This story will end in two chapters, would some of you like a second part?
''Happy belated birthday Brittany!'' Alma Lopez exclaims with a bright smile as she watches her granddaughter and Brittany walk through the airport, Brittany smiles adjusting her hold on the sleeping three year old in her arms and rubs her back as she groans softly.
''Thank you Alma.'' She replies kindly as she watches her girlfriend hug her Abuela, she let's go of their luggage as soon as Santana stepped back and walks over to Alma leaning down to hug her. ''Nice to see you again.''
''Oh yeah I am happy to see the three of you again too, how was your flight?'' Alma asks as she helps her granddaughter with their luggage watching the blonde murmur sweet nothing into Bella's hair as she grumbles in her sleep.
''It was okay Abuela, Bella was quite scared and the turbulence didn't allow her to sleep a lot so I don't think she will wake up now.''
Alma shakes her head unlocking her car and smiles kindly dropping their luggage in the trunk of her car. ''Let her nap querida, first flights are always a bit stressful for kids and parents are the both of you okay?''
Santana nods her head and smiles slightly. ''Yeah Bell's was scared but she didn't cry, Brittany managed to distract the both of us long enough for the flight to take off and after that we just cuddled with her and looked out of the window.'' She tells her as she watches her girlfriend buckle her daughter in and sliding into the car next to her, she kisses her Abuela's cheek and smiles lovingly. ''We are all ready to spend the week here with you.''
''I am too Santanita, I already searched out a few fun things for all of us to do and laid a few things out that might be fun for you and Brittany.''
''That sounds amazing Abuela.'' Santana replies smiling lovingly, she walks around the car as she walks to the drivers door and slides into the passenger seat turning in her seat. ''You okay, mi amor?'' She asks as she notices Brittany taking a painkiller, Brittany nods her head taking a sip of the bottle of water out of Bella's bag and smiles slightly.
''Yeah just the cramped sitting position in the plane caused a bit of pain, I will be alright love.''
''You are just too tall for everything Brittany.'' Alma teases as she pulls out of the parking lot, Brittany smiles slightly as she hears her girlfriend giggle and shrugs shooting Alma a smirk.
''Maybe all of you are just too short Alma.'' She laughs as Alma just hums and turns to look at Bella as she groans softly, she reaches over squeezing her little hand and smiles lovingly. ''It's alright little B.''
She looks up as she feels the car stop and her eyes widen as she sees them standing right near the beach. ''Whoa you live on the beach?''
Alma glances in the rear view mirror and nods her head chuckling. ''Yeah I do.''
''Awesome.'' Santana chuckles as she hears her girlfriend amazed whisper and turns in her seat smiling lovingly.
''Sunset walk tonight?'' She shoots her a wink as she immediately nods her head and slides out of the car opening the door for her, she leans back into the car after Brittany slid out and carefully takes her daughter in her arms kissing the top of her head as she grumbles in her sleep. ''It's alright mija, you can sleep in a bed now.'' She murmurs following her grandmother and girlfriend into the house, she looks around smiling lovingly as she sees the pictures of her daughter, herself and Brittany they took during their zoo visit hanging on the wall and turns to her Abuela. ''Abuela, where can I lay her down?''
''Babe do you mind if I lay down with her?'' Brittany asks as she walks over to her after Alma directed them towards both rooms where they will sleep for the week, Santana shakes her head frowning in concern and looks up at her.
''That bad Britt-Britt?'' She thanks her Abuela softly as she tells them that she will make coffee and kisses her cheek, she turns back to her girlfriend walking into one of the rooms with her and places her daughter on the bed.
''Yeah kinda but it will be better after I relaxed babe.'' Brittany tells her softly, she closes the door kicking her shoes off and slides out of the shorts she wears. She smiles thankfully as Santana throws her a pair of sweat pants after she grabbed a diaper for Bella and slips it on, she slides into bed beside the little girl kissing the top of her head as she immediately rolls over cuddling into her after Santana changed her diaper and looks up at her girlfriend. ''Enjoy a few hours alone with your Abuela babe.''
Santana nods her head kissing the top of her daughters head and leans over her kissing Brittany softly. ''Te amo, Britt-Britt thank you for planning this trip.''
''No need to thank me San, I love you too.''
Santana smiles lovingly as she hears the tired slur enter her girlfriends voice and leans down kissing her head. ''Take a nap mi amor.'' She murmurs lovingly, she stands back up tucking the both of them in watching her girlfriend slowly drift off to sleep and slips out of the room.
''They asleep querida?'' Alma asks as her granddaughter walks into the kitchen a minute later, Santana sits down next to her at the kitchen table and nods her head.
''Yeah B fell asleep quite quickly and Bell's didn't wake up during her diaper change.''
''How are you doing Santanita?'' Alma asks softly, Santana leans back in her chair after taking a sip of her coffee and smiles slightly.
''Much better Abuela, I still have therapy once a week but till now I only had one nightmare and that happened yesterday night.''
''Why?'' Alma asks frowning, Santana runs a hand through her hair and sighs.
''Friday afternoon we bumped into Brittany's parents and her dad told her to stay away from Emily which broke both girls hearts, I decided to visit their mom and told her about my own toxic relationship and that our town offers a lot of help to get her out of the relationship so opening the wounds I just closed caused nightmares.''
''Why would a parent force his daughters to stop having contact to each other?'' Alma asks shocked, Santana shrugs her shoulders and bites her lip.
''Brittany's dad doesn't like her and he kicked her out the day she turned sixteen and she managed to rent an apartment under the name of her then boss, he is against her being gay and add her hyperactivity on top of that and he just waited for the right moment to kick her out not expecting Brittany to stay in town for her sister.''
''What an asshole.'' Alma murmurs shocked, Santana hums in agreement and sighs.
''Yeah so long story short he tried to forbid her to see Emily but Em and I managed to convince Susan to let them still meet up, Susan agreed but only if she could talk to Brittany.''
''Did she?'' Alma asks raising an eyebrow, Santana nods her head and smiles sadly.
''Yeah she did but turns out she is a good actress and fooled all of us except Britt.''
''What do you mean?''
''She is an alcoholic and instead of taking care of her youngest daughter she spends her money on booze, if it wasn't for Brittany, Emily would have starved months after they kicked Britt out.'' Santana takes a sip of her coffee and sighs. ''Britt exposed her in front of all of us and set up the ultimatum that if she wants to have contact with her that she has to be sober for at least three months.''
''Are you serious? Why did she do that?'' Alma asks her granddaughter shocked, Santana bites her lip smiling lovingly and plays with the Brittany gave her.
''For me and for Bella, she doesn't want the both of us to deal with anymore stress and she already went through therapy because of what happened with her parents so she set that ultimatum to protect all of us for pain.'' She looks up at her Abuela and smiles slightly. ''She almost kicked her out because she got to loud and told her that Bella is asleep right across the hall and that she doesn't want her to wake up and see her.''
''That girl really loves the both of you and I can see how happy she makes you, I am glad to hear that everything is going well querida.''
''Everything is going really well Abuela.'' Santana breaths out smiling dreamily. ''Brittany is really a dream come true and Bella worships her, Britt always has a big mouth telling all of us she will never dress up no matter who asks but she did dress up for Bell's yesterday with Puck.''
''Dress up as what?'' Alma asks amused as she hears her granddaughter giggle, Santana takes out her phone unlocking it and taps her Whatsapp opening the group chat they have with her friends. She taps the picture Quinn took of Brittany holding Bella up giving her an Eskimo kiss and turns it around showing it her Abuela.
''She dressed up as Elsa even did the same hairstyle, that made Bella's day and the big smile didn't leave her face the whole day.''
''Oh that is just too adorable querida.'' Alma gasps out looking down at the picture, she looks up at her granddaughter and smiles lovingly. ''You can see Bella's bright smile on the picture and the love in Brittany's.''
Santana nods her head in agreement and smiles slightly. ''Swipe to the right Abuela.''
Alma does as she says swiping to the right and smiles lovingly as she sees the picture of the three of them sitting on the couch with big bright smiles, Santana leans forward tapping the screen to zoom in and makes sure the key chain Brittany is holding is clear to see. ''I asked her to move in with me and Bella after graduation.''
''Are you serious?'' Alma asks shocked turning to her in shock, she tilts her head and raises an eyebrow. ''Wait do you know what college you will attend?''
''Yes to both.'' Santana replies giggling as she hears her Abuela squeal, Alma places the phone down turning to face her granddaughter completely and leans forward grabbing both of her hands.
''Tell me everything.''
Santana laughs softly squeezing the hands holding hers and bites her lip.
Flashback to a few hours ago.
''Britt-Britt?'' Santana asks walking into the kitchen with her daughter after changing her diaper, she chuckles softly as her girlfriend turns to her chewing on the cake she ordered for her and nods her head to the living room. ''It's gift time, mi amor.''
''Gifts B, B birthday!'' Bella squeaks out reaching for the blonde, Brittany smiles lovingly taking her out of Santana's arms and kisses the top of her head.
''Mh that's right.'' She looks at her girlfriend and raises an eyebrow. ''You didn't have to buy me something baby, the cake and this party are more than enough.''
Santana shakes her head pulling her into the living room softly pushing her down on the couch and chuckles nervously. ''Just be quiet babe.'' She sits down next to her hearing their friends chuckle and smiles as they all sit down around them. ''Who wants to go first?'' She asks.
''You can San.'' Mercedes tells her smiling lovingly, Santana nods her head leaning over the side of the couch grabbing the small velvet box and a bigger wrapped box, She sits back up turning to her girlfriend and hands her the bigger gift smiling as she places Bella in the middle of them, she pulls her daughter in her lap watching her girlfriend tear off the wrapping paper and kisses the top of her head as she cuddles into her. ''Em, Jake and Q all chipped in.''
''No way!'' Brittany gasps out as soon as she sees the gift, she turns to her girlfriend and after glancing at their friends and smiles brightly. ''I thought this was sold out!'' She exclaims taking out the newest shooter game and the limited edition controller matching it.
Emily shakes her head and giggles. ''No it wasn't but we somehow had to keep you from buying it yourself sis.''
Santana watches Brittany hug her sister and their friends and looks down at her daughter. ''You want to give the next gift mija?'' She smiles as she nods her head handing her the velvet box and turns to her girlfriend blowing her a kiss as she sits back down. ''You can hug us in a second mi amor.''
''B, gift!'' Bella exclaims holding out the small box, Brittany smiles lovingly taking it from her and leans down kissing her head.
''Thank you little B.''
Santana smiles nervously as she opens the box and runs a hand through her hair biting her lip as she turns to her in confusion as soon as she eyed the gift. ''Something is still missing but I hope we get to add that soon.'' She glances down at her daughter smiling lovingly as she looks up at her with a bright smile and turns back to her girlfriend. ''We are already living together here but with graduation coming up and me going to UCLA with the three crazies, Bella and I would like to ask you to relocate and move in with us.''
End of Flashback.
''Oh that is just adorable querida, I take it she said yes?'' Alma asks smiling brightly, Santana nods her head and chuckles.
''She did, we will both search for an apartment the upcoming few weeks so we can move in as soon as I graduated.''
''So you got into UCLA si?''
Santana hums and smiles. ''I did Abuela, I will follow a part-time class and do the other half on the computer at home so I can still be home for Bella too.''
''What about Brittany?'' Alma asks softly, Santana shrugs her shoulders and sighs softly.
''She will still be a soldier and will start working as soon as her leg is better, for the time being Mercedes offered her and Puck a job to be her bodyguards whenever she is at the recording studio and attending to interviews and concerts in LA.''
Alma nods her head pulling her granddaughter in her arms by their connected hands and smiles brightly kissing her forehead. ''I am so proud of the way you are living your life querida, you are an amazing mother and your daughter is an angel, you have a loving girlfriend and you got into one of the best colleges in LA.''
Santana cuddles into her sighing softly and smiles slightly. ''You don't even know how much those words mean to me Abuela.'' She breaths out wrapping her arms around her waist.
''I am speaking nothing but the truth Santanita, I am not worried about what will happen in your life because you will overpower every rock thrown into your path.''
''I wouldn't be this sure without Brittany's help tho.'' Santana murmurs softly.
''Yes you would, you are strong babe and you would have turned your life around the second you saw the possibility. Everything your reached now and will reach in the future is your success, yes I was there but you fought that battle alone I stood behind you and showed you the support you needed to see that there is a way out.''
''Buela!''
Alma and Santana both pull out of the hug looking at the door and smile as Brittany walks in carrying Bella, Brittany places Bella in Alma's lap after kissing the top of her head and walks around her after squeezing her shoulder.
Santana looks up at her girlfriend pecking her on the lips as she leans down and smiles slightly. ''You did way more than just show me support mi amor, you showed me what real love is.''
Brittany smiles sitting down next to her and takes a sip of her girlfriends coffee grimacing at the sweetness. ''Damn forgot you like to overload on sugar.'' She smiles slightly as she hears her girlfriend, Alma and Bella giggle and locks eyes with her girlfriend. ''You showed me that too love.'' She reaches out squeezing her hand and smiles lovingly. ''You will rock college and whatever you will decide to do after that San.'' She turns to Bella and shoots her a wink chuckling as she buries her face in Alma's chest with a cute smile. ''Your Abuela is right, just like Alma I am also really proud to see the changes you made in your life to allow yourself to be happy and your happiness just intensifies little B's happiness.''
Santana smiles slightly and stands up, she pushes her girlfriends chair back dropping down in her lap making sure not to put too much weight on her injured knee and kisses her cheek. ''You, Bella, Abuela and our friends make me happy mi amor.'' She breaths out cuddling into her protective arms, Brittany smiles kissing the top of her head and hums softly.
''Mh you all make me happy too love and as soon as we move to LA we live a bit closer to your Abuela too so we can visit her more.''
''I would love that and I will definitely visit the both of you as soon as you found an apartment.'' Alma tells them smiling lovingly as she sees the bright happy smile on her granddaughters face, she looks down at the little girl in her lap and kisses her head. ''Did you sleep well honey?''
Bella nods her head and smiles brightly. ''Si, cuddle with B and Mami.''
Santana smiles lovingly watching her Abuela and daughter interact and tilts her head up kissing the underside of her girlfriends jaw. ''Te amo, Britt-Britt.''
