December 24, 2020 Brittany's Condo

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…

"Hey Britt" Emily smiled wickedly. "Merry Christmas baby."

"Ummm, what are you doing here Emily?" Brittany stated with a confused look on her face.

"I came back for you, you are still my wife." Emily grinned mischievously.

"OH HELL TO THE NA." Mercedes all but shouted.

"No me gusta." Santana yelled.

"Emily I think you should leave." Rachel said while Brittany looked like she was having a hard time breathing. "It looks like you are not wanted here."

"Excuse me but this is still my wife and our condo, so before any of you have anything else to say I will stay until my wife says otherwise." Emily smirked knowing she was getting under everyone's skin.

"You are not my wife." Brittany all but whispered. When Emily didn't move this only pushed Brittany over the edge. "YOU ARE NOT MY WIFE. A WIFE DOES NOT STEP OUT ON THE MARRIAGE NO MATTER HOW MUCH OF A TEMPTATION THERE IS." Brittany side glanced at Santana. "I filed for divorce, as far as I'm concerned we are no longer attached to each other. I burned everything that you left here that was mine and I got rid of a lot of things that weren't as well. I do not care what you have to say or what you want. You should have thought about the consequences to your actions. Send me a bill for your stuff. I'm done, I don't want to see your face for a very long time. Now leave MY condo before one of my friend's make you leave."

"I think you heard the girl." Mercedes said. Emily stayed rooted in her spot while glaring at every single one of them except Brittany.

Emily sighed before saying "I really am sorry Brittany, you were my wife and I do love you. I made a terrible mistake, I hope you can forgive me eventually. I made you happy at one point….I could do it again and probably better than her. I mean you did marry me after all." She smirked in Santana's direction. Santana went to go after her when Mercedes and Quinn and Rachel all tried to hold her back. While Mercedes was whispering "She's not worth it San."

"Let me at her, she needs a good bitch slap to wake her up. Don't forget who was Britt's first and only true love.' Santana yelled while still trying to get free.

"I think you better go now before we release the hound." Quinn said breathlessly.

Emily turned and looked at Brittany "you know where to reach me when she leaves you again." Emily smirked before walking out the door. Everyone was quiet and looked at Brittany until she said "I'm sorry guys but I think I need a minute before I can get back into the Christmas spirit." Brittany started to walk to her bedroom at the other end of the condo. Everyone looked to Santana to make sure she has calmed down.

"I'm fine stop looking at me like I'm the wounded puppy here. The nerve of that bitch to rile me up while trying to hurt Britt was way out of line." Santana sighed "I think I should go check on her."

Before Santana could get far Rachel grabbed her arm and said "wait, let me go talk to her. I know you guys have that special bond but I have been here through all their disagreements and plus I think you need to calm down more because you will only make her more upset if your not."

Santana took a second to think and realized even though it hurt, Rachel was right. She was still riled up from the interaction and was still reeling from Emily's comment about her leaving Brittany again. "Yeah I think you're right, just please make sure she knows were here for her." What Santana really meant was please make sure she knows I'm here for her.

"Don't worry I will Santana." Rachel said looking at Santana sadly.

Back in Brittany's Room

Brittany was sitting on her bed with her head in her hands. She was trying to forget everything that Emily had said to her, it was like she knew exactly what to say to make Brittany doubt things she knew weren't true. There was a knock on her door that brought her out of her state.

"Come in" Brittany whispered.

Rachel popped her head in and said "Hey can I sit with you?"

Brittany nodded "Yeah Rach, you know I never mind your company."

Rachel was hesitant to start but had no other choice. "Are you okay? I know it's a silly question to ask, but are you?"

"Yes…no... maybe, I don't know Rach. I was just starting to feel semi okay and then she comes in here like a tornado and wreaks havoc on my life. I mean I don't even think I am upset for what she was saying about our relationship. I just forgave Santana for what happened between us and its like she just erased that and made me doubt it all over again." Brittany was starting to get upset again.

Rachel listened and thought before saying "Well I know it was tough on you when you guys broke up but why would she make you erase the forgiveness?"

Brittany sighed "I know logically Santana leaving for LA was the best thing for her to do and I'm so proud of her for becoming what she wanted, but I was so hurt when she left me. She left me behind and didn't even think to talk to me or even say anything to me before she did. I had to find out by showing up on her door step. How was that fair to either one of us? I always told her what I was feeling or what was going on in my life. I know I surprised her by just showing up but she knew my intention of coming to NY. I mean d-d-did she think so l-l-little of me to f-forget about me? I would've made it work, maybe I could've went to LA too! D-d-didn't she l-love m-me?" Brittany was now crying into Rachel's shoulder.

"Shhh Britt, it's okay, its going to be okay. I think Santana didn't want you to change your plans for her. Maybe she was just thinking of you, she has always tried to protect you and maybe that was her way of protecting you. But I promise it can only get better from here and you guys can get back to that place you guys once were, where you guys can just have that telepathic connection and know what the other one is thinking before it is even said."

"And then she is just going to leave again in a week Rachel. What's the point when she'll just be all the way across the country again?" Brittany said into Rachel's shoulder.

"You guys will find a way or work it out Britt. You guys are soulmates, you never give up on your soulmate." Rachel paused while silence settled over them. Rachel broke the silence while whispering "Want to know something, I'm scared too."

Brittany looked up and said "Why are you scared?"

Rachel sighed "I think I have feelings for Quinn. We had a moment before while Mercedes had a phone call and I don't know how to explain it but we had a moment.

Brittany smiled "That's cute Rachel I hope you get the chance to explore this saphic charm of yours." Brittany smirked and bumped Rachel's shoulder.

Back in the living room with Quinn, Mercedes, and Santana

"What do you think is going on in there?" Mercedes said.

Quinn looked over at Santana before answering Mercedes "I'm sure Rach is just trying to calm Britt down. They have gotten close since Britt really didn't have any of us for girl talk."

Mercedes and Quinn looked over at Santana and noticed she had this distant look in her eyes and wasn't paying attention to the conversation. Mercedes decided to break the silence from Santana.
"San, are you okay? What's going on in that head of yours?"

"What? Huh? Oh sorry." Santana spluttered out.

"We said are you okay? You seem a little off, what's going on?" Quinn repeated.

Santana sighed "It's just that the evil witch said something that's got me thinking. And I think it really got to Britt. I saw the look in her eyes, it was like someone was breaking her heart all over again. I think it was when she brought up me."

Mercedes chuckled. "Wow conceited much?"

"No, I am only stating what I saw. I've seen that look only one other time, when I left Brittany here to come to LA. She only just forgave me for that, what if that witch reopened that wound for Britt?" Santana's eyes started to well up.

Quinn and Mercedes both looked at each other before Quinn walked over to Santana to hug her. "It's okay San. Brittany can never stay mad at you or even be upset for you for long."

"You don't understand. I really hurt her that day and it took us 7 years to talk what if this little stunt ruins that? What if its another 7 years?" Santana said.

"Yeah 7 years and then she forgave you the minute she saw you San. Whether you or Britt like to admit it you both are idiots because you both still love each other. Its plain as day." Mercedes said.

"And don't let it be 7 years again, don't let your relationship go this time. Fight for it." Quinn added.

Santana sighed "Yeah I guess you guys are right."

Mercedes smirked "I know we are, look how we did raising your ass out in LA."

"Preach girl." Quinn said. Then Mercedes and Santana both looked at Quinn with raised eyebrows before they were all cracking up. While they were all laughing they didn't notice the two-other people enter the room.

"What's so funny guys?" Brittany asked with a smile. She loved to see her friends laughing.

"Yeah I left you guys for 2 minutes" Rachel said.

"Oh nothing, I think Quinn has been spending too much time with me." Mercedes smiled.

"Hey B are you okay?" Quinn asked.

"Yeah I just want to enjoy hanging out with you guys and enjoy Christmas once again." Brittany replied.

"Great let's get to decorating a tree!" Rachel said. Brittany went to grab her tree decorations from a storage closet. After the decorations were retrieved everyone got to work and started playing Christmas songs. Everybody seemed to cheer up Brittany when she started to dance around everyone. Santana couldn't take her eyes off Brittany the whole time while smiling at her.

Quinn noticed and walked close to Santana and whispered in her ear "Go get your girl back."