And so it ends.
To rkk1996: Here it is!
To playitcool: I'm sad as well, but it was a nice journey.
It's summer, and the move has been finalised. Brittany and Santana are lying in Santana's garden. Maribel asks if they want something to drink, but they decline. At this moment, they don't need anything in order to be happy, as long as they have each other.
It was a battle against Brittany's parents that they did not anticipate, but they won. It was a bit awkward to ask Santana's parents if they were willing to let Brittany live with them till another solution would appear, but after explaining the situation, they let Brittany stay. Brittany hasn't heard much of her family after that. Brianna occasionally texts her (one time she sent her the video of Brittany's dance solo at Nationals with a message saying that it's wonderful, and Brittany felt like crying), and her parents calls once a week, but that's it.
Ever since the move, Brittany and Santana have been spending a lot of time outside. After all, Brittany needs the space to rehearse her tap skills. With the help of Kurt, Brittany found a couple of dance organisations in the area and she joined them.
"As wonderful as lying in the grass is, we also need to waltz," Santana points out.
Brittany groans. She knows she signed up for all possible dance styles, since she wanted to figure out which one fits her the most, but she already knows that waltz is terrible.
Luckily, Santana offered to help her.
Santana won't admit it to anyone, but she loves waltzing with Brittany. She loves the closeness and the elegance. Then again, she loves dance in general. Brittany was right when she told Santana they needed to dance more often.
Santana helps Brittany up and she starts to hum a melody. Brittany sighs again, but she takes Santana's hand and they start to dance.
"Promise me that afterwards we'll do the Lambada?" she asks and Santana laughs.
"Sure," she answers and she continues to hum.
"You're the best best girlfriend!"
Maribel is watching them with a fond look on her face. She's started to grow attached to Brittany now that she's living with the Lopez family. Mostly, the Lopez family has grown attached to Brittany's baked goods and grumpy cat, but those things are typically Brittany.
Sure, it was a bit weird in the beginning, since Santana's parents were still getting used to Santana being a lesbian, but who can say no to Brittany?
"Girls, I don't want to interrupt, but you need to get ready for the party," Maribel eventually reminds them.
Quinn insisted on throwing a summer party at her house, and all the glee club members are invited. Of course, Brittany and Santana are going, but Santana would rather continue dancing.
"We can dance the Lambada at the party," Brittany tells her when she sees the disappointed look on Santana's face, "We can dance any kind of dance. We should do a dance-off against Mike and Tina."
Santana nods and Brittany smiles widely. Ever since the move, she's been so much happier. She's still planning on being the quarterback, but she will also spend a lot of time dancing. She's definitely planning on being happy in the future as well.
Together, they get dressed and do each other's make up. They say goodbye to Maribel and they hit the road.
"Let's make a detour," Brittany suddenly says.
"Where are we going?" Santana asks when Brittany turns left instead of right.
"I don't know," Brittany says and shrugs.
They drive around and Santana can't stop looking at Brittany. When Brittany drives, she's calm and serene, and Santana loves it. It reminds her of the first time she saw Brittany, after she took off her helmet on the field. Or the first time she really saw Brittany, wearing cat earrings, a blue dress, and her letterman jacket, on the day Santana realised she liked Brittany.
"You're staring."
"Well, in my defence, you're beautiful."
"And you're cheesy," Brittany says back, but she blushes.
"You make me cheesy."
Brittany pulls over. "I can't drive anymore. You're distracting me!"
"Well, you don't seem too upset," Santana says, teasing a little bit. Who would have thought that Santana Lopez would be cheesy and would tease her girlfriend? A lot has changed in one school year, and Santana sometimes can't believe her luck. She's in a great place, she's dating a girl, and she is comfortable with that and with herself.
"No," Brittany says happily, "Because now I can do this." She cups Santana's cheek and kisses her deeply.
One and an half hour later, they finally arrive at the party.
"Look who's finally there!" Quinn smiles smugly when she pulls her two best friends into a hug, "The last to arrive, together. I must say the two of you seem a little bit-"
"Don't even fucking finish that sentence, Q," Santana says slowly.
Quinn smiles one of her overly sweet smiles, but she steps aside so that Brittany and Santana can enter the house. The party is in the garden, since it's a nice day after all.
Brittany and Santana greet their friends and Brittany can't help but feel a sense of pride. Sure, they lost Nationals big time, but that won't stop them. As someone who plays football, Brittany knows team spirit like no other. But even the Titans' team spirit is nothing compared to the glee club's.
Some others also comment on Brittany and Santana being the last to arrive, and Santana once again threatens everyone, but that is how it goes.
"Satan, you're finally here!" Kurt basically throws himself on Santana. He's not drunk, but he's just really glad to see her. Santana and Kurt are friends after all, even though Santana sometimes denies it, but by now everyone knows she's joking.
This is the family Brittany was looking for.
"Oh Brittany, how is your dancing going?" Mercedes asks, and it's amazing to know that she's genuinely enthusiastic. It is something that'd been missing in Brittany's life, but then the New Directions came along.
"Great, actually," Brittany says, also enthusiastic, "I wish I could've done something like this sooner, because I still need to figure out my preferred dance style, but there are a lot of them that I like so far."
"Could you give us a demonstration?" Blaine asks.
Brittany shakes her head, but others must've overheard them, because slowly everyone starts chanting her name.
"Brittany, Brittany, Brittany!"
Santana winks. "Go show off," she says.
The others make way for Brittany, and Artie starts to sing. Brittany high fives him and Artie nods. They're okay, and Brittany is grateful for that. The other members of the New Directions (and Blaine) start to sing with Artie, and Sam has his guitar with him.
Brittany dances her heart out and Jesse is once again filming. Mike holds out his hand and Brittany takes it. Together, they reprise they dance from Sectionals and others are hooting. But instead of following the choreography, Mike spins Brittany around and lets go of her.
The next thing she knows, Santana's arms are around her.
"Hey."
"Hey."
"Did I already tell you that love you?" Brittany asks.
"Yes, but you can tell me again."
"Well, I love you. You promised to dance the Lambada with me."
Santana laughs, but Brittany drags her along and they start to dance. At first, it's the Lambada, then it's Charleston, then they don't care anymore. They're dancing together, while surrounded by people they love, and maybe it's not much, but they're truly happy.
But then again, happiness can be found in the smallest things.
END
Oh. My. God.
OH. MY. GOD? This was two years in the making and now it is freaking oveR? But is it really over?
Yes, it is. For now, I am done with this verse, but I am not done with these girls. As I pointed out several times, this was my first Brittana fic, and I know for sure that it won't be the last. There won't be a sequel to this one, no matter how many KAYE lyrics fit the girls, but hey maybe there will be some drabbles?
I still wanna write more about Santana's coming out, and this time to her family. I do want to know what will happen to Brianna. It'd be fun to write the coming out on the field from Artie's POV. Who knows?
Those things won't be posted on FF, though, since I only post drabbles on my tumblr and my AO3 (forabeatofadrum) nowadays.
Anway, thank you so so so so so so so so so so so much for reading.