A/N: I'm so sorry this is two days late. And even though I love how this came out, I'm not certain it achieves the full goal of the prompt. But hopefully you will enjoy it anyway :) xo

Prompt: Make the person who prompts before you (pi-on-a-skateboard) love her LEAST favorite ship.

Character(s): Brittana

Words: 595 (without the lyrics)

Date: February 22, 2013

A single red rose arrived everyday for six days. Each one came with a note. The first five were song lyrics that caused memories to dance on her heart. Memories that she treasured because she thought they would never make new ones again. It wasn't that she'd given up but more that she was being realistic.

Brittany had moved on. Or had she?

The first set of lyrics brought a nervous flutter to Santana's heart:

I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited

But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it

I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded

That for me, it isn't over

She remembered singing on stage, being more scared than she had ever been before. Fearing she was only moments away from losing everything.

Now, over a year later, she had lost all those things. And even though she had found some new ones, and an inner peace she never thought she'd find, she was still missing someone to share it with. Someone who was worth risking it all for.

Her eyes fell on the second and third notes as she hummed softly to herself.

And I wish you all the love in the world, But most of all, I wish it from myself

I need a woman who'll take a chance, On a love that burns hot enough to last

It had all seemed so overwhelming at the time. That's what she remembers the most. Her love for Brittany bigger than life itself. Bigger than the hate and the fear but too often she had let them taint the honesty of her feelings. She had fooled herself at the time, saying that hiding was a way to protect the innocence of their relationship. To keep it away from judging eyes and hurtful words. But love kept in the dark doesn't have a chance to bloom and grow.

Santana wiped away a tear and sang softly to herself the words on the fourth note.

Well, I've been afraid of changin'

'Cause I built my life around you

But time makes you bolder

Children get older

I'm getting older too

Reminding herself that not every minute was laced with shame. She had found joy in dancing and singing with Brittany. They had found support within New Directions, and even in the school at large, as she finished her senior year.

But changes came faster after graduation than she was ready for, and all the old insecurities returned. Santana retreated inside her hard shell and left all the best parts of herself behind.

She grabbed the fifth handwritten note, that contained nine words permanently etched into her heart, and hugged it to her chest.

You are the best thing that's ever been mine.

It was so many months ago now, the memory felt like she was watching someone else's life. But the pain still throbbed low in her stomach. A moment of weakness.

She had stood on the sidelines since and watched as Brittany fell in love with someone else. Believing that her own heart had lost it's home forever.

Santana looked at the final note, resting on her desk beside her laptop.

Fondue For Two

You, Me & Skype

9pm tonight

Hope surged through her body. She was ready. Brittany had always been the brave one. Even now, she had reached out to Santana. Put her heart out in the open and trusted Santana to be kind.

Santana logged onto Skype and couldn't help but laugh when she heard the opening notes to the Fondue For Two theme song.

"I have a very special guest today. She was suppose to be on the second episode but she couldn't make it. I think she's ready now," Brittany smiled encouragingly at Santana through her computer screen.

Santana smiled back and nodded, as tears silently slipped down her cheeks.

"Santana Lopez, will you do me the honour of being my prom date to my second senior prom?" Brittany asked, her voice rich with emotion. So many other questions, promises and hopes left unspoken in between those simple words.

Santana took a deep breath, closed her eyes and gave over her heart with a single life-affirming, "Yes."

A/N: I think everyone should recognize the song lyrics used, but just in case, here's the list:

Someone Like You by Adele; Songbird by Fleetwood Mac; I Wanna Dance With Somebody by Whitney Houston; Landslide by Dixie Chicks; and Mine by Taylor Swift.