"Thanks for coming out tonight everyone! This was a great city to kick off my tour! I love you all! Good night!" Mercedes shouted in to the microphone as the crowd were cheering loudly. Santana and Brittany exchanged a glance from across the stage. All the dancers ran forward and Brittany was nearly left behind as she was so caught up in her staring match with Santana but quickly caught up and took her bow at the front of the stage before running off backstage. the 3 backing singers, including Santana stepped of the slightly raised platform that their microphones stood on to take their bow and the followed the dancers backstage to wait for Mercedes to say one final goodbye to the crowd.
The cheering was faint but could still be heard over the cheers of the dancers and singers high-diving and hugging each other. Santana and Brittany quickly found each other in the crowd. "You were amazing." Santana breathed to Brittany with a sense of awe in her voice. Brittany scrunched her face up in embarrassment "not as good as you." Brittany replied in the same voice. They snaked their arms around each other and pulled each other closer. The rest of the world melted away. The cheers faded out. Santana realized she felt this same way when they had first one nationals almost 3 yrs ago. She smiled to her self. Brittany pulled away slightly to look at her. "What?" She asked her girlfriend, tilting her head to the side in confusion. "I'm just really happy." She laughed slightly and looked down. "Well you should be it was a great opening night and you two were one of the best bits!" Mercedes appeared behind them smiling. Both turned and hugged her. "Thank you so much Mercedes singing in front of those people and owning that stage was like a dream come true" Santana said as she lifted her hands in triumph laughing. "Yeah there were like 3,762 people out there." Mercedes and Santana looked at Brittany in confusion. "What? I counted them all? Did I miss someone?" Her voice was sad and disappointed. "No. It's just you really are mathematical genius aren't you?" Mercedes asked her as if it weren't quite true. Brittany just lifted her arms in a shrug and turned back to Santana as Mercedes walked over to talk to the Dancers who had now calmed down considerably. "Oh I almost forgot something!" "What?" Brittany asked seriously "this" before Brittany could react Santana had dipped her down and started kissing her, the same way she had when they won Nationals. Brittany smiled in to the kiss before kissing back. When Santana lifted her back up the Dancers cheered and whistled from behind them. Santana and Brittany just laughed and Santana rested her head on the taller girls shoulder and nuzzled her face in her neck in embarrassment and to hide the huge grin that spread across her face.