A couple years had passed since Santana confessed her love for Marley to the glee club of 2013, since then she has gotten a few glares from the faculty of McKinley high but those glares turned to looks of approval after awhile of getting used to it, Santana went from being a Co-Coach to a head Coach of the New Directions, Mr. Schuester is now teaching drama club which thanks to contributions from Rachel Berry and Kurt Hummel, made the two clubs official partner clubs at McKinley.
Marley graduated high school a year early to pursue her dreams of being a song writer, so far she has gotten offers from Bruno Mars, and Lana Del Ray, her and Santana live at the same apartments that Santana has been living, coming close to their 2 year anniversary, Santana wanted to make this anniversary the best one Marley has ever had.
Santana walked over to the hard working brunette whom was scribbling lyrics to send out to her next client, she wrapped her arms around Marley's waist and softly kissed at her neck "How's the song writing going honey?" she asked pressing against her girlfriend. "Ugh, San it isn't fair that I can't figure out what inspirational lyric to write, I need motivation.." she pouted pressing the back of her head against Santana's chest, she looked up at Santana sticking her bottom lip out. The Latina giggled a bit at how Marley was behaving, it reminded her of when they first met, she took Marley's hat off so their eyes could make contact with each other "Take a break, you have been working hard on your songwriting and I could use some cuddle time in bed. Plus I got some good news that I want you to hear."
Marley nodded and walked to their bedroom, plopping on the bed face first but quickly adjusted to where she was laying on her side looking at Santana. The Latina walked over to Marley, crawling on the bed shaking her hips gently "Sterling Jewelers called me, they want me to star in a commercial for one of their Kay Jewelery branch, and what's better is that they are appealing to the gay demographic, and I may or may not have told them that I had you in mind as my other for the commercial." when Santana said that Marley squeaked in excitement and tackled Santana to the bed placing kisses on her cheek. "Oh my god San! That is so great, I am proud that you were able to get that job but are you sure you would want me to be your other in the commercial? I don't look good enough to be on T.V and what if I end up screwing up what I am supposed to do?"
Hearing that made Santana gasp then gently rolled them over, giving the Latina some dominance "You listen here Marley Rose, you are more than good looking, fuck you look absolutely beautiful! And also you are my other and have been my other for nearly 2 years, I think you fit the requirements to be in that commercial with me. You're not going to screw up because I will be right there to help you out, it's not like were going to be talking in this anyways, I'm sure we will be fine." Santana leaned in to place a soft kiss upon Marley's lips, both girls softly giggling at the fact the kisses were tickling them a tiny bit.
The next day Marley and Santana were at the studio getting make up on for the commercial, the young Rose was excited about being on T.V that she barely slept the night before. She turned to Santana for a second and smiled at her "I can't believe that we are here, aren't you hyped San?" she asked lightly bouncing on her chair. "I am, but I have been in a predicament like this before so I guess I learned to keep my cool about things. But you are very cute right now, you know that?" Santana answered raising her eyebrow seductively keeping a close eye on her woman. "Ladies, hi I am Jon the director, and I must say you both look fantastic, now we have a winter set of Central Park, and what we will need is you two walking through it for about 5 minutes then stop at a bridge, Marley I am gonna need you to look up at the night sky with a smile on your face, Santana you pull out the ring box, wrap your arms around her waist showing her the box, Marley you turn around then Santana you get on one knee as if you were going to propose. Any questions?" he explained then asked the two but they shook their heads and were indeed ready for shooting the commercial.
After about 4 hours of constant filming they were finally done, Marley was leaning against Santana feeling out of it "H-How are you able to do it San.. And still have energy too!" she had asked in a surprised manner, all Santana did was giggle at Marley's comment "Let's just go get something to eat." was the only words that had came out of her mouth. For awhile Marley couldn't keep her eyes off of Santana since they were just done acting out a proposal, she now thought about if they would ever get married one day. "What if San doesn't want marriage.. Then again I am only 19 but I would like to know if San sees us being a couple even when we are old and scrawny.."
The girls got to a Denny's restaurant which again was different than where Santana would normally take Marley, this alerted the shyer girl especially since she didn't expect this from her girlfriend. The waitress took them to their booth, placed a couple menus on the table then walked away, they sat down and stared at each other for a few seconds. Santana felt more in love with Marley on this particular day, giving Marley a half smile once again raising her eye brow. This was messing with Marley's mind since she didn't know what Santana was up to, usually she would be easier to read but for some unknown reason she couldn't detect what was going through the devilishly beautiful Latina.
Idle chit chat the couple exchanged while they were eating and it was rather quiet for the most part, Santana explained the assignment she had in mind to give the kids once winter break was over, Marley was talking about her project that she was working on for her college, Santana looked more interested in what was going on with Marley than Marley even was it was really strange that the Latina expressed more interest in her girlfriend than usual. "Marls.. You are lucky as hell that you're sexy, adorable, and my lover. Just you wait, I have a BIG surprise for you.." Santana grabbed hold of Marley's hand kissing it once "Let's get out of here.. I have somewhere else I want to take you." she stood up placing a $5 tip for the waitress, then walked over to the front of the restaurant to pay for the meal they ate.
The girls left for a park that wasn't too far from their apartment, it's somewhat dark and worst of all it's raining which ruined what Santana had planned when they got to the park "Shit!" she yelled and hit the steering wheel once before sighing "I am sorry Marls.. I had something special I wanted to do but I can't do it now.." she explained as she pulled out of the park and drove to their home. Marley was speculating on what it could have been, over analyzing various scenarios that she had played in her head. "Let's see.. I doubt it would be a horror film thing where she leads me to a trap or she is a killer.. It wouldn't be a prank.. At least I hope not.. Could it be that she wanted to break up.." her eyes widened a bit as she looked at Santana for a few seconds then looked back out towards the road "She better not! I maybe sweet and all but I will snap at a bitch if needed!" she looked to the side with a glare at the scenery that was on her side of the road.
They got into their apartment, Santana yawned quietly as she walked over to a bar stool and sat at the counter resting her head, Marley still thinking about what Santana had planned figured that it would be safe to ask as she hugged Santana from behind. "So.. What was it that you wanted to do for me?" she asked then gently sniffed her girlfriend's neck and exhaling against it, Santana bit her lip then turned to the brunette and smiled "Just something I wanted to do, it's a surprise that you will need to wait for." she said draping her arms over Marley's shoulder nuzzling her nose. "Fuck! She won't tell me and I really want to know.. Damn it San, I will make you tell me one way or another." she was looking to the side for a few seconds then turned back to Santana with a smile.
Morning hit and Marley was the first one to wake up, she was sitting against the bed looking at the clouds, humming a soft melody which woke Santana up slowly. "I love waking up to that beautiful voice of yours, would you be my alarm clock for the rest of my time on earth?" She asked with a giggle crawling towards the side Marley was on so she could kiss her forehead. "I like the sentiment but I would like it even better if you told me what is going on in your head San.." Marley looked up at Santana placing a soft kiss against her jaw "If I was just your alarm clock then we wouldn't be able to do that thing you like." hearing that made Santana partially pout but giggle "That is sadly true, and you know that I LOVE doing that thing." both girls laughed some as Marley got up and straddled Santana's back kissing at the back of her neck. "Today is our anniversary.. I didn't get you anything yet but I will soon I promise and you will love it." Marley explained leaning against her girl, Santana rested her head on her arms with a smile "I have errands to run most of the day anyways, so you will have a fairly decent amount of time to get me something."
After a couple hours of getting ready for their day, Santana sporting tight navy blue jeans, a Batman T-Shirt, and a leather jacket over it, she was more than ready to go out for awhile. Marley had just gotten out of the shower, she had her towel wrapped around her chest and frowned at the thought of Santana being gone most of the day, when she was about to leave Marley whined "San!" she gently stomped on the ground like a little kid, causing Santana to rush to her "What is it babe?" eyes locked on to each other as Marley pulled Santana in for a deep kiss, because she was caught off guard by the kiss Marley's tongue was dominating Santana's, the Latina didn't want to admit it but it was a turn on whenever Marley acts dominant with her. Marley parted ways with the kiss and smiled up at Santana "I just wanted to tell you I love you, and I hope you have a good day." she said with a smile on her face, Santana was blushing a lot, lost for words for the most part as she stared down her lover's body "Damn, I wish I didn't have errands to run.."
Marley was pacing around the house thinking what to get for Santana, she got on her laptop and Googled "good anniversary gifts" browsing through a list of things she could possibly get, problem was, Marley didn't have much money on her to freely spend, most of the money she did have went towards schooling, music supplies and half of the bills that needed to be paid in the apartment. Deducting what she needed for her necessities she only had $60 to her name, but to get a decently beautiful gift she needed an extra $40 just to be able to buy the more basic things, Marley groaned in annoyance "Son of a bitch, if school wasn't sucking me dry I would be able to get her these things.. I guess I could take a portion of the bills to get Santana a gift.. I feel bad for this but oh well, we will work it out."
Santana had been driving around Lima gathering some the things she needed for her surprise, she was going to make tonight the night for the announcement and nothing was going to stop her. Santana got out of her car after parking it at a supermarket to pick up a couple things for the apartment, little to her surprise she saw Brittany. "S-San?" Brittany said clinging on to her best friend, Santana smiled brightly and hugged her back "Oh my god Britt, I missed you a lot. How's you and Sam?" she pulled out of the hug looking at Brittany "Him and I are engaged, and we have our own engagement gift.." Brittany said as she lifted her shirt up past her stomach then placed Santana's hand on her stomach. "I don't know what me feeling your stomach.. Gah!" Santana felt her hand get kicked for a second "There is a little monster inside.. Oh my god!" The Latina squeaked and jumped up and down in excitement "Congrats Britt.. When are you due?" she asked with the biggest smile on her face. "I believe in March, my baby was conceived in July so.. You know the whole 9 months thing." Brittany rolled her eyes and let go of her shirt.
Brittany and Santana walked out of the store with their groceries, reminiscing their past, regretting the crap they did but just catching up for the most part. "So Britt did you drive out here?" Santana asked as she put her things in her car "No, we don't have a car since everything we need is closer by our apartment, I only came over here because there was a sale on ice cream and glitter." Brittany explained which made Santana gasp "This is far from your apartment though Britt, put your stuff in the back seat and I will take you home, I kinda wanted to hug a flounder anyways." Santana said with a giggle around the "Flounder" comment, Brittany rolled her eyes again and did what Santana said then got in the car. "So how are you and Marley doing when it comes to you living together?" Brittany asked as Santana started the car, then pulled out of the parking lot "Marls and I are doing great, we shot a commercial for Kay Jeweleries yesterday, and hopefully by tomorrow.. I will be engaged to Marley Rose.." she bit her lip at the thought of being engaged to her lover, Brittany smiled at her and patted her shoulder gently "I had a feeling about you two, you always had something nice to say about Marley, never once have I heard you say anything bad when it came to her." the blonde mentioned which made Santana blush a lot.
They got to Brittany's complex then got out of the car and there was Sam with a smile on his face as he went to hug Santana once, Santana hugged him back "Good to see that your hair has yet distracted the eyes from your lips." she and Brittany giggled as Sam rolled his eyes walking to his fiancee grabbing the bags from her hands and placed a soft kiss on her lips "I had a feeling you would have ran into Santana at the market." he said as he ran into the apartment, luckily for Brittany it was on the first story so she didn't have to go up or down any stairs. The two walked inside and Santana gazed at Sam with a curious intent "How did you get this "Feeling" exactly Evans?" she asked crossing her arms once. "Sonny called me and told me that you were heading over to the supermarket, and Brittany was out there so I told her to go meet up with you there." he explained as he went to put the groceries up "W-Wait Rachel's adoptive brother? Britt, remind me to kick that little shit around later, I gotta bounce sadly. Sam as always, and Brittany, call me if you ever want to hang out." She said as she hugged Brittany "I will call you San, and I better be the first to hear if you are gonna tie the knot or not." the blonde playfully threatened.
Marley was pacing in front of the coffee table staring at the gift she bough, she was a bit skeptic if it was right for Santana "M-Maybe I should return it real quick.. I have time before San gets home." she thought out loud, the gift was a necklace that said "Marlana-4-Ever" Marley had to pay more than what she had thought to get it as quick as she did, she picked it up closing the box that the necklace was in and put it in her pocket nodding slowly. "I think she will love it, I hope she will love it.. Dammit she better love it, I dabbled into my music supplies jar to pay for this." She angrily pouted "Ding!" her phone lit up, the brunette walked over to her phone and looked at the text "Hey babe, I have a surprise for you and I think you need to see right away! Up on the roof, hurry up!" Marley's eyes widened as she jetted out the door heading up to the roof floor, luckily for her it was covered up since it was snowing in Lima.
When she got to the roof floor she opened the door to walk out, candles were lit around the floor and the fake tiki torches were lit, but the main attraction was the woman standing on the other side of the path of candles. Marley was in awe of what she had seen, approaching Santana with a big smile on her face "Oh my god San.. This is so beautiful.. This is the best anniversary I have had by far.." she said leaning against her girlfriend. "I wanted it to be perfect just for you.. And I have fucked you so I know that thing pressing against me isn't a hard on." she said causing Marley to giggle and reach into her pocket to hand Santana the necklace box. "I had to spend a portion of my music supplies money to get this on such short notice, so I hope you like it." Marley explained looking to the side, Santana took it and opened it up and gasped "Holy shit Marls.. This is amazing.." she stood there flabbergasted by what Marley had gotten her.
Marley helped Santana put the necklace on then grinned quite noticeably "It looks better on you than I had imagined." she complimented Santana who walked up to the brunette giving her a deep kiss for a few seconds then pulled away leaving Marley blushing. "I have a gift for you, step back and prepare for something that only YOU.. Will ever get from me." she did a hand signal which brought out Kurt, Rachel, Puck with his guitar, and Sonny whom Marley was shocked to see "S-Sonny? What the hell are you doing here?" she asked tilting her head, the younger Berry smiled "You're my bestie, I wanted to be here for this, plus Rachel threatened to ban me from Mountain Dew if I didn't." he said smirking half way. Santana turned to the three and nodded slowly, Puck started to strum on his guitar while Kurt and Rachel hummed a melody to "Clarity" by Zedd, this was Marley's favorite song which got her more excited to hear it.
Santana:
High dive into frozen waves where the past comes back to life
Fight fear for the selfish pain, it was worth it every time
Hold still right before we crash 'cause we both know how this ends
A clock ticks 'til it breaks your glass and I drown in you again
Santana with Sonny:
'Cause you are the piece of me I wish I didn't need
Chasing relentlessly, still fight and I don't know why
If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy?
If our love's insanity, why are you my clarity?
If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy?
If our love's insanity, why are you my clarity?
Santana:
Walk on through a red parade and refuse to make amends
It cuts deep through our ground and makes us forget all common sense
Don't speak as I try to leave 'cause we both know what we'll choose
If you pull then I'll push too deep and I'll fall right back to you
Santana with Sonny:
'Cause you are the piece of me I wish I didn't need
Chasing relentlessly, still fight and I don't know why
If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy?
If our love's insanity, why are you my clarity?
Santana, Rachel, Kurt, Puck and Sonny:
Why are you my clarity?
Why are you my remedy?
Why are you my clarity?
Why are you my remedy?
Santana:
If our love is tragedy, why are you my remedy?
If our love's insanity, why are you my clarity?
Santana walked over to Marley after she was done with the song with a huge blush on her face, Marley was smiling at Santana due to her singing. "Marls.. You.. You changed me for the better.. Before I met you I had a hatred towards everyone I felt like, I would get drunk and have meaningless sex.. And then when we first kissed.. I cleaned up as you see.. Haven't had alcohol since I first got my job as Co-Coach of glee.. You single handedly turned me from a party girl who would probably be dead within her thirties.. To one of the happiest women on earth.." she explained with a smile on her face, few tears dripped down her cheek when she said that. Marley gently bit her index finger smiling brightly at her girlfriend's words "One of the happiest?" she asked raising a brow towards Santana. The Latina slowly got on one knee pulling out a ring box and inside it was a diamond ring, Marley jumped up frantically squeaking "S-San.." she managed to whimper out, not knowing what to say about the ring. "Marley Rose, will you wear this ring on your finger as a symbol of our love.. To show it to whomever is curious.. Basically Marls.. Will you marry me?" Tears were streaming down both of the girl's faces.
Marley taking a few seconds to look at the people who came to watch this moment, Rachel nodded, Puck gave a thumbs up, Kurt clapped his hands quietly and fast, and Sonny stood up with a smirk "Go get em Marls!" he shouted which caused Rachel to slap him on the back of the head, which in turn made Marley giggle as she looked down at Santana and nodded "Yes... Yes I will marry you!" she said as Santana stood up to hold her close and kiss her longer than she ever did. The others stood and applauded the brand new newlyweds, Marley slowly pulled away to put the ring on her finger, then held her hand up towards the light to see how it looked on her finger, Sonny looked at Rachel real quick then ran towards the couple to pick them up in a bear hug, Rachel, Puck, and Kurt joined in on the hug cheering on Marley and Santana.
The guests ended up heading home, Marley and Santana were sitting on the bench that was on the roof just gazing into each others eyes. "I can't believe you proposed.. I was pondering on what you were going to do, years of knowing you and being in love with you.. I would never have guess this, not in the slightest." Marley explained scooting closer to her fiancee "If it was anyone else.. I probably wouldn't have done this, or go THIS far just to propose.. I wanted this to be perfect just specifically for you because I knew from when we first made love.. That I wanted to be specifically for you.." Santana softly said before leaning in to kiss Marley, the brunette lifted her legs to wrap them around Santana's waist returning the kiss keeping as close to her future wife as she could.
"My promise to you Marls.. Mountains I will move, armies I will go to war with.. God's I will defy.. Whatever it takes to keep you with me til we die.. I will do.. Marlana... Forever.."
A/N: Well how is that for a legitimate final chapter to THIS story? For those who may ask, Sonny is my OC that will have his own story, which is canon to my Glee universe, oh yeah and Marlana is canon in the Universe as well, I may do more stories with the couple in the future but I am gonna try to chill it on the femslash for a little bit. So as always, Review/Follow/Favorite.