Hey guys, I know I promised drama this chapter but I decided to move it to the next one coming up. I thought you all could use a Brittana chapter beforehand, the song mentioned is Falling for you sung by Lady A (Antebellum)
Also to the guest asking if I have an actress in mind playing Britt's mom in this fiction because Jennifer Coolidge is way too cool for the way fiction Susan acts, I honestly didn't think of that. You guys have any ideas?
Thoughts?
''Maze go cuddle with C.''
Santana glances to her left hearing Brittany's soft whisper and smiles slightly as she watches Mason slide out from in between them to walk over to Mercedes and Sam cuddled up beside the both of them in front of the fire Puck lit up after they all enjoyed the dinner the group prepared while they cuddled with Mason during his nap, she turns back to Quinn to listen to her complain about their teachers and smiles slightly as she sees Mason crawl up the chair Mercedes and Sam are cuddled up on to cuddle with them.
''Noah, keep the fire going?'' Brittany asks as she stands up, she chuckles as everyone turns to her in confusion and shrugs. ''Look up.''
Santana looks up frowning in confusion and turns to their friends raising an eyebrow as they all smile knowingly.
''Can one of you tuck him in? I am sure he will nod off soon.'' Brittany murmurs as she walks over to Mason, she leans down to kiss his head and zips up his jacket. ''We will cuddle later bud, behave okay?'' She smiles as he nods his head and gently taps his nose. ''Love you.''
''Love you too Britty.'' Mason whispers with a cute grin.
''We will B.'' Mercedes promises softly as she pulls Mason against her side smiling as he immediately relaxes against her, Santana watches them or well Brittany while the others just smirk knowingly and raises an as she turns to her holding out her hand.
''Come on, I want to show you something.'' She glances up eyes locking on sparkling bright blue orbs and tilts her head a curious eyebrow arching up while she gently grabs onto her injured hand allowing her to help her up.
''Where are we going?''
''You will see.'' Brittany murmurs tugging gently on her hand. ''See ya later guys.''
''Have fun girls.'' Puck tells them while the others just chuckle softly at Santana's confused expression, Santana follows Brittany to the horses and watches her grab Shadow's reigns.
''Um Britt?'' She asks softly, Brittany turns to her slowing down as she sees her nervous expression and smiles slightly.
''Do you trust me?'' She asks softly, she smiles as Santana nods her head without a moment of hesitation and pats the saddle after running her uninjured hand through Shadow's mane. ''Hop on.'' She tells her softly.
Santana smiles as she feels Brittany still securely hold her hips while she pulls herself up to straddle the saddle and scoots forward, she feels Brittany easily hop on herself still impressed on how she manages everything with one hand still bandaged and glances back as she feels Shadow move further up the hill after Brittany spurred her on. ''Where are we going?'' She asks softly as she allows herself to relax back against Brittany's strong body.
Brittany just looks down shooting her a slight grin and returns her eyes back to the track in front of them. ''A bit further up.'' She explains softly. ''You will see soon.'' She murmurs as she spurs Shadow on to go faster after glancing at the sky knowing the sun is setting soon.
''Are you planning on killing me?'' Santana asks with an eyebrow raised as they enter the woods, she turns her head looking at the blonde as she hears her soft snicker and bites her lip.
''No.'' Brittany tells her chuckling. ''One, Maze would kill me knowing I harmed his second favorite cuddle partner.'' She tells her still chuckling. ''And two.'' She continues softly gently tugging on the reigns to steer Shadow. ''I enjoy your company way too much, now stop questioning me.''
Santana just chuckles turning back to the track in front of them and leans her head back enjoying the peacefulness the woods brings with it and the gentle galloping sound of Shadow reaching her ears.
''Don't fall asleep on me though.'' Brittany murmurs after a few minutes, Santana shakes her head and laughs softly.
''Don't worry I won't, just enjoying the silence.''
Brittany just hums smiling as she notices the all to familiar clearing right at the top and tugs on both reigns to slow Shadow down. ''We are almost there.'' She tells Santana softly, she tugs a bit harder on the reigns making Shadow stop completely as soon as they reach a tree where she can fasten the reigns and hops off. ''Come on, we can the rest of the way up.'' She tells Santana softly as she helps her slide off.
Santana locks eyes with Brittany raising an eyebrow as she turns to her right after she made sure Shadow is correctly fastened around the tree and tilts her head. ''Where exactly are we?'' She asks softly as she follows Brittany up the path.
''My spot.'' Brittany explains softly as she walks over to tree, she moves the lower branches outside so Santana can walk through first and nods her head to the biggest tree in the middle. ''I had to ask this before.'' She starts with a sheepish grin. ''Are you afraid of heights?''
Santana stops in her tracks glancing at the tree and smiles slightly. ''No just spiders and clowns.''
''Well I can assure you that there will be no clowns.'' Brittany mutters with a soft chuckle. ''Not sure about spiders, but I can remove them.'' She walks to another tree and stands tall on her tiptoes grabbing onto the makeshift ladder she hid there, she carries it over to Santana and places it against the tree. ''Don't worry about the noises this thing makes, it's pretty stable.''
Santana just nods her head warily eyeing the ladder made of branches and fastened with cord. ''You sure?''
Brittany hums and shoots her a small smile over her shoulder while climbing up, she climbs on the branch in front of the tree house she build with Puck while they were little and still work on it to make sure it's stays intact and grabs her keys out of her pocket unlocking the chain lock. ''Come on.'' She calls out as she opens the door crawling into the house, she leans out moving the branches with leaves aside watching Santana slowly climb up looking down every time she hears a small crack and chuckles softly. ''Don't worry San, it will hold I promise.''
''Better safe then hurt B.'' Santana murmurs as she continues looking down.
''That thing holds Puck's fat ass.'' Brittany tells her in amusement as she finally reaches the top. ''It looks old and rotten, but I check it every time I am up here.'' She helps Santana climb in making sure she doesn't bump her head and leans back out to pull the ladder up, she hangs it on one of the little branches sticking out of the tree and crawls in turning to look at Santana.
''Holy fuck.'' Santana breaths out in amazement as she looks around at the two mats placed on the ground, a few drawn pictures probably made by Mason and an old guitar leaned against another wall. ''This is amazing.''
She turns to Brittany as she just hums softly and raises an eyebrow as her face is suddenly lit up by dim light, she smiles slightly as she walks over holding an old lantern.
''It's spider free.'' Brittany reassures with a gentle chuckle as she sits down on one of the mats, she pats the spot beside her and reclined her head back while closing her eyes just enjoying the smell of wood and her own stuff surrounding her.
''This is your spot?'' Santana asks softly as she sits down beside her, she turns to look at her as she hums and raises an eyebrow. ''How did you find this?''
''I didn't.'' Brittany tells her with a small smile. ''Puck and I were out here most of the time when we were little, one day we found a few tree houses while walking through the woods and wanted one for ourselves too so we decided to build them.'' She turns her head to look at Santana and smiles slightly. ''This part of the woods still belongs to the ranch so we asked Cedes her uncle for permission, after he gave us the go and offered his help we started planning and this.'' She mentions her hand around them with a soft sigh and shrugs. ''Happened, we make sure to keep it intact so whenever we notice the rain did more damage we drive up and fix both.''
''Puck has one too?'' Santana asks softly, Brittany nods her head and smiles.
''Yeah but not as high up, we both know where our spots are at and where to find the other whenever something happened but if nothing is going on we just let the other have some peace and silence.'' She turns her head to look at the Latina beside her and smiles shyly. ''You are also the first one of the group aside from Puck who saw the inside, the others only saw the outside after we went hiking but they know it's my hideaway and respect that.''
''You know that you…''
''I know.'' Brittany murmurs, gently cutting her off. ''But with you it's different, I want to show you my spots and give you a bit more insight of what is going on in my head.'' She explains softly, she mentions her hand around them and smiles slightly. ''I think this speaks for itself.''
''You have many drawings made by Maze.'' Santana comments softly after glancing around once again.
''Yeah, I don't allow him up here yet because even though the ladder is safe he can still fall off so I will wait till he is a bit older but that doesn't mean a part of him can't be here.'' She points at one of the drawings and chuckles softly. ''That's not his tho.''
Santana leans forward to watch the drawing closely and smiles lovingly as she sees two probably early teens hand prints with Puck's and Britt's name scribbled underneath one of the hands.
Brittany just watches the loving smile pull on Santana's lips after she read the names and glances at the still closed window knowing she should open it soon. ''You know that Puck and I go way back, that is our form of friendship bracelet.'' She explains softly. ''He has one in his tree house too, we both also have it framed in our rooms with the very first picture of the both of us together at kindergarten.''
''The both of you have a friendship that will hold for life.'' Santana murmurs as she sits back beside her, she looks at the window Britt is looking at and raises an eyebrow. ''Does that window open?'' She asks curiously.
Brittany hums leaning forward on her knees and slowly braces her injured hand against the wood beside the window. ''Yeah it does, this is actually the reason I kind of kidnapped you.'' She glances behind her chuckling as she sees Santana just looking confused and gently lifts the ledge of the window, she pushes it open completely and pushes herself back to sit back down.
''What do you mean?'' Santana asks softly keeping her eyes fixated on Brittany not once noticing the beautiful view in front of them, Brittany glances at her and chuckles while nodding her head to the open window.
''Look outside.'' She tells her softly.
Santana turns her head to finally look outside after locking eyes with Brittany for a few seconds and gasps softly as she sees the beautiful sunset right in front of them. ''Whoa.'' She breaths out softly.
''Yeah it's beautiful.'' Brittany agrees softly keeping her eyes fixated on Santana noticing the beautiful glow of the sun hitting her features.
''It really is.'' Santana murmurs in agreement keeping her eyes on the sunset. ''Damn I love sunsets.''
Brittany chuckles softly allowing herself to relax right beside her and looks out of the window humming softly. ''Yeah I do too and I love watching it from up here, I don't do it often but it just gives me a peaceful feeling and allows me to free my mind for a bit.'' She leans her head back against the wooden wall behind her and sighs contently.
''This the most relaxed I have seen you ever since we met.'' Santana comments softly as she watches the blonde beside her slouch down looking at the sunset in front of them, Brittany glances at her and shrugs with a shy smile.
''I know Maze is safe with the group so that allows me to relax and being near you immediately gives me a feeling of safety and peacefulness too Santana.''
Santana just smiles gently placing her hand on Brittany's thigh as a silent reply opting not to speak out her thoughts for now and turns back to the window, she smiles as Brittany just relaxes against her side for the first time searching the closeness herself and gently slides her arm around her waist to pull her just that tiny bit closer.
She tilts her head as she feels Brittany's head land on her shoulder and gently rests her cheek against the top of her head the both of them still gazing out of the window enjoying the unspoken words swirling through both of their heads, she glances down as she feels Brittany's injured hand land on her knee near her hand and smiles slightly as she notices her also looking down while her fingers twitch.
She slowly slides her own hand up covering Brittany's and returns her eyes back to the window as she feels the twitch of her cheek against her shoulder knowing a beautiful smile is pulling on her lips, she runs her thumb over the bandage feeling Brittany relax even more against her and sighs softly just enjoying the warmth of the blonde cuddled against her side and the beautiful sky in front of her slowly changing it's colors.
An hour and a half later
After just cuddling and watching the sun disappear in silence, Santana glances at the guitar standing beside the window and clears her throat softly. ''Hey B?'' She asks softly, she smiles as she just grunts softly the second she moves and tilts her head down to look at her. ''Do you play?''
''Huh?'' Brittany asks in confusion, she follows Santana's line of sight biting her lip as it lands on the guitar and hums softly. ''Oh the guitar, yeah I do.'' She chuckles as she watches her lift an intrigued eyebrow and leans forward to gently grab her guitar off of the stand. ''I don't sing though.'' She tells her softly not ready to sing in front of her.
''Can you still play something?'' Santana asks softly as she scoots a bit away so Brittany has enough room noticing the slight pout immediately pulling on her thin pink lips.
Brittany sighs adjusting her hold on the guitar placing the fingers of her injured hand on the chords and bites her lip. ''Sure.'' She glances down at the instrument in her lap and slowly starts strumming a song immediately entering her mind.
Santana watches in amazement as Brittany plays a beautiful melody noticing her lose herself in the soft melody filling the tree house and leans her head against the wooden wall behind her, she smiles as she notices the concentration on her face and allows her eyes to slip closed to listen more clearly.
''Well that was it.'' Brittany murmurs shyly after a two minutes quickly placing her guitar back on the stand trying to ignore her fast thumping heart.
''That was beautiful.'' Santana breaths out. ''What was the song called?''
''It's from the movie called the best of me.'' Brittany tells her softly. ''Performed by a country band called Lady Antebellum or now Lady A.'' She glances outside noticing it's completely dark by now and bites her lip. ''It's time to head back.'' She murmurs softly trying to avoid telling Santana the title of the song.
She sighs inwardly in relief as Santana just nods her head thankful that she doesn't question her and leans up to close the window, she turns to Santana after moving the ladder back and smiles slightly. ''Do you trust yourself to go down first?''
Santana slowly nods her head knowing the blonde needs a moment to herself and slowly crawls out, she pauses after making sure she got a good hold on the ladder and leans back in to peck her cheek near the corner of her mouth. ''Thank you for bringing me up here Britt-Britt, it was really beautiful and I enjoyed spending a bit of time alone with you.''
''I did too San.'' Brittany murmurs softly a bashful smile pulling on her lips, Santana just shoots her a grin and climbs down the ladder looking down to make sure she doesn't miss a step.
After Brittany made sure she locked her tree house up both girls made their way back to Shadow and rode back to the group in silence both noticing the change in their bond almost immediately after they left Brittany's spot, after arriving back at their friends spot and noticing their friends already went to bed they both silently agreed to follow their lead and crawled into their section for the four person tent.
''Noah.'' Brittany whispers softly shaking her best friend awake as she notices him asleep while Mason is cuddled into his protective arms, she leans up to make sure he can't see Santana change and smiles as he slowly wakes up. ''Scoot over so San and I can lay down too.'' She tells him keeping her voice low.
''Mh no it's okay I will move to the girls.'' Puck grumbles softly while he tries to sit up, Brittany just shakes her head planting her hand on his chest making sure not to jostle her little brother too much and smiles slightly.
''Nah we can all sleep here for the night.'' She tells him softly as she feels Santana slide in behind her. ''Just scoot over a bit.'' She tells him again, she smiles as he tiredly moves on his side gently pulling Mason with him and turns to Santana. ''You want to sleep in the middle?''
Santana shakes her head settling down behind Brittany and smiles tiredly. ''Nah stay near Maze.'' She murmurs softly as she pulls her down, Brittany just nods her head and lays down silently thankful that she already changed out of her jeans before they started up the fire.
She breaths out a soft chuckle as Mason immediately crawls on top of her effectively giving Puck more space and turns to Santana. ''Can you zip the double up?'' She watches her lean over to zip her side up making sure not to wake the already snoring Puck up once again and reclines her head back as she lays down on her side right beside her after zipping her side up too.
''Night Britty. Night Sanny.'' Mason grumbles tiredly.
''Good night sweetie.'' Brittany murmurs as she kisses his head, Santana smiles gently placing her hand on his back immediately finding Brittany's and squeezes it softly while running her thumb over Mason's spine.
''Good night little man.'' She turns her head and gently kisses Brittany's cheek. ''Good night Britt-Britt.'' She whispers softly both girls not realizing that Mercedes is still awake in the section beside theirs listening to their soft conversation with a huge grin.
''Good night San.'' Brittany murmurs tiredly as she turns her head to lean her forehead against the top of Santana's head contently nuzzled against her shoulder, she smiles slightly as she hears Puck's and Sam's soft snores filling the otherwise silent tent and slowly allows her eyes to slip close with her hand still intertwined with Santana's on Mason's back.