AN: Here's a one shot I've had in mind for a while. I felt like writing some Brittana fluffiness so that's where this story comes in!
This one shot takes place after The Art of Being Us but you don't have to read that to understand this. Although, I'd appreciate it if you did haha.
Hope you enjoy!
Quinn couldn't stop herself from giggling as she watched Santana struggle while attempting to set up her tent. She had finished setting hers up and was now being entertained by her friend's pathetic attempt. Brittany had asked them to go camping, to which Quinn and Rachel agreed without a second thought. Santana on the other hand took a bit more convincing. Quinn didn't want to guess how Brittany had convinced her girlfriend to join them but she had an idea. No matter how it happened, they were here now and it was clearly not Santana's forte.
Quinn stood up and took the pole from Santana. "You can't pull it or it'll separate. You have to push it through to the other side."
Santana crossed her arms. "I've never done this before Q."
Quinn laughed. "That's just common sense Santana."
Santana rolled her eyes and look around the campsite. "The sun's going to start setting soon, where are they?"
"Can you hold the other end of this pole?" Quinn asked and Santana obliged. "They just went to find the closest washroom, they'll be back soon."
Through the efforts of Quinn, the women managed to get the tent set up with hardly any complaints from Santana.
Santana opened the door to her car to find the seats and floor covered in sand. She sighed and grabbed their bags to throw them into the tent.
"San!" Santana turned around to see Brittany running down the sandy road towards their camp site. She couldn't stop herself from smiling, despite the fact that everything was covered in sand. The blonde ran over to her fiancé and grabbed onto her arm, pulling her slightly. "Come to the beach quick!"
Santana laughed at Brittany's excitement. "I have to put our stuff away Britt."
Rachel walked up behind Brittany, she had clearly been left in the blonde's dust, and took both bags from Santana. "I've got it."
Santana hesitantly let go of the bags and smiled at Rachel. "Thanks." The brunette smiled back and walked to their tent.
"Come on." Brittany tugged harder on Santana's arm causing Santana to fall forward slightly.
"I'm coming Britt!" Santana laughed and followed the blonde down the road.
The beach was just on the other side of a hill from their site so within no time, Santana found herself walking onto the cool sand with Brittany by her side.
"Look." Brittany looked out at the lake and Santana followed her lead.
The sun was just setting over the lake, illuminating the sky in a gorgeous blanket of pink and orange. "It's beautiful." Santana practically whispered.
Brittany sat down on the sandy hill and patted the spot next to her. She looked up at Santana and smiled. "I saved you a seat."
Santana giggled as she sat down beside her fiancé. "Why thank you Miss Pierce."
Brittany scrunched her nose up at the name. "I can't wait to be Mrs. Lopez-Pierce."
"Me either." Santana agreed.
Brittany smiled at her and turned back towards the lake, admiring the sight. Santana however couldn't pull her eyes from the magnificent blonde beside her. The glow from the sunset illuminated every feature of the blonde and made her even more astonishing, a task Santana didn't think was possible.
Santana caught her gaze fluttering down to Brittany's lips. She moved slightly closer and whispered. "I can't wait."
Brittany's brow furrowed as she turned to ask Santana what she was talking about but before she could, she felt Santana's lips crash against hers. The kiss caught her off guard and she fell back onto the palms of her hands. She felt Santana's hand find its way to her waist and took in a sharp breath before pushing back. She forced herself over top of Santana, causing the brunette to fall lightly onto her back.
Santana bit her bottom lip as Brittany gracefully moved the kiss to her neck. When she felt Brittany pull away she quickly latched onto her fiancé's shirt. Now was not the time to stop. She felt Brittany's breath against her neck as the blonde laughed. "Come with me." Brittany whispered and pulled even further away.
Santana groaned. "You need to stop doing this to me B." She opened her eyes to see Brittany walking down the beach. Quickly, she got to her feet and followed the dancer.
When they reached the water's edge Brittany kicked her sandals off and turned around, offering her hands to Santana. The brunette looked around her fiancé to the water; it looked cold. Brittany laughed, reading the brunette's facial expression. She took a few steps back into the water. "It's not that bad I promise."
Santana walked towards Brittany and put her sandals beside the blonde's. Hesitantly, she took her fiancé's hands and felt the water with her toes. "Ok, it really isn't that bad." She agreed and followed Brittany further into the water.
They walked out until they were knee deep into the lake. Santana looked around them, noticing a bird fly and land beside their sandals. She was about to say something when she felt water splash her from behind.
She slowly turned around to see Brittany smiling mischievously. "Britt you got me all wet." Brittany's eyebrows shot up and Santana rolled her eyes. "Oh you think you're funny do you?" Santana asked with a smirk.
Brittany nodded proudly. Suddenly Santana grabbed both her arms and Brittany shrieked as the brunette flung herself on top of the blonde, causing them to both fall straight into the water. Brittany sat up and coughed as she tried to catch her breath. "Santana!"
Santana laughed and splashed Brittany lightly. Brittany blocked as much water as she could with her arm, which Santana then pulled away from the blonde's face. She leaned in and kissed Brittany much more gently than she had earlier. "We should get back before Berry organizes a search party."
She stood up and offered her hand to Brittany. When they turned around to walk back to the shore they noticed the bird was still standing a few feet away from their sandals. Santana stopped moving and Brittany looked back at her. "What's wrong?"
"That damn crow is still there." She scoffed as she stared at the bird.
Brittany giggled. "First of all look at how big he is San, he's a vulture."
"That doesn't help." Santana frowned and Brittany couldn't help but smile at how adorable she was.
"Second of all I think it's a good sign that he won't leave us alone."
"How could that possibly be a good sign Britt?" Santana asked, clearly confused. Didn't these birds circle animals that were close to dying?
"Because," Brittany dragged out as she waded through the water towards Santana, wrapping her arms around her fiancé's waist, "black vultures are one of the few monogamous animals. They find the one they love and they stay with them forever." She looked into Santana's eyes and the brunette smiled up at her. "Like us."
Santana stared into the blue eyes that she couldn't wait to wake up to every morning. She thought about how she and Brittany would wake up in the morning, go through their morning routine, go off to work and always come home to one another, forever. "Until infinity."
Brittany smiled and pulled Santana to coax her towards shore. She looked over her shoulder at the brunette. "So, you like camping?"
Santana shrugged. "It's ok I guess."
"Good, because Rachel and I may have booked three more trips this summer." Brittany told Santana innocently as she ran ahead of her.
Santana smiled as she watched Brittany wave to the bird. "I can't wait."
