brittany has been getting a few migraines recently so she has some reading glasses that she wears from time to time so since that's something she left at my place then I assumed she'd need them.
"I could still use them when I'm at your place" she smirks at me.
"Ok, I have no idea what's going on here" I sigh in frustration. She's smirking at me and telling me she doesn't need the items at her place but how else is she going to use them if they're at mine.
"What's going on here is that I would like to leave all of my things at your house" Brittany says as she walks towards me.
"That doesn't seem practical honey and doesn't make sense because everything will be at mine so you'll be coming back and forth all of the time" I state.
"It would be practical if I just moved in with you" Brittany smiles at me as she takes my hands and we intertwine our fingers in between us.
"Wait…what?" I ask shocked. Did I just hear Brittany right? Did Brittany just say she would like to move in with me?
"We've been together for a while now so is it such a bad thing to maybe move in together. I mean we already work together so we spend most of our days together. Plus, your house is huge so even if we do need some alone time then there's plenty of rooms to go to have some time to ourselves" Brittany says.
"I've never lived with anyone before apart from when I lived with my parents but I'd love for you to move in" I smile. It does seem a little scary since I've never moved in with someone before and there is a little bit of worry that once you live together there's nowhere to escape after an argument or something but like Brittany said, my house is big enough so we won't be on top of each other all the time.
"I would ask you to move into my place but it makes zero sense because it's a one-bedroom place and your house is so much better. If we moved into your place then we could live there forever because it's big enough and has plenty of room to start a family" Brittany smiles at me.
"I want you to move in with me honey, honestly" I smile back. "I've actually thought about it recently but I wasn't sure if it was too soon or not so I didn't ask you" I admit.
"I had another idea as well actually" Brittany says.
"Ok" I smile, looking at her to hear her out.
"I thought we could rent out my apartment and then put the money into a shared bank account because we're moving into your house so I want you to benefit from this too and not just me" Brittany says.
"It is my house Britt but I don't need you to pay me to stay there or anything like that babe" I assure her. She can do whatever she wants with the apartment because it's hers so if she wanted to sell her apartment and keep the money then it's fine.
"We're moving into your house Santana so it wouldn't be nice of me to rent or sell my place and keep all the money because I would benefit from that and you wouldn't. I would be getting a free house out of everything so I want to split the money with you. Plus, we don't have a shared account which I think we should have for all of our expenses and housekeeping" she tells me.
"You no longer work in finance but you still talk like my financial advisor and accountant" I tease.
"Yeah" she laughs. "I am serious though babe, I think we trust each other enough to open a shared bank account. We can use it for housekeeping like I say or put it towards personal use for the future" she adds.
"It sounds good but let's talk more later tonight because I should probably get back to work now" I point out.
"Ok, no problem" she smiles at me.
"I'm going to finish around 5 tonight, what about you?" I ask her.
"I do have quite a lot of work to get on with so I was probably going to be here until nearer 6" she tells me.
"That's cool. I'll finish at 5 and head back to my place to start cooking and you can just come over round about 6 when you're finished" I suggest. This way I can make a head start on dinner and it's win-win for the both of us.
"Sounds like a plan, I'll see you later" Brittany says while kissing me before walking back over to her desk.
"See you later babe" I smile and make my way to the door.
"Oh, before you go, I meant to say I've made sure I've got Tuesday completely free so we can do whatever you want. My schedule has no work involved at all" she smiles at me.
"Tuesday?" I say confused. Why are we clearing our schedule on some random Tuesday? Don't get me wrong I love hanging out but why is she so set on a Tuesday and not like a Friday or Saturday where we could go out for drinks?
"Sorry, I must be mistaking you for my girlfriend. You see it's my girlfriend's birthday on Tuesday so I cleared my whole day for her so I was thinking you were her so I was letting her know I'm free. Don't worry about it though" she smirks at me.
"Ok, sorry" I say laughing. "I wasn't even registering that's what you would mean. I literally thought you were just clearing your schedule on some random Tuesday" I add. I know I was just thinking about my birthday but I honestly didn't put two and two together when she said Tuesday.
"You are so cute sometimes. Anyway, like I say, we can do whatever you want to so have a little think about it and I'll make some calls if need be" Brittany smiles.
"I will" I nod. "Anyway, see you later" I smile and then leave her office.
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I did finish work before Brittany so I went straight home and made preparations for tonight. I got all of the cooking underway before heading upstairs to change out of my work clothes. I know Brittany likes the way I dress at work but I want to wear something even nicer tonight because I thought this could be like a date night at home. We are falling into quite a good balance between work and our personal life so we do get date nights most weeks but it's nice every once in a while, to have them at home. I'm just lighting a few candles on the table when I hear the front door close which I assume is Brittany. I make my way out of the dining room and through to the hall to meet her.
"Hi" she smiles but yet looks at me confused.
"What's wrong?" I ask.
"You look amazing" she tells me while pecking my lips.
"Don't I always look amazing?" I ask teasingly.
"Of course, you do but tonight feels different. There is a calmer atmosphere around here tonight. It's like more romantic plus you're all dressed up so I can only assume tonight is supposed to be special" she states.
"It is supposed to be special so why don't you go to the living room and I'll bring you a drink" I suggest.
"Ok" Brittany nods before heading to the living room. I pour her some wine and take it to her. "Are you going to come and join me?" she asks as she sits on the couch.
"I need to take care of dinner right now but it shouldn't be too long so we'll be sitting down together soon enough" I smile. As soon as I finish cooking dinner, I plate it all up and take it to the dining room. I then get Brittany and pour us another drink before we sit down to eat together.
"Are there peanuts in this sauce?" Brittany asks me with a weird look.
"Yeah" I nod. I do generally make my satay sauce with peanuts. Clearly Brittany doesn't seem to like that though. "Why what's wrong?" I ask concerned.
"I'm allergic to peanuts babe, you know that" she tells me.
"Oh shit, are you?" I state. I had no idea she was allergic to peanuts; in fact, I had no idea she had any allergies at all. "Hold on, did you just say I should know that?" I say just realising what she said. How the fuck would I know this?
"I've told you before" she shrugs.
"I'm sorry, I don't remember you saying that. Let me make you something else real quick though" I say while taking the plate away. "You did try the sauce so are you going to be ok or do we need to go to the emergency room?" I ask concerned.
"I'll be fine and do you know why?" she asks with a smirk.
"Because you're not actually allergic to peanuts" I say with a sigh. I can tell by her smirk right now that this has all likely been a joke.
"Yeah" she laughs.
"It's not funny Brittany because I was genuinely trying to make a romantic meal for us tonight to cheer us up a little bit" I say slightly annoyed. Christmas is over now so there is a slightly less upbeat mood for everyone when the holiday period is over and we've both been busy at work so I wanted to do something nice to lift our spirits.
"I was just teasing you but I'm sorry" she says honestly. "I've been sitting in my office all alone all day working on things on my computer so you're the only moving person I've been able to talk to today so I was just finally happy to be talking to a real person so I was making a joke because I was happy" she adds.
"I get that but I really wanted tonight to be romantic" I say. It doesn't come naturally to me to be all soppy and shit so I was really trying to be better tonight and then Brittany has to make a fool out of me and make me think I've almost killed her. "It's not easy for me to be like this babe so I really tried tonight" I state.
"I know and I am really sorry" she replies. "You aren't actually as shit as you think you are at this though. I've never felt so in love before so clearly you are doing something that you don't know you're doing because you make me so happy" she smiles.
"You're not just saying that in the hope we have sex tonight, right?" I ask. She could just be saying that to butter me up right now.
"Is that something I usually do?" she questions.
"To be honest not really" I shrug. Brittany isn't really like that because she compliments me a lot of time and it's just because she loves me not because she wants something. I on the other hand I'm different.
"I am sorry so can we finish dinner now?" she asks me while taking the plate out of my hands.
"We can" I smile.
"Good" she smiles back at me.
"Do you actually think I can be romantic sometimes?" I ask as we begin eating.
"Yeah, definitely" Brittany nods.
"I am still struggling a little bit with how to express my feelings with words but you know we're good right?" I say honestly. I do talk about feelings more nowadays but it's still not as much as some people.
"Santana, I fell for you because you were you so I don't expect you to change for me. I don't want you to change anyways" she smiles. "The main thing is that we love each other so I know you love me and I love you so we have no issues. As for being romantic, I like this so you did well tonight" she adds.
"Ok" I smile.
"The food really is good by the way" she tells me.
"There isn't too much of a peanut flavour like in an overpowering way is there?" I ask. She seemed to know right off the bat that there were peanuts in this since she was able to make the joke so I hope it doesn't taste too much.
"No, it's lovely" Brittany assures me.
"I'm glad you like it" I nod.
"I do, I really do" she smiles. "Hey did you know that peanuts aren't actually nuts?" she says as we continue eating.
"I did know that" I reply with a smile. She is so cute sometimes when she just suddenly drops some knowledge about something.
"Speaking of nuts or rather nuts that aren't actually nuts, I'm not hugely into them. I mean I like them in sauce or whatever but I wouldn't just have some nuts for protein because it's just not my thing" she tells me.
"Nuts don't offend me" I say with a shrug as I wink at her.
"Why are you…oh ok" she laughs.
"Do you get it now" I tease.
"Yeah" Brittany nods. "I was thinking why is she winking at me because she likes cashews and peanuts but I realise now you're trying to be funny since essentially I have nuts" she says while pointing down at her crotch.
"Yeah" I smile.
Once we finish eating, Brittany helps me to clear up and then we head to the living room to sit down together. Brittany said she would tidy up all of the dishes since I cooked but I said I could help. That way we could get it done quicker and get a chance to relax together quicker. We're just sitting in one another's arms on the couch as Brittany tries to find something decent to watch on Netflix. I'm not too bothered about what we watch because I know I won't like it anyway because I can never find something interesting to watch without getting bored.
"Hey, I have a present for you" I say while leaning over to the side of the couch to pick it up before placing a small box in Brittany's lap.
"Ok" she says excitedly. She quickly opens up the box and looks inside. "Huh, a keyring" she says, now a little less enthusiastic about it.
"I know it's not romantic or anything" I tell her.
"I'm sorry for not sounding grateful" she apologises. "Thank you though" she smiles. "I'm not sure what I was expecting but it wasn't exactly a keyring."
"I know it's not exciting but it has a purpose" I point out.
"Ok" Brittany nods.
"The place where I usually go to get my keys copied was closed when I finished work today so this is the closest you can get to having your own keys for here right now. I'll get you those keys copied as soon as possible and you can hold them together with this keyring" I explain. We've been together for a while now but we've never actually swapped keys and Brittany having a key to my place is quite pivotal now since she's going to move in.
"Babe, that's so sweet" she smiles before leaning over to kiss me.
"The only spare key I do have my mom has so I want her to keep that for emergencies but like I say, as soon as I can, I'll get you the keys copied" I say.
"Ok" she nods.
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*Tuesday 12th January 2021*
It's my birthday today and the day has already started out amazingly. Brittany brought me coffee in bed and we just spent some time together. There is nothing I like more than just chilling with Brittany so that's what we did to start off the day. We've kept to our agreement so we're not working today and are going to spend the whole day together. I've just finished in the shower now so I've made my way downstairs to see where Brittany is. I check a few rooms before finding her in the kitchen.
"Hey" I smile while walking over to her where I wrap my arms around her neck.
"Hi" she smiles back as she places her hands on my hips. "You're looking very sexy in nothing but your towel today I must admit" she smirks at me.
"Thank you" I smile again. "So, what are we up to now?" I ask curiously.
"Let's go out for breakfast after you've opened your presents" she suggests.
"Honey, you're already taking me to dinner tonight so we don't need to go out for breakfast. We can have something here" I reply.
"This is your first birthday where I get to call you my girlfriend so let's make it a fun one. Let me take you out for some pancakes and we'll have dinner at one of you your favourite restaurants later" she states.
"Ok but I need to get ready first. I need to dry my hair and get changed" I say while pulling out of the hold.
"Yeah I need to get ready too" Brittany nods.
Once we both get ready, we sit together in the living room and I open my gifts. I then text everyone I know and thank them for my presents. I wasn't actually going to do it right now because I just wanted to hang out with Brittany but she said maybe I should do it in case I forgot. I suppose it would be rude not to thank someone for giving me a present. We're now just heading out for breakfast together. I thought maybe Brittany would drive us there but apparently walking is better for you so we're walking to the café unfortunately.
After we have breakfast together, we go home again and just spend the day together. Some of my family visited me and then we had a relaxing afternoon before getting ready for tonight. We're just in our bedroom right now getting ready and changed to go to dinner. I'm in two minds whether I actually want to go out for dinner now because Brittany insisted on me joining her in the shower even though I showered already earlier today and I've honestly never recovered since. All I want to do when I look at her is just fuck her so badly.
"Why do you keep staring at me?" Brittany asks amused.
"Because you're so hot right now" I say while walking towards her. "I sort of don't want to go to dinner now" I admit.
"I booked your favourite restaurant especially for your birthday though" she tells me.
"I know and I appreciate that but I want you so badly right now" I say as I put my arms around her and lean in and kiss her.
"I don't mind just staying in with you but I don't want you regretting not going to dinner and having a special birthday meal" she replies.
"I don't need anything but you to feel special" I smile before kissing her again.
"I'm happy for us to stay in then" she smiles back.
"Good" I state while unzipping her dress.
"Oh, we're doing it like right now?" Brittany asks surprised.
"Of course, we are, why wait?" I shrug.
"Shouldn't I at least cancel the dinner reservation though?" she asks. "I don't want them holding that table waiting on us turning up and we never do so they've lost money on not having that table free for customers who will eat there" she adds.
"It's a table for two babe, it's hardly going to be that trivial" I say. I honestly don't care about anyone but Brittany and I right now and I'm not ashamed to admit it. "Ok, now fuck me" I smirk while pulling her against me.
"Wish pleasure" she smiles.
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*Saturday 16th January 2021*
Brittany is moving into my place today for real. The last few days we've been bringing a few of her things to my house gradually and just spending the night at my place but today is finally the official moving in day. We've just been so busy with work and we didn't want to ruin my birthday by moving things all day so now today is finally the appropriate time. Brittany has been packing things up as she goes over the last week or so, so there isn't too much to do today. She would finish work at night and pack a few things before bed each night that she wasn't at my place so like I say, not too much packing to do today. It's more about moving everything now that we need to concentrate on.
"I think that is finally the last of all of your clothes all boxed up" I say as I tape up the box.
"Do you think you have enough closet space for all of my clothes?" she asks me.
"Oh yeah definitely" I nod. "Even if I didn't though, we could just throw out some of your most questionable outfits to make room anyway because now we're together, I'm not letting you leave the house in some of this stuff" I tease.
"I don't have bad fashion taste Santana; I just don't dress to what you like" Brittany shrugs.
"Ok but all I'm saying is that we're living together now so I can control what you wear and don't wear from now on so whether you like your fashion sense or not, you won't be wearing things I don't like" I shrug back.
"Excuse me, my girlfriend does not control me" she states as she wraps her arms around me. "If she thinks she does then I'm going to withhold sex until she realises it's not fair to do that" she smirks while pulling me closer to her so our bodies are pressed against each other. She leans down to kiss me but pulls away at the last second.
"You can't do that Brittany because you know sex always relaxes me after a bad day at work so what am I meant to do after a stressful day if we can't have sex?" I question.
"Stop trying to control me and it won't happen" she smirks.
"I won't actually control you babe. I'll just give you some gentle direction when it comes to fashion, deal?" I reply.
"Ok, deal" she smiles before leaning down to kiss me.
After we spend a few minutes looking in each other's eyes soppily and kissing for a little bit, we eventually get on with moving Brittany into my place. We have all of our friends and family helping us which is good because we'll get things done quicker that way. We've got different people in different rooms moving all of the boxes out to our cars and the van my dad and Brittany's dad rented out to help. Quinn, Mercedes and Tina are helping Brittany and I move all of the boxes in Brittany's bedroom right now.
"I think I might take that box Quinn" I say while grabbing the box labelled bedroom from Quinn.
"Uh…ok" she looks at me confused while also glaring slightly since I scratched her when I aggressively took the box from her hands.
"Don't take it personally Quinn, that box just has my underwear and delicate things like that so Santana thinks no one else should handle it" Brittany explains.
"It's all taped up though so I can't see anything so does it really matter?" Quinn shrugs.
"It matters" I state before walking away with the box.
"I might have found it cute had she not scratched my hand to death by grabbing the box like that. I mean how was I meant to know what was in it when all it said was 'bedroom'. She could have just asked to take it from me politely" I hear Quinn complain to my girlfriend. I'm literally rolling my eyes at her right now with how childish she's being. I take my box downstairs and put it into Brittany's car since my car is so small before going back upstairs into the apartment.
"Is it just the furniture in here now that we need to move?" I ask as I notice all of the boxes are now gone out of the room.
"Yeah it seems like it so I'll go downstairs and get James to come here and help us move this bed and stuff" Quinn says while making her way over to the door.
"Why do we need James?" I ask confused. There are 5 of us here already so why would we need a 6th person to help?
"James is strong and if you think I'm carrying chest of drawers and a bed downstairs then you have another thing coming" Quinn tells me.
"I don't need a man to help me move all of that stuff, now get out of my way" I say while pushing Quinn away from the door. Just because Brittany and I are two women does not mean we need men in our lives to help us move things. We're both very strong people who can do normal tasks without some man thinking he's the strongest thing ever coming in here like he knows best.
"Ok fine but like I say, I'm not carrying stuff like that downstairs because it's too heavy so you're on your own" Quinn replies.
"Good" I state. "You were no use to us anyway because all you could handle were a few pillows and you tried to take my girl's underwear which I wouldn't let happen" I say as I lift the mattress off the bed frame.
"You are so ungrateful sometimes Santana" my best friends says while glaring at me.
"If I am so bad then why are you still here?" I point out.
"Because Brittany is a good friend so I am here to help her. She's the one that is actually moving house not you so I am here for her" Quinn replies.
"Whatever" I say while rolling my eyes at Quinn. "Now can you stop hovering around the door and do something. I don't care what it is even if it's you going home just move out of my way" I say as Brittany grabs the other end of the mattress and we move towards the door with it.
"Why don't you take some kitchen things down to Santana's car for us?" Brittany suggests.
"No problem" Quinn smiles at my girlfriend. "At least I don't need to be around her if I do that" she says while smirking at me before walking away.
"Just watch my paintwork on my car Quinn. I don't want you throwing boxes into my car and damaging it" I shout after her.
"I was going to actually draw a kitchen knife across the doors" she replies.
"Tina hold this" I say while thrusting my side of the mattress onto Tina before running after my best friend. No one fucking damages my car or jokes about it.
"Santana get back here!" I hear Brittany shout after me.
"In a minute" I reply to my girlfriend.
"No, not in a minute, right now" Brittany says unamused. I'm torn about what to do for a second because I need to give Quinn a piece of my mind but at the same time, my girlfriend means more to me.
"She said she was going to damage my car Brittany" I complain to my girlfriend as I walk back into the bedroom.
"You and I both know she won't actually do it and was just winding you up so let's not waste anymore time. I don't want to be moving things all day so can we get on with this please?" Brittany asks.
"Ok" I nod. I take the end of the mattress from Tina before Brittany and I navigate it through her apartment and downstairs to the moving van.
"I was just thinking babe; my mattress has always been more comfortable than yours so why don't we move yours to one of the guest rooms and we can use mine" Brittany suggests.
"We can do that if you want" I smile. I love how quickly we are settling into things already. I want my home to feel like Brittany's home so she can do whatever she wants to do.
After we got everything moved from Brittany's apartment and locked it up, we made our way to my house and started unloading everything. All of our friends and family stayed to help unload all of the boxes and furniture before they all went home. They asked if we wanted them to help us unpack but we declined. We've took up enough of their day today plus now that all of Brittany's things are at my place then there is no rush to unpack. We can just unpack things at a leisurely pace whenever we want. Although we did make sure that most of the bedroom stuff was unpacked because that's things that we'll need right away. I mean I say 'we' but it's really just Brittany who needed the stuff. I was more than happy for her to sleep naked tonight but she thought she best find some pyjamas to wear from one of the boxes.
Brittany and I have just finished dinner now so we're starting to unpack a few other things now. We're starting with the kitchen right now and seeing where all of Brittany's things could go. I do have lots of kitchen utensils and things so we don't necessarily need Brittany's but they are hers so I want her to keep them. Plus, if we double up on things then it makes it easier whenever we have dinner parties and family over to eat because we have enough plates and everything.
"If all of this kitchen stuff isn't fitting in then feel free to redesign it all and move things around" I tell Brittany. I know she likes doing that sort of thing and this is her house now too so she can do whatever she wants.
"I might do that tomorrow actually. How about we just leave everything now and we can relax together?" she suggests.
"Sounds good" I smile. "I'm going to use the bathroom and then we can get changed into something comfier" I say as we make our way upstairs.
After finishing in the bathroom and changing into my pyjamas, I head downstairs again since Brittany is already down there. When I walk into the living room, Brittany is lying on the couch while clicking buttons on her phone as the TV plays in the background. I walk towards the couch and climb on, scooting in next to Brittany on the inside of the couch. There's not a great deal of space to lie next to one another so I lie on my side to give us some more room. I place my arm over her stomach and just lie quietly next to her.
"You ok baby?" Brittany asks as she gently taps my hip and looks at me momentarily before looking back at her phone.
"Mm hmm" I mumble. I'm too tired right now to say proper sentences. I didn't realise it before but moving house is really quite tiring. I mean it's not even me that was moving it was Brittany but I'm still so tired right now.
"Are you tried?" she asks, never looking away from her phone but clearly realising I'm tired since I'm mumbling.
"A little bit" I reply.
"We're not working tomorrow so you'll be able to have plenty of rest tonight" she tells me. I lie next to her quietly for a while as I draw patterns on her stomach under her pyjama shirt. Meanwhile Brittany continues to giggle and type ferociously on her phone. The sound of her laugh is cute but it's also annoying because it shows me that her phone is getting more attention than I am.
"I am so glad you've officially moved in now" I say as I place a gentle kiss below her ear.
"Me too" she smiles at me before looking back at her phone. After a few minutes of Brittany on her phone and paying no attention to me, I've had enough so I decide to do something. I place one hand on the side of her face and begin kissing her neck at the other side. She likes it when I kiss her neck so hopefully this distracts her away from her phone and focusses her attention onto me.
"Who is it you're talking to and laughing with?" I ask. I'm not going to lie; I am slightly jealous. Someone is making my girl laugh and it's not me so that bothers me.
"Jade" she replies.
"Who's Jade…wait a minute, do you mean my employee Jade?" I ask curiously as I realise, I do know someone called Jade.
"Yeah. She's just had a disastrous first date tonight with some guy" she tells me.
"And what has that got to do with you?" I ask, not seeing how it's Brittany's business.
"I was just casually texting her to pass the time to see how it went while you were taking ages upstairs and then we got into a bit of a discussion" she replies.
"Not what I asked and I did not take ages" I point out. I only took longer than Brittany because I was using the bathroom and she was not. It's not like I took half an hour longer than her to get ready or something.
"We just got into a discussion about first dates and stuff but I suppose it's not really my business. She is my friend so I was just texting out of nosiness to see how the date went and the conversation started from there. She was telling me the guy was a bit of an ass and it led me to discuss some of the worst first dates I've had and she was explaining tonight was not the first bad first date either for her" Brittany explains.
"I see" I nod, understanding the situation.
"I was just giving her some words of advice telling her it isn't always bad and she'll find someone soon. One bad date can't put you off men forever I was explaining" she shrugs.
"I just don't see where the laughing came from though" I point out. How is having a first date laughable especially if it was a bad one?
"You know I joke a lot so we were just messing around. It's no big deal babe. I was just being a friend trying to cheer her up" she tells me.
"Tell her to talk to another friend because you're busy tonight" I say as I move my hand under her shirt again and slowly slide it up her body to cup her bare breast. I am so glad we decided to change into our pyjamas tonight because it means there's no bra in my way right now.
"I thought you were tired" she says as a little moan escapes as I gently squeeze her breast.
"I am generally tired but not tired for you" I say as I lean back down and kiss her neck while continuing to caress her breasts.
"Ok" she says while tilting her head back slightly to give me more access to her neck. "What do I say?" she asks after a minute or so. Fuck, my girlfriend is just too polite sometimes so she clearly doesn't want to tell someone to just piss off.
"Just say, 'I'm fucking our boss right now so I'll see you Monday' and that should do it" I shrug.
"I'm not being rude Santana. I love you ok and I want to spend time with you but I can't just be so rude to a friend who needed some advice tonight. There's bound to be a better way to say it" she tells me.
"Just tell her it's been a long day because you've moved house and you're tired so you should get to bed now but you'll give her a little text in the morning to see how she is" I sigh. It's the best I can come up with that doesn't say 'fuck off' so hopefully it'll do.
"That's not too bad actually" Brittany nods. "I'm actually a little surprised it came from your mouth though" she smirks teasingly at me as she hits me on the ass.
"Just hurry up and text her, would you" I say while moving my hand quickly down her body to cup her crotch. If getting her hard doesn't give her the message to speed things up then I don't know what else will.
"Oh Santana, please" she moans.
"Hurry up and text her back then. You're faffing around and now isn't the time for that. We have officially moved in together now so time is of the essence to christen every room in the house" I tell her.
"Ok" she nods while quickly text Jade back.
Brittany's POV
*Saturday 30th January 2021*
Santana and I are going wine tasting tonight. We wanted a different date night for a change to mix things up a bit and it happens to be my birthday on Monday so Santana thought this might be nice to do this. She is more a cocktail girl herself but she enjoys a glass of wine from time to time and knows I like wine so she said we could do this for our mashup date birthday night. I'm looking forward to it because we do a lot of the same things for dates so it'll be fun to do something a little different and I mean, who doesn't like a cheeky glass of wine?
"I'm ready whenever you are honey" Santana tells me as she walks into the bedroom.
"I'm almost there" I say while putting the finishing touches to my makeup. After a few seconds, I'm ready to go. "How do I look for date night?" I ask.
"Amazing as always" Santana smiles at me.
"Seriously, is my outfit on point this evening?" I ask her. She is a fashion designer so I know she'll tell me how it is.
"For once it actually is" she teases. "No seriously, you look great tonight and I like the outfit" she smiles.
"Thank you" I smile back. We then head downstairs and lock up before getting into the cab that's waiting outside. We will be drinking alcohol so it really wouldn't be wise to drive one of our cars tonight hence the reason we've ordered a cab.
Once we get to the venue, we head inside. Santana had pre-booked the night because it's a very expensive hotel that is hosting the wine tasting so she figured it would be fully booked if we just turned up so she made sure to make a reservation. It's not just the two of us doing the little activity, there are other couples as well so it should be interesting. I've got to admit though as much as I like wine, I might end up staring at Santana all night instead of focusing on the activity because she is dressed so sexy.
"Ok, welcome everyone" the lady hosting the activity says. "If you would all like to just gather around this table and we'll get started" she says so all of us do that. She then goes through what we'll be doing tonight which is pretty simple. She's going to go through each wine one at a time where she tells us a little bit about it and we taste it before giving our thoughts and then going onto the next wine.
"I am going to be so drunk by the end of this" I tell Santana as I notice just how many different bottles of wine are there.
"Me too" she laughs. "We really should have had dinner first but never mind" she shrugs.
"Ok let's see this first wine. It's a very strong and rich sort of wine so let's see what you all think" the lady tells us. We all then pick up our glasses to take a drink.
"Oh, this will be right up your street babe" Santana says while smirking at me. "I'm a strong character and rich so you're clearly into those qualities so you'll enjoy the wine" she winks at me.
"Yeah, maybe" I laugh.
After the wine tasting finished, Santana and I headed out to dinner. It maybe wasn't the best thing to have wine before eating but Santana made the reservations and we wanted to have a nice meal together. We then went for a little walk together before heading home. It's been such a great night tonight and we had a lot of fun so I couldn't wish to spend my pre birthday celebrations any other way. I'm currently just in bed just now and Santana is finishing up in the bathroom getting ready for bed. I didn't want my weekend off to be about work so I'm reading a book instead of going on my iPad and checking my emails and other work stuff.
"Hi there" Santana says seductively as she leans against the doorframe of the bathroom in nothing but sexy lingerie and heels.
"Yeah, I'm hard already" I state while putting my book down.
"I know your birthday isn't until Monday but there's nothing wrong with a little treat right now to warm us both up before then" she says as she walks towards me on the bed.
"I agree 100%" I smirk. I can barely contain myself right now as Santana gets onto the bed and straddles my waist. "Wow, you smell amazing" I point out as she leans in and kisses me.
"I want you to just lie back and relax and just enjoy this" she smiles at me.
"I can definitely do that" I smile. Santana is the sexiest person on this planet so there is no way I couldn't enjoy this right now. I actually feel really smug that Santana is my girlfriend and no one else gets to feel how I feel right now.
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*Monday 1st February 2021*
It's my birthday today but I insisted on Santana and I working since it's a Monday. We had such a great weekend together so I sort of celebrated it then. I'm not saying I won't welcome any visits from friends and family tonight or won't welcome presents because I absolutely will. I just thought with the weekend we had off then we should do some work today. Even though I am working, it has been a good birthday so far because I got to wake up to Santana. Most of my other birthdays I've been single so not only was it good that I have a girlfriend but it was also nice to wake up to my girlfriend since we live together now.
"Are you sure you don't want to at least take a half day today and finish work early. We could go out for dinner or something or just spend it together" Santana asks as we get out of my car and head into work.
"Honestly, I don't mind working" I smile. "I had a really fun weekend so I got to spend most of that time celebrating my birthday so I'm more than happy for today to be a normal day at work" I assure her.
"I just feel really bad" Santana points out as she grabs my hand as we walk into the building.
"Oh my, holding hands with the boss" I smirk at her. We like to keep PDA to a minimum at work because we're professional. That doesn't mean when our office doors are closed that we don't get a little less professional though.
"It's your birthday today, I think I can be a little less professional today and hold hands with my girlfriend" she smiles at me.
"Ok" I smile back.
Once we get inside, we kiss goodbye and then head to our own offices to start work for the day. I'm only working for a couple of hours before I'm pulled away from my work to do something else. Jade asked me to go along to the conference room because she and Jack wanted to talk to me about some issue they have. They said it was to do with BP Sportswear so I just hope I haven't fucked something up. I now know how Santana felt every time I asked to come to my desk to talk about some financial issues. When I walk into the conference room, I get the fright of my life.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRITTANY!" everyone shouts out together. Every single member of staff that works here is all gathered together in the one room.
"Oh, my goodness, what is going on?" I ask shocked.
"We all came together to help you celebrate your birthday" Jack shrugs.
"We have food and drinks not to mention a nice big birthday cake" Jade tells me as she points over at the cake on the table.
"I don't know what to say. Thank you, guys" I say sincerely. It's like a little mini birthday party for me which I think is just so sweet. I hug some of my close work colleagues before walking over to Santana.
"Did you do all of this?" I ask Santana.
"I wish I fucking did but no, it's all of your friends here" she tells me. "I should have thought of doing something like this because why wouldn't your girlfriend do it but I'm sorry I didn't do anything for you. Everyone here clearly likes you a lot though" she adds.
"You gave me the best weekend celebrating my birthday so it's ok" I smile before kissing her cheek.
"Are we allowed this at work Ms Lopez?" Jack asks, looking over at Santana as he holds up a bottle of wine.
"Normally I would say no but I suppose since it's Brittany's birthday then you can all have one glass to toast the birthday girl. I still want you all working hard later though so no more than one glass of alcohol" Santana says seriously.
"Ok" Jack nods before pouring a glass for everyone.
"If this was Jade's birthday or even Jack's, would you let us have a mini party like this and let us drink a glass of alcohol?" I query.
"Hell no" Santana shakes her head. I've got to laugh a little at this. It's so cute how she let's me have whatever I want but no one else. "They can all celebrate their birthdays on their own time, not on mine" she adds.
"Whereas I'm different right?" I ask.
"Obviously" she mumbles. "I'm hardly going to deny my girlfriend whatever she wants, am I?" she states.
"I would give you whatever you want so I suppose that's true" I smile. "Anyway, I should make my way around the room and just thank everyone for day" I say. It would be rude not to because they all gathered here to wish me a happy birthday.
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*Friday 19th February 2021*
Work is as busy as ever today but I like that. I like that we're kept busy because it means we're doing something right and people like the company and our products. I'm just talking to Jack right now about a few finance issues. I know I'm not working in that department anymore but I still have the knowledge so sometimes Jack or Jade come to me with some problems and I help them. Jack and I are just having a conversation when the whole department goes silent and we hear the clicking of heels walking towards us. I can only assume by the noise of the heels and the silence of the room that it's our boss.
"Pierce, my office right now!" Santana shouts loudly and harshly before walking away again.
"Oh shit, what have I done?" I say worriedly. She seemed really quite mad right now.
"No idea but you look like you could be in trouble" Jack smirks at me.
"I know but why?" I say confused. Santana and I don't really work together at the moment since we run our own fashion lines. I mean we do still consult with the same staff and use the same facilities but I can't think how I've upset her. Unless I've maybe been taking up too much time with like the sales department or our social media group and she feels like she can't get a chance to work with them because I'm always there.
"Who knows but you better go because she seems pissed" Jack points out.
"Yeah" I nod before briskly walking to Santana's office. As soon as I get there I walk inside. I mean there is no point knocking when she asked me to go there. "You wanted to see me?" I say nervously as I close the door behind me.
"Lock the door and take off your pants" she instructs.
"I'm sorry, what?" I say with a nervous laugh.
"It's been too cute around here recently so I'm establishing boundaries again so as my employee you have to do as I say so lock the door and drop the pants" she smirks at me.
"Uh…ok" I say surprised. Clearly, she isn't pissed at me since she's smirking at me. I quickly lock the door before turning around and dropping my pants down to my ankles.
"I want you to kick your shoes off and take your pants off completely" she says as she walks towards me. I am a very good employee so when I'm asked to do something I do it. Plus, why wouldn't you do it when Santana asks you too?
"Done" I say while throwing the pants across the room.
"Good" she smiles at me. She presses herself against me before leaning in to kiss me. As I begin kissing back, she moves her hand slowly down my body and cups my now very hardened member. She teasingly squeezes it for a few moments before pulling away.
"Babe" I groan.
"Take off your shirt and go to the couch and lie down on your back" she says while kicking her shoes off and beginning to undress. I do exactly as I'm told before looking over at her and watching her as she undresses. "Like what you see?" she asks as she sexily makes her way over to me.
"Definitely" I say smugly. She doesn't reply, she just climbs onto me and straddles my waist before kissing me. She then turns around so she's facing the other direction. "What are we doing?" I say while sitting up slightly and kissing the back of her neck.
"Did I tell you to sit up?" she asks as she turns her head round to look at me.
"No baby" I reply.
"Lie back down then" she states before slowly grinding down on my clothed crotch.
"Oh god" I moan. This feels so good right now and the excitement about what's going to happen next makes it even better.
"I'm going to stand up and remove my underwear including my bra so I want you to do the same but don't move from the couch" she tells me. I nod and then do what I'm asked once again. Once we're both completely naked, she gets onto the couch facing away from me again. She has her knees placed either side of my hips and then grinds down on me once again.
"Fuck babe this feels so good" I moan.
"I know" she moans back. "Now, are you ready?" she asks as she moves away from my core a little bit.
"Ready for what?" I ask curiously. What are we doing now?
"We have to cum at the same time so I want you to eat me out as I take that massive dick of yours in my mouth" she says as she moves up my body and straddles my face.
"Fuck" I blurt out as I notice my girlfriend's glistening core right now. She's obviously as turned on as I am right now with how wet she is.
"Can I just say how sexy you are right now. Every time you moan or curse, it sends a tingle through my body" she tells me as she moves forward and gets into position as she comes close to my crotch as I am delightedly met with her glistening center in front of my face.
"Maybe I am sexy but I'm nowhere near as sexy as you" I point out.
"We can agree to both be sexy" she says as she licks the tip of my dick.
"Ok" I say through a moan before holding onto her legs as I widen them and then plunge my tongue into her core.
"Oh god" she moans.
I have no idea how long we were doing it for but it felt so amazing. I was really struggling in the beginning to not come too early but I managed to hang in there and came at the same time as Santana. There is nothing sexier than the way Santana comes or how she looks post sex. After a minute or so, she gets up and turns around before lying down next to me and cuddling close to me. I place a kiss on her head as I put my arms around her.
"This has been a nice break from my working day" I point out.
"If you think this is nice then wait until you hear what I've got planned for us later" she smirks at me. I could seriously come a second time right now, just looking at her.
Santana's POV
*Friday 14th May 2021*
Brittany and I have been together for at least a year now which is just crazy. We're a little unsure on the exact date since I was dating Brittany and she didn't even know it but anyway, it's been quite a while. On the one hand it doesn't feel like any time at all but on the other hand, I've never been so close to someone before so it's evident this is something different. We know each other so well and I am so sure we're going to be together forever. We work together and live together and still can't get enough of each other so surely that means we'll never get bored of one another. Like I say, it's round about our one-year anniversary so I'm doing something special for Brittany. Tonight, is the night for my big gesture and I'm actually keeping it lowkey. I know it doesn't sound as spectacular as what some people might do but Brittany isn't into making a big song and dance out of everything. She likes things more lowkey but yet beautiful so I'm cooking a romantic meal for the two of us at home before I do the big gesture.
Brittany and I both haven't been working today but we have spent the day apart. Brittany was spending some time with her sisters and their kids today while I visited my parents for a little while before coming home to put the surprise together. I've known for a while what I want to do to mark our anniversary but I couldn't really get too prepared until today. I needed Brittany out of the way first so tonight seemed like the best day to do the surprise.
"Hey, I'm home" I hear Brittany say as she comes through the front door.
"Hi" I say while greeting her at the door before kissing her.
"Oh, another romantic night is it tonight?" she asks as she looks around to find rose petals scattered across the floor and candles lit around the house.
"It is so dinner is almost ready so I want you to take a seat in the dining room and I'll join you in a second" I say.
"Ok" she nods. She goes and sits down and I join her with the food and wine before sitting down across from her.
We have a nice meal together, just talking and catching up with each other. We were only apart from some of the day but that's a long time for us since we are always together. We work and live together so we're used to being not too far from each other so it is weird sometimes when you are apart. Once we finish eating and clear up together, we relax in the living room like we usually do. I've got to say though, I'm very nervous about what's going to happen next. I feel totally out of my comfort zone but so excited at the same time in anticipation of everything going as it should.
"Babe" I say to get Brittany's attention next to me.
"Yeah" she smiles at me as she turns to look at me. I remove my arms from around her and turn a little so I'm facing her so we can talk.
"We've been together for a while now and it's all going really well, isn't it?" I ask and she nods. "I feel like we're progressing as we should and I've loved living with you for the past four months. It's been so much fun and I couldn't think of anything better" I add.
"Honey, what's going on?" Brittany asks curiously. What I am saying is a normal thing to say but I think the confusion for her is coming from the fact it's me saying it. I'm still not too good at opening up about things so sometimes it does confuse Brittany so she's not sure where it's all coming from. She knows me and who I am so she knows how I feel about her without me having to actually say it which is quite cute so for me to say something is a little weird.
"I need to ask you a question Britt" I say nervously.
"Ok" she nods.
"I love you so much and you love me for just being me which is just simply amazing. I've always found it hard to change for people because I don't want to and you've made me see that I don't actually have to change. There are many other reasons why I love you and why you are so amazing but I'm no good with words so I'll let my actions speak for me" I say while reaching into my bra to pull a small square jewellery box out. Don't judge me for putting it there ok, I just had to put it somewhere accessible but where Brittany wouldn't see it.
"That's not what I think it is, is it?" Brittany asks in complete shock.
"What do you think it is?" I ask with a smirk.
"You can't ask me to marry you Santana" Brittany tells me seriously.
"Why not?" I ask offended. Why the hell can't I ask the woman I'm madly in love with to marry me? I mean we already live together, work together and have spoken about marriage and children so after a year together why the hell isn't it appropriate?
"You can't ask me that because I was supposed to take you to dinner on Saturday night and ask you that same question and give you this" she says while reaching over to her purse at the side of the couch and pulling a small box out of it.
"What?" I ask surprised.
"Will you marry me Santana Lopez?" she asks as she opens the ring box. I swear to god in that moment, I was nearly blinded by the diamond. Clearly, I pay her too much at work these days for her to present a ring that size to me. "Hello?" she says as I don't answer.
"Sorry" I laugh. I was too preoccupied looking at the ring that I didn't even realise I didn't answer. "I asked you first though babe so Brittany Pierce, will you marry me?" I smirk as I open the box and hold the ring I bought up to her.
"Oh my god, I would love too" she smiles while hugging me.
"Really?" I ask in surprise and she nods. I know it was my intention all along but to actually hear her say yes is really quite surprising and heart-warming to me. "I would love to marry you too Britt" I say hugging her just as tightly back.
"Can I put this on your finger now?" she asks as we pull out of the hug.
"Of course, you can" I smile. She gently places the rock on my finger and then I gently place the ring I got her on her left hand.
"It's beautiful babe" she says as she stares down at her new ring. I'm not going to lie, and I know I sound smug saying it but it's a pretty big ring I've got her too so I did well.
"My ring is amazing too" I say as I lean over and steal a quick kiss in between us staring at the rings on our fingers.
"Can we keep this just between us for tonight so we can celebrate ourselves and tell everyone tomorrow?" she asks me as she wraps her arm around me.
"Yeah" I smile. I agree with her because I'd like it to just be our thing right now and we can tell everyone tomorrow. "Can I ask, why Saturday?" I ask curiously. Why was she going to propose to me on Saturday specifically?
"Because it was a year ago tomorrow that I finally realised we were dating. We had been dating for two weeks and I had no idea because I didn't think you were into me so a year ago tomorrow was the night we made it clear we were a proper thing and not just fun" she tells me.
"Ok" I smile. It makes sense because that was the date for both of us that it was abundantly clear we were a couple so I can go with that as our anniversary of first being a couple.
"This feels so surreal right now to be engaged, doesn't it?" Brittany says.
"It does but at the same time, I feel so right" I smile.
"Oh yeah definitely" she smiles back. "It's also even more amazing that we were on the same page and both wanted to propose around this time. I think it just makes us an even more perfect couple" she adds.
"I agree, we are very perfect together" I smirk. "We also work very perfectly together in bed so what do you say, should we really celebrate this moment right now?" I ask.
"I think we should" Brittany says before leaping from the couch and picking me up bridal style. It took me a little bit by surprise but it's so sexy when she does it. She then carries me upstairs and we begin our engagement celebrations.
A little engagement, who's happy? Let me know what you think.