AUTHORS NOTE: So I woke up this morning super motivated. I'm a cook in the Army so we had to cook and serve breakfast. We finished everything, cleaned up and got a break. Being that i'm so motivated I wrote the next chapter for you all! Favorite, review, comment... REVIEW :) lol Enjoy!

I woke up the next morning to the sound of the birds outside of the window. The sun was shining through the slit of the curtains and hitting me directly in the face. I sat up and realized that I was in Santana's room. I checked my phone and I had four missed calls from Quinn, along with five text messages.

Brittany where are you?

Are you okay you didn't come to pick me up last night.

Hello? Don't fuck around Britt!

I called your mom she hasn't heard from you.

Nevermind she just let me know you're spending the night at Santana's house. See ya tomorrow.

Oops, I forgot to let Quinn know. I texted her to let her know that I would be going to the lake today. I asked her if she wanted to come but she told me that she would be spending the day with her dad. Mr. Lopez was walking by the door when he looked in and saw me sitting up.

"Good morning, Britt." He smiled and leaned onto the doorframe.

"Goodmorning Mr. Lop... I mean dad." He chuckled.

"You're finally catching on! If you're hungry I made some breakfast it's on the stove. Mrs. Lopez went to work already." I got off of the bed.

"Alright thank you. I'll be down in a little while." And he walked away. I stood up off of the bed and stretched. It was already 10:30. I didn't expect to sleep that long. I walked into the bathroom and saw that both mine and Santana's toothbrush were still sitting in the Cheerios cup next to the sink. I smiled. Her parents really didn't change anything after we left Lima. After freshening up I went downstairs and saw Mr. Lopez sitting at the kitchen counter drinking his morning coffee and reading the newspaper. I opened up one of the cabinets to grab a plate. I heard the sound of the paper being folded.

"You know Brittany, I remember the day that Santana brought you home for the first time. She was glowing. Her eyes were filled with happiness. I knew something was different." I closed the cabinet slowly and turned around.

"You were never bothered by the fact that she liked girls?" I always wondered that.

"That wasn't what bothered me. What bothered me was the fact she kept it a secret for so long. Well, tried to." He laughed. "Everything I ever wanted for my Santana, I found it in you. It didn't matter to me that you were a girl. What mattered the most was the fact that I knew my babygirl was going to be taken cared of and respected the way she deserved to be."

"I never knew that." I smiled.

"And that's why I tell you to call me dad. I love you, Brittany. Like you are my own daughter. If you ever need a place to stay, our door is always open. Now go ahead and eat. You're all skin and bones." He smiled and continued to read his paper. After all this time I never knew that he felt that way about me. I finished eating and put my plate in the dishwasher. I went upstairs to get Santana's jacket and the binder. Before closing the door to her room I took one last look. I took a deep breath in and smiled. I looked down at my watch, it was already 11:45. I needed to get going down to the lake. I went downstairs and told dad bye, and left.

Santana and I loved going to the lake. We had a special spot that no one else went to. There was a poorly made bench that we crafted out of wood we found around the area. But it held us both when we sat on it. We spent many nights there. Camping under the stars was her favorite thing to do. I always took my dads truck and we would drive onto the sand and make our bed on the back of the tail bed. It was so comfortable. Today wasn't windy. There wasn't one cloud in the sky. The sun beamed down on me. It felt so nice on my skin. The way it glistened on the lake water was just so beautiful. I missed it so much. I leaned back and closed my eyes.

"You warm now babe?" San asked. It was a particularly windy night. We didn't expect it to be this cold.

"I'm alright now, thanks." I was cuddling in Santana's arm. She was like my own personal heater.

"Babe I can't wait to grow older with you." She looked at me and smiled. "I'm excited to see what our future has in store for us."

"Same here. I want a big house, and a huge tv. Oh! And I want a puppy." I got closer to her. "Can we get a puppy please?"

"Of course we can Britt, we can get whatever you want. I want you to be happy." I giggled in excitement.

"Yay! Hey babe?" She looked at me.

"Whatsup?"

"I don't ever want to lose you." She held me tighter.

"You won't babe." Santana kissed my forehead and ran her hands through my hair. "I'm always going to be here. Through thick and thin sweetheart. I'm not planning on going anywhere soon."

I heard a noise coming from behind me. It didn't sound like a person, and Santana wouldn't scare me. I immediately went into protective mode, grabbing a stick and holding it like a bat. As the noise got closer, I got more afraid. The noise stopped. My heart felt like it wasn't beating. Out came a puppy. He seemed like he was only a couple weeks old. He saw me and ran right to me. he jumped onto the bench and started licking me. He had a bright red collar on, with a note attached to it. Before I read the note I wanted to see what the tag said. Maybe it had a name or something.

Never alone.

XOXO

San

My eyes opened wide. I took the note off of his collar, and he layed in my lap.

My dearest Brittany,

You must be wondering what's going on. Well this is why I asked you to come to the lake. This is AJ. He's a German Shepherd puppy. Only four weeks old. He's all yours. I promised you that I wouldn't leave you lonely. I am giving you AJ for that reason, and so that he can protect you. I love you, Britt. See you soon.

San

I looked down at AJ. He was sleeping now. I was excited. Tears filled my eyes. I've always wanted a puppy. I knew that there was a bunch of things I had to buy so I picked up AJ and started walking back to the car. He was perfect. I couldn't wait to take him home.