''Nieto do you mind giving me, Abuela and gran Abuela a moment alone with your mami and mommy?'' Emilio asks a few days after they celebrated the holidays and the rest of the group already left, Brittany raises an eyebrow as she watches Nic jog to the playground after he nodded his head and turns to her in laws.
''Bad news?'' She just asks.
''What's going on?'' Santana asks frowning as she intertwines her hand with Brittany's., she cracks a smile as she watches her mami raise an eyebrow and smiles slightly. ''You all asked us to stay behind, asked Nic to talk to us alone for a few minutes, so something is wrong.'' She breaths out.
Maribel nods her head and sighs. ''It's about Emily's grave.''
''What about it?'' Santana bites her lip, tightening her hold on Brittany's hand as she feels her whole body tense and locks eyes with her parents and grandmother.
''Spit it out por favor.''
''The graveyard is closing after two people we all know threatened to sue them.'' Julia tells them.
''So Em's grave will be destroyed.'' Brittany breaths out before she can continues, Maribel sighs sadly as she watches her legs buckle, watching her daughter sit her down before she collapses and quickly walks over.
''Em is cremated right?'' She asks softly, she grabs her hands as she nods her head and licks her lips. ''Do you have the death certificate?''
''I have.'' Brittany confirms softly. ''I took all documents regarding Em with me the day I left the Netherlands.''
''It is possible to move her grave.'' Julia tells her softly. ''But you need to request it and it if those assholes want to prevent it, they will surely pull you to court for it.''
''Mami will defend you though.'' Maribel adds quickly. ''She still runs her firm but she will take your case and represent you in front of court, Lorenzo will also join her so you have two Garcia members representing you if they decide to be so stupid.''
''I have to ask though, do you have any proof that you cared for her till she passed?''
''Yeah I have documents from several doctors and numerous hospital visits stating that I was there with her.'' Brittany breaths out. ''But they will pull whatever the fuck they have up their sleeves and make sure Em's grave will be terminated.'' She adds trying to keep her voice from cracking.
''That is why I will represent you and Lorenzo is the one who will take over our familia firm.'' Julia tells her reasuringly. ''We will both make sure you will win honey.'' She promises.
Brittany just nods her head and sighs. ''I have all documents in my office, I can bring them over during the week.''
''Do you want to be present?''
Brittany glances at Santana biting her lip as she immediately nods her head and turns to Julia. ''Do I have to?'' She asks softly knowing the stress won't do Santana good.
Julia shakes her head and smiles reasuringly. ''No I can represent you, Lorenzo can or you can pick someone who can and knows you.''
Brittany hums and holds up a finger, she takes out her phone and dials the last contact she called.
''Missing me already nerd?''
She forces a soft chuckle after putting the phone on speaker and sighs. ''Not quite, you have a moment?'' She asks him as she notices Julia just smile knowingly.
''Of course, what's up?''
''The cemetery in Ohio is closing.'' She breaths out, she clears her throat as she hears his breathing hitch and sighs. ''There is a possibility to move Em's closer to us, but we both know the demons will try to do everything to prevent it.''
''Knowing them they definitely will, what can I do to help?''
''Can you take my place and go to court?'' She bites her lip as she hears his soft hum in surprise and sighs. ''I can't and don't want to put Santana under the stress it will cause, you know how our lives went and that we were the only ones that gave a fuck about Em's well being.''
''Of course I will, just tell me what I need to do.''
''I will explain everything, Brittany has all the documents we need so do you have the time to meet up next week to go over it?'' Julia asks before Brittany can reply.
''I can come by tomorrow or Wednesday.''
''Wednesday sounds perfect.''
''B I will pick everything up on my way to the firm, will you do me a favor?''
''What?''
''Please try and relax, don't allow your mind to turn to the worst case scenarios.''
''Yeah, too late.'' Brittany grumbles softly.
''They have no fucking leg to stand on, everyone knows that you were her primary caretaker. Hell if Julia calls the hospital in Ohio, several old nurses and doctors will state that you were the only one present after Em's diagnose.'' She hears him tell her in his big brother tone. ''They will lose again and if the court is still doubting it, I have enough videos that state that we were home alone for years.''
Brittany just hums feeling Santana runs her fingers over the small of her back, trying to calm her down and sighs. ''I know you're right.'' She murmurs. ''That doesn't mean my brain agrees.''
''I know.'' She hears him sigh out. ''You and your goddamn talent to overthink everything, go home, try to relax and please keep up the mantra that Julia and I will kick their fucking asses.''
''I will, I owe you Noah.''
''Nope just make sure you, San, Nic and the future Lopez Angels are relaxed.'' She hears him murmur. ''Go home and rest sis, love ya.''
''I will, love you too.'' She ends the call and locks eyes with Julia. ''Puck knows every little thing that happened.'' She breaths out. ''He might be able to throw their lawyer off.''
Julia nods her head and smiles slightly. ''Perfect pick.'' She just murmurs. ''I will still keep you updated though and even though you won't be there in court with us, I can ask Maribel to write you everything.''
''Yeah that would be great.'' She slides her phone into her pocket and sighs. ''Do you need more info's?''
''Nah I will get them from Puck and from the documents you will hand over, keep your promise to him, go home, relax and don't worry too much alright?''
Brittany glances down at her watch and nods her head. ''Yeah it's almost bedtime for Nic.'' She breaths out. ''I will.'' She adds as she steps closer to hug them tightly. ''Thank you.''
''Hey you belong to our familia.'' Emilio murmurs as he hears her voice crack. ''We won't stand back and watch others trying to ruin your life, we all stand together and will make sure they will know that nobody messes with a Lopez.''
Santana hugs her parents after Brittany just stepped back with a slight nod and turns to her Abuela. ''Gracias Abuela.'' She whispers softly as she hugs her tightly.
''De nada, Santanita.'' Julia just breaths out as Nicolas sprints over after Brittany called him over and told him to say goodbye, she pulls back and kisses her forehead. ''I hope she won't allow the worry to eat her up.''
''We will make sure it won't.'' Santana murmurs as she steps back so Nicolas can say goodbye, she smiles as she just nods her head and grabs her purse. ''Lunch next weekend?'' She asks turning to her parents.
''Yeah we will come over, just tell us when Santanita.'' Maribel breaths out. ''Enjoy your night, te amo.''
''We love you too.'' The three of them reply in unison after grabbing their bags, Brittany takes Santana's bag from her before she can pick it up and follows her into the house and through the kitchen to the garage.
She unlocks her car, taking Nicolas's bag after dropping her own and Santana's into the trunk and smiles as she watches them climb into the car, she slams the trunk closed and blows out a soft breath as she walks around the car to slide into the drivers seat knowing Nicolas will fall asleep on their way back and Santana is also struggling to stay awake after morning sickness woke her up in the middle of the night.
Four hours later.
Santana yawns as she walks out of the bedroom after waking up in a cold bed and rushing to the toilet because her stomach churned. ''I sure hope the both of you will be cute.'' She grumbles as she runs her hand over her still flat stomach, she tiredly rubs her eyes staying quiet to hear sounds around her and walks down to the office as she hears soft music coming through the door.
She walks in after knocking twice to announce her presence and smiles sadly as she hears Brittany's soft sad hum knowing she is still struggling with everything that happened a few hours prior, she crosses the room as she notices her hunched over the desk with the laptop turned on a soft melody filling the room and gently runs her finger down her spine. ''Britt-Britt?''
''Hey love.'' Brittany just breaths out as she straightens up, she turns her chair around to face her and frowns as she catches the time. ''Did I wake you?''
''Nah double and trouble made my stomach churn again.'' Santana breaths out reasuringly as she drops in her lap, she wraps her arms around her shoulders as she feels her arms sneak around her waist and frowns as she notices the sadness in her eyes. ''Why are you up?''
''Can't sleep.'' Brittany replies honestly. ''The worst case scenarios just won't stop entering my mind.''
''And those are?'' Santana asks softly as she runs her fingers through the small hairs on the back of her neck.
''Losing in front of court and losing the only place where I can visit Em.''
She hums softly as she hears her voice crack and cups her cheek. ''The demons will lose the fight, not our familia.'' She reassures her as they lock eyes. ''You won't lose the place where you can visit Em, baby.'' She adds softly.
''She will move closer which means you won't have to enter the town that brings you down anymore, but you won't lose the spot where you can sit, talk to Em and settle your mind Britt-Britt.''
''How can you be so sure?'' Brittany murmurs brokenly. ''They will try everything to ruin it San.''
''Abuela is representing you.'' Santana just whispers. ''The same woman that represented Taylor Swift against David Mueller, Brittney Spears against her own father and Kelly Clarkson against her former management.''
''She won all of them and she will win this.'' She continues before Brittany can say something. ''This matter is much more personally than anything she did before, but she knows god knows how many judges around town and nobody will point out that she is representing familia.''
''I don't want her to become trouble because of me though.''
''She won't mi amor, Abuela is and will always be a Garcia, still one of the most known names around LA.'' Santana breaths out. ''Everyone respects her and knows she works hard for things she stands for, she will fight hard and stay formal but the second they try to play dirty, Abuela can do that too.''
''This feeling will hold until everything is over.'' Brittany grumbles softly. ''I will try not to unsettle you with it too though.''
''Yeah that is not possible.'' Santana murmurs as she runs her thumb over the hinge of her jaw. ''I can feel what you feel mi amor.'' She continues as Brittany frowns. ''And I am glad I do because that means you don't have to talk a lot, I know you are a thinker and that this completely throws you off but Abuela will handle their asses and show them that nobody messes with a Lopez.''
''You have a huge group of people that know the whole story and we all know that you paused your own life to care for Em, we all respect you more and more with every story you tell and I understand that the thought of losing the only place where you can talk to Em scares you, but you won't lose it baby, I can assure you that.''
''If we are lucky, the demons might react the same like they did back at the restaurant five years ago.'' She breaths out with a slight grin. ''The second they read Abuela's last name, they might run for the hills.''
''Do you think they are scared of the last names because Julia represented big names?''
Santana shakes her head and smiles slightly. ''Nah I don't think they are scared because of that, sure Garcia's law is one of the best and biggest firms around LA but mi Abuelo's career caused everyone to respect the Garcia's.''
''What did he do?'' Brittany asks curiously as she runs her hand over Santana's stomach, the motion not only calming her but also causing Santana to relax against her. She kisses her forehead as she hears her sad sigh knowing she dislikes talking about her Abuelo because she missed him and bites her lip. ''You do..''
''Abuelo was the State senator of LA long before I was born, he was one of the most powerful men walking around the city and everybody respected him because he listened and made sure to include the things they voted for in his speeches.'' Santana breaths out before she can tell her that she doesn't have to talk about him.
''He is actually the reason that everyone has equal rights.'' She continues softly. ''He made such a huge impact on not only the city of Angels, but also the states around us, that he later on worked closely with the president and was allowed to sign his name underneath a few laws.''
''The last name Garcia is highly respected around here and people know that Abuela never uses her name unless it's something that is very important to her, she is representing familia and she won't back down no matter what they try Britt-Britt.''
''I am just scared that they will not only try to take Em from me, but also ruin your Abuela's and Abuelo's name.'' Brittany murmurs with a soft sigh.
''None of that will happen.'' Santana whispers as she cups her cheek. ''We will make sure they won't take Em's away and please don't worry about ruining Abuela's name, because that won't happen.''
She slowly slides off of her lap as she stands up and holds out her hand. ''Cuddle?''
Brittany nods her head slowly standing up and kisses her forehead. ''Sounds perfect.'' She murmurs, she follows her out of the office after turning her laptop off and walks back into their bedroom smiling lovingly as Santana immediately slides back into their bed.
She joins her after taking her sweatpants off and scoots closer as soon as she turned on her back and holds her arms open, she nuzzles her face against her shoulder, feeling her body relax the second she feels warm arms wrap around her and slides her hand under Santana's shirt to cover her stomach with it.
''Did I tell you before that I absolutely love it whenever you do that?'' Santana asks softly as she feels her start drawing random patterns on her warm skin.
''What?''
''Covering my stomach with your hand, you started to do that ever since we talked about wanting to expand our little familia.''
''I can't wait for the day you start showing.'' Brittany just murmurs softly. ''You are already the most beautiful woman gracing earth, but with the pregnancy glow added on top, you will be breathtakingly beautiful.''
She scoots down as she feels Santana just tighten her hold around her and kisses her clothed stomach. ''Double, trouble and baby boy will agree with me.''
''Nic always agrees with you.'' Santana muses as she lovingly runs her fingers through her soft blonde locks.
''True but was I ever not right?'' Brittany smirks as Santana just sucks in her lips and scoots back up with a soft laugh, she kisses her softly as she rolls her eyes and winks. ''You often think I am wrong, but what always happens at the end?''
''Just be quiet, mi amor.'' Santana breaths out laughing. ''Let's go to sleep.''
Brittany snickers and hums. ''Yeah you need to rest love.'' She pecks her lips and smiles lovingly. ''I love you.''
''I love you too baby.'' Santana murmurs as she intertwines their hands on her stomach, she nuzzles her nose in her soft blonde locks, smiling as she hears her content sigh knowing she will fall asleep soon.
She trails the fingers of her left hand up her back knowing it will allow her to completely relax and glances up at the ceiling. Please make sure Abuela and Puck won't lose this battle. She begs inwardly. Moving you closer will be amazing Em's, but we don't want to lose the only spot where we feel like we are near you.
She kisses Brittany's head as she hears her soft content hum and scoots further down the bed making sure that the movement of the water won't disturb Britt's rest, she tugs her closer after pulling the comforter up around them and runs her thumb over her engagement, wedding and promise ring. ''Te amo, mi amor.''