A/N I'm sorry this took longer than a week... I'm gonna promise to try and update at least once a week in the future. If it was for the fact someone threw my laptop at me and instructed me to write the next chapter already... you would more than likely still waiting :)

Anyway... thanks for all the reviews and alerts etc!

Chapter 6

September 2012

Brittany had just watched Santana's plane take off, she could see it and her, getting further and further away. She didn't want to take her eyes off the sky; she wanted to stay there watching till it had disappeared completely from her sight. The tears were started to sting her cheeks as reality hit her hard, Santana was gone. A new wave of emotion hit her and she really didn't know how she was going to cope now her girlfriend was so far away. The plane was completely out of sight now so Brittany decided to head back home.

The car ride back to Lima seemed to take forever. The silence that surrounded her was horrible. She had become so use to having Santana and Grace in the car with her, playing silly games, laughing and singing, that she wasn't use to silence anymore. Brittany began to sob again.

She pulled up outside the Lopez residence and took a few moments to compose herself. She didn't want her sister to see her like this. She had to be strong for her sake.

Mrs Lopez opened the door and immediately threw her arms around the girl she treated like another daughter "You ok?" she questioned. Brittany just shook her head "Silly question I suppose" Mrs Lopez responded.

Grace came running over to her big sister and threw her arms around her waist "Where's Sanny gone Britt Britt?" she questioned.

Brittany looked at Mrs Lopez then back to her sister before responding "She's gone to New York, to go to grown up school, remember sweetie?"

"Oh Yeh. Will she be home for dinner? Because I done a drawing for her" Grace beamed as she showed her the sister the picture she had drawn.

"No Gracie, she won't be home for dinner" Brittany replied sadly as she looked at the picture "We spoke to you about this last night, San will be home for Christmas though, she promised us"

"So what shall I do with this picture?" Grace questioned as the tears began to form in her eyes.

"We will just have to keep it safe until she comes home" Mrs Lopez responded, as Brittany wiped away a stray tear that had fallen.

"Somewhere safe? I don't think I have a safe place" Grace stated sadly.

"You wait here Gracie, I have the perfect thing to keep your picture safe" Mrs Lopez stated as she headed towards the garage. Within ten minutes she had returned clutching a box, which she handed to Grace.

"What's this Mrs L?" Grace questioned

"It's a special safe box Gracie. If you put your picture in here and anymore you draw, it will be safe until you Santana returns" Mrs Lopez stated as she bopped the little girl on her nose

"It's amazing, look Britt I have a safe place to keep my pictures for Sanny!" the little girl excitedly showed her sister, as she took the lid off and placed her first picture into the box. "Can we decorated the box?" she asked looking at her sister then back to Mrs Lopez

"Of course we can darling" Brittany replied "as soon as we have had dinner, we will decorate the box so it's the best looking box ever!" the older blonde stated happily.

"I can't wait to show Sanny my safe box" the younger blonde said as she wrapped her arms around her sister and Mrs Lopez

"She will love it" they both replied in unison.

Present Day

Grace was sat on her bed in her room, when she heard a knock on the door, which she just ignored. She knew it was going to be her sister.

"Can I come in Grace?" her sister questioned. Grace got up off her bed to let her in and without saying a word just walked back to her bed and continued with what she was doing before being interrupted.

Brittany came into her bedroom and walked over towards the bed to join her sister. When she got closer she noticed Grace was looking at something she hadn't seen for what seemed like a long time.

"What you got there Gracie?" she questioned

"You know what it is" Grace responded, her voice tinged with sadness.

"Your safe box," the older blonde said as she tried to keep her emotions to herself "But why?" she finished.

"I don't know really. Suppose with HER coming back I just wanted to look at it."

"Gra..."

"No Britt, don't try and defend her. She didn't only hurt you, she hurt me too... Remember? Or have you forgotten all of that?" Grace said angrily.

"Of course I haven't forgotten Grace. I mean how could I?" the tension was now growing again between the sisters.

"I just can't see why you have invited her to your wedding? She broke your heart Brittany! I personally would never want to see her again. In fact I don't want to see her again!" Grace shouted.

Brittany was getting very angry now and decided it would be best she left her sister alone before either of them said something they would regret. As she was walking towards the door she heard her sister say "I may have been young Brittany but that doesn't mean I can't remember how heartbroken you were and how you would cry yourself to sleep every night".

"You don't remember it as clearly as I do Grace" Brittany whispered as she closed her sister's door.

November 2012

Brittany slumped against the wall, tears streaming down her cheeks. How could Santana do this to her? How could she cheat like that? Brittany had not so much as looked at another person let alone cheat. She had forgotten that Grace was only in the other room until the little girl came to where she was slumped.

"Why you crying Britt?" the little blonde asked

"Erm, I'm sad Gracie" she whispered.

"Why are you sad?" Grace questioned "Do you miss Sanny? Because I do" she said sadly

"Yeh I miss San" she responded as she swept her sister into her arms for a hug.

"Don't be sad, she will be home soon remember? And you still have me" the little girl beamed.

Brittany just held her sister closer. She was still trying to make sense of what had just happened and didn't have the strength to explain to her sister what had just transpired. So instead she lied and simply whispered "I know she will Gracie".

Brittany carried on that night as if everything was ok, she made dinner, bathed Grace, read her a bedtime story, tucked her into bed and kissed her forehead, just as she did every night.

Once she was sure Grace was asleep she broke down in tears again and thought that these tears would never stop. She reached for her phone; she had to talk to someone. For a split second she contemplated ringing Santana back but decided against it.

After a couple of rings the phone was answered. "Quinn?" Brittany whispered.

"Brittany? What's wrong?" Quinn questioned

"She cheated on me Q. Its over" was all Brittany could say.

"She? What? Oh my god Britt! I...I... don't know what to say!"

"There is nothing you can say Q. I just needed to hear a friendly voice. I don't know what to do now Q. I haven't even told Grace yet... How am I supposed to tell her?" Brittany started sobbing again.

Although Quinn was mile away from her friend she could feel all her pain and could just picture her friend slumped on the floor crying her eyes out. Tears started to stream down Quinn's face too, she felt so helpless. "B? Do you want me to come home?" Quinn asked.

"No Q" Brittany managed to say in between sobs "you stay there, you will be home for Christmas soon... Won't you?" Brittany pleaded.

"Of course I will B" Quinn replied sadly

"Good. I'm going to go now Q. Sorry for disturbing you" Brittany said sadly.

"Don't say sorry B. I'm just sorry there is not more I can do. Miss you"

"Miss you too Q" Brittany said as she hung up the phone.

As soon as she had hung up the phone, she broke down again and just kept muttering to herself over and over again "Why San? Why San? I will never forgive you for this"

That night Brittany cried herself to sleep. She didn't know at the time, but this was going to be her nightly routine for the foreseeable future.

Present Day

Brittany wiped away a tear, as she thought back to that fateful night. She had never forgotten what Santana had done to her and how she felt. It took her so long to be able to actually fall asleep without the assistance of tears, she thought that would never happen again.

"So... you never did tell me why you invited her to your wedding and back into our lives" Grace said as she walked into the kitchen to find her sister"

"Jesus Gracie, you frightened the life out of me! Don't creep up on someone like that" Brittany said as she clutched her chest to try and calm her heart down a bit.

"Sorry" Grace said with a smile on her lips "So...?"

"I don't know Grace. I was just thinking that myself to be honest" she said as she looked towards her sister, who just raised an eyebrow at her "I suppose I just wanted to see her, it has been a long while and she was important to me... to us" she finished as she motioned between herself and Grace.

"She's not important to me anymore Britt" Grace scoffed "Have you forgiven her for cheating?" Grace questioned.

"I said I would never forgive her Grace and you know that" Brittany said sternly

"Well if you haven't forgiven her and I know you certainly haven't forgotten, why is she coming?" Grace was getting annoyed now because her sister was not giving her a straight answer.

"Look Grace, a lot of time has passed, maybe it's time to move on with the future. Maybe I just need to see her... to get closure"

"There are a lot of maybes in that sentence Britt. I just think maybe..." Grace was cut off by Brittany's phone ringing.

"Hold on Grace let me get this, its Quinn... Hello Quinn!" Brittany chirped.

"Hey Britt. Thought I would let you know that we got back to mine about 15 minutes ago and..." Quinn started but was interrupted

"We?" Brittany questioned as she glanced over towards her sister.

"Yes Britt, me and San. Remember I went to the airport to pick her up" Quinn chuckled

"Oh yeh sorry, my memory is getting worse" Brittany answered back.

"You ok Britt? You sound tense?" Quinn asked with concern in her voice.

"Yeh I'm ok Q, was just talking to Grace about... Stuff that's all. I better get back to it actually, tell San I said... Hi!" Brittany said as she hung up without waiting for a response from Quinn. "Sorry Gracie. You were saying?"

"... You're not over her" Grace finished carefully.

Brittany didn't respond straight away as she let the words sink in. Finally she was about to respond when the door bell went. The sisters just looked at each other and Brittany stood up to answer the door as it was clear her sister was not going to move "I'll get that shall I Grace?" Brittany asked sarcastically. Grace just rolled her eyes as she watched her sister walk towards the door.

As Brittany got closer to the door, she got a funny feeling in the pit of her stomach that just grew stronger the closer she got. As she opened the door, everything appeared to slow down, her breathing, her heart and the entire world around her. There in front of her were those brown eyes that she hadn't seen in ten years.

"Santana" she whispered.

A/N Hope you like it! I'm thinking of not having anymore flash backs as i think i have covered most the things i wanted to. Unless there is anything you guys would like to know about? Just let me know :)