Leave the Lights On

Chapter 11

There's a small tug on your arm that wakes you up. You slowly open your eyes and see Summer standing, sleepily in front of you. You push up off of the bed and push your hair out of your face, "You okay?"

She nods sleepily. "I had a bad dream."

You slip out of the bed and let Summer crawl in. She cuddles into her mom and you lie back down in the bed. Of course you can't go to sleep. You roll over once before you decide to get out of bed so you don't wake them up.

When you get into the kitchen, you glance at the clock and see that it's almost six thirty. You needed to get up anyway. You have some scrubs in your office so you can just change there. You don't know what time Brittany and Summer usually get up so you start some coffee before you look around for something to make them for breakfast.

You close the refrigerator and see something out of the corner of your eye. Quinn is standing in the doorway. You don't know if you can really look at her this early in the morning. So you don't. You close the refrigerator and turn your back to her, looking in the pantry.

"Santana, I -" Quinn quietly addresses you. You keep your back to her. "I walked here last night and I'll show you where to get the Brittany's favorite breakfast tacos if you drive me to the airport."

"You're leaving?" you ask.

Quinn looks at the ground and nods, "Brittany asked me to leave until I figure some things out."

Since Brittany asked her to leave, you decide that you will take her to the airport.

You find Brittany's keys and grab your purse. The drive to the airport is silent except for when Quinn points out the place where Brittany likes the breakfast tacos.

When you pull to a stop, Quinn hesitates before getting out. "I - I'm sorry Santana. I'm glad she has you." Her face is depressed and hollow. She doesn't even look at you as she gets out and disappears into the airport.

You stop to get breakfast tacos on the way back to the house. When you open the door, you see Brittany standing in the kitchen, drinking some coffee.

"You didn't have to get breakfast," Brittany says, smiling at you.

"Well Quinn needed a ride to the airport," you watch her carefully after you say that.

She doesn't look surprised. In fact you think she looks a little relieved. "Thank you." She gives you a kiss and keeps her arm around your waist. "Did Summer wake you up?"

"Yeah, but it's no big deal," you shrug and rest your head on her shoulder. "I needed to get up anyway."

"Do you need me to take you home to get dressed?" she asks, leaning you both back on the counter.

You shake your head, "I have scrubs at my office. Do you need me to do anything?"

Brittany smiles at you and gives you a kiss. "Not right now. I'm going to go wake up Summer."

You nod and watch Brittany disappear into the bedroom. You look around, trying to find something to do. You can't really see anything that needs to be done except setting out the food and pouring Brittany some coffee.

When Summer walks in, she's sleepy, but she smiles at you. Brittany sits down at her spot at the table and you sit next to her. Breakfast is quiet and done quickly. Clean up is easy and as soon as the kitchen is clean, Brittany and Summer go get dressed.

You take the blankets that Quinn slept on to the washing machine in the back room of the house. They may not be super dirty, but as soon as you cleanse this house of Quinn, the better.