A/N: So sorry about the long wait everyone! I hope you enjoy the chapter!
Santana was sprawled across the twin bed peacefully, snoring softly as Brittany watched her with a sweet smile on her face. It was about 9.30am Monday morning, a month and a half after Nationals, and both girls had spent that entire Sunday helping Rachel and Quinn move into their apartment, which left both girls exhausted, leading to Santana's peaceful, unconscious state.
Brittany looked around their bedroom as she stroked Santana's bare back mindlessly, taking a moment to take in everything the pair had made for themselves over the past six months. In that moment, Brittany couldn't remember any other time where everything had felt so perfect. She shared a home with the love of her life and they were completely happy and as in love as ever, both had finally graduated high school, Quinn and Rachel were now living in the city, Brittany was loving life to no end.
The blonde was shaken from her daze when she heard Santana's phone go off. Brittany leaned over the Latina's limp body to reach for the phone but ended up knocking it on the floor, creating more noise. Santana began to stir underneath her and let out an annoyed groan, Brittany stilled her movement once the phone stopped ringing and waited for Santana to fall back into her dream state. Once Brittany was sure the brunette was back asleep she bent down to pick up the phone but her hand wrapped around a small box instead.
Her eyes went wide when she felt the shape in her hands and slowly brought the box to her eyes as her heart raced rapidly against her chest. Just as Brittany was about to decide if she should peak or not, Santana phone went off once again, causing the blonde to hit her head on the bedside table and quickly put the box where she had found it. As she hissed in pain, Brittany got off the bed and went out into the hallway to answer to call.
"Hello?"
"Britt? It's Quinn, I did call Santana didn't I?"
"Yeah, she is still sleeping."
Before either girl could say anything else, Brittany heard a scream through the phone and held it away from her ear.
"OH MY GOD, I GOT IN QUINN, I GOT IN!" Rachel screamed into the phone.
"BABY, OH MY GOD! I KNEW YOU WOULD GET IN!"
Brittany listened confused, when she heard ruffling in the phone, moments later Rachel began to speak.
"Brittany! Go get your mail now!"
Realisation dawned and a grin spread across Brittany's face as she rushed to throw some clothes on before running out of the apartment as fast as she could. Santana's phone still attached to her ear. Once the blonde gathered all her mail she ran back up to the apartment and looked through all the letters before she found one that said 'Julliard' in the top corner.
Brittany slowly started to read the letter quietly into the phone and she paused as soon as she read the word 'accepted', Rachel screamed through the phone, and sent her congratulations while Brittany stared at the letter with wide eyes. After a couple of moments past, Brittany ran into her bedroom and jumped on Santana.
"Santana!"
"Mmm"
"Babe, I got into Julliard!"
Santana eyes shot open and she sat up as she took Brittany into her arms and they rolled around happily together on the bed, both grinning like children on Christmas day.
"I knew you could do it!" Santana said proudly and she kissed Brittany deeply.
"I love you so much. Thank you for everything, for supporting me." Brittany mumbled into the Latina's neck.
Santana pulled back to look into Brittany's eyes that were wet with tears of joy, she brushed her thumb over Brittany's cheek to wipe away the tears and placed a tender kiss on her lips.
"I would and will always support you B, I love you more than anything, I will be with you every step, we're in this together."
"Always?"
"Always."
Santana automatically twirled the ring Brittany had gotten her for Christmas and smiled at the memory, grinning further when she thought of the little square box that contained her own special ring for the bubbly blonde.
Meanwhile, at Quinn and Rachel's apartment the two gave up on the phone call with Brittany, realising the blonde most likely forgot about them. Rachel stared at the acceptance letter, grin still intact while she silently thanked herself for remembering to give their apartments address to the school.
"Rach, I understand that you're having a very big moment right now. But I am standing right here, and I want to celebrate with my girlfriend." Quinn said with a smirk.
Rachel gently placed the letter down on the table before she got up and launched herself at the blonde in front of her. Quinn fell backwards at the unexpected charge and both girls hit the floor, stunned. Rachel was the first to laugh when she saw the look of shock on Quinn's face and the blonde began to squirm underneath Rachel to try free the pain that had make its way up her back.
"Give me a warning next time you tackle me to the ground." Quinn said painfully as she rubbed her lower back.
"Sorry Quinn." Rachel replied as she tried to bite back her laughter.
After a moment, the couple were sitting against the couch, Rachel's head resting against Quinn's shoulder.
"I am going to Julliard." Rachel said awestruck. A grin spread across Quinn's face and she turned her head to kiss Rachel.
"I think we should celebrate."
"Definitely! We should call Brittany and Santana again."
"Maybe we can celebrate with them tonight, but I was thinking of something else for the moment." Quinn said seductively, causing a shiver to run down Rachel's spine.
Breakfast was cooking and Santana and Brittany were dancing around the kitchen to the music echoing throughout their apartment. They were so caught up in their own mini celebration that they didn't notice the knocking on their apartment door for the past five minutes. It wasn't until they saw the apartment door open in the corner of their eye that Santana froze realizing that she was only in her underwear, ignoring the fact that it could be a murderer.
When they saw the head that popped around the door, Santana sighed in relief and ran to their room to grab and shirt and pants. Brittany jumped over to the front door grinning to let in their visitors.
"Puck! Guess wha- Hailey! Hi!" Brittany said as she threw her arms around her old English teacher, shocking the woman slightly.
"Hey Brittany, it's good to see you again."
"So you two are like together now?" Brittany asked full of excitement.
"Well we can't back at home yet, but seeming we are in New York we don't need to hide because no one knows us." Puck replied grinning goofily.
Moment's later, Santana comes running into the living room and throws herself on the mohawked boy in front of her.
"Puckerman what the hell are you doing here!" Santana said happily as her best friend lifted her off the ground.
"Thought it would be a great time to visit." Puck replied as he placed Santana back on her feet.
"I have to say, I wasn't expecting you two to still be together." Santana said casually as she looked at Puck and Hailey.
Brittany nudged Santana in the ribs and the Latina hissed slightly at the unpleasant contact.
"Sorry." Santana mumbled under her breath.
"Glad you still keep her in line Britt." Puck said walking past the couple, earning a hit in the arm from Santana.
"Sorry we showed up uninvited." Hailey said apologetically.
Santana walked back into the kitchen to check on the food while Brittany told Puck and Hailey to make themselves comfortable.
"It's fine, we love visitors!" Brittany brightly
Santana scoffed and continued making breakfast, adding a few more eggs and bacon for Puck and Hailey.
"So what's new with you two?" Puck asked casually as he flipped through some channels on the TV. Santana immediately grinned waiting for Brittany to break the big news.
"Well I got my acceptance letter from Julliard today." Brittany said casually trying to hide her smile.
"Oh that's awe- Wait what? You got in? Way to go blondie!" Puck said as he pulled Brittany in for a bear hug.
"We need to celebrate tonight!" Puck added with a huge grin.
"Congratulations Brittany! Julliard, that's amazing." Hailey said like the proud teacher she was.
Santana turned to watch the three in the living room sharing hugs and congratulations, with a proud smile on her face. Everything was perfect, and Santana couldn't be more thankful for the life her and Brittany shared together, her mind then once again flicking back to the ring she had bought. Santana didn't even have a certain time planned for when she wanted to propose, she found the ring in pure luck. The Latina walked past a jewellery shop on her lunch break a couple of weeks earlier and when she saw the ring in the window, she knew, that was the ring that was meant for Brittany.
The Latina had not one doubt in her mind that she wanted to spend the rest of her life with Brittany, as Oliver once told her, Santana planned to marry Brittany since they first met at the age of seven and when the Latina watched the blonde from across the room, she had never been more sure of anything else in her life. They had grown up together so far, and that wasn't going to change.
Throughout the day, Puck watched Santana suspiciously from a distance. He knew the Latina was hiding something, and the happiness that radiated from Santana made him want to interrogate her every moment she was alone.
After multiple attempts to get Santana alone, Puck finally had her cornered. Santana had retreated to her room to get ready for Brittany and Rachel's celebration dinner when Puck opened the door only seconds later, closing it instantly once he was inside.
"Spill it."
Santana jumped at his voice and turned around with wide eyes.
"What the fuck? Get out."
"No. You're hiding something, and the Puckman wants a sneak preview of what that is."
With a sigh and a small smirk, Santana approached the bedside table and bent down to get the ring. Under the bed, she knew it was a lame spot, but she panicked. Puck watched confused as Santana ignored him and was bent over around the side of the bed. Moment's later Santana stood up and made her way to Puck with her bottom lip in between her teeth.
"If you say anything, to anyone. I will k-
"Relax, I didn't hear a thing." Puck interrupted with a reassuring smile.
Santana pulled the small velvet box from behind her back and Puck's eyes bulged out of his head. The Latina didn't know how to feel about her friend's reaction, so she waited anxiously for him to speak.
"Fuck yeah. When are you gonna ask, dude?"
A smile of relief made it's way across Santana's lips and she looked down at the ring, while Puck watched the happiness shine in his best friend's eyes.
"I don't really know. I kind of found the ring by accident. I didn't go out looking for it, so I wasn't planning it or anything. I mean, yeah I knew I was going to propose eventually but you know."
"Just remember the deal we made back at Sarah's."
"Yeah, yeah, you're the best man, I know."
A smile broke across Santana's face and Puck pulled her in for a hug. Santana smiled against his shoulder and the pair stayed like that for a long moment.
"I am proud of you, you know that?" Puck said quietly.
Santana nodded against Pucks shoulder and both pulled away slowly.
"Anyway. Get out of my room, I needs to get changed."
"Sure thing Mrs Lopez-Pierce."
Santana shushed him and threw a pillow in his direction, but he was already out the door.
The celebrations that took place that evening reminded the group of their days back when they would go to the bowling alley back at Lima. Just like back then, the game ended up turning into a bet because according to Puck, it wouldn't be a real competition without something at stake.
The three couples versed each other, Puck was sure that him and Hailey would win without any problems, in fact everyone was sure that Puck would end up winning until Rachel began getting strikes nearly every turn.
"Berry, what the hell? You didn't even know how to keep it in the right lane back in Lima." Santana said suspiciously when Rachel got her third strike.
"We all have our hidden talents, Santana." Rachel replied smugly.
"Sadly it couldn't be something more useful."
"Really? Well tell me then Santana, what is your oh so amazing hidden talent." Rachel said mockingly.
"San can do this amazing trick with her tong-"
"It's called a hidden talent for a reason, dwarf" Santana interrupted Brittany, but everyone had already caught on to what the blonde was going to say, and the Latina blushed deeply when she spotted the four amused faces around her.
The conversation was dropped immediately when Santana scowled at her snickering friends and she stood up to take her turn, her scowl deepening when she got a gutterball, Brittany cheered happily for her girlfriend regardless which replaced Santana's scowl with a smile for her adorable girlfriend.
Santana and Puck accepted the fact that they would lose once Rachel got her fourth strike and decide to mess around a little by throwing their bowling balls down the alley in every creative way they could think of. It wasn't until the group got kicked out after multiple warnings for playing inappropriately, that they decided to call it a night.
It was a great night for everyone, even Hailey seemed to fit into the group without any awkwardness, Rachel and Quinn seemed a bit uncomfortable to begin with, as though they had to behave around her, but they both relaxed once Hailey started to joke around with them, and got to see first hand how happy her and Puck were together.
The night was perfect, and with Puck and Hailey going back to Quinn and Rachel's, Brittany and Santana decided to walk home, as they didn't want to waste such a beautiful evening. With the group parting ways with a final congratulations to Brittany and Rachel, Brittany and Santana began their moonlit walk back to their home.
It was late, the streets were empty and it brought peacefulness to the couple, no noises but their footsteps and the faint sound of traffic. Brittany wrapped her arms around Santana's right arm and walked close by, with a smile of content sitting on her lips.
"Sing to me." The blonde asked softly.
Santana sighed peacefully and leaned in to press a light kiss to Brittany's cheek before she looked up at the sky briefly and opened her mouth to sing for the beautiful woman on her side.
Look at the stars,
Look how they shine for you,
And every thing you do,
Yeah, they were all yellow.
Santana's voice was perfect and Brittany felt herself melt at the sound. Brittany softened her hold on Santana and twirled the Latina under her arm, and caught her in her arms.
I came along,
I wrote a song for you,
And all the things you do,
And it was called 'Yellow'
So then I took my turn,
Oh what a thing to have done
And it was all 'Yellow'.
They danced slowly in the streets, the rest of the world non existent to either of them in that moment and suddenly the little box in Santana's pocket felt like it was burning a hole right through. Santana looked into Brittany's deep blue eyes that were sparkling in the light from above.
Your skin,
Oh yeah your skin and bones,
Turn into something beautiful,
You know, you know I love you so,
You know I love you so.
As Santana sung to Brittany, it became clear to the Latina that that was the moment she was meant to ask Brittany to be hers forever. Santana stopped all movement and looked into Brittany's eyes.
I swam across,
I jumped across for you,
Oh what a thing to do.
Cos you were all 'Yellow',
I drew a line,
Yeah I drew a line for you,
Oh what a thing to do,
And it was all Yellow.
Santana reached her hand into her pocket and Brittany followed the movement with her eyes curiously. The realisation of how isolated they were at that moment made Santana's blood run cold as soon as she heard an unfamiliar and taunting voice, along with footsteps approaching them.
"What do we have here?"
Santana turned around instantly and placed herself protectively in front of Brittany, keeping her hand tight around her girlfriend's. A tall dark figure came into Santana's vision and she began to back up, soon realising that there was a wall behind them, and the stranger was quickly closing the distance between them, leaving no where to go.
When the man finally came into view, it was highly evident that he was drunk as his speech was slurred and he gripped a bottle in a brown paper bag tightly in his hand. He tripped slightly towards them and Brittany's grip tightened around Santana's hand, causing Santana's heart to race.
"Lets go." Santana whispered and tugged on Brittany's hand to try and make an escape by moving to the right.
"Where do you think you're going?" The man said more sternly as he quickened his pace, blocking off the couple's path.
"Look, if you want our money just take it, but leave us alone." Santana said as her voice wavered slightly and kept herself in front of Brittany at all times.
"Nice of you to offer sweetheart but I don't want your money. I want her."
Santana felt Brittany stiffen behind her and her jaw clenched in anger.
"Don't fucking touch her."
"Oh come on, I just want a peek"
The tall bulky man was only inches away when he reached forward, but as soon as Santana saw him make a move towards Brittany, the Latina's fist connected with the side of his jaw and he yelled out in pain.
"Brittany run!"
Santana kept hold of Brittany's hand and the couple ran as fast as they could only to be stopped seconds later when a rough hand caught around Brittany's wrist. Santana went to take another swing but stopped when she saw something in the man's hand.
"I wouldn't do that. See what happens when you don't play nice." The man taunted as he held a knife close to Brittany's side.
Santana felt tears pool in her eyes as she saw the terror in Brittany's eyes and they both watched each other in silence, the man slowly lowering the weapon. Brittany felt the tip of the knife leave her side and she quickly brought her arm back, and forcing her elbow back into his stomach, causing him to crouch over in pain, but not long enough for them to get away.
The man ran right towards Santana and before the Latina could process what was happening, she felt a sharp pain in her stomach and heard a scream that would haunt her. Santana fell to the ground painfully and she gasped in pain as she hit the hard ground and saw the man run away from both her and Brittany while she heard the sound of metal hitting the ground next to her.
Brittany fell to the ground next to Santana and brought her into her arms, holding her tightly while sobs wracked through her body. Brittany's hand hovered over Santana's body, having no idea what to do, and she pulled out her phone and dialled 911.
"911, what is your emergency?"
"Please, my girlfriend!" Brittany cried into the phone.
"Miss, we need to know exactly what happened"
"A man stabbed her in the stomach, I didn't mean for it to happen, she was just trying to protect me."
"Where are you?"
As soon as Brittany gave them their location, she dropped her phone and held Santana tighter.
"Britt." Santana said weakly.
"Please, don't leave me."
"Never. You and me B, always." Santana said as she looked into Brittany's eyes that were flooded with tears and her heart broke at the site.
"Britt, I need you to be strong for me."
"I need you."
"I'm not going anywhere, it will take more than this to keep me from you B, but what ever happens, I will always be with you. I love you so much, Brittany."
"I love you too San, always."
"Everything will be fine." Santana said as she kissed Brittany's hands.
"Promise?"
"Promise."
Santana wrapped her pinky around Brittany's to give her some strength, and her vision slowly began to fade.
Your skin,
Oh yeah your skin and bones,
Turn into something beautiful,
And you know,
For you I'd bleed myself dry,
For you I'd bleed myself dry,
It's true.
A/N: SORRY! Probably not a fair update after such a long wait, right? Hope it was okay. And I just wanted to say thanks to all who read my story and review, I love you all!
Song: Yellow by Coldplay