December 24, 2020 Unicorns Unite Dance Studio 5pm
It had been a couple of day since Brittany found out about her soon to be ex-wife's affair with Chloe. On Tuesday after their first official rehearsal Brittany found herself a divorce lawyer right away. She still couldn't understand how someone could break their vows to someone they promised to be with through everything. The past couple of days at rehearsal was a good distraction from everything that was going on. The choreography for the first routine was almost perfected now. Mike and Brittany were obviously giving everyone a day off for Christmas and now rehearsal was over. But now with rehearsals being done and Christmas being tomorrow Brittany was realizing she was going to alone now more than ever until…
"Why don't we have a potluck for a Christmas dinner tomorrow?" Rachel suggested. Everyone was quiet for a couple of minutes until Rachel continued "I mean you guys aren't going home for a day to come right back, why don't we all celebrate together?"
"Aren't you Jewish hobbit?" Santana snickered. Quinn shot her a glare and Brittany gave a face that said "be nice".
"If you remember correctly Santana I do celebrate Christmas and Hanukah." Rachel rolled her eyes.
"Riiiiiight" Santana drawled out.
"I think that's a great idea Rach! Then we won't have to spend the holiday in a hotel room." Mercedes stated.
"I agree with you too Rachel. Where did you have in mind Rachel? I mean I would love to have you guys at the condo but Tina are trying to renovate the guest room into an office space." Mike chimed in.
Rachel thought about for a minute before asking "Well how about your place Brittany? Your condo is big enough for our whole graduating class."
"Oh I don't know Rach, my place isn't really all that joyful right now" Brittany tried to smile. Everyone found out about the affair either from tabloids or Brittany herself.
"Oh come on Britt we all know Christmas is your favorite holiday" Mike said.
"Yeah remember that year you told me Christmas is like the only known holiday you have to be cheerful for?" Santana looked her in the eyes.
"I would love to but my place isn't even decorated for Christmas, I mean I don't even have a tree this year." Brittany sighed.
"We can all go get one now Brittany, and Mercedes, Santana and I will all help brightening up your condo." Quinn said happily.
"Fine fine fine, let's go to the lot by central park and look for trees there." Brittany finally agreed.
"Yayy this is just the thing to cheer you up Brittany, see you didn't need Emily to make you happy." Rachel said.
"Rachel!" Santana hissed.
"What? Its true she never treated her right. She always put down your dancing with is one of the things you love most." Rachel said.
"Okay enough! Lets just go look for this tree and get to decorating Britt's condo." Santana sighed knowing the negative talk was only going to make Brittany more upset.
"Yeah let's go get some holiday cheer Britt" Mercedes cheered.
"Do you guys want to grab two cabs?" Brittany asked since they all won't fit in one.
"Actually B, I have to get home to Tina we have to clean up the mess the contractors are making." Mike says sadly.
"That's okay Mike, I hope it all comes out beautifully." Brittany hugged Mike goodbye and then turns to Rachel. "Are you coming along or do you have something to do?"
"No, I think I want to come and look at some trees as well." Rachel shrugged.
"Alright, so how bout me, Brittany, and Santana grab one cab, while Quinn and Rachel grab their own. Sound good guys?" Mercedes asked the group while she and Santana were smirking at Quinn. It was no secret to her or Santana that Quinn had a little crush on Rachel Berry. She hasn't stopped talking about her since they came to New York. Quinn blushed slightly at the fact she would be alone with Rachel.
"Yeah that sounds good to me but, we better hurry up it is Christmas eve who knows how late a Christmas tree place is going to stay open for." Brittany said.
After about a 20-minute ride in the cab the group arrived at their destination for the Christmas trees.
"So, do you guys want to split up and find a nice tree? That way we can get this done before they close in a half hour." Santana asked the group.
"I think that is a wonderful idea Santana. Quinn, Mercedes, and I will go over there by the fence and you and Brittany can go over there by the creepy looking shed." Rachel smiled.
Mercedes and Quinn gave each other a knowing smirk, hoping that Brittany and Santana can talk about what happened to Brittany and cheer her up. "Okay sounds like a plan." Quinn and Mercedes said at the same time. And with that the group went their separate ways to find a good-looking tree.
"This way milady." Santana bowed and smiled at Brittany.
Brittany chuckled "Always the chivalrous one, aren't you?"
"I may have been told that once or twice." Santana smirked. After a couple of minutes of looking Santana decided to break the awkward silence "Soo"
"I know, I'm sorry I'm not good company right now. It's just every time I'm alone or have nothing keeping me busy I keep seeing Emily having sex with Chloe in our bed. I have been sleeping on my couch in my own damn home. I just still can't believe all this time was a joke to her. I should have been around more or I don't know paid more attention." Brittany's eyes started to cloud with tears.
Santana grabbed Brittany's chin to make her look in her eyes before saying "Hey, this is not your fault at all. She's a stupid bitch who obviously didn't know what she had. You're an awesome person Brittany. You're sweet, caring, kind, innocent, you see the world differently and you're everything that is good in this world. Any women would be so so lucky to have you because you love unconditionally with your whole heart."
Brittany smiled remember a time when Santana said those words to her before. She knew Santana was only comforting her but, she could see in her beautiful brown eyes that she meant every word of it. Brittany knew it she saw Santana leaning in to kiss her when she whispered "We can't…I'm not even divorced yet and I am too damaged for you Santana." She instantly regretted it when she saw the hurt in Santana's eyes for a second. "Santana, it's not that I don't want you because I will always love you but you deserve everything and you deserve my whole heart and right now I'm hurt and I can't give it to you right now."
Santana sighed before saying "I know Britt it was stupid of me but, any bit of your heart would make me happy. I understand you will need time but I'm here whenever you want me." She leaned in again to kiss Brittany on the cheek.
Brittany leaned their foreheads together keeping them in this moment before saying "You're not stupid Santana. I just want to be happy again before we try to be anything together. I think we both deserve that, don't you?"
Santana nodded her head before being surprised by the quick peck Brittany left on the corner of her mouth in a promise to Santana that eventually they would have their time. Santana blushed and then their bubble was popped when...
"GUYS! WE FOUND THE PERFECT TREE FOR BRITT'S CONDO, COME CHECK IT OUT." Rachel screamed from across the lot.
"I guess that's our cue to go." Santana shrugged.
"Yeah, let's get this done so we can get my condo ready for tomorrow." Brittany smiled and grabbed Santana's pinky with hers. Santana smiled back as they walked over to their friends. When they got in front of the tree their friends all shared a knowing look at the clasped pinkies.
"Hey guys, this tree looks great and it's not too big and not too small for the condo." Brittany said.
"We were thinking the same thing." Mercedes said in a double meaning.
"Well let's get this bad boy back to Britt's condo and start decorating, so we all can get some sleep tonight. I need my beauty sleep if I'm going to spend my Christmas with you nerds." Santana said.
"Oh pleaaassse, you love us and you can't even deny it." Quinn playfully shoved her.
They all laughed as they managed to get the tree set on top of a cab and made way to Brittany's condo near the village. After another 20-minute drive they arrived in front of Brittany's condo. They all tried to lug the tree up to the condo which took about 10 minutes. Brittany was just putting her key into the lock when the door opened and revealed…