A lot of you asked for a story from Santana's POV, so here it is! It really was a challenge, and I thought the first one was a lot easier to write, but I hope you guys like this one too :)

Thank you all so much for the amazing feedback, I loved reading every single one of your reviews and I really appreciate you guys following and favoriting it!

I'll probably make this into a three-shot, so I'll add one more chapter, set in the future :)

xo, Em

ps: Jammy, I know that a lot of people use Maria for her middle name :P I was originally gonna name her Sarah, but changed it. I don't want to give Santana a middle name, because we might get a 'real' one and I'd prefer to use that!

"Darling, it's time to get dressed."

Santana turned around on the chair she was sitting at and looked at her mother with a small smile.

"Thanks mom."

Maribel handed the dress to her daughter and with some help Santana got it on. She hated the dress. It was light pink and so not her, but it wasn't her who had picked it out, it was Maria. And Maria had loved it, so of course she'd wear it.

Santana's hair and make up was already done and when she looked in the mirror she had to admit that she looked absolutely stunning. She grinned at her reflection and turned back to her bridesmates who were still getting ready. She could not wait for this wedding to be over with. She had originally wanted a small wedding with just their closest friends and family, but apparently there were so many people that Maria had to invite because of their connections to her family and all that they had to have a big church and a big party. Santana didn't even know who two thirds of the people out there were and if she didn't know them then why did they have to be at her wedding? When she had suggested that they just eloped to Vegas Maria had laughed hysterically and then when she had realized that Santana was serious she had withheld sex for a week. It wasn't Santana's fault that she wasn't as into weddings as Maria was.

She let out a sigh and took a sip from her water bottle. God she wished she had some good liquor, she was sure the minister must have something hidden somewhere.

She looked around the room and frowned slightly at herself.

Why the hell did you agree to getting married in a church, Lopez? Oh that's right, you didn't agree because you were never asked. Just like you didn't have a say in this dress and the horrible, lilac colored flowers or the guests. Even Rachel fucking Berry thought that was weird. Just imagine what Quinn would say if she was here…

Santana bit her lip and sat down on one of the many uncomfortable chairs in her dressing room in the church. She hadn't talked to Quinn much since they had spent that weekend together two years ago. She missed Quinn like crazy. They had after all once been best friends and even though they hadn't always been treating each other very nicely Quinn had always meant a lot to her. She could have invited Quinn to New York to meet Maria and hang out, but she was scared to be honest. She was scared that if she did that then Maria would see that Quinn was more than just a friend. Because Quinn was so much more than just a friend. If Santana hadn't been in a fucking church right now, about to get married to her girlfriend of several years, then she would most likely be with Quinn. Or at least she hoped she'd be with Quinn. That is if she'd never met Maria of course… Maria was an amazing girl, not only was she ridiculously beautiful, and from a ridiculously rich family, but she was kind and sweet and nothing like her extremely uptight, republican family. So it was easy for Santana to forgive her for going a bit bridezilla on this. And no matter how much she loved Maria she still found herself comparing her to Quinn all the time.

If you care about Quinn so much you should have at least told her you were getting married. Of course she knows, you both announced it on Facebook, as well as posting pictures of your ridiculously expensive engagement rings, but you should have called her. You should have invited her. How could you let Maria invite Rachel, but not Quinn? Okay fine, Maria actually knows (and loves) Rachel, but Quinn has played a much bigger part in your life. But then again, you didn't even fucking pick your own bridesmates so what can you expect? Just smile, look happy and think about what Maria promised you she'd do to you tonight…

Santana's thought process was interrupted by her mother who was now standing in front of her.

"The wedding is about to start, you better head out there!"

Santana smiled a big, fake smile and stood up. She linked her arm with her mother's and they walked out together. When she got out there she hugged her father and her brother tightly.

"I love you Sannie. I really hope you'll be happy."

Santana hugged her brother even tighter as she held back her tears.

"Thanks Alex, I love you too."

Alex let go of her slightly and smiled his big smile at her before he kissed her forehead and let her walk back to where her bridesmates were standing. She quickly joined their conversation and was smiling and laughing along with them, very much playing the part of a happy bride.

You could have gotten into Yale too with the way you're acting. Just keep it up for a few more hours, you don't even have to say much, just recite the vows Maria wrote for you and then say 'I do' and you're done. Then you'll live with her for the rest of your life and eventually you'll only have sex on your birthday. Seriously Lopez, you need to get your shit together. Today is supposed to be the best day of your life so just think about how much you love Maria and how much she loves you and you'll be fine!

Santana gave herself a mental bitch slap before she quickly straightened up and looked down the aisle as the music started playing. As Maria and her father walked through the doors her smile grew even wider.

Wow. She looks so beautiful. I wonder what Quinn would look like in that dress – holy shit Santana! Quinn isn't here, she's in Seattle, probably dating some ridiculously hot girl and she's probably happy, just like you should be. So stop fucking thinking about her, and start thinking about Maria instead!

Just as Santana mentally bitch slapped herself again Maria reached her by the altar and Santana took her hand and leaned in to kiss her cheek.

"You look stunning babe."

She could feel Maria's blush and grinned.

"Thank you, so do you. That dress looks so good on you, but I can't wait to rip it off."

Santana grinned even wider as she kissed Maria's cheek again and the two stepped towards the minister. He started talking about Maria as a child and Santana quickly zoned out. Who cared what she had done in Sunday school? She simply put on an amused face and laughed when everyone else did. When the minister finally went from talking about Maria to talking about her she instantly blushed and looked down as she felt Maria's stare at her and her hand was gently squeezed. She sure had done some crazy shit in her childhood. Like that one time she had eaten chalk because her brother had told her it was just hard milk. Maria was laughing and really enjoying herself, and she couldn't help but look over at her soon-to-be wife every now and then, and every time she did she became more and more insecure. Maria was the perfect woman. She would always be there for Santana and she'd always be faithful, but Santana wanted more. She wanted excitement. She wanted someone who she could travel with and experience the world. Someone who had really lived. Maria had gotten everything she wanted from her parents.

So what you're basically saying is that you want someone like lets say…Quinn? She has already been around the world, but would drop everything and do it again if she got the chance. She used to be just like Maria, the perfect daughter in a Christian, republican family, until she got pregnant and got thrown out. She's been through a lot, but she's always gotten back on top and she's a fighter. She knows what it's like out there. She's sort of Maria 2.0, the bugs are fixed. And she's gorgeous. Those eyes…

Santana snapped back into reality as the minister started his talking about talking now or forever hold their peace she took a deep breath.

You have to say something Santana. Maria deserves so much more than someone who's secretly completely in love with someone else. Just tell her.

Just as she was about to open her mouth and tell Maria that she couldn't do this someone interrupted her.

"Wait."

Her head shot around and she looked at a very familiar blonde.

Quinn.

It took her a few seconds to gather her thoughts and be able to speak up.

"Quinn?"

Her voice was low, but it looked like Quinn was still able to hear her. Santana had known Quinn for most of her life and she could tell that the blonde was going through basically the same thing she was. Shock and uncertainty. Just as it looked like she was about to run out of there she spoke up again.

"I'm in love with you"

Santana's breath got caught in her throat.

Holy shit. Just a few minutes ago she didn't even know Quinn was here and now she found out that Quinn felt exactly the same way she did. What the hell was she supposed to do? She felt Maria squeeze her hand and looked at her fiancée.

"Santana, what's going on?"

Santana bit her lip and squeezed her hand back as she shrugged, her eyes again locked on Quinn's face.

"Quinn, what's going on?"

Again it looked like Quinn was about to run, but again she didn't.

"I'm completely and utterly in love with you and I can't let you do this."

What the hell is going on here?! Is your childhood best friend declaring her love for you at your own wedding? Because I'm pretty sure that shit only happens in movies, not in real life. What the hell are you going to do? Who are you kidding, you know what you have to do.

She looked at her brother and gave him a small nod. He quickly understood what she meant and stood up, walking slowly towards Quinn. Quinn's eyes remained locked on Santana and Santana could tell that she didn't even see Alex as he walked towards her. Just as Alex reached Quinn Santana took a deep breath and looked at Maria, who was in tears.

"Quinn, I think you should leave."

She closed her eyes as Quinn fell into Alex's arms. She couldn't watch this; she couldn't watch the woman she loved look so completely broken. She opened her eyes again after she heard the door being closed again and the whole church remained quiet as she looked at Maria.

"Can I talk to you in private?"

Maria simply nodded and Santana led them to a back room.

"Santana, what the hell just happened?"

"I'm so sorry Maria, you have no idea. I didn't even know Quinn was invited."

"I know. I invited her."

Santana looked down before she manned up and looked Maria in the eyes.

"The truth is that I was just about to do the same thing. I haven't seen Quinn for two years, but I still know that I'm completely in love with her. I'm so sorry Maria."

Both of them had tears running down their faces and Santana gently wiped away Maria's tears, and amazingly she let her.

"Thank you."

Santana frowned slightly.

"For what?"

"For being honest with me. I just want you to be happy Santana, and if Quinn makes you happy then I want you to be with her. I'll be fine, honestly. I'm glad you told me this before we actually got married. It would have been nice if you had told me before our wedding day, but I'll survive."

Santana let out a relieved sigh and wrapped her arms around Maria in a tight hug.

"Thank you for being such an amazing girl Maria. You are seriously perfect and I wish I didn't feel this way. But I know that you'll meet the right girl and she'll make you so happy. I'm sorry it wasn't me."

Maria just hugged her tighter and Santana felt even worse.

"Why don't you go on our honeymoon and get some time for yourself? You can leave through the back door if you want, I'll go tell everyone."

"San, you don't have to do this alone."

"It's my fault, I'll deal with the angry masses."

Maria pulled away from the hug and smiled slightly as she wiped her tears.

"Good luck. And promise me that you'll find Quinn and that you two will be happy."

"I promise M."

Maria smiled and looked down before looking back up.

"I know it's a lot to ask but can I – "

Santana cut her off.

"You don't even have to ask, M."

She leaned in and gently kissed Maria. When she pulled back she felt relief wash over her. She was free, she could go get the girl she loved.

"Now go, enjoy the sun and try not to get a sunburn!"

Maria laughed.

"Man that's a hard request. I'll have to stay in the shade the whole time then."

Santana laughed and kissed her cheek.

"I love you Maria."

"I love you too San and I hope that we can one day we can be friends again, just give me some time."

Santana nodded.

"Of course M. Thank you for being so crazy cool about this and not completely freaking out."

Maria grinned.

"Well you know, I'm pretty cool like that."

Santana laughed and nodded.

"You really are. I should head out there, I'm sure people are starting to think we both ran away or something."

She squeezed Maria's hand one last time as they said goodbye to each other. She watched Maria sneak out the back as she took a deep breath and wiped her eyes one more time before she walked back into the main room.

"Hi everyone. So you're probably wondering where Maria is right? Well too bad I'm not going to tell you. We're both great though, and we have both agreed to cancel this wedding."

A round of gasps went through the church.

"All blame is on me, and even if Quinn hadn't just done that I still would have stopped this wedding because it doesn't feel right. I will always love Maria, but not in the way she deserves. I'm very sorry for all of this, especially to those of you who's flown in from another city, but I welcome you to go to the reception and have fun. There's lots of alcohol. That's all I have to say, and I hope you can all give us both some privacy for now."

Santana gave them one last smile as she walked back out. Her brother quickly followed her.

"San, wait up!"

She turned around and looked at him.

"You have to find her!"

Santana nodded.

"I know, but I didn't even know she was in town, I have no idea where she is."

Alex shrugged.

"I don't know, if I were here I'd probably go to the airport."

"My genius of a brother. How was she when you took her outside?"

"Completely broken. She really loves you San."

Santana bit her lip to hold back tears.

"I really love her too and I should have told her sooner."

Alex grinned and nodded.

"Yeah, that would have been a pretty good idea. But come on, mom and dad are handling things out there while we have to get you changed and find her!"

"Why on earth did I have to get married in the biggest city? She can be anywhere."

"Which is why we have to get going now. My car is right around the corner, I'll drive you to the hotel."

They quickly left the same way Maria had and Alex drove them to the hotel Santana had been staying at the night before the wedding. She quickly changed into some more comfortable clothes before she met up with Alex in his room.

"Have you found some flights?"

"Yeah, there are a few, but I don't know which airport she's at."

"The first flight is from LaGuardia, so we could check that first. Then I'll take you to Newark and lastly JFK."

"Sounds good! If we don't find her I'll just catch a flight and find her in Seattle."

"We've got a plan, now let's get going."

They rushed down to the car and hurried to LaGuardia. They had to buy two tickets so they could both look for her, but the couldn't find her anywhere. Alex then took her to Newark, where they did the same thing and they still couldn't find her, and Santana was beginning to think that this wasn't meant to be. That Quinn was getting away from her again.

"Come on mini Lopez, you and Q were meant to be, everyone knows that! So cheer up, I'm sure she's at JFK."

"How can you be so sure Alex?! What if she realizes that she made a big mistake and regrets it all? What if she doesn't really want me, she was just confused?"

Santana frowned when her brother started laughing.

"WHAT?"

"Are you listening to yourself? Quinn is crazy about you San; you've got to stop doubting yourself. You and Quinn are going to end up married with 2.5 children, living in the suburbs with a white picket fence! You'll bake cookies for your daughters bake sale and drive your son to soccer practice while Quinn is pregnant."

Santana looked down at her hands and smiled.

"That sounds pretty nice."

"Of course it does. You'll be totally boring. Before you know it you'll go to bed at 10 and turn Quinn down when she wants sex because you're tired."

Santana snorted.

"I'll never turn down sex."

Alex grinned and winked at her as he stopped outside JetBlue's terminal at JFK.

"Maybe not, but I got you in a better mood. Now I'm 99% sure that Quinn is here, so I won't follow you in. I love you baby sis, and I'm so proud of you for doing the right thing."

Santana leaned over the center console and hugged her brother tightly.

"Thank you for everything Alex, I mean it. You're the best brother in the world."

Alex grinned and hugged her back.

"I know I am. Now go get your girl."

"Will do, captain!"

Santana grinned as she got out of the car and ran into the airport. She was able to get the last ticket to Seattle and ran to airport security.

Fuck this line is long, come on people, I've got important business to attend to!

She waited impatiently in line until it was her turn and she almost threw herself through the metal detector before she was stopped for a random check.

Great, just my luck. I don't even have a carry on bag and I get checked.

After what felt like forever the TSA officer finally let her go and she took off running towards the Seattle gate. She froze when she saw the back of a blonde head that she'd recognize anywhere

Quinn. I found her. Oh my god, what are you going to say to her? 'I just left my fiancée for you and I now expect us to be together forever and ever?' cause that won't freak her out at all! Come on Lopez, you've got some smooth moves, use them.

She took a deep breath and walked over to the benches where she noticed that Quinn had hear earplugs in and eyes closed, so she stopped in front of her for a few seconds, to just look at her. God she looked beautiful.

I really hope I get to wake up to her for the rest of my life.

Santana smiled slightly before she opened her mouth.

"Is this seat taken?"

She watched as Quinn slowly opened her eyes and could practically see all air leave the blonde's body, so she smiled slightly. She even loved how Quinn looked her up and down, and the smile that grazed her face when she noticed that Santana wasn't wearing any rings. When Quinn finally shook her head and removed her backpack from the seat Santana sat down without another word and took Quinn's hand into her own, their fingers automatically lacing together. And just like that, everything felt good in the world.