It's been about 3 weeks since graduation, in one more week, all of the glee kids would be going off to their dream schools or their new jobs. Long story short, they would all be leaving Lima soon enough. Nobody would have thought that the future would have come so soon. Kurt and Rachel had gotten into NYADA; Kurt had also managed to get an internship at VOGUE while Rachel has already started working on weaseling her way into the Broadway limelight. Finn and Puck had decided to join the Marines together and they would be leaving for bootcamp in about 3 days. Mercedes had been working with her newfound agent and was discussing making a contract. She would be in LA before Summer ended. Quinn had gotten into Yale and was leaving for Connecticut soon. Sam was going to New York to crash with Artie and Tina while Mike had gotten a scholarship at Juilliard. Santana was going wherever Brittany was and vice versa. It was all just a waiting game now to see who would be the first breakout star from the Glee club.

It was 9 o'clock in the morning when Brittany arrived at Santana's house. She quickly ran to the door and used her key to unlock it. She ran inside of the building not looking around before screaming out to her girlfriend.

"Santana! I got the job Santana!" Brittany screamed as she ran up the stairs of the Lopez residence while quickly waving hello to Mr. and Mrs. Lopez.

Santana was upstairs in her room sleeping when she heard the noise coming from outside her room. She groaned and lifted her head up from her pillow before slamming it down and rolling over onto her back to try and see what the commotion was coming from. Seconds after she rolled over, Brittany came barreling in her room and jumped on top of her girlfriend excitedly. Santana smiled brightly at the blonde and leaned up to kiss her softly. To her surprise, Brittany quickly deepened the kiss by forcing her tongue into Santana's mouth. Santana moaned softly into the kiss and quickly reciprocated.

Brittany broke the kiss and whispered softly to the raven haired girl, "I got the job San."

Santana looked up at the blonde and smiled excitedly.

"I'm going to be working with Beyonce! I'm going to be dancing with Beyonce San!" Brittany screamed excitedly.

"Seriously?" Santana asked excitedly while sitting up. Brittany simply nodded not being able to hide her smile. "I'm so proud of you baby!" Santana said smiling hard before leaning forward and kissing the blonde on her lips once again. "Tell me what happened."

"They, um, they said that they'll meet with me later this month to talk about the logistics and stuff like that." Brittany rushed out with a smile. "Will you come with me?" She asked shyly.

"To your meeting?" Santana asked. Brittany simply nodded her head. "Of course I will Brit. I'm so so so proud of you Brit. We need to tell everybody so that we can show you off and rub it in that dwarf Berry's face that you're the first breakout star of the glee club."

"San, you and Rachel are friends, you have to start acting like it." Brittany said softly while running her hands through Santana's hair. "But, I'm not totally opposed to the idea of rubbing it in her face." Brittany finished while leaning down and slowly kissing Santana.

"Come on. Lets go do it right now." Santana said in between kisses.

Brittany straddled the Latina and pecked her lips once before speaking, "lets do it later. It's still early and I have something else that I want to do right now." She finished while sliding her hands under the Latina's shirt and rubbing her abs with her fingertips eliciting goosebumps from Santana.

"What would that be?" Santana asked while slowly leaning back to lay down with a smirk on her face.

"I think you know." Brittany responded pecking her lips and running her hands over Santana's chest, her eyes growing big when she felt that Santana wasn't wearing a bra. She looked into dark brown eyes and smiled softly to which Santana showed her signature smirk before resting her hands on the blonde's hips and squeezing softly.

Brittany leaned down and captured full lips and the rest was history.

/

The two girls ended up getting dressed and ready to spend the evening with their friends by around 4 PM. They were all going to Rachel's house to have one more Rachel Berry party; as much as none of them would like to admit it, the party at Rachel's during the alcohol awareness week was probably one of their favorites considering it was so intimate. They were the last ones to arrive at the party at like 6 PM.

"Hey Berry." Santana said as she and Brittany walked into the house hand in hand.

"Hello Santana and Brittany. Rachel said quickly hugging the girls.

"Hi Rachel." Brittany said happily.

"Where's the party at Rachel?" Santana asked while looking around.

"The party currently resides in the basement on the stage. If you'll just…. follow me." Rachel said trailing off at the end while Santana walked past her and dragged Brittany to the basement. Rachel quickly followed behind and smiled now that everybody was there.

"Okay guys. Time for one last Rachel Berry party while together." Rachel said while lifting her wine cooler.

The group all yelled together before Santana quickly said something to catch their attention.

"Hold on! Before we start. I just want to say that this is our last celebration all together for a while. Since our little Finnocence and Noah are joining the Marines, we won't be seeing you guys for a while. I want to say congrats to both of you and you can look for me at your graduation, I have faith in you both." Santana started. Receiving smiles from all in the circle and a cheers to the two boys. "We all have our positive things going on right now; kurt with vogue, Quinn and Yale, Mike and Juilliard, Berry and Broadway and Sam and Tina finding their way. Mercedes on the verge of getting signed. Not to mention that I have the most perfect girl that I could ever ask for," Santana said winking at Brittany who smiled brightly blowing her a kiss, "lets not forget that she's going to be the Glee clubs first breakout star.

"What?" Everybody asked excitedly looking at Brittany who blushed.

"I got the job guys. I'm going to be dancing with Beyonce." Brittany said excitedly.

Everybody ran around her and gave her a huge hug saying their congratulations. The whole night was dedicated to them all following their dreams. They made sure not to drink too much because they didn't want to be hung over too much.

They all spent the rest of the time together, seeing each other every day. Finn and Puck were the first to leave, probably the saddest to leave too. Mercedes was the next one to go, she had got a contract with a recording company and was scheduled to start recording as soon as possible. Quinn left after Mercedes, followed by the rest of the New York clan. The only two left in Lima were Brittany and Santana who were patiently waiting for the information from Beyonce's management.

It was the first week of August when they got an answer and the job description. Brittany was scheduled to do a year and a half long tour and nobody was able to come with her. She would be under contract with Beyonce for an extended period of time that was to be determined and it was very strict. There were a lot of rules about touring and if any of them were violated, she would be released and possibly black balled, meaning that it would be hard for her to find a new job after getting fired. It was a lot to go over, but it was such an important part in Brittany's life. It would make her happier than anything to go and do this for herself. Brittany was to be leaving in two days if she accepted the offer. Her and Santana didn't talk much for the rest of that night, instead, they just laid in each others embrace to keep their emotions in check and to try not to think about what was happening.

Before they fell asleep that night, Brittany whispered her decision softly to Santana, "I'm not doing the tour Santana."

"Yes you are, it's your dream Brit." Santana said back to the blonde while turning to face her.

"No I'm not Santana. You can't make me go. I'm not going." The blonde said softly before kissing the Latina on the lips softly. "Go to sleep San. I love you."

Santana sighed heavily. "I love you too Brit Brit." she responded while nuzzling into Brittany's neck and placing a soft kiss there. They soon both fell asleep quickly.

The next day, Santana told Brittany to go home at about 2 in the afternoon and pack her bags so that they would be able to leave for New York tomorrow. Since Brittany didn't want to go through with her dream, Santana was going to go for her own. While Brittany was packing all of her stuff together, Santana was setting up a small surprise for them since it was going to be their last night in Lima together; she wanted to make sure that it was a night to remember. Everything was going to be perfect, she wouldn't have it any other way.

By the time that she told Brittany that she could come back over, it was about 8PM. They had the house to themselves because Mr. and Mrs. Lopez were out on date night. Santana had texted Brittany and told her to come around to the back yard for the surprise.

Walking into the backyard, it was phenomenal. Santana had set up the white Christmas lights all around the back yard on the fences and on the big oak tree. There was a small picnic blanket on the floor with small vanilla scented candles set up around the edges. Santana was sitting on the blanket with her legs crossed and an unreadable expression on her face. She was wearing a pair of black short shorts with Brittany's favorite old shirt on. She had her hair pinned up so the gold pin necklace was visible.

Brittany walked over to the Latina slowly with a loving smile on her face. She was wearing a black half shirt and her khaki shorts and black toms. Her gold pin necklace stood out brightly against the black shirt. "Santana, this is amazing. What is this for?" Brittany asked tenderly while still looking around in awe.

"I wanted to show you how much I love you." Santana shrugged gently, "You see how bright all of these lights are Brit?" Santana asked while gesturing her hand around the backyard. Brittany simply nodded while sitting down in front of Santana; she leaned over and pecked her on the lips before letting the latina continue. Santana smiled warmly and then continued, "this is how bright you shine when you're on the stage dancing Brittany."

Brittany didn't say anything, she instead looked down sadly. Santana leaned over and gave her a soft kiss on the lips before sighing heavily. She turned around and picked up her keyboard from the ground and placed in on her lap turning it on. Brittany looked up and locked eyes with the Latina. "You're not going to sing me another Taylor Swift song, are you?" Brittany chided cause the Latina's nerves to disperse a bit and giggle along with the blonde shaking her head.

"No," Santana said softly, "I'm not."

Brittany smiled. "Good. I love you Santana."

"I love you too Brit." Santana said before starting the opening keys. She took a deep breath before starting to sing,

When you're feeling lost in the night,

When you feel your world just ain't right

Call on me, I will be waiting

Count on me, I will be there

Anytime the times get too tough,

Anytime your best ain't enough

I'll be the one to make it better,

I'll be there to protect you,

See you through

I'll be there and there is nothing

I won't do

I will cross the ocean for you

I will go and bring you the moon

I will be your hero your strength

Anything you need

I will be the sun in your sky

I will light your way for all time

Promise you

For you I will

I will shield your heart from the rain

I will let no harm come your way

Oh these arms will be your shelter

No these arms won't let you down,

If there is a mountain to move

I will move that mountain for you

I'm here for you, I'm here forever

I will be your fortress, tall and strong

I'll keep you safe,

I'll stand beside you, right or wrong

I will cross the ocean for you

I will go and bring you the moon

I will be your hero your strength

Anything you need

I will be the sun in your sky

I will light your way for all time

Promise you

For you I will

For you I will lay my life on the line

For you I will fight

For you I will die

With every breath, with all my soul

I'll give my world

I'll give it all

Put your faith in me

And I'll do anything

I will cross the ocean for you

I will go and bring you the moon

I will be your hero your strength

Anything you need

I will be the sun in your sky

I will light your way for all time

Promise you

For you I will, I will, I will, I will

She played the closing keys as Brittany leaned forward and wiped the tears off of her cheek.

"That was beautiful San." Brittany smiled softly at the Latina while leaning forward to kiss her. When Santana didn't kiss back, she leaned back slowly and stared at her with a solemn look on her face. "What's wrong?" Brittany asked with a pout in a hushed tone already knowing what was going to happen next.

Santana wiped her eyes vigorously before speaking. "I called that manager this afternoon," Santana whispered while Brittany began shaking her head, "you leave tomorrow at 4." She finished before finally looking up and trying her best to smile, but evidently failing.

Brittany shook her head no while tears began involuntarily leaking from her eyes, "No, Santana." Brittany said faintly, "I'm staying here with you."

"You're going on tour, and you're going to live your dream B. Please don't make this so difficult." Santana said defeated.

"No. I choose you Santana. I can dance anywhere, I'll find somewhere else to dance." Brittany quickly reasoned hoping to win this dispute.

"Brittany, this type of opportunity only comes once in a lifetime. You can't let it go, I won't let you let this go."

"Well, maybe you only come once in a lifetime." Brittany sniffled. Hearing those words made Santana's heart break more than it already was, Santana bit her bottom lip to choke back a sob.

"No. No, you're not staying here. I'm not letting you throw away your dream for me. I'm not worth it." Santana said shaking her head and trying to find all of the willpower to not lose sight of the bigger picture. She frantically wiped her eyes because the tears seemed to not stop flowing.

"You are my dream, Santana." Brittany said while grasping the Latina's hands. "You're all I want and you're all I need Santana. I'm not going to lose you. I love you. Why can't that be enough?" Brittany asked while sobbing.

"Please stop making this so difficult B, please." Santana pleaded with her voice breaking.

"We're gonna stay together, and we're gonna love each other. And we're gonna grow old together just like we always planned. We're soul mates, we're gonna be together forever Santana." Brittany said out loud while looking directly into Santana's eyes, not only to try to convince Santana, but to convince herself as well.

It sadly, just wasn't enough. "No, no we're not B." Santana spoke softly turning her head away from the blonde not wanting to see the heartache that she was about to cause the girl. "I, I, I'm breaking up with you Brittany." Santana said in a barely audible voice.

At those words, all that Santana was able to hear was the sound of Brittany's sobs wracking her body. At that sound, she let her own sobs go. This was the most difficult thing that she's ever had to do and she couldn't hate herself more for it. She broke the heart of the most innocent person in the world, the one person who would never intentionally hurt her. She was surprised when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her; it instantly made her cry even harder. "I love you so much B." she whispered earning an "I love you too."

The two sat on the blanket crying for about 10 more minutes. Once the crying subsided a little bit, Santana rubbed Brittany's shoulders before blowing out the candles and packing everything up to take it inside so that they could lie down and go to sleep.

While lying in bed, knowing that it was their last night together, it seemed to make it all hurt more. They were at first spooning, with Brittany being the big spoon, until Santana felt she couldn't hold her tears in much longer and felt that Brittany was on the same page as her. When she turned around, she found that she was right, as soon as they came face to face, the tears poured out of their eyes. Santana gave Brittany a small peck on the lips before rubbing her thumb on her cheek to brush the tears away.

"I will always love you the most." Santana whispered tenderly to the blonde.

Brittany began to cry again and frowned before responding, "I love you too."

/

It was going on 4 o'clock the next day as the two girls sat in the waiting area to listen for their planes to be called. Brittany was on her way to California to finish up the contracts and start learning the choreography for the tour and Santana was on her way to New York to do something. The two were sitting on a single chair tied together. Santana was sitting on the blondes lap with her head nuzzled in her neck while Brittany's head was nuzzled in Santana's. Brittany's flight was called first causing the two to immediately start crying, realizing that this was going to be the last time they saw each other in person in who knows how long.

"I don't want to go San. Let me come with you, please." Brittany pleaded softly in her ear while squeezing the Latina.

"You know I can't do that." Santana cried into Brittany's neck.

Once the flight was called again, that's when they knew it was time to go. Santana immediately leaned back, pecking Brittany on the lips before saying her final I love you in person. Brittany did the same pulling Santana into one last passionate kiss before leaving to catch her flight with tears streaming down her face. There's no telling which one was crying harder, but both girls cried the whole time on their flights and the first few nights apart.

/

7 YEARS LATER…..

Characters are now ages 24-26

"How long are you going to be in New York for?" Rachel asked Brittany as she held the door to McDonalds open for the blonde.

"I'm not sure Rach. I'm opening up a dance studio out here now and I heard that Santana still lives out here so I wanted to try and see her." Brittany said while walking towards the line.

"A lot has changed since the last time you saw Santana." Rachel mumbled.

"What do you mean?" Brittany asked confused.

"Well, there's been a new addition to the Lopez family." Rachel said slowly.

"I don't believe that. Mr. and Mrs. Lopez didn't want any other kids besides Santana." Brittany said brushing the brunette off.

"That's not what I meant Brittany. What I meant is that Santana has a son." Rachel said quickly. When she did, she noticed Brittany's face fell. "Sorry."

"How does Santana have a son? I don't get it, is this a joke?" Brittany asked getting annoyed because she thought Rachel was playing games with her.

"I'm serious Brittany."

"I don't believe you." Brittany said crossing her arms while ordering herself a thing of french fries and a hot chocolate.

"Well, you better start believing me because it's true. You don't follow her on social media?" Rachel asked extremely shocked that Santana and Brittany wouldn't be following each other. Brittany shrugged. Rachel sighed, "Here, use my phone and check the recent updates on her account. Maybe it says something or has a picture of him."

Brittany thumbed through the phone. "Her last tweet says basically that she's thankful for the days that nobody goes to a place that she is and that it's awesome to have quiet time while eating out." Brittany finished confused.

"Can't really blame her for that tweet, she gets bum rushed anywhere nowadays." Rachel laughed softly. Rachel and Brittany took their food and their drinks into the play area and sat in a corner booth when they noticed one other person and their child in the room, a petite latin woman sitting in the corner by herself.

It was Santana. She was wearing a pair of floral leggings, a pair of tan vans and had her black Glee sweater from high school on with her olive green levi commuter jacket next to her seat. She noticed the Latina was eating some french fries while responding to her emails and glancing up every 10 seconds to check on a little boy in the room, smiling to herself whenever she made eye contact with him. Every few minutes or so, the little boy would run over to eat some fries and then be off to play on the toys again.

"That's him Brit." Rachel said softly while watching the woman and her son interact.

Brittany looked at the pair and smiled softly. She always knew that Santana was going to be an amazing mother one day; she just didn't know that one day would be so soon and that she wouldn't be in the picture. She sighed softly and closed her eyes tightly. Once she opened them, she got a good look at the little boy.

He was a spitting image of Santana. He had her full lips, her bright smile right down to the dimple in his left cheek, her signature smirk; hell, he even had her damn glare. Everything that was him, was Santana. It was incredible. Instead of Santana's wavy curls however, he had kinky curls that were shaped into a mohawk. He also had light green eyes that were mixed with a shade of blue, to say that they were stunning would be an understatement. He was energetic and more importantly, he was happiness; something that most people would deem his mother as not. He was running around inside the play area with a Yeezus shirt on with dark denim jeans that got skinny towards the bottom of the leg and were cuffed at the bottom. He had a gold chain around his neck and white vans on his feet. After about 10 more minutes of playing, Santana called over to him.

"Come on baby, we gotta go." Santana said softly to her mini-me.

The little boy smiled at his mom and excitedly hopped over to his seat and grabbed his mother's hand after putting on his white hoodie and black peacoat. He then quickly dragged her to the door and right to the car, ignoring all of the paparazzi that had swarmed the pair causing Santana to chuckle at the small boy's actions. Santana opened the door and the little boy immediately climbed into the truck and was seen climbing into his car seat after picking up a toy to play with when his mother climbed in after him to buckle him up. Once she was done, she shut the door and walked to the front seat and got in; the last thing that Brittany was able to see was the soft smile on Santana's face as she rolled down her window and put her sunglasses on.

"I told you she had a son." Rachel said softly while her eyes followed the truck like Brittany's.

"Who's the father?" Brittany asked softly.

"I don't know. I haven't really talked to Santana much since we graduated; I see her occasionally but that's it. The only reason that I knew this piece of information was because of Quinn." Rachel said while glancing down not wanting to look at the blonde's sad eyes.

"Quinn? God, I don't remember the last time we actually talk talked. I haven't seen her in ages. I didn't even know that her and Santana were still in cahootz, I figured they weren't because Santana always seemed like a taboo topic when we talked." Brittany said while reaching down and taking a sip of her hot chocolate.

"You didn't know they still talked?" Rachel asked completely shocked by that statement.

"No, I had no idea." Brittany responded not looking up.

"That's preposterous Brittany. Well, you know how Quinn majored in business in school and all of that right?" Rachel questioned to which Brittany simply nodded. "Well, her and Artie actually partnered up and they've started a really good recording company because since Mercedes had become the only other immediate break-out star aside from myself from our Glee club, she had connections through her music industry. She talked to the right people and helped Quinn and Artie grab the handles on their business and she's sky rocketing them to the top. She got some really good producers and songwriters as well as artists that she knew to sign with their label or whatever."

"What does that have to do with Santana?" Brittany asked not seeing the point in Rachel telling her this whole story.

"Oh, right. Sorry." Rachel blushed. "Well, Mercedes and Artie have always been close since Glee club first started and Mercedes and Santana were really close in school. Mercedes put her whole career on the line to feature Santana as background vocals on her past albums. You didn't know about that?" Rachel asked shocked.

"No. I didn't. But that makes sense now because I was always wondering why I thought I heard Santana while listening to Mercedes singing. Especially on her album Park and Bark. I thought I was just being nostalgic from Glee club because they sang together all the time." Brittany said finally piecing things together.

"Well, Santana was content with just doing the background vocals, but Quinn and Artie finally managed to convince her to do her own album. I think she's writing her own songs for the album, or that Quinn is helping her with it. I'm kind of nervous to hear these songs after that whole Trouty Mouth epidemic." Rachel said while shivering slightly.

Brittany snickered before looking up, "Santana is actually a really good song writer. That Trouty Mouth song was really just a gag song; she didn't really like Sam and everything else was way too serious. She's good at coming up with different meanings for things too; she helped me write the song My Cup." Brittany smiled softly with a small twinkle in her eyes.

Rachel smiled at the blonde. "Well, I sure hope so. I believe in her. She turned down a lot of acting things so I'm excited to see if this is really what she wants to do."

"Santana turned down an acting career?" Brittany asked appalled. "That's always been her dream." She finished quietly.

"Yeah. She did." Rachel responded.

"That's crazy, I would have never thought. I mean, that was always what she wanted. It was her one main dream." Brittany said speaking her thoughts out loud.

"Well, acting hours are crazy Brit. And her dream changed, her dream is probably that little boy now." Rachel responded while glancing out the window.

"You're right." Brittany sighed. "Do you know if she's with the father? Or anybody?" Brittany asked with hope in her eyes.

"I don't believe she is with anybody." Rachel said softly with a small smirk.

She looked at Brittany and noticed that the blonde had a big smirk on her face. She smiled to herself as she came up with a plan.

"Well, I don't know how long you're going to be in New York for Brittany, but I know that Quinn is having a Christmas party. I know that you might have plans because it's the holiday, but I'd be more than happy to have you as my plus one. Finn is already invited, so I don't have to worry about him getting in." Rachel said while looking at Brittany.

"Really?" Brittany squealed. "You know you don't have to Rach, I mean, I'm sure it's probably going to be a lot of people that I don't know and it's meant for certain people and all of that. I don't want to intrude."

"Nonsense Brittany. You're never an intrusion. I don't think that you'll be lonely either. I'm going to be there, Finn, Quinn and obviously Santana. I think that the rest of the Glee club is going to be there as well. So, you'll have Mercedes and Mike and Artie and even Puck and Sam to talk to." Rachel said with a smile, "also, you can always talk to the other celebrity type people and tell them about your dance company and all of that and more importantly you can talk to Santana." Rachel finished with a big smile.

"Mmmm… I'm in." Brittany said quietly. "I'm ready."

Rachel screamed in excitement while quickly hugging the blonde. "That's awesome Brittany! I can't wait for everyone to see you again!"

"I know, I don't think I've seen any of them in a few years. I know that I haven't seen Santana in person since that day at the airport and, I haven't spoken to her in years. I miss her." Brittany finished in a barely audible tone.

"Well, now that can all change." Rachel responded happily. "Come on, lets go get your stuff from your hotel. You can stay with me and Finn instead of in that old nasty hotel."

The two girls got up and put their coats on to leave the small restaurant. They were on their way to Brittany's hotel to gather her things and then going to be on their way to Rachel's house. Rachel was concocting her plan and all she had to do was to work out the finer details. The Christmas party was in about a day, so she had to make sure that she didn't mess this up.

/

Santana walked through the door of her and Quinns house with baby Lopez hot on her heels. The house was in the Upper West Side of New York City. It was huge. It had 5 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms, why they needed that many, they didn't even know. Well… They did, that way they had other bathrooms to retreat to when Puck destroyed one. Yes, Quinn and Puck are still together, happily at that. Puck had become a corrections officer at one of the toughest prisons in the state after receiving his honorable discharge from the Marines. He made wages in the 90% tile, which meant that he was doing really well, not to mention, since he has such a forceful job- he is perfectly fine acting like security when need be with Santana or Mercedes and obviously his fiance, Quinn.

"Auntie Quinn!" The little boy screamed while running in the house after kicking his shoes off at the door.

"No running Mijo!" Santana yelled while taking her shoes off and hanging up her coat as well.

"I blame you for him running around like that." Santana said while glancing at Puck who was locking the door behind them.

"Hey, don't blame me. Blame your hyperactive jeans Lopez." Puck laughed softly while following Santana's actions.

Quinn came walking out with Santana's son on her hip peppering kisses on his face. "Geeze, you're getting heavy. How much food did mommy let you eat out there?" Quinn laughed while setting him down.

"Alanzo, go put your coat on your hook baby." Santana told her son while going to the tv to put on Paw Patrol for the little boy.

"Okay mommy." He said while running over and hanging his coat up and running back to the living room to sit in his mothers arms.

Santana opened her arms on instinct and laid on the couch with her baby and sang along to the Paw Patrol theme song as did Alanzo. They were watching the episode for about 15 minutes before Quinn came back into the living room and sat on the recliner next to the side of the couch Santana's head was resting on.

"Hey San." Quinn said while trying not to be too loud and interrupt Alanzo's show.

"What's up Q." Santana asked while glancing over at her best friend.

"Are you ready for the party tomorrow night?" Quinn questioned

"Kind of. I mean, we host it every year so it's tradition." Santana shrugged while rubbing her hands on her son's back.

"That it is. But this year it's different and you know that." Puck chimed in coming into the living room and sitting in Quinn's lap. Quinn wrapped her hands around Noah's waist and leaned her head on his back before quietly adding, "You know this years party is mostly dedicated to you finally going after your dreams."

"I guess." Santana said softly while trying to hide her smile. Santana had been constantly putting things on the back burner, she was content with singing background on Mercedes tracks and every so often doing a feature, but she didn't think that the day for her actually making her own album would be coming out. "Okay, it is different. I mean, it's finally happening." Santana quickly said with a smile.

"That it is San. You know we have faith in you always." Puck said happily.

"Yes we do. Me and Artie actually have made the production of your album happen sooner than you thought. We're gonna be releasing it into stores and itunes on New Years Day. Not to mention that we're gonna have a few copies for you to give out tomorrow if you wish." Quinn said smiling hard.

"Seriously?" Santana asked surprised. Quinn simply nodded with a smile. "That's amazing Q. Thank you so much." Santana said smiling hard.

"Thank you auntie Q." Alanzo said softly while looking at the blonde.

"For what baby?" Quinn said with a soft smile.

"I don't know. You made mommy happy." He said while looking at his mother who them planted a million kisses on his face.

"You know," Santana started after Alanzo turned his head to continue watching his cartoon, "Berry texted me earlier saying that she has the best gift in the history of gifts for me today. But she won't give me any hint to what it is. Do you have any idea?"

Quinn and Puck looked at each other and then shrugged. "We have no clue. But I just know that she's bringing somebody with her plus one this year. She said it was a close friend." Quinn said while Puck continued to add, "Yeah, I even asked Finn and he wouldn't let me know either."

"That's weird." Santana said. "Did the Gleeks confirm which of them are going to be staying the night tomorrow?"

"I think so. Right babe?" Puck asked Quinn.

Quinn simply nodded. "Yeah. They have all let me know." She started, "Rachel and Finn are staying, as they do before every holiday. Mercedes, is obviously staying, I think she might be staying until Christmas so she'll be here for two nights. Um, I think Artie and Sam said that they'll stay the night and Mike said that he and Tina can't because they have other plans. Kurt might be stopping over for a while, I think he might be bringing Blaine."

"Ugh, not hair gel." Santana groaned. "Should me and the baby go get the rooms ready?" Santana asked while twisting her earring and looking away from the pair.

"No, we can do it later. What's wrong San? What are you thinking about?" Quinn asked.

"Nothing." Santana responded while quickly removing her hand from her earring.

"Stop lying Santana. We've lived with each other for almost four years now, I'm pretty sure that me and Q know what each of your little ticks mean." Puck said softly.

"Nothing. It's just…" Santana took a deep breath, "when we were in high school, I didn't think our lives would be like this. You know what I mean?" She questioned.

"What? You don't like living with the Puckasaurus." Puck asked with a smirk earning a small tap from Quinn on the back of the head.

Santana giggled softly before continuing, "it's not that." She smiled softly before regaining her stone face. "It's just, I remember that before me and Brittany broke up, I pictured holidays being spent with her and I mean, as much as I love you Noah and Q, I thought I would be spending my holidays with the love of my life… Well, the other love of my life too." Santana said softly as she ran her fingers through Alanzo's mohawk. "I pictured spending my holiday's as a family and being engaged or married to Brit or something already. I mean, I thought that I would have what you guys have. You're engaged, and Quinn's due in like a month or two. You guys have a complete family if me and Alanzo aren't here and as much as I love my small family of just me and him, I know he needs more than just me in his life and I don't have a way to give that to him."

"Santana, you are our family." Quinn started before Puck quickly cut her off.

"Santana Marie Lopez, don't think like that. You are our family. You're like my sister and Alanzo is like my son. He has me and Q for the rest of his life and not to mention him having Artie or Cedes or Sam or Mike or Finn. He has so many people who love him San, and so do you. I know not every part of your life is what you thought it would be right now, but I mean, you can't really get much better than what we have right here. This house is full of people who love each other and who would do anything for each other. Not to mention, I think we all make a pretty kick ass team San." Puck said. "Not to mention, I couldn't imagine our lives differently. I mean, you know we all fit together because look at Alanzo. Me, you and Quinn have been the main benefactors in his personality and as much as he is a mini you, he developed so much of me and Quinn too and it helps him balance out. He has your temper and your glare and he actually has Quinn's glare so that makes it kind of horrible too." Puck laughed softly, earning a small chuckle from the two women, "but along with your temper, he has Quinn's gentleness when it comes to certain situations and even though you and Quinn have that HBIC personality type, he's learned to take that in stride as well and learn how to put on Quinn's nice front. And because of me he has that prominent male in his life every day to teach him guy things and how to defend himself and treat women, I wouldn't change that for anything. I love spending time with him and teaching him stuff, especially sports. I mean, I think he was like 6 months old when I noticed he really liked football, he was up at like 11:30 at night watching a football game with me while the tv was on silent San. Our family isn't traditional, but it's ours. If Brittany is meant to be a prominent part of your life and if she's meant to be in Alanzo's life, she'll be around. But until then, just take it in stride San. When the time is right, you'll get there. Give it time." Puck finished and wiped a tear away from Santana's cheek while Quinn wiped her own.

"I couldn't have said it better." Quinn said softly while looking up to smile at her fiance. "It's true Santana. We've always been family, and we always will be."

Santana wiped her eyes again and smiled at the pair. "I know. I'm sorry guys, I know we're family. It just, I don't know. It just boggles my mind how everything turned out."

"I know," Quinn started. "But, imagine your life any other way than here with me, Puck, Alanzo and this baby bump." Quinn smirked. "Bet you can't.

Santana sighed softly, "you're right. I can't."

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After that conversation, the group watched Frosty The Snowman with Alanzo. Alanzo fell asleep on his mothers chest with his finger wrapped in his hair. It was a small quirk about him, probably because Santana used to play with his hair to put him to sleep; whenever he was tired, he would take his pointer finger and wrap it in his curls and play with his own hair. It was his tell when he was exhausted. Once the movie ended, Santana noticed he was out cold. She looked at him and smiled before whispering to Puck and Quinn that she was going to go put him to sleep and then help them with the guest rooms.

Santana lifted her baby boy into her arms and gently rubbed his back to make sure that he stood asleep. Once she got to his room, she finished undressing him and quickly changed him into his ninja turtle pajamas before tucking him in. She laid a soft kiss to his temple, turned on his Jake the pirate night light and walked out of the room closing his baby gate.

She walked into one of the two guest rooms and changed the sheets on the three large mattresses in there while making sure that she plugged in one of the vanilla scents into the wall, swept the floor, closed the window. She made sure that the remote was visible and that everything was clean before she went to the next guest room where Puck and Quinn were cleaning up. The first room that Santana was in was mainly Mercede's room. She used that room whenever she stayed at the condo, which was often; the walk in closet of that room had been transformed into a makeshift recording studio for any at home recording that they needed to do (it still had a decent amount of Mercedes clothing in the drawers and such). Soon enough, when they had the time, it would be upgraded into an actual studio for the girls to use. The only reason there was extra beds in there was so that in case Rachel or Tina or somebody else stayed the night, they wouldn't be stuck in the other room with all the boys. The room that Quinn and Puck were cleaning had four sets of bunk beds. This room was mainly the boys room. Artie and Sam were in there 90% of the time. They had brought over a few game systems to play when they would stay the night and it was like a man cave whenever they were there. When they weren't, it was simply a game room since the bottom beds transformed into a couch. There were many different types of games in there, the walk in closet that was attached to the room had the hinges removed courtesy of Puck and inside of there, there was a foosball table and some other games, as well as a lot of boxes that were filled with different game discs and movies.

"Are you guys ready to host tomorrow?" Santana asked walking in the room.

"Yeah. I'm just not ready for Rachel to try and force the new artists that I signed and invited to sing Karaoke." Quinn snickered while shaking her head.

"Oh boy. I didn't even think of that." Santana laughed softly. "I feel even worse for the few A list musicians that are going to be coming to one of our parties for the first time and have to deal with it."

"It's not that bad." Puck said while failing to suppress his laugh.

"That's what I thought Puckerman." Santana laughed wholeheartedly.

"I mean, maybe you and Cedes could kick it off with a duet or something first to make Rachel happy and get everybody else into it. I mean, after all, she did say that she's giving you the best gift ever. Kick the karaoke off before she even gets here so by the time she walks in you and Mercedes are already singing and everybody is hyped up." Puck finished with a smile.

"That is like the nicest thing you've ever thought of Puckerman." Santana said with an awestruck look on her face.

"Thank you Lopez." He said with a proud smirk playing on his lips.

The trio continued to clean the room and make sure that everything was set up for the boys tomorrow night so they wouldn't be pestered with questions about where they moved everything. They tidied up the house and then were soon all on their ways to bed.

"Hey Q, what is it tomorrow night. Like suit and tie formal or like I can roll out of bed and be fine?" Santana asked before closing the hallway doors and smiling.

"Hmm, I think we told everybody that it's semi-formal. So no, you can't roll out of bed Santana, but you can wear jeans if you would like. You don't need to wear a dress if you don't want to." Quinn told her while giving her a hug goodnight. "I'll show you what I'm wearing tomorrow. Sweet dreams San."

"Night Santana. See you in the morning." Puck said giving her a hug.

"Night Mr. And Mrs. Puckerman." Santana responded with a wink.

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A/N: Hey guys, I have like two more chapters written up for this story that'll be updated within this month because of the few chapter Christmas theme. Hopefully I'll finish the rest of the story sometime soon before I lose interest.

If you guys have any ideas or suggestions, leave it in a review. Thanks dolls.

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