Chapter 2
Memories
Santana and Brittany were married, and living in a house they had just bought. Everything was perfect for them, Kurt and Blaine living half an hour away, and Rachel and Finn coming out to visit them every month.
Right now it was 1:08 in the morning, and Brittany had just fallen asleep on Santana's shoulder while they were watching Archer. The show just ended, showing the preview for next week's episode, and Santana turned off the tv. She could feel Brittany's shallow breath on the part of skin right above the breast.
Santana was wearing a neon pink lace bikini underwear, and a black spaghetti strap, pushed up her stomach, to the curve of the bottom of her boobs.
She looked over at Brittany, studied the outline of her face, the way her nose came out, suddenly, right before the lip. The way her hair falls in her face, and covers up her always smiling eyes. She got a whiff of the perfume Brittany had been wearing since junior High, a gift from her father, and it took her back to so many memories.
It was seventh grade, and her class was playing those stupid get to know you games, but when it was Brittany's turn, she listened. She had seen her acting awkward towards everyone, as if she was new to Lima.
"Um, well. I'm Brittany, and I'm new here. I like cats. Mostly my cat."
The teacher then dismissed the kids for lunch.
Santana remembered walking down the hall, out to the courtyard, where they ate lunch everyday, and catching up with Brittany. But mostly, she remembers turning to her, and saying, "Hi, I'm Santana. I think that we will be great friends."
She remembered their first kiss, in freshman year. They were spending the night at Santana's house for a back to school sleep over. It was very casual, they were watching a movie, talking about the summer rumors of their favorite show, and it just happened. She remembers that her heart was not beating hard, as it would when she was crushing on someone, but instead, it just felt right. Like that was her natural state, being with Brittany. They kissed for the rest of the night, and cuddled, but they never went farther.
She remembered when she realized she was in love with Brittany. Brittany had just left after doing homework with her, and she forgot her notebook. Santana was about to run out and give it to her, but she dropped it, and it fell open to a page that had hearts all over it, and a name written in the hearts. Santana bent down to get a closer look at it, hoping that her name was the name in the hearts, but instead the name 'Darren ' was scribbled all over the page.
She remembered feeling angry, and hurt, and afraid that Brittany was going to break away from her. She sat on the couch nearest to her, and cried. She was afraid, because she had never felt s strongly about someone, she was used t having people fawn over HER this way, and she realized with more and more sobs, that this was love. She was in love with Brittany, and here was Brittany writing someone elses name in her notebook.
She remembered how she fell asleep with tears still n her face, and the notebook page torn into tiny pieces all over her floor.
But perhaps her favorite memory was of the two just walking. It was a perfect day, there was a slight breeze, but not enough to be irritating, and there were a few leaves on the ground, as it was just turning to fall. The sun was still shining and pushing heat through the sky, but the trees provided cool shade, and there was no traffic. The two just walked on down the street for a few minutes. They didn't have to hold hands, they knew they would always be together, and they were not afraid of anything separating them. Just being together in the same room ensured and confirmed the love they would always have for each other.
