Chapter 27: It's Actually Real
Santana's POV
*Tuesday 1st March 2022*
Brittany and I are only working half a day today because we have the first scan for the baby this afternoon. We're leaving just after lunch and will head to the hospital. We didn't really see the sense in coming back to work again so no matter how quickly the appointment is, we're still going to take the rest of the afternoon off. I'm sort of having mixed emotions about today because on the one hand I'm a little nervous because hospitals aren't my favourite place to be but on the other hand, I'm excited because I can meet my baby today. I'm also excited because if everything goes to plan today then Brittany and I can finally start sharing the good news with everyone.
"Honey, shouldn't you be working?" Brittany asks me amused as she looks over at me sitting daydreaming at my desk while twiddling a pen between my fingers.
"I should be, yes" I smile. "I was just lost in my own thoughts for a second there" I say while putting the pen down and looking back at my computer to start work again.
"I'm starting to get hungry actually, will I just get us some food now?" she asks.
"Yeah, sounds good" I nod.
Brittany gets us something to eat and comes back to the office. We both take a short break and sit and eat the food together while chatting. We then clear everything up and start back working again. We're working for some time before I notice what time it is so I stop what I'm doing. The last thing I want to happen is to be late for our hospital appointment.
"Are you wrapping up what you're working on babe?" I ask Brittany as I shut down my computer and put on my coat.
"Yeah, I'm just finishing this sentence and then I'll be closing my computer down" she tells me.
"I want us to be on time for this appointment" I say while grabbing my purse.
"And we will be honey, I promise" Brittany smiles. She finishes what she is doing before putting her jacket on and getting her purse. "Who is driving?" she asks me as we leave our office.
"You can drive because you know what my driving is like. I don't want us in an accident before we even make it to the hospital" I laugh.
"Ok" Brittany laughs too.
We find Jack and Jade to tell them we need to be somewhere now so they're in charge for the rest of the day. We're keeping the real reason for leaving to ourselves at the moment until we know for sure about the pregnancy and that it's ok. Once we're finished talking to our staff, we head outside and get into the car where Brittany drives us off. The hospital isn't too far away from work so we get there in plenty of time. As soon as Brittany parks up the car, we go straight inside.
"I have an appointment under Santana Pierce" I tell the lady behind the desk.
"No problem. If you want to just take a seat and your doctor will be with you when they're ready" she replies so Brittany and I go and sit down.
"Are you nervous?" Brittany asks me.
"A little bit" I admit. This is the first time I'm consulting with a medical professional regarding the pregnancy since we found out so it does make me nervous. Apart from the morning sickness and taking a home pregnancy test, it's never really been 100% confirmed I'm pregnant. I'm pretty sure I am but it's still nerve wracking right now.
"It's going to be ok" Brittany says as she holds my hand and squeezes it to reassure me.
"Santana Pierce?" we here a nurse say from the door of the waiting room.
"That's me" I say while standing up and pulling Brittany up from her chair since our hands are still joined together. "Let's do this" I smile at my wife.
"It's going to be fine" she tells me as we walk towards the room. Once we get there, I get settled on the table and Brittany sits on the seat next to me as the doctor begins the appointment.
"If you just want to lift up your shirt for me Santana" the doctor says so I do that. "How have you been?" she asks as she gets the ultrasound machine ready.
"Pretty good I would say" I shrug.
"Have you been feeling reasonably fit and healthy?" the doctor asks and I nod. "No doubts this time?" she adds.
"Absolutely not" I shake my head.
"We're in a better place now" Brittany says as she takes my hand and squeezes it.
"Ok, let's get started" the doctor smiles. She puts some gel onto my stomach and then lifts the probe and gently moves it around my stomach. Nothing really seems to happen for a while which scares me.
"Is everything ok?" Brittany asks worriedly.
"There we go" the doctor says. "That right there, is your baby" she smiles at us as she points to the screen.
"It looks just like you Santana" Brittany tells me.
"Very funny" I playfully glare at my wife. There isn't too much that we can see right now but I'm just glad we can see something and hear a heartbeat.
Once the doctor finishes up with the ultrasound, she goes over some other information that we need to know about the pregnancy. She then books me in for my next scan and we get our ultrasound pictures of the baby. We also get some literature to read about the pregnancy on Brittany's request. She was worried she would forget something the doctor told us so she wanted to get some things to take home with us. We then make our way back out to the car so we can go home.
"Are you a little less nervous now?" Brittany asks as she drives off.
"Yeah, definitely" I smile.
"Me too" she nods.
"We can finally enjoy the pregnancy properly now" I say.
"I'm going to put the ultrasound picture on Instagram" Brittany tells me.
"I know it's exciting babe but you shouldn't do that. We haven't told our family or friends yet about the pregnancy so I'd rather we told them than them finding out on Instagram" I explain.
"That's a good point" Brittany nods. "As soon as we tell them then I'm uploading pictures of all the scans and baby items I've bought."
"That's completely fair" I smile.
"We should celebrate right now" Brittany tells me. "What do you want to do?" she asks.
"Call me boring but I kinda just want to be with you" I shrug. It's finally real now that I'm pregnant so it's a big weight off my mind so I just want to kind of be with my wife now. I've been a bit worried the last couple of days which has been mentally exhausting so I just want to go home and relax with my wife.
"That's cool. I like doing that" Brittany smiles. "Are you tired?" she asks as she places her hand on me knee while keeping the car secure with her other hand.
"I'm a little tired because of how busy work has been recently and how nervous I've been about this scan but I'm not tired enough for bed though" I smirk.
"That's good to know" Brittany smirks back.
As soon as we get home, we kick our shoes off and leave our purses and jackets by the door. Brittany grabs us both a bottle of water from the fridge before we make our way to the living room and get comfortable on the couch. We relax together for a little while before I feel Brittany shifting beside me. She moves so that she's lying down with her face close to my stomach. She gently lifts up my shirt and places her hands on my stomach.
"Hey baby, it was so cool getting to see you for the first time today" Brittany says into my stomach. "I need you to do me a favour though. Now that we know you're properly real then I need to ask you if you can be really easy on your mom for me. She's not a pleasant person when she's uncomfortable so for my sake, I need you to be as gentle as you can be" she adds.
"Excuse me, I am always a pleasant person to you" I say.
"It's rude to interrupt so please don't when I'm talking to my baby" Brittany smirks at me.
"Ok" I laugh. It's so cute to see Brittany this happy. It's not that she didn't think I was pregnant before because she did, it's just a lot more confirmed now if that makes sense.
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*Saturday 5th March 2022*
It's been a busy week at work for Brittany and I so we're so glad it's the weekend now. We had a fun morning together today, ordering some baby items online and beginning to get the nursery underway. We're now just getting ready to go out for dinner with our friends. We haven't seen them in a little while so we wanted to catch up. We also thought tonight would be the perfect moment to tell them about the pregnancy. Our family already know now but we haven't told our close friends yet so tonight should be good.
"Looking good babe" Brittany smirks at me as she walks out of the bathroom and into the bedroom.
"Thank you" I smile. "I think the pregnancy is actually making me put on a little weight and I've got to say, it looks good on me" I add.
"You always look good no matter what" she smiles back.
"Thanks honey" I say while kissing Brittany's cheek.
"You're welcome" she smiles again. As soon as we're both ready, we lock up the house and then head out to my car. There was no point in taking a cab when I can't drink anyway so we might as well save money and just drive to the restaurant.
"You can have some wine if you want tonight and I'll drive home" I say as Brittany drives us to the restaurant.
"No, it's ok" Brittany shakes her head. "If you're not drinking then neither am I" she smiles.
"I appreciate that but our friends still don't know I'm pregnant yet so they'll all be having wine so will find it weird if we both don't drink. You can have a glass and I'll say I'm driving and once they know about the baby then it's up to you if you want another glass of wine or not" I say.
"Ok but as long as you don't get mad at me for drinking when you can't" Brittany replies.
"Honestly, I won't be mad" I smile. I could never get mad at Brittany for something like that because I know she wants to make this pregnancy as easy for me as possible so I don't think for a second that she would do all the stuff I can't right in front of my face.
"Ok" she smiles back.
Once we get to the restaurant, Brittany puts the car in park and then gets out and runs to the passenger side of the car. She opens the door for me and holds her hand out to help me get out of the car. I'm only just in my second trimester of pregnancy so I don't need help just yet but I love that Brittany wants to help me anyway. She locks up the car and then we make our way inside, hand in hand. We're then shown to our table where as usual, all of our friends and their partners are already there.
"I would say sorry that we're late but I'm not really" I chuckle.
"Well I am a little sorry we're late because we do this to you all the time and it's not nice" Brittany replies.
"You're both here now so that's all that matters" Tina states. "Shall we order some drinks then and then we can have a look at the menus and order our food."
"Sounds like a plan" Brittany nods.
Brittany and I get sat down and then we order our drinks. We all have a look at the menus and once the waiter brings us our drinks, he takes our food order. The waiter leaves again so we all just starting catching up and sip our drinks. Mercedes was just telling us all about her plans for the wedding so far and Tina was just saying she was promoted at work so things are looking exciting for everyone. Brittany and I haven't had a chance to tell everyone our news yet.
"Are you ok Quinn, you've been really quiet tonight?" Brittany asks my best friend. She hasn't really said much at all tonight compared to our other friends.
"Yeah I'm fine" Quinn shrugs. "I'm sorry I'm bringing the mood down tonight; I've just had a horrible day" she explains.
"Why what happened?" I ask in concern.
"Work was just an absolute nightmare today and my boss was a complete ass too. I just don't like my him at all" Quinn shakes her head.
"I don't like mine either" Tina agrees. "I mean I know I was just promoted and I should be grateful for that but honestly, I should have been promoted a year ago" she adds.
"Yeah I don't like mine either. I think it's a normal feeling though because I don't think anyone ever really likes their boss" Mercedes replies.
"I like mine" Brittany shrugs.
"Like?" I question my wife.
"I really love my boss" Brittany corrects herself as she smiles at me.
"That's different because you're in a relationship with your boss and you married her. For the rest of us we don't really like our bosses" Quinn states.
"It's the weekend now, let's not worry about work right now when we're all off and don't need to be back at work until Monday" Brittany states.
"I have some news actually that will cheer everyone up" I say excitedly.
"Ok, do spill" Quinn smiles.
"I'm pregnant" I say proudly.
"Me too" Quinn yells excitedly.
"Are you fucking serious Quinn?" I ask outraged. She has well and truly stolen my thunder.
"No, I only said it to annoy you" Quinn laughs. "I had a feeling that is what you were going to say so I wanted to tease you" she adds.
"I don't find it amusing, I find it rude actually" I say seriously.
"She was just having a joke Santana" Tina replies.
"We know you were trying to be funny but it's not funny because having a baby is a big deal to us. We wanted to share the happy news with you all but instead of getting to fully celebrate it we're now having a discussion about the fact your jokes aren't funny and it's ruined the happy mood" Brittany explains.
"Ok, I'm sorry" Quinn apologises. "I am really happy for you both" she says sincerely.
"Thank you" I smile.
"We're so happy for you too" Mercedes agrees and Tina nods.
"I did kinda wonder what was going on when you weren't drinking Santana" Mike points out. "I know you said you were driving but you wouldn't normally drive to something like this. You would take a cab so both of you could drink tonight" he adds.
"I can easily go a night out without drinking, I'm not some kind of booze hound" I state.
"We're not saying that, we're just saying you never pass up an opportunity for some cocktails or something so we knew something was going on when you ordered water" James points out.
"Fair enough" I shrug. "Anyway, the point is I'm having Britt's baby and we're so excited. We've had the first scan and everything looks great so we're going to be constantly annoying you about everything baby related" I tell them.
"First thing tomorrow morning, you'll see tons of stuff on my social media accounts because everyone who we wanted to tell now knows so I'm going on a posting spree the first chance I can get to show off my news" Brittany smiles.
"And I will be the first one to like all your posts" I smile at my wife.
Brittany's POV
*Friday 11th March 2022*
Oh my goodness, what a stressful day I've had today at work. For some reason, it just seemed that one thing after another kept going wrong. I would sort out one issue and then another one cropped up. It also didn't help that some of our staff members are off sick at the moment because there's a bad cold virus circulating. Normally my colleagues would power through and work through their ailments but I've made it clear that if you're unwell then you need to staff away from my pregnant wife. Santana is a not a great patient at the best of times when she's sick so I'd really hate for her to be sick and pregnant at the same time.
I've just arrived home now, finally, and I'm parking my car outside. I was a bit worried about coming home because I've got a feeling Santana will be pissed at me. I'm even more worried now as I make my way towards the house and see no lights on inside. I'm guessing with the darkness and the door locked then Santana is not sitting inside watching some TV waiting on me arriving. I'm assuming she's in bed and in no mood for me. I was half expecting her to be mad that I'm late but still happy enough that we could eat a late dinner together. I very much doubt that's going to happen now giving the current atmosphere of the quiet house.
"Hey, I'm home" I announce my presence as I come through the front door and lock it back up behind me.
I don't hear any response from Santana which clearly means she's pissed. I switch the light on and put my keys and purse down before kicking off my shoes. I then quietly make my way upstairs and into my bedroom. When I walk inside, the room is in darkness and there's a figure tucked up in bed with the bedcovers over their face. I slip off my sweater and throw it in the hamper before lifting the covers at Santana's side of the bed and quietly getting into bed. I know my wife is pissed at me but there's a slight cuteness about her curled up on my side of the bed.
"Hi" I say as I wrap my arms around Santana.
"You're late" she tells me unamused.
"I know baby but something cropped up at work so I couldn't leave as quickly as I wanted to" I tell her.
"What are you doing?" Santana asks as I begin kissing her neck.
"I'm just kissing you babe" I reply. "Don't you like it?" I ask.
"I don't know" Santana states nonchalantly.
"You don't know if you like it?" I ask amused.
"I normally like it but I don't know that I want to tell you I like it because I'm mad at you. I had dinner ready for you coming home and you didn't turn up on time. It's all in the trash now" she replies.
"I'm really sorry honey but you do know how it is sometimes. It's your company so you know better than me what can happen sometimes and how you can get held up" I explain.
"You could have called or texted" she tells me.
"I know but my phone wasn't on me and I was just so busy. You knew where I was though because I was at work when you left to go home" I state.
"It's not about where you were. It's about you not having the decency to let me know you were late considering I was making dinner" Santana replies.
"Like I say, I really am sorry babe. You know me so you know I wouldn't do this intentionally" I say as I gently roll her onto her back and kiss her.
"Whatever" she shrugs.
"Come on babe, don't be like that" I say while kissing her again. I then climb over her and get off the bed.
"What are you doing now?" she asks me while sitting up slightly to see why I've got off the bed.
"I'm getting undressed" I shrug.
"Why, do you think you might get lucky tonight?" Santana asks.
"I don't think, I know" I smirk.
"What makes you so sure I want to?" she asks.
"The look on your face right now" I say, smirking again.
"Why, what is my face saying?" Santana questions.
"It's saying you're very turned on and if I don't do something about it soon, you'll come on your own" I state. "And don't try and deny it because I'm married to you babe so I know that face very well. Also, you kept kissing me back when I kissed you so obviously you're not that mad at me" I say before she can answer.
"Oh, I'm mad at you still" she points out. "Unfortunately, I am kinda horny too now" she sighs.
"I always knew kissing your neck did things for you" I smirk.
"As soon as we're finished, I'll go back to being mad at you and you're going to pay hell for leaving me on my own all night" Santana tells me as she shuffles out of her pyjamas.
"If I get to have sex with you first then that's a deal I'll take any day" I smirk as I climb onto the bed.
"Just get over here and stop talking" she states as she pulls me towards her and kisses me. We kiss for a little bit as I get into position between her legs. "No foreplay tonight because you don't deserve it, just sex" she tells me.
"Ok" I laugh. I don't know how Santana manages to do it but she can be so unbelievably cute and sexy all at the same time.
"Are you in yet?" she questions me.
"Hey, what kind of question is that? You'll know when I'm in, trust me" I reply. "I'm not that shit at sex that you can't even feel me doing anything" I add.
"Well…"
"If you try and disagree with me Lopez, I won't be in you at all tonight and trust me you don't want that. You want it as much as I do" I assure her as I lean down and kiss her.
"I don't want to wait anymore" Santana states.
"Ok honey" I smile before kissing her again and slowly inserting into her.
"God, that feels good" she moans as I begin a nice rhythm between us. I continue to thrust in and out for some time before I feel Santana pull me even closer to her.
"You ready?" I ask. I know I am.
"Yeah" Santana replies while throwing her head back against the pillows. We eventually come together.
"Still mad at me?" I ask as I hold my wife tightly.
"I said I would be so yeah, I am" she shrugs while turning around to face me.
"I don't think you're too mad though because you're still lying with me and you've still got your arms around me" I point out.
"I know that but I can still be mad at the same time" Santana smirks. I don't think she's actually as mad as she is making out to be because I think she gets it. She's had really late nights at work before where I've been waiting at home for her. I think she's just trying to use the pregnancy card as much as she can and get whatever she wants whenever she wants. I'm not complaining though because I would do anything for my wife.
"I'll do whatever you want to make it up to you" I assure her.
"Ok, I'll hold you to that. Right now though, I want to stay like this" she replies.
"Ok" I nod while leaning forward to kiss her head.
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*Friday 18th March 2022*
I have been in meetings all morning so I am finally glad to be done with them now for the day. I'm not only glad because I can have a bit of time to myself to work but I'm also glad because I drank way too much coffee last night so I've been desperate for the bathroom since 10 minutes into my first meeting. I've been staying away from caffeine in support of Santana but she gave me a pass last night because I had to work on my presentations for the meetings this morning so I needed the caffeine to keep awake. As I say though, the downside of drinking caffeine is that it makes me need to pee all the time. I'm just finishing up in my bathroom now, feeling 10 stone lighter since I emptied my bladder.
"Hi there" Santana says seductively as she smirks at me through the mirror as I wash my hands at the sink.
"What are you up to babe, you look a little mischievous" I point out.
"I'm never mischievous" she assures me.
"Oh yes you are" I smile as I dry my hands and make my way over to her.
"You like it when I'm mischievous though, don't you?" Santana asks.
"Yeah, I kinda do" I say as I slip my arms around Santana's waist.
"Are you feeling ok because you left the conference room in a hurry?" Santana asks seriously as she wraps her arms around my neck.
"Oh yeah, I'm good" I shrug. "All that coffee last night did a number on me and I had to pee really badly" I add.
"Oh, ok" Santana says in relief. "I thought for a second something upset you so you had to rush off. I was coming here to flirt and cheer you up but if you had been upset and not in the mood, I'd have looked after you too" she says.
"Honestly, I'm all good so there isn't anything to worry about" I smile.
"I suppose I could go back to flirting with you then" she smirks at me.
"I suppose you could" I smirk back.
"I'm going to kiss you first though" my wife tells me as she pulls me closer and kisses me passionately.
"Are we really going to do this in the bathroom?" I ask as we pull away.
"The door is locked so why not" Santana shrugs.
"Ok, fine" I smile.
"Thank you" Santana smiles back.
"Oh god, you're getting quite heavy" I say while pretending to wince in pain as I lift my wife onto the sink area.
"I'm pregnant you bitch" Santana states.
"I do know that honey, I am the one that impregnated you" I laugh. "I was being funny, there is no need to get so offended" I say.
"I'm sorry, my siblings have just been teasing me recently that I look bloated or that I should lose a few pounds so I'm over sensitive" she replies.
"Let me kick their ass for you then" I state. Usually if anyone has to kick ass then I like to put Santana up for the job but since they're offending Santana, then I would be more than happy to fill in.
"Thank you but it's ok" Santana smiles.
"Honey, when I said you were heavy, I didn't mean it at all" I assure her.
"I don't mind you joking with me because I know you but when my siblings do it, I get pissed off because they're doing it to make fun of me not to joke" she tells me.
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Santana and I have just gotten comfortable on the couch together. As soon as we got home from work, we made dinner and then sat down to eat it together. There are probably some work things we could have continued with at home but neither of us felt in the mood to keep working. We just wanted some time to relax together and we can worry about work tomorrow. We're just watching some TV show right now on Netflix as we sit cuddled up together.
"Wait a minute, that's her boyfriend?" Santana asks surprised as she points to the TV.
"Yeah" I nod.
"I thought that was her son or even her grandson" she laughs.
"No, it's definitely her boyfriend" I nod.
"That's a big age difference" she points out. "Why would he want to date someone as old as that?" she asks me.
"Dating older women isn't that bad" I shrug.
"Have you dated or been with an older woman?" she asks me. I don't know if it's so much a question but a judgement if I had done that.
"I have, yes" I shrug.
"Were you like desperate or something?" Santana questions. "I mean I'm assuming you must have been otherwise you would have gone for someone a little bit younger and hotter."
"Trust me, she was hot" I smile. "Also, I was not desperate. It was more like she was the desperate one because she wanted sex since the minute we met. I can't exactly complain though because the sex was amazing" I add.
"Honey, if you would like to stay married and get to see your baby, I suggest you shut the hell up" Santana tells me while placing her hand over my mouth to stop me from saying anything else.
"Ok I'll stop but I'm not exactly doing anything wrong unlike you. You're the one judging people including your wife" I point out.
"I guess I am being too harsh because love is love, right?" she states. "I suppose I would need to be in that position to understand fully."
"Exactly" I nod.
"So this cougar, what was she like?" Santana asks.
"Well I'm not exactly following the story thoroughly but I think she may have been the guys teacher a long time ago and they've just crossed paths again or something" I shrug. I'm not that invested in the programme but there's not much else to watch that I'm interested in.
"No, I didn't mean the horrible TV show. I meant what was the cougar like that you had amazing sex with or whatever?" she asks. I'm sensing a little bit of jealousy here.
"Don't call her a cougar because that sounds a little degrading. She's an amazing person and I'm so glad we fell in love" I say honestly.
"Oh god, this just gets better and better" Santana says while rolling her eyes, mocking me. "I was led to believe you had only ever been in love once, with me that is, but I guess this bitch really got your juices flowing and you were just captivated by her" she adds.
"Oh yeah" I say proudly.
"I'm sitting right here Brittany, could you not take such delight in how this bitch used to make you feel and how amazing she was" Santana shakes her head at me in annoyance.
"She's so amazing though, I'm just so glad I married her" I smile.
"YOU WHAT!?" Santana states, her voice the loudest it's ever been during the whole conversation. "You married her? Like what a quickie in Vegas or something before divorcing?"
"I'm talking in present tense babe" I smile.
"Huh?" she asks confused.
"Meaning I am still married to her" I laugh. "Honey, my older woman is you. I fell in love with you and I married you" I say while pecking her lips.
"For fuck's sake Brittany, you nearly gave me a heart attack with all of that carrying on. Yes, I'm older but by two measly years. I'm not some fucking old woman" Santana replies displeased. I can definitely see the relief though.
"I just can't believe you didn't catch on sooner" I laugh. I know I shouldn't be so amused but when Santana really gets something into her head and goes off on a tangent, it's cute.
"Were you joking the whole damn time?" she asks me.
"In the beginning I was genuinely a little surprised you were bothered by age gaps and I was saying in general they don't bother me but when you asked if I dated an older woman before then I started the joke. I mean I have dated people a little older than you too but I was mainly talking about you. I have never dated anyone over 30 though" I explain.
"Ok" Santana nods.
"Not that 30 is old though babe. I just mean I was only 23 when we met so I had only had girlfriends like from school or college. My point is I have never dated anyone old enough to be my parent" I say.
"Me too. It's been mostly people around my age" Santana agrees.
"So, after that little joke, am I in your bad books?" I ask nervously.
"As much as I didn't appreciate the joke, you're actually not in trouble. I'm thinking back now to the conversation and I'm releasing what you said was about me. That means you called me hot, amazing and good at sex. You said you loved me a lot and are glad you married me. You also said I turn you on and you're completely captivated by me. I can't really be mad at you saying that about me, right?" she smirks as she straddles my lap.
"All of those things were true" I smile.
"Like I say, I appreciate them but please don't say them again when joking though. Just say them outright and lose the possible mini heart attack you could give your pregnant wife for thinking you married and loved someone before her" she states.
"Ok, baby" I say while reaching up to kiss Santana.
Santana's POV
*Wednesday 23rd March 2022*
I'm just working hard in my office right now. It's kind of weird though because my wife and I share the office now but yet I have no clue where she is. She's been in and out the whole day and it's starting to annoy me a little. I wish she would just come in and sit down and do some work but she doesn't, she just does a little work on her computer and then leaves again and them comes back and so on and so forth. I'm actually getting more peace and quiet from the contractors sorting out the new office than I am from my wife entering and exiting all the time.
"We're done for the day Ms Lopez" one of the contractors tells me.
"When do you think you'll be finished because it's been going on a for a number of weeks now. How hard is it to take down a wall and smooth things over?" I ask. I would think differently if we were building something rather than taking something down. All they had to do was knock down the wall between my office and the storage room.
"We'll be finished tomorrow and then we'll have the decorators in over the weekend to redecorate the whole room and then you'll be good to go" the man smiles.
"Ok but I'm holding you to this so everything better be finished by Monday" I say seriously.
"It will be Ms Lopez" he assures me.
"Good. I'll see you tomorrow then" I say and then the builders leave.
"Hi honey" Brittany says as she comes skipping into the office.
"Nice to finally see you again Ms Pierce" I state. "Do you remember me?" I ask.
"Uh…what?" Brittany laughs confused.
"You have come and gone many times today, I'm surprised you remember who I am and what our office is meant for" I say while going back to working.
"I'll always remember you; you leave a lasting impression on me every time I see you" my wife smirks at me.
"Good to know" I say, struggling to hide the pride I feel right now.
"I have a present for you Ms Lopez" Brittany says while placing an envelope on my desk.
"What's this?" I ask, stopping typing on my computer and looking up at her curiously.
"Open it up and find out babe" she smiles.
"Ok" I shrug. I open the envelope and read it over for a second. "Flight tickets for the summer, what are they for?" I ask confused.
"You and I are taking a little vacation in June" she smiles again.
"A babymoon?" I ask excitedly.
"Exactly" Brittany nods. "Obviously it's not for a while yet since this is late March but it's something to look forward to, right?" she adds.
"Definitely" I smile. I don't care when it is, I just want a little vacation with my wife as a couple before we become a family of three.
"So, judging by your earlier comment, I'm guessing you're missing me a little bit?" Brittany asks smugly.
"It's not that I'm missing you. I just think since you insisted on us sharing an office then you should use it more. There is no point in us sharing or you even having an office at all if you don't use it" I state.
"Just admit you're pissed because you miss me and not because I'm not in here every second of the day" she smiles.
"I just think it's weird that you insisted on sharing this office if you had no intention of being in it. You've just caused a lot of time and money to go to waste by renovating the office for no reason now" I shrug. I'm not admitting I miss her because I'm not needy and she doesn't need an ego boost because she already knows how I feel about her.
"Honey, I do use the office. I've just been a bit busy today so I haven't had a chance to sit down as much as I would like to do what I needed to do" Brittany replies.
"What have you been doing all day?" I ask curiously.
"Working on the babymoon for a start" she states. "Then I had some business to attend to with Jack but anyway, I am here now and ready to get back to working on my computer. You have the pleasure of my company for the rest of the afternoon now" she smiles.
"I think I might call it a day and head home actually" I shrug.
"Why are you complaining about me not being in the office then if you're just going to go home" Brittany laughs.
"Do you want to come home with me or do you have too much to do?" I ask, ignoring her question.
"I probably should stay because I do have a lot to get on with" she replies.
"Fine" I huff.
"Honey what is going on with you today?" Brittany asks amused. "I just can't seem to supply the right answer. You just acknowledged that you thought I would have work to do so why are you getting pissed at me for not wanting to go home?" she questions.
"I'm pregnant, ok?" I sigh.
"Yeah, I know that" Brittany looks at me confused.
"I am hormonal so I have horrible mood swings and want sex like all the time" I explain.
"Do you want to have sex now?" she asks excitedly.
"Not right this second but I wouldn't complain if you were to come home with me and we were to get out of our work clothes and forget to put some clean clothes on" I shrug.
"You're not going to suddenly have a mood swing as soon as we get home and decide you don't want to have sex, are you?" Brittany asks. "That would kind of be a waste of my time if that happened because I do have work to do so if I'm not working, it really needs to be something good I'm doing instead" she points out.
"I'll have a bad mood swing right now if you don't make up your mind about coming home with me" I say seriously. I just want to go home so I wish Brittany would decide what she's doing a little quicker.
"I'll come home" she says eagerly.
"Correct answer" I smile.
"You are so adorable; do you know that" Brittany says while kissing me and then grabbing her things so we can go home.
"I've been told that before but I was hoping to be sexy right now, not adorable" I point out.
"You're sexy, very sexy" Brittany smirks while pulling me closer and kissing me again.
"Ok, we need to go home now because how much I need you is rapidly increasing by the second" I say while pulling Brittany behind me and out the door.
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*Thursday 31st March 2022*
Brittany and I were working all last weekend right up until yesterday so we're finally taking a day off today. We didn't really have much planned for today until Brittany suggested we could go car shopping. We spoke about getting another proper family car before but we never did anything about it so we figured now that I am pregnant then it wouldn't hurt to put our plan into action. Brittany's car will be more than appropriate for us having a family but my sports car not so much. We agreed that I get to keep my current car for pleasure and Brittany has her motorbike and then she'll keep her car for us as a family and I will purchase a family car too. Although, just because the car is going to be built for a family doesn't mean it can't also look smart so I think our bank balance might take a large hit today.
We've just arrived at the dealership now. We park the car up in the customer area before walking over and beginning to have a look around the different cars. I've not got my heart set on a specific model yet but I have an idea of what I would like. We're only looking around for a few minutes before a man approaches us and introduces himself as one of the salesmen.
"What kind of car are you looking for?" he asks.
"What do you think?" I ask as I rest my hand on my pregnant belly.
"I'm guessing it's not a two-seater then" the man smiles.
"Definitely not" I state. "I don't want some boring family car though. I want a smart looking vehicle that I can be proud to drive that is also safe for my family" I add.
"My wife has expensive taste so you would be as well to take us to the most luxurious family friendly cars you have because she won't buy anything cheap so you're just wasting your time showing us the popular models that all families have" Brittany points out.
"That's right" I nod. I like being different so I don't want to be cruising around town in the same car as every other mom out there. I want a unique and expensive vehicle. I mean I have the money so why not succumb to my expensive taste.
"I think we have exactly what you're looking for so follow me" the salesman smiles.
"Ok" I nod again.
"I couldn't help noticing the car you arrived in. I could certainly get you a good price for that" the salesman tells us.
"Absolutely not, I am not trading that beautiful car in" I shake my head.
"So what car are you trading in?" the man frowns at me in confusion.
"We're not. We're looking for a flat-out sale not a trade in" Brittany replies.
"Oh, so it's not your car either that you're trading in" the man says surprised to Brittany.
"No, my wife has a family car and a motorbike and I'll have the new car and keep the one over there" I state.
"Ok" the man smiles.
"Just because we're buying alone and not selling anything doesn't mean we won't notice you trying to get even more money out of us so don't bother trying to put the price of these cars up to make even more money" I warn the man.
"The price on the cars will be a fixed price, we won't increase the value" the man assures me.
"That doesn't work for us either" Brittany shakes her head. "If you're not willing to negotiate a good deal and drop the price a little then we're not interested. If the prices stay fixed then we're not buying from here" she states seriously.
"You don't want to argue with her, she has a degree in finance so she knows what she's talking about" I say while smiling at my wife.
"How about I show you the cars and then we can talk money once you've had a look at what we're offering?" the salesman asks.
"Ok" I nod.
"Oh, this is a nice car" Brittany says as we stop to take a look.
"It does look nice but I don't like the colour" I point out.
"We actually have this model in a few other colours so if you like it then I can source the same car but in a different colour for you" the man tells me.
"Yeah, maybe" I nod. "I'll take a closer look at this one first though" I say. There is no point in sourcing me another colour if I end up not liking the particular model we're looking at.
"So, I hope you don't mind me saying but I guess you're both quite wealthy" the man says as we look around the car.
"I suppose you can say that but we've worked hard to be where we are so we're pretty modest about it. Well at least I'm modest about my life" Brittany says while smirking at me and hip bumping me.
"I can be a little boastful unlike my wife" I laugh. I can't help but show off what I have and how hard I've worked to get to where I am.
"What do you both do for a living?" the man asks curiously.
"I'm a fashion designer and we have several fashion lines" I say. "I started primarily as a children's designer then I went into adult fashion and my wife started a sportswear line and now we're developing a line of shoes together."
"Hold on, you're the owners of BP Sportswear?" the man asks surprised.
"That's not my line, it's Britt's" I say while pointing to my wife. "How did you know we were talking about that?" I ask.
"The initials BP are on your car keychain so I put two and two together" he replies. "My wife is obsessed with the pants and hoodies for working out in. She has been buying a lot of clothes for our daughter from SL Designs which I'm now realising must be one of your lines too?"
"That's correct, that's the first line I ever developed" I nod.
"Now that you know who we are, any chance of a little discount on whatever we buy?" Brittany asks with a smirk.
"I'm not sure about that" the man says hesitantly.
"Whatever your wife wants from BP Sportswear she can get free if you negotiate a little with us because I kinda happen to like this car" I say.
"I might be able to knock a little off the price but I need to make a living here too ladies so I can't just be giving the car away" he replies. "How about we look at some other colours first and then you can see what you think?"
"Ok" I nod.
After looking at the different colours I could get the car in, I take a look at a few other models just to make sure I am happy with the model I first liked. I finally decide on the car I want so Brittany negotiates a good deal with the salesman. I then do some paperwork for the car and Brittany gets the salesman's details so we can send some free products to his family. I think over all I got the better deal than he did because all he got was some free products from us but I got a very expensive car for a pretty decent price.
"I'm kinda jealous of you getting a new car now. My car is great and everything but it's not brand new and in pristine condition like yours will be when we pick it up" Brittany admits as we leave the dealership.
"Honey, this new car is as much mine as it is yours so you can drive it whenever you want" I smile.
"Ok, I might just hold you to that" she shrugs.
"When we pick it up next week, I'll let you drive it home" I say and Brittany nods.
"Hey, it's still early so how about going for some lunch now, my treat" Brittany smiles.
"Sounds good to me" I smile back.
"What are you and the baby craving right now?" she asks as she places a gentle hand on my stomach.
"Honestly, Burger King" I laugh.
"If that's what you and the baby really want then that's what you shall have" Brittany shrugs. "We can all eat healthy again tomorrow" she adds.
"I'm also craving something else so as soon as we've eaten, can we go home please" I say as I rest my hand dangerously high on my wife's thigh.
"Yeah" Brittany smirks back as she leans over and kisses me.
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*Saturday 9th April 2022*
It's a Saturday afternoon right now and even though I could be doing something more fun on my day off, I'm not. I'm at home lounging on the couch in my sweatpants watching rubbish TV. I just wasn't feeling the best today so I'm having a quiet day to myself. I'm not sure if its pregnancy related or not but whatever it is, is making me feel so lethargic so I'm just resting. Brittany was feeling a bit bored and restless at home all day on her day off from work so she decided to go to the gym and use up some energy. I wasn't thrilled about her leaving me at home myself because it's more fun with her around but when she promised to buy me takeout for dinner tonight then all was forgiven. The baby and I love takeout so we're looking forward to it.
I'm just going through the channels on the TV to see if there is something better to watch when my cell rings. I look at it but don't recognise the number at all so I don't bother answering. It's not Brittany or close family and friends so it's not important. Plus, to be quite truthful, I'm not in the mood for talking to anyone. After a few minutes of going through all of the channels and finally picking something to watch, my home phone rings next to me. I pick it up to see the number and weirdly it's the same one trying to get through on my cell. I guess whoever it is kinda needs me so I answer it reluctantly.
"Hello?" I say a little pissed off. I just wanted a quiet day, not to talk on the phone.
"Hi there, I'm looking for Santana Pierce" the voice says.
"This is she, who is this?" I ask confused. I honestly don't recognise the phone number at all.
"I'm calling regarding your wife Brittany" the woman replies.
"Ok that's fine but who are you?" I ask, still really confused.
"I'm calling from the hospital, your wife was involved in a road traffic collision so as her emergency contact, we need you to come right here. I'm afraid…"
"Nope, not happening" I say while throwing the phone down and running out of the door.
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