A/N: Sorry for the late update guys. I know where I want this story to go, I just have to keep up with it between life things happening. Hope you all enjoy this chapter!

December 31 2020 Unicorns Unite Dance studio 7pm

It had been a couple of days since Brittany and Santana kissed and then talked. They both came to the agreement that nothing could happen between then two of them until Brittany was officially divorced from Emily. Since then Brittany and Santana continued to steal longing glances from each other. When they would rehearse their dance duet together they both had trouble sticking to only the routine. Besides that, everything was normal between the two they were best friends again. They had lunches together, watches movies with all of their friends at Brittany's condo, and hung out at a dance club. Things were moving along nicely except tonight was the night of the Rockin' New Year's Eve performance. That only meant one thing, Santana and her friends would be leaving tomorrow to go back to LA. Brittany was not ready for her to leave again, she knew she wasn't leaving her but the thought of her being on the opposite side of the country was heart breaking to her. She wasn't going to have her best friend here while she's going through all the legal stuff for her divorce.

"Alright let's run through both of the routines, we have about two hours I believe to fix or adjust anything if it doesn't feel right. What time do we have to be there again Quinn?" Brittany asked.

"We have to be there for 10pm sound check. Santana's performance spot is 10:30pm." Quinn stated.

"Perfect timing then. Alright let's run through the Valerie choreography first since that one's a little more complex. Then you guys can rest up until the show." Brittany said while talking to her dancers who worked for the studio. They all nodded their head understanding what Brittany was saying.

Mercedes decided to speak up "Just remember we have transportation picking us up at 9:15 okay Britt. Don't get too carried away, we know how you are about your routines but trust Quinn and I they are genius and look great so far."

Brittany smiled "You got it Mercedes, I just want it to be amazing so Santana gets all the exposure she can."

"Thanks Britt-Britt, but seriously it all looks amazing, I am sure I'm going to have a huge fan base after tonight thanks to you." Santana said looking at Brittany who was blushing at the comment.

Brittany clapped her hands "okay guys places, and let's rock this!"

They had run through both routines about 3 times for each. It was now 8:45pm and the transportation was about a half hour away from picking everyone up from the studio. All of the dancers had already showered and changed into their wardrobe for the show. Brittany was the only one who needed to shower and change since she was apart of the second routine.

"Alright everyone you guys did awesome and I can't wait until we can watch ourselves on TV! Dancers and Quinn, Mercedes, and Santana can all wait in the conference room, Dancers can you guys please show them to the conference room? I am going to shower and get dressed for the show." Brittany said as she started to walk off to her office where she had her own personal shower.

While Brittany was gone Mercedes, Quinn, and Santana were seated in the conference room talking idly. "So, what's going on with you and Britt?" Quinn arched an eyebrow.

Santana rolled her eyes because they both knew the situation "Nothing is going on."

"Really? Then why all the longing looks from the both of you?" Mercedes asked.

"You both know damn well what's going on. She wants to be divorced before anything happens between us. It sucks but she has a good point plus, I want her fully. It's a win-win but in the meantime, it sucks when we both clearly want to be together." Santana sighed.

Mercedes and Quinn both shared a look before Quinn said "What about LA? I mean I know this is probably not what you want to hear right now or even talk about but its needs to be said. You are going to be on the other side of the country in less than 24 hours. How is that even going to work for a new relationship? You guys were only 5 hours away from each other and decided to end things."

Santana sighed "That's not fair Quinn. You know we had to break up back then for us to grow. And things would be different, we both are more mature and I think love her more now than I ever thought was possible. I mean yeah its going to be really tough but I won't give up this time."

Mercedes smiled "We know you do, we can see it in your body language. Its like you two never missed a beat. Honestly, we just care about you and want you to be happy. This is probably going to be the toughest thing for you both but, we have faith and well be right here for you." Quinn nodded along with Mercedes.

"Thanks guys that really means a lot to me. You guys are my best friends." Santana said while having a group hug with them. Just then Brittany walked in.

"Hey, where's my hug? What did I miss?" Brittany smiled.

Quinn spoke up to keep Santana from looking vulnerable "We were just wishing Santana a great performance tonight. Right Mercedes?"

"Right but we have all the faith in the world in your singing! You are going to rock this." Mercedes cheered.

"Plus, my awesome dancing skills and routine will make sure you shine bright." Brittany smirked and then everyone started laughing at the silliness to break any tension that was in the room. Suddenly the intercom in the room stopped the laughing and a voice was heard.

"Britt, the transportation is here for all of us. Let's get a move on." Mike hollered through the intercom.

"Well everyone it looks like our rides are here. Time to get the show on the road." Brittany smiled.

They got to Time Square within 40 minutes with 5 minutes to spare for sound check. Everything was going so smoothly that everyone forgot about the conversation that took place earlier. A little while later and it was almost time for Santana's first live performance in Time Square. She was nervous for her first live performance especially one that's a big deal for artists who have been doing this their whole lives. This performance could make or break Santana's singing career. If anything were to go wrong she would still have her recording studio and could still produce albums for artists. She was scrolling through her twitter to try and ease her nerves when she was getting a bunch of good luck tweets from artists that she has worked with before until she heard someone approaching backstage.

"Hey." Brittany whispered so she didn't scare Santana.

Santana smiled sheepishly "Hi."

"How are you feeling? Nervous?" Brittany nudged her shoulder with hers.

"Yeah definitely nervous. This is a huge moment for me." Santana said.

"Well I know 100% that you are going to kill it tonight." Brittany smiled at her.

"How can you be so sure?" Santana asked shyly.

"Because just like I've told you before I believe in you Santana." Brittany stated matter of fact.

Santana smiled remembering the last time Brittany told her that "Thank Britt I really needed that."

"Anytime San, you're my best friend. Just for good measure though. Good luck." Right after Brittany said that she leaned down to leave a lingering kiss to the cheek of Santana. Santana blushed and Brittany smiled and walked away to let her finish getting ready. 10 minutes later and Santana's performance had started. They had just finished Valerie and the crowd was going wild for Santana. Next was her stool performance of When We Were Young, during the whole performance Santana kept glancing to her left watching Brittany sway to the music behind stage. Finally, it was time for her last song and her dance duet with Brittany. Santana and Brittany took their places while the lights dimmed down, they smiled one last time at each other before the bright lights came back on to Santana. Santana started singing first and then the choreography started to come to life, like this song was meant for them. They were slowly moving toward each other doing their own moves until they met in the middle where Santana reached for Brittany's forearms and slowly started moving them towards Brittany's neck. Once her hands reached their destination Brittany embraced Santana and looked deep into those dark warm brown orbs she once fell in love with. The song had ended and they were so caught up in the embrace they didn't even hear the crowd's screaming cheers. They finally broke their embrace when Carson Daly told everyone to give another round of applause Santana Lopez.

"Thank you everyone who made this happen tonight. It was such an honor to get to perform here tonight. Thank you again!" Santana said as she and Brittany ran off to the backstage area.

Brittany hugged Santana "You were awesome tonight just like I knew you would be." Britany then leaned down to whisper in her ear "Come home with me tonight." Brittany grinned at Santana's shocked expression.

"Are you sure?" Santana asked with an arched eyebrow.

Brittany giggled "Yes I am sure but, no funny business. I just want to spend your last couple of hours here together before you leave." Brittany started to look sad after those last couple of words left her mouth.

Santana grabbed both of her hands "Hey you know I'm not leaving you, I just have to go back home to my studio and my house. I can't let things get messed up there. Were going to talk everyday just like we did here and we can facetime and all that fun stuff. And maybe you can come visit LA after everything is settled here. Okay?" Santana asked.

"Yeah that actually sounds really great. Now let's get out of here and watch the ball drop from my condo." Brittany said. Santana just smiled and nodded and then they were off to get a ride to Brittany's condo. Santana sent a quick text to both Mercedes and Quinn letting them know what was happening, they both had some dirty responses for Santana in which made her roll her eyes and smile. After about a half hour they arrived back at the condo.

"I am just going to shower really quick because I am sure I smell. If you want you can shower in the guest suite and ill lend you some comfy clothes to borrow." Brittany smiled.

"That sounds great, well meet back in the living room?" Santana asked.

"Yeah and we can start a fire and drink some champagne while we wait for the ball to drop." Brittany said as she started walking to her bedroom. She came back with a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt for Santana. "Alright you're all set. There are warm towels in the closet next to the sink. Enjoy." Brittany smiled as she made her way to her own bathroom.

It was another half hour when Santana emerged from the guest suite when she saw Brittany sitting on the couch with the fire place going and the tv on the Dick Clark show for the ball drop.

"Thanks again for the clothes and letting me shower, I felt gross." Santana said.

"No problem. Trust me I know what its like after a performance, you have sweat in places you didn't think were possible." Brittany giggled while Santana made a face. Santana walked over to the couch and sat right next to Brittany who was somewhat in the middle of the couch. Brittany waited until Santana was comfortable against the arm of the couch and then she cuddled up to her and rested her head on Santana's shoulder. "I am so glad you're here right now. Best New Year's Eve in a long time." Brittany said around a yawn as her eyes fluttered shut.

"I'm so happy to be here with you Britt. I promise nothing is going to change when I leave tomorrow." Santana said as she looked down when she got no response from Brittany, she saw she was asleep and smiled. She kissed her forehead and said "Happy New Years Britt. This year will be our year." Santana pulled the blanket from off the back of the couch and turned off the TV and not long after fell asleep as well.