A/N: So this is technically the last chapter before the epilogue. Although I maybe persuaded to write another ;) ;) Let me know if you do, otherwise I'll end this story with my next update. Thank you all for reading.

Disclaimer: I don't own glee. Not sure I want to.

Santana ran up the stairs without waiting for the elevator. She was obviously out of shape because when the door opened, she was doubled up, panting for air. "Are you alright?" She heard Ashley, or something ask her.

"Need….talk…Brittany" was all she could wheeze

"Hey Brittany, your friend is here. I think she's having a heart attack or something" Ashley called breezily as she walked away. Brittany walked in, her eyes full of concern as she wheeled her suitcase behind her. Santana who by now had caught her breath back had straightened up, blushing a little.

"Santana, what are you doing here? What did she mean by a heart attack?" Brittany asked puzzled, as she furrowed her brow.

"I came here to talk to you. I need to tell you something."

Well you'll have to hurry, or I'm going to miss my flight

"Umm oh ok. Can we go some place a little more private?" she asked pointedly looking at Ashley and some other girl who were shamelessly eavesdropping

Brittany led her to her bedroom and shut the door. Santana sat down on the bed but Brittany continued leaning against the door. She looked at the brunette expectantly.

Santana swallowed. This is hard, she thought.

"Britt I love you." Santana whispered, blushing furiously.

"I love you too Santana," Brittany said simply still looking a little perplexed.

"What happened on your birthday… it wasn't a mistake, not for me. You coming back here has really changed things, and I can't let you go again'' she said, looking up at Brittany who still stood by the door. "I want to be with you."

Brittany moved over to where Santana was sitting and knelt down besides her. "It's not that easy Santana, I have a life now. I'm living in Chicago and you're all the way over here. How will we do this?" she said gently.

Santana looked up at her shocked. Was this really happening again? "Britt, I don't have all the answers but I know that I don't want you to go."

Brittany looked at her. "Santana we just about reconnected. And you don't really think long distance relationships work out" she said pointedly

Santana looked at her in surprise. Brittany's face was full of pain. "Britt, that was college. I was an idiot for letting you go. I thought I wasn't being enough for you. But things are different now, we've grown up, I don't care where you are as long as I'm with you... I can't let you go again." She choked. Brittany still looked unsure so Santana continued. "I'm in love with you Britt. I have never felt this way about anybody else but you. And even after all these years I still love you. It makes sense now why my relationships never worked. I used to think that I had commitment issues or that I was just incapable of love or that relationships were all bullshit, but now I know what it really is…." She paused and looked at the floor, her vision blurred by the tears in her eyes. "…its cos all these years my heart belonged to you, always you, only you." She finished, too scared to look up.

There was a long silence, Santana continued looking at the floor. Each second seemed like an eternity as she waited, her heart full of fear as the silence stretched on. Unwelcome thoughts began to crowd her head, as she began to berate herself for just running here and blurting out what she had to say. She shook her head slightly as she thought, This is why no good ever comes out of listening to Berry!

She finally felt Brittany kneel in front of her and lift her head. "You never asked me why" she whispered.

"Huh?" Santana asked confused. Of all the things she'd expected the dancer to say, this was definitely the last. "Why what?"

"You never asked me why I haven't dated another girl after you." Brittany said.

Santana felt dread clutch at her heart, was this Brittany's way of rejecting her again, of telling her that she didn't swing that way anymore. Shit! She'd just confessed to loving her, all these years only to get shot down cos she didn't have a dick! She felt her ears reddening and kept her eyes firmly on the floor. Fuck Fuck Fuck she thought, and wondering if she should just leave along with thoughts on just how she was going to kill Berry and her two sidekicks. She felt Brittany move closer again and raise her chin so she could meet her shining blue eyes. "The reason I haven't dated another girl since you is because none of them have ever managed to compare to you, none of them have made me feel that way, only you did, only you could." She whispered. Santana looked in to her tear filled eyes and reached out an unsteady hand to Brittany's face, before pulling her head down to kiss her. They kissed desperately, their tongues sliding against each other before pulling away for air.

"I love you Santana, I always have, I always will." Brittany smiled against her lips. "I never stopped loving you Britt" Santana replied kissing her again deeply. She broke off the kiss to rest her forehead against Santana's. "I guess I'm missing my flight" she smirked.

They burst through the door of Santana's apartment kissing furiously, as Santana tried to awkwardly shut it behind her. She grabbed hold of Brittany as she pressed herself against her, as she kissed her, angling her head so her tongue could go in. Brittany moaned into her mouth as she ran her hands through Santana's hair, trying to pull her closer if that was even possible. Santana deepened the kiss as she ran her hands down Brittany's back and rested them on her ass, grabbing her roughly as Brittany gasped into her mouth.

They were interrupted by someone clearing their throat. Santana gasped and turned around looking for something to defend herself with when she saw Rachel, Blaine and Kurt standing there with huge smiles on their faces. She heaved a sigh of relief before asking rudely, "What the hell are you all still doing here?" Rachel who was clapping her hands together said, "Well Santana, we stayed in case you needed some support." "What would I need your support for? You think I want sex advice from the Prude-rella and her two pet gays?" Blaine rolled his eyes while Rachel in her typical style brushed off the insult and said, "Not sex advice Santana, we all know you're more than qualified in that particular area." Santana smirked at this while she distinctly heard Brittany whisper "Score!" behind her. "We're here incase you needed our shoulders to cry on, or what is more likely in your case someone to drink with." Rachel continued as she stepped aside to reveal some bottles of drink on the counter. Santana looked at her incredulously as understanding dawned on her. "Did you think she was going to turn me down?"she asked. Blaine and Kurt both looked at Rachel quickly shaking their heads but Rachel in her typical oblivious manner continued, "Well Santana it was a possibility, we didn't really know how it was going to play out. We even had some songs prepared incase that happened."

Santana took a few menacing steps towards her as Rachel backed away as she said, "Let's get one thing straight Ru Paul, my life is not fodder for your musical wet dreams." Rachel who finally began to realize what danger she was in shook her head, as she tried to justify her earlier comment, "No no.. we have songs for reconciliation too. Infact Kurt and I were just saying how well suited our voices were to…." She was cut off by Kurt's hand wrapping around her mouth while Blaine stood in front of her and said with an all too bright and cheery smile, "So guys, why don't you tell us what happened?" Santana was still glaring at Rachel, when she felt Brittany's arms wrap around her from behind and pull her against her. She relaxed into her touch and felt Brittany kiss the side of her neck before narrating what had happened. Blaine passed around drinks, Kurt and Rachel sat on the armchairs as Brittany pulled Santana on to the sofa and cuddled her while she told them the story. They oohed and aahed appropriately and Santana rolled her eyes so many times that she was concerned they would roll out of her head. They sat around drinking making speeches to love and life and trying to stop Rachel from breaking into song every five minutes.

After a couple of hours, Santana went to the kitchen to get another bottle of wine and turned to find Brittany behind her. "Hey" she whispered as she pressed her body forward pinning Santana against the counter. "Hey yourself" she smiled. "They're still so crazy" Brittany said gesturing towards the sounds of laughter and off key singing. "Berry's drunk and Ladyface and Bowtie are gonna get it on very soon, that or they'll break into some broadway duet which will pretty much constitute of all the foreplay they'll ever have" Santana said sarcastically. Brittany moved her head closer and angled her face so she could reach Santana's neck, "Speaking of foreplay, don't think I've forgotten what we started'' she said as she started placing soft kisses along Santana's jaw. "Infact I'm still so wet, and watching you all evening has only made me want you more" she whispered into Santana's ear as she pressed her hips against hers. Santana gulped as Brittany continued kissing her neck slowly moving to her ear. "It's a pity, that we have company. The things I could do to you" she whispered seductively into Santana's ear making her shiver while she ran her tongue along the edge. Santana closed her eyes for a second, relishing the feeling then straightened and gently pushed Brittany away, and stormed off into the next room. Everyone looked up as Santana, her face flushed and her chest heaving started picking up their coats and belongings and threw them out the door into the hallway. She turned to face them and announced, "Brittany and I are going to have sex in the next five seconds, if you don't move your asses now I will make sure you join your coats outside."

They all looked at Santana incredulously. "What's gotten into you?" Kurt asked

"5" Santana held up five fingers and started counting down.

"Is she crazy?"

"4"

"I don't think she's serious. She wouldn't do that."

"3"

"Is this Snix?"

"2"

"Yes it is. You guys better go"

"1"

"Ok Ok! We're leaving….. sheesh!"

Santana stood with her arms folded across her chest as they hugged Brittany and then started to file out as Santana held the door open.

Rachel turned and added, "Even though it's rude we understand that you two nee…."

SLAM! Santana shut the door and locked it while she heard muffled giggles and Rachel's protests of "Well, that was unnecessary". She sighed and turned to Brittany as her eyes gleamed. "Where were we?" she asked as she dragged her to the bedroom.

They kissed each other urgently, running their hands all over each other, familiarizing themselves with each other again. Santana broke the kiss to pull off her top and Brittany did the same. She smashed their lips together again as she pushed Brittany on to the bed, and straddled her. They kissed some more, their tongues in each other's mouth making them moan. Santana's hand moved up to Brittany's breast as she palmed it under her bra. Brittany groaned and unclasped it and then reached behind Santana to do the same to hers. This earned an approving growl from Santana as she kissed Brittany's neck, nipping the tender skin lightly, making her squirm. Santana's mouth quickly found Brittany's nipple, sucking lightly on it as her other hand played with its twin. Brittany was gasping and running her hands in Santana's hair, pulling her up to kiss her again. "Make love to me Santana" she said desperately. Santana smiled as she kissed her slow and deep, her hands running over her body till they came to her waistband. She paused and looked at Brittany for permission, before unhooking her jeans and pulling them down followed closely by her panties. Santana paused to remove her own jeans and underwear and then lay down again. Both moaned when they felt each other's naked flesh against each other. "I've missed this!" Santana said as she kissed Brittany's shoulder and then placed a small kiss to Brittany's armpit making her moan as she kissed her way down to her chest, continuing to her stomach and watching the dancer's abs contract under her lips. She paused to see Brittany looking at her with hooded eyes full of lust. "Santana…Please.. I need you." She whispered. Santana moved lower and placed gently kissed all over her inner thighs while Brittany squirmed. She finally let her tongue run up the blonde's wet slit, enjoying the gasp the blonde made. Her tongue found the hardened nub and gently licked and nipped it till the blonde was writing and moaning, she pushed in a finger and started pumping, pulling herself up to continue kissing the blonde's lips. She gasped as Brittany inserted her own fingers into her while she whispered, "You're so wet baby" Santana kissed her deeply "Only for you" she said as she added another finger, the heel of her hand hitting Brittnay's clit while Brittany's hand did the same for her. They moved against each other, their tempo increasing till Brittany said , "San… uhh.. I'm going…to cum" desperately biting Santana's shoulder. "I'm close too baby….So very close." Santana said as she increased the tempo, feeling Brittany's walls start to clench till the blonde came undone as she brokenly yelled something that resembled Santana's name. Santana followed soon after, her entire body being overtaken by a delicious orgasm as she collapsed against the blonde breathing heavily. When they managed to catch their breath, Brittany reached out for Santana and cuddled her in her arms. "That was awesome." She sighed. "I've missed you San" Santana held her close and whispered "I missed you too. We're going to figure this out baby. I love you." She smiled when she heard Brittany sleepily mumble a love you too. For the first time in far too many years, Santana Lopez fell asleep with a smile on her face.