I was going to update this before now but my knee surgery took a touch longer than they expected but I'm home now healing nicely.
The next weekend Kurt was awakened by a text from Santana that told him to be ready at 11 to go shopping. When Santana pulled in front of the Hummel house Quinn was sitting in the front seat so Kurt got in the back.
"So what exactly are we going shopping for?"
"She won't tell me Kurt, I've been trying since she picked me up to get her to tell me what we are doing."
"God have you two ever heard of a surprise. I know what I am getting, but I need a second opinion and a gay man opinion which is where you two come in." Ten minutes later they parked at the mall and walked inside. They walked through half the mall before Santana turned into Jared Jewelers.
"Good afternoon, can I help you with something today?"
"Yes, my name is Santana Lopez, I called earlier to have a selection set aside for me to look through."
"Of course Ms. Lopez, let me go get that for you, please take a seat." The clerk went over to a case and unlocked it while Quinn and Kurt stood next to Santana. "San, what are we buying exactly, are you getting Britt a necklace for her birthday or something?" Santana was about to open her mouth to answer when the clerk set the jewelry down in front of them, "here we are Ms. Lopez, our best selection of engagement rings that fall within your budget. Just look these over while I grab the size and price chart and we can sort through them." As the clerk walked away again Santana turned to see Quinn and Kurt who were floored, shocked and slightly pale which was saying something seeing as they were both tragically pale anyway.
"Are you two actually going to help or not? I'm thinking a square cut."
"En…En…Engagement rings. You are buying Brittany an engagement ring?"
"Well Quinn it is the logical step before you marry someone to ask them and present them with a ring."
"Don't be a smartass, Santana this is huge, like super huge, like this is a decision that affects the rest of your life huge. Are you sure about this?"
"Q, I know we are young, but I'm not leaving for NY until she is my fiancée and I will not leave for deployment before she is my wife. We won't get married till we graduate cuz underage marriage I for dumb people who are afraid of the future, we aren't that dumb, but I want her to have the ring and know that I am ready to make that commitment to her. She's my soul mate; I'd be crazy to let her think that I am anything other than 110% in this relationship for the long haul.
"This is so romantic; it's like a romantic movie, but better cuz I'm in it." Kurt sat down and looked through the rings with Santana.
"If this is what you really want Santana, then we will help." Quinn sat down on the other side of her friend. "Have you thought about how you are going to ask her yet?"
"Yep, it's all set up and ready to roll, I just need the perfect ring."
The clerk sat down and laid out a few rings to get them started. Santana poured over several rings before she asked the clerk a question.
"Is there a way to combine two designs?"
"Yes ma'am we can custom design any ring and we can certainly take two designs and create one that matches what you are looking for. Are there any two rings that you have in mind?" Santana handed him two rings that she had been eyeing for the last half hour. "I like the setting on this one and the cut and band design on this one."
"We can easily make you a custom design from these selections Ms. Lopez, would you like to engrave anything inside the band?"
"You can do that?"
"Yes ma'am, is there something that you have in mind?" Santana wrote down on a piece of paper what she wanted engraved. After they finalized the design the three teens went over to the register where the clerk was ringing them up. When the clerk told them the amount Kurt and Quinn were both floored as Santana handed him her credit card.
"Santana, did you rob a bank, you can tell me if you did?"
"No Q, I've been saving up for a long time and Liz kicked in some money too, but most of it is mine. She deserves the best and I'll go broke seeing that she gets it."
"Santana while that may in fact be the sweetest thing ever I'm pretty sure Britt would marry you if you asked her with the ring in a box of cracker jacks, matter of fact she might actually prefer that ring, it would be very Breakfast at Tiffany's."
"I know that Kurt, but every girl and probably even you, dreams about this moment and I want Brittany to have the best I can find, I want to be the one to make her dreams come true."
"That may in fact be the sweetest and gayest thing you have ever said."
"Bite me Quinn, lets see how sappy you get when you realize that you want to marry the midget." The clerk handed Santana her receipt and told her the ring would be ready in about three weeks. As they walked through the food court and waited in line for their lunch Quinn eyes the receipt before handing back to Santana, "be thankful they don't charge by the letter on the engraving fee, what does it say anyway?"
"Je t'aime, Je t'aime, je t'aime comme jamais auparavant." Quinn looked confused, but Kurt just beamed from ear to ear.
"And the translation for the girl who doesn't speak French."
Santana smiled, "I love you, I love you, I love you like never before. I figured since that song has kind of been our song since I sang it to her then it would be the perfect thing to put into the ring."
"Well I agree and I also would like to propose a toast to Santana, may her marriage proposal be one for the books and with any luck hopefully Brittany will say yes." They clunked the plastic cups before finishing their meals and heading home.
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