A few days later.
''Mama?'' Bella asks softly walking over to Brittany after they had dinner with their friend group, Brittany holds a finger up telling Puck to pause their conversation and turns to the little girl smiling lovingly.
''Yes sweetie?'' She leans down picking her up as she raises her arms a silent sign that she wants to be picked up and wraps her arms around her little waist as she immediately wraps her legs around her waist nuzzling her face in her shoulder. ''What's wrong sweetheart?''
''Will you be here tomorrow or do you have to work?'' Bella asks softly as she nuzzles her face in her neck, Brittany turns her head kissing the top of her head and rubs her back.
''I will be here, I would never miss out on your birthday sweetie.'' Brittany replies almost immediately, she adjusts her hold on her pulling back so she can look her in the eyes and cups her cheek running her thumb over her cheekbone to catch the tear that manages to escape the little girls eyes. ''What is going on in that pretty little head of yours little B?'' She asks softly.
''You got hurt again.'' Bella breathes out smiling sadly, Brittany closes her eyes cursing inwardly not having noticed that she heard a part of the conversation she had with their friends before dinner and sighs sadly.
''I did, but I am okay Bell's.'' She answers honestly.
''I don't want you to get hurt anymore mama.'' Bella murmurs sniffling, Brittany bites her lip tightening her hold around the little girls head and tilts her head as she buries her face in her neck.
''Oh sweetie.'' She breaths out sighing sadly as she sniffles again, she looks up locking eyes with her girlfriend and nods her head to the living room silently telling her that they need to move to the living room.
She walks out of the kitchen carrying Bella knowing her girlfriend and their friends will follow and sits down in the love seat, she settles Bella in her lap slowly pulling back again and cups her little cheeks in her hands. ''I think it's time for a serious talk sweetheart, do you want to talk to me and your mami alone?''
She turns to their friends as she nods her head and locks eyes with Puck. ''Noah can you..''
Puck nods his head knowing it's serious the second she uses his first name and turns to the group. ''Hey Marls and I have you all a few pictures to show of our trip to Vegas, come on.'' He tells their friends as he walks towards the balcony, Santana walks to her girlfriend and daughter the second the group follows Puck and sits down next to her girlfriend in the love seat.
''What's wrong mi corazón?'' She asks softly rubbing her daughters back as she sniffles knowing what's wrong but wanted to hear it from her daughter again.
''Mama got hurt again, her job is dangerous and I don't want to see her or you hurting.'' Bella breaths out sniffling, she turns to look at her mami after leaning forward to lean against her mama's shoulder again and bites her lip. ''At school we talked about the army because Simon asked and our teacher told us that a soldier is a hero but that it is also dangerous and that not everyone comes home.'' She pauses sniffling softly and gulps. ''I want mama to come home every time, she already is a hero so she can stop being one.'' She croaks out fresh tears streaming down her cheeks.
Santana bites her lip as she watches her girlfriend close her eyes knowing the emotions are getting to her too and scoots closer, she wraps one arm around Brittany's waist and intertwines her left with Brittany's right places on Bella's back the both of them rubbing the little girls back trying to console her.
''Oh mija, yes your mama's job can be dangerous but your teacher talked about the soldiers that are overseas.''
Brittany slowly pulls back again after calming her own emotions and looks down at Bella. ''The soldiers who are overseas are doing a dangerous job to protect our country sweetheart but I don't go overseas anymore and I never will because I don't want to leave you and your mami alone.''
''What is overseas?'' Bella asks tears still streaming down her cheeks, Brittany gently wipes away her tears and bites her lip.
''Soldiers who protect our country fly to countries far away from here to fight the danger that is there to make sure it doesn't reach us, most countries are across the sea so they call it overseas.'' She explains trying to make her understand, she places her finger under Bella's chin tilting her head up so they can lock eyes and smiles sadly as tear filled blue orbs lock on her own. ''I don't fly overseas sweetheart, I am still here in the country and just have to leave our city to help out in another to make sure nothing bad happens there.''
''But you get hurt too.'' Bella breaths out frowning, Brittany turns to her girlfriend not knowing how to explain her job to the little girl and gulps. Santana nods her head squeezing her waist softly understanding the silent question and turns to her daughter.
''Your mama sometimes have to work with the police here to catch a few bad people, your mama and the police try to catch the people who want to hurt other people and sometimes the bad people manage to hurt the police or your mama's team but that won't always happen mi corazón.''
''Why are there so many bad people?'' Bella asks sniffling, Brittany kisses her forehead and sighs softly.
''I don't know sweetheart but do you know why I do this job?'' She smiles as Bella looks up at her slowly calming down and runs her hand through her dark locks. ''To make this country a bit safer for you growing up, I don't want to see you or your mami get hurt so I try to work together with the police to make it better for you so you can continue be happy and safe.''
She pulls her girlfriend closer after kissing Bella's head again and squeezes her hand placed on Bella's back softly. ''I don't get hurt often sweetheart but sometimes I have a bad day and than it could happen, but sometimes me getting hurt also meant that I was just a bit too clumsy like last time.''
''Where you ran into a wall here at home?'' Bella asks giggling, Brittany chuckles hearing her girlfriend snicker and nods her head relieved that the mood swifts.
''Yeah like that time, I am sometimes moving to quick and can't slow down before the wall comes into view.'' She runs her hand through Bella's hair again and smiles lovingly. ''But I will always come home to you and your mami.''
''You promise mama?''
Brittany nods her head holding her pinky up and smiles lovingly as Bella and Santana both link her pinkies on hers. ''I promise.'' She replies nothing but truth showing in her eyes, she glances at the time sighing softly as she sees that it's already past Bella's bedtime and kisses her head. ''It's time for bed Bell's.''
Santana nods her head in agreement rubbing her daughters back and smiles. ''Your mama is right mija, it's already past your bedtime.''
''Can I say Tia Em, Quinn, Cedes, Marley and Tio Jake and Puck good night?'' Santana nods her head standing up and plucks her out of her girlfriends lap, she leans down kissing Brittany softly and leans their foreheads together.
Brittany nods her head understanding her silent statement and smiles lovingly, she kisses Bella's head and taps the tip of her nose. ''Good night sweetheart, love you.''
''I love you too mama, good night!''
Brittany leans back in the love seat watching her girlfriend walk to the balcony so Bella can say good night to everyone and pulls out her phone, she opens her contact list hovering her thumb over the name of her boss and bites her lip.
''You okay B?''
She jumps as Puck drops down next to her turning to her left as she feels someone else sit beside her and bites her lip as Mercedes also looks at her questioningly. ''Not really.''
''What's wrong?'' Mercedes asks softly, Brittany drops her head looking down at her phone again and gulps.
''Bella is scared of me getting hurt at work, seeing her so scared breaks my heart.''
''What exactly is your job?'' Kitty asks curiously, Brittany looks up at her knowing she doesn't really know and sighs.
''I work with different police corps whenever there is a threat made towards the white house or other higher ups which is a lot we come into the investigation, I have a team of soldiers here in the states and whenever there is any kind of danger that goes way past police work we are called in.'' She explains.
''And why is your phone currently open on your bosses name?'' Mercedes asks curiously, Brittany looks back down at her phone and gulps.
''Because I am seconds away from telling him that I quit.'' She turns to look at Mercedes hearing everyone gasp softly and shrugs. ''I love my job but I love my family more and I don't want to see them hurting because of me, I know my damn job comes with danger but just seeing the pain in Bella's eyes hurt me more than anything in my job ever could.''
Santana tiptoes over to her girlfriend having heard most of their conversation and leans down wrapping her arms around her shoulders from behind, she kisses her temple as she feels her jump and sighs softly. ''Yes seeing you get hurt sucks, but don't quit. You love what you do Britt-Britt and it's hard to find a job you love, most people just function in a job that makes them unhappy and we don't want to see you unhappy either.''
''But.'' Santana shakes her head covering her lips with her finger as she turns to look at her and smiles sadly.
''No, no buts.'' She walks around the love seat sitting down in her lap and wraps her arms around her shoulders. ''Yes it hurts the both of us to see you hurt but it doesn't happen often mi amor, we all know the dangers of your job but we know you are trying your hardest to stay out of it.''
Brittany sighs softly seeing nothing but the truth shine in her girlfriends loving brown orbs and tilts her head up pecking her on the lips, she turns back to her phone keeping the screen bright so she can look too and taps her boss's name.
''Babe.'' She shakes her head softly telling her to shut up and types out a message.
Hey boss any chance that I can get two months off? Summer vacation is coming up and I need a family vacation, I would also like to take you up on that offer and work more from the office to track bastards and hit the field whenever it's desperately needed.
She looks up at her girlfriend after sending her boss the message and smiles slightly as she sees the surprise shine in her brown orbs. ''He offered me a higher position last month and I told him that I would think about it, I love being in the fields but getting to work all high tech and track bastards down does sound more appealing knowing I won't get hurt unless I am my clumsy self.'' She smiles as she hears their friends snicker and leans up kissing her softly. ''It will be one of my gifts for Bell's you don't know about but I am in desperate need for a bit of family time just the three of us and I would love to leave this country behind and just relax and watch Bella squeal loudly whenever she sees one of her favorite Disney characters walk by.''
''You mean?'' Santana asks shocked, Brittany nods her head and smiles lovingly.
''Disneyland Paris will be our next destination love.'' She laughs as she squeals and leans back glancing at their friends seeing them all smile lovingly. ''Bell's will have the time of her life in the park and I am sure we can go sightseeing too.''
''What the hell did we do to deserve you in our lives mi amor?'' Santana asks shocked with a bright smile playing on her lips, Brittany looks up at her smiling lovingly and reaches up cupping her cheek winking as she leans into her touch.
''Just like I told you three years ago when we started dating, you deserve this and so much more love and I will make sure you get it.'' She leans back up pecking her on the lips ignoring their friends cooing and leans their foreheads together gazing into love filled brown orbs. ''I love you, baby.''