Not So Little Secrets

Chapter Twenty-Two: Moving On Up...

Brittany's POV:

The past 3 months have been a bit tough with everything going on. Majority of that time was spent looking for a new apartment that made sense for all of us. We wanted something not too far from my school, my job, Santana's job and a Daycare for Bryce.

At first we were looking for something in our combined 9-5 jobs budget, but then Quinn recommended that with Santana's new contract with Interscope... That we can afford to go up a bit on our budget. Once Quinn made that suggestion Santana immediately called Rachel with an update on what our new budget price was, that way she can show us more of a variety of places.

For me, that was a tough pill to swallow.

I'm not one of those insecure people who are intimidated by the fact that their girlfriend is making more money than they are.

That's not me.

It's just that I don't want to feel like I'm not doing my part in things we agreed to do together. When we agreed to live together we said that we would go half on everything. With the budget going up, I don't want her to think that she has to pay for me with her money. I know we're gonna have to have a sit down and talk this out but that can wait until were all settled in....

Oh wait... We are settled in.

As of 2 days ago, we are officially settled in to our new Brownstone apartment. So that means this conversation is about to happen now.

"Babe, can we talk real quick?" I ask as I sit on the couch.

"Sure what's up?" She says as she curls up on my lap.

"I think we should talk about the um, the payments for this place."

"What do you mean, what about them?"

"I just want to make sure that you and I are on the same page about paying the rent and things like we agreed." I say before releasing a sigh.

"We said we would go half..." She says as she fully shifts onto my lap looking at me a bit confused.

"Yea I know, but... That was before our budget went up. I just want to make sure that we're still-

"Wait Britt, you don't have to worry about the added money to our budget... I'll pay that part as well since I was the one that agreed to it without asking you first. Which by the way, I am still very sorry about." She said while poking out her bottom lip.

"No babe, that's exactly what I don't want. I want us to still do what we said we were gonna do. I don't want either of us to feel like you have to pay for me because you have the money to do so. Did that make any sense to you... Like, I still want to do my part, ya know?" I ask rubbing her thighs

"Yea no I get it. It makes sense and I'm fine with that." She says wrapping her arms around my neck before she continues on.

"I don't ever want you to feel like you or what you're doing isn't enough, because you're more than enough, what you do is more than enough... You're everything. You and Bryce are everything to me. Do you here me?" She ask as I look her in the eye.

"Do you here me?" She asked raising an eyebrow before I nodded my head.

"Yes babe I here you." I say while laughing at her.

"Mami?!" Bryce called out from his new room.

"You better, because I'm not a big fan of a 'hurt' Brittany Pierce." She says pecking my lips before standing up from the couch.

"Well I'm glad that we got that out of the way." I say putting on my shoes.

"What are you about to do?" She ask running her fingers through her hair.