''Feliz cumpleaños Santanita.''
Santana sniffles immediately taking off in a sprint towards her grandmother and tackles her in a hug sobbing. ''Abuela.'' She breaths out tightly wrapping her arms around her shoulders, Alma smiles lovingly running her hand through her granddaughters dark locks and kisses her head.
''Ola querida.''
Brittany walks over to her best friends leaving her girlfriend to spend some time with her grandmother and hugs Mercedes kissing her cheek. ''Hey superstar.'' She takes Bella from Puck as she stretches her arms towards her and kisses the top of her head. ''Want to go to your mami?''
She places her down as she nods her head and smiles. ''Go on little B.'' She watches her walk over to Santana wrapping her arms around her legs and smiles lovingly as Santana pulls back to introduce Bella to her great grandmother, she wraps her arms around her sister as she cuddles into her side and kisses her forehead. ''Hey sis.''
''Thank you B.'' Quinn murmurs softly as she hugs her with Jake, Brittany turns to her and raises an eyebrow in confusion. Quinn chuckles kissing her cheek and shrugs. ''Thanks to you she finally found her grandmother again, thanks to you her life is finally looking upward and I can see the happiness that returned back in her eyes.''
Santana sniffles hearing her best friends talk to her girlfriend and slowly pulls back looking at her grandmother. ''How did you get here Abuela?'' She asks softly adjusting her hold on her daughter, Alma smiles lovingly squeezing the hand placed on Bella's back and nods her head to the taller blonde standing with the group.
''Your girlfriend send me flight details and asked me to join your birthday, after our call she send me an email after you probably told her about the call and invited me to spend this week here with you and my great granddaughter. I told her that it wasn't really financial possible for me this month and not even two hours later I received a mail with flight details.''
''Really?'' Santana asks softly tears dripping down her cheeks as she realizes just how much thought her girlfriend put into the planning, Alma nods her head pulling her in a hug again making sure not to squash the little girl between them and kisses her cheek.
''That girl really loves you Santanita, she told me not to worry about any costs for this trip and that she got it all covered.''
She pulls back as she hears her sniffle and smiles lovingly reaching up to wipe away her tears. ''I am sure that she will do everything in her might to make you happy and to keep you safe querida.''
Santana glances over her grandmothers shoulder at her girlfriend and sniffles smiling slightly as she sees her joke around with the group, she turns back to her Abuela and nods her head wiping away her tears. ''She already did so much for me and mi hija, but she keeps surprising me with how thoughtful she is.''
Alma smiles lovingly squeezing her great granddaughters hand softly as she reaches out touching her shoulder and looks up at Santana. ''Go to her querida, I will go say hi to your friends.
Santana nods her head looking down at her daughter and smiles wiping away her tears once again. ''Will you go with gran Abuela to Tia Q?'' She places her down as she nods her head and smiles lovingly as she watches her daughter slowly reaching out to grab Alma's hand, she follows them over to the group and slides behind her girlfriend wrapping her arms around her waist from behind. ''Thank you.'' She murmurs tearfully burying her face in her back.
Brittany turns on her heels wrapping her arms around her girlfriend and kisses the top of her head as she hides her face in her shoulder knowing she hates crying. ''You don't have to thank me babe.''
Santana shakes her head slowly pulling back and looks around Brittany at her friends, she holds up one finger silently telling them that they will be back and pulls her girlfriend over to one of the private dinner rooms. She pulls Brittany inside closing the door behind them and leans against it running her hand through her hair, she looks up eyes immediately locking on her girlfriends bright blue orbs and sniffles. ''I do have to thank you, for everything.''
She walks over to her holding her finger up to her lips as she opens her mouth to reply and shakes her head smiling tearfully. ''Don't even try to deny it Britt-Britt, you planned all of.'' She mentions her hand around them locking eyes with her and sniffles. ''This and made my day even more special by flying mi Abuela in, you are so thoughtful and you really just made my day hell my whole life. I am so lucky that I get to call you mine and even though I feel like I don't deserve you, I will show you every day just how thankful I am to have you in my life.''
Brittany pulls her in a hug as tears stream down her cheeks and kisses the top of her head as she buries her face in her chest tears soaking the button up she wears. ''You deserve all this and more baby, we planned all of this to make your eighteenth birthday special and I am glad that you are happy to have your Abuela here too.''
She slowly pulls back cupping her girlfriends cheek and tilts her head up slowly wiping her tears away with the pads of her thumb, she lovingly kisses her forehead and smiles. ''I wanted to give you the birthday you deserve with the people you love surrounding you, the crazies all helped me to make sure it would stay a secret and Cedes even renting the whole restaurant out so only the people you know are here and she can also enjoy the day with you without getting recognized.''
Santana sniffles pulling her closer and nuzzles her face in her neck kissing her pulse point, she wraps her arms tightly around her waist enjoying the way her protective arms wrap around her shoulders and gulps. ''I will thank them later, but you planned this all and I can't even explain how I feel knowing you made sure mi Abuela is here to celebrate my birthday with me, to get to know her great granddaughter and that I have the whole week to spend with her.''
''Seeing the overjoyed spark in your eyes is more than enough for me, I love to see you this happy babe.'' Brittany murmurs running her fingertips down the back of her neck smiling lovingly as she feels her shiver at the touch, Santana tilts her head up to look at her and reaches up cupping her jaw.
She leans up on her tiptoes capturing her lips in a soft loving kiss conveying all the emotions she feels right in that moment, she throws her arms around her shoulders as she leans down so she doesn't have to stand on her tiptoes and plays with the small hairs on the back of Britt's neck.
She slowly pulls back as they hear Puck yelling that lunch is ready and pecks Brittany on the lips once again. ''Thank you baby.'' She murmurs softly the term of endearment suddenly slipping out easily, she bites her lip as a bright happy smile immediately stretches out on her face and intertwines their hands. ''Come on let's eat.''
Brittany smiles lovingly following her girlfriend out of the room and follows her to the large table where their friends, Bella and Alma are seated, she pulls Santana's chair beside Alma out flipping their friends off as they coo and leans down kissing Bella's head as she reaches up at her. ''You want to eat with me princess?''
''Si!'' Brittany smiles lovingly scooping her up in her arms and sits down on Santana's other side placing the little girl in her lap, she kisses the top of her head again shooting Mercedes a grateful smile as she places a plate with spaghetti and a plate with chicken Alfredo in front of her and turns to her girlfriend silently asking her if she wants to say something before they dig in.
Santana smiles understanding her girlfriends silent question and intertwines their hands on Bella's lap, she looks around at their friends her eyes landing on her grandmother and gulps. ''I just wanted to thank you all for helping Brittany plan this amazing party and for making sure that you all made it, you all have a special place in my heart and knowing you all will meet mi Abuela makes me even happier.'' She sniffles turning to her grandmother and smiles. ''Abuela thank you for coming and I hope we get to catch up a lot this week and that you can get to know your great granddaughter, I really missed you, te amo.''
Alma leans over kissing her cheek and reaches behind her back squeezing Brittany's shoulder softly. ''Your amazing girlfriend made it possible, I am happy to see how happy you are and that you have such a supportive group of friends and a loving girlfriend by your side I couldn't be any prouder of you as I am right now. I missed you too querida, I love you too.''
Santana kisses her cheek and turns to look at her daughter smiling lovingly as she sees her cuddled contently in Brittany's arm playing with her doll, she reaches out tapping her nose and shoots her a wink as she looks up at her with a big grin. ''Te amo mija.''
''Mami! Amo!'' Bella squeaks out happily, Santana smiles lovingly and glances at Puck shooting him a wink.
''Now I saved the best for last Puck.'' She snickers as he laughs loudly and turns to her girlfriend smiling lovingly. ''I don't even know where to start, I know you hate it when I thank you a lot on one day but sometimes I can't help it because you are just perfect.'' She reaches up slapping her hand over her mouth with a smirk and clicks her tongue. ''Deny it and I will kick your butt.''
She chuckles as she raises a perfectly manicured eyebrow and bites her lip in amusement as she hears Mercedes and Puck both snicker. ''For me you are perfect babe.'' She continues not noticing their friends all smile surprised at the term of endearment knowing she had a bit of trouble uttering it, she lowers her hand from Brittany's mouth and intertwines their hands again running her thumb over the back of her hand. ''Today just shows me what I already knew, it shows me just how thoughtful and loving you are. That you will make sure this day will forever stay on my mind overshadowing everything bad that happened before and that I will also feel at ease, seeing just how happy my daughter is around you is one of the greatest gifts ever because her happiness is all that counts for me.''
She squeezes Brittany's hand softly as she keeps their eyes locked seeing the emotions swirl around in her bright blue orbs and smiles. ''You make us happy Britt-Britt, I know it wasn't always easy and it won't be for a while but knowing that you are right by my side through everything gives me the courage and strength I need. So yeah thank you.''
Puck turns to Mercedes as he watches his best friend opening and closing her mouth searching for a reply and smiles slightly as he notices the emotions clear in her bright blue eyes. ''I think I never saw her speechless before.''
Mercedes hums in agreement and smiles, she reaches over the table squeezing Santana's hand and shoots her a wink. ''I will answer for Britt because she is looking like a fish stranded on land at the moment.'' She quickly pulls her hand back as Brittany shoots her a glare and raises her hands in surrender snickering. ''Hey don't glare at me soldier, can't help it that a cat got your tongue!''
Brittany huffs as their friends burst out laughing and pulls Santana closer by their intertwined hands rolling her eyes as she chuckles softly, she kisses her cheek near the corner of her mouth not sure if she wants to show a lot of PDA around her grandmother and pulls back smiling lovingly as smoldering brown lock on her own understanding the underlying reason that is coupled with the tired confession she uttered last night. ''You're welcome sweetie.''
Santana smiles slightly turning to the group locking eyes with her grandmother and nods her head. ''Alright dig in before the food gets colder.''
Brittany chuckles as everyone immediately grab the cutlery laying around and looks down at the little girl in her lap. ''Want me to cut your meatballs princess?'' She adjusts her in her lap as she nods her head and grabs her knife and fork, Alma watches her with a loving smile and leans closer to her granddaughter.
''Bella really adores her.'' She murmurs as she sees the little girl look up at the blonde with a big bright smile, Santana nods her head in agreement looking at her daughter and sighs happily as she sees her happily munching on a bread stick still cuddled against Brittany's chest.
''She really does Abuela since day one she took a really quick liking to Brittany and it only grew whenever she was around, Brittany always plays with her or goes to the park with her and on Friday's when pre-K ends early Brittany spends the afternoon with her until I come home and Bella loves those days she also loves the late afternoons with her whenever I have a therapy session and is always tired because they played a lot or her favorite activity with Britt cooked of baked together.''
''So she took over a part of parenting?'' Alma asks softly watching the blonde eat with Bella still contently nestled in her lap eating her spaghetti, Santana bites her lip turning to look at her grandmother and slowly nods her head swallowing the bite of her lasagna.
''Yeah but I think she did it without her knowing it herself, she just tries to help me out so I won't be too stressed and just watching her makes my heart feels like it will burst out of my chest. She is afraid to step on my toes and that she will take it too far, but I don't think that, that will ever happen and my daughter is happy just the way it is right now and I am more than happy to see that bright smile on both of their faces.''
''I don't think you found yourself a girlfriend querida.'' Alma murmurs softly keeping her voice low so only her granddaughter hears her, she smiles as she frowns and holds up her hand telling her to shut up. ''You found yourself your future wife, I think you met your soulmate Santanita.''
Santana glances at her girlfriend smiling lovingly as she sees her share pieces of chicken with Bella and bites her lip slowly nodding her head. ''I think so too Abuela, I really love her.'' She whispers turning back to look at her.
''And she loves you that is so clear in her eyes and the way she talked about you when she picked all of us up a few hours ago, when do you want to tell her that querida?''
Santana shrugs her shoulders and bites her lip. ''I don't know, I am currently struggling with not blurting it out right now.''
Alma chuckles patting her granddaughters back and kisses her cheek. ''Yeah good luck with that Santanita, the day is not over yet.'' She takes the last bite of her food and leans back humming softly. ''God I missed bread sticks.''
''Does Santana have her love for sticks from you?'' Puck asks curiously, Alma laughs and nods her head smiling sheepishly.
''Yeah when she was little she was quite feisty, so whenever she had her five minutes I just handed her a bread stick and after a few seconds she calmed down happily munching on it.''
''So that didn't change.'' Brittany murmurs smiling teasingly as she hears her girlfriend groan.
''You be quiet.'' Santana murmurs warningly pointing a bread stick at her, Brittany laughs breaking it in half and shoots her a wink as she takes a bite ignoring her protest. She kisses the top of Bella's head as she leans back against her after drinking her juice and holds the rest of the stick up to her mouth.
She smiles as she opens her mouth and places the little piece in her mouth, she smiles lovingly as she looks up at her with a bright smile munching on the piece of bread and leans down whispering. ''It's time for gifts, want to grab yours from the table?''
She scoots her chair back as she nods her head smiling brightly and helps her slide off of her lap, she chuckles as she runs over to the table squealing loudly and watches her grab the small gift wrapped in Elsa paper.
She picks her back up as she runs back to her holding the gift in her little hands and turns to her girlfriend smiling lovingly, Bella leans back into Brittany's protective embrace and holds out the gift for her mami. ''For yu mami, amo.''
''Oh princess you didn't have to get me something.'' Santana murmurs slowly taking the gift from her with a loving smile, Bella bounces in Brittany's lap and squeaks.
''B, help!''
Brittany turns to their friends as Santana carefully unwraps the gift making sure not to damage the paper and signs them to take pictures, Puck holds up the camera shooting her a knowing smirk and winks.
She chuckles softly turning back to her girlfriend and smiles as she sees her look down at the lengthy velvet box in her hands, Santana looks up at her daughter and leans forward. ''Help me open it mija?''
Bella nods her head leaning forward and slowly helps her mami opening the box, she leans back as soon as it opens and tilts her head smiling brightly as she slowly pulls the black tissue they put in to cover the necklace away.
Santana's eyes widen as she sees the beautiful necklace and covers her mouth with her free hand as tears fill her eyes, Brittany places Bella down smiling lovingly as she walks over to her mami and watches her wrap her little arms around Santana's shoulders.
''Amo mucho mami.'' Bella squeaks out with a big grin.
''Oh mija it's beautiful.'' Santana mumbles sniffling, Bella looks into the box and frowns as she sees her mami looking at the part of the necklace without the text. She reaches into the box and turns the pendant around looking up at her mami, Santana frowns in confusion looking back at the necklace and breaths out a sob as soon as she reads the engraving.
To the world you are a mother, but to me you are the world. Te amo mucho mami.