Hi everyone, here's finally a new chapter. Sadly next chapter will be the last one. Thanks for the reviews last chapter.
"Ash!" Santana shouts. "You ready?"
"Coming!" Ashely says grabbing her med bag.
Ashely spends most of her free time at the new house with Santana, learning all she can. Even though it's only a few miles away from her mom's house, she has her own room here too since she stays so often.
"We probably won't be back until after eight." Santana tells Brett kissing his cheek.
"That's fine, I'll entertain the boys after they get back from school." Brett says, pulling her into another kiss. "When you get home I'll save you dinner."
"You're cooking?" Santana questions him.
"Nope, we're going to my mom's." Brett says smiling as she knows him so well.
"Save me some too." Ashely says running to the truck.
"And we're off." Santana says heading out.
Brett smiles watching them driving off before heading out himself. He's headed to Green Stables where the owner Mike is having troubles with one of his personal horses. Normally Brett would have the horse brought to the barn, but Mike is an old friend and the horse is quite ill. When he arrives, he finds Mike and his wife Tina waiting for him.
"It must be bad if you're here." Brett says getting out and giving first Tina, then Mike a hug.
"I think old Bailey is finally on his last leg." Mike says wiping a tear away.
"And since you're the only one who he will let touch him….." Tina trails off starting to cry.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything." Brett says wiping away a few of his own tears.
He had been working with old Bailey on and off for years. The horse was stubborn and often would need work to be ridden or go into the horse trailer. The fact that the horse might have to be put down saddens him deeply.
"Hey old boy." Brett says walking up to the horse.
After checking him out Brett takes a deep breath and sighs in relief. So glad that nothing serious is wrong with him.
"He's just being stubborn and there's a chance that he might be going blind. I can work with him again or since he is up there in age and you're not riding him just let him be." Brett suggests.
"You have to be kidding me." Tina sighs. "And here I thought he was finally going to die."
"Sorry about her you know how she feels about him." Mike says a very relieved look on his face.
"Well with all the money he's cost you guys over the years I don't blame her." Brett says following Mike down to the house.
"Do you want to stay for lunch?" Mike asks.
"As much as I would like to, I have to get back. I'm watching the boys this afternoon so I need to get most everything done before that." Brett says. "But we should all get together for lunch or dinner sometime soon."
"I'll have Tina call Santana." Mike says standing back and waving as Brett drives away.
By the time the boys arrive home from school the only thing Brett needs to do is mend the fences on the back side of their property. They all ride out to take care of it.
"And then Charlie had him in a head lock and…." Jason tells him, going over what happened for him at school today.
"B," Nick whispers looking up at him.
Brett doesn't hear him as he's off in his own world. He's actually kind of nervous about asking the boys something he's been planning for a few weeks now. Up until now he had been fine, but about to ask them, he's nerves are getting to him.
"B, you okay?" Nick asks turning to look at him.
"Yeah you're quiet." Jason chimes in.
Normally Brett would be constantly talking with the boys, but today he's been very quiet. Neither boy knows what to make of this.
"I have an important question I want to ask both of you." Brett says figuring now is as good as any time to ask them. "I want to ask your mami to marry me." he says.
"Aren't you already?" Nick asks not understanding.
"Would we get to call you dad?" Jason asks.
"We would be a family and if you wanted you could call me dad." Brett says.
"Cool," Jason says all smiles.
"I don't understand," Nick pouts.
Brett kneels down in front of him.
"Well if I marry your mom, it's like promising that no matter happens I'll be here and that I'll always love her and you two." Brett says hoping he gets it.
"You're not going to leave us." Nick asks getting panicked.
"Never," Brett promises.
"Marry mami, she'd like that." Nick says after thinking for a second.
"Yeah you make mami happy. You need to ask her." Jason adds.
Letting out a huge sigh of relief he picks up both boys and spins them around.
"When I ask her I'm going to need your help." Brett says wanting to include them in everything.
"With what?" Jason asks. "Do I get to wear a tux?"
"I'll tell you when I firm up my plans and you'll get to wear a tux to the wedding if your mami says yes." Brett tells him.
"She has to say yes." Nick pouts. "I get tux too?"
"Yes little man." Brett says ruffling his hair. "But you can't say anything until I ask your mami okay."
Both boys nod and with that Brett takes them to go finish his chores.
Much later that night Santana has just finished her night routine and snuggles in bed next to Brett.
"The boys sure were acting weird tonight did something happen to them at school?" Santana asks.
"Not that they said." Brett says wrapping his arms around her. "Don't worry so much honey, they're boys acting weird is part of their job." he softly tells her.
"I guess," Santana says unconvinced.
"Honey," Brett says kissing her. "Stop worrying."
"B," Santana moans pushing him off of her.
"Okay, okay, how was your day?" Brett asks figuring she'll want to talk about that.
"Really good," Santana says kissing him again. "I think I've found another vet to work with so I can have some time off. Her name is Heather and she just moved into the area. Ashley likes her."
"That's great honey." Brett says. "I know you'd like to be able to take weekends off."
"We're meeting up tomorrow for lunch to talk about her joining my practice." Santana tells him.
"Tell me if you need any help." Brett offers.
"I will, Ashley already offered to help." Santana says kissing his cheek.
With that they cuddle closer together and fall asleep.
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It takes Brett a week to come up with his proposal plan and finalize it. The boys have helped by setting things up and not telling a sole. Now Brett is putting his plan into action.
"San will you just come with me." Brett says holding the reins of his horse and hers.
"I can't, what if Heather needs me." Santana says.
"She has Ashley helping her I'm sure she'll be fine." Brett says rolling his eyes.
"She's only been on the job for two days." Santana says starting to pace.
"Everything will be fine okay. Just come with me." Brett says holding out the reins for her.
"Fine," Santana sighs giving in.
"Thanks babe, I know you're going to love this." Brett says waiting for her to mount her horse before he mounts his horse.
He leads the way across the main field behind the house and towards the hills. He hopes the boys were able to get everything set up. Earlier he had lead them up here, but had to head back before they started setting up. He had been worried about them getting back, but Jenn texted that she and mom were taking the boys out for lunch. It takes them a half hour to reach the spot.
"Brett where in the world are you taking me?" Santana asks as they head up the hill where the picnic is set up.
"You'll see in a few seconds." Brett says riding ahead.
"This had better be good I'm starving." Santana grumbles to herself.
Brett dismounts and waits for her to catch up. He's impressed with the set up the boys did. They even managed to put rose pelts around the picnic blanket.
"Brett we better….." Santana harshly says trailing off when she sees the picnic set up. "Awe B, why didn't you tell me we were going to a picnic."
"Well I wanted to surprise you." Brett says helping her down.
"I'm very surprised." Santana says pecking him on the lip, before heading over to the picnic area. "Come over here."
He gulps, wiping his sweaty palms on his pants. He's so nervous about asking her that he's starting to really doubt himself. Maybe he should hold off. All these negative thoughts are running through his head causing him to freeze.
"B," Santana says staring at him, already seated next to the picnic basket.
"Sorry babe, you just look so sexy." Brett says striding over to her and sitting next to her.
"Stop," Santana says lightly slapping his chest. "These are my dirty work clothes."
"You look sexy all the time to me." Brett says kissing her.
Santana basks in his kisses for several minutes before her stomach makes growling noises.
"Sounds like someone is hungry." Brett says turning to the picnic basket.
He starts unpacking the basket, pulling out chicken, biscuits, corn and mash potatoes.
"Did your mom cook this?" Santana asks snuggling into him.
"Yes, you know I'm horrible at cooking." Brett cheekily answers.
"I seem to remember you making a mean mac 'n cheese." Santana remarks, kissing his cheek.
"Okay I can make one thing." Brett relents.
"I love that you planned all this." Santana says grabbing two paper plates and filling them up. "Even though I fought you on coming up here." she says handing him one of the plates.
"I thought we could use some quiet time to ourselves since we haven't had any time alone in weeks." Brett softly says.
Santana cups his face and kisses him. She loves how thoughtful he is and how he enjoys spending time with her and her sons. Though she does feel bad that lately she's been so busy with work she barely makes it home before ten.
"With Heather joining I won't have to work as long and I'll be able to take some more time off." Santana tells him.
"Good, I've missed you." Brett says kissing her.
"We should take a long weekend and take the boys camping or something. I miss spending time with just the four of us." Santana suggests.
"You know I'm always up for camping." Brett happily says.
The rest of the picnic is filled with talking about the boys and work just like any meal for them. He's trying hard the closer they get to finishing, to remain calm. He has this all planned out to be very romantic, but fears that he'll just blurt it out without thinking.
"This is just what I needed." Santana says leaning back into him, basking in the afternoon sun. "A nice relaxing afternoon with you."
"Yeah I have a couple other spots I'll show you some day." Brett softly says trying to steel his nerves.
"I'd love that." Santana says frowning when he moves to get up.
"I need you to let me finish what I'm about to tell you before you speak, okay." Brett says waiting for her to respond.
"Okay?" Santana questions what is happening.
"You know I'm not the best with my words. That my action are how I show my feels more especially with you. So instead of giving you some big speech I'm going to do this." Brett says getting down on one knee.
Santana gasps now understanding what is happening, she covers her mouth.
"You know I love you and the boys more than anything and I want to spend the rest of my life with you three. So will you Santana Lopez marry me?"
He has pulled out a ring that she recognizes immediately.
"Yes," Santana breaths out holding out her left hand. "How?"
"Your dad gave it to me a few months ago. He said your grandmother would have wanted you to have it." Brett says sliding the ring on her finger.
"So he knows about this?" Santana asks cupping his face and starts kissing him deeply.
"No, he just wanted me to have it for when I was ready." Brett says standing up and wrapping his arms around her waist. "Only the boys know about this. They actually set this all up." he tells her.
"Really, they helped. I can't believe you had them help." Santana says kissing him again. "I love you even more."
"Well I had to ask them if they minded before I asked you." Brett softly says.
She swoons yet again. Every time she thinks she can't love him anymore he does something like this.
"We should head back the boys want to know." Brett says.
They ride down to the main house and on the way Santana texts her dad to meet them there. They both agreed to tell everyone at the same time excluding possibly her mother who probability won't come. Or at least Santana hopes she doesn't come. When they reach the barn at the main house, they are greeted by Cooper and Dozer first.
"Hey boys," Brett says leaping off his horse only to have the dogs jump on him. Good boys," he says petting them. "Guess what, she said yes." he tells the dogs getting up.
"Good dogs," Santana says patting their heads when they come over to her. "Come on B, let's go tell them." she says so excited especially when she sees her dad's truck.
He walks over to her, grabbing her hand and lacing their fingers together. He smiles, holding their hands up to look at the ring on her finger. He's still in a little shock that they're actually going to get married now.
"Shit," Santana gasps halting in her tracks.
"What-oh god." Brett grumbles seeing what Santana saw. "We can do whatever you want."
"Let's just go tell them. I want to celebrate with your family and my dad." Santana strongly says gripping his hand hard.
"Okay," Brett says leading his fiancé into the house.
They barely get into the house before Nick and Jason run to them trying to talk over each other. No one can understand what they are trying to say, but Brett knows what they are asking. He looks over to Santana wanting her to tell everyone the big news.
"Judy, Jenn, Ash, mami, dad, we have wonderful news." Santana says pausing waiting for them all to look at her. "We're getting married." she squeals holding up her hand to show them the ring.
The squeals slash screams of joys that come from the Pierce's, Mario and the two boys drown out Gloria's cries of anguish.
"Mami! Mami!" Nick shouts jumping up and down, trying to get in her arms. "I help, I help."
"I know sweetie, B told me." Santana says picking him up.
"He's daddy, you married." Nick sniffles looking over at Brett. "You promised."
Brett gulps looking over at Santana waiting for her reaction. They've talked a few times about him adopting the boys, but he doesn't want to assume anything. Though he is hopeful.
"We're not married yet honey." Santana says turning to look at Brett. "Though if you want to call him dad you won't find any objections from me." she says mostly to Brett.
"We helped daddy B set up." Jason proudly says hugging his mom.
"I know, he told me and I'm so proud of the two of you." Santana says hugging each of them.
"You two rascals knew this was happening and kept it from us." Jennifer says shocked since they're not good at keeping secrets.
"Honey I'm so happy for you." Mario says wrapping his arms tightly around his daughter.
"Thanks daddy," Santana breaths trying not to look over at her mom who she knows will be pissed.
"B," Judy says smiling up at her son.
"I can't believe you're finally going to marry her." Jennifer says giving her brother a hug.
"Finally," Ashely says.
While everyone else is happily congratulating the happy couple, Gloria is not. She is glaring at the couple.
"Abuela," Nick says looking up at her and pulling on her leg.
"Aren't you happy too?" Jason asks looking over at their abuela.
Neither boy realizes that their abuela doesn't their soon to be new dad. They think she should be happy like everyone else.
"Mario let's go." Gloria harshly says heading out of the small house.
She doesn't get why her daughter left the comfort of their mansion for this. This dirty, small farm that's barely scrapping by. She just doesn't get it.
"Honey, our only child just got engaged to her boyfriend." Mario says looking between his daughter and wife.
"Whatever, I'm taking the truck." Gloria shouts heading out the door.
"Wow," Judy says knowing she used to be like that and is so glad that she's changed her ways.
"Sorry about her." Mario says giving his daughter a sad smile.
"It's okay daddy."
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"Mami what we do today?" Nick asks two days later on one of the rare days that both Santana and Brett have off.
"We're going to go find a wedding planner and get you all fit for your little tuxes." Santana says ruffling his hair.
"I don't think I'll fit in a little tux." Brett says coming up behind her, wrapping his arms around her and kissing her cheek.
"Hush you know what I mean." Santana says slapping his arm.
"What wedding planner?" Nick asks pulling on Brett's leg, holding his arm up.
He loves being held by daddy B and is always trying to get in his arms.
"It's someone that helps us plan our wedding." Brett says, but Nick looks still confused.
"Isn't gammy and auntie Jenn planning the wedding?" Jason asks coming over to the table.
"Nope," Santana says quickly. "We're finding a professional come on." she says dragging them out with her.
"Wedding planner?" Nick says still confused.
"It's the person that is going to help us with our party." Santana says helping him put on his coat.
"Oh," Nick says. "They help with my birthday?"
"I'm sure we can when it gets closer to your birthday." Brett says.
They spend the whole afternoon searching for a wedding planner Santana likes and tuxes for the boys. They end up settling with one of Santana's old friends, Quinn Fabray.
"I'm sure you'll love what I have planned." Quinn says taking lots of notes after talking to them for an hour. "I just have one more very important question."
"Shoot," Santana says waving Brett to go take the boys down the street to the tux shop.
"When do you want this wedding to take place?" Quinn asks as this is the only thing they have yet to go over.
"I'm hoping this June. I'll have to talk to Brett about the exact date though." Santana tells her.
"That's only three months away." Quinn gasps.
"Honestly I just want to marry him." Santana softly says.
"Well I'll get started on everything and let's meet in five days to go over everything." Quinn suggests.
"Thanks Quinn, you're a life saver." Santana says hugging her.
Heading out to follow her family she runs into the last person on earth she ever wanted to see.
