Brittany closes the room to her bedroom after Santana fell asleep and drops down on the couch running a hand through her hair, she shakes her head in anger and growls. ''Fucking assholes!''
''B?'' She jumps groaning in pain as she hits her knee against the table and holds her heart as Puck stands in the door opening to his room.
''Fuck when did you get back?''
''Came home during the talk Santana had with Kev, Bella is asleep in my bed.'' Puck walks over to her sitting down next to her and looks at her biting his lip. ''How bad is it?''
''Kinda want to go there and kill them.'' Brittany growls out in anger kicking the table ignoring the pain soaring through her injured leg, Puck quickly pushes her leg back down and shakes his head.
''Stop that! You are only hurting yourself!''
''She hit the fucking jackpot Puck! Her parents and Dani abused her tonight, first her fucking parents and afterwards Dani!'' Brittany exclaims growling in anger, she turns to look at him and gulps tears filling her eyes as she remembers the audio Santana showed Kevin. ''She recorded everything also we have proof, but she is fucking terrified because her dad is the best lawyer here.''
Puck sighs pulling his best friend in a hug and rubs her back as he hears her sniffle knowing she is hurting because everything that happened to the girl that captured her heart the second she met her. ''Is it clear to hear that they are the offenders?''
''Yes but I don't know how to convince her to sue them.'' Brittany nuzzles her face in his shoulder and sniffles. ''I don't want them to go back there Noah.''
''They won't, they will stay here.'' Puck kisses the top of her head and smiles sadly. ''Knowing you, you have a plan.''
Brittany slowly pulls back biting her lip and nods her head. ''I told Cedes that I need her lawyer, she is the best in LA and normally only works with superstars but I will give her the money she needs to put them behind bars.'' She shrugs her shoulders as Puck raises an eyebrow and gulps. ''I would sell a fucking kidney just to be sure that they are safe Noah.''
Puck pulls her back in his arms smiling sadly and hums. ''I know you will walk through fire for them Britt, I may not have seen anything happen but I saw you walk in with her unconscious so when this goes to court you have me by your side the whole time.'' He bites his lip and sighs. ''Did Mercedes answer?''
''Don't know.'' Brittany murmurs, she reaches into the pocket of her jeans and pulls her phone out quickly unlocking it. ''Yeah she did.'' She says softly as she sees a message from Mercedes popping up.
No idea what's going on but we will take the first flight to Lima tonight, don't do anything stupid soldier. Love ya
She shows Puck the text and sighs in relief. ''She will be here tomorrow.''
''What will you do as soon as she is here?'' Puck asks curiously, Brittany shrugs her shoulders swallowing a painkiller as the pain in her knee becomes too much and sighs softly.
''Hopefully San will press charges knowing she has a better lawyer, I will try to talk to her before Cedes comes and we will have to wait.'' She leans back against the couch and bites her lip. ''I don't want to force her to anything, but she will be safe as soon as they are lock….''
''No!'' The duo on the couch jump at the loud voice coming out of Brittany's room and immediately jump up, Brittany bites her lip in pain as she almost loses her balance and rushes over to her bedroom dropping her head as she hears Bella cry.
''Puck can you?''
''On my way.'' Puck mutters as he walks past her to his bedroom, she quickly reaches out squeezing his hand in thanks and walks into her bedroom immediately locking eyes on fearful brown orbs.
'' Bella.'' Santana whispers brokenly, Brittany rushes over to the bed sitting on the edge and grabs a hold of Santana's hand.
''Bella is here sweetie, she fell asleep in Puck's room but just woke up.''
''Can you?'' Santana asks sniffling, Brittany nods her head standing up knowing she needs to hold her little girl and walks out of the room. She crosses the hallway walking into Puck's room smiling lovingly as blue eyes immediately lighten up as soon as Bella sees her and walks over to the bed, she reaches down picking her up as she lifts her arms and kisses her head.
''You want to go to your mami, little B?''
She runs her hand through her hair as she nods her head sniffling and turns to Puck leaning down to kiss his cheek. ''Go to bed Puck you look tired as hell, I will lay down too as soon as they are both back asleep.''
Puck nods his head sliding under his blanket and sighs looking up at his best friend. ''Promise me that you will sleep B, all of you will need it. Love ya.''
''I will promised, love you too Noah.'' She turns on her heels walking out of his room closing the door behind her and walks back into her bedroom, she looks down at Bella and smiles lovingly. ''There is your mami, little B.''
''Bella.'' Santana breaths out in relief slowly trying to push herself up, Brittany quickly walks over to her placing Bella on the bed and slowly shakes her head.
''I know you will hate it but please try to stay down San, don't move too much.''
Santana nods her head relaxing against the pillows behind her back as her daughter immediately cuddles into her side and bites her lip as her little arms wrap around her waist pushing against the bruises on her stomach, she pulls her closer ignoring the pain and kisses her head. ''I am right here mija, go back to sleep mi amor.''
''Amo mami.'' Bella murmurs sniffling.
''I love you too my sweet girl.'' Santana whispers trying to hold back her tears, she runs her hand through her hair as she feels her daughter tuck herself against her side nuzzling her face in her chest and looks up as she sees movement in the corner of her eyes. ''No stay please.'' She murmurs as Brittany tries to walk out of the room.
Brittany turns to look at her and smiles slightly. ''I will be in the living room San.''
Santana shakes her head scooting over biting her lip in pain and slowly pats the spot beside her. ''I think we need to talk.''
''You need to sleep San.''
Santana shakes her head patting the spot beside her again glancing down at her daughter and smiles lovingly as she sees her fast asleep again. ''I just woke up B, please.''
Brittany sighs softly leaving the door slightly open and walks over to the bed sitting down beside Santana, she turns to look at her and bites her lip. ''Want to talk about your nightmare?'' She asks softly.
''It was the same one again, they just feel so real that it scares the fuck out of me the second I wake up and Bella isn't near me.'' Santana mumbles adjusting her hold on her daughter, she turns to look at Brittany and sighs. ''I really appreciate you making sure Bella is here and you being in the room while officer John and Dr Anderson did their jobs, but I can't press charges Britt I have nowhere to go and I have to think of Bella.''
She drops her head tears filling her eyes and gulps. ''I will also never win this even if I have proof for everything they did to me, my dad's status is just too high in this town and he will get out of everything I accuse him of.''
Brittany shakes her head and slowly reaches out grabbing her hand. ''I wanted to talk to you about that tomorrow, but might as well do it now.'' She smiles sadly as she turns to look at her and sighs. ''Mercedes is on her way to us with her lawyer who will represent you and will help you get the justice you deserve, after everything I saw happening to you the last two weeks I will not let you go back to them or let them get away with it San.''
Santana turns to look at her with wide eyes and quickly shakes her head groaning as her body protest as soon as she tenses. ''Fuck Britt I can't afford a damn lawyer and she is from LA she will ask a fortune!''
Brittany quickly squeezes her hand and smiles reassuringly. ''She is my best friends lawyer I am sure she won't charge you the same as her normal clients.'' She locks eyes with Santana and sighs. ''Don't worry about the costs Santana, you don't have to pay her anything I will.''
''No I can't ask you to do that, you already did too much for us Brittany.'' Santana says sniffling as she glances down at her daughter, Brittany sighs softly slowly reaching up to cup her cheek and tilts her head up locking eyes on tear filled brown orbs.
''You didn't ask Santana, I am offering and I won't take it back either.'' She glances at the little girl cuddled into Santana and looks back up at her. ''I will do everything I can to make sure you and Bella don't have to go back to them and to make sure you can finish high school without them hurting you more, we can talk to Cedes her lawyer tomorrow and hear her out but I will be happy if you accept it and you will let her help you.''
''That is too expensive Brittany.'' Santana mumbles sniffling, Brittany shakes her head and sighs.
''Don't think about the money Santana just think about everything that will change as soon as they are out of your life.''
''I have nowhere to go when they get arrested, we will be homeless.''
''No you won't be San.'' Brittany assures her, she smiles slightly as she looks at her in confusion and shrugs mentioning her hand around them. ''This is a three bedroom apartment San, Puck and I will move everything in our gaming room into one of ours so you and Bella are more than welcome to stay here until you graduate and even longer if you want.''
''Brittany.'' Santana breaths out softly in disbelief, she shakes her head gazing into her bright blue eyes and gulps seeing the protective loving glint in her eyes. ''I really can't ask you and Puck to share your apartment with me and my two year old, you already did far too much even before we got to know each other due to your tutoring.''
Brittany places a finger on her lips before she can continue and shakes her head. ''Santana we are both offering you a place to stay and I want to help you and Bella get out of the environment you are in now because the both of you don't deserve the way they are treating you.'' She leans back against the pillow behind her and sighs softly. ''Look I can't force you to accept it but I hope you will, you deserve to enjoy life San just like you try to make Bella enjoy hers and if you accept this I will be with you along the way so you won't be alone.''
She looks at the little girl fast asleep and shrugs. ''Besides Puck and I both like Bella and we both don't want to see her sad because her mami is hurting, Puck doesn't know about the apartment sharing offer yet but I am sure he will tell you the same I just did.'' She looks back up locking eyes with Santana smiling sadly as she sees silent tears run down her face and licks her lips quickly trying to gather her thoughts. ''As long as we know that you are safe and no one can harm you and your daughter we will be more than happy to have you around, Puck will also stand up as a witness at court because he might not have seen anything happen to you he still saw your injuries and that you were unconscious today.''
Santana chokes back a sob as she sees the honesty in Brittany's eyes knowing she is offering all of this to make sure her and Bella's life will be better in the future and leans forward burying her face in Britt's shoulder tears streaming down her face. ''Why are you like this?''
''Like what?'' Brittany asks confused, Santana shrugs her shoulders keeping her face hidden in Britt's shoulder and sniffles.
''So perfect and nice to us, you found out about Bella about a week ago but every time we were around you played with her and made her feel welcome. You never gave me the feeling of being a burden even though I dropped a few major bombs on you and called you whenever I got hurt, you never complained about sleeping on the couch and always offered me and Bella your room to crash in so we didn't have to go to them.''
Brittany slowly wraps an arm around her shoulders running her hand through Santana's dark locks and chuckles softly. ''I am far from perfect Santana but I hate to see people hurting, Bella wormed her way into my heart the second I looked into her big blue eyes and the day we started tutoring and I got to know you also showed me how strong you are and what an amazing mother you are to Bella even though you walked through hell almost every day.'' She slowly pulls back cupping her cheek and slowly wipes away her tears smiling slightly as tear filled brown orbs look at her. ''I care about the both of you and want to see smiles on both of your faces.''
She traces the worry lines on Santana's face and shrugs. ''Those worried lines on your face don't fit you sweetie and I am glad to see them disappear whenever you are here, this will always be your safe place no matter what will happen as soon as you set a foot in this apartment I will assure you that nobody will even come near you.''
''Will you really be with me the whole time if I decide to talk to Mercedes her lawyer and to sue them?'' Santana asks in a small voice Brittany's reasoning slowly allowing her to drop the walls she build and to think about a future without worrying that her daughter might get hurt.
''I will be by your side every step you decide to take San.'' Brittany murmurs reassuringly, she catches the tear escaping her eyes and smiles softly. ''I will also testify and tell them what I saw and also tell them the bruises I noticed, I know this all sounds surreal and like a dream right now but this is reality San and if you decide to take that step you will have me, Puck, Em, Q and Jake all on your side same goes for Kev and Dr Anderson.''
''I think I will do it, but I want to hear Mercedes her lawyer out first.''
Brittany smiles lovingly and nods her head. ''I understand and if you want I can join you during the talk, Mercedes will also be there but she will leave us alone as soon as you wish that.''
Santana shakes her head and gulps. ''No Mercedes noticed things happening too and asked me about it quite often after we exchanged numbers but I told her that I don't want to talk about it, I have nobody who will take Bella tomorrow though Judy has to work.''
''I am sure Puck would love to keep an eye on her and the girls and Jake will come over to, I told them to not come tonight even though they wanted to because your body needs rest.'' Brittany glances at the time and sighs. ''Talk about rest, it's four in the morning it's time for another painkiller and sleep sweetie.''
''I like it when you call me that.'' Santana mumbles blushing quickly looking down at her daughter, Brittany raises an eyebrow smiling slightly as she notices the blush covering the girls cheeks and tilts her head.
''Call you what?'' She asks softly watching Santana pick her daughter up so she is cuddled into her chest on top of her, Santana bites her lip still blushing and gulps.
''Sweetie.'' She breaths out slowly laying down, she closes her eyes kissing the top of her daughters head and shrugs. ''It makes me feel safe, cared for and like somebody finally sees me for someone except for a useless teen mom.''
''You might be a teen mom but you are a better mother than almost eighty percent of the ones walking around this damn town San, I know that I didn't see much yet and that you have a lot hidden behind the walls you build up to protect yourself and Bella but from what I could see you are a damn strong woman and through all the shit you had to live through you are still standing.''
Brittany slowly reaches for her making sure she can see the movement to not scare her and gently cups her cheek again, she turns her head gazing into Santana's eyes to show her that she means the next words coming out of her mouth and smiles. ''You are anything but useless Santana, you walked through hell to keep your daughter safe and you still manage to keep up at school and I am sure you will graduate with honors too.''
''Other people wouldn't be this strong and they would have never managed to raise their toddler the way you do, show her the amount of love you do and to make sure she has everything she needs. Others would be crying, giving up and not knowing how to continue, but you are sitting here holding your daughter reassuring her that everything will be alright and you show her everything that is good in this shitty town. You are a hell of a mother Santana and I have a lot respect for everything you did and will do, you will show everyone who has his doubts about you that you will make it while they will be stuck living in this town.''
Santana gulps tears streaming down her face as she realizes that Brittany kept their eyes locked to assure her that she is speaking the truth and sniffles, she adjusts her hold on Bella slowly moving closer to the blonde and buries her face in her shoulder once again biting back a sob. ''You don't even know how much hearing those words mean to me Britt.''
Brittany wraps her up in a hug placing her left hand on Bella's back and kisses the top of her head smiling slightly. ''And I will repeat after myself every day until you see how amazing you are.''
Santana closes her eyes sobbing as she feels Brittany's protective arms wrap around herself and her daughter and slowly allows herself to relax. ''Thank you.''