"Looks like lots of fluids and rest for you my dear. Sorry your trip here to the big city ended up like this." The ER doctor explained as he signed some paperwork in front of Brittany and Santana. Brittany had been brought in three hours ago after she passed out at Pucks and Quinn's apartment. Now after three bags of fluids Brittany was up talking and her color was coming back. After they found out the baby was perfectly fine Santana let herself relax. Her wife was going to be alright and her baby was still healthy that is all she prayed for on their way over. Once the doctor talked about keeping up with her fluids the doctor left them. Santana helped Brittany off the hospital bed to put her clothes back on seeing the blonde almost tip over as soon as she was on her two feet Santana held her grip on her arm tighter." I'm sorry I ruined the party San." Brittany sadly apologized. Santana shook her head sternly." You did not ruin anything babe. For now on though you have to take drinking your water serious. We are going to buy you some pretty water bottles to help." Brittany wrapped her arms around her wife." I'm sorry I scared you." Santana nodded in the blondes shoulder." I was defiantly scared." Santana kissed her blonde on the top of the head." Just don't do it again Brittany."
Quinn was the first to look up and notice the two women enter the waiting room. "Hey you two" She greeted as she walked across the waiting room to meet them. Brittany looked tons better which made her feel better. Wrapping her arms around the other blondes neck Quinn played with the ends of Brittany's hair as they hugged." You gave us one hell of a scare misses. I don't ever want to find you on the floor like that again. You hear me?" Quinn was in tears now. Brittany rubbed Quinn's back trying to soothe her." Sorry Q. I'm fine now thanks to you." Rachel was next to hug the blonde and let her have it about fainting. Puck just grabbed her face and planted a kiss on her cheek." Welcome back to the living Blondie." Brittany laughed at him. Shaken her head she started to follow her friends outside as she held onto her wife.
After saying goodbye and promising she felt better Santana and Brittany where on their own in their jeep driving back to the hotel from Quinn and Pucks apartment." San" Brittany whimpered from the back seat. "Yes baby?" Santana asked looking back at her through the mirror." I'm hungry." Santana beamed at that information." What do you want?" Brittany knew what she wanted she just didn't know where they could get what she wanted at this time of night." BBQ wings maybe" Santana looked around at restaurants as they passed by to see if she could find the place she was looking for. In the end she looked the restaurant up on her phone and though it took almost twenty minutes to get there when Brittany was finally eating like her old self Santana felt successful and very proud of her wife. Sleep found them fast as they snuggled closely with one another.
Monday
"I can't believe we're home." Brittany happily exclaimed as she dropped backwards onto the couch. Santana squint her eyes at her wife for a second at that action. Brittany knew Santana didn't want her doing anything like that anymore since she was pregnant." Baby, stop giving me the stink face I am happy to be home." Brittany winked at Santana who huffed and went to go carry their luggage upstairs." Hey baby when are we going to pick up Tobey?" Brittany yelled starting to walk upstairs." Whenever you want to we can." Santana yelled back down. Before Brittany got midway up the stairs there was a knock on the door. Making her way back downstairs Brittany opened the door to find the same dark haired brown eyed man that delivered the box." Hello Brittany." He said giving his best toothy smile." Hi, can I help you?" He outstretched his hand holding an envelope out to her." For you ma'am" He announced.
"Who's it from?" Brittany was afraid to ask." I am just the deliver I don't handle anything else." Brittany took the envelope and thanked him before shutting and locking the door. Sitting down on the couch Brittany took a deep breath as her hands started to Tremble this was exactly how it happened last time. Tearing the envelope open Brittany held her breath as she took the letter out.
Dear Brittany S. Lopez,
Congratulations you were chosen to be Lima elementary teacher of the year. A ceremony will be held and your presence as well as your wife's would be gratefully appreciated.
Brittany couldn't believe it was actually something good. Thanking god Brittany's body started to calm down. Santana came walking in with a bowl of strawberries from the fridge. She was chewing on one as she sat down beside her wife. Noticing the letter Santana looked to see who the letter was from. "Baby what is this?" Santana asked sitting the bowl on the coffee table. Brittany handed the letter over to her wife and watched as Santana read the letter." Oh my god Britt this is great. Congrats baby." Brittany blush not liking to have too much attention on her work she wasn't like Santana and defiantly wasn't made for the spot light even though when she danced everyone wanted to watch her." It's great, isn't it? I just don't know how I am going to get up on stage and give a speech." Santana took a strawberry from the bowl and fed it to her wife." You're going to be amazing. I'll be cheering you on." Brittany ate the strawberry before nodding." I love you s."
A month later:
"You can do this Brittany; your amazing wife is sitting right in the third row just look at her and not the crowds of people out there." Brittany said to herself looking through the bathroom mirror. This was the best pep talk she could do. Placing both hands on her stomach she looked down at the little bump that sat there. She was almost three months now and it was almost the end of October which meant Callie's baby was due at any time.
"Your mommy is going to suck up this scary cat crap and go up there and receive this amazing award and make everyone who is here for her proud." Taken a deep breath in and out she walked out of the bathroom right as the principal was calling her on stage wiping her sweaty palms on her black skirt. Walking out onto the auditoriums stage she could hear everyone start to clap. Over everyone she could hear her wife whistling which made her blush a deeper shade of red. The principal handed her the plaque and whispered he was very proud of her in her ear before he squeezed her arm and walked over to the right side of the stage leaving her alone. Brittany took her place in front of the microphone looking out to the many teachers and district employees. Some she knew but a lot she had never met. One face she spotted made the rest blurry then fade away as blue eyes connected with brown." Thank you so much principal Barton. I have really loved working at Lima elementary even though I have only been here a few months it has seemed like a lot longer." As Brittany went along with how much she has learned she just kept focusing on her wife in front of her. At the end of her speech Santana mouthed I love you and Brittany snapped out of her trance and walked off the stage as the audience started clapping again.
Brittany once she stepped in the back room she shouts a quick thank you up to the ceiling before letting a big breath out. It was hard to find her wife who was amongst a group of colleagues giving away her autograph and taken pictures. Brittany watched from the sidelines as her wife was adored. She couldn't help but be in awe as she watched her wife's eyes widened as her fans told her how much they loved her." Brittany your wife is awesome." Mr. Briggs the art teacher said as he past her." She is, isn't she! Thank you." Brittany made her way in front of her wife getting jealous of all the hugs the Latino was giving away and she hasn't been able to get one since the beginning of the event. Santana just got done signing someone's event flyer when she went to take the next persons when her hand was grabbed and she was pulled from her spot." Brittany!" Santana excitedly beamed as her wife wrapped her into a tight embrace." You where amazing up there." Brittany nodded into her wife's hair." Thank you San" Santana pulled away but kept her wife's hand In hers." Let me see the plaque baby."
Brittany handed it over reading the words that where written under a picture of her she had taken for picture day. Santana loved seeing Brittany's full name. Brittany Susan Lopez. They had talked about hyphenating their last names to Lopez-pierce or pierce-Lopez but Brittany decided in the end she just wanted the Lopez. Everyone in the world knew Santana as Santana Lopez. Santana had argued it didn't matter and people would get use to Santana pierce if they had to but Brittany was stern about taken her wife's last name she said she had a dream when she was five of her taken Santana's name and with that said, there was no more discussion." Can I take a picture of the both of you for our news letter?" A woman by the name of Sherri Jackson asked. She was the assistant principal." Yes." Brittany answered turning her wife around and pulling their faces close together as the camera flash went off." Thank you so much and congratulations on the little bun in the oven everyone around here is so excited for you two." Santana thanked the woman as Brittany looked around for someone she had seen earlier. She wanted to introduce her wife to Leo potter a third grade teacher that she had gotten closer to over these past months. He had helped her with assignments and with the copy machine when she couldn't understand how to work it. Seeing him across the hall she pulled Santana's hand escorting her through the hallway until they were standing in front of a second copy of Sam Evans. Santana was astonished with the resemblances in this man and her old friend." Hey beauty" Leo potter greeted giving his blonde haired coworker a quick hug." Congrats you were so amazing up there and deserved it so much."
Brittany blushed as she shook her head." No I didn't we all know who the brains are around here." Brittany explained. Santana watched the two in front of her playfully joke around amused she hadn't seen Brittany like this with anyone outside their little circle." Leo this is my lady love Santana and Santana this is the man I told you about that saved the day my second day here." Leo rolled his eyes." Your wife is too modest." Santana laughed with the man but she couldn't stop the feeling he was bluntly flirting with her wife in front of her. Squeezing Brittany's hand Brittany looked from the man to her wife." Baby you ready to go?" Santana asked. Brittany nodded before turning towards the blonde man." Have a good night beast I'll see you on Monday." Leo leaned over and gave Brittany a goodbye hug then a little wave to the Latino before getting lost in the crowd." He is so nice isn't he?" Brittany said as they walked out of the school building." Very nice what's with the beauty and beast nick names?" Santana asked trying not to sound too jealous." My first day here he called me beauty every time I saw him and I didn't know why so I asked him at the end of the day and he said I reminded him of bell on beauty in the beast because I always had a book in my hand so I called him beast just to joke around but we have been calling each other those names ever since." Santana hated that story she hated some man giving her wife a nick name though she would never tell Brittany that because people have also given her nicknames over the years in the entertainment industry so she faked a smile and nodded." Don't worry San he doesn't like me in that way we are just good friends anyways he thinks we're a super cute couple." Brittany winked at Santana before she walked away to reach the car.
"Baby, Tobey needs some more water?" Brittany informed as she looked at the little water and food bowl contraption they had bought to make giving the cat's food and water quicker and easier with this thing you only had to fill it up twice a week and the machine dispensed the correct amount but nothing was in the water bowl side." I swear I just filled that like two days ago." Maybe Tobey has been thirstier lately. Oh my god San maybe he is dehydrated." San shot her wife an annoyed glance." Trust me babe he is not dehydrated." Suddenly Brittany's cell phone started to ring.
"Hello." Brittany sung happy to be hearing from her friend." What? Oh my god! Ok, we will be there. Tell her we said good luck." Santana's eyes went wide as she watched her wife jump up and down barely able to form a sentence." Calm down Britt what is it?" Santana demanded wanting to know what was going on." Callie is having the baby now." Santana's mouth dropped for a second. Her brain started to move slower before she found herself running into their kitchen and filling up a pitcher of water she poured the water into the water bowl than ran back to the kitchen to put the pitcher away." Let's go Britt." Santana said as she put her heels back on.