A/N:Hello everyone. Here's something to chase away the Monday Blues.This is the last chapter of the story. There will be an epilogue which I will post maybe by the end of the week.
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Disclaimer: I don't own glee. Don't even want to at this point.
"Santana, are you cheating on me?"
"Huh?" Santana asked wondering what Brittany was talking about. Brittany knew they kept nothing from each other. The only secret she had from her was hidden in her nightstand drawer under a false bottom she had specially installed so there was no way Brittany was talking about that. "What are you talking about Britt?" she asked
"Don't play innocent with me Santana. You've been really secretive and I want to know why. Are you fucking someone else?" she asked, her eyes full of insecurity
"What... fuck no!" Santana exclaimed. "God Britt, why would you even think that?" Santana's head was reeling in shock. How could she think even for a minute after all they had been through that she would cheat, especially now. She tried to reach for Brittany but the blonde took one step back, her eyes beginning to brim with tears.
"Then are you getting tired of me? Are you going to leave me Santana? I mean you're a big star now and we barely have any time together and I'm busy at the studio most of the time, so have you turned to someone else?" the dancer asked brokenly, tears running down her cheeks.
"No! Britt I'm not leaving you" Santana yelled really confused. "Where is this even coming from?"
"For the last few weeks you've been having mysterious phone conversations that you never want me to hear. You're using the computer at really odd hours of the night, and taking taxis to deserted locations. And over and above all of that you're hiding something. I just know. I know you Santana. You tell me what am I to make of that?" Brittany yelled back at her.
Santana suddenly gaped at her girlfriend, her brain shutting down. Fuck! She had been was so intent on hiding the damn ring and planning the perfect proposal that she never paid attention to all the other stuff, and Brittany in true Brittany fashion had sensed something was up. She opened her mouth and closed it a few times not sure of what to say.
Apparently this was the wrong thing to do because Brittany grew very quiet and then stood up. "I guess this means I was right. I'm gonna stay with Steph for a few days till I get my head together" she said as she started to walk out the room. This certainly got Santana moving as she reached out to grab her girlfriend's hand. "Britt wait, let me explain" she begged
Brittany turned to her, her eyes full of pain and unshed tears. "What could you possibly explain Santana?" she asked.
"You were right. I was keeping something from you" Santana admitted. "But it's not what you think it is," she added hastily watching the dancer's shoulders droop in defeat . Shit! This is so not the way this was supposed to go down. We were supposed to be on a boat or in a meadow or have fucking unicorns dancing around us, not in the midst of a fight.
Santana walked over to her hiding place and pulled out the black box. She turned to Brittany holding it in her hand as she opened it, revealing the beautiful square cut stone surrounded by sapphires, the colour of her girlfriend's eyes. "I was being secretive because I was gonna propose and I was freaking out about where and how I was gonna do it. The phone calls were to Kurt and the deserted locations, well I was scouting them when I was toying with the idea of a picnic. I just wanted it to be perfect. I didn't mean for you to feel that I didn't love you anymore" she said desperately.
Brittany looked at her in astonishment. "You were going to propose?" she asked in a small voice, her eyes betraying a glimmer of hope.
Santana nodded, "Yeah. There was no one else silly. I was just going insane trying to find the right words and the right time to ask you to marry me." She admitted, her eyes downcast at ruining her perfect moment.
She felt Brittany's arms wrap around her waist, and she looked up to see the blonde's eyes shining with love. "So ask me Santana" she said simply.
"Right now?" Santana gulped.
"Right now" she affirmed
"But... we're in the bedroom and I'm wearing pajamas and I look gross, there're no candles or music or doves holding roses or anything" Santana said frantically.
Brittany smiled at her, reaching forward to link their fingers together, rubbing soothing circles on Santana's wrist. "I don't care about the other stuff San. Just...Ask me" she says softly.
Santana looks into her eyes worried, but all she sees there is love. Suddenly she's relieved, because when she thinks about it, the other stuff like location, music, props, they're all distractions from the actual words that she needs to say. Right here, right now, this is how it should be, just her and Brittany, none of the other things matter anyway and Brittany knows that, and Santana loves that she does.
Santana took a deep breath and looked at her, "Brittany there can be no one else for me. I can't dream of sharing my life with anyone other than you. A few years ago I would never have even considered the possibility of marriage. I always believed people left you, that you can't count on anyone but yourself, but you changed that. I can always count on you, and I hope that you can always count on me too. I never told anyone this but when I got my Grammy I thought I'd be over the world, but I felt empty, cos I didn't have you to share it with. I want to share all my victories with you from small ones like finding a missing sock to big ones like winning a Grammy, or buying a house or whatever. I want you there because without you, it doesn't seem like a victory to me. I love you and want to spend the rest of my life with you. A life full of bubble baths and songs and dances in the rain and blueberry pancakes and wine and love and laughter and I know that I'd only have this with you. So Britt-Britt, will you do me the honour of marrying me?
Brittany looked into Santana's eyes, her own full of tears as she smiled and whispered "Yes". Santana smiled a sudden broad smile of joy as she slipped the ring on her slender fingers before leaning forward to press her lips against the blonde's. She held her hand and whispered, "This ring is a promise Britt, to never hurt you, to protect you and love you always." They kissed sweetly for a few long moments before Brittany pulled away smirking deviously.
Santana watched her puzzled as she heard her drawing a bath. The blonde appeared in the doorway naked turning her bluest bedroom eyes at her fiancé. "Didn't you say something about a lifetime of bubble baths? We'd better get started" she husked as she swung her hips and walked back inside. Santana almost fell over in her hurry to get into the bathroom.
"We should eat baby" Santana whispered as they lay spent after another intense round of lovemaking. They giggled as they made their way to the fridge pulling out some leftovers and a chunk of chocolate cake. "I could take you to dinner you know?" Santana said as she eyed the dubious makeshift dinner they'd put together. "But Saaan... if you did, I wouldn't be able to smear the chocolate cake all over your twins and eat it off you" Brittany whispered hotly making Santana gulp in arousal. It amazed her that Brittany could have such an effect on her with just words. It also amazed her how her words so often turned into action leaving her gasping and writhing with want as Brittany sucked chocolate off her breasts. "Mmmm San you taste so good!" she said licking her lips and moving up to kiss Santana's mouth, covering her lips with chocolate. "Brittany...please" Santana all but begged as she tried to move Brittany's fingers to where she wanted them the most. "Please baby, I want you so bad" she pleaded and groaned in absolute delight as Brittany's fingers entered her, moving slowly inside causing her immense pleasure. Brittany knew a lot about Santana so she also knew exactly how Santana liked to be fucked. Like how sometimes they were at a club and Santana would be drunk and horny and they would do it quick and fast, building the other up and crashing over just as quickly, or sometimes when Santana was feeling especially affectionate and sentimental and they would light candles and look into each other's eyes as they came together with sweet whispers of love, or if they were being adventurous and wanted to try a new position or toy resulting in whispers of concern and groans and grunts of pleasure. But right now Santana wanted Brittany to claim her, to make her shatter all over her possessive fingers, to take her hard and full of passion. So that's what Brittany did, a pleased smile playing on her face as Santana's moans began to echo through the house, quickly turning to high pitched screams of delight as Brittany's fingers filled and stretched her, building her up skilfully till she blissfully fell over the edge, Brittany's name on her lips.
Santana stretched smiling as she felt how sore her body was from its previous exertions. Her grin grew wider as she reached out and pulled a sleeping Brittany closer. The blonde mumbled in her sleep and started to wake up. Santana kissed her nose gently and whispered, "G'morning fiancé" with a lovesick smile. Brittany smiled lazily back as she snuggled into Santana's neck as Santana gently stroked her hair. "Mmmm, a girl could get used to this" she said and smiled at Santana's resulting chuckle. She suddenly sat up, with a wide grin, "I'm gonna call Kurt, and Tina, and Jess and..." her voice dropped as she ran towards the other room. Santana smiled after her lovingly, yeah, she could definitely get used to this.
She walked into the kitchen and chuckled as she heard Brittany squealing with one of her friends. She had her own call to make. Twenty minutes later, after she persuaded Brittany to get dressed, she walked into the kitchen to see Will helping himself to some coffee. "Santana, is everything ok? You sounded...weird on the phone" he said as he studied her trying to see if anything is wrong. "Everything's perfect Will, I needed to talk to you about something, but I wanted it to be face to face. Babe?" she called out to Brittany who bounded into the kitchen and proceeded to hug Will in greeting. She came to stand besides Santana and wrapped her arms around her waist. Santana pecked her cheek and turned back, "Will, you and Quinn, well you guys are my family and I wanted you to hear it from me...well us first. I proposed to Brittany yesterday, and she said yes. We're getting married!" she said, a wide joyful smile on her face. Will appeared stunned before he laughed loudly and hugged the two of them in delight. "I'm so so happy for you guys" he said, as he discreetly wiped his eye. Santana smiled in delight as he held her gaze. He'd always been there, steadfast and strong, championing for her throughout, and she owed him so much. She smiled as she pulled him into a warm hug laughing at his look of surprise. "Thank you Will" she whispered in his ear. He smiled widely "We need to celebrate. Tonight!" he declared as Santana raised an eyebrow in surprise. "What? I can be fun too" he said defensively. "Did I ever tell you I used to rap?" Santana's face contorted into a horrified expression and Brittany stepped in before Will could demonstrate his talents. "A party is an awesome idea Will. Let's make the calls" she said as she told Santana to go get dressed. As soon as the singer left the room, Brittany turned to Will, "I need you to do me a favour"
It was a small intimate gathering or whatever counted as small and intimate anymore. Santana didn't even know half the people who were coming up to her to congratulate her. Her fiancé was burning up the dance floor with a group of her friends. She held her phone in her hand and kept glancing at it every so often. "What's the matter fiancé? Are you bored?" Brittany asked as she bounded over to Santana and gave her a long sensual kiss, just because. They broke apart as Shelby and Mercedes came over to congratulate them and laughed at Mercedes groaning that now the two of them would become even more cutely insufferable than usual. She waited till they'd left and looked at Santana steal a glance at her phone again. "Hey! What's going on?" she asked as she leaned in putting her arms around the singer's neck. Santana smiled at her and then said, "I've been trying to call Quinn all day but her phone keeps going to voicemail. I wanted to tell her the news. It's not a big deal" she shrugged trying to be nonchalant. Brittany smiled knowingly, and hugged her as her eyes caught Will's who'd just walked in. She moved back and looked at Santana in the eye, "She's your best friend San, you've known her since you were kids. Ofcourse it's a big deal, which is why I had Will book her on a flight and get her here" Brittany said as she turned Santana around revealing Quinn and Will. Santana looked shocked and then reached forward and tried to slap Quinn who thwarted her hand easily. Will and Brittany looked surprised till the two friends laughed and hugged each other.
Quinn was given the news and responded with a terse "It's about time" before smiling and pulling both of them into a hug. Brittany and Quinn had grown a lot closer and Santana knew that Quinn was genuinely happy for them. She however was not that thrilled when Quinn pulled Brittany aside and started telling her how Santana had drunk dialled her one night, crying on the phone about how Brittany would never marry her because she was gross. She was even less thrilled when Kurt heard this last part and suddenly it became Santana's own personal hell as Kurt and Quinn competed to tell Brittany Santana's most embarrassing proposal breakdown moment. She decided she'd had enough when Kurt narrated how Santana hid from the paparazzi dressed as a guy in a fake beard. Brittany was confused as to why Santana needed a beard when she had her in the first place and Santana was way too embarrassed to explain, pulling Brittany to dance instead as she ignored the hysterical giggles from both Quinn and Kurt. On the dance floor Brittany held her close, "Thank you for caring so much Santana. I love you" she whispered in her ear, and Santana thought that maybe things were not so bad after all.
A few hours later they'd gotten separated and Santana dragged Brittany to a tiny balcony. "I've hardly spent time with you tonight" she complained as she pulled her forward and kissed her deeply. Brittany sighed happily into the kiss as she pulled Santana closer. "I will never get tired of doing that" she said as she kissed her again. When they broke apart, they were both panting a little. "Britt" Santana warned as she saw her fiancé's eyes turn lustful. "We're on a balcony" she said incredulously. Brittany pouted and Santana giggled as she pulled her in for a short kiss before pushing her gently away. "I actually wanted to tell you about something" she whispered with a coy smile. Brittany smiled back encouragingly as she ran her hands up Santana's back, her fingers running over soft flesh left exposed by the low back of her dress. "I just spoke to Will. It's not official and they're only going to announce it tomorrow but Will knows a guy who works at the company that tallies the votes for the Grammy nominations" she started to say, her smile shy as Brittany's grin grew bigger and bigger. "I...uh... I've been nominated for Song of the Year as well as Album of the Year" Santana said, her eyes shining with joy. Brittany squealed and kissed her all over her face saying, "Baby, I'm so proud of you, and tonight I'm gonna show you just how much" she whispered hotly as she dragged Santana inside to their friends and family where Brittany announced her nomination to everyone.
Being there in a room full of her friends, engaged to the love of her life on the threshold of her dreams coming true, Santana felt that she may just be the luckiest person in the world.
A/N 2: Can I just say how I absolutely LOVE how you guys refuse to believe that Santana would cheat. Each review filled me with even more delight, because I feel then I have done the characters in my story justice. Thank you for believing in them. I didn't reply individually to reviews because I don't want to give things away.
aLL4LeynA, singlevow, jrzygurl89: You guys totally called it. Hope it lived up to your expectations.
JustJanie: Was this quick enough for you? ;)
StephaniieC: Ofcourse you knew what was going on. I totally look forward to reading your reviews girl. Thank you for being so supportive. :)
LoneGambit: I still can't believe that you read this. ;) Hoped you like the proposal and thank you for your lovely review.