CHAPTER 5

The day Rachel and Quinn were leaving arrived and Santana was currently packing her stuff inside a huge suitcase. Brittany was going to pick her up soon and they would head to the hospital first, to get Kazey. After that, they would head over to Rachel's place and bring them to the airport. Brittany was the one who suggested bringing the couple to the airport because she wanted to say goodbye. Then they would go to Brittany's place, where Santana was going to live in…. for a while.

The Latina sighs in relief when she finishes packing her stuff. She checks the time on the clock, then slumps down on her bed.

"20 minutes" she mutters.

In 20 minutes, Brittany will be outside her house, in her car.

"I'll be living in another woman's house in a few hours" she murmurs. Santana felt a vibration on her left pocket and plucks it out. Brittany was calling.

Santana clears her throat and nervously clicks the 'accept' button.

"Hey Santana!" Brittany says in her very chirpy voice

"Hey Britt"

"Are you ready? I'm going to be there in a few!"

Santana nods, looking up at the ceiling. "Yeah, I'm ready" she replies

"Oh by the way, when we get Kay, is it okay if she sits on your lap while we bring Rach and Quinn to the airport?" the blonde asks shyly.

Normally, Santana would have yelled and quickly denied, but she just couldn't bring herself to say 'no' to Brittany. So with a gulp she said "Sure"

"Thanks! Kay would feel awkward if she was sitting beside Rach and Quinn while they cuddle" she explains softly.

"Look, I said 'sure' okay? So don't worry about it"

Brittany smiles wide at the comment, even though the Latina could not see and chuckles slowly. "Alright. I'll see you later then?"

"Mhmm" she hums in response, ending their conversation.

Santana threw her phone to the other side of the bed and sighs heavily. It happened again, the pounding of her chest whenever Brittany spoke and the softness she showed to no one but the blonde. She felt like a teenager again, feeling weak on the bones and blushing like crazy. Santana turned around and faced the wall, she thought about anything that would rid Brittany from her mind, but nothing worked. With one last sigh, she let sleep over take her. She was too tired of thinking.

…..

"Quinn! Where's my favorite pink sweater?" Rachel asks loudly, while pacing around the house.

Quinn stayed in the living room and turns her head to see Rachel running everywhere. "I already put it in the suitcase, babe"

Rachel stops abruptly and walks in front of Quinn, hands on her hips with an angered face. "Why didn't you tell me? I checked all the closets!"

"Sorry, I thought you knew"

Rachel sighs deeply and stares back at Quinn. "Well, I didn't know. Anyways, what about your things? All packed up?"

"Babe, Brittany and San won't be here by an hour!" the blonde complained.

"You act like Santana sometimes" Rachel says with a bit of an amused tone.

"I did grew up with her"

The brunette gave a swift nod and placed both of her hands on top of the blonde's lap. She then leaned closer, making their foreheads touch and gazed at Quinn's green orbs.

"I'm sorry if I keep over reacting, I just… I just want this honeymoon to be perfect you know?" Rachel said in a whisper, making her breath tickle Quinn's lips.

The blonde shivers a bit, grinning wide. "No, it's okay. It's my fault. I should have understood you"

Rachel smiles back and closes the space between them by kissing her lover. Quinn smiles into the kiss and pulls the brunette closer than they already were, to deepen it. She glances at the clock as Rachel begins to leave trails of kisses down her neck and smirks.

'Hmm… 1 hour is enough' she thinks to herself

….

"San...an….Sa…tana…." a voice says.

Santana snores quietly, hugging the pillow closer to her chest.

"Come on…. Wake … up" it says

Santana slowly opens her eyes with an annoyed grunt. Once she could see clearly, Santana is surprised to see Brittany in front of her. "B-Brittany?"

Brittany gives her a warm smile and Santana felt her chest pounding again. "How did you—"

"—hair pin" the blonde replies quickly, showing Santana the clip.

The Latina looks at Brittany curiously. "Why did you use a clip? You could have just called you know"

"I did. You never answered" she simply says, pointing to the phone that was inches away.

Santana immediately grabs her phone and opens it. To her surprise, she had 10 missed calls and 2 texts. She looks up to Brittany and clears her throat. "Is.. Is this all you? 10 missed calls? 2 messages?" she asks

The blonde tilts her head to the side and giggles softly. "I don't know. Why not check your phone? But… I'm pretty sure I sent you one message only"

Santana does what the blonde says and clicks a few buttons.

MISSED CALLS

Brittany Pierce (10)

MESSAGES

Brittany Pierce (1)

Mami (1)

Santana smirks at the blonde and laughs loudly. "Yeahp. You called 10 times."

Brittany blushes furiously and looks away, feeling very embarrassed. Santana made it seem like she was a crazy fan.

"I thought I just called you 5 times.." she mutters

The Latina smiles at Brittany's adorable face then goes back to her phone. She starts with her mom's message first

Hello Dear!

It seems me and your dad won't be back for a while. Still have some errands to do here.

Call me back

-Mami and Papi

After reading this, Santana frowns slightly. She kind of missed her parents. They were very entertaining to be with, and have an unusual obsession on 'Harry Potter'. They watched every single movie (first screening) and read every single book. Santana didn't think it was possible to finish the 7th book, as it was as thick as… well.. lets just say it was very thick. The best part of all though, was saying the name 'Voldemort'. Whenever she said that name, her parents would shriek and shout at her.

"You must not say his name! Call him He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" her mother hissed.

Santana would laugh playfully at them. It was hilarious. They were too obsessed with Harry Potter.

Brittany sees the Latina's sad face and couldn't help but frown as well.

"Did you get some bad news?" the blonde asks.

Santana looks up to Brittany and smiles. "No. Not really, just my parents saying they wouldn't come back for a while"

"Ohh" was all Brittany could say. She didn't like it when people talked about their parents. Since her own parents are such bastards.

Santana instantly remembers that Brittany didn't have good relations with her parents and immediately apologizes. "I'm so sorry! I forgot" she wails.

The blonde laughs hysterically at the Latina, finding it very cute how her face became all alert and flushed. Santana notices her laugh, and forces a smile on her face, deciding not to open Brittany's message as she could already guess what was written on it.

Brittany's laughing though, was interrupted by a loud ringing. It was coming from her own phone.

"A moment" Brittany says, pointing her index finger at the Latina. Santana nods gracefully at her and goes back to lying down on her bed.

Few seconds later, Brittany comes in with a worried look on her face.

"Santana…" she quietly says

The Latina looks up to meet Brittany's eyes. "Yeah?"

"Rach's mad"

"Why the hell is hobbit mad?"

"Because it's almost 6pm. We're supposed to pick them up by 5"

"What time is it?"

Brittany looks down to her phone then back to the Latina. "5:45"

Santana's eyes widen at once and she got up the bed. "5:45? That late? What the fuck happened?"

The blonde fidgets with her fingers shyly then takes a deep breath. "Actually, I was here around 4:45"

Santana turns to Brittany with a confused face. "But that was an hour ago"

"Well, I waited for around 20 minutes outside your house, you know…. calling you and texting you. And when I realized you really weren't going to come out, I picked at your door knob. I tried waking you. But, your such a heavy sleeper" Brittany explains and Santana doesn't complain.

She really was a heavy sleeper. If you want to wake her up, it will take about 30 minutes.

"Damn. That's not good"

"And we didn't get Kay yet. We were supposed to pass by the hospital first then to Rachel's" the blonde says, pouting.

They stay in silence for a few minutes until Santana suddenly fumbles through her pockets and pulls out a key. She bends down to pick up her suit case, and snatches her phone from the bed. Brittany watches her curiously.

"What are you doing?" she asks

Santana slides the sleeves of a gray jacket through her arms and zips it close. "Okay, Britt. You go to Rachel's and bring her to the airport. I'll get Kazey" she blurts out.

"Wait, why will you get Kay? Shouldn't it be the other way around?"

Santana goes out of her room and Brittany follows. The Latina still doesn't reply to the blonde, which makes Brittany quite upset

"Santana?" she says softly.

Santana stops at the end of her front door and inhales sharply. "Britt, I know how badly you want to see them off, and let's say if you get Kazey and go to the airport and not make it… I know that would really upset you" she says in a hurry, because they seriously needed to leave.

Brittany still doesn't remove the frown on her face. "Kay wants to see them off too. That's the purpose on bringing her with us, San"

Santana breaks into a smirk and playfully winks at the upset blonde. "Oh, that won't be a problem, you see… my driving skills are superb. I even bet me and Kazey will be there before you"

The blonde giggles at Santana's statement and the Latina couldn't help but smile. "So, lets not waste time. I'll meet you guys at the airport"

Brittany gives a swift nod and waves goodbye to the Latina. Before Santana was completely gone, Brittany runs out the door and shouts

"Tell Kay I'm sorry for not being there by her side! And also that I love her!"

Santana gives the blonde a "thumbs up" and switches her car to reverse. With one final glance at Brittany on her doorstep she speeds off, to the hospital, where sweet little Kazey is.

…

Once Santana was finally gone, Brittany goes back inside the house and gets her purse. She runs to her car and jerks it open, throwing herself on the driver's seat. Brittany takes out her phone and dials a number. She clicks the loudspeaker and leans down to turn on the engine. After three rings, somebody answers.

"Hello? Britt? Is this you?"

"Quinn! Yes it's me"

"For heaven's sake! Rachel just got off the phone with you seconds ago and now she's mad. Where are you?"

"I'm on my way there, get ready" Brittany says as she goes north, towards Rachel's house.

"Is Kazey and Santana with you?"

"Uhm, No. But, San said she'd catch up and meet us by the airport"

"What? Is she crazy? Anyways…. You better get your ass here, Britt. Our flight is at 7:30pm"

Brittany takes a deep breath and turns to the right, where Rachel's house is.

"I know. I'm here"

….

Santana has never driven like this before, almost running over 3 people and some dogs. But she had to hurry, it was her fault after all that the whole plan was ruined. As she turned right, she didn't even bother parking properly, once she was in front of the hospital. She switches off the engine and jumps out of the car. Santana runs to the information table and slams both of her hands on top of the white platform

"Hi. Santana Lopez. Where is Kazey Pierce's room?" she asks.

The lady looks up to the Latina and frowns in disgust. "Sorry, I didn't hear you, please repeat" she rudely says.

Santana glares back at the woman and leans forward, so that she would get a better view of her disdained face. "KAZEY PIERCE. ROOM NUMBER" she growls.

The lady grins and bends down, bringing up a bottle of manicure. She opens it slowly, making Santana very irritated and annoyed. The Latina slams her fist down the platform again, earning a few glances from the people around them

"WHAT THE FUCK'S WRONG WITH YOU? I'M GOING TO MISS MY FRIEND'S FLIGHT!" she yells loudly.

The woman smirks wider and takes the tiny brush out of the bottle, polishing her nails. Santana almost popped a vein when she sees her being such a snob when another woman walks in.

"Is there a problem, Miss?" she asks kindly.

Santana turns her head to the other, and glares at her as well. "THIS WOMAN WON'T TELL ME WHAT ROOM KAZEY PIERCE IS"

The woman looks down at the mean lady and back up to Santana. "I'm very sorry if Haley was rude to you, she's new and ve—"

"I DON'T CARE WHAT SHE IS! TELL ME WHERE KAZEY PIERCE'S ROOM IS" she cuts in.

The woman jolts a bit at Santana's sudden interruption and sighs deeply.

"Of course, please. Come with me"

Santana shots one more glare at 'Haley' then follows the other woman, who was entering a room.

Once Santana walked in, she is mildly surprised to see so many papers, stacked in thousands of shelves.

"Over here, Miss" the woman says, not too far away.

The Latina follows the voice and heads over to where the woman was. "Well? I don't have all day" she grunts.

"My name is Cristina" the woman says, ignoring Santana.

"Whatever, where's her room?"

Cristina looks up at Santana and begins to walk towards the exit. "As you must know, I'm Miss Pierce's doctor, together with Doctor Carl"

The Latina walks to Cristina's side and crosses her arms together. "Well, that's good. Bring me to her then!"

Cristina opens the door, and they both exit."I will, I just needed to get some papers"

"What for?"

"Dr. Carl told me that Kazey would be out today, and I take it you're the one getting her?" she asks

Santana nods. "That's right"

"Well, all we know is that Brittany Pierce is the only one who is permitted to get Kazey. No one else is authorized here"

The Latina curses quietly and looks up to Cristina. "That cant be! This is important, she needs to see hobbit and Q off, or else she'll cry non-stop. That's what Britt said" she explains.

They stop in front of a room and Cristina leans back on the wall. "I know your not lying, the other day… Ms. Pierce showed me a photo, a wedding photo, and to my surprise, you were in it, right beside Ms. Pierce, I remember it too well"

Santana sighs in relief, finally smiling ever since she entered the hospital. "That's great! Then, you'll authorize me to pick up Kazey?"

Cristina shakes her head in disapproval. "Unfortunately, no. But, I need you to sign some papers, since you are friends with Ms. Pierce, she will be able to find you, in case you are kidnapping the young child."

Santana frowns in disgust at what she said. Kidnapping? The Latina was bad, sure… but kidnapping? That so wasn't her type.

"and after signing, you will be able to get her." She finishes, while opening the door to her right.

"She's inside here." She adds.

Santana takes the paper in her hands and signs forcefully. Once she was finished, she gives back the paper to Cristina and quickly goes in to see Kazey lying down on a huge white bed, sleeping soundly. She turns her head to Cristina and sighs. "I don't have much time, is it alright if you help me out with her stuff?"

Cristina smiles warmly and begins to trot around the room, picking up a bag that was on top of a table.

"Gladly" she replies

Santana smiles warmly and walks to Kazey's side of the bed. She suddenly realizes that little Kazey looks so much like Brittany. Was she really her sister? Not daughter? Santana thinks.

She was so lost in thought that she forgot there was a plane waiting. With one shake of her head, she starts to wake the young blonde up.

"Kazey… Kazey… Wake up now" she whispers.

Kazey yawns sleepily and blinks a few times.

"Mommy?" she mutters

Santana chuckles at Kazey's words and massages her small arms softly. "No, it's Santana. I need you to wake up. We're going to see hoo—I mean, Rachel and Quinn off"

Kazey opens her eyes wide and smiles sweetly to the Latina. "I remember you, you're the pretty woman from Rachel's wedding"

Santana smirks, bringing the small girl up. "I like you" she laughs. "But, yes. And if you wanna see dw—Rachel off" damn, I need to stop messing things up. "Then I need you up and about right now" she ends.

And, without a minute to loose, Kazey jumps out of the bed and politely grabs her bag from Cristina. She stands at the end of the door and giggles joyfully. "Come on!"

Santana runs to the door and gives a simple thank you to Cristina. As they run to the exit, the Latina stops suddenly and walks back to the information table, throwing her middle finger up in the air to 'Haley'

"That's right bitch" she growls, earning a stunned face. With a satisfied smirk, she exits the hospital and sees Kazey standing in the sidewalk.

"Let's go" she says and the young blonde kindly follows.

Once they enter the car, Santana checks her phone and immediately turns on the engine, driving away.

"It's 6:45" she informs Kazey.

"What time is Rachel and Quinny's flight?"

Santana takes a deep breath, and increases the speed of the car. "7:30" she replies.

…

At the airport, Brittany waits beside her car with an ambivalent look on her face. She was uncertain of when Santana would arrive. She glances at her phone from time to time, wishing she would receive anything, a text, a call, just anything. But sadly, nothing comes.

"It's pretty cold, huh?"

Brittany turns her head sideward to see Quinn hugging herself from the cold breeze.

"Yeah. I wonder if Kay's fine." She replies, remembering that her little sister has very high asthma.

"Don't worry. She's with Santana, she'll be alright" Quinn says with comfort.

Brittany sighs and looks back at her phone … still nothing.

"I just wish they'd call or something"

"But if they called, Santana would get disturbed. We all don't want that" Quinn teased and Brittany forces a smile back in response.

"Where's Rach?"

"She's checking in our luggages"

Brittany nods in agreement and an awkward silence invades the two blondes as they didn't know what to talk about.

"I'm going to miss you, and Rach" Brittany blurts out.

Quinn's mouth curls into a smile as she walks closer to Brittany.

"It's only a few months"

Brittany chokes out a sob as Quinn suddenly hugs her out of no reluctantly hugs back, feeling all her friend's warmth before she goes, even if it was for only a few months.

"Ta-Take care of Rach for me, okay?" she stutters

"Promise Britt"

"Hugging without me?" someone says in a far distance.

Both blondes let go of each other and sees Rachel walking towards them with a playful smile plastered on her face. The brunette jumps on Brittany, hugging her like there's no tomorrow.

"See you soon Britt"

"Mhmm, Call me when you get there"

Rachel nods then let's go of the blonde with tears on her eyes.

"Why are crying?" Brittany asks sadly

"I'm just… I'm worried about you Britt, I mean who knows! Me and Quinn might stay there for a year!"

Brittany sees the sad and worried expression on her friend's face and walks closer to her. As Rachel cries a little more than a while ago, Brittany pulls her chin up gently and stares deep into her eyes.

"Hey, Who cares if you stay there for a year? I mean… I know I'm stupid but Santana's going to be with me remember?"

Rachel laughs between a sob and takes a deep breath. "I know, AND you aren't stupid Britt, just clumsy" she quickly says.

Brittany smiles warmly and lets go of Rachel's chin. "I love you. I love BOTH of you" she says, looking at Quinn who laughs. "and I want you guys to have fun, stay there as long as you can! I mean not too long but, you get the point. It's your vacation, make it worthwhile"

Rachel smiles in relief and checks her phone for the time. "It's 7:10 already" she informs the two.

"Santana will be here" Brittany immediately says, a bit unsure herself.

"We'll wait for 5 minutes, if they aren't here by then, we'll go. Is that alright Britt?" Quinn kindly asks.

"Uhuh. That's alright" she replies, but to Brittany, 5 minutes passed by too fast.

As the long hand of the clock reaches the number "1", Quinn and Rachel turn their attention to the sad blonde.

"Britt… We have to go" Rachel sighs.

Brittany takes a deep breath and straightens up her jacket, dusting off some dust. "Right, I'll just tell Santana and Kazey you said goodbye" she regretfully says.

Rachel walks to Quinn's side and connects their hands together. "That would be great. We'll go now Britt, don't forget to go online. We'll call you as soon as we get there"

Brittany nods sadly and waves goodbye for the last time. Once the couple was close to the entrance door of the airport, Brittany hears a screeching of a car. She looks up and sees a shiny silver car, driving its way to her.

"Is that San's –" she was interrupted when the car jerks into a stop and a certain Latina runs out, heads over to the other side and pulls out a young girl. It was Santana and Kazey.

As Santana brings Kazey to her arms, she immediately runs to the entrance door, rushing past Brittany.

"HOBBIT! Q! WAIT UP!" she yells.

Quinn turns around first and was attacked head on by Kazey. "Woah there!" she laughs.

Kazey looks up from Quinn's chest and frowns. "I'm going to miss you Quinn"

Quinn gently pats the young girl's head adoringly. "Me too, me too"

Santana on the other hand, walks to Rachel and punches her shoulder lightly. "Have fun, dwarf"

"Thank you Santana, please take care of Brittany"

"You don't need to worry" she says, making Rachel smirk.

"I knew you'd say that, anyways… as much as I'd love to talk to you longer, we might miss our flight. So, hug?"

Santana rolls her eyes playfully, and then extends both of her arms out. "Whatever. Make it quick, or I'll have Berry germs, they make you shorter" she joked.

Rachel hugged the Latina close and sighs deeply. "Thank you for doing this"

"I'm not doing this for you. It's for Britt and Q" she fires back, earning a slap from the brunette.

"That somewhat hurts Santana"

"Because I'm not lying, hobbit"

Santana feels a tap in the shoulder and as she turns back, she was enveloped in a bear hug by Quinn.

"God, I'm going to miss you're bitchy self" Quinn chuckles.

"And God, I'm going to miss your obsession of Rachel" Santana says, making Quinn blush in embarrassment.

"You didn't have to say that" Quinn hissed at the Latina's ear.

"I had to. You're going to be gone a long time after all"

Quinn lets go of Santana and slaps her cheeks softly. "Take care. And Have fun" she says.

"You too Q"

With one last smile, Quinn and Rachel enter the doors of the airport and leave.

Santana and Kazey stay there in silence, until Brittany yells at both of them.

"GUYS! LET'S GO!"

The Latina was about to walk ahead of Kazey when she feels her hand touch hers. She looks down to see Kazey holding the Latina's right hand tightly.

"It's cold, and your hand is warm" she stutters

Santana smiles warmly at the young blonde and they both walk towards Brittany. Santana kindly opens the backseat for Kazey as she hops in, then turns to Brittany who had her arms crossed.

"Job well done, Santana" Brittany says with an amused grin on her face.

"What can I say? I'm superb"

Brittany shakes her head with a smile and heads over to the driver's seat. "We should go, Kay's tired I bet"

Santana nods in response and opens the passenger door. "Well then, I look forward to living with you, Miss Brittany Pierce" she says with a coy smile.

"Same here" Brittany replies, turning on the engine.

[to be continued]

Please review, I was asked to make it longer. So here =)))

-M