Monday 19th of August
"Yes, after the show Miss Berry will be available for interviews and photographs. She has factored in the time to answer your questions and looks forward to discussing her performance. Thank you, bye" Santana said as she hung up the phone . That night was the opening night of 'Funny Girl' and Rachel's broadway debut. Santana had a busy day at work and was getting ready to head home. She slipped on her jacket and began walking out of the building. She quickly called Quinn.
"Hello?" Quinn answered.
"Hey Q, I'm just checking that we're still on for dinner tonight before Rachel's show."
"Yep, it'll just be you, me and Britt for dinner, then we'll meet Kurt and Blaine at the theater. Shall I meet you at the restaurant at 6:30?"
"Sounds perfect." Santana replied. "See you then, bye." She hung up. Santana climbed into her car and drove home.
"Hey Britt Britt!" Santana said as she walked through the door of their apartment. Brittany was sat at the table working on some paperwork.
"Hey baby." Brittany replied as she looked up and smiled at her brunette. Brittany's face lit up when she saw her girlfriend.
Santana took off her shoes and walked over to Brittany. She took a seat on her lap and wrapped her arms around Brittany's neck, bringing her in for a kiss.
"Mmm what was that for?" Brittany asked, referring to the extra heat that was added to their usually tame 'welcome home' kiss.
"Just for being you." Santana said with a smile and shrug. Brittany kissed her again.
"I'm going to go shower and get ready to meet Q, you wanna join me?" Santana asked with a wink and a quirked eyebrow. "I think we have time for a quick round of twister too."
"As much as I'd love to get naked with you right now, I can't. I've already showered and I did that on purpose. If we shower together, we both know we will be late to dinner and then we will stress Quinnie out and then she won't enjoy tonight. Tonight is about Rachel so we need to think of her, even if it means prioritizing her over our sexy times." Brittany explained.
"Damn." Santana said as her shoulders dropped in disappointment. "You're right, I'll go shower then... alone." She said as she stood up and walked away. Brittany giggled to herself at how ridiculous the other woman was.
After Santana took a shower, she slipped into her matching black underwear and proceeded to do her hair. Brittany stood behind her looking in the same mirror as she applied a light layer of makeup to make her blue eyes pop. After their hair and makeup, they both slipped into their dresses for the evening and admired each other.
"Damn baby, we look hot." Brittany complimented as they stood next to each other in their full length mirror.
"We always look hot. We've got to be New York's sexiest couple, I mean look at us." Santana agreed.
Brittany giggled in response. "Come on, let's go meet Q." She said as she took Santana by the hand and lead her out of the room.
The girls met Quinn at a restaurant one block away from the theater Rachel was performing at. They took a seat in a booth at the back of the restaurant and placed their food order. They then received their drinks and waited for their food to arrive.
"How's Rachel feeling? Is she nervous?" Brittany asked.
"She's a little nervous but I think she's more excited. She's been in rehearsals for weeks so I think she's just excited to finally perform for everyone." Quinn answered.
"What about you? How are you feeling?" Santana asked.
"I think I'm more nervous than her!" Quinn replied with a chuckle. "She has nothing to worry about though; she knows all her lines and songs like the back of her hand. She's been up every day at 6 AM doing vocal warm-ups, which sometimes rubs me up the wrong way-"
"Wanky" Santana said, earning a smack on the arm from Brittany in response.
"It's annoying sometimes but I still love that girl more than anything. This is her dream and I'm so proud of her for accomplishing it." Quinn finished.
Brittany and Santana smiled at her, they were both so glad that Rachel and Quinn found each other, they could see the love they share and are so proud of the relationship they built together.
"How about you Santana? How are you feeling about it all? I'm sure your work is piling up." Quinn asked.
"True, the publicity is hectic at the moment but I know it will die down in around a week. I'm just trying to get Rachel as much coverage as possible, she deserves to succeed and I'm just trying to help her out as much as possible." Santana answered.
"And what about Mercedes' tour?" Quinn added.
"That's going well, it doesn't start until October 4th so we still have plenty of time to arrange everything." Santana responded.
"I heard you're choreographing for it, how's that going?" Quinn asked as she turned her attention to Brittany.
"It's going well, I've worked with most of the dancers before and they're picking it up really quickly. With a little bit more time, I'm sure the dancers can do great things." Brittany answered with a smile.
Their food arrived and they all began eating while they continued to discuss work and Rachel's opening night.
When they arrived at the theater, they took their seats. They had the best seats in the house; Rachel picked them out herself.
"Hey guys!" Blaine greeted them as he took his seat next to Kurt who sat next to Brittany. They all exchanged greetings until the lights dimmed and the show began.
As soon as the curtain went up, Santana took Quinn's hand in her own and gave it a squeeze. Quinn understood that Santana was reassuring her with that one small gesture. They kept their hands interlocked throughout the whole performance.
When Rachel performed 'Don't rain on my parade', Santana remembered when she sung it back in high school. The Jewish girl would use it for auditions and performances, the glee club had heard it endless times but Santana always enjoyed her performances of the classic Broadway song. It suited her voice perfectly and it was by far her best solo.
When the cast came out at the end of the show, they received a standing ovation. Rachel was perfect in the role, performing as 'Fanny Brice' was her life-long goal and she had just achieved it. Santana knew that if anyone from glee club - any of those kids from a small place like Lima, Ohio - could achieve their goal, it would be Rachel. She deserved the success she was about to gain and all her friends were so proud of her.
"Knock knock." Santana said as she opened the door to Rachel's dressing room. She wrapped Rachel up in a hug and congratulated her. Brittany followed after and said similar words. Quinn stood silently behind them. They handed her a bouquet of flowers.
"These are for you, we're both so proud of you." They said, then they said goodbye. Santana reminded her of which interviews she had and then they left the room, leaving Quinn and Rachel alone.
Quinn didn't say anything, she ran over to the brunette, wrapped her arms around her and kissed her hard.
"I'm so proud of you baby. You were amazing up there. All your hard work has paid off." Quinn said with a huge grin painted across her face.
"Thank you!" Rachel said as a lone tear escaped her eye. Quinn wiped it away with the pad of her thumb and kissed where the tear track had been.
"Miss Berry." An assistant called as he knocked on the door. "You're first interview is all set up."
"I need to go, I'll see you at home?" Rachel said.
"See you then. I love you and I'm so proud of you." Quinn said before giving her one last kiss and leaving for home.
After Brittany and Santana got home, they got changed into their pajamas and were stood in the bathroom, looking in the mirror and taking off their makeup.
"Rachel was truly amazing tonight." Santana said for the third time that evening. "I can't get over it."
Brittany put down her makeup wipe and turned to Santana. "Do you have a little crush on Rachel?" She asked with a smirk.
"What?! Eww! No!" Santana replied. She scrunched up her face to emphasis her disgust.
"Now it makes sense why you had that picture of her in your locker during senior year!" Brittany continued. "You're in love with Rachel!" She sang.
"Britt stop." Santana whined. She crossed her arms and a pout appeared on her face.
"It's alright. I understand if you want to leave me to be Rachel but I'm not sure Quinn will be quite so accepting. Q has got it bad for Rach." Brittany continued.
Santana quirked her brown and stared Brittany down. Brittany giggled and quickly apologized. She kissed away Santana's pout.
"I'd never leave you for anyone Britt. Especially not Rachel." Santana added.
They finished taking off their makeup and slipped into bed together. They laid there face to face just taking in each other's features in a comfortable silence.
"She did it. She achieved her dream. Who'd have thought that the little, annoying Jewish girl from Ohio would achieve her lifetime dream and be performing on Broadway?" Santana pondered.
"I know, it's crazy." Brittany agreed.
"Hey Britt?"
"Yeah?"
"What's your dream? You know you have that one big lifelong dream, what's yours?" Santana asked.
"I'm living my dream." Brittany answered. "My big dream is to be with you - the love of my life." Santana leant in and kissed her, she didn't have the words to explain how much she loved the blonde in that moment.
"And I plan to keep living my dream, when we get married and have kids." Brittany continued.
"I know we talk about having kids in the future but how many do you want?" Santana asked, slightly nervous to hear the number about to leave Brittany's mouth.
"I think 2; one boy and one girl." Brittany stated simply.
"That sounds perfect." Santana said with a yawn. She curled into Brittany's chest and closed her eyes, ready to let sleep take over her body.
"I can't wait to get married and have kids with you Britt. Then we will live happily ever after." She whispered.
"I think we are already living happily ever after." Brittany whispered back.