Authors Note:
Hey all, I just started watching Glee and I immediately fell in love with Santana and Brittany, I also love country music and after scrolling through this website I noticed close to none country fics, so I thought I give it a try.
The song mentioned in this chapter is Road less traveled sung by Lauren Alaina.
This will be a song fic but I will only write the Chorus and maybe one verse from time to time, if it gets too much please let me know.
I hope you all like it, please let me know if I can do something better.
''Brittany come on, it's time to go!'' Susan Pierce yells as she stands at the bottom of the stairs tapping the wall impatiently as she waits for her sixteen year old daughter, she glances down at her watch and sighs. ''Now!''
''Calm down ma.'' Brittany grumbles as she jogs down the stairs adjusting her blue plaid shirt. ''It's not like he wants me to be there.''
''He is still your dad, Brittany.'' Susan sighs out.
''Is he?'' Brittany asks with an eyebrow raised. ''For being my dad he knows close to nothing about my life, all he talks about is his new fucking girlfriend every two months.''
''Brittany..''
''No ma you divorced him for a reason, why the hell are you still jumping to his protection?''
''I am not.'' Susan sighs out as she reaches out to adjust the cowboy hat her daughter wears. ''I just don't want you to see him like I do, he is trying his best Britt.''
''Yeah he makes it seem like he is trying his hardest for you ma, the second I enter the restaurant I will be ignored like always.'' Brittany huffs out. ''I don't even know why I agreed to go, I can just go and join Puck and Jake for the night.''
''It's just tonight honey, please try to be civil to his new toy?''
''Will you pick me up if he starts complaining about my life choices again?'' Brittany asks softly as she sits down on the stairs, she slides into her boots and shrugs. ''I just don't like his view on the things I love ma.''
''You know I am just one phone call away Britt.'' Susan promises as she leans down to kiss her forehead. ''Try to ignore him trying to downplay your talent, we all know that you are insanely talented and love what you do honey.''
''You and the boys think so.'' Brittany points out. ''He doesn't, you know he hates country.''
''So what?'' Susan asks with an eyebrow raised. ''Sweetheart you just got signed by a label at the age of sixteen, if that doesn't scream talent, I don't know what will convince him.'' She stands up as she hears a car honk and sighs. ''He is here, call me if you want to leave okay?''
Brittany nods her head and slowly stands up with a sigh. ''I will.'' She murmurs as she kisses her mothers cheek. ''Love you ma.''
''I love you too Britt, try to have fun.''
Brittany just nods her head grabbing her wallet off of the side table beside the door and shoves it into her back pocket, she opens the door after kissing her mothers cheek again and walks out rolling her eyes as her dad honks once again.
''Chill dad.'' She grumbles as he throws the passenger side door open for her, she slides in immediately putting on her seat belt as he takes off tires screeching and sighs. ''You told me you would pick me up around six.'' She glances at the time and rolls her eyes. ''It's six right now.''
''One minute past Brittany.'' Brett'' corrects his daughter with a tired sigh. ''You gotta learn to be on time.''
''I wa..'' Brittany huffs as he just taps the clock on his dashboard and crosses her arms. ''Never mind.''
''How is school?'' He asks disinterested.
''Fine, I got some amazing news though.''
''Oh yeah, what?''
''You heard of Kane Brown?'' She bites her lip as he just nods his head frowning and shrugs. ''He opened his own label and messaged me two days ago, mom and I had a meeting with him and his wife yesterday.''
''The both of you what?!'' He exclaims angrily, he puts his car in park as soon as they reach the restaurant and turns to her. ''Why didn't I know? You had to call me!''
''I didn't have to do anything.'' Brittany points out crossing her arms in front of her chest. ''You decided to leave our family and give full custody to ma, be glad I tell you now.''
''Don't talk to me like that! I am still your father!''
''Are you?'' Brittany asks scoffing. ''All you do is complain about the things I love, I only see you whenever you have a new girl and she wants to meet your kid, hell I don't even know why you don't hide the fact that you are a fucking parent.''
''Brittany! Change your fucking to…'' Brett cuts himself off as a knock on the window startles the both of them and turns his head, he quickly gets rid of the frown on his face as he sees his girlfriend and nods his head. ''This talk isn't over.'' He warns as he hears the familiar click of the seat belt coming off. ''We will talk on our way back.''
''Sure.'' Brittany mutters with an eye roll, she slides out of the car as she watches him slide out and grimaces as the woman that just knocked on her dads window immediately pulls him into a heated kiss. ''Gross.'' She mutters beneath her breath.
''Brittany.''
She sighs looking up as her dad calls her name and forces a kind smile as he walks over with the woman on his arm. ''I want you to meet my girlfriend Quinn Fabray, Quinn this is my daughter Brittany.''
''Nice to meet you Brittany.'' Quinn chirps holding out her hand for her to shake. ''I already heard a lot about you.''
''You did?'' Brittany asks in surprise as she shakes her hand. ''Nice to meet you too Quinn.''
''Oh I do, your dad can't stop gushing about your cooking skills.'' Quinn gushes. ''He told me that you will be the future owner of his restaurant.''
Brittany sucks in her lips, just nodding her head as her dad shoots her a warning glare and forces a smile. ''We will see.''
''Shall we?'' Brett asks mentioning his hand to the restaurant. ''I am starving.''
''You always are.''
Brittany just shakes her head as Quinn pats Brett's stomach with an exaggerating giggle and bites her lip as they turn to her. ''Yeah let's go.'' She agrees softly, she follows them into the restaurant and takes out her phone as her dad walks up to one of the servers to talk to him knowing he will take a while.
To mama: You might have to save me in a bit, his girlfriend is fucking young!
''Britt don't be disrespectful, get off of your phone.''
She sighs sliding her phone back in her pocket as her dad scolds her and just shakes her head following him to one of the tables, she bites back a scoff as he pulls a chair back for her after he did for Quinn and sits down thanking him with a forced grin. ''Thanks dad.''
''So Brittany, your dad told me that you are still going to high school.''
''I am sixteen, I sadly still have to go.'' Brittany replies without a hesitation cringing as her dad immediately glares at her. ''I would rather work.'' She adds sheepishly.
''You do?'' Quinn asks with a happy grin, Brittany just groans inwardly immediately noticing the dumb blonde act and bites her lip as Quinn tilts her head. ''You just can't wait to join your dad and follow in his footsteps huh?''
Brittany just hums and folds her hands on the table as her dad orders wine for himself and Quinn, she turns to the waitress politely ordering a Dr pepper for herself and turns back to Quinn. ''And what do you do for a living Quinn?''
''I am a waitress at your dad's restaurant, that's how we met.''
''You just started?'' Brittany asks curiously, knowing she never met Quinn before.
''I did, I just graduated college.'' Quinn confirms.
''College?'' Brittany asks in surprise. ''Exactly how old are you?''
''Brittany.'' Brett warns.
''It's fine baby.'' Quinn murmurs with a loving grin. ''I just turned twenty-six.''
''Twenty-six?'' Brittany repeats with wide eyes.
''Brittany!''
She sucks in her lips as she hears her dad's warning growl and just leans back thanking the waitress with a kind grin as she places a glass in front of her. ''That's cool.'' She murmurs locking eyes with Quinn, she glances at her dad as Quinn just smiles happily and slowly shakes her head as she notices his glare not quite understanding what a twenty-six year old sees in her fifty-five year old dad.
She licks her lips biting back a groan as Quinn leans over to kiss Brett and takes out her phone making sure she hides it under the table, she opens her mom's message and bites her lip.
From mama: He snatched another money loving gal? How old?
She snickers as she sees the emojis she added and quickly sends her Quinn's age, she locks her phone again after sending the boys the new info on her dad's girlfriend knowing they will laugh their asses off and quickly looks up as the waitress walks over once again.
''What do you want to eat Britt?'' Her dad asks with an eyebrow raised.
''I will take the chicken salad with honey and mustard dressing please.'' Brittany orders with a kind grin knowing she can't order anything else whenever he is around.
''Just a salad?'' Quinn asks in surprise as soon as the waitress walked off after Brett ordered a t-bone steak and salmon to share for them.
Brittany nods her head and forces a smile. ''Yeah I have to keep a strict diet to keep up my form for football and riding.'' She lies easily.
''She has to keep her form to be the best linebacker at such a young age babe.'' Brett adds as Quinn just frowns. ''Her coach gave her this plan and we try out best to keep it up.''
Brittany inwardly rolls her eyes as Quinn just nods her head easily accepting both of their lies and slides down her chair with a soft sigh hating that she has to act like she is somebody else just to please her dad.
''Do you have any other hobbies?'' Quinn asks curiously.
''I like to hangout with my friends in my free time, occasionally visit a movie or just join them whenever they hit the karaoke bar.'' Brittany replies kindly. ''What about you?''
''A karaoke bar?'' Quinn asks intrigued. ''So you like to sing?''
Brittany nods her head and smiles the first real smile that evening. ''I do.'' She confirms. ''Mostly just country thanks to my best friend starting his own band, but after leaving his band I still love joining them.''
''It's just a hobby though.'' Brett adds trying to hide the disdain in his voice. ''Brittany knows that singing won't be a good career, add country on top of that and she will be doomed.''
''That is only because YOU think so.'' Brittany fires back as she sits up slowly getting sick of his attitude towards her dreams. ''You are the only person in my life telling me that my dreams are a joke, you keep on telling me that I have to join your precious restaurant to keep up the fucking family tradition.''
''Brittany…''
''No!'' She growls out trying to keep her voice down so she won't disturb the other patrons. ''You try to force me into a life I don't want to live dad, I don't want to be a damn linebacker hence me quitting the team the second you walked out of the house, I don't want to be a cook, sure I like cooking but I can't see myself doing that for a living!''
She shakes her head as he sits up with a hardened glare and quickly hits send on her phone sending her mom the text begging her to pick her up right now, she downs her glass of Dr pepper and bites her lip. ''I know you always wanted a boy, a future star football player or someone who followed into your footsteps but that is not me.''
She stands up shaking her head as the waitress walks over and locks eyes with Quinn. ''I am sorry Quinn, it was nice meeting you but I can't keep up this act.'' She turns to the waitress and nods her head to one of the homeless guys outside. ''Can you do me a favor and give my salad to the next guy walking in asking for leftovers?''
She takes out the ten dollar bill she always keeps in her plaid pockets and hands it to her as soon as she nods her head. ''Thank you, enjoy your night ma'am.'' She tips her hat watching her walk off making sure her dad can't hold her back and turns to him. ''Dad.'' She just growls with a nod of her head.
She turns on her heels as he just stands up with a hardened glare and walks out of the restaurant sighing in relief as her mom pulls up right in that second, she jogs to the car knowing he will follow her out and rips the door open.
''Brittany Susan Kyle!''
Susan's eyebrows raise in surprise as she hears the rage in her ex husband's voice and quickly kills the engine, she slides out of the car and leans her forearms on the roof looking at him with an eyebrow raised. ''Kyle?'' She asks with an eyebrow raised. ''We changed it back to Pierce after our divorce and what the hell did you do this time?'' She sneers noticing the telltale sign of tears in their daughters eyes.
''Nothing.'' Brett sneers looking at his ex wife not noticing Quinn following him outside. ''I just stated the truth and told her that she has to start thinking of a real career life and not the pipe dream she has now!''
Susan shakes her head and sighs knowing how harsh her ex can be about dreams that doesn't fit in his small minded life. ''Hate to break this to you Brett, but Brittany just signed a record deal with 1021 Entertainment.''
''She signed it?!''
''She signed it.'' She confirms shooting Brittany a proud grin. ''So what you call a pipe dream career, might as well be the best thing for our daughter.''
''She will see that it won't function.''
''That is where you are wrong Brett.'' Susan immediately replies without hesitation. ''Just because your dad talked you out of that dream while you were a kid, doesn't mean that you have to do that to our daughter too.''
''Britt has an amazing voice and I am one hundred percent sure that she will kick it to the top, as a parent it's YOUR job to support her but you never did.'' She adds as he just glares at them, she glances at Brittany and sighs softly as she sees a tear trickle down her pale cheeks knowing she doesn't handle stress well. ''I kinda had to force her to join you for this dinner, I tried my hardest to cheer her up and make her go hoping that you would finally see that she is indeed talented and that she has her career path already set.''
''My mistake on hoping that, I had to know that you would still talk her down.'' She breaths out with a shake of her head. ''Every time she comes home I am left to pick up the pieces and cheer her up, I am done with that Brett.''
She turns to their daughter and bites her lip. ''Sweetheart you are old enough to decide if you want to go to dinners with your dad or the occasional holiday invites you receive, if you want to stay at home you can, I won't force you to go.''
''Susan!''
''No Brett.'' She sneers turning back to him. ''You decided to walk away from your family and voluntarily signed full custody over to me, she is sixteen for gods sake, she is old enough to decide if she wants you in her life or not!''
''Can we just go home?'' Brittany asks turning to her mom trying to keep her voice from cracking, she slides into the car as soon as she nods her head and slams the door shut trying to block her dads yelling out.
She closes her eyes as she hears the drivers door slam shut after listening to her mom telling her dad to leave them alone and just reaches forward turning the radio on as she drives off, she sniffles as she feels her warm hand on her thigh the second she pulled back onto the street to drive them back home and shakes her head. ''I don't want to join his dinners again ma.''
''And you don't have to.'' Susan promises her heart breaking as she hears the tears clear in her voice. ''I am sorry for forcing you Britt, next time you can decide yourself okay?''
Brittany just nods her head covering the hand on her thigh with her own and squeezes it softly. ''I don't want people in my life who don't believe in me, I have you, Puck and Jake, I don't need anyone else.''
''Don't close off whenever you meet someone else though.'' Susan warns softly. ''Not everyone is like he is sweetheart.''
''I won't ma.'' Brittany promises as she watches her park the car in the garage, she takes off her seat belt and slides out of the car. ''Do you have any plans tomorrow night ma?''
''Does reading a book and drink wine on the couch count to having plans?'' Susan asks as they walk into the house, she pouts as Brittany just shakes her head chuckling and shrugs. ''Well that was my plan, you have a better one?''
''Kane messaged me during dinner asking if I was up to record one of the songs I wrote so he can publish it and announce a new artist signed to his label, I know you gave your consent that I can record alone and that you only want to be a part of really big decisions money or life wise but do you want to join me?''
''I would love to sweetheart, when tomorrow?''
''Around five, recording will take up to two hours depending on how often I have to repeat the song.'' Brittany replies as she drops down on the couch. ''He wants to publish it around midnight.''
''Still with just your first name right?''
''Yeah but people around town will recognize me immediately after my picture publishes ma.''
''I know but I just want you to enjoy high school as long as you can, preferably college too but you can also join online classes to get a degree while you focus on singing.'' Susan breaths out shrugging as she sits down beside her. ''Springville is a small town honey, as long as people only recognize you here you can deal with it and still concentrate.''
''Did I ever thank you for being so supportive of my dreams?'' Brittany asks softly as she scoots over to cuddle against her side, she tilts her head up to kiss her cheek as soon as she feels her warm arms wrap around her waist and sighs softly as she just hums. ''I don't do that enough though, thank you for believing in me and allowing me to follow my dreams even though I am still going to school ma.''
''Who am I to stand in your way to success?'' Susan asks softly as she kisses her forehead. ''You have a lot of talent Britt and I love watching you be so happy doing what you love, just promise me one thing?''
''Everything.''
She smiles at her quick reply and pulls back to lock eyes with her. ''I am sure you will gain a lot of fans the second your first song releases, don't allow the fame to go to your head?'' She shakes her head as she immediately opens her mouth with a frown and gently covers it.
''No just listen, your talent is unreal Britt and I am a hundred percent sure that you will break records with just one song.'' She murmurs. ''Just promise me to be the silly, sometimes somewhat idiotic teen slash future adult I know? You can't be anymore perfect as you are now B, so don't let any hate comments go to your head and if you do start doubting please come to me or talk to Kane, Jake or Puck?''
Brittany shrugs off her hand and nods her head. ''I promise mama.''
''And I still need my weekends filled with cuddles and just you and me.'' Susan adds with a grin as she pulls her back against her side. ''I know we moved recording songs and music videos to the weekends for now, but I at least need one Britt and mom day.''
''You can have as much as you want.'' Brittany promises. ''The boys know the deal and know that I won't be hanging out with them every weekend from now on, but they just told me that they will enjoy hanging out during the week.''
''They can also join our nights Britt.'' Susan murmurs against her head. ''You know I love those idiots like they are my own, I just don't want any huge changes or you suddenly being more away then home.''
''I won't be.'' Brittany promises with a grin. ''I will be home every night and I am sure the boys will love being here too, I won't change mama, I promise.''
''Good now when was recording tomorrow?''
''Around five, want to go out to dinner before?''
''Hell yes.''
Brittany giggles hearing her cheer and shakes her head. ''I know it's late now, but can I order a pizza?''
''Just salad again?''
Brittany nods her head and scoffs. ''Salad I didn't even eat, I told the waitress to give it to the next person walking in asking for leftovers.'' She grumbles.
''Go change in something comfortable, I will order us pizza.'' Susan tells her as she nudges her softly. ''Pepperoni or ham and pineapple?'' She laughs as she frowns in disgust and ducks as she tries to hit her with one of the throw pillows. ''Just joking sweetheart, meat lovers?''
She grabs her phone as she nods her head and winks. ''I will place our order, go change.''
''Movie night and Pizza?'' Brittany smiles brightly as she just nods her head raising the phone up to her ear after dialing their favorite pizza place and leans down to kiss her cheek. ''Best mom ever.'' She whispers grinning. ''Love you ma.''
''Love you too sweetheart, now move your ass and change.''
Brittany laughs as she watches her eyes widen the second someone answers the phone right after she told her to move her ass and shakes her head in amusement, she jogs up the stairs thankful that she still has her mom who believes in her and walks into her room taking off her shirt.
She quickly changes into her favorite cowboy Dallas shirt and slides into black shorts, she grabs her phone off of the bed as it lights up and chuckles as she sees a message in her friend group.
From Triple Trouble – Puckosaurus: How was dinner B?
To Triple Trouble: Mom saved me, asshole continued shit talking my dreams and his gal acted like a dumb blonde. That chick is twenty-six, almost thirty years younger as he is, the second she sees that he has no money, she's gone.
She snickers as she sees the throw up emojis Jake send right after she replied and types out another message.
To Triple Trouble: Enjoying a movie and pizza night with mom now, we will talk later guys. Love ya.
She drops her phone on her nightstand after plugging it in and jogs out of the room and down the stairs, she jumps over the back of the couch as she sees her mother scrolling through Netflix and chuckles as she bounces up at the force. ''Can we watch something funny?''
''American Pie?'' Susan just asks knowingly, knowing it's her daughters go to movie whenever she is down. She laughs as she nods her head with a big smile and selects it. ''We can watch whatever you want Britt, pizza will be here in twenty minutes so we can start watching.''
''Awesome.'' Brittany just breaths out as she cuddles back into her side. ''Thanks ma.'' She murmurs as she feels her arms wrap around her once again.
''No thank you needed baby girl.'' Susan whispers as she kisses the top of her head. ''Love ya.''
