Back in New York after their honeymoon, Brittany and Santana run into Dani, who has no idea they got married and think she still has a chance with Santana and tries to put the moves on her, only to get a reality check and then meet Santana's wife, Brittany.
Though it's been a week since their honeymoon, Santana and Brittany are still riding on a wave of pure happiness. Everything seems like it has finally fallen into place and Santana's so happy that that place just so happens to be right next to Brittany. She's still a little shocked that Brittany said yes to her in the first place, but she's so, so happy she did.
They're both a little sad to wander back to reality, but they have lives and jobs and an empty fridge that really need their attention. They quickly find that things that they thought were going to be a total drag getting back into ended up adding to their newlywed bliss, like things as silly as grocery shopping.
Their clasped hands swing between them as they walk up to the corner store, all giddy and stupidly happy to cross off another bullet on their first time as wives list. It's warm out, too warm for it to still be Spring, so they're relieved when the pass sliding doors and feel a whoosh of cold air.
Brittany giggles at the way the air pushes open her light sweater to reveal her tank top then smirks when she catches Santana's eyes settling on her chest.
"Stop that, we need to focus." Brittany scolds playfully, bumping her shoulder with Santana's.
"I'm focused, babe, I'm totally focused."
"Mhmmm." Brittany teases before looking over at the row of carts, "Should we grab one?"
"Yeah, have you seen this list?" Santana sighs, pulling the folded up paper out of her back pocket while she follows after Brittany who's headed to the cart corral, "We might need two carts."
"Honey..it's not that bad," Brittany chuckles at Santana's pout, tugging a cart free and leaning on the handle as she rolls back over to her wife, "Remember, this is supposed to be fun! This is the first of a life time of grocery shopping trips. It's just me and you, you and me, the both of us together; how awesome, right?"
"Well, when you put it that way it does sound pretty awesome." Santana grins, hooking her arm with Brittany's and leaning in to press a quick kiss to her cheek, "Let's do this!"
They go through their list pretty easily. Though it's their first time shopping together as wives, it's not their first time shopping together ever especially since they've been making trips to the store together since back home in Lima. Brittany knows Santana can't go anywhere without making a list and Santana knows that Brittany will pout her way into buying the silliest things if there isn't a list to guide them.
But like Brittany said, grocery shopping together as wives for the first time is a great experience. There are a ton of times when they feel super mature, like when they're trying to decide which brand of paper towels is better or when they're comparing prices of chick cutlets. There are also a ton of times when they're not mature, like when Santana hops onto the foot bar of their cart and Brittany traps her in her arms and pushes her down an empty aisle all while they're giggling like dorks, which is fine because life's too short to be boring and just because Santana put a ring on it doesn't mean all the fun stops, in fact, the fun is just begun!
It's when they get to the cereal aisle that things stop being so fun, at least for Santana.
"I'm gonna see if they have those fruity Cheerios, those are my favorite. They're like Fruit Loops but healthier I think." Brittany tells Santana as she leaves her in charge of the cart, "You want to check if they have that oatmeal you like?"
Santana just chuckles, because of course she likes fruity Cheerios, she married one! She's just about to tease the blonde about it when Santana's eyes land on a familiar face on the opposite end of the aisle. At first, she's not sure if it's really her, with the blue hair now a dark brown, but the girl turns and Santana's breath hitches.
It's not the same kind of hitch she felt when she saw how beautiful Britt looked when she got to see her for the first time on their wedding day, but it's there and Santana doesn't know what to do. There aren't any residual feelings for Dani, but she was Santana's girlfriend at one point and she was the only other real girlfriend she's had besides Brittany. She remembers how things ended between them; it was when she went home to Lima and Brittany kissed her so deeply and with so much unabashed love that Santana just had to end things with Dani. Her feelings for Brittany were still there and it wouldn't be fair to just string Dani along while she figured everything out, so she did the mature thing and broke up with her. It was an easy break up, no Taylor Swift songs or talk about being best friends, Dani didn't even ask why she was being broken up with. Not that she would've said it was because Brittany's kiss woke her entire body up, because Dani knows what Brittany means to her and she knows she 's not much competition.
But that was two years ago and Santana doesn't regret her decision because if she did, she wouldn't be married to the lovable dork on the other end of the aisle currently comparing cereal boxes. Still, when Dani turns to her, smiling in recognition, Santana can't help but smile back.
"No way, Santana Lopez?" Dani grins as she struts over to the brunette, "Hey!"
"Hey Dani," Santana greets and pats the girl's back as Dani goes in for a hug.
"You look good," She compliments, all smiles and dimples, as she pulls away, "Really good."
"Yeah, thanks." Santana's been getting that compliment a lot lately, Brittany says it's the newlywed glow which she didn't know was even a thing, but Santana smiles politely and nods to Dani's hair, "You're not blue anymore."
Dani laughs at the double meaning and nods, "Yeah, I went purple for awhile before settling with this. It's okay for now," She trails off before tilting her head to the side and smiling again, "God, I just can't get over how good you look."
Santana laughs off another compliment, "I'm starting to get offended, I must've been a hot mess before."
"No, no, you were hot before too." Dani recovers smoothly, "I guess it's because we haven't talked in so long and I kind of missed you." Santana's smile falters at the flirtatious tone because she had forgotten what it was like to run into someone she knew who didn't know about her and Brittany getting married, she just assumed that everyone knew by now. But Dani just smiles like usual, "So how are you? What have you been up to?"
Santana's relieved that her opportunity comes so quickly into the conversation, "Well actually, I just-"
"Look San! They do have it!" Brittany chirps before pressing her body against Santana's back fully as she reaches around to drop the box in their cart, and pinning Santana's body between hers and the cart handle.
"That's awesome," Santana smiles, relieved to have Brittany so near again and temporarily forgetting Dani was even standing there because Santana's body still reacts so wonderfully to Brittany's presence. The blonde is quick to sense some kind of tension and looks up to the girl across from Santana.
"You must be Brittany." Dani says and it's her voice that brings Santana back to reality.
Santana can see slight hesitation on Brittany's face, but Brittany's too polite when meeting new people so she smiles instead, "Yeah, hi! I hope you're a friend of Santana's because I definitely don't know who you are."
"Sorry Britt, this is Dani. Dani this is Brittany." Santana sputters out and the tension grows as she's faced with her ex girlfriend meeting her wife.
"Oh, nice to meet you." Brittany smiles, her arm slipping around Santana's waist while she pulls away from her back and moves to offer Dani a handshake, "You were in Kurt's band too, right?"
Santana can't help but smile at the way Brittany approaches the topic of how Dani knows her because Brittany knows all about Dani and their short relationship, Santana told her herself. It just warms her heart that Brittany picks some other small detail to acknowledge her by instead.
"Yeah," Dani smiles, her eyes darting between Brittany and Santana hesitantly, "The band."
"That's cool," Brittany nods, smiling over at Santana, "She loved being in the band. Well, until you voted to have her kicked out." Santana's eyes go wide at the complete 180 of the conversation and the coolness in Brittany's tone is not a good sign either. Brittany just keeps on smiling though while Dani swallows hard, "See, I don't know if you've ever heard San sing, like really sing, but she's amazing. She's got that voice that makes your soul shiver," Santana blushes at Brittany's compliment, "It's- It's really awesome. It's just silly how you'd want to kick someone like her out when they've got that kind of talent and they really liked being a part of something with their friends."
"Brittany, that was a long time ago." Santana tries but Brittany just squeezes a little at her side to tell her it's okay.
Dani looks like she's about to either throw up or run away, but she manages to keep still.
"It's okay though because I get to hear that voice everyday for the rest of my life now." Brittany adds happily, subtly thumbing Santana's wedding ring, "It's the first voice I'll hear in the morning and the last one I hear at night. When I'm having a bad day, I can dial her number and hear it again. I can hear that voice whenever I want, unless she's asleep of course because I don't like disturbing her when she's sleeping, but it's wonderful, like what a way to live huh? I can't wait!"
"You're engaged?"
"We're married." Santana answers dreamily, eyes lingering on heavenly blues before turning back to Dani, "We just got back from our honeymoon this past Sunday."
"Wow." Dani breathes out in disbelief then pauses to take it all in, "Congratulations."
"Thank you." Santana and Brittany say in unison before giggling at their synchronicity.
It's not long before they all say their goodbyes, because really what else does Dani have to say, and go their separate ways. Brittany's back to leaning on the cart and trying to keep up with Santana as she crosses off things on their list, but it's actually Santana that directs them down an empty aisle just so she can push Brittany up against a wall of soup cans and kiss her breath away.
"What was that for?" Brittany asks breathlessly after Santana pulled back and wiped the lipstick marks of Brittany's lips.
"I just love you," Santana shrugs casually; "I just love you so much. You're the best wife."
And Brittany only smiles bashfully in return, not needing any further explanation, "You're not so bad yourself."