The locker room was empty as Santana walked in. She took a scan as she walked, looking for a certain blonde. They didn't have practice today, but Quinn told her that Brittany was in the locker room. She continued to walk to the back, where their lockers were, sure enough, she saw the dancer sitting on the bench, staring at the floor.
"Hey." Santana said quietly, causing the blonde to look up slowly.
"Hi." Brittany said her voice barely above a whisper.
"Can I talk to you?" Brittany nodded allowing Santana to take a couple of steps towards her. "I suck at this stuff." She began, she had practiced what to say a million times but it all sounded stupid and rehearsed.
"What is this?" Brittany asked, confused.
"Apologizing." Santana said and then sat down on the bench next Brittany. "B, I am so sorry. I never should have said the things that I did."
"I know." Brittany said quietly, she looked over at Santana, the dark brown eyes, were a color she had never seen before, they looked so sad and it pained Brittany to see her look like that.
"Do you know how much I love you?"
"Of course."
"I mean I love you, I love you, I love you like never before, if I can't have you, I don't want nobody baby, 'cause I've built my life around you."
"Those are all song lyrics, San." Brittany said a little hurt that she was using other people words to apologize.
"I know. But they are all lyrics to songs I have sung to you. I fell in love with you the day we met and I have never stopped loving you. I tried to push away my feelings because I was ashamed of who I was, but I was never ashamed of you. But then when I did come out, I was the happiest I have ever been. All because I was with you. I am so sorry, I have wanted to apologize to you since I made the mistake of letting you walk out, but I was afraid."
"You were afraid?"
"I mean yeah, since we came out I have been terrified I would screw things up. And I figured if we got back together I would screw it up again and hurt you even more."
"You wouldn't screw things up San." Brittany cautiously put a hand on Santana's shoulder. "I know you and I love you more than I have ever loved anyone else. I don't think you would screw things up."
"So where does this leave us?"
"I don't know." Brittany removed her hand from Santana's shoulder and rested her hand on her knee. "I mean I have missed you so much."
"I have missed you, you are the love of my life," Santana took Brittany's hand in hers. "you have made me so happy, and I would love to try and make you as happy as you have made me."
"It sounds like you are proposing." Brittany said smiling a little.
"In a way I am. But instead I am going to make you a promise. I promise you that I will always love you and try and make you as happy as you have made me. So… Brittany S. Pierce, will you let me promise to do my best and take care of you, help you with whatever you need help with, and to let me love you. Will you promise to marry me one day?"
Instead of answering at first, she interlocked her pale fingers with the tan. "Of course, I will marry you one day." Brittany said her signature smile reappearing on her face, Santana instantly pulled her in for a one armed hug, their hands not leaving each others.
They stood up and walked out of the locker room and down the hallway, still hand in hand. "I'm glad we are back together, because I wanna dance with somebody, with somebody who loves me." Brittany said, swinging their hand a little as they walked.
Santana shook her head and laughed a little. "I'm glad too because you and me keep on dancing in the dark, It's been tearing me apart, never knowing what we are."
Brittany stopped walking. "You never sung that to me."
"Who do you think I wrote that for?"
Brittany pulled Santana in for a kiss. "I love you San."
"I love you too B." Santana said glancing down at their fingers that were still knotted together.
This is the last chapter, I have enjoyed writing this. It was going to be a one shot first but I ended up extending it. If you liked this then please review and read my other stuff. I also got a tumblr, I am still sorta new to it so I haven't done tons to it. But it is .tumblr .com I will probably be posting stuff on there in the near future as well.