''Hey daddy.''

She clears her throat as she hears her voice crack and sniffles. ''Sorry it took so long for me to visit you.'' She whispers softly running her fingers over his name. ''I just didn't want it to be true that you weren't here with us anymore.'' She shakes her head sniffling again and wipes her face with the sleeve of her shirt. ''I know that sounds weird but not visiting you always gave me hope that you would walk into my apartment bursting into a random song even though deep down I always knew that wouldn't happen.'' She breaths out on a sob.

She wipes her face looking at the picture of her dad smiling brightly into the camera and swallows thickly. ''We miss you dad.'' She breaths out tears still streaming down her cheeks. ''I know mom misses you dearly and I do too, we both went on with our lives but the greatest part, the part who always made us smile the biggest and the happiest got ripped out of our lives way to soon.'' She chokes out. ''I found my reason to be happy and to smile a lot in life again but mom didn't, sure she is happy whenever she is with our family but at home she is alone and I know that she misses you at night because you would always goof off allowing her to laugh loudly while she tried to stay silent so she wouldn't wake me.''

She glances at her family standing a few feet away from her and smiles sadly as she sees her fiance lean back against their family with tear tracks on her face knowing she is watching them and her emotions are getting to her. ''My reason to be happy comes in the form of a gorgeous girl daddy.'' She whispers softly turning back to the stone, she looks back at her dads picture and sniffles. ''You were right there was someone out there who would love me for who I am and I met her in middle school, we did break up after graduating high school which was all my fault but we found our way back together and now almost a year later I get to call her my fiance and we are expecting our first child next year.''

She runs her finger over his picture once again and turns to look at her fiance, she holds out her hand as they lock eyes and slowly stands up sniffling as she walks over to her. She takes her hand the second she nears her and pulls her in her arms, she kisses the top of her head choking out a soft sob and turns to the stone. ''This is Santana dad, the girl who makes me happy.'' She whispers softly.

Santana swallows thickly looking at the picture on the stone seeing so much from her fiance in that picture and crouches down in front of it pulling her fiance with her, she pulls her in her arms reaching out to run her fingers over the picture and smiles sadly. ''I wished we could have met in person Brett.'' She starts softly. ''Talking to a stone telling someone just why I love your daughter just doesn't feel right and I know Britt-Britt would be much happier with you also being part of all the important things happening in our lives but sadly that chance got taken from her way too soon.''

She pulls her fiance closer kissing her shoulder and looks at the stone sniffling as she feels Brittany cry softly. ''I am glad Britt-Britt finally got to visit you and that she is allowing herself to let go off all the emotions bottled up inside of her, I can't thank you and mama P enough for leading her into my life because she made it so much better and I am sure our little one will be just as amazing as she is because we will raise our child together and she will do the same things you and Susan did for her.'' She continues with a small smile. ''Our kid will have three loving grandparents here but he or she will also get to know the one grandparent who is looking down at us from above, it will get to know its amazing grandpa through the stories Britt will tell during bedtime and we will definitely come here with it so you can meet your grandchild.''

She tilts her head up as she feels ray of sunshine's suddenly hitting her back and smiles slightly. ''I take it you like that idea.'' She whispers softly. ''Our peanut will have his of hers very own guardian angel, I am sure you will make sure nothing will happen to our little family.''

She turns to look at their family and nods her head silently telling them to come over, she turns to her fiance as they walk over to her and cups her cheek wiping away her tears. ''Want to start another tradition mi amor?'' She asks softly.

Brittany frowns in confusion and tilts her head. ''What kind of tradition?'' She asks softly her voice still filled with tears, Santana smiles lovingly slowly standing up and takes one of the cigars from Susan.

Susan leans over her daughter kissing the top of her head and places the one cigar she still holds on the stone. ''I always hated it when you did it on the patio but I know you needed it to come down after work.'' She whispers softly. ''Enjoy it my love.''

Santana turns to her fiance holding out the lighter Susan holds out for her after lightening the cigar on the stone and kisses her forehead softly. ''Enjoy a smoke baby.''

Brittany slowly takes the lighter from her as she sees Puck and Lio also holding a cigar and kisses her fiance softly, she stands up walking to them making sure they are facing the wind and leans forward tapping the cigar against the one on the stone. ''On you dad, you will be forever missed but will always live on in our and in our peanuts heart.'' She whispers softly as she straightens back up lightening up her cigar.

She holds the lighter out for Lio and inhales the smoke, she covers her mouth with the crook of her elbow and coughs. ''Damn too long ago.''

Puck laughs the second he hears her raspy voice and coughs too after inhaling. ''Yep sure is.''

Susan chuckles tearfully and shakes her head. ''You sound just like your dad did after he smoked, his voice was just a bit deeper.''

Brittany laughs softly and nods her head. ''I remember Halloween when I was 6, he dressed up as Frankenstein and roamed the streets with me after smoking a bunch of cigars so his voice would stay so deep.''

''He scared a lot of kids but the parents scolding was so worth it hearing you giggle every time he talked.'' Susan tells her chuckling.

''He complained about being green three days long because the paint we used was not meant to be on a body.'' Brittany remembers laughing as she takes another hit, Susan burst out laughing and nods her head.

''He never loved the name Kermit at work, his colleagues messed with him but every evening after complaining about it he just smiled and told me that it was so worth it because he got to hear you laugh.''

Santana leans back against her mami and Quinn as they listen to Brittany and Susan tell stories about Brett and sighs softly as she sees the sadness in her fiance's eyes slowly disappear, Quinn kisses her cheek and smiles lovingly. ''At the end of the day, they will be more than fine.''

Maribel nods her head in agreement and smiles. ''They sure will be, sure it is a great loss but hearing stories about him and hearing the happiness in their voices as soon as they talk about the past warms my heart.''

''He sounds like an amazing father, just like papi.'' Santana whispers softly as she watches her papi and Puck both stand close to Brittany to silently show their strength letting her know that they are there to catch her whenever she feels like she is falling, Maribel nods her head and smiles lovingly.

''He sure does mija, he sure does.'' She kisses her cheek and runs her hand through her daughters dark locks while placing her free hand on the small of Quinn's back. ''The reason we booked a room for three is to show Susan that she isn't alone, Britt has you and Susan will have us to catch her if they need it.''

''The three of you share the same bond the four of us do.'' Quinn comments softly watching her boyfriend take the last hit of his cigar with Brittany and Lio. ''Britt knows that we will be there to catch her as soon as she feels like she can't take it alone and Susan knows she has the both of you, we aren't friends we are family.''

''We sure are Q.'' Brittany agrees shooting her a small smile letting her know they heard everything. ''A crazy bunch but a family indeed, we have our friends back at the loft but the seven of us are family with our own personal guardian angel who will make sure nothing will happen to any of us.''

''Amen to that B.'' Puck breaths out allowing the last smoke to escape his lungs, he turns to the stone and smiles slightly. ''An amazing guardian angel who will get to hear more and more about our lives because we will come back more often now.''

''We definitely will, before our peanut is born and a lot more with our little one.'' Brittany agrees with a small smile, she crouches back down flicking the last part of the cigar off of her dads stone and runs her thumb over his picture. ''Love you daddy.'' She breaths out feeling a weight lift off of her chest.

Susan crouches down right beside her daughter and kisses her head, she coughs crunching her nose and shakes her head chuckling. ''Now I remember why I hated those things, you stink honey.''

Brittany chuckles as she hears their family laugh and turns to her mother winking. ''Dad called it the smell of being an adult mom.'' She chuckles as her mother shakes her head laughing and kisses her cheek. ''Thank you for taking the day off to support me here mom.''

''I'll be here whenever you need me Britt-bear.'' Susan whispers softly using the nickname her husband and she gave their daughter when she was little, Santana looks at them with a loving smile and clears her throat softly.

''Where does Britt's nickname come from?'' She asks curiously, Susan turns to look at her smiling lovingly as she sees her daughter walk over to Santana after spraying on a bit of perfume Q holds out for her and bites her lip glancing at the stone they are surrounding.

''Brett started calling her that the day she turned one, Britt was always quite cuddly but every time he came home from work she slid off of my lap and ran over to him. She literally clung to him the whole time even during dinner and he just sat contently with her in his lap, he started calling her bear because of her bear hugs at home and when she got older he started calling her Britt-Bear.''

''So nothing changed.'' Santana states with a slight smile as she leans back against her fiance, Brittany shakes her head kissing the top of her head and chuckles.

''Nope well maybe a bit, I only cuddle with family.''

''True I never saw you cuddle with anyone but the three of us and your mom.'' Quinn tells her smiling slightly, Brittany hums softly reaching out to pull her close after shrugging her button up off knowing the smell of smoke won't leave her body completely and kisses her cheek.

''Well yeah but it's just something we always did, you and San were always touchy feely and basically forced me to lay in the middle of the both of you so you could cuddle up to me during our movie nights and Puck just joined in.''

Puck laughs and nods his head. ''I remember a certain group San created with the title, cuddle buddy movie night before any of us started dating.''

Brittany laughs hearing her fiance groan and nods her head. ''Yeah I still have everything we ever wrote saved on my computer, still have some nice blackmail stuff containing you Noah.''

Susan burst out laughing and shakes her head. ''And you are showing us all just how a Pierce acts honey, enjoy hanging out quietly and save blackmailing evidence for future usage just like your dad.''

Brittany shoots her a smirk and shrugs. ''Only learned it from the best mom.'' She rubs her hands up and down her fiance's arms as she feels her shiver and kisses the back of her head. ''I think it's time to go back, it's getting cold and San forgot her jacket like always.''

''Shut up.'' Santana mutters rubbing her hands, Brittany laughs softly wrapping her button up around her shoulders and pulls her into her side.

''Nope, I don't think you can survive one day without hearing my voice love.''

Santana smiles lovingly and shakes her head. ''Nah it always soothes me to sleep mi amor.''

Brittany throws her a fake glare as their family snickers and leans down running her hand over her dads stone. ''See you soon daddy, love you.'' She steps back so her mom can say something and pulls Santana back in her arms running her hand up her back as she feels her shiver.

Santana cuddles into her side as she watches Susan step back after she said goodbye and wraps her arm around Brittany's waist as she sees her parents pulling Susan in their middle, she slowly follows them down the path and tilts her head up kissing the underside of Britt's jaw.''Te amo.'' She murmurs softly feeling Quinn and Puck walk up beside them.

''I love you too San.'' Brittany murmurs softly turning her head to kiss her forehead, she looks over at Quinn and Puck reaching out to squeeze Quinn's shoulder and shoots them a small smile. ''Thank you.''

Puck shakes his head reaching out to grab her hand placed on Q's shoulder and squeezes it softly. ''No thank you needed B, we are here whenever you need us.''

''The four of us against the world B.'' Quinn tells her smiling lovingly as she places her free hand on the small of Santana's back, Santana nods her head in agreement and holds out her hand sticking her pinky out.

''The four of us against the world.'' She agrees smiling as she feels Brittany's pinky link around her own, Brittany looks at the three most important people in her life and hums feeling Quinn and Puck also link their pinkies around theirs.

''Best friends make the good times better.''

''And the hard times easier.'' Puck adds winking. ''Love you girls.''

''We love you too Noah.'' Brittany murmurs as they speed up to catch up to the three adults walking in front of them as they near the hotel, Susan turns to look at her daughter and smiles lovingly.

''Nap before dinner Britt-bear?''

Brittany nods her head and chuckles. ''Yeah I think I will definitely need that nap mom.''

Quinn runs her hand down her bump and chuckles. ''Yeah I think princess will love a bit of relaxing too.''

Puck hums in agreement and looks at the group. ''Meet up in the restaurant around six?'' He asks as they all pile into the elevator pushing the different buttons to their floor, Brittany nods her head and leans down kissing her mothers cheek.

''Sounds good, try to relax a bit mom.''

''You too honey.'' Susan tells her softly smiling as she sees Lio and Maribel both kiss her daughters cheek, Brittany watches them walk off of the elevator after they told them to relax and sighs knowing their floor comes next.

''Cuddle and music babe?'' Santana asks softly as she runs her thumb over the back of her hand, she smiles as she hums softly and turns to their best friends hugging them. ''See you later.''

''Yeah see you later.'' Brittany murmurs softly kissing their cheeks, she follows her fiance off of the elevator after promising Q that they will nap and walks into the room after unlocking the door.

She immediately walks over to the bed falling down face first and groans softly, Santana watches her and crawls onto the bed after kicking her shoes off and helping her pull her shoes off. ''Jeans mi amor.'' She murmurs softly.

She smiles slightly as she just grunts and shakes her head, she kneels onto the bed wrapping her arms around her waist from behind and undoes the buckle of her belt. She pulls the jeans down her leg tapping her ass as she sees her wearing normal boxers and smiles love immediately filling her heart as she realizes just how comfortable her fiance feels around her parents knowing she wore compression shorts every time she came over in high school and during the first few months they started dating again, she quickly kicks off her own jeans throwing both onto the desk chair and crawls under the blanket pulling her with her. ''C'mere.'' She whispers softly.

''God my eyes are burning like hell.'' Brittany groans out as she cuddles into her side, Santana smiles sadly turning her head to kiss her forehead and pulls her close.

''That's because they aren't used to crying mi amor, I think I can count the times you cried on one hand but I am glad you finally had the chance to find some sort of closure even if it was hard.''

''I am too.'' Brittany whispers softly as she covers her still flat stomach with her hand, she nuzzles her face in her shoulder and sighs softly. ''Thank you for coming with me.''

''There is no place I rather be mi amor.'' She murmurs softly, she intertwines their hands on her stomach and kisses the top of her head as she nuzzles her face in her chest. ''Try to sleep a bit Britt-Britt.''

''You too babe.'' Brittany replies softly, she tilts her head up and smiles lovingly as they lock eyes and leans in to kiss her softly. ''I love you.''

Santana smiles lovingly turning on her side and wraps her arms around her waist the second she turns on her left side allowing her to be the big spoon, she kisses her shoulder and intertwines their hands on Britt's abs. ''I love you too mi amor, proudly so.'' She murmurs lovingly as she nuzzles her face in her back, she pulls her closer as she feels her slowly relax knowing she stopped fighting sleep and places her lips on the back of her neck. ''I am so, so proud of you baby. I know today was hard but it was the first step and next time we will be here, it will be a bit easier. Our little bean is the luckiest kid because he or she can call you mommy, you are the best girlfriend, fiance and future wife I could have wished for and you will be an amazing mother.''

''You will be the best mami.'' Brittany murmurs tiredly, she lifts their locked hands up to her lips and kisses her engagement ring. ''And the best wife, I can't imagine spending my life without you and our little bean in it.''

Santana smiles lovingly and kisses the back of her head. ''I can't imagine my life without you and our little love either Britt-Britt, let's try to sleep a bit.''

''Mh night babe.''

''Good night mi amor.''