A/N: This is the last chapter. I just wanted to say, thank you everyone for all the reviews, and for people who didn't review I'd still thank them for reading this. I honestly didn't think I'd have this many reviews, and it means a lot, especially since this is my first Glee fic I've ever written. I loved writing it and hope you all enjoy the last chapter.
Just as Santana had said, Santana pulled up to Rachel's house and walked to the door. Rachel had just finished getting changed when she heard the doorbell ring. When she walked to the door and opened it, she saw Santana on the other end, smiling at her.
"Morning babe," Santana said, and Rachel smiled at the name. She leaned down and gave Rachel a quick kiss on the lips. "Can I come in?"
"You're early," Rachel said as she made room for Santana to walk through.
"I just wanted to spend some quality time with my hot girlfriend this morning." Santana said with a shrug and Rachel smiled.
"Tana, that's sweet." Santana grinned.
"I like you're nicknames for me."
"Huh?"
"You called me that and San when you were drunk." Rachel blushed and looked away shyly, making Santana laugh. The two spent their morning together, and decided they wanted to be out to the school.
"I'm proud to have you as my girlfriend and I want to show that to everyone." Rachel smiled and kissed Santana on the lips. Santana ended up driving them to school and as they walked through the front doors Rachel looked at her.
"Wait," She said, pulling Santana off to the side of the hallway. "Do you want to just tell everyone as we see them or announce it to Glee Club?" Santana frowned as she thought about it.
"I don't know, Glee, I guess?" Rachel nodded and went to hold her hand but stopped herself.
"Ugh, it's going to be so hard to resist touching you." Rachel pouted and Santana smiled.
"Well, after Glee you can be all over me again, like yesterday." Rachel blushed and Santana grinned. They walked down the hall, their hands brushing each others, and walked to Rachel's locker. As Santana leaned against the lockers waiting for Rachel, Puck came up and glared at her. Santana huffed and glared back.
"Sup bro," Puck said, still glaring at Santana. "Lopez." Santana raised an eyebrow at him."Puckerman." Rachel groaned and slammed her locker shut, making Santana and Puck look at her.
"I would really appreciate it if my best friend and girlfriend got along."
"Girlfriend?" Puck asked and Rachel's eyes widened in realization of what she had done.
"Rach." Santana sighed and Rachel bit her lip.
"I'm sorry Tana, it just came out and-" Santana laughed and rubbed took Rachel's hand.
"Hey, calm down, it's fine." Santana said reassuringly and Rachel smiled.
"Girlfriend…" Puck said again, and he suddenly grinned. "Way to go bro, you got the girl," Puck slapped Rachel on the back hard, sending her tripping into Santana's arms. Puck grinned at her before becoming serious and looking at Santana. "Hurt her again and I swear…"
"I won't." Santana said quickly and Puck smiled.
"Cool, then we got no problem," Puck turned to Rachel. "We still on for bro's night?"
"Of course." Rachel said and Puck nodded.
"Cool, see you later then." Puck gave Rachel a thumbs up and Rachel laughed lightly. Once Puck was gone, Rachel turned to Santana.
"Bro's night?" Santana asked and Rachel laughed.
"Almost every week we have a Bro's night dedicated just to us," Santana raised an eyebrow and Rachel shrugged. "We play video games all day." Santana smiled and shook her head. The bell ran and the two walked to class, and once they were in they went to their desks. When Rachel sat down next to Puck, he raised an eyebrow.
"Aren't you going to sit with your girl?"
"We decided to lay low until Glee Club, where we will announce our relationship to everyone, so you can't tell anyone I told you, okay?" Puck nodded and Rachel grinned. "Besides, I gotta make room in my day for my bro." Puck grinned and the two bumped fists.
The rest of the day Rachel and Santana had gone through their usual day, acting as if they were still friends and nothing more, but whenever they saw each other in the hall they gave each other a knowing smile. Despite the fact that the decision was mutual, the separation was killing them. They had finally gotten together and all they wanted to do was be with each other.
Finally it was the last period and the bell rang. Santana jumped up from her seat and walked to Rachel. Quinn walked up to them with a raised eyebrow.
"You seem more excited than usual." Santana and Rachel looked at each other quickly before Santana turned to Quinn.
"So what if I am, what's it to you?" Santana said with a shrug.
"Nothing, I guess," Quinn said and looked at the doorway where Brittany was waiting. "See you guys at Glee." Rachel and Santana watched as Quinn walked to Brittany, who waved at them, before the two walked out together.
"Hey, you don't think…?"Santana said when they were gone.
"I think they'd be cute." Rachel said and Santana smiled.
"Yeah," Santana turned to Rachel. "Ready?" Rachel nodded and stood up. Together they walked to the choir room like they normally would and sat next to each other. Mr. Schuester, lat as always, came in excitedly.
"Alright guys, I got a new assignment for you all," Just then Rachel's hand shot up. "Yes, Rachel?" He said and Rachel smiled brightly.
"Mr. Schuester, I have an announcement to make, well, me and Santana have one to make," Mr. Schuester nodded and Rachel and Santana walked to the middle of the choir room. "Well, as you know, relationships change and I hope you all can support us, but, um, we and Santana, well, we're…" Santana smiled and took Rachel's hand.
"We're together." Santana said proudly and Rachel smiled at her. Santana smiled back and leaned down and gave Rachel and lingering kiss on the lips. They could hear everyone else clapping, but they didn't care. When they wrapped their arms around each other and deepened the kiss, Mr. Schuester got up and separated them.
"Alright guys, enough." He said, a smile on his face. Rachel and Santana blushed, but kept holding hands.
"Congrats guys, I'm happy for you." Quinn said and the rest of Glee nodded. Suddenly, Brittany shot up out of her chair and ran to Rachel, picking her up off the ground and spinning her around.
"Congrats Rachy, you two were always happier together." Brittany said and finally stopped spinning.
"Thank you Brittany, I appreciate it." Rachel said, giggling.
"Britt, put my girlfriend down." Santana said, laughing at Brittany's antics. Brittany gingerly placed Rachel on her feet and Santana wrapped her arms around the small girl. Just as they were about to sit down, Finn spoke up.
"W-wait, Rachel, she's your girlfriend?" Finn asked in disbelief. Santana groaned and Rachel sighed.
"Yes, Finn, she is, and I would like it if you accepted that." Finn frowned.
"But, Rachel-"
"Listen, Fincompetence," Santana snapped, tightening her arms around Rachel slightly. "We're together and not leaving each other, so get that in your thick head and get over it." Finn glared at her and stood up.
"See, Rachel, how can you be with someone like that?" Finn yelled and Santana groaned. Before either of them could do or say anything else, Puck shot up from his seat and got in Finn's face.
"What the hell, man?" Finn asked angrily, taking a step back.
"If my bro chooses Santana over you, deal with it and don't you dare mess with her love life." Puck turned to Rachel and grinned. "I got your back, bro."
"Thank you, Noah," Rachel said with a smile. "Finn," She said, turning back to him. "We can never, and will never, be together. So please accept me and Santana, we love each other." Finn looked between Rachel, Santana, and Puck, before stomping out of the room angrily.
Rachel sighed as everyone went back to their seats, and Rachel gave Puck a smile as a silent thanks. Once they were back in their seats, Santana put her arm around Rachel's shoulders. Rachel smiled and put her head on Santana's shoulder, feeling Santana lean her head against hers. As they sat in their chairs and listened to Mr. Schuester, Rachel played with Santana's hand, enjoying the moment.
As soon as Glee was over Rachel and Santana walked out together and they headed to Santana's car. Once they had gotten inside thought, Santana bit her lip and sat in her seat awkwardly. Rachel looked over at her and frowned.
"What's wrong?" Santana gave Rachel a small smile and held her hand.
"I…haven't told my parents yet." Rachel brought Santana's hand to her lips and kissed it.
"I'll go with you, if you'd like." Rachel said softly and Santana smiled.
"I'd like that." Santana started the car and drove to her house. As Santana drove, Rachel ran her thumb on the back of Santana's hand, calming her down. Once they reached her house Santana took a deep breath and Rachel gave her an encouraging squeeze.
They got out of the car and walked inside, where Santana immediately called both her parents. She led Rachel to the living room and they sat on the couch waiting for Santana's parents. Finally, Ana and Carlos came in, frowning at the sight of a nervous Santana and Rachel.
"What's wrong?" Ana asked.
"Ma, Pa, there's something I need to tell you." Ana and Carlos looked at each other and sat on the two armchairs on each end of the couch.
"Santana, did something happen?" Carlos asked, worried, and Santana shook her head.
"No, nothing happened, but, um," Santana bit her lip and Rachel rubbed Santana's back. When Santana looked at her she smiled softly and Santana smiled back. "I don't know how to say this, but, um, me and Rachel are together." The living room got silent and Carlos and Ana looked at each other.
"Together, as in…" Carlos said and Rachel took Santana's hand again.
"We're a couple." Rachel said, taking over since Santana was quiet. When the living room was still quiet, Santana was ready to run out of the room. Suddenly, Ana laughed lightly, making both girls look at her in surprise.
"Honey, it's okay." Santana blinked and looked at her confused.
"What?" Ana smiled.
"It's okay that you're gay, or bi, whichever one it is, but clearly you like girls," Ana said, motioning at Rachel. "You're still our daughter, and we still love you." Santana gave her a wide smile and Ana stood up and walked to her. Santana quickly stood up and Ana pulled her in for a hug. Rachel watched the scene with a smile, and noticed Carlos stand up and stand in front of her. Rachel quickly stood up and opened her mouth to say something but Carlos held up a hand, making her close it again.
"You and Santana, huh?" Rachel nodded and Carlos smiled. "Well, I've always liked you," Carlos looked over at Santana and back at Rachel. "Take good care of her."
"I will, sir." Carlos laughed and brought hugged Rachel.
"Don't be so formal, call me Carlos." Carlos said, shaking his head at Rachel's formality.
"Okay, Carlos." Rachel said nervously as Carlos let her go. Ana came over and brought Rachel in for a bone-crushing hug.
"I'm so happy for you both," Ana said. "Be good to my little girl." Rachel nodded in Ana's hug, too crushed to speak.
"Ma, you're crushing her!" Santana said and Ana pulled Rachel away, smiling embarrassingly.
"Sorry," She said. Suddenly an idea came to her head and she looked at Rachel enthusiastically. "Stay for dinner, Rachel." Santana sighed.
"Ma..." Santana didn't expect her parents to be so supportive, and she was glad they were, but now they were practically suffocating Rachel with their excitement, especially Ana.
"I-I'd have to ask my mom." Rachel said and Ana nodded. When they let Rachel leave the room Rachel followed Santana to Santana's bedroom.
"Sorry about that." Santana said and she collapsed onto her bed face first. "I definitely didn't expect my parents to react like that." Rachel laughed and sat down next to Santana.
"Well, I think everything turned out better than expected, don't you." Santana turned over on her back and smiled.
"Yeah, it did." Rachel grinned and kissed Santana on the lips. When Rachel pulled away, Santana frowned, and Rachel laughed as she held up her phone.
"Gotta call my mom." Santana nodded and Rachel called Shelby, who let her stay at the Lopez house.
"Try not to get caught trying to undress their daughter there too." Shelby teased, remembering they way Rachel was all over Santana when she walked in on them twice.
"Mom, please," Rachel said, blushing, while Shelby laughed. "I should get going now, I'll see you later." She hung up and laid down on the bed next to Santana. Rachel smiled and gave Santana what was meant to be a quick kiss, but when Rachel pulled back Santana lightly grabbed her face and pulled her in for a deeper kiss.
Rachel moaned and moved so she was on top of Santana, never breaking the kiss. Again, they were caught up making out that they didn't notice someone walking in.
"Holy crap!" The girls jumped and looked up to see Felix standing at the doorway, looking away and covering his eyes.
"Damn it, Felix, what the hell?" Santana asked angrily. "And where were you earlier?"
"Ma told me about you and Rachel being girlfriends when I got home from work," He explained, still looking away. "You two done?" Rachel looked down, realizing she was still on top of Santana and quickly climbed off.
"You can look now." Rachel said and Felix turned around.
"Cool, anyway," Felix looked at Santana as he pointed to Rachel. "I need to borrow your girlfriend for a bit." Santana rolled her eyes as Rachel got up.
"I'll be back." She said and followed Felix out of Santana's room and into his. He closed the door and looked at Rachel.
"Look, I like you, cuz you're pretty cool. Still, I'm Santana's big brother, and I gotta look out for her. So if you hurt her we're not cool, got it?" Rachel nodded.
"Felix, I would never hurt her, I love her." Felix smiled and ruffled Rachel's hair.
"Just being a dutiful brother and telling my sister's dates to watch it," Felix walked to his games and held up a controller. "So, I don't mind playing a game with my sister's girlfriend."
Santana was laying in her room, waiting for Rachel to come back. When she didn't, she stood up and walked to Felix's room, thinking they were having a long talk or something. When Santana reached the door, she was about to knock until she heard the sound of the TV. She was going to walk away, thinking Rachel went somewhere else, when she heard voices. The two distinct voices of Felix and Rachel. She opened the door, and sure enough, Felix and Rachel were playing a game.
"Rachel!" Rachel jumped and turned around. She gave Santana an apologetic smile as Felix grinned at her.
"Hey, Santana, just spending some quality time with Rachel, hope you don't mind." Santana rolled her eyes and closed the door.
"So you stole my girlfriend." Santana said as she made her way to Rachel, who was sitting on the bed. She moved Rachel's arms out of the way and sat in her lap. Rachel grinned and wrapped her arms around her. When Santana grabbed Rachel's face and kissed her, Felix made a disgusted noise and the two pulled apart, giggling.
"What? I'm just spending quality time with Rachel, hope you don't mind." Santana aid and when Felix rolled his eyes she playfully punched him. The rest of the time, until dinner, was spent in Felix's room playing video games.
Well, more like Rachel and Felix played video games while Santana stayed in Rachel's lap and played with her hair and tried distracting her with kisses. Felix shook his head, laughing at the two, but genuinely happy with how happy Santana was with Rachel.
When they had dinner, Rachel was pleasantly surprised that Carlos and Ana remembered she was Vegan. As Rachel at with the family, it was clear that they liked her, and Santana was glad. She was afraid that if her parents did accept her being gay, they wouldn't have accepted Rachel as anything more than a friend. Luckily, she did, and she was happy about that. When Santana announced she was taking Rachel home, everyone pulled Rachel in for tight hugs.
"C'mon guys, you're suffocating her, again." Santana said and they finally let Rachel go. Once they got to Rachel's house, Santana walked her to the door, and Rachel looked up at Santana.
"Everything turned better than expected, huh?" Rachel asked and Santana smiled.
"No kidding," Santana took both of Rachel's hands. "Rachel, I love you, and now that we're together, my life couldn't get any better." Rachel smiled.
"I love you too, Santana. I love you so much, and being here, with you, able to call you my girlfriend, I couldn't be happier." Santana leaned down and gave her a long kiss on the lips.
"I should probably let you go inside." Santana said when they pulled apart. Rachel laughed and nodded.
"Yeah. Night, Tana." Santana grinned at the name.
"Night, Rach." She gave Rachel one last kiss before going to her car and driving home. The rest of the night the two kept grinning like idiots, but they didn't care even if they got teased by their family. For once in their life, they got something better than they could ever asked for. They had gotten the girl they loved, they had each other.
It had been six months, six blissful months since Rachel and Santana had gotten together and Rachel loved it. Just like they said, they were still going strong, and nothing was breaking them apart. They already had gone through enough heart break before their relationship to let anyone break them up, especially Finn. Though Rachel was happy that he was slowly accepting their relationship, Rachel wondered if he would ever fully support them like the rest of New Directions.
It was the day before their six month anniversary and Rachel was at Puck's room, playing video games. Usually, Rachel won against Puck most of the time, but today he was winning practically every game they played. When Puck killed Rachel's character again, he frowned and looked at her.
"You okay, bro? You're game's a little off." Rachel groaned and threw the controller on his bed.
"No, I'm so nervous, Noah." Rachel got up and started pacing.
"Why? You and Santana had a fight or something?" Rachel shook her head.
"No, I'm planning our anniversary, remember?" Puck nodded in realization and smiled.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine." Rachel sighed and nodded.
"I hope so."
Finally, it was the day of the anniversary, and Rachel looked at her outfit in the mirror. It was simple, jeans, a nice v-neck, and her usual sneakers. She ran her hands along her outfit, fixing invisible wrinkles nervously while Shelby watched amused from her bedroom doorway.
"You're so nervous, calm down." Shelby said, but it didn't calm Rachel down at all.
"What if she hates what I planned? And never wants to speak to me again?" Shelby sighed and walked to Rachel. She stepped behind her and placed her hands on Rachel's shoulders.
"She won't hate it, you'll be fine," Shelby rubbed Rachel's shoulders before lightly slapping them. "Now go, you have a date to pick up." Rachel nodded and gave Shelby a hug before heading out the door. The drive to Santana's house seemed too short, and she didn't get any calmer the entire time. When she rang the doorbell, Carlos answered and he gave her a big smile.
"Rachel, how are you?" He asked as she walked inside.
"Good, thank you." Rachel said and she waited by the stairs, talking with Carlos.
"Hey babe." Rachel looked up and saw Santana walking down the stairs. She was dressed simple like Rachel, but Rachel thought she still looked stunning. To Rachel, Santana would always be beautiful.
"Tana, you look really nice." Santana laughed and shook her head as she reached Rachel.
"I'm practically wearing the same thing as you." Santana motioned to her body, and Rachel looked down at her nice jacket, her shirt that showed some cleavage, and skirt. As Rachel looked at Santana's chest and legs, she couldn't help but lick her lips, which Santana noticed and smirked at.
"You always look nice," Rachel muttered quietly as she looked over Santana's body one last time. When she looked up at Santana, she noticed the taller girl was blushing at Rachel's words, and Rachel smiled. "Ready?" She asked, holding out her hand for Santana to take.
"Always." Santana said as she took Rachel's hand.
"Have fun girls." Carlos said as he led them out the door. Santana gave him a wave as she walked to Rachel's car, and Rachel opened the door for her.
"Such a gentleman tonight." Santana teased and Rachel blushed.
"Well, I want to make sure you're comfortable and I planned this so I just want you to relax and..." Rachel stopped talking and smiled. "Um, well, I think you get what I was saying." She said nervously and closed the door before running to her side of the car. The drive was rather silent, but the comfortable silence with Rachel driving with one hand and the other one was in Santana's lap.
They finally pulled up to a field by a lake and Rachel got out of the car and opened the door for Santana. Santana smiled at her, taking Rachel's outstretched hand, and the two walked up a hill and they stopped in front at a set up picnic on the grass floor. Rachel bit her lip and looked at Santana before looking at the ground.
"I know it's not anything bit, but I thought it would be nice and-" She was cut off when Santana lifted her chin up and gave her a kiss.
"I love it." Rachel smiled and led Santana to the blanket, where they ate the food Rachel had handmade herself. Santana thought the entire thing was sweet, and mostly listened while Rachel talked excitedly about different things. While most of the school complained that she talked too much, Santana loved every second of her talking. She loved the way Rachel's face would lighten up and the way she would smile.
God, Rachel's voice and smile were her favorite things in the world.
They were finally done eating, and once Rachel was done putting all the disposable plates in the trash bag, she stood up and brought Santana up to her feet as well.
"Tana, I love you so much," Santana smiled and cupped Rachel's face. Rachel closed her eyes and leaned in to the touch.
"I love you too, Rach," Rachel smiled at the words and looked up at Santana. She leaned up on her toes and gave Santana a kiss. "Rachel," Santana said once they broke apart. "I know it took me a long time to realize this, but you're the girl my dreams."
"Me too, Santana. I've loved you for so long, and when we're apart I never stop thinking about you, about us," Rachel looked down nervously before looking back up to Santana. "That's why I got you something." Santana looked at her curiously and Rachel smiled as she bent down on one knee, holding both of Santana's hands.
"I love you and all I want to do is make you happy. You are my world, Santana. I'll love you forever, and when we were little you always protected me, and now I want to return the favor. I want to be there for you, every step of the way," Rachel laughed nervously. "And I want us…no, I know we'll still be together in the future. I only have eyes for you and even though it may not be necessary I want to show my love with this." Rachel let go of Santana's hands and reached behind her and took out a box. She opened it, and inside was a promise ring.
Santana took a deep breath when she saw it. It wasn't an expensive ring, and was rather simple but Santana still loved. Rachel had bought it with her own money, for her, so how could Santana not love it?
"Rachel, it's beautiful." Rachel smiled in relief, she had been worried Santana was going to hate it.
"I'm so happy." Rachel said as she slid the ring on Santana's finger. Santana pulled Rachel up to her feet and gave her a slow, passionate kiss. When they pulled away, Rachel was grinning like a fool. Santana lifted Rachel up in the air and spun her around, making the two giggle. Santana put Rachel down back on the blanket and pulled her down on the ground until they were both laying down and facing each other.
"Rachel, you're so perfect , I wonder what I did to deserve you." Santana said quietly as she ran her finger along Rachel's cheek.
"You're the perfect one," Rachel said as she took Santana's hand and kissed it. Santana laughed, before she used to think things like this were only in cliché romance movies. She definitely didn't think she'd be doing them herself. But now, with Rachel, she didn't care. "I got you something else."
"Another present? You're doing too much, babe." Santana said playfully and Rachel grinned as she went into the basket where she pulled out the food. She pulled out the yellow ball and laid down next to Santana, holding it out to her.
"Rachel, why are you giving me that? It's yours." Santana asked, confused, and Rachel shook her head.
"I want you to have it," Santana opened her mouth to argue, but Rachel cut her off. "Take it, it's my gift to you. Besides, I still have you're drawing." Santana nodded and took it. She turned it over in her hand, seeing all of the familiar stars, until she came across something new.
There, in between the stars, was Santana's and Rachel's names together in neat handwriting. Santana + Rachel. Santana looked over at Rachel, who was smiling.
"Oh, babe," She looked back at the ball. "I love it," She smiled back at Rachel. "I love you."
"I love you too." Rachel said. Santana scooted closer to Rachel and wrapped her arms around her. Rachel giggled, melting in to Santana's embrace. Together, they stayed like that, enjoying each other's touch. They were finally together, and screw it, they were going to stay together no matter what. It was them, complete memories and all, against the world. Nothing was breaking them apart. Ever.