A/N Hey guys, loved all the reviews I got for the first chapter! Glad to see you're all still with me. This chapter is going to pick up after they got engaged (so the last chapter of Coffee Breaks). Enjoy!

CHAPTER 2

One Year Ago, January 2015;

I wake up on New Year's Day feeling a little hungover from last night. Thank God Santana likes to keep it dark in her room, or our room now, because I don't think I could handle just the lightest of lights right now. But since it's so dark, I have no idea what time it is. I mean, it's not like I can tell time by the brightness of the sun as its rays pour in through the window but in my old room I could at least tell that it was morning. I could always just check my phone for the time; then again the light would probably burn my eyeballs. I contemplate whether or not I want to check it, but decide I rather just lay here until Santana wakes up.

I look to my left and I see her messy nest of brunette hair spread across the pillows that she's got pinned down on my left arm as her tan one lies loosely over my waist while her chest rises and falls against my side. Not to sound creepy, but I've always loved watching her sleep. She just looks so peaceful, and though I can't really see her face, I already know she looks beautiful and she's not even trying. I feel her soft breathing on my neck as she starts mumbling again. I smile to myself because she still doesn't believe me when I tell her she does that, but she definitely does and it's about the cutest thing ever. I rest my head back into the pillows and stare up at the ceiling slowly feeling myself fall back asleep. I feel the arm she has on my waist tighten as she nuzzles her nose into my neck making me smile even more. She also doesn't believe she's super clingy when she's asleep, but obviously she is. I bring up my left hand and start grazing her bare shoulder with my fingertips. Though I can't really remember much from last night, waking up to Santana's naked body pressed up against mine is about the best thing in the whole world. Her skin is always so soft and warm and smooth and just- I don't even know how to explain it, it's the greatest feeling. I'm not even talking about it in a sexual way either, though I do love that part too, I mostly like the extreme closeness. There's nothing separating our bodies from touching but maybe some bed sheets, other than that it's just skin on skin.

Right as I'm about to shut my eyes and fall back into a deep sleep, something shiny catches my attention. My eyes instantly find the object that's caught my interest and yet another dopy grin spreads across my face. Damn that Santana for tricking me into thinking she wasn't ready for marriage! Remind me to pounce on Quinn later for being in on Santana's plan too. I can't believe I didn't notice them two sneaking around before; can you blame me for thinking that my girlfriend and best friend were finally being friendly towards each other? I should've known that there was some hidden agenda, especially when I caught the two of them shopping without even telling me! Now I know where Bella gets her sneakiness from. Oh, remind me to tickle the crap out of her for siding with the enemy yet again too.

I bring up my other hand and twirl the ring around my finger, loving how perfect it fits, and loving that I can call Santana my fiancé now. Oh, just thinking about our new titles makes me wanna do a little happy dance. Maybe later after my inevitable headache stops pounding, for now, I just wanna go back to sleep. I interlock my fingers so that I've trapped Santana in my embrace and rest my head on hers as my eyes finally close. It only takes seconds for my mind to fill with sweet dreams of the future, all of which include my beautiful fiancé and maybe a cat and a whole bunch of babies.

2 Hours Later;

"Hey baby, how you feeling?" I hear San ask softly as she brushes some hair out of my face then goes to cup my cheek. I cringe at the volume though; I know she's whispering it feels like she's yelling at me at the top of her lungs. "I've got some water here and some medicine if you want to take it." She adds in an even softer voice as I slowly blink away the sleepiness from my eyes to see her deep brown ones staring back at me intently as she hovers over me a little. She smiles when I finally register that she's talking to me and I do a weak nod. "Okay here, sit up a bit so the water doesn't go everywhere." She suggests and leans in close to adjust my pillow but ends up almost hitting me in the face with her boobs. I go to giggle but the sound just hurts my ears so I end up grinning devilishly up at her. She doesn't look down at me, but the smirk on her lips sort of tells me she realized what she's done. "Alright pervy, quit staring at my tits and sit up." She teases as she sits back and gestures for me to move with a tight lipped grin.

"You're the one who put those things in my face like that.." I mumble innocently as I wiggle my way to an upright position. She snickers a little before she hands me a glass of water and a couple of pills. I swallow them effortlessly then take a few gulps of water before handing back the nearly empty glass. She takes it and sets it on the nightstand then moves back to look at me. "You're not feeling sick?" I ask when I see that she doesn't actually look hungover. I could've sworn we both drank? Then again, I don't remember much after-

"Not really, you-uh-celebrated more than I did." She laughs as she looks down at her hands then back up to me, quirking her eyebrow up at me when she sees my grin. "What?" She asks as her own smile spreads across her face. I shrug innocently then wiggle my fingers into hers so that she brushes against my engagement ring. We both smile down at my hand as she rubs the stone with her thumb then goes to fiddle with my fingers.

"I can't believe we're engaged." I sigh contently then we both look up at each other with big grins but mine falters a bit. "I'm a little sad though because you don't get to wear a ring, no one knows that you're engaged too.."

"I'll get one when we're married and I'm pretty sure the word's gotten out since last night." She giggles as she motions to her phone. "I've gotten a million 'congrats' tweets and Kurt's already texted me a picture of us on the front cover of some lame magazine yet again. So it's safe to say, everyone knows I'm off the market." She winks as she interlocks our hands and leans in to give me my first kiss of the day.

"Good." I smirk as she pulls away. "But I still wanna get you a ring too."

"But-"

"Nope." I stop her as I cross my arms over my chest and look away from her with my eyes closed. "We're getting you a ring asap!" I say and throw the sheets off my legs which end up almost covering her as I swing my legs off the bed and move to get up. "We're going right to the jewelry store and we're gunna get a ring, matching ones too!" I'm getting excited just saying it out loud, almost excited enough to forget that my head feels like it's being squished and that the room is sort of spinning. I stumble around a little because the lights are still off but end up tripping on what felt like a pair of pants or maybe it was Santana's dress from last night, whatever it was it almost made me twist my ankle!

"You okay, baby?" Santana asks worriedly as she makes her way to my side. Thankfully I braced myself on the dresser but that doesn't keep her from coming over to me.

"Uhm, yeah.." I grumble as she slips an arm around my waist. "I might be feeling a little bit dizzy." I admit as she walks me back to the bed and sets me down gently.

"Yeah, just rest for awhile." She says as she flips the sheets back over my legs then pulls them up to my chin.

"But we're supposed to be going to the jewelry store.." I put as I flop my hands over the sheets and rest them on my stomach. She gives me that please stop pouting you know I can't resist the pout look which makes me roll my eyes playfully and sink back into the pillows. "Fine, I'll rest."

"You better." She teases then leans in to press her lips to my forehead.

"But as soon as I'm feeling better, we're outta here!" I say confidently but that just makes her smile like crazy.

"B, it's New Year's Day, everything's closed." Crap, I forgot about that.

"Fine then, we'll go tomorrow!" I announce as I give her a grin. "Then we'll both have matching rings and we'll show them off to people and they'll get super jealous because my fiancé is super hot and they're probably single living with like tons of cats but that's totally fine if they're into living with a whole bunch of cats, because I love ca-" I'm cut off by soft lips crashing into my own and they move so smoothly against mine, it's about the sexiest thing ever. With just that one kiss my temperature has sky rocketed in places that probably shouldn't be that hot from just one little kiss. I'm dizzy again, but this time it's not from the hangover. She pulls away inches away from my face and smirks at me.

"It's so cute when you start rambling." She teases with her eyes staring into mine with such lust that it sends even more heat to my core. If I wasn't feeling so crappy I might've just taken her right there. Actually now that I think about it, I'm not feeling all that crappy, I mean I could- "Oh no, no, lay back down." She laughs when I start inching closer to her with my bedroom eyes. "You need to sleep it off babe, that's the only way to get rid of your headache and that medicine I gave you makes you sleep."

"You gave me roofies?"

"Wh-what? No.." She smiles with her brows wrinkled in confusion but the wink I give her let's her know I was just joking.

"B-But, I wanna have sexy times with my fiancé.." I pout and give her my best puppy dog eyes. I see her stance faltering a bit and I bet if I just hold this look just a tiny bit longer she'll give in. "Because my fiancé is super hot right now and I think it's been at least a few hours since our last time.." I inch closer to her and slide my hands up over her thighs but just as I'm about to go in for the kill, she stops my hands and pushes me back down.

"As much as I really want to, and as much as I love the fact that you can't keep your hands off of me, I rather you get better first." She sighs with a weak smile, "We've got all the time in the world to get it on.." She smirks then taps at my ring finger, "But right now, I want you to rest. Okay?" She rubs the back of my hand gently and stares at me with such care in her eyes that it makes my heart melt. I nod to her and allow myself to settle back into the pillows with a smile on my face. "Okay, good." She replies then goes to get up but I grab for her hand.

"Wait, where are you going?" I whimper as she spins back around to see our clasped hands.

"I was just going to check some emails, why?" She asks with furrowed brows and a lopsided grin.

"Don't go." I say in a low voice.

"Why, are you gunna miss me?" She winks then adds, "I'm just going to be in the other room, baby, I'm not going far.." She coos and I can tell that she's trying to joke me but so what if I can't get enough of her?

"If I can't have mind blowing New Year's Day sex with you, then you just have to come cuddle with me." I shrug then pat the spot next to me. "At least until I fall back asleep.." Her lips part as if to argue, but her shoulders slump and she ends up crawling back into bed with me. "Yes!" I cheer triumphantly as I watch her make her way up the bed to her usual spot.

"Alright, no funny business." She teases as she lifts her arm up so that I can snuggle into her side then lays it over my shoulders as my hand slides up to lay flat against her tummy. Her hand overlaps mine and then she moves to kiss my forehead. "Now, can you go to sleep?" I smile against her and nod after nuzzling into the crook of her neck.

"First thing tomorrow though, we're-"

"Going straight to the jewelry store, I got it babe." She giggles then begins to brush through my hair with her fingers. I slowly start to feel myself nodding off because playing with my hair like that always makes me fall asleep, so I close my eyes completely and let the sleep fall over me again.

The Next Day;

"Baby, wake up!" I yell excitedly but Santana just buries her head deeper into the pillows. "Saaan, come on.." I groan and start tugging a little on the sheets that are wrapped around her body but she's pretty tangled up. "You promised.."

"Merghmpf.." She grumbles and tightens her hold on the sheets. I let out a deep sigh and crawl back onto the bed and hover over her, my legs somewhat straddling her hips.

"Don't make me lick you.." I say in the most threatening voice I've got, which doesn't really come out sounding to scary. "I'll do it.."

I hear her snicker as she shuffles around to her back, her head peeking out from under the blanket and looks up at me with a lazy smirk. "Ha, wanky.." She winks and I end up laughing and roll my eyes at her.

"Geez, is your mind ever not in the gutter?" I tease as I crawl off of her.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." She says innocently as she sits up a little and rubs at her eyes.

"Oh yeah, sure!"

"Hey, you set yourself up for that one, sorry not sorry.." She giggles and watches me walk into the bathroom.

"Stop looking at my ass and go get ready." I laugh when I feel her eyes practically ripping my jeans off. I shoot her a look over my shoulder and she slowly rolls out of bed.

"Fine, I'm coming.."

"Wanky."

"Yeah, now whose mind is in the gutter?"

Jewelry Store;

"After you, my love." I say sweetly as I hold the door open for Santana and gesture her to walk in first. She smiles at me affectionately as she walks past and I follow in after her like a little puppy dog.

"Good afternoon, ladie-Oh! Miss Pierce, you're back!" The familiar salesman says cheerfully as he comes around the counter with a gleaming smile on his face. I nod at him and want to greet him by his name also, but I realize I've got idea what that would be so I just stick with smiling as he bends to kiss the back of my hand. "Ah, I see Miss Lopez has popped the question!" He says as his eyes flicker from my ring and to Santana then goes to kiss the back of her hand as well. "Congratulations!" The two of us exchange loving smiles before our eyes land back on the older gentleman.

"Thank you!" I say cheerfully, "Though you did kind of go all eggs benedict on me with helping Santana pick the ring." I wink and he just chuckles a little as he and Santana exchange a grin.

"I'm just happy to be a part of the journey, I can tell that the two of you really love each other." He bows then crosses his arms over his chest.

"Yeah, she's alright I guess." Santana jokes as she wiggles her fingers in between mine and squeezes tight making a little smile creep up on my lips. He just stares at us with this lopsided grin.

"Yeah, she's not so bad either.." I wink and we both laugh at each other.

"So many celebrities these days marry for the wrong reasons, but I've got a funny feeling you two will make it." He adds with a confident nod.

"Yeah, she's totally a keeper." I say proudly and he just nods, the corners of his eyes wrinkling as he grins.

"Just remember this moment; how you feel about each other, the love you two share, the way she looks at you, the way you look at her, how it feels to wake up next to each other, the feeling of her skin on yours, the bond that's being made, remember all of that." Santana and I find ourselves nodding to him like he's some great grandfather passing on all his wisdom to us.

"You sound like you're talking from experience.." Santana says quietly what we're both thinking. The man just shrugs a little.

"I've made rings for many celebrities. They come in together and they're always so happy and in love and it seems like nothing could ever tear them away from each other." His eyes flicker to the ground then back up at us. "It always brings me such sadness when I see them announcing a divorce just a month after their ceremony. They just get so caught up in the fame and all the money that they forget what brought them there in the first place, don't let that happen. I just can't stand how the greatest bond can be so easily broken now. Just remember to cherish each other, don't let fame change that."

"Oh no, she's stuck with me forever." Santana answers confidently as she sends me a wink. The man just smiles with another nod.

"And I hope you two always feel that way about each other." He adds, "But you never know what could happen." I know he doesn't mean it to sound like he doubts our love for each other, but his point is very true. I mean, just a couple years ago I would've never imagined I'd be getting married to Santana Lopez, the woman who I kept I freaking schedule on how many times she'd come into The Coffee Shop, what she'd order, what she'd wear, and how she liked her drinks. Never would I ever thought that by having Quinn push me into talking to the girl I'd end up here in a freaking jewelry store, an engagement ring on my finger and that same beautiful girl that I fought so hard for standing right next to me. So he's right, you really never know what could happen but I just hope that it's something good. However, life can't always be good, there's got to be some balance or else you'll never really see just how good life is when there isn't any bad thrown in. And with my fiancé being Santana Lopez, there's bound to be some bad but just like always we'll come out stronger than ever! "Anyway, sorry, enough of my old man talk, what can I help you with today?" He says with another bright smile that shakes me from my thoughts.

"A ring." I answer and gesture to Santana. "I want her to have one just like mine."

"Ah, matching rings, I can definitely do that for you two." He smiles and gestures for us to follow him to the display counters. "I just need to get you size, my dear, and you'll be all set." Santana nods and places her left hand daintily in his. He takes out some weird sizing rings and slides them onto her ring finger until one fits comfortably. "Alright, I got it." He says as he slips the rings into a drawer hidden behind the counter. "You'll be able to pick it up in about 4 days, okay?"

"Yeah, that's great!" I say happily, "Thanks so much! We'll definitely be back to pick out the wedding ones."

"And I shall be anxiously awaiting your return." He bows as Santana and I start to head for the door.

"What I nice man, don't you think?" I say as I go to push the door open with Santana still holding tightly onto my hand as I look over my shoulder at her. "Aren't you excited? Now we'll both-"

"Miss Lopez! Miss Pierce! This way!" Someone yells as a camera flash blinds me.

"Congratulations on the engagement!"Flash.

"Will you be changing last names?" Flash.

"This way, ladies! Look here!" Flash.

"When's the wedding?"Flash.

"Oh fucking hell," Santana grumbles as she protectively slides her arm around my waist and tugs me to her all while shielding her eyes from the bright flashes as the crowd snaps pictures of us and throws out random questions. "Do you guys ever quit, I mean, seriously?" She groans as we huddle together to keep from getting trampled on.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to this.." I sigh as I cling to Santana and shield my eyes from the flashes. Her idea of it 'dying down' after we've dated for a few months never really happened. It's probably got something to do with the two of us being so successful in such a short amount of time, or maybe it's because we're both super hot? Either way, it's always hell when we go out in public.

"Miss Pierce, what a beautiful ring!" Flash.

"Thank you." I say politely all while we try to move past the crowd but we're pretty much trapped.

"Which one of you is the top?"

"What the hell type of question is that?" Santana snaps with a hint of annoyance in her voice. "You people are so fucking nosey and-"

"Extremely creepy!" I cut in when I see that she's about to go off on the perv that asked the question. "But we like to alternate." I add innocently but she just shoots me a shocked glare. The crowd grows even more frantic and I kind of regret giving an answer because now they're all asking strange questions about our sex life. "Sorry, babe.." I say guiltily but she just gives me a knowing nod. Unlike Santana, I try to be nice to the paparazzi but I guess that doesn't really help keep them at bay.

"If it wasn't for Britt being here right now, I'd got all Lima Heights and every one of you crazy ass son of a bi-" Suddenly we both jolt backwards away from the crazy horde of paparazzi and find ourselves back in the jewelry store. "What the fu-"

"Easy, Miss Lopez, I'm just trying to help you." The salesman quickly says as he pushes us behind him then faces the crowd. "If you could please, back away from the entrance and respect their privacy. Thank you." He says calmly as he backs into his shop and shuts the doors on the crowd then goes to close the blinds.

"Great, now we're trapped!" I whimper as I drop my head on Santana's shoulder. What a lovely way to spend the rest of the afternoon stuck in a jewelry store with tons of pretty things that I might end up buying for Santana if I'm given the time to look at it all. This is not good.

"No, Miss Pierce, you're not trapped here." The salesman chuckles as he closes the last of the blinds and turns to us with a mischievous grin. "This happens all the time so I've created a little secret passage way." He winks and motions to a door off to the side of the room.

"Secret passage way?" Santana asks with her eyebrow quirked up.

"Yes, there's another way to get out, I should've told you before, you can dodge most of the cameras and you'll end up right in front of SnixxJuice."

"Wow, really?" I cheer with bright eyes, "That's perfect because we're supposed to be heading there anyway."

"Well thank God for that, you're a life saver!" Santana sighs and rubs at my back. "We're not trapped, B."

"Yes, now follow me, I'll show you the way." He says and gestures for us to follow him. My hand finds its way back into Santana's as we near the door. "Ah, here we are." He cheers as he unlocks the door and opens it to show a brightly lit hallway that looks just like a normal hotel hallway.

"For some reason I pictured this secret passage way to be like underground and have dirty walls with tree roots hanging off the ceiling.." I mumble as Santana and I follow him through the hall.

"That wouldn't be very pleasing to the eye." The man jokes as he looks over his shoulder at us. "Besides, I doubt anyone would ever want to follow me into something as off putting as a underground tunnel. "

"So true." Santana adds . It's only about a 5 minute walk when we end at another wooden door.

"Well, here we are." He says then moves to open the door and steps out first. He looks side to side then motions for us to come out. "The coast is clear." He announces and Santana and I hesitantly creep out. Surprisingly, there's not a paparazzi in sight!

"Wow, and there's SnixxJuice right there!" I cheer as I point to the building across the street. I turn to the man and engulf him in a big hug. "Thank you so much for everything!" I say happily as he chuckles at the closeness and moves to pat at my back.

"You're very welcome, can't have my favorite customers getting harassed by the cameras right in front of my own store." He smiles then turns to head back down the hall. "I'll see you back here in 4 days!"

"Thank you again!" Santana says as he smiles back then closes the door. "Well, that was pretty crazy. He made a freaking secret passage way!"

"Yeah I know, I felt like a Charlie's Angel sneaking around like that!"

"A what?"

"Charlie's Angel!" I repeat and watch as the name does not ring any bells in Santana's head. "Oh my God, don't tell me you've never watched that.."

"Okay, I won't."

"Santana, you've never seen Charlie's Angels?!" I gasp shockingly because they're so freaking badass and Santana being the queen of badassness, or so she thinks, have never even seen them before!

"Mm, nope."

"You poor deprived child, my sister and I always watched those kind of movies when we were younger. At one point I actually thought I'd be a secret agent when I grew up, don't you think that would be a cool job?" I stare back at Santana as we make our way across the street to SnixxJuice, but all she does is grin. "Alright, we're heading to the nearest redbox and we're going to educate you on the best thing ever!" She chuckles at my serious tone as she rolls up on her toes and presses her lips to my cheek.

"Whatever you say, B."

A/N Sorry, there wasn't really anything too important happening just yet but you guys should know my style by now..slow & steady is the way to go! (wanky lol) Stick with me though, it'll pick up soon.

Also, shout out to ohvalerievalerie for creating such an awesome fic poster for Coffee Breaks! You guys should check it out on tumblr, it's great!