(Past&Present)
'' Ready sis?'' Heather asks softly as she walks up to her sister and family with her wife and daughter, Brittany bites her lip and slowly nods her head.
'' Yeah let's go before I chicken out again.''
Heather nods her head wrapping an arm around her waist knowing their wives and kids will follow and leads her sister out onto the cemetery, she tightens her hold around her as she feels her tense and turns to look at her sighing softly. '' I know you don't want to hear this, but you managed to escape this for the past three years but it's time to visit them.''
Brittany bites her lip trying to ignore the feeling to flee and shrugs. '' It's hard.''
'' I know it is sis it is hard for all of us, but you can't escape it every time.'' Heather whispers softly, she stops walking telling her wife, sister in law and kids to go visit the graves first and turns to her sister. '' We will all be here for you Britt, I allowed you to sit in the car the past three years but this time I want you to sit there and talk to them.''
'' Talk to what? Four stones? They belong here with us Heath.'' Brittany exclaims tears filling her eyes, she gulps looking down at the ground and shrugs. '' You don't even know how much it broke me the second I saw it in the news.''
'' You are right, I don't know it exactly but I lost my parents and in laws too Britt. I know that you take it ten times worse than any of us do and that your marriage suffered under it, but not visiting them during times like this isn't right either.''
'' You are right, I know all of that sis and I know you lost them too. But I.'' Brittany shakes her head and closes her eyes tears slowly streaming down her cheeks and flashbacks filling her mind.
'' You want another beer B?'' Puck asks as they finished cleaning up the kitchen after having dinner with Marley, Naya, Heather, Santana and the kids.
Brittany shakes her head and smiles slightly. '' Nah I still need to drive Puck.''
'' Think the folks already landed and enjoy their vacation?'' Puck asks as he opens another beer, he holds out a can of coke for Brittany and leans against the kitchen counter.
Brittany turns to look at the time and nods her head. '' Yeah they should have landed an hour ago, I am sure they will text soon.''
Puck nods his head and smiles. '' Any plans for tomorrow aside from dress shopping with D?''
Brittany laughs pulling herself up and sits on the counter. '' Enjoy a relaxing night with San and the kids before the wedding stress picks up, she will go dress shopping with Q tomorrow and we both still need to plan their bachelorette parties.''
'' Brittany!''
'' Puck!''
'' Babe!''
Brittany and Puck both turn to each other frowning as they hear the angst in the girls voices and quickly jump down the counter, the sprint into the living room and look at them.
'' What's wrong?'' Puck asks hurriedly walking over to his wife, Marley points at the TV with tears streaming down her cheeks and sobs.
Brittany turns to the TV walking up to her wife and gasps softly the can of coke dropping out of her hand as she sees a plane crash on TV and the flight number of their parents written in bold on screen.
She reaches forward grabbing the remote control and turns the volume up covering her mouth as the news echoes around the otherwise silent room.
Breaking news: On landing, the plane made a heavy touchdown, bounced, and landed back on the runway in flames, as far as we know authorities say no one of the almost three hundred passengers survived.
She reaches out catching her wife as she sees her legs buckle and slowly lowers them to the ground closing her eyes as sobs wrack her Santana's body, she gulps tears of her own streaming down her cheeks and shakes her head. '' No..'' She murmurs brokenly
Puck watches on in shock as the girls all fall down their knees sobbing brokenly and reaches for his phone, he scrolls down tapping the papa P saved in his contact list and dials the number putting it on speaker.
The caller you are trying to reach is not available, please try it again.
He shakes his head trying the same with Maribel and Lio biting back a sob as he gets the same message and slowly sinks down behind his wife looking at the TV in shock.
'' No.'' Heather breaths out softly, she falls against her sister sobbing loudly and shakes her head. '' Please tell me this is a dream.''
Brittany mutely shakes her head trying to console her wife and gulps still looking at the TV.
'' Britt.'' Heather shakes her sister softly as she chokes out a sob and pulls her in her arms as their wives and kids join them again. '' Come out of it sis, please.''
Brittany slowly shakes her head getting rid of the flashback and gulps. '' I can't do this.'' She mutters softly trying to turn away ignoring her wife's and kids tears stricken faces, Santana shakes her head grabbing her wife's arm before she can walk away and pulls her in a hug.
'' I know you can do this mi amor.'' She pulls back cupping her cheek and slowly catches the tears still running down her cheeks. '' Want me to come with you?''
'' Can you?'' Brittany asks softly her voice breaking, Santana nods her head and looks over her shoulder at her sister.
'' Nay can you?''
Naya nods her head and looks down at her daughter, nephews and niece. '' Come on kids we will go to Starbucks and wait there.''
Santana shoots her a sad smile softly thanking her and crouches down in front of their kids knowing that Heather will hold Brittany, she kisses their cheeks and wipes away their tears. '' We will be there soon, listen to aunt Nay alright?''
'' Will mommy be okay?'' Nico asks sniffling, Santana bites her lip and sighs softly.
'' She will be after the visit and cuddling tonight.'' She stands back up as they nod their heads and softly pushes them towards Naya waiting at the entrance, she turns back to her wife and reaches out taking her hand. '' Come on, mi amor.''
She leads her down the rows of stones lined up and glances to the side as they slow down, she squeezes her wife's hand as she sees her looking down at the ground and smiles sadly as she looks up with tears in her eyes. '' Heath and I will wait here for you, you need to do this alone Britt-Britt.''
She leans up on her tiptoes kissing her cheek as she slowly nods her head and let's go of her hand, she steps next to Heather as she watches her wife slowly walk over to the family grave their parents decided on before they passed and leans against her sister sniffling softly as they both watch Brittany fall down on her knees in front of the grave.
'' This will be hard to watch, but she needs to do this San.'' Heather murmurs softly as she wraps an arm around her shoulders, Santana nods her head and bites her lip as she watches her wife's lips move probably talking to their parents.
'' I know she has to Heath, but it hurts like hell to see her this broken.''
Heather nods her head in agreement and pulls Santana in a hug. '' I know but she bottled it up for far too long, I am glad she didn't fight much this time.''
'' She knows that she has to we talked about it last night, she also realized that she can't run away from it forever and that our kids miss them just as much as we all do.'' Santana sniffles softly as she watches her wife wipe away her tears and gulps. '' She didn't want to visit them because the names on the stones will make it even more real, but after I told her that it will also give her a bit of enclosure and a possibility to talk to them she decided to come with us.''
Heather nods her head in agreement tears running down her cheek as she watches her sister break down while touching the stone and squeezes Santana's side softly, Santana smiles sadly as her wife turns to them with tears streaming down her cheeks and steps out of Heather's arms as she watches her break down completely.
They both jog over and drop down behind her on the pavement, Santana reaches out pulling her wife in her arms and runs her hand down her back kissing her head. '' Ssht it's okay mi amor.''
'' I miss them so fucking much.'' Brittany sobs out grasping onto her wife's shirt to feel grounded, she buries her face in her neck and sniffles. '' Why did this have to happen?''
'' We don't know sis, we really don't but they are up there together with Ma and they are looking down at us proudly watching us raise our kids and live our lives.'' Heather murmurs sadly as she takes one of her sisters hands in her own knowing she needs the touch to feel grounded, she turns to look at the stone and bites her lip as she reads the text they chose for the stone.
Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure….You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure'' Remember what mama told us about them passing away when they get older? What they wanted us to do?''
'' To treasure their memory and to not live in sorrow.'' Brittany murmurs tearfully, Heather nods her head and sighs sadly.
'' We need to try that sis, we have so many amazing memories with them and we will treasure that forever.''
'' But it still hurts like hell.'' Brittany whispers brokenly still buried in her wife's arms, Heather hums softly and sniffles her heart breaking as she hears the pain in her sisters voice, she glances at her sister in law and smiles sadly as she sees silent tears streaming down her cheeks.
'' I know it does Britt but they wouldn't want us to cry every time we think of them, they want us to smile and to think about every amazing thing we did with them.''
'' Like our family Hawaii trip.'' Santana whispers softly voice filled with tears, Heather chuckles tearfully and nods her head.
'' I will never forget the second dad and papi fell down their surfboard and the boys surfed passed them with you giggling loudly.''
'' Or where they were drunk out of their minds and we finally got our payback and busted into their rooms to wake them up.'' Santana murmurs smiling lovingly.
Brittany chuckles tearfully and nods her head. '' God they hated us that day.''
Heather laughs and shrugs her shoulders. '' They deserved it after doing it to us on San and Nay's eighteenth birthday.''
'' three things will for always stay a memory I will cherish dearly.'' Brittany murmurs smiling sadly.
'' What is it?'' Heather and Santana ask in unison.
'' The four days they found out that they will become grandparents, the three times they got to hold their grandchildren for the first time and the first time they visited us in LA after we moved out.''
'' Their proud loving smiles, yeah I will never forget that either.'' Heather mutters sniffling, Santana nods her head in agreement and sighs softly.
'' There is one more, well two.'' She smiles as her wife pulls back to look up at her and kisses her forehead.
'' The day dad walked you down the aisle and led you into the father daughter dance, his proud smile never left his face that day.'' She pulls Heather closer kissing her cheek and smiles sadly glancing at the stone. '' And their amazing happy and excited smiles the day you and Nay renewed your vows and married again so they could plan your wedding.''
Heather nods her head in agreement and hums. '' Oh yeah that day was amazing.''
Brittany sighs softly pulling back and looks at the stone, she smiles sadly as the group picture of their parents smiling brightly immediately catches her eyes and leans forward running her fingers over their faces. '' They are dearly missed here but I know that they will always be with us right in our hearts, our kids will also continue spreading their legacy because they will hear every amazing thing we experienced with them.''
She slowly stands up wiping away her tears and holds out her hand for her wife and sister. '' Thank you for convincing me to come with you.''
Heather smiles hugging her sister as soon as she pulled her up and kisses her cheek. '' Anytime sis.''
Santana hums in agreement and kisses their cheeks, she turns back to the stone and runs her hand over it. '' We love and miss you guys, see you soon mami, papi, mama and dad.''
Heather and Brittany follow her lead running their hands over the stone and slowly follow Santana back to the entrance of the cemetery, Brittany runs a hand down her face and turns to her sister. '' I really don't want to enter Starbucks right now, can you grab Nay and the kids?''
She smiles as she nods her head turning on her heels and unlocks her car sliding behind the wheel, she turns to her wife taking her hand in her own and leans over the middle console kissing her softly. '' Thank you for catching me whenever I fall babe.''
'' I will always be there to hold you up mi amor, in good and in bad times remember?''
Brittany nods her head and sighs softly, she leans back in her seat looking out of the window and sighs sadly. '' I am ready to cuddle and enjoy some family loving.''
Santana hums softly and smiles squeezing her hand. '' We will do just that when we come home, we won't cook either we can order some pizza I am sure the boys and Val will love the junk food and movie night.''
Brittany chuckles and nods her head. '' Oh yeah I am sure about that.'' She glances in the rear view mirror as the doors open and winks as their kids crawl into the car, she watches them buckle up and rolls her window down as Faith and Naya walk up to her.
'' You okay?'' Naya asks softly as she leans through the window hugging her, Brittany nods her head and kisses her cheek.
'' I will be, thank you for keeping an eye on the kids Nay.''
'' Anytime B, enjoy your family night at home alright? We will see each other tomorrow for the game.''
Brittany nods her head and kisses Faith's cheek as Naya picks her up. '' We sure will, love you girls.''
'' We love you too auntie B.''