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Okay this was a hard one to write which is why it is so short and seems like it ended pretty quickly. That is for a reason though! I want to thank every single person who went through this journey with me. This is, by far, by favourite story that I have written and I am so incredibly proud of it. I saw the comments from the last chapter and I will indeed be making a sequel. I've not decided what is going to happen yet, however, I do know it will take place after high school so look out for that! I'm afraid this is the last chapter so thank you all so so much for reading. I have never gotten to the end of a story before but I knew I had to come back and finish this one. I love you all so much! Look out for my other stories too :) Now I hope you enjoy this last chapter because I enjoyed writing it :')

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The two girls hadn't said a word in over ten minutes and it was seriously worrying Brittany. Had she been wrong on assuming the Latina loved her back? Was it too soon? All these words were going on through her head and she had no idea what her girlfriend was thinking. As much as she wanted to hear Santana's thoughts, she was also worried that hearing her thoughts would make her feel stupid. The reason behind the big speech was so Santana knew she loved her. She didn't like the idea of just saying those three words with no meaning behind them. This way Santana knew how much she cared for her. How much she loved her. Was it the wrong decision? Had what she felt for her girlfriend made her make this decision hastily? She thought she did the right thing. She thought telling someone how you felt about them was what you were supposed to do. That was how she read it in stories she read, however, maybe they were wrong. Maybe life didn't turn out the way you wanted it too.

Brittany was about to move when Santana pulled her right into a passionate kiss with no warning. There were lips smashed together moving together, tongues moving with one another and breaths being shared amongst two people. Two people who had learnt the hard way how to love each other. Learnt that the physical connection wasn't the most important thing in a relationship; the way you felt about that person was and the emotional connection you shared. Somehow, between the kissing, Brittany had ended up on Santana's lap. Her legs were wrapped around the back of the chair since she couldn't wrap them around Santana herself. Brittany's fingers ran through her girlfriend's hair, messing it up a little, whist moaning into the kiss each time she felt Santana's tongue against hers. She couldn't help it. She felt so good. Her kisses were electric and magical.

Once the two girls finally pulled away their foreheads were touching whilst they caught their breath back. Brittany traced her fingers down Santana's face resting them on her neck, panting.

"What was that for?" Brittany asked, breathlessly.

Santana bit her lip. "You said the most romantic thing I've ever heard. It was so beautiful that you made me speechless."

Brittany smiled. "You deserve to hear things like that every day."

Looking up at her girlfriend, Santana nodded before leaning up kissing Brittany softly. "So do you."

"I don't want you to tell me what you think now because then I would feel that you're only saying it because you have to." Brittany admitted. 'Saying something just because I did isn't something I want. I want you to say something because you actually mean it and I'm willing to-"

Santana kissed Brittany once again when she began to ramble before pulling back moving her fingertips up and down her sides. Smiling, Santana pulled back just enough to get her words out.

"If you'd let me speak I can tell you what I feel."

Blushing, Brittany nodded. "Sorry, I've noticed since I've been able to speak again I ramble when I'm nervous."

Santana smiled, knowing she could have guessed that Brittany would be a rambler, however, lucky for her, she thought the rambling was adorable.

"Do you realise that I've waited so long for someone to say something like that to me?" Santana admitted. "Before we met I had kissed other girls, but never did they make me feel the way you do. Truthfully, no one has made me feel the way you do."

"Really?" Brittany asked. "Because I feel the same way about you."

"I know, but at the same time you've never kissed anyone else, Britt. When you said that to me, I was concerned that you were only saying that after not being with anyone else. I've helped you a lot and I'm just scared that if someone else comes along who is prettier than I am, you'll want to know what that feels like. What it'd be like to kiss that person. Feel them against you. I'm scared that you'll want more than what I'm offering."

Brittany had never been so shocked in her life. Santana was so confident and for all the time they had been around one another not once had she showed signs of being scared; terrified of losing her. Brittany might not have kissed other people but Santana made her feel everything. She saw fireworks when they kissed, she always got excited when she was meeting her, how Santana made her body react in ways she can't even explain. She was special and the fact Santana didn't see that in herself upset her deeply.

"Do you not realise how much I love you?" Brittany asked. "Do you not see that when I look at you?"

Santana nodded. "Of course I do. You look at me as though I'm the only person in the room sometimes."

"Exactly, so please tell me why I would want someone else?" Brittany asked smiling moving her hands up her girlfriend's chest and neck slowly before stopping at the back of her neck. "Do you honestly think that little of me you think I'll jump the next girl who walks through that door?"

Santana bit her lip shaking her head. "Well no, but-"

Brittany leant in kissing her girlfriend not wanting her to continue that sentence. "But nothing. I'm in love with you and that means something to me. It's kind of cute how worried you are actually."

Santana nods smiling. "Thank you. I'm just scared that once I say those three words to you, I'll get hurt."

"And I totally get that. I was terrified too which was why I kept it from you to but, baby, I promise you, I'm not going to leave you for some other girl." Brittany assured cupping her cheek stroking it with her thumb. "Okay?"

"Okay." Santana whispered nodding her head putting her hand on top of Brittany's. "I do love you, you know? It's just scary because you're my first real girlfriend."

"I know." Brittany whispers nodding her head. "You're my first girlfriend too, however, we'll get through the scary parts together. We don't need to rush into anything."

Biting her lip, Santana nodded. "I'm sorry for being insecure."

Chuckling Brittany shook her head. "Don't be. It's nice to be able to reassure you for once."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah." Brittany confirmed. "You were always reassuring me about how I felt on my speech ability, so now I'm returning the favour as it were."

Santana smiled before leaning in kissing Brittany who wrapped her arms around her neck kissing back. It didn't take long before they were back to kissing passionately. They didn't care for anyone else and all Brittany wanted was to stay there and kiss her girlfriend for as long as she could. The school was most likely empty anyway since teachers were in their classrooms, they were alone. Brittany's fingers ran through Santana's hair whilst they kissed and she felt herself getting hotter by the minute. She pulled away to take a breath after a few minutes leaning her head against Santana's forehead with her eyes closed. She felt herself shiver when Santana's fingertips ran up her sides. She didn't want to move, even though they had to get back. They both knew they had to make their way home but neither of them wanted to. They wanted to stay where they were and just hold each other. However, if they stayed in this position they would end up going back to making out and that definitely was not a good idea

"We should..."

Santana nodded chuckling. "Good idea. We can go to my parents house tonight. It's overdue."

Smiling, Brittany nodded getting off of Santana holding her hand out helping her out of her seat. The both of them held each other's hands before walking out of the classroom. Neither of them had ever been so happy before. They both loved each other, Brittany was getting better and, most of all, they could be together. They had imagined this for so long and the fact that it was now true was just unreal. Brittany couldn't wait to meet her parents . She was getting quite excited actually that they were now going over there. What could go wrong?

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Walking up to the house they walked inside once Santana had unlocked the door. No one seemed to be home at the moment meaning they were most likely by themselves. It didn't bother them since they could occupy themselves whilst they were waiting. however, Santana still looked uneasy. Brittany wasn't sure why so she went over and wrapped an arm around her kissing her temple. She had only been to Santana's house once and, to be honest, she didn't even remember anything. She had drank that night and even though the house looked kind of familiar to her, it wasn't as though she knew where she was. She couldn't find Santana's room or anything.

"Come on. We can go to my room." Santana stated taking her head leading them both to her room. "I can't believe my parents and brother aren't here."

Brittany bit her lip not wanting to intrude. "Well, where are they?"

"No clue sweetie." Santana responded shrugging her shoulders closing the door behind them. "Excuse the mess. I didn't have time to tidy up this morning."

"It's fine, babe. My room isn't exactly perfect."

"Are you joking?" Santana asked before laughing. "Your room has everything in its place."

Santana did have a point. She did like her room tidy but that didn't mean she expected everyone else's to be to her standard. She didn't mind when it was someone else's room since it was their living space, not hers. Plus the untidiness was kind of who Santana was. Everything might not be perfect but, in her opinion, it showed off Santana's personality and who she was as a person. Brittany liked that.

"How about we watch a movie?" Santana suggested. "I have a few Disney movies."

Laughing, Brittany nodded. "Big Hero 6?"

"I actually do funnily enough. Don't judge me."

Brittany shook her head before moving to sit on Santana's bed waiting. In this type of environment she always imagined herself being scared or nervous, but she was actually feeling good. Calm and content would be a couple of words to use in this situation. The room was darker than hers, that was for sure, but she could get used to it. To be honest, Brittany wanted to start coming over to Santana's more so she could get to know her family, since they didn't really know one another. She wanted to know what her mother and father were like; her brother too. What she was like when she was younger and to hear all the stories about baby Santana. She wanted to know where the family came from to how they got where they are. If Santana's family were important to her then they were important to her too. She knows Santana feels the same about her own family.

She felt the bed dip meaning Santana had come to join her. She leant against the headboard holding an arm out giving Santana the invitation to cuddle up against her which she took. Taking the remote from her girlfriend she turned the movie on. She was surprised when Santana turned off her lamp seeing as it was already pretty park in the room with, at the moment, the television being the only source of light. Neither of them cared though since they were able to be alone together. Well, at least until her parents and brother returned. To be honest, Brittany hadn't really heard her talk much about her family. Whether that was intentional or not, she wanted to know more about them.

"Babe?"

"Mhm?" Santana mumbled stroking Brittany's side.

"Tell me about your family." Brittany requested moving her hand over Santana's back. "You don't talk about them much."

"I usually have my mind occupied by you that anything else doesn't seem to process." Santana explained chuckling making Brittany blush. "But honestly there isn't much to know. My parents are doctors, which you know, and my brother is at college playing football, which you know too. What more is there?"

"Well what are they like? How are hey as parents? Is your brother a good big brother? Stuff like that."

It was sweet that Brittany wanted to know about her family. She knew many other people wouldn't give a damn so for a girl to want to know about her family was new. She never imagined any girl asking about her family, actually. She always imagined just introducing then it being left like that.

"Okay, well, my parents were kind of strict, however, dad always spoiled me and Julian." Santana admitted with a smile. "Julian didn't think he dos but that's not true.. Whatever I wanted growing up, I got. Dad put it down to me being the only girl but I know it was down to him growing up poor. He couldn't get a lot of thing and, even though Julian would never admit it, we both got spoilt. I'm just younger than him so the stuff he got, I don't think he noticed. For example, one year my dad paid for him to go to football camp for the summer which was over two grand. Julian just saw it as being sent away to camp."

"That is pretty lucky." Brittany responded kissing Santana's head.

The Latina nodded in agreement. "Basically, yes. However it was hard too because they were at work a lot. Julian looked after me almost every day which is why I think he has a tough relationship with him. Julian wanted our parents around more. Mami was home more than dad so we got a better relationship with her. I feel like dad thought he needed to buy our love a little but, of course, we didn't want that. We just wanted him around a lot more ham he was."

"So you and your brother got closer because he looked after you a lot?" Brittany assumed in a questioning manner.

"Exactly." Santana confirmed moving her hand to rest on Brittany's upper abdomen. "We played football and video games together then watched TV too. He was a pretty awesome big brother and I liked hanging out with him so, when he went away to college, it was harder for me than my parents."

Brittany moved the hand that wasn't on her girlfriends back to hold Santana's hand squeezing it in comfort. "At least he's come home to visit."

Santana couldn't help but smile before nodding. "It's why I spent the day with him when he came home. I wanted to see him so badly since he took care of me a lot."

Brittany smiled stroking the Latinas back whilst they watched the movie. Well, they weren't watching it as such but they were listening to it at least. When it came to Disney movies, Brittany was such a kid. She loved animated movies and they were often such beautiful pieces of art. She could watch them all day at times.

"I have a question to ask." Santana stated sitting up. "Julian and I are going to have dinner tomorrow night. Will you come too? Out of everyone in my family I want you to get to know him the most."

Brittany smiled. "Honey, of course I'll come with you. I want to get to know your brother."

"I'm glad you're willing to meet my family."

"I've always wanted to." Brittany admitted before leaning in kissing her cheek. "I want to know who influenced who you are today."

"Then you'll be impressed." Santana responded. "You'll like them all, I'm sure of it."

Brittany couldn't help but notice how adorable Santana was. The way she spoke about her family or things she cared about made her heat flutter. She got so passionate about stuff like that. I couldn't wait to see all the sides to her that I hadn't seen. Everything was just exciting for Brittany since this was all new and I knew it was for her girlfriend as well. They may have just told each other I love you for the first time, however. anything they do in the future will impact them. Brittany couldn't wait for all the firsts she would get to have with Santana. She made her so incredibly happy and couldn't wait to see where life took them. All she wanted was her and would do her absolute best to make sure Santana stayed happy. That's all Brittany wanted for her and she would make sure, until her last breath, that she was happy and content.

"I can't wait to meet the Lopez Family." Brittany said before pushing Santana onto her back. "I can't wait to do everything with you, Santana."

"Yeah?" Santana asked to make sure she heard her right."You want everything with me?"

Brittany nodded leaning her head on her arm moving her other arm to trace her fingers over her skin. "I do. I want everything from you being my prom date to you taking my virginity. I love you, so so much, Santana Lopez. You have made me a better person and I couldn't do anything to repay you for that. You are my best friend, aside from Rachel of course, my girlfriend and sometimes, even my therapist. I know I will meet your family in the future but, right now, I'm just content laying here with you until we fall asleep."

Santana blushed before leaning up grazing her lips over her girlfriend's. She looked up into Brittany's eyes cupping her cheek. "I am in love with you, Brittany Pierce. I will always, always, be in love with you."

Brittany smiled leaning in and kissing her girlfriend before looking back into her favourite pair of chocolate brown eyes.

"I will always be in love with you too."

Brittany laid down completely before pulling Santana against her chest, spooning her from behind. This year had been the most important one in her opinion. She had a motorcross contract of some sort, had real friends and now a real girlfriend who she loved. She never thought at any point in her life she would get to this stage, however, here she was. The thing about life is it takes you in different directions and when Brittany was pointed towards this one and took it, it was the best decision she had ever made. Now, she had a great relationship with her parents and had accepted her twin brother's death, well, better than what she had before. Everything in her life was now perfect and, finally, she could say she was happy with her life. What more could a person want?