Brittany sighs softly slow jogging through the park after her doctors visit and bites her lip at the twinge she feels in her knee. ''Not good.'' She grunts softly slowly coming to a stop, she sits down on the first bench she sees and drops her head rubbing her leg with a grimace.
She reaches into the pocket of her leather jacket and takes out a painkiller popping it into her mouth swallowing it down without water, she keeps her head down grumbling about the pain in her knee and sighs.
''Ola.''
She slowly lifts her head as she hears a soft sweet voice and raises an eyebrow as a little girl stands a few feet away from her looking at her with big blue eyes, she tilts her head in confusion looking around for the girls parents knowing she is far too young to walk around the park alone and turns back to the girl as she sees nobody around. ''Where are your parents little one?''
She tenses as the little girl slowly unsurely walks towards her wrapping her little arms around her injured leg and bites her lip looking down at her, the little girl pouts and points towards a big tree. ''Mami!''
Brittany looks up at the tree she points at and frowns as she sees shadows moving behind it, she looks back down at the little girl and smiles kindly. ''Is your mami over there?''
''Mami!'' The little girl says again this time much louder while pulling on Brittany's cargo pant leg sniffling.
''Oh no, please don't cry.'' Brittany murmurs softly shushing the girl, she slowly stands up and sighs. ''Let's go to your mami.'' She tries to take a step freezing as she feels the girl still hang onto her pant leg and looks down at her. ''Come on little one.''
The little girl shakes her head tears pooling in her blue eyes and lifts her arms a silent indication that she wants Brittany to pick her up, Brittany gulps looking around the park unsure if she can pick her up just like that and sighs as she feels her pull on her pant leg again.
She leans down scooping her up in her arms and tilts her head as she feels her immediately nuzzle her face in her neck, she walks over to the tree rubbing the little girls back as she hears her sniffle and shushes her softly. ''I will bring you back to your mami, kid.''
She walks around the tree towards the moving shadows and stops in her tracks as she sees Dani pinning Santana against the tree with her hand down her pants, she covers the little girls ear pressing the other against her shoulder as she sees the tears of fear run down Santana's face and glares at the blue haired girl.
''What the fuck you think you doing?!'' Brittany storms over to them placing the little girl in Santana's arms as soon as Dani jumps back from her in shock and pins Dani against the tree face first. ''What is wrong with you girl?''
''None of your business, let me go bitch!'' Dani screams trashing in her hold, Brittany shakes her head taking out her phone and dials 911.
''It is my business when the little girl who walked over to me a stranger might I add in the park to try to get me to help her mami!'' She keeps Dani pushed against the tree ignoring her trying to kick her injured leg and holds her phone against her ear telling the dispatcher what is going on, she ends the call as she hears one of the cops she befriended telling her that he is on his way and turns to Santana watching her hold Bella close against her chest while crying softly.
''Santana?'' She asks softly, she smiles sadly as scared brown orbs lock on her own and nods her head to the other side of the tree. ''Get your little one away from here please.'' She tells her as Dani continues swearing, she watches her nod her head walking around the big tree and grabs the back of Dani's neck pinning her face first against the tree. ''Watch the language around kids you bitch, be glad I can't kick your fucking ass.''
''Fuck off Blondie, you know having feelings and trying to start a relationship with a minor is a no go right?'' Dani grits out still trashing in her arms, Brittany chuckles just tightening her hold around her neck and shakes her head.
''Yeah like I harbor any feelings other than hate for you.''
''I didn't talk about me, I talked about Santana. I can see the way you both look at each other, hate to tell you this but that bitch is mine!''
Brittany slams Dani's head against the tree smirking as she groans and leans close to her ear. ''One, she is no object she belongs to no one except to her daughter, two even if I have feelings for her which you will never find out it's none of your business and I am sure that I can show her more love than you ever can and last, call her bitch again and you can ask the cops coming to help you search for your teeth.''
''Pierce what's going on?'' Officer John asks as he walks over to the blonde, Brittany turns to her turning Dani to him and pushes her softly making her fall down on her knees in front of both officers.
''Found smurfette over here pinning another high school student to the tree with a hand down her pants, a little girl found me in the park and made me aware of what was going on behind this tree.''
Officer John turns to his colleague and sighs. '' Please take her to the car.'' He turns to Brittany and frowns. '' Where is the other teen Britt?'' He asks as soon as Dani is out of hearing range, Brittany nods her head to the back of the tree and sighs.
''I send her behind the tree because Dani was swearing and yelling, little kids don't need to hear any of that.''
Officer John nods his head walking around the tree with Brittany and sighs as he sees Santana. ''Nice to see you again Santana.''
Santana looks up and bites her lip as she sees the officer who gave her a drive to the hospital after he found her badly bruised and almost unconscious. ''Not really officer John.''
Officer John sighs and nods his head to Brittany. ''Miss Pierce told me that she found you pinned against the tree by Dani, care to tell me what happened.''
Brittany watches Santana place her daughter down fidgeting with her hands and slowly walks over to her, she reaches out squeezing her shoulder softly and sighs. ''Please tell him the truth, I will make sure she stays away from you and your little one.'' She whispers softly.
Santana looks up at her eyes locking on honest blue orbs and slowly nods her head, she looks down at her daughter and runs a hand through her hair. ''I will be right back mija, please stay right here.''
Brittany watches Santana walk over to officer John and looks down as she feels a tug on her pant leg, she smiles as the little girl lifts her arms again and leans down scooping her up in her arms. ''What is your name, little one?''
''Bewwa, yu?''
''Bella huh?'' Brittany asks softly carefully trying to guess, she smiles as the little girl smiles brightly and taps her nose. ''I am Brittany but you can call me B.'' She tells her softly not noticing the adoring smile that blossoms on Santana's face as she observes them while talking to officer John.
''B?'' Bella questions smiling brightly, Brittany hums looking at the little girl and smiles lovingly.
''What's up little B?''
''Fwiend?'' Bella asks tilting her head with an adorable smile, Brittany leans against the tree looking at the little girl in her arms and smiles.
''You want us to be friends?'' She runs a hand through her dark locks and smiles kindly. '' Of course we can be friends little B.''
''Brittany?'' Officer John asks as he walks over to the blonde, Brittany looks up at him adjusting her hold on Bella as she cuddles into her and hums.
''Yea?''
''I took both of your statements, do you have a recent phone number where I can reach you on as soon as I know more about what will happen?''
Brittany nods her head giving him her phone number and sighs. ''What will happen now Kev?''
Officer Kevin John smiles slightly and sighs. ''I can't really tell you what will happen Brittany but I promise you to call as soon as I know more and I will also call if she gets bailed out okay?''
He turns to Santana as she takes her daughter back out of Brittany's arms and sighs. ''Please stay at home or somewhere where you feel safe tonight Santana, my advice is stay somewhere where she can't find you.''
''She can stay with me.'' Brittany says shrugging, she looks at Kevin ignoring Santana's protest and smiles. '' Dani doesn't know my address and even if she did, I don't think she will try something with a soldier and ex- star football player around.''
''You living with Puckerman again?'' Kevin asks chuckling, he shakes his head as she nods hers and laughs. ''Greet him for me will you?''
''Will do.'' Brittany holds out her hand shaking his and smiles. ''It was nice to see you again, next time we need to meet up without you doing your job.''
Kevin nods his head in agreement and chuckles. ''Yeah I have your number now, I will reach out as soon as I have a day off maybe we can watch a game with Puck.''
Brittany nods her head and smiles. ''That can be arranged, thank you for coming so quickly Kev.''
''Anytime Brittany.'' He turns to Santana and sighs. ''Santana next time this happens please call me okay?''
Santana nods her head running her fingers soothingly through her daughters hair and sighs. ''I will, thank you officer John.''
Brittany watches Kevin walk to the cop car with Dani in it after they said goodbye and turns to Santana shielding her for Dani's glare. ''I know you are still trying to tell me every thing on your own time and I will respect that, but I will still prefer you and your daughter staying at my place for the night in case Dani gets bailed out.''
Santana bites her lip glancing down at her daughter and gulps knowing it is the best thing to stay somewhere Dani doesn't know, she looks up at Brittany and nods her head. ''I think that is the best thing after Dani had to stay at the station for a few hours, but I don't want to be a burden Brittany.''
Brittany shakes her head leaning down to grab Santana's diaper bag she dropped before talking to Kevin and shoulders it, she glances at Santana as she leads her out of the park and smiles reassuringly. ''You are no burden at all San.'' She squeezes her shoulder softly as she sees her bite her lip and sighs. ''You want to call the girls and invite them over?''
Santana shakes her head and bites her lip. ''No I will send them a text to tell them what happened and where I am, but I don't think Bella can have the loudness around her after everything what happened.'' She adjusts her hold on her sleeping daughter kissing her head softly and sighs. '' I don't know what would've happened if Bella didn't found you at the park, I would never forgive myself if something happened to her.''
Brittany unlocks the door of the apartment building ushering Santana inside and pushes the button to call the elevator down. ''Hey no what ifs alright? Bella is fine and so are you.'' She steps into the elevator turning to look at the younger girl beside her and sighs. ''I will try everything to make sure nothing happens to any of you okay?''
She steps off of the elevator as they reach the floor she lives on and pulls out her keys, she unlocks the door and looks over her shoulder at Santana. ''You can put her down in my room and leave the door open.''
She walks into the living room as Santana nods her head walking past Puck towards Brittany's bedroom and walks in, Puck looks up frowning following Santana with his eyes and turns to Brittany raising an eyebrow. ''Whoa who is the kid and what is she doing here?''
Brittany sighs dropping down on the couch beside him swallowing another pain killer and bites her lip. ''The little one is Santana's daughter Bella and the both of them will stay with us today.''
Puck frowns hearing the anger in her voice and sits up. ''What happened?''
''You can tell him Britt.'' Santana murmurs softly as she sees her hesitate walking past them to fill her daughters sippy cup, Brittany turns to Puck and sighs telling him everything that happened at the park.
''That fucking bitch!'' Puck exclaims in anger as Brittany finishes, Brittany quickly covers his mouth and smiles slightly.
''Watch the language Noah, Bella already heard enough and I don't want her picking up on some bad words.''
Puck raises an eyebrow pulling Britt's hand off of his mouth and glances at her bedroom door seeing it still closed with Santana inside. ''Alright what's going on with you? I never saw you like this.''
Brittany shrugs her shoulders and sighs. ''I have no idea Puck.''
''Do you like San?'' He glances at the bedroom door and bites his lip. ''You sure look like you would kill to make sure the both of them are safe, hell the smile on your face when you talk about Bella is adorable.''
Brittany bites her lip and shrugs. '' I seriously can't explain my feelings right now, but yeah Bella is adorable and I can't stand the idea of one of them getting hurt.''
''She is still a minor B.'' Puck murmurs softly, Brittany rolls her eyes and drops down on the couch covering her eyes.
''She is almost eighteen Puck and will graduate in eight months, it's not like I will jump her any second now like I said I can't tell you exactly what I am feeling but I do feel a strange pull to protect her well now both for any harm.''
Puck reaches out squeezing his best friends leg as they both hear the familiar creak of the bedroom door opening and sighs. ''I understand, I will order dinner for us any wishes?''
Brittany slowly pushes herself up in a sitting position and turns to Santana as she joins them in the living room. ''What does Bella eat, San?''
''If we are ordering, spaghetti she loves it other than that she loves almost everything aside from fish.''
Brittany turns to Puck and shakes her head. ''No need to order, I will cook us something.'' She pushes herself up in a standing position and turns to look at Santana. ''Sit down and relax San.''
Santana bites her lip sitting down as Brittany walks into the kitchen to start cooking and turns to Puck biting her lip. ''Why the hell is she like this?'' She whispers so Brittany can't hear them, Puck turns to her and raises an eyebrow in confusion.
''Like what?'' He asks in a hushed tone, Santana shrugs her shoulders and bites her lip.
''So protecting and not curious at all, she just found out I have a daughter but she doesn't ask about it and just accepts it.''
''That is B.'' Puck says shrugging, he turns to Santana and smiles slightly. ''Brittany is very protective of the people she loves, if she can make sure nobody gets harmed she will just do that and make sure her friends are always protected.''
He leans back against the couch taking a sip of his coke and sighs. ''She also doesn't question anything because she knows you will start talking as soon as you are ready to open up, I am just glad you agreed to come here with your daughter otherwise Britt would've sat in front of the house you were in to make sure nothing would happen to you.''
''Are you serious?'' Santana asks shocked, Puck nods his head and sighs.
''I noticed that your daughter managed to worm her way into Britt's heart even though she only knows her for a few hours, Brittany loves kids and knowing something could happen to them wakes the protector inside her even more.''
''But protecting us could mean her getting hurt.'' Santana murmurs watching the blonde rummage around the kitchen humming to the music playing on her phone, Puck reaches out squeezing Santana's shoulder softly and shrugs.
''That is something Britt doesn't care about, she would jump in front of anyone to protect them even if it means that she will land in the hospital in the end.'' He bites his lip glancing at his best friend and gulps. ''I wouldn't be sitting here if it wasn't for B.''
''Huh?'' Santana asks confused turning to look at him, Puck sighs locking eyes with her and runs a hand over his Mohawk.
''Brittany quite literally saved my life the day she asked me to move in.'' He takes a sip of his coke and sighs softly as he sees the look of confusion still on Santana's face. ''A few jocks planned to ambush me during a party because my ex paid them to do it after I broke up with her for cheating, they found me drunk out of my mind in the backyard and pushed me into the ice cold pool.''
''Fuck.'' Santana gasps out softly.
Puck nods his head and sighs. ''Yeah fuck, I was so drunk that I reacted so slow and struggled to swim up while they stood around me pointing and laughing.'' He glances at Brittany and bites his lip. ''Someone in the house alarmed Brittany and she couldn't run out because someone locked the door and blocked it with a few chairs.''
''What did she do?'' Santana asks shocked, Puck turns back to her and chuckles softly.
''Idiot jumped through the window head first and knocked the jocks down with a baseball bat she found laying around, she jumped into the cold water without a second thought and pulled me up before I passed out.''
Puck leans back against the couch and sighs. ''After telling my parents about it and hearing them that it was my own fault, Brittany told me to grab my stuff and told them to fuck off.''
''Well damn.'' Santana murmurs softly, Puck nods his head in agreement and smiles slightly.
''That is Britt though she doesn't care about hurting herself as long as the people she cares about are okay, I think this won't be the first time she will be at the right place at the right time and I also don't think that she will back off when Dani threatens her.'' Puck turns to look at Santana and sighs. ''I know you feel like you are a burden but try to get rid of that thought, when something is happening and you need help never hesitate to call one of us okay?''
''I'll try.'' Santana mumbles softly.
''Dinner is ready.'' Brittany announces as she walks into the living room, Santana looks up and smiles.
''I will wake Bella up.'' She stands up walking into Brittany's bedroom as soon as she nods her head and walks to the bed sitting on the bed, she smiles lovingly as she sees her daughter still fast asleep and runs a hand through her hair. ''Mija, wake up baby girl.''
She chuckles softly as she grunts and leans down kissing her forehead. ''It's dinner time, my sweet girl.''