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Rating and disclaimer from the first chapter apply.

Chapter 19.

".. .I just hope... I just hope that one day you won't hate me as much as you do right now..."

She didn't even wait for her father to reply to that, she didn't want to hear it. She got up from the bench and walked away.

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Anita had watched the interaction between her fiance and his daughter from a far while she was hanging up the laundry and she had a feeling that Jack would not take the news Brittany would tell him particularly good. Not that he had ever said anything disrespectful about Santana being gay but finding out that his daughter was in love with another woman and not just any woman, his soon to be wife's daughter... that would come as a shock to anybody.

Looking up towards the pier again she noticed that Brittany was walking away from Jack in quite a hurry and that she looked rather upset.

She dropped the piece of clothing she held in her hand and hurried after the young blonde.

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Brittany never looked back, she just wanted to get away from it all and she really needed Santana.

When she reached her car and was about to open the door the sound of someone calling her name stopped her.

"Brittany wait, please!" Anita called out.

Brittany watched Anita approach her and she wiped her eyes, not that it would hide that fact that she'd been crying for most of the conversation with her father.

Anita reached the other woman and instantly saw her swollen eyes and realized that telling Jack hadn't gone so well.

"What did he say?" Anita asked.

"That it was insane... that I couldn't possibly be in love with Santana cause I've just met her... Basically he told me I was throwing my life away, meaning I should marry Nathan cause that is the right thing to do, in his world... He'll never come to terms with this Anita... He'll never accept this..." Brittany said as she started to cry again.

Anita pulled her into her arms and held her tight.

"I'm gonna talk to him sweetie. It's all going to be alright." Anita said reassuringly.

Brittany pulled away and met Anita's eyes.

"I'm not so sure it will Anita..." she said and wiped her eyes again.

"Is there anything I can do?" the older woman asked.

"No... I just need Santana right now..." Brittany said and got into her car and took off leaving a cloud of dust behind her.

Anita just stood and watched her leave.

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Brittany didn't even know how she managed to drive back into town but somehow she did and when she'd parked her car by the Brandy lake park she texted Santana that she had returned. She didn't trust her voice to even try and call her.

Santana was walking by the water deep in thoughts when her phone beeped. As she read the message she hurried back to the parking lot where they'd decided to meet up.

Brittany was trying so hard to keep it together as she sat in her car and waited for Santana but as soon as she spotted the brunette coming towards her she completely broke down and got out of the car to fall into Santana's arms.

The brunette held the crying woman tight in her arms and they just stood there besides Brittany's car and held each other until the blonde woman slowly started to calm down a little.

When Santana felt how the blonde's body slowly started to relax she pulled back and met her eyes. It killed her to see so much pain in those beautiful blue eyes and she would've done anything to take the pain away.

"I love you Santana... I love you so much... Tell me I'm not crazy for loving you?..." Brittany said with a shaky voice.

"You are not crazy for loving me Brittany... of course you're not crazy. These are your feelings, yours. No one else can ever tell you what you should or shouldn't feel." Santana said softly, hoping her words could offer the blonde some sort of comfort.

Santana cupped Brittany's cheeks and looked deep into her eyes hoping her love for the blonde woman would be reflected in her eyes.

"I love you..." she whispered before she slowly closed the gap between them and gave the blonde a tender kiss.

Santana pulled back and met the blonde's eyes again.

"Everything is going to be okay... We're going to get through this together okay? You are not alone in this, I am right here with you and I will never ever leave your side. We're going to get through this..." Santana said and for the first time in what felt like an eternity Brittany smiled and pulled the other woman closer again.

"I don't know what I'd do without you right now... I need you... I need you so much and I need you to be strong for me now..." Brittany said and held the brunette even tighter.

"I can do that." Santana said and kissed her hair.

"Come on... let's get out of here." Santana said and guided the blonde over to the passenger seat before she got in on the driver's side.

Before she started the engine she turned and looked at the blonde who looked out the window with a somewhat distant look.

"What are you thinking?" Santana asked softly and reached for Brittany's hand.

Brittany turned her head and met Santana's eyes and smiled weakly.

"Just that despite everything, despite the fact that dad probably hates me now I feel... I don't know... relieved that it's all out there, I feel relieved that dad knows everything now and no matter how he feels about it, he knows the truth..." Brittany answered and the brunette smiled lovingly.

"That's good. That's a good thing that you're feeling that way, it only proves that you made the right decision telling him." Santana said.

"Yeah, I guess you're right..." Brittany said.

"I'm always right." Santana said cocky and winked which made the brunette shove her playfully in the arm.

"Yeah yeah, just shut up and start the car." Brittany said and chuckled.

Santana laughed, glad that she'd managed to make the blonde smile again.

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Back at the cabin after Brittany had left, Anita had made her way over to the pier where her fiance was still sitting, looking deep in thought. She slowly approached him and sat down next to him on the bench.

She didn't know what to say, how to start this conversation and truthfully she was terrified of what would happen once he realized that she'd known about this from the start.

"Did you know about this Anita?" he asked and brought Anita back from her thoughts.

She turned to the left and met her fiances blue eyes. Looking at the man she loved so dearly she knew she couldn't lie to him. She had to tell him the truth and hope that he would understand why she didn't say anything to him.

"Yes..." she answered truthfully.

Jack just looked at his fiancee and nodded slowly as she told him what he'd expected her to tell him. That she already knew about his daughter and Santana's affair. Cause that's what it was right? An affair. It couldn't be love, they hardly even knew each other.

Anita held her breath as she waited for her fiance to say something.

When Brittany walked away Jack had thought about everything his daughter had told him and rather quickly realized that Anita probably already knew about it. He knew how close she and Santana were and there was no way Anita wouldn't know about this. He was hurt though, hurt that she hadn't told him.

"I figured you might know..." he said.

"Jack, I couldn't tell you. It wasn't my place, Brittany had to be the one to tell you this." Anita said hoping he would understand.

"We're getting married soon, we're not supposed to keep secrets from each other." Jack said clearly hurt.

"I know that but you have to understand that this was a special situation. How could I tell you that your daughter has fallen in love with my daughter? You have to understand Jack that it wasn't my place to te-"

"Brittany is not in love with Santana!" Jack interrupted and Anita's heart broke a little.

"She is Jack..." she said softly.

"Don't you hear how completely absurd it sounds? She can't be in love with Santana and it's not cause she's a woman it's because they've only just met for Christ sake! Brittany and Nathan have been together for five years Anita, five years! She can't just throw that away..." Jack said.

"I know that they've just met but sometimes things happen that are beyond our control. Do you realize how much courage it took for Brittany to come here and tell you this? Her whole world has been turned completely upside down and everything is a complete mess for her right now but still she came here to tell you the truth and that has to tell you something? And Jack? You and I didn't exactly wait with our love did we? We fell in love quickly and then the rest happened really fast so I think you should think about that and then think about what your daughter is going through right now. Do you really think she would come here and open up to you so completely if she wasn't 100% sure of this? Sure of what it is she's feeling?" Anita asked and Jack had to take a moment to try and comprehend what Anita was telling him.

She had a valid point but he still couldn't help but think that Brittany was making a huge mistake.

"Can you just... can you just give me a moment? I'm not mad at you for keeping this from me, I understand your reasons but I am hurt so could you just give me a moment, please?" Jack asked.

Anita nodded and left Jack alone on the pier.

She felt relieved that he wasn't mad at her but she realized that he would probably feel hurt and be disappointed with her for some time. It did feel like she got her message through though and she really hoped that he would eventually come to accept this, accept his daughter for who she is.

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Santana parked Brittany's car at the guest parking space and turned the ignition off. She looked over at the sleeping blonde who had fallen asleep just minutes after Santana started their drive back to Chicago. God she was so beautiful... Santana couldn't stop looking at her.

"I can't believe you're mine..." she whispered and lifted her hand to caress soft blonde hair.

She just looked at her and continued to stroke her hair for another minute then she slowly started to wake the sleeping beauty.

"Brittany..." she said gently and touched the blonde's face.

Brittany started to stir and turned her head to meet Santana's warm brown eyes which instantly brought a smile to her face.

"Hey... Where are we?" Brittany asked a little sleepy.

"We're outside my condo." Santana replied and smiled back.

"What? Did I sleep the whole way back?" the blonde asked puzzled.

Santana chuckled and stroked Brittany's cheek tenderly.

"Yes you did but obviously you needed it." Santana said.

"Obviously." Brittany said and chuckled.

She stretched and readjusted herself in the seat before she turned to Santana and met her eyes.

"Thank you for coming Santana. I know I said I wanted to go by myself cause I needed to do this alone but... I'm really glad you were there." Brittany said.

Santana nodded slowly.

"I'm glad you let me come with you, I would not have been able to stay here while you had to go through everything alone." Santana said seriously.

Brittany just looked at her and couldn't believe how she'd ever been so lucky to meet someone as amazing as the woman in front of her. She leaned forward slowly and Santana met her halfway and captured her lips.

They kissed slowly and tenderly, their lips moved slowly against each other and as Brittany's tongue gently grazed Santana's upper lip the brunette parted her lips and let the blonde's tongue sneak into her mouth.

The second Brittany's tongue touched hers Santana felt a jolt through her body and she put her hand behind the blonde's neck to pull her closer as she deepened the kiss.

Their kissing started to become more and more heated and both wanted, needed, to be closer.

"Let's go inside..." Brittany breathed heavily against Santana's mouth.

Santana nodded and both women hurried inside Santana's apartment building and as soon as the elevator doors closed behind them Brittany pushed Santana up against the wall and kissed her.

They didn't even notice when the elevator reached Santana's floor and the elevator doors opened. Luckily no one was outside the doors and when they noticed they had reached their floor they stumbled out of the elevator never breaking the kiss. When they reached Santana's door she pressed the blonde up against it while her mouth found Brittany's neck and she fumbled with the keys to open the door.

Just as she was about to have an outburst at her door for not co-operating with her, she managed to get the thing open and both women stumbled inside.

Santana closed the door behind them and started to work on getting Brittany's clothes off which the blonde was happy to assist with in between working on removing Santana's clothes too.

Never breaking the kiss Brittany moved them towards Santana's bedroom leaving trails of clothes behind them. Finally reaching the bed Brittany pushed the other woman down before she climbed on top of her and crashed their lips together again. Her right hand started to wander down till she reached Santana's underwear that was the last remaining piece of clothing on the brunette. She started to tug Santana's underwear down and as soon as it was off her fingers found warmth and wetness and the brunette gasped into Brittany's mouth as the blonde slowly entered her. Wanting the blonde to feel what she was feeling she reached down with one hand and found the place that ached to be touched.

Both women were breathing heavily into each other's mouths as they continued to thrust slowly against each other. Brittany was still half on top of the brunette and only stopped kissing her when the need for air became too strong.

With a final thrust Brittany sent Santana over the edge and as she felt the brunette's walls close around her fingers she too was pushed over the edge and felt her own walls tighten around Santana's fingers that were still moving slowly inside her. It was a feeling she could never even begin to describe and she shivered as Santana slowly extracted her fingers and wrapped both arms around the blonde's body and held her tight against her own body.

"You have no idea how happy you make me..." Brittany whispered against Santana's ear.

The brunette tighten her hold on the blonde and was filled with even more love for this woman in her arms, how that even was possible. Santana had never experienced anything like this ever before, she couldn't even express in words what she was feeling for this woman, that's how strong it was.

She moved her hands into soft blonde hair and lifted Brittany's head so she could meet her eyes.

"God I love your eyes..." she said softly as she literally drowned in those deep blue orbs she loved so much.

"You're the best thing that's ever happened to me Santana..." Brittany whispered and looked deep into her eyes.

Santana just pulled her face down until Brittany's lips met hers and kissed her tenderly. When they parted Santana found her eyes again.

"And you're the best thing that's ever happened to me..." Santana said emotional.

Brittany buried her face in the crook of Santana's neck and felt so loved and safe when Santana wrapped her arms around her again.

"I love you..." she whispered against Santana's skin.

"And I love you Brittany..." Santana whispered back.

Later they fell asleep in each other's arms, Brittany had her head on Santana's chest and her right arm draped loosely across Santana's body while the brunette had her right arm around the blonde and her left hand was holding Brittany's arm. Maybe it wasn't the most comfortable position in the world but both women had never slept better in their entire lives.