Chapter 1
Brittany laid there in bed, clutching onto a body pillow and cuddling with it. Santana had been out of town for almost two weeks and Britt just missed her like crazy. She glanced down at her left hand and smiled seeing the diamond ring there on her ring finger. Santana's career as a singer was starting to pick up and Brittany was still finishing her classes at Juilliard so it was normal for her to be alone in their apartment sometimes.
She bit down on her lip just smiling as she looked at the diamond ring and remembered the exact moment and everything that happened before Santana proposed to her.
"I have to talk to Santana." Brittany said looking up at Puck.
"Why do you need to talk to her?" Puck asked looking down at his friend, concerned.
"I um..." She stopped not knowing how Santana would take the news but she had been keeping it to herself for too long. "I'm not graduating." She finally said looking up at him.
He looked at her with a shocked look on his face. Not because she wasn't graduating, but that she hadn't told Santana yet. "You have to tell her Britt. Like as soon as possible, graduation is in a few days."
"I know. I just, I love her Puck and I'm scared of what might happen." She admitted, tears brimming in her eyes.
Puck saw the tears then pulled his friend into a hug, placing a comforting kiss on the top of her head. "Britt you turned Santana from Satan to an angel, at least for you. Everything is gonna be fine."
Britt leaned her head on his chest, hugging onto her friend. "Thanks Puck." She whispered before pulling back and wiped her tears away. "I should probably tell her tonight then." She said nodding her head lightly.
Later that night, Brittany went to Santana's house, and went around to the side of the house. It wasn't uncommon for the girls to just climb up to each other's rooms, not bothering with the front door. After a minute or so, Brittany was on the balcony of Santana's room, knocking on the door. She leaned against the railing waiting for her girlfriend to come to the door. The moment the Latina opened the door Brittany smiled at her girlfriend.
"Hey Britt-Britt." Santana said, reaching out for her girlfriend and pulled her close for a chaste kiss on the lips. "What are you doing here?" She asked with a smile. "Not that I'm complaining or anything."
"Hey San." Brittany replied before returning the soft kiss, placing her hands on Santana's waist. "I can't just come see my girlfriend?" She asked playfully before kissing her again.
"Of course you can B." She whispered before kissing her again a little deeper this time. The kiss lasted for about a minute before Santana pulled back. "Come on, I can't have you out on the balcony." She said before pulling the blonde inside her room and shutting the door.
As Santana was shutting the door, Brittany walked inside and went to the bed, laying down as she watched Santana and noticed all of the boxes around her room, half empty and half completely packed. "What's with the boxes baby?"
San turned around, hearing Brittany and smiled. "Britters, you know I'm not staying in Ohio after we graduate." She said walking over and laid down next to her girlfriend. "We're going to New York together, remember." She whispered, kissing her lips softly before trailing soft kisses down her jawline to her neck. She was already a sexual person, then when graduation coming up and knowing she wouldn't have to be in Lima for more than another couple of weeks it just made her want more sex.
Feeling the kisses Brittany closed her eyes, biting down on her lip. She needed to tell Santana about graduation tonight and the kisses weren't helping any. "San." She whispered managing to hold in a moan.
"Hmm?" She asked, sucking on Brittany's neck softly, running her tongue across her skin.
"We've had sex like every day this week." She said before quickly biting down on her lip to hold back the moan building in her throat.
"Okay Britt." Santana said against her skin before pulling back and placed a loving kiss on her girlfriend's lips. "So, just cuddle time and Sweet Valley High tonight?"
Brittany kissed Santana back before nodding. "Yeah, sounds perfect." She whispered, wrapping one arm around Santana, pulling her close to her. Once her girlfriend was next to her, she found her hand and laced their fingers together.
Once Brittany had one arm wrapped around her and their fingers laced together, Santana laid her head on her girlfriend's chest. She had definitely gone soft since dating Brittany publically but she would never admit it to anyone except her girlfriend. She was completely wrapped around Brittany's finger, but she didn't mind it because she was completely in love with her and she knew that Brittany loved her.
Santana had known for a couple of years that she loved Brittany, but she knew when she finally admitted it to everyone that she really loved Brittany. That why she had went and bought an engagement ring a couple of days before, and it was killing her to not just ask Brittany every time they saw each other. She had a big plan where it was going to be romantic, and sappy, and everything completely opposite of typical Santana. But she knew Brittany would love it and that's why she had planned it.
After a few minutes of comfortable silence, Brittany looked down at Santana and kissed the top of her head. "San, I need to talk to you about something." She said softly, playing with her girlfriend's fingers lightly.
After feeling the kiss, Santana looked up at Brittany. "Okay, what is it Britt?" She asked looking at her, she knew Brittany and it was times like this that she would say something completely important that she would never forget.
"Promise you won't be mad or anything?"
Hearing that, Santana sat up, knowing it couldn't have been good. "What are you talking about?"
"Promise?" Brittany asked again sitting up, looking at Santana.
"I promise Britt-Britt." She said, leaning close and kissed her lips softly and reassuringly. "I could never get mad at you." She added, taking her girlfriend's hands.
She took a breath, holding onto Santana's hands. "I'm not graduating San." She said looking from their hands to her face.
"What?"
"I'm not graduating."
Santana was speechless, just holding onto Brittany's hands. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I was scared." She admitted. "I didn't want anything to happen to us. I love you, Santana. I don't know what I'd do without you."
Santana let one of Britt's hands go to wipe her eyes lightly, feeling a tear start to form.
"Britt, nothing is happening to us." She told her, taking her hand again. "If you tell anyone this, I will deny it. But I am completely one hundred percent yours, I would do anything for you and I can't be without you." She said, bringing Brittany's hands up, kissing her knuckles.
Britt smiled hearing her. "Did you just tell me that you're whipped?" She asked with a small laugh.
"I'll deny it if you ever tell anyone." She said before placing a soft kiss on her girlfriend's lips.
Brittany returned the kiss, smiling against her lips. "Our secret." She whispered against her lips.
After another soft kiss, Santana got up from the bed, letting go of Brittany's hands. "Help me unpack everything?" She asked looking back to Brittany.
"What? No, Santana I can't ask you to stay here." She said getting up to stop Santana from unpacking.
"Britt, I'm staying here for at least the summer with you. I don't need to be anywhere for anything until September." She said taking one of her hands.
"San, I won't feel right if you stay here because of me."
That was when Santana knew for sure that she didn't want to be with anyone but Brittany ever again. She couldn't wait any longer to ask her, and the romantic, sappy proposal wasn't happening now. She bit her lip, letting go of Brittany's hand. "I actually had a couple of things I wanted to talk to you about too Britt." She said taking her, having her sit on the edge of the bed. She sat across from her on her desk chair and held her girlfriend's hands. "I was wondering if you would go to New York with me after graduation to go apartment hunting. Even if you're not graduating I want to pick a place with you." She said looking in her eyes.
Brittany sat down and just smiled listening to Santana. "San, are you kind of asking me to move in with you?" She asked with a bright smile, looking in her eyes.
Santana just smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I am Britt." She said with a smile. "I want to have a place with you, even if I have to wait a year to live with you in it." She added with a smile that only Brittany ever got to see. "The other thing is, your graduation present." She said standing up and getting a small bag out of her closet.
"But San, I'm not graduating." She said watching Santana get a bag, then come back in front of her.
Santana shrugged lightly. "It's close enough." She said sitting back down across from Brittany. After taking a breath Santana took Brittany's hands and looked in her eyes. "Brittany Pierce, you are without a doubt the love of my life. No one can ever compare to you. You bring out the best of me, every time we're around each other. And even when we're not, all I do is think about you and it brings the biggest smile to my face." She said looking in Brittany's eyes with a smile. "I could go on for days about how much I love you and what you make me feel inside. But, what I'm trying to say is." She stopped to pull out the small black box from the bag. "Will you marry me Britt-Britt?" She asked opening the box, showing the diamond ring.
Britt listened to everything that Santana was saying, just smiling as Santana said how she felt when they were around each other. She looked down at the ring and brought her hands to her mouth, shocked at what Santana had just asked her. After a moment she nodded her head. "Yes." She said barely above a whisper. "Of course I will." She added, leaning forward and kissed Santana deeply and passionately.
Santana smiled against Brittany's lips, kissing her back with just as much passion before pulling back. She pulled the ring out of the box and slid in onto Brittany's ring finger, smiling at the perfect fit.
Brittany was completely speechless at what had just happened. She would have never thought that Santana would ask her. Whenever she thought about their futures she always thought that she would wind up asking Santana. She watched Santana and smiled at the ring on her finger. After a moment of looking at the ring she looked up at Santana and gently took her face in her hands. "I love you so much Santana." She whispered before kissing her softly.
Brittany just smiled at the memory from three years ago before getting snapped out of it by the sound on an incoming Skype call. "Who's calling me?" She asked herself, getting out of bed and walked over to the computer. She had talked to Santana earlier and she had told her that she would be busy all night so she wouldn't be able to Skype her.
When she saw her fiancée's picture come up on the screen next to "Incoming Call" all Brittany could do was smile. She sat down in front of the computer and answered the call with a smile. "Hey San." She said happily, seeing the Latina's face on the screen.
"Hey Britt-Britt. I'm definitely gonna have to talk to my manager about these trips because I can't stand being away from you for this long anymore."
"San don't, this is your dream. It's my job to be completely supportive, no matter what happens."
"Britt sometimes I wish you would loosen up on your "job". I just want to be with my fiancée."
"I want to be with you too, but I won't be the reason for you giving up on your dream."
"I know, I know. You practically pushed me on the train to leave Ohio, I remember."
"Well, that made us pros at long distance right?" Britt asked with a smile. She had always hated that she made Santana leave Lima and go to New York, but she wasn't going to be the reason for Santana to give up on anything. They had argued for weeks about Santana wanting to stay and Brittany wanting her to go.
"Yeah, I guess it did. Right when I come home it's gonna be like Christmas break again." Santana said with a wink. Christmas break during Brittany's second senior year was the first time Santana had come back for more than a long weekend and they had some long overdue couple time.
Brittany blushed and smiled as she brushed her hair back out of her face. "Well, we need to talk about the wedding too." She reminded her. "We've been engaged for three years, and barely planned anything for the wedding."
"I know babe, and when I come back from this trip we'll plan everything. I already told my manager for the next year I'm not leaving New York unless you're coming with me. I can record in the city, I don't get why he keeps making me go to the other side of the country."
"But at least you get to see Mercedes right?"
"Yeah, I guess that's an upside. I'd rather be able to do stuff with you though." She said, pulling her shirt down some to show some more cleavage.
"Oh hell to the no!" Mercedes said in the background after seeing Santana show more cleavage.
Brittany just laughed hearing Mercedes and shook her head. "Hey Mercedes." She said loud enough for their friend to hear her. "San, if you want to do that every time we Skype you really need to stay in a hotel or something." She said with a smile.
"Or just wait until Cedes is asleep." Santana added with a smirk.
"Santana Lopez if you do that in my apartment again, I swear to God."
"Okay, calm down." Santana said, looking to Mercedes then back to the computer screen. "It's late Britt, you should get some sleep. I'll be home soon."
"Okay San, good night."
"Good night Britt. I love you."
"I love you too San." She said before blowing a kiss then ended the call before crawling back into bed.
Santana sighed when the call ended and looked over to Mercedes after closing Skype. "I don't think I can do this anymore."
"What do you mean?" Mercedes asked, getting some water from the kitchen.
"Being away from Britt like this. I didn't think I would have to again after she graduated."
"Santana you are totally whipped." Mercedes said with a slight laugh.
"Am not!"
"You totally are, Santana. Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."
Santana crossed her arms looking at Mercedes. She was whipped, but she would never admit it to anyone. It just wasn't her, but when she was with Brittany she was a different person. Brittany always got the best of her.
"San, if you miss her that much. Go home. You've been here for almost two weeks recording, and it's not like New York doesn't have recording studios. And you know Britt would practically attack you with kisses if you went home tomorrow."
The thought of all the kisses from Brittany brought a smile to Santana's face. She wanted to be home more than anything. After a moment of thinking she stood up and looked at Mercedes. "Help me get a red eye?"
"Totally whipped." Mercedes said under her breath with a smile. "Yeah, I'll help you. Now hurry up and get your shit packed."
"I heard that." Santana said sending her a glare. "I don't even care right now." She said grabbing her bag and started throwing her things in it. "Will you get my ticket?" She asked, nodding to her laptop as she kept putting her clothes in her bag.
"Yeah, I'll get it." Mercedes answered her and grabbed her laptop. She laughed seeing Santana's background and looked at her. "You seriously want me to use your laptop and not call you whipped?" She asked turning the laptop, showing the picture of Santana kissing Brittany's cheek as the wallpaper.
"Just get the ticket please?" Santana asked shaking her head as she zipped up one of her bags to grab the other one and fill it up. "And I'm away from her for weeks at a time, what do you expect?"
Mercedes just shook her head. "Okay, I'm done. You and Britt are definitely the best couple I've seen in years, I just have to tease you sometimes."
Santana smiled hearing her and looked down at her hand, looking at her own engagement ring that Brittany had gave her on that Christmas break. "Thanks Cedes." She said smiling and finished packing everything just waiting for the ticket so she can pack her laptop.
After a couple of minutes Mercedes printed off the boarding pass and handed it to Santana. "Here you go Lopez." She said with a smile.
"Thanks. Give me a ride to the airport?" Santana asked, pushing her laptop in her bag and threw it over her shoulder.