''Hey S how was your date?'' Puck asks falling down in the free seat beside his best friend on the bleachers watching the opponent soccer team train, Santana turns to look at him chuckling as she hears her mami and Susan pause their conversation and smiles as Quinn also turns to look at her with an eyebrow raised from her spot in Puck's lap.
''Like the last one just perfect but I was the one who got to plan it this time.'' She tells them smiling slightly, Quinn snickers seeing the loving smile on her face and squeezes her hand softly.
''What did you plan babe?''
''We went ice skating and finished it with a stroll through the park and hot chocolate.'' She tells them shrugging. ''Not as exciting as Britt's but I hope she enjoyed it.''
''She did honey, she came home last night and all she did was exclaim excitedly that she wants to go ice skating again soon.'' Susan reassures her smiling.
Maribel chuckles and nods her head. ''Yeah San did the same.'' She turns to look at the teens and smiles slightly. ''Winter ball is coming up right?'' She tilts her head curiously as they nod their heads and raises an eyebrow. ''You all going?''
Santana shrugs her shoulders and chuckles. ''Yeah probably.''
''Britt didn't ask you yet?'' Quinn asks curiously, Santana shakes her head and snickers.
''No I told her I don't really like going to those things and she hates them.''
''But she is your girlfriend, you want to go with her right?'' Quinn asks raising an eyebrow.
''She isn't well not yet.'' Santana tells her shrugging. ''And I really don't care about going with a date or not Q, I just want to have fun with my friends.''
Susan clears her throat covering a chuckle and taps Santana's shoulder. ''To clear this all up before it ends in a discussion.'' She holds out a small box and smirks. ''Britt asked me to give you this.'' She tells her as she sees her daughter creep up behind Santana nudging Maribel covertly nodding her head over to her daughter already wearing her winter soccer uniform.
''What is this?'' Santana asks confused looking at the small box in her hands, Maribel shrugs her shoulders and smiles slightly.
''Why don't you open it and find out mija?''
Santana frowns in confusion slowly opening the box and her eyes widen as she sees the silver bracelet with the text I am a warrior and three two gemstones, she tenses as she feels arms wrap around her from behind but quickly relaxes as she smells Brittany's perfume. ''What is this Britt-Britt?'' She asks softly.
''Think this will match your dress this winter formal?'' Brittany asks smiling slightly after exchanging a small smile with their friends and moms, she chuckles as Santana turns to her in confusion and crouches down behind her being mindful of the people sitting behind her. ''Will you be my date to the winter ball?''
''I thought.'' Santana starts in confusion, Brittany hums slowly nodding her head gently cutting her off and smiles slightly.
''I hate getting all dolled up and going to dances but having you as my date will make the night so much better.'' Brittany rolls her eyes as she hears their friends and moms coo and shakes her head. ''I regret doing it near them.'' She murmurs under her breath.
Santana giggles kissing her cheek and nods her head. ''I would love to be your date Britt-Britt.''
Brittany smiles taking the bracelet from her and slides it on her left wrist underneath the band she wears daily, she runs her finger over the text and smiles lovingly. ''Fits perfectly.'' She murmurs softly.
''Pierce come on it's showtime!'' Beiste yells interrupting their moment, Brittany sighs turning to look at her and nods her head.
Santana smiles pecking her on the lips flipping Quinn off as she squeaks and smiles lovingly. ''Go kick some ass Britt-Britt.''
Brittany hums kissing her softly and stands back up, she laughs as her mother hugs her quickly and kisses her cheek. ''Love you ma.''
''Love you too honey.''
Santana watches Brittany sprint down the bleachers taking off her Letterman jacket and glances down at the bracelet smiling slightly, Maribel leans into her daughter and kisses her cheek. ''Britt is right, it really fits you mija.''
Santana cuddles into her thanking her friends softly as they both compliment the bracelet and looks at the field watching Brittany and the captain of the opponent team stand in front of the referee for the coin flip.
''Is she good?'' Maribel asks curiously turning to look at her daughter, Santana shrugs and bites her lip.
''We only saw her train mami, this is her first game.''
''She got called captain before playing a game?'' Maribel asks shocked, Susan nods her head and chuckles.
''Beiste called the coach of the Dallas team and after that she made Britt captain.''
''So she is good?'' Maribel asks, Susan nods her head and smiles slightly nodding her head to the field and holds up her phone to record it for Demi.
''She is amazing.''
Santana turns back to the field the second she hears the whistle blown and her eyebrows raise in surprise as she sees the opponents kick off and Brittany immediately intercepting the pass and sprinting towards the goal.
''Holy shit she is really fast.'' Puck murmurs shocked watching his friend trick out different players while easily handling the ball with her feet, Santana hums watching in shock as she sees Brittany perform a full speed roulette tricking the last player and jumps up cheering as she scores in the first minute of the game.
''Well damn.'' Maribel exclaims shocked cheering as she hears the audience around them interrupt in cheers, she smiles as she sees Brittany casually jog back to her half only high fiving the team and shakes her head. ''She acts like she didn't just score the fastest goal during a game.''
''Brittany barely celebrates unless it's a goal made after a difficult trick or whenever she scores more than once, she hates the attention put on her but also loves the feeling of everyone cheering because it means she did something right.'' Susan explains shrugging.
Santana sits back down exchanging shocked impressed smiles with her best friends and turns back to the game as another whistle sound echoes through. ''Mercedes is hella impressed.'' She murmurs leaning towards Puck and Quinn nodding her head to the goalkeeper of the soccer team.
Quinn nods her head in agreement and laughs. ''Did you see Beiste's face? I think Britt shocked everyone.''
Santana chuckles nodding her head in agreement and braces her arms on her legs watching the game in rapt attention.
Eighty minutes later.
''Only ten more minutes and they are kicking their asses.'' Puck murmurs glancing at the scoring board smiling slightly as he sees his friends name bold on screen with two goals behind it, Santana nods her head and snickers.
''The opponents are tired as hell and dropped back to defend their goal, they don't even run forward whenever they get the chance.'' She watches Brittany intercept another pass and snickers as she immediately sprint onto the opponent half again. ''There she goes again.''
They all lean forward watching in rapt attention as the blonde on the field sprints towards the goalkeeper and flinch as she gets tackled from behind.
''Britt.'' Santana gasps out jumping up as she sees her laying on the field grabbing her ankle her face contorted in one full of pain, Susan bites her lip watching the team medics run out the second the referee's calls them over and gulps.
''Please no.'' She murmurs softly watching her daughters face.
''What are they doing?'' Santana asks confused as she watches the medics spray something on Brittany's ankle.
''They just ice sprayed her ankle, it will numb the pain so she can continue playing.'' Puck explains keeping his eyes on the field, Santana thanks him softly for the explanation and bites her lip watching the medics help Brittany standing up.
''She is limping.'' Maribel murmurs softly, Susan nods her head and sighs.
''Yeah but they just pissed her off, there is no way in hell that she will leave the field without scoring another goal.''
''Will she take the free kick?'' Santana asks curiously frowning in concern as she sees the pain still clear on Brittany's face, Susan shakes her head and smiles slightly.
''No she never does, she hates taking those kicks because she can't really control the way the ball flies when it's this windy.''
They all lean forward holding their breaths as Rose places the ball down to take the kick and watch Brittany give her some advice while the referee sets up the wall with players from the opponent team.
Santana bites her lip watching Brittany sprint towards the goal the second the referee blows his whistle and watches Rose lob the ball over the wall, she licks her lips as Brittany easily bumps the ball up with her chest and gasps softly as she performs a bicycle kick.
She jumps up cheering loudly as the ball lands into the goal after hitting the inside of the goal post and smiles brightly as she watches the team all sprint over to Brittany cheering loudly. ''Holy fuck.'' She murmurs softly.
Puck hums in agreement and chuckles. ''Girl just showed everyone how soccer is played.'' He mutters smiling proudly.
Susan smiles proudly watching the happiness in her daughters eyes and sniffles. ''She finally found the complete joy of life again.'' She murmurs softly so only Maribel can hear her, Maribel reaches out squeezing her arm and smiles lovingly nodding her head over to Santana as she watches Brittany blow her a kiss.
''The reason your daughter is happy is sitting right beside me, the reason my daughter is happy is walking over the field.''
Santana smiles as she sees Beiste cheer for her team the last minutes and chuckles as she jumps up and down the second the referee blows his whistle signaling the end of the game. ''I think she is Beiste's new favorite.''
''Not only Beiste's San.'' Quinn tells her laughing as she nods her head to the field where the players picked Brittany up carrying her on her shoulders as the audience burst out into loud cheers and claps.
''JBI will have a blast writing his newspaper for Monday.'' Puck murmurs laughing as he nods his head to the Afro boy taking pictures of the team.
Susan stands up as she watches two of her daughters teammates help her off of the field and sighs. ''Come on let's go to her, I kinda want to check out her injuries.''
Santana nods her head in agreement jumping up and follows her friends down the bleachers, she rolls her eyes as two male cheerios hold her back from entering the field and sighs. ''I belong to the captain.''
''We don't know about that Lopez, rule is no one enters the field without permission.'' One of them replies glaring at her.
''Glare at her again and we will find someone else playing field security. Let them through, they belong to me.'' Brittany murmurs voice filled with pain as she limps over to them after Beiste congratulated her on the game and told her to go to her mother to let her check out her ankle.
Santana rushes over to her the second they step out of her way and wraps an arm around her waist trying to brace most of her weight. ''How bad is it Britt-Britt?''
''Eight.'' Brittany grumbles in pain, Susan gulps knowing it's a clear ten for them and runs a hand through her hair.
''Want me to check it out here or at home honey?''
''Home ma, I desperately need a shower and I already told the team that we can celebrate Monday.''
Puck slides up beside his friend and wraps his arm around her waist, he pulls one of her arms around his shoulder smiling as Santana does the same and turns to look at her. ''Ready S?''
Santana nods her head straightening up to brace Brittany's weight with her strength ignoring that she is almost a head taller and leads her off of the field towards Puck's truck, Maribel pats Brittany's back as they walk past her and smiles lovingly.
''Nice game Britt, you really surprised me.''
''You surprised all of us, damn Britt you are fast as hell.'' Quinn exclaims, Brittany chuckles leaning against Puck's truck and runs a hand through her sweaty hair.
''That was nothing Q, bastards brought me out of the game with that damn sliding but I am glad we won this game.''
''When will the next be honey?'' Susan asks as Puck unlocks his truck, Brittany keeps her arm wrapped around Santana's shoulders running her hand up her arm and high fives some other students as they walk past her congratulating and complimenting her on the game.
''In two weeks before winter break ma.''
''Think you can play then Britt-Britt?'' Santana asks softly watching a lot of students walk past them to high five her, Brittany nods her head looking down at her and bites her lip.
''I have to, we are playing against Camel.''
''Damn a rival game before a break? That's hard.'' Quinn mutters her eyes widening, Brittany hums climbing into the car and kisses Santana's cheek as she slides in next to her.
''Not only a rival game Q, it is also the last play off match if we win we will enter the semi finals against Columbia.''
''Well fuck, no wonder that you already gave everything during your first game.'' Puck exclaims, Brittany turns to him as he drives off and raises an eyebrow.
''What do you mean?''
Santana chuckles looking up at her and bites her lip. ''You wanted to show everyone that you can play so they don't shit talk about the team with the playoffs coming up, you showed them that the team is amazing and that they have no reason to worry about winning.''
Brittany smiles sheepishly leaning against her and chuckles. ''Was it that obvious?''
Susan shakes her head turning in her seat to look at her daughter and chuckles. ''No not really honey, you just showed them what you can and you surprised everyone.''
''You sure did Britt-Britt.'' Santana agrees easily smiling proudly, she turns her head kissing the underside of her jaw as she cuddles into her and whispers. ''The game was amazing, it's kinda hot to see you play.''
Brittany opens her mouth to reply with a small smirk but quickly shuts it as Puck parks his car in the driveway of her house, she slides out wrapping her arm around her mothers shoulder for support and groans softly. ''Well this weekend will start out fun.'' She grumbles softly.
Susan shakes her head leading her into the house after Maribel unlocked the front door with the key she just gave her and walks into the living room, Brittany drops down on the couch immediately kicking off her shoes and sighs. ''Hey San?'' She asks softly.
''Yes?'' Santana asks softly as she walks over to her.
''Can you grab a bandage out of my room? I think I have some laying on my desk.''
Santana nods her head not noticing her nervous smile and turns on her heels jogging up the stairs, she walks down the hall towards Brittany's room and opens the door raising an eyebrow in confusion as the first thing she sees is a bouquet of roses placed in the middle of her desk.
She walks towards it frowning in confusion as a card with her name is attached to the vase and glances around for the bandages as she takes it, she unfolds it smiling as she sees the beautiful self drawn cover and licks her lips reading the message inside.
Dear Santana,
I loved all the time we spent with each other over the past few weeks. I can feel like I have a strong connection with you due to the many things we have in common. Judging from your reaction to our dates, I can tell that we definitely have feelings with each other. However, I can understand if you're not yet ready to dive into a relationship.
If you need time to think about what you want to happen with us, take all the time in the world. I will definitely be patient with you because you are so worth it.
Words can't even describe how much you amaze me and what you make me feel, you are the first person I voluntary watch romantic movies with and enjoy them because I get to spend time with you. Everything you do just makes me fall a bit further for you, watching you fight all horror in this world and allowing me to catch you if things get too much shows me just how much you trust me.
This card is not meant to stress you out and I don't expect an answer immediately but…
Santana Lopez, would you like to be my girlfriend?
Your,
Britt-Britt
Santana sniffles looking up as footsteps approach the room and gulps as Brittany appears into the doorway looking at her with a small smile, she drops the card crossing the room and tightly wraps her arms around her shoulders.
She leans up on her tiptoes as she leans against the doorpost and crashes their lips together swallowing her soft hum, she smiles into the kiss as she wraps her arms around her waist tilting her head to deepen the kiss and slowly pulls back leaning their foreheads together. ''Yes.'' She murmurs softly.
She smiles slightly as she sees her brows furrow and cups her cheek, she slowly pecks her lips and licks her lips. ''Yes I will be your girlfriend Britt-Britt.'' She clarifies smiling lovingly.
Brittany smiles brightly leaning down and captures her lips with her own again, Santana giggles into the kiss as Brittany continues smiling during the kiss and pulls back raising an eyebrow. ''Where are your bandages?''
Brittany smiles sheepishly mentioning her hand down to her foot and chuckles. ''Mom has all downstairs but I had to think of a reason to send you up here.''
''You genius.'' Santana murmurs softly chuckling, She tilts her head looking up at her and frowns in confusion. ''Nobody knew?''
Brittany shakes her head and chuckles. ''No and I kinda planned something else to ask you, but after our date yesterday I just couldn't wait.'' She runs a hand through her hair and sighs. ''Getting injured was not part of my plan but it was worth it seeing the smile on your face.''
Santana's eyes widen as soon as she mentions injury and quickly leads her over to the bed. ''Shit sorry, I kinda forgot.''
Brittany shakes her head dropping down to sit on the edge of her bed and pulls Santana in her lap kissing her cheek. ''Don't worry about it San, it is just a little strain and it will be over in two days.''
''And your mom let you take the stairs with a strain? She practically carried you upstairs after you injured your ankle during training last week.''
Brittany laughs and shrugs. ''She helped me to the top but after that she went back down to cook dinner with your mami.'' She leans to the side reaching for her nightstand and grabs a package of painkillers and the necklace she hid there, she sits up placing the painkillers beside her and smiles slightly holding the rectangle package out for Santana. ''This one belongs to the roses too.''
Santana bites her lip glancing down at the bracelet and gulps. ''B, the bracelet is more than enough.''
Brittany shakes her head and kisses her cheek murmuring. ''Just open it beautiful.''
Santana sighs softly opening the box and gasps softly as she sees a necklace with the fighter symbol to match her bracelet, she watches Brittany reach into the box and smiles lovingly as she sees both of their initials engraved on the other side of the symbol. ''B.'' She breaths out softly.
''I can't shop for jewelry or well I suck at finding gifts for people, but after I saw this set I immediately had to think of you because of the strength you have San. Everything you did just amazed me and I know that you will keep amazing me along the way, words can't even describe how proud I am to see you fight and win the battles you endure during the day.''
''It's beautiful.'' Santana murmurs softly taking the necklace out of the box, she holds it out for her and bites her lip. ''Will you put it on me?''