Oh boy, surprise update? I was planning to post this chapter on Saturday, but I got the news that I finally passed all my exams. A year too late, but I finally did it! So why not post another chapter? (forabeatofadrum tumblr com/post/161857876908/unicorns-love-me-so-i-was-going-through-my-doodle

Speaking of my exams.. I, uhm, may have drawn Brittany again during one of them.

"GUYS! WE'RE IN NEW YORK!" Rachel yells before the plane even hits the ground. A couple of other passengers turn to look at her, some amused and others irritated.

"If you start singing now, I'll kick you off the plane," Puck grumbles. He doesn't want to admit it, but he's afraid of flying. Finn rolls his eyes at his friend.

"Of course I won't, because I will have to rest my voices. Yes, voices in a plural form, because we all know I tend to have different kind of voices with my range," Rachel says. She continues to tell anyone who's interested (only Finn) about her vocal routine and her vocal practises. Santana doesn't care. She's sitting next to Brittany, who's looking outside.

"The plane is landing," she says softly. Brittany's completely mesmerised by the view. Santana has flown before, since part of her family lives in Puerto Rico, but this is the first time Brittany's up in the air.

"Look at that, Santana!" Brittany sounds very excited, it's very cute. "The buildings are getting bigger and bigger. That is New York we're looking at. We're out of the state, Santana, and we're in a huge city. It's even bigger than Columbus."

She turns back to Santana and there's a huge smile on her face. Santana never pegged Brittany as someone who's interested in big cities, but the way Brittany's voice changes when she talks about everything she saw when she looked outside confirms that she's very happy.

"Seatbelts on!" Mr. Schue yells.

It's time for New York.

"Now we're in New York, Berry," Santana says when they get out of the taxi. The hotel isn't very expensive, but who cares? They're a small glee club on a budget, and it's already pretty amazing that a small glee club is in New York in the first place.

When Mr. Schue tells them that Kurt has to stay with the girls and Brittany with the guys, there's some confusion.

"Right, because I'm really planning on having some rough and kinky gay sex with all my straight friends," Kurt rolls his eyes.

Mr. Schue turns red from embarrassment, but then he says that rules are rules, so Brittany takes her suitcase and follows the guys.

She isn't separated from Santana for long, because they have a small get together in someone's room. Mr. Schue tells them to stay inside to write songs, but Quinn has other ideas.

After doing an amazing number in Central Park and other places (it's New York, people are used to weird acts in the city), they decide to split up. Santana happily takes Brittany's hand.

"Let's explore the city!"

The two of them say their goodbyes to the others and they reassure Tina that they'll be back in the hotel in two hours. The first thing Santana does is buying them another ice cream, because why not?

Sure, they're here for a competition, but that doesn't mean they can't have fun. Santana's pretty sure Rachel is crying in front of a Broadway theatre at the exact same moment.

New York is a big city, so they can't go very far. After an hour of just walking around and enjoying being able to hold hands, they find themselves in Central Park again. They don't mind that much. After all, it's a sunny day and Brittany bought them more food, so it's ideal.

"I am going to ask you something and it might sound random, but I have to," Brittany suddenly says.

"Shoot."

"What are your plans for college?"

Santana was about to take a bite from her bagel, but she stops. "Excuse me?"

"You heard me. Have you thought about it yet?" Brittany asks her girlfriend.

"Have you?" Santana asks instead of answering, because truth to be told, she hasn't.

"Sort of," Brittany doesn't meet Santana's eyes, "But I don't know if I- I mean- but maybe… My parents obviously want me to continue to Pierce Legacy, since it's pretty sure Brianna will get a scholarship to OSU later, so they hope for a football scholarship."

"So, are you trying to figure out what team you want to join?" Santana asks. She knows Brittany doesn't like the pressure of her parents, but she also knows Brittany loves playing and being the quarterback.

"No. I mean, I don't want a football scholarship," Brittany admits. She puts down her smoothie and hides her face behind her hands. "Is that a bad thing?"

Santana doesn't think. She immediately wraps her arms around Brittany "Oh Britt. No, it's completely okay."

"Is it though?" Brittany asks sadly, "Because even though coach hasn't told us, it's pretty certain that there will be hidden football scouts at the Camels game and I know my parents are just waiting for me to impress them- and oh, I will. I will kick the Camels' asses, but I don't want those people to recruit me, but if we win the game, they will and my parents will find out. How am I supposed to turn them down?"

Santana wants to tell Brittany that she can just tell them no, or that she can go against her parents' wishes. But it's not that simple.

Because after Santana got to meet Brittany, Santana googled her. The Pierce Legacy is huge. The Pierces have been excellent at sports for years. It's in their blood. Brianna will probably continue its Legacy, but that doesn't mean Brittany can just throw it away.

Both of them are Pierces.

"Brittany, if I may ask, where's this coming from?"

Brittany sighs. "I don't know if you noticed, but during our walk, we passed Juilliard."

And it clicks for Santana.

"I just want to be happy," Brittany tells her.

"Aren't you happy now?" Santana asks worriedly. She doesn't want Brittany to unhappy.

"I am!" Brittany immediately says, "Don't worry. I am happy. You being my best girlfriend makes me happy, but I want my future to be happy as well, and maybe Juilliard will make me happy since it is a great dance school. But that won't happen. Hell, I don't even remember following dance lessons, so I have nothing to show them. I never joined a dance organisation, I never danced in a show. Kurt and Rachel are already collecting credits for their Broadway dreams, but they can do that. I don't have the time."

"You've got Sectionals," Santana reminds her.

Brittany snorts. Santana doesn't like it. She's not used to Brittany sounding bitter. "Yeah, right. One small show choir performance. We didn't even win that one, not really. We tied."

"We still made it Regionals! And now we're in the big city for Nationals."

"I know… but even so. I won't get in."

Not if Santana has anything to say about it.

"I'll be right back," Santana says. The other girls and Kurt nod and continue their gossip evening. Santana leaves the room and turns a couple of corners till she finds the right door.

She bangs on it a couple of time, and she's probably annoying every guest staying on this floor, but she couldn't care less. Mr. Schue better opens the door.

"Santana, is everything all right?" he asks, confused.

"No, but you can change that for me," she spits out, "It's very simple. I know you will probably pick one of Rachel or Finn's songs, and that is fine by me, but you will give Brittany another dance solo. No ifs, no buts. She will dance at Nationals."

Mr. Schue's too flabbergasted to speak. Santana decides that her work is done.

"Have a nice evening."

Anyway, since I still haven't figured out if there's a way you can reply to reviews, let's do it this way. First of all, thank you all so much for the reviews, I never expected it. Also, thanks for the follows and favourites. It's amazing to see some people review multiple times.

To the ones trash-talking about the Pierces: yeah, what an assholes. I felt kind of bad for giving Brittany a hard time, but I felt like there needed to be an underlying story, not only "oh wow Britt is a quarterback how cool!". Also, Brittany's sister has always fascinated me, just like Mercedes's brother. While some glee characters get to have their family on screen, it's sometimes strange to remember that they exist.

About the first "on screen (on paper?)" kiss: Ah well, as some of you already suspected, Santana was kind of a mess afterwards. But even though I don't like Sexy, it was a turning point for the ship and especially for Santana's identity.

To the Quick shipper: Oops? I'm sorry? I had already written most of it, and I decided that I didn't want to get into the whole Finn x Rachel x Quinn x Puck x Lauren x Artie x Joe x Sam x 'idek anymore' love nonagon that glee gave us in season 1, 2, 3, and 5, so I just kept it with Fabrevans.

To BrittanaLove93: I am still bitter they didn't win Prom Royalty in season 3. Brittany would've been a great King, but then again, she also would've been a great Queen.

To pinkmatter528: Brittany has always been allowed to be in glee, but her parents simply don't care. Brittany wants to dance. Brittany is open about it (see end of last chapter), but it almost feels like her parents don't even know she's on glee until Brittany mentions it once again. Then, their common reaction is: "Oh, that's nice, sweetie. What do you think of coach Beiste's new training regime?" or something similar like this. To them, it's nothing big, so when Brittany does mention it, it's a rare thing. Only now with Nationals approaching, she really wants anyone to acknowledge it a bit more, but alas.

To the lone Pezberry shipper: Cool story, bro. They do have more duets in glee, yeah, and they are all really great. Still not canon though, but I guess they're more canon than "Brattana".

Thanks for reading.