4:00pm 12/31/11

"Hey Britt, maybe we should go upstairs and straighten up your room so when Quinn gets here you will be able to start getting ready without having to move stuff around."

"That's a great idea babe."

The girls left the family room and the giggling hysteria. As they climbed the stairs that lead to Brittany's bedroom Santana reached out and grabbed Brittany's hand stopping the blonde in her tracks. The brunette moved closer to the motionless blonde, and gently kissed her on her soft and full lips.

"What a pleasant surprise!"

The brunette sheepishly smiled at the blonde and continued her trek up the stairs and into the bedroom. The girls spoke no words to each other as they cleaned up the bedroom and bathroom. Santana walked around the bedroom picking up clothing from nearly every surface, the floor, headboard, nightstand, dresser, desk, and even from a blade of the ceiling fan. Seriously how did that pair of panties get up there and how long had they been there. As Santana busied herself with picking up clothing, Brittany went into the bathroom and hung up clean towels, pulled the shower curtain closed, wiped the mirror and vanity area and then neatly lined up the supplies she would be using to get ready that evening.

Santana left the bedroom and went down the hall to grab the vacuum. When she returned to the room Brittany was sitting on the bed tears streaming down her face.

"Baby, what's wrong? What happened?"

"Nothing, everything is just so perfect! I cannot believe this is my life that I am so blessed to have such an amazing girlfriend, that wants to help me clean my room so I can get all dolled up, a girlfriend that is willing to vacuum for me."

"Well I love you sweetheart, are you about to start your period or something because this seems like maybe a bit of an overreaction to me being willing to vacuum for you?"

"In like a week, but really I totally love you and appreciate how soft and kind you are with me, I wish everyone had the opportunity to see this soft and gentler side of you! You are just so amazing!"

"Oh honey, I love you too! And don't worry I'm sure people will eventually get to see my softer side."

Santana smiled to herself knowing that in a few hours everyone in Breadstix would get to see her softer side when she did her over the top performance and then presented Brittany with the promise ring. The brunette then took the blonde's hand and kissed away the salty tears from her face.

"Come on babe, let's get the room finished, Quinn should be here any minute."

Five minutes later there was a knock at the front door. Quinn had already carrying what appeared to be an arsenal of supplies. The girl's arms were so full of miscellaneous beauty supplies that she could have single handedly dressed and styled every Miss America contestant.

"Hey San could you do me a favor and go grab my dress from my car?"

"Yeah sure."

Moments later Santana returned to Brittany's room with Quinn's dress, the chaos of dance preparation had already ensued by the time she entered the room. Brittany was in the shower washing away the day's events while Quinn was plugging in every form of hair styling tool imaginable. There were curling irons of all sizes, a straightner (which seemed contrary to having all the curling irons also plugged in), a blow dryer with all necessary attachments, and even hot curlers. Along Brittany's dresser rest all sorts of makeup, from mascaras to blushes, from eye liners to lipsticks, everything a girl could desire laid at their finger tips.

Brittany stepped out of the shower, quickly wrapping a towel around her and walked towards Santana, "You know babe, it is probably a good thing we had Q come over a little earlier, because I plan on using every minute to make sure I look stunning for tonight."

"Sweetie you look stunning right now wearing nothing but that towel," as she gestures towards all the hair products and cosmetics she continues, "you do not need any of this to look stunning. I would be honored to take you to the dance just as you are; however, I think that towel may violate the dress code."

"So complimentarily, what's your angle babe, you know I plan on putting out after the dance without you having to sweet talk me anymore."

"That's not what I was trying to achieve, I mean I want that but even more so I just want you to know that you are beautiful!"

"Hey Q, would you mind putting my hair up in some hot curlers before I go?"

"Sure S, sit down."

Santana sat in Brittany's desk chair as Quinn placed her long locks up in curlers. The girls chatted and gossiped as the ready themselves for the dance. The room was full of smiles and giggles when Mrs. Pierce walked in.

"Hey girls how's it going?"

"Great mom!"

"Good, Santana may I speak with you for a second?"

"Umm…. Yeah…. Sure."

Santana shoots Brittany and Quinn a confused look before she follows Mrs. Pierce out of the bedroom. They walk downstairs and into the kitchen where Mr. Pierce is seated waiting for the ladies to have a seat at the table with him. Santana's heart began to race, she worried that perhaps the Pierces had changed their minds about her presenting Brittany with the promise ring, what if they no longer wanted Santana to take their daughter to the dance?

"Santana please have a seat."

Santana sat down keeping her eyes staring at the floor, her heart was in her throat, her pulse raced. Fear spread through her body, everything had been perfect all day and now she was being pulled aside and placed in this super awkward position, unsure about what was about to be thrown at her.

"Santana, is there something really interesting on the floor or something?" Mr. Pierce teased.

"Oh, what… I mean no."

"Look we just wanted to give you some money for dinner and pictures at the dance, we'd give it to Brittany but we know you would just insist on paying. So please take this and get the biggest picture package they have and have some appetizers on us or something. Also, we are allowing Brittany to sleep over at your house tonight because we trust you girls, but we do ask that you opt to not drink before or at the dance; and that if you choose to have something to drink when you get to your house that you do so safely. We do not want to be getting a phone call from the hospital tonight informing us that you girls are there because you had too much to drink or something."

"uh…. I mean of course! Biggest picture package they have, I can do that. And I promise we will not drink anything tonight but the unspiked punch. Since Puck will likely be the one to spike the punch I will make sure to find out which one he spiked and we will not drink that one."

"Thank you Santana, we just want you two to have a safe and carefree night. We know we can trust you to keep Brittany safe. Now get back upstairs and get ready!"

"Actually I need to be heading out here soon, I will be getting ready for the most part at my place so that Brittany and I can surprise each other, we don't even know what each other's dress looks like!"

Santana left the kitchen table and headed back upstairs.

"What was that about San?"

"Oh, it was just the whole be responsible, here's some money to cover costs lecture."

"Well that was nice to for them to give you some money to help pay for things."

"Yeah, but it wasn't necessary. Anyways BrittBritt, I need to head home and get ready! Puck and I will be here to pick you two up at 6:30."

"Okay babe… I'll see you in a little bit, love you!"

"Love you too! See ya later Quinn!"

"Bye San."

Santana left the Pierce house and drove towards the florist. She could careless that her hair remained in hot curlers; she had to pick up a corsage for her lady. Acting like she owned that floral shop, she requested a simply corsage that would match the color of her fingernails, she was pleased at her slyness at having Brittany paint her fingernails to match her dress. Minutes later Santana exited the floral shop with a beautiful wrist corsage. It had a white rose with the tips lightly dipped in a light blue, wrapped around the rose was a light blue ribbon with hints of pink and purple in it. Corsage in hand Santana drove home, excited to finish getting ready so she could give her girl the night of her life.

Author's Notes

I know this chapter is a little dry and I considered cutting a few hours out of the day, but I felt that may upset some readers, so I kept the chapter. Thanks to all who are reviewing the story and following, it always makes my day a little better to see a new email letting me know that the story has a new follower or review. Stay tuned to see how the story ends, there will be frequent updates over the next 24 hours with the final chapter to be posted at 12:00am mountain standard time, let's just my New Year's kiss is giving my readers a conclusion to this story!