Today is Emily's birthday so the group decided to go to Lima Ohio to visit her grave, Brittany paid the plane tickets and promised breadstix to sing there.
Sue will come with them but she will stay in the hotel with Daniel as they visit Emily's grave, the group just arrived at their hotel and walk to their rooms.
Brittany places her bag on the floor and sits down on the bed, Santi climbs on Britt's lap and smiles as Santana sits down next to them.
Brittany sighs and asks '' We will leave in fifteen minutes, do you want to change?''
Santana and Santi both shake their heads and Santana says '' No I will keep this on''
Brittany nods her head and lays down '' I can't believe we are here again''
'' It's only for one day'' Santana says with a small smile
Brittany nods her head and smiles as Santi jumps off her lap as someone knocks on the door, Santi opens the door and let's Marie, Lio, Quinn and Puck in.
'' Ready?'' Lio asks with a small smile
Brittany grabs a small plastic bag with things she bought and says '' Yeah let's go''
Puck picks Santi up and runs to the elevator, Brittany chuckles and walks after them.
They jump in the car Sue rented for them and Lio drives to the graveyard, Brittany smiles as Santi grips her hand and gives him a kiss on the forehead.
Ten minutes later Lio parks the car and says '' We are here''
Brittany nods her head and jumps out of the car, Britt picks Santi up and walks with the group to Emily's grave.
Brittany stops in front of Emily's grave and crouches down with Santi in her arms, Britt looks at Santi and says. '' This is your aunt Emily baby''
Santi looks at the tombstone and nods his head, Santi walks out of Brittany's grip and lays a hand on Emily's tombstone.
'' Hey auntie Emily I am your nephew Santi, I am sad that I can't meet you in real life but mommy told me a lot about you.
Mommy still misses you everyday and I miss you too, I know that I didn't met you before but you belong to our family.
I know that you look at us from heaven and I am really glad that mommy told me about you, mommy told me so much things and I really think that you are amazing.
Mommy and Sanny are together again and I know that you always thought that they would end up together, you were right and I am glad that Sanny is back in mommy's and my life.
Abuela and Abuelo told me a lot about you and I think that you were a great and very funny person, I would have loved to meet you auntie Emily but someone took you away too soon.''
Brittany wipes away her tears and hands Santi a rose, Santi smiles and says.
'' Mommy told me that roses were you favorite flowers, I like them too roses stand for love and that's why I brought you one.
I love you aunt Emily and I will never forget the story's Mommy, abuela, abuelo, Sanny, aunt Quinn and uncle Puck told me.''
Santi places the rose on Emily's grave and walks back to Brittany, Brittany sighs and takes a small step forward.
Marie, Lio, Quinn, Santana and Puck crouch down next to her and Lio pulls Santi on his lap, Brittany grabs the plastic bag and pulls out four wine coolers and three bottles of beer.
She places a wine cooler on Emily's grave and hands Marie, Quinn and Santana the other three, Britt gives Puck and Lio a bottle of beer and looks back at the tombstone.
'' Hey sis you would turn twenty-five today, we always decided to go out with the group and grab some drinks.
You always managed to grab some beer and wine coolers for us, or order drinks in a club for us even when we were fourteen.''
Lio, Puck and Brittany open their beer bottles and take a sip of the beer, Brittany sighs softly and says.
'' I miss you a lot sis and now that I have Quinn, Marie, Puck, Lio and Santana back in my life, I can clearly see that we all miss you.
We miss the crazy times with you but also the sleepovers, I used our trick against thunder to calm Santi down.
I worked and he isn't afraid anymore, I still miss you everyday sis I still want to kill the guy that shot you.'' Britt says with tears in her eyes
Santi wraps his arms around Brittany's neck and buries his head in her neck, Brittany closes her eyes with a sigh and gives Santi a kiss on the cheek.
Santana looks at Emily's tombstone with tears in her eyes and places a rose on her grave
'' Hey Em we all miss you a lot, you were like a sister to all of us.
I am glad I have Brittany back in my life but I wished you were here too, I miss everything we did together.
You were always our cooler bigger sister and you always took with you to the beach or to clubs with fake ID's, I remember the day you turned sixteen and you invited all your friends to breadstix.
You invited us too and made sure that we got some alcohol, you even slapped one of your friends because he was hitting on B.
You always supported me and told me that I had a chance with Britt, I didn't believe you back than but now I know that you were right.''
Brittany wipes away Santana's tears and pulls her in a hug, Santana buries her face in Brittany's neck and cries softly.
Lio and Marie both lay down a rose on Emily's grave and stand behind Brittany and Santana
'' Hey Emily we miss you a lot and I miss baking a cake for you birthday, you and Britt never celebrated you birthday with your parents but you two always came to us.
We saw you as our daughter and it feels like we lost a daughter, I am glad we found Brittany again but we can't stop hoping that we live in a nightmare and that you will wake us up soon.
We miss the days that you would come over with Britt and sit with us in the kitchen, you always liked to talk about Britt and Santana.
But you also liked to hang out with Santana, Quinn, Britt and Puck, you protected them and yes you bough alcohol for them but you always made sure they didn't drink too much.''
Marie wipes away her tears and lays her head against Lio's shoulder, Brittany stands up with Santi in her arms and pulls Santana in a hug.
Quinn and Puck both crouch down in front of Brittany and look at Emily's tombstone, Quinn lays a hand on the tombstone and wraps an arm around Puck's waist.
'' Hey sis I miss you so much you helped me realizing my feelings for Puck, thanks to you we got together two years after you past away.
We broke up for a few months but got together again, you always knew that we were soulmates.
Thanks to you I am not afraid to show my feelings and you made me so much stronger, every time when I have a bad day I just think of you and I make it through the day.
We tell Santi a lot of things about you and everything is just an amazing memory, we don't have any bad memories because you were amazing.
You loved us you, you learned us things, you let us live our dream and most importantly you protected us from everyone.
It sucks that protecting Britt took you away from us but we know that you had to do it, I just hoped that both of you were here and lived in New York with us.
The two awesome Pierce sisters belong together, you will always look at us from above and probably smile in pride as you see Britt and Santi.
Britt is an amazing mother Em she loves Santi, she protected him and even injured herself because someone tried to take Santi.''
Puck wraps his arms around Quinn as she starts sobbing and lays a rose on Emily's grave, Puck stands up with Quinn in his arms and looks at Brittany.
Brittany puts Santi on the ground and grabs the plastic bag, she crouches down in front of Emily's grave and pulls out a picture.
Brittany grabs some super glue and glues the picture on Emily's tombstone, Brittany ghosts her fingers over the picture and wipes away some tears.
'' Dad allowed me to place a picture on your tombstone, I found it in one of your albums and I just had to make a copy.
This is the picture Lio made when we had a sleep over, Santana and I lay cuddled up on the couch and you stand behind the couch with a big smile and point to us.
Quinn and Puck lay next to us and we can see the pride in your eyes, you always knew that we would end up together and you were right''
Brittany takes a step back and buries her face in Lio's neck as he pulls her in a hug, Lio sighs and says.
'' We love you Em and we will never forget you, we will try to visit Lima once in a month and come here to talk to you.''
Lio leads Brittany to the car and opens the door, Brittany sits down next to Santi and wipes away his tears.
'' Thank you for bringing me here mommy'' Santi says softly
'' You don't have to thank me baby, I just wished you could meet her in person.'' Brittany says with a small sad smile
Brittany looks at Lio as he parks his car in front of the hotel and says '' I will take a quick shower and after that we have to go to breadstix, I think I will sing one of my new songs but first I have to talk to Sue.''
Lio nods his head and jumps out of the car, Brittany jumps out of the car and picks Santi up.
The group walks to the elevator and Puck pushes the top button, Brittany lays her head against the wall and closes her eyes.
After to minutes they reach the top floor and step out of the elevator, Brittany walks to her room with Santana and Santi and opens the door.
Puck looks at Britt with a smile and says '' We will knock on the door when we are ready''
Brittany nods her head and walks inside the room, Brittany puts Santi down and walks to her bah.
Brittany grabs some clothes for her and Santi out of the bag and turns to Santi and Santana, Britt chuckles as she sees Santi's big smile and says. '' We don't have much time so let's shower together''
Santi and Santana both nod their heads and Santana grabs some clothes out of her bag, Brittany walks into the bathroom and turns on the shower.
She places some towels on the toilet and pulls off her t-shirt and jeans, Brittany helps Santi with undressing and steps with him under the shower.
Santana joins them and Brittany grabs the bottle with shampoo, she crouches down in front of Santi and says. '' Close your eyes baby''
Santi closes his eyes and Brittany squirts some shampoo in her hand, she washes Santi's hair and makes some place for both Santi and Santana to wash their hair.
Brittany quickly washes her own hair and steps out of the cabin, she wraps a towel around her own body and wraps one around Santi's body.
She gives Santana her towel and tries to avoid looking at Santana's beautiful body, Brittany dries Santi off and smiles as he grabs his t-shirt.
Brittany dries herself off and puts on her bra and thong, she quickly puts on her jeans and grabs her tank top.
'' Mommy I need some help'' Brittany hears Santi's muffled voice and looks at him
She starts laughing as she sees that he stands there with his arms raised in one of the arms, Santana quickly takes a picture with a chuckle and Brittany helps Santi putting on his t-shirt.
They walk back to the bedroom and put on their shoes, just as Brittany wants to put on Santi's shoes there is a knock on the door and Santana opens it.
Brittany puts on Santi's shoes and gives him his sunglasses, Brittany grabs her own sunglasses and smiles as she sees the whole group waiting in the hall.
Brittany walks out of the room with Santi in his arms and wraps an arm around Santana's shoulders, Brittany immediately walks to Sue and steps in the elevator.
'' Hey Sue can I sing a new song today, I know I didn't record it yet but I want to sing it.''
'' Of course B but you have to record it when we are back in New York'' Sue says
Brittany nods her head and steps out of the elevator, Daniel walks in front of Brittany and opens the door of the Chevrolet Tahoe he rented.
Brittany places Santi in his car seat and sits down next to him, after everyone took their places Daniel starts the car and drives towards breadstix.
After ten minutes Daniel parks his car and Brittany jump out of the car, Brittany picks Santi up and helps Santana out of the car.
Daniel walks in front of Brittany inside breadstix and Brittany immediately walks to the owner, the owner smiles and says. '' Hey Brittany''
'' Hey Alex'' Brittany says with a smile and gives him a hug
'' The whole restaurant is full with people after they heard that you would sing here'' Alex chuckles as he pulls out of the hug
Brittany smiles and says '' Well I can start now, I will sing a few songs and after that I want your famous spaghetti and meatballs.''
'' Deal the stage is yours Britt and your family and friends have a table in front of the stage'' Alex says with a smile
Brittany nods and follows a waitress to their table, Brittany takes the bottle of water Sue gives her and places Santi on Santana's lap.
Brittany gives Santi a kiss on the forehead and jumps on the stage, she grabs the headset that lays there and looks around the restaurant.
'' Hey guys normally I would have a list of songs that I want to sing, but I have something else in mind if you guys know any of my songs just request it and I will sing it.''
'' Brown Eyes'' Someone yells
Brittany laughs and says '' Alright I will sing Brown Eyes first, but Quinn I need your help.''
Puck pushes Quinn towards the stage and Brittany gives her a microphone, Sue selects the instrumental music and nods her head.
Britt places a hand on Quinn's shoulder and whispers '' You can do this''
Quinn nods her head and they both start singing
Remember the first day when I saw your face
Remember the first day when you smiled at me
You stepped to me and then you said to me
I was the woman you dreamed about
Remember the first day when you called my house
Remember the first day when you took me out
We had butterflies although we tried to hide it
And we both had a beautiful night
Quinn wraps an arm around Brittany's waist and smiles as Brittany sings the next part, they both look at the table in front of the stage and lock eyes with their soulmates.
The way we held each others hand
The way we talked the way we laughed
It felt so good to find true love
I knew right then and there you were the one
Quinn sings the next part with a smile and looks at Puck, Puck smiles and mouths 'I love you'
Brittany sings in the background and smiles as she sees Santi and Santana eating breadstix
I know that he loves me cause he told me so
I know that he loves me cause his feelings show
When he stares at me you see he cares for me
You see how he is so deep in love
I know that he loves me cause its obvious
I know that he loves me cause it's me he trusts
And he's missing me if he's not kissing me
And when he looks at me his brown eyes tell his soul
Brittany sings the next part and lock eyes with Santana, Quinn sings in the background and smiles as Brittany twirls her around.
Remember the first day, the first day we kissed
Remember the first day we had an argument
We apologized and then we compromised
And we haven't argued since
Remember the first day we stopped playing games
Remember the first day you fell in love with me
It felt so good for you to say those words
Cause I felt the same way too
Quinn sing the next part and they both sit down on the edge of the stage
The way we held each others hand
The way we talked the way we laughed
It felt so good to fall in love
And I knew right then and there you were the one
Brittany sings the next part and smiles as Quinn calls Santi over, Quinn picks Santi up and places him in Britt's lap.
I know that she loves me cause she told me so
I know that she loves me cause her feelings show
When she stares at me you see she cares for me
You see how she is so deep in love
I know that she loves me cause its obvious
I know that she loves me cause it's me she trusts
And she's missing me if she's not kissing me
And when she looks at me her brown eyes tell her soul
Brittany wraps her arms around Santi's waist and sings the next part together with Quinn
I'm so happy so happy that you're in my life
And baby now that you're a part of me
You showed me
Showed me the true meaning of love
Quinn sings the next part and stands back up, Brittany places Santi on the stage and chuckles as he dances with Quinn.
I know that he loves me cause he told me so
I know that he loves me cause his feelings show
When he stares at me you see he cares for me
You see how he is so deep in love
I know that he loves me cause its obvious
I know that he loves me cause it's me he trusts
And he's missing me if he's not kissing me
And when he looks at me his brown eyes tell his soul
Brittany sings the last line and gives Quinn a hug
She looks at me and her brown eyes tell her soul
As the song ends Quinn jumps off the stage and picks Santi up, Brittany looks around the room and suppresses a groan as she sees her old friends.
'' Alright guys what song do you want to hear now?''
'' My Wish'' Someone yells, Brittany looks at the person that yelled it and smiles as she sees a small baby in his arms.
Brittany nods her head and Sue selects the instrumental music, Brittany sits down on the edge of the stage and looks at her son with a big smile.
After twenty minutes Brittany sang My Wish, She Wolf and Wind Beneath my wings she takes a quick sip of her water and grabs her laptop out of her bag.
She jumps back on stage and hands Sue her laptop '' Stronger is the song I want to sing, the instrumental music stands on my laptop.''
Sue nods her head and takes Brittany's laptop, Brittany sits down on the edge of the stage and looks around the restaurant.
Brittany looks at the door as it opens and sees her mom walking in, Brittany smirks and jumps back up.
She runs to Sue and says '' I won't sing a new song, play Because of you''
Sue nods her head confused and starts the intro, Brittany jumps off the stage and walks to the table where her family sits.
Brittany smirks and whispers '' She is here''
Santana looks at her confused but her eyes widen as she hears the intro of Because of You, Brittany points to the bar and runs back to the stage she sits down on the edge of the stage and starts to sing.
I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did,
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far
Sue walks to the table and asks '' Why did she want to sing that song?''
Lio chuckles and says '' Her mom is here, she sits at the bar talking to the bartender.''
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
Sue looks at the bar and sees that a blonde woman glares at Brittany, Sue smirks and sits down next to Daniel.
I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because I know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with
Brittany stands up and sings the next part, she looks at the bar and holds the high note in the end.
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid
Brittany locks eyes with her mother and sings the next part with so much anger that even Sue, Marie, Santana, Lio, Puck and Quinn are afraid of her, Marie follows Brittany's line of sight and see that mother and daughter are glaring at each other.
I watched you die
I heard you cry every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing
Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I try my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid
Brittany sings the next part and jumps off the stage
Because of you
Because of you
Brittany places her headset on the stage and Alex walks on stage '' Alright Ladies and Gentleman that was the last song of the evening, I hope you enjoyed it and Brittany thank you for singing here.''
'' Anytime Alex'' Britt says with a smile as she puts on her jacket
Marie takes the food the waitress places on the table and stands up, Brittany picks Santi up and walks after Daniel out of the restaurant.
Brittany stops walking as she hears someone yelling her name and turns around, Lio takes Santi over and walks to the car as he sees Britt's old friends.
'' Yes Mercedes?''Britt asks with a fake smile
'' How are you?'' Mercedes asks as she walks to Brittany with Mike, Tina, Rachel, Finn, Kurt and Blaine.
'' I'm fine'' Brittany says as Santana, Quinn and Puck stand next to her
'' We didn't hear from you for Seven years'' Kurt says
'' I know and you heard from me, only not in person.'' Britt says shrugging
'' We saw her a few months ago, she was in Lima together with Puck.'' Finn says
Brittany and Puck both smirk and Puck says '' Yeah I will never forget that shocked face''
'' Why didn't you call us?'' Mercedes asks
'' Hmm maybe because everyone thought that I was the biggest slut of Lima and cheated on San, I heard about the fight Mercedes so don't even try to ask if I want to hang out again.'' Britt says as she crosses her arms
'' Can you blame us? We heard that you were pregnant and that you and Santana broke up'' Kurt says
Brittany looks at him with an eyebrow raised and says '' You were on that party eight years ago, you knew how wasted I was and you even know that I left the house and didn't go upstairs with someone.
So just shut up Hummel you know that I would never cheat on Santana, but you chose to stay silent and spread fucking rumors.''
Rachel tries to say something but Quinn holds up her hand and says '' We don't have any time for this shit, come on guys Santi is tired and Britt you are probably hungry.''
Britt nods her head and walks to the car with Santana, Puck and Quinn, Brittany stops in her tracks as she hears Rachel saying something about Santi and turns around.
'' What did you say Hobbit?'' Britt asks with a growl
'' That you named your son after Santana, you fucking cheated on her but they forgave you like it was nothing.'' Rachel says
Brittany walks to Rachel and says '' I didn't cheat on Santana, yes I named my son after her and if you say one bad thing about him or my friends.
I will hit the crap out of you, I don't care about the paparazzi here so watch it.''
Brittany turns back around and jumps in the car before any of them can say something, Santana, Quinn and Puck jump in the car too and Daniel drives them to the hotel.
After twenty minutes Britt walks into the hotel room after saying good night to everyone and takes off her jacket, Santi and Santana both lay their jackets on a chair and Santana helps Santi in his pajamas.
Brittany and Santana both change in a long t-shirt and Brittany sits down in a chair, Santana walks after Santi to the bathroom and Britt eats her spaghetti with meatballs.
After Britt finished eating she smiles as she sees her girlfriend and son cuddled up laying in bed, she throws away her stuff and quickly brushes her teeth.
After Brittany washed her face she walks out of the bathroom and lays down in the bed, Santi crawls on top of Brittany and lays his head on her chest.
Santana turns off the light and lays her head on Brittany's shoulder, Brittany gives Santi a kiss on his forehead and whispers. '' Goodnight baby''
'' Good night mommy, good night Sanny.'' Santi whispers and gives Santana a kiss on the cheek
Santana gives Santi a kiss on his and says '' Good night Hun''
Santana gives Britt a quick peck on the lips and says '' Good night babe''
'' Good night babe'' Britt says with a smile and wraps an arm around her Santi's waist
In the middle of the night Santi rolls of Brittany and lays in between Santana and Britt, both girls wrap an arm around his waist and share the same pillow.
This is the end of chapter 22 I hope you liked it, next chapter will be the family Lopez Christmas celebration.