A New Life

31.

(Brittany's POV)]

"...Damn Brittany it's 6:00am, you beat my alarm! What do you want?"

"I need to talk to you..."

"Isn't it like 1:00am there?"

"Uh yeah, I can't sleep."

"Well what is it?"

"You alone?"

"No Brittany, I am in bed next to my sleeping fiancee who is going to be pissed if I wake her up."

"Well...could you like maybe go to another room?"

"Are you fucking serious right now!? This is my first lie in, in weeks!"

"Please Santana, I wouldn't be asking if it wasn't important."

"Is it to do with one of the kids?"

"No...Santana please, I really need to talk to you." 

I hear her groan, annoyed I am asking this of her. I haven't been able to sleep since Jax dropped that bombshell at dinner and the only person I felt like I could talk to about this was Santana. 

"Okay I am outside on the balcony. What is it?"

"Jax wants to move to London."

"There aren't three of us in your relationship. Why are you talking to me about this?"

"He wants to find his son...and he wants me and the kids to move to London with him, he has been talking to some agency and they have located him there. I-I don't know what to do Santana.."

"With all due respect, you have woken me up for this? Why me, talk to his sister!"

"She doesn't know and you are the only one I can trust to actually give it to me straight."

"Britt...you really can't be talking to me about this stuff. We aren't together, I have my relationship and this is yours. Only you can figure it out."

"You came to me about the proposal?"

"That's different."

"Why?"

"Because..."

"Because what?"

"Do I have to spell it out? It just is, you were somewhat single, you were staying at our home and I was trying to be respectful to you. You were my wife, I was about to ask another woman to marry me whilst you were there. It's not the same."

"I-I know, you're right, you are, but...Please, tell me what to do."

"....what do you want to do?"

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Santana and I were on the phone for an hour, going back and forth. As much as she may have felt a reluctance to help me, she did. There are a lot of pros and cons to moving to London, a pro being our family will be reunited...sort of. Nothing is tying either of us down to Miami and a move to London was on the cards anyway before Jax's accident. The cons are, we could get there, move our entire life and Jax never finds him, it would have all been for nothing. Taking Izan and Sofia away from their home, all for nothing...

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(Santana's POV)

"Where were you this morning? I woke up for my morning kiss and you weren't there." Grace says, wrapping her slender arms around my waist as I brew a fresh cup of coffee. "I was on the balcony?" I say, giving her a small peck on the lips. "Oh?" Grace wonders. "I was on the phone, I didn't want to wake you." I pour two cups of black coffee and hand one off to Grace. "To who?" she asks, humming at the taste of the expensive liquid hitting her lips. "Brittany." I say, studying her reaction. "Everything okay? Izan and Sofia okay?" she asks concerned. "Yeah, nothing like that! She just wanted my advice on something." I say. "You're her ex wife, why does she need your advice?" Grace instantly winces at what she said. "God no, I didn't mean it like that..." she tries to double back on her words. "Babe it's okay, I said the same thing." I say stroking Grace on her upper arm. "Jax wants to move to London to find his kid, he wants Britt and the kids to move here with him. She has some reservations."