This chapter is dedicated to Naya Rivera who was taken from us far too soon.
"Santana great news!" Brittany shouts walking into their apartment.
"Britt, I'm trying to study for my finals in two days." Santana says putting down her book.
"Sorry, but I have the best news and you'll love it." Brittany tells her bouncing on the balls of her feet.
"I'll bite what?" Santana asks knowing this will go faster if she goes along with her wife.
"We finished the project for MIT." Brittany excitedly says. "Not only does this mean no more late nights but we also got a bonus for finishing early."
"That's amazing honey." Santana says hugging her.
"Thanks, after you finish your finals we should celebrate." Brittany says knowing how important studying is to her wife.
"And this is why I love you so much." Santana says kissing her.
Brittany looks around for the cats as Santana goes back to studying. When she doesn't see them she frowns. Normally Lord Tubbington comes out for food and Sir Fluffster always is following Lord Tubbington.
"Santana where are the cats?" Brittany asks.
"I locked them in guestroom when Tubbs peed on my book." Santana says showing Brittany the ruined book.
"I'm sorry honey." Brittany says kissing her cheek. "I'll take them on a walk and keep them out of your hair for the rest of the week."
"You constantly give me reasons to love you even more." Santana says looking up lovingly at her wife.
Brittany leashes up the cats and takes them out. She starts walking in a random direction not sure where she's going. Since she's now done with the MIT project, she no longer has to go to school unless she wants to. All her doctorate research can be done from home. It's kind of nice to be done with the class portion of school that is unless she takes the scholarship to Julliard. She got in last semester, but with the MIT project she couldn't go. The only thing is she's no longer sure if she wants to dance at least that competitively. When she comes out of her musing she realizes that she's in front of Rachel and Kurt's building. She picks up Lord Tubbington who can't get up the stairs and heads to the door.
Kurt who has the day off is home when Brittany knocks on the door.
"Britt," Kurt says surprised to see her at the door.
"Hey Kurt, can I come in?" Brittany asks.
"Of course come in." Kurt says stepping aside to let her in. "Not that I don't love you, but why are you here?" he asks once he closes the door.
"I was out walking the cats and I somehow made my way here." Brittany says. "Lord Tubbington needed a break and I figured I'd come say hi."
Kurt smiles at this cause no one could not be happy when a smiling Brittany comes to visit you.
"Is Rachel here?" Brittany asks sitting on the couch as the cats look around.
"No, she's in class." Kurt says. "I'm here alone as I have the day off."
"Oh do you want me leave? I don't want to push in on you alone time." Brittany says.
"No, I was bored until you showed up." Kurt says.
"Okay," Brittany says her smile growing. "I'm trying to keep the cats and myself from bugging San while she's studying." she tells him.
"Is she worse than pre-coming out San?" Kurt asks.
"San's always been nice. I just want to give her space while she studies. She's a lot smarter than people think." Brittany says.
"Of course she was to you." Kurt says chuckling.
He loves talking to Brittany about Santana as he always finds out new information.
"I just want Sanny to do well." Brittany says.
"She's stubborn enough to ace them no matter what." Kurt says chuckling.
This stirs an idea in Brittany's brain. Normally a semi-dangerous thing for Santana, but not this one.
"Kurt, I have an idea and I'll need your help." Brittany says smirking.
A few hours later Rachel comes back from class to find Kurt and Brittany laughing as they chat. She's about to say hi when something claws her leg.
"FUCK!" Rachel shouts kicking as Lord Tubbington scuttles away.
"Sorry Rachel!" Brittany loudly says. "I was just about to leave."
"Why does your cat hate me?" Rachel asks.
"No idea," Brittany shrugs as she wrangles the cats into their harnesses and attaches the leashes.
"Because Lord Tubbington is my buddy." Santana says coming in, liking LT a little more for what he just did to Rachel.
"What are you doing here?" Rachel asks her eyes wide.
"I came to get my wife and her cats." Santana says shrugging.
She needed a break from studying so when her wife texted that she was at Rachel and Kurt so she decided to go as well.
"Hey Sanny," Brittany smiling as she hands Lord Tubbington to her. "You can take Lord Tubbington."
"Good to see you too honey." Santana says as Brittany grabs her hand and pulls her back to the door. "Bye."
"Thanks Kurt, see you later." Brittany says before yanking Santana with her.
They head down out of the loft, to the street carrying the cats.
"Did you get a lot of studying done?" Brittany asks lacing their hands together.
"Yeah, I mean I still have a ton more to do but I needed a break and you gave it to me." Santana says smiling at her wife not even caring that they are walking cats.
"Well I'm sure you'll do great." Brittany says. "And we'll get out of your hair any time you need it."
"Thanks honey,"
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Santana runs into the apartment waving a piece of paper in front of her.
"Britt! Are you home?!" Santana shouts really excited.
"In here!" Brittany shouts from the guestroom.
"I got straight A's! I aced all my finals!" Santana shouts as she walks in.
"Congratulations," a group says including Brittany.
"Babe," Santana says sniffling.
Brittany has hooked her laptop up to the TV and there are her parents and the Pierce's faces.
"We're so proud of you sweetie." Mario says.
"So very proud of you." Gloria adds.
"You're the best." Pierce says.
"Pierce let the Lopezs congratulate their daughter first and talk to her." Whitney says whacking his arm.
"Sorry," Pierce says earning him another whack.
"We don't mind Whitney, we're just glad that other people are rooting for our little girl as well." Gloria says all smiles.
"Yes, we're just so happy for our little girl." Mario says wiping away a tear.
"Mami, dad," Santana says leaning on Brittany's shoulder. "Thanks Whitney and Pierce, why are you all Skyping in?" she asks.
"I wanted to surprise you after you finished your last final and got your grades." Brittany says smiling.
"Well I'm surprised." Santana says kissing her.
"Hey, parents in the room." Gloria says closing her eyes.
"Are you guys going somewhere together?" Santana asks noticing that their backgrounds have changed and they appear to be in some kind of car.
"We're going to Breadstixs to celebrate you since we know you love their food so much." Mario tells her.
"Don't worry I'll make Pierce eat a basket of breadsticks for you." Whitney says.
"You wouldn't," Santana grumbles.
"We'll send you some." Gloria says.
Santana grumbles under her breath about betraying parents eating Breadstixs without her. Brittany has a huge smile on her face as her mom winks at her.
"Honey let's go into the living room." Brittany says as their parents get out of the car, distracting Santana.
"Okay," Santana agrees still grumbling. "How could they go to Breadstixs without me?" she questions.
"Because they live near there and we don't anymore." Brittany reminds her, keeping her smile in.
When they walk into the living, four people shout "surprise" and Santana jumps.
"Mami?" Santana says staring at her parents and Brittany's.
"Hi mija," Gloria says pulling her daughter into a hug. "I'm so proud of you."
"What are you guys-Breadstixs!" Santana starts before yelling when she sees the basket of breadsticks Pierce is holding.
She grabs the basket and cradles it like a baby.
"Thank you so much for bringing Breadstixs." Santana happily says staring down at them.
"Thank your wife, she set this all up." Gloria says giving first her daughter then daughter-in-law a hug.
"You did this for me?" Santana says her eyes leaving the breadsticks to look at her wife.
"I knew our parents would want to celebrate with us and that they could bring your favorite food." Brittany says.
"I love you." Santana sighs.
"We should eat before the food gets cold." Whitney says before softly saying. "I don't think it will reheat well again."
"I still can't believe you all came out." Santana says so happy that they did.
"We wanted to celebrate your great first year of college with you and Britt." Pierce says.
After that they dig in though only Santana eats the breadsticks as no one wants to get between her and her breadsticks.
"Where were you before here that you could heat up the food?" Santana asks it just hitting her.
"We were with Kurt and that annoying girl Racquel." Whitney says.
"I love you." Santana says to Whitney.
She loves anyone who insults Rachel.
"She's not that bad." Mario says.
"Please, she needed all the attention." Whitney complains causing Gloria to chuckle.
"Which one was which?" Pierce asks.
Santana starts laughing at this. She loves Britt's parents for this reason; they say the funniest things ever. And what's even better they are serious.
"Dad," Brittany says hiding her face in her hands.
Once they finish eating, Whitney and Gloria shoo their husbands into the guestroom to watch TV.
"How long are you guys staying?" Santana asks snuggling into her as she munches on a breadstick.
"Just the night, your father has to work tomorrow night." Gloria says.
"I put the blow-up mattress in the guestroom for you all." Brittany says ripping a piece of the breadstick off.
Gloria watches in awe. She's never seen anyone be able to eat a Breadstix breadstick from her daughter's stash.
"We'll make the men sleep on that." Whitney says not fazed as she's seen her daughter do this multiple times.
"So honey are you still going to get a pre-law degree and them go to law school?" Gloria asks.
"Yeah, I really enjoyed my law classes." Santana says more sure now that that's what she wants to do.
They continue to talk about school until the doorbell rings. Brittany extracts herself from her wife to get the door.
"Don't go," Santana whines.
"I'm just going to the door." Brittany says walking over and opening it.
"Is Santana complaining again?" Quinn says smiling at Brittany. "Surprise!"
"What are you and Puck doing here?" Brittany asks pulling Quinn into a hug before letting them come in.
"Well I just finished taking all my finals and I knew that Santana had just finished too so I thought we could celebrate together." Quinn says holding up a bottle of wine.
"Really Quinn," Whitney says smirking. "Wine? Don't you kids drink the good stuff."
"Yeah, Whitney and myself will take this." Gloria says taking the bottle from Quinn.
"Your moms are here again." Puck says sighing.
He knows that he's going to end up on the ground while Quinn gets the couch.
"Who's here?" Mario asks coming out with Pierce to see who rang the doorbell.
"Quinn and Puck are here to celebrate finishing finals as Quinn did too." Gloria tells her husband.
"Did you ace them too?" Pierce asks.
"Yes, is that Breadstix I smell?" Quinn asks looking over at Santana who has a breadstick in her hand.
"We brought it out with us as a surprise for not just Santana finishing her finals but acing them." Whitney tells her.
"Great," Quinn says.
Santana smirks knowing that Quinn wants to stay as well and this is going to get interesting.
"They're staying just the night before heading home tomorrow." Brittany says. "You're welcome to stay as well."
"We were planning to stay for the weekend." Puck says.
"Well there's the bed and a blow up mattress in the guestroom for four of you and the couch for the other two." Brittany says.
"I'll fight you for it." Quinn says wanting one of the beds.
Mario and Pierce both looked shocked while Gloria looks over at Whitney hoping she'll fight for them again.
"Bring it on string bean." Whitney says glaring at Quinn.
"Not again," Puck mumbles.
Quinn rushes Whitney thinking she'll catch her off guard. It doesn't work. Whitney catches Quinn and pushes her back.
"Not going to work Quinn." Whitney teases. "You'll never be able to beat me."
"Fuck!" Quinn shouts rushing Whitney again only to be stopped again.
"Go honey!" Pierce shouts so proud of his wife.
She always makes sure they have what they want.
"Wow, will she win the room for us?" Mario asks.
"Yep," Pierce confidently says.
Whitney has Quinn in a head lock. "You ready to give in yet?" she asks.
"Fine," Quinn grumbles.
Santana snuggles into Brittany's side. "Thanks for setting this up."
"Anything for you."