Riley's POV

"Good." I say to Santana extremely happy for Brittany sake. That has been her main concern since we left and honestly I thought Britt might have lost it there at the end. She was crying almost every night about Santana or talking to me about her. At the end dad was really getting to her and inside her head she started to believe him. I tried reminding her but there was only so much I could do, I wasn't Santana and that is really what she needed.

I start to tell Santana the story of our last day with dear old dad.

Flashback

I heard a crash and I was almost certain it was another flower vase. I rush down the stairs from the bedroom Britt and I took over. When I look over the side of the stairs I see Brittany is curled up on the tile floor with blood around her. From what I can tell she has a cut on her arm which must have been from the glass. That shattered She looks up at me and I ask her with my eyes just like I always do. My body is tense and I am ready for whatever shit I may have to go through. I expect to see her fading eyes like I always do right before she passes out but not this time. I barely see it the small tilt of her head giving me a nod. Finally.

I take off, no not in the direction of the fight. She just has to hold on a little longer. I race into our room and dig around looking for it. I feel the cold surface of the small rectangle touch my hand. I pull it out releasing my breath. The buttons so familiar to me from the countless times I have practiced but never fully dialing the number.

I punch in the number 9-1-1. My heart is pounding now. I hate leaving her down there but this was her plan. I still cannot believe that she snuck in a cell phone and camera without dad noticing. I think he must have been too drunk or thought he won after running over her cell phone countless times with his car in the drive way. He was way too confident and overlooked thing.

I hear the phone click when it answered and explain that they will be recording the call. I don't wait for the person to continue speaking.

"My dad is beating my sister to death! I live on 1645 16th avenue hurry!" I scream into the phone before ending the call. I toss it on the bed and take off for the stairs again. Dad has picked Brittany up by her throat and has pinned her against the wall. I almost trip as I race down the stairs.

"Damn you look just like her you know." His fingers flex around her throat a little tighter and Britt starts to turn a bluish color. "Why did you have to encourage her to surf? All she wanted to do was be an idol to you and you ruined it all." He was rambling nonsense. "And a lesbian at that you bitch you ruined our family, no one could possibly love you." He pushes her further into the wall.

"I love her." I say loudly. Dad turns around dropping Brittany in the process as he looks at me in disgust. His eyes are so cold as he stalks forward in front of me.

"What did you say?" He grits through his teeth.

"I said I love her and I won't just sit around letting you beat h-." My head is throbbing as I get smacked across the room. I groan from the pain. "Fuck." I mumble.

I don't want to get up, my head hurts like a bitch but I know I have to. I need to protect Britt the best I can after everything she has done for me. I push myself up to see him standing over Brittany.

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO!" I barely see the red and blue lights as my eyes concentrate on his foot pulling back. I don't even know how it happened but our old wooden hat rack is in my hands and I swing back. I use all my anger and every ounce of strength that I have. I hit him and send him flying across the room landing on his stomach face down. I drop down beside Brittany as I sob.

"Brittany." I call out shaking her a little. I can't even tell if she is breathing. I feel wetness drip down the side of my face as black starts to cover my vision. I collapse right next to Britt my arm draped over her not wanting to lose her. Last thing I know I am curled up against my older sister as darkness surrounds me.

End of flash back

"Wait whow hold your shit. You took on your dad?"

I nod my head and look down at Britt so comfortable in Santana's arms. I shrug. "I had to."

"Okay so you kicked the shit out of your dad but that doesn't explain how you two are back here and Brittany buying the surf shop."

"Well you see my sister is a genius."

"Of course." Santana states quickly. Santana looks down at Brittany lovingly for a second and strokes her cheek. I am even more confident now that there relationship will be just fine.

I shake my head smiling. "Can you let me finish." She nods her head and rolls her eyes at me. I do have to give Britt credit she did pick a sexy feisty girl. Luckily I do not roll that was so Britt has no competition what so ever, I already have someone in mind for me I just hope I didn't royally fuck that up too bad. "So what Britt did was she started to take picture from the beginning. Every time dad hit her she would take a picture of the damage. By the end we had a shit tone of evidence with dates on them. That bastard of a father didn't stand a chance and he lost everything to us, by everything I mean his 3 million dollar bank account." I wink at her. "Britt did tell you he had money right?" Santanas eyes were huge now. "oh and now until I am old enough Britt is my guardian but I am staying at Berry's while Britt is at school. The Berry's offered to let me stay there and I thought Britt still needs to live her life too." I smile down at Brittany and reach over to stroke her hair. "She has a huge heart Santana. You better not break it or I will come after you." I look up and glare at her. "You won't even know what is coming it will be like a ninja cat and they have claws that kill."

Santana laughs at me. "Yep you two are definitely related."

"Well I have to go burn all of the sheets and possibly the mattress of Brittany's old bed." She raises an eyebrow at me. "Nuhu don't give me that look." I put a fist on my hip. "I have heard stories already from Rachel. They need burned and the whole room needs disinfected so I have a huge job to do." I walk out the door looking back one more time letting out a sigh of relief at seeing Britt finally sleeping so well. I look back up at Santana who is now staring down at my sister and lightly running a finger down her cheek. "Remember Santana ninja cats." I call over my shoulder before leaving. I hear her laugh before I am out the door.

POV Brittany

I am sweating all over and I feel his hand on my throat.

"Please let me go." I try to plead with him but his grip tightens.

"Who doesn't love you?" He asks. I see the gleam in his eyes. He loves me being helpless and defeated. I know what answer he wants but I try holding it off.

"Everyone." I barely get out. His face turns redder.

"You know what I mean bitch." He shakes me a little bit and I start to see black along the edges of my vision.

"Santana." I get out.

"Santana what?" He is smiling no w and I have a feeling I have just made his day.

"Santana doesn't love me. Santana doesn't love me. Santana doesn't love me." I got out.

"Good girl." He releases me and I cry and fall to the ground at his feet. How could she love someone as pathetic as me? "What else."

He starts up his oh so fun game. I bow my head. This is exactly why Santana doesn't love me I am pathetic and weak and useless. "I'm stupid. I'm ugly. I am not loved." I cry harder my body shaking.

"Brittany!" I hear and look around but all I see is my dad's evil eyes looking at me expectantly. I could have sworn I heard Santana.

"Go!" my dad yells at me.

"I'm no good. I am a slut. I am not worth anything."

"Brittany wake up!"

My eyes fly open. My chest is on fire from breathing so quickly. I feel wetness on my face from my tears.

"Brittany are you okay?" I look up and brown eyes are staring back at me. Santana is leaning over me and I realize that I am lying in Santana's lap. I quickly sit up moving far enough away from Santana so that I am not touching her. I take a deep breath and lean back against the head board. There is about a foot separating Santana and I but it feels like miles.

I look up quickly just to catch her eye. She is watching me carefully so I quickly look back into my lap to avoid eye contact. It hurts too much knowing what I gave up to help my sister. The girl of my dreams is sitting right next to me and I can't even look at her. How messed up is that? She is too good for me anyways. I am just stupid and no good. She just felt sorry for me that is why she started to date me, I am too stupid to be with someone as good as her. All of my dad's words are flowing through my head.

"Brittany?" I must have been spacing out because Santana's face is literally right in front of me. She was also waving her hand in my face. Her eyes are so open and pretty but I can't be around her this long without feeling things for her. What was I thinking coming right back here and getting the housing department to room us together again?

It's just too much it's all just too much. I tear my eyes away from her and quickly stand up. I feel fully rested for like the first time in months and that feels awesome. The only thing hurting me right now is my heart. I look down at what I am wearing. Short shirt and my comfy loose fitted shirt that doesn't hit my bruise on my rib same clothes I fell asleep in. I walk over quickly and slip on my DC shoes and grab my board.

"I-I-I got to go." Still not looking I head for the door.

A soft hand touches my arm lightly. I don't turn around but I stop in my tracks.

"Brittany that's my board." I look down at my old board I gave her. It was my favorite board; I still can't believe how good she has gotten on it.

"Oh yeah sorry." I drop my old board and frantically look for my board spotting it right beside the door.

I see the board I just dropped get pulled back, I turn around to see that Santana has her board in her hands. I watch her tan hands trace lightly over the words I wrote six months ago. I will love you forever. Love Brittany. I can remember the awful feeling I had when I wrote that. I was so sad and I remembered how hopeful I was that she would still love me after everything.

I watch her trace the heart I drew by my name. I chance a look at her face she is watching her own finger, it is like she has traced those letters so many times that it has become familiar to her.

She takes a deep breath and I am suddenly overwhelmed with the urge to either run away or stay and listen to her raspy amazing voice. "Why were you saying I don't love you?" She looks up at me to see if I heard her. Of course I heard her there is nothing else in my world when she is around. "When you were sleeping that is what you were saying." She clarified for me.

"B-b-because I'm s-stupid. No one can love me." Now I just start reciting thing like it is second nature. I watch as Santana shakes her head as tears form in her eyes but I can't stop. "I'm not worth anything. I'm ug-." I can't breathe this is not happening; no way would Santana be kissing me right now. Her soft lips move against my still ones and I slowly melt into her. My lips loosen up and they are moving in sync with hers. I cannot believe she is kissing me it is like a dream come true. I never thought that this would happen ever again. I feel her hand weave into my hair and pull me closer to her.

After a couple minutes she finally pulls back and runs her fingers across my cheek. "What did he do to you Britt." She whispered almost to herself and I feel even more ashamed. I try to pull back but she doesn't let go. "No you have to listen okay." I nod my head and she pulls me back so that I fall back into the bed with her. "Please lay by me." She asks once she has moved up into the bed on her side while looking down at me.

"Okay." I whisper and crawl up in bed so that I am facing her. She reaches over to touch my cheek lightly.

"Okay now I am going to tell you just some of the reasons I love you." I try to shake my head no but she stops me again. "You need to hear this." She smiles so bright it takes my breath away. "I love you because you have the biggest heart of anyone I have ever met. You kept your promise to your sister to help her even when she did shitty things to you." I open my mouth to explain why Riley did the things she did but she stops me by placing a finger on my lips. "I know she already told me but it still takes so much heart. You always care some much for others. I love you because you are beautiful. This is inside and out. You have the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen, your smile brightens up my day. Not to mention that sexy body." She winks at me. "But that isn't all. You are beautiful inside as well. I love how you look at the world in your own way. How you have been through so much and you are still so so strong." She pulls her hand back and reaches up to her the necklace. My necklace around her neck, I didn't even realize that she still was wearing it. It gives me a little bit of hope and I really needed all the hope I could get. She watches me as her fingers run against the heart. "There are so many things that I love about you. Britt you have been away from me for six months and my love for you has never died. I-I still believe that you are my soul mate." Tears are streaming down my face now. I have not felt this much love since I left her. "I don't care how long it takes I will get you to feel all the love you need. I was kind of hopping that we might I don't know try this thing again. There is nothing else I would like more that to have you in my life completely again."

What else can I do, I have a huge gift in front of me. I can't possibly turn it down. I nod frantically.

"you will be my girlfriend again and go out with me on an official date tomorrow?" she raises and eyebrow in the oh so sexy way she does that I have missed it so much I can't help but laugh.

"Yes." I say so happily. I lean over and capture her lips, it is like returning home. "Does this mean you don't want to quit the surf shop? Because from what Sam said your pretty badass now and I really need you."

"Well of course I am bad ass and I mean if you need me that bad I guess I could possibly give up a little of my precious time to work for you, but if you think that you are going to boss me around outside of work you have another thing coming."

I laugh. "I wouldn't dream of it. Although I must say I must have been a pretty awesome teacher." She reaches over and we get tangled in each other's limbs.

"Yep you taught me nice and slow." That night we got reacquainted with each other's bodies and talking about what we missed in each other's lives the last six months. We only had one goal in mind showing each other our love for one another.

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Yay! They got back together ;)

So there will be only one more chapter and I have to give a thank you for everyone!

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