So this is the last chapter. I want to thank everyone who's been apart of this journey with me, I loved all of the reviews and favorites I've gotten. Since this is my first fanfic ever, this success has been really amazing. So here's chapter 22. Disclaimer- I do not own glee.
"I can't believe you called out of work to do this" Santana told Rachel. "Won't you get in trouble for skipping a show?"
"Not at all, that's what understudies are for," Rachel said simply. "Besides, as your future maid of honor, it's important that I be here to help you pick out the ring."
"Who said you'd be her maid of honor?" Kurt asked. The three former roommates were on their way to yet another jewelry store to help Santana find an engagement ring for Dani.
"Who else would it be?" Rachel said to him, but looked to Santana for the answer.
"I don't know, Mercedes probably," Santana shrugged nonchalantly, knowing very well that wasn't true. Rachel was definitely going to be her maid of honor, but she didn't need to know that yet. Santana enjoyed messing with Rachel like this.
"Mercedes? You can't be serious! Do you know how long we've known each other?"
"I've known Mercedes just as long as I've known you, Berry. That's not a valid point."
"Whatever, we still connect in ways you and Mercedes never have." Rachel argued.
Santana chuckled "Wanky."
"Santana!"
"Relax Rachel, I don't even know if Dani's going to say yes or not. All this talk about a wedding could be for nothing."
"Aww, Santana, are you worried she's going to say no?" Kurt teased.
Santana scowled at him. "No!...maybe."
"Don't worry, she loves you too much to say no."
"Exactly," Rachel agreed. "Now can we please hurry along to the store? We've been shopping all afternoon."
A month later
The time had finally come. Dani's tour was in Northern California now and Santana was on her way to meet her. She was so anxious that the 5 hour plane ride felt like 10 hours. It didn't help that the ring was burning a hole in her back pocket. When the plane was landing, Santana pulled out her phone to text Dani.
We're landing now, I can't wait to see you babe xoxo-San
It wasn't 30 seconds later that Dani texted her back.
I can't wait either. Be prepared for 1000 kisses ;)-Dani
Santana took a deep breath. "Stop being nervous. I'm a badass. A totally whipped badass, but a badass nonetheless. I can do this."
Walking to the baggage claim and towards the parking lots felt almost as long as the plane ride.
But there Dani was, standing with a big sign with Santana's name on it. Santana almost didn't recognize her with her new long red hair. 'That was probably the surprise she was talking about last night,' Santana thought.
Just then Dani spotted her, dropped the sign, and started running towards her.
"Santana!" she said as she smashed right into Santana and pulled her into a huge hug.
"Whoa babe, we're gonna fall over if you don't-" she was cut off by Dani's lips moving against hers.
Santana sighed against her lips and kissed back. She didn't care if they were in a crowded airport, she had waited for this moment for 3 1/2 months now. She pulled Dani closer to her, putting one hand on her girlfriend's waist and having the other thread through her red hair. Dani, never breaking the kiss, brought her hands to Santana's cheeks to keep her balance. Despite being away from each other for a while, their lips moved in complete sync.
Santana found herself deepening the kiss by keeping Dani's lower lip between hers and biting it slightly. Dani moaned at that which only turned Santana on more.
"Ahem, ladies" a voice said next to them. Santana broke the kiss, but kept her forehead rested against Dani's. She looked over and saw that the voice belonged to Dani's manager. 'Had he been there the whole time?' she wondered.
"Hey Luke," she greeted and turned her attention back to Dani who was still holding onto Santana as if she was going to disappear in an instant.
"So I'm going to get 999 kisses, just like that?" she asked.
"Maybe more," Dani said a bit breathlessly." She wrapped her arms tighter around Santana. "I'm so glad you're finally here."
"Me too."
"Ladies, we really should be going now. We have to get back to the hotel," Luke told them.
"Hotel?"
"Damn it Luke, you ruined the surprise" Dani pouted.
"My bad," he said and grabbed Santana's suitcase and started walking towards the exit of the airport.
"Hold on, I thought your new hair color was the surprise. And I thought we were going to be on your tour bus?"
"Is me changing my hair really a surprise, San?" Dani chuckled.
"I guess not. But why aren't we going to the bus?"
"We are. Later. But for what I have planned for tonight, we're going to need more space than that bus provides," she said with a wink, taking Santana's hand and dragging her outside. And just like that, Santana's only thoughts consisted of getting to that hotel as fast as possible. Well, that and the ring that was still burning a hole in her pocket.
The morning after
Dani woke up the next morning feeling stiff. But in a good way. She almost freaked out when she felt a warm body right up against her back before remembering that Santana was there. She was actually there with Dani and it felt awesome being close to her again. She turned around carefully, as not to wake her girlfriend. Santana was still asleep, her mouth slightly open and a peaceful look on her face. Dani couldn't help but let her eyes wander over down Santana's bare shoulders, breasts, abs, and hips before making her way back up to her face. Before the action even registered in her mind, she leaned over and placed a chaste kiss on Santana's cheeks, forehead, and finally her lips.
"Don't start something you can't finish, babe?" Santana grumbled sleepily, but still puckered her lips for another kiss.
"After last night, you're the one who needs to worry about finishing, not me." She was referring to when Santana had such a big orgasm the night before, she passed out momentarily, leaving Dani high and dry.
"Smartass."
"You love me."
"Hmm, I really do," she said, snuggling closer to Dani. "Last night was amazing by the way. Why are you so perfect?"
"Nobody's perfect, San. And are you talking about the date or the mind blowing sex?"
"You're perfect to me. And I'm talking about both."
When they had gotten to the hotel, Santana was surprised to see that Dani had set up a whole dinner for them. There was a table with candles, soft music playing in the background, and a 3 course meal of Santana's favorite foods. They had spent the first part of the evening talking and trading stories about what's been going on in their lives. Dani told Santana about her shows and about all the pranks and parties that happen on the bus. Santana filled Dani in about Kurt and Blaine's wedding and the season finale of her show that they were filming once Santana got back to New York. The night had been amazing and Santana's heart swelled at the thought of Dani planning all of that for her.
"Oh wait, I have some news," Santana said, getting up and going to her suitcase. She shuffled through her bag until she pulled out a stack of papers. "I can't believe I almost forgot about this." She said, handing the papers to Dani.
Dani just took them in her hand and continued looking at Santana.
"Aren't you going to ask what it is?"
"San, I can't focus on anything until you put some clothes on." Dani said seriously.
Santana rolled her eyes playfully and pulled one of her old Louisville t-shirts from her suitcase.
"Better?"
"Nope, you're still too sexy."
Santana blushed at that. "Just read it."
"Okay, okay...wait, is this a script?"
"Yup."
"A movie script?"
"Yup"
Dani read some more. "Directed by John Lee Hancock? Santana he's a real director. A good one too!"
"I know!"
"Now way, you're going to be in your first movie?" Dani asked excitedly.
"Yes!"
"Oh my gosh! Who are you going to play?" She was looking through the pages and saw a lot of names, but one, Antonio, appeared on most of them. "Is Antonio the main character?"
"Yeah and I play his girlfriend, Isabella. It's like Romeo and Juliet, but with Latinos. I auditioned for it last month and I word back 2 days ago," she grinned.
"I'm so happy for you San. And I have so many other questions for you, but can we go get breakfast first?"
"Yeah sure." She complied. Dani leaned over and gave her a congratulatory kiss before gathering up her clothes and heading to the bathroom to shower. "Meet me in there?"
"Do you even have to ask?"
Dani laughed, "I guess not." Before closing the door.
Now that Santana had a few minutes to herself, she picked up the jeans she was wearing the day before and took the velvet box out. She knew the ring was safely inside, but it didn't hurt to double check. After going to three different jewelers, Santana, Kurt, and Rachel had decided on an 18K white gold and diamond ring with a round-cut diamond center stone. Santana had to dip into her savings to buy it, but Dani was worth it.
And now that she had the ring and was finally here, all she had to do was propose.
That evening
The first time Santana went to one of Dani's concerts, there was only a few hundred people. Then a little over a thousand people. Now it was over 10,000 people, which was fairly impressive. Santana was with Dani in her dressing room backstage watching her entourage fawn all over her. Dani was trying to do her vocal warm ups while having different people fix her hair, her clothes, hand her water, and a bunch of other things. Santana remembered dealing with the same thing while on tour with Mercedes, but that was to a much smaller degree.
She felt her phone ring just then so she stepped out of the room. "Hello, Rachel?"
"Yes it's me. Kurt, Blaine, Mercedes, Butler and I are on our way to the concert right now."
"Okay good. She still has no idea what's happening right?"
"Yes, we haven't given her any inkling to your plans. How are you feeling by the way?"
"I'm a nervous wreck, Rachel. I feel like I'm going to throw up."
"Just calm down, Santana."
"I can't calm down. I'm about to ask Dani to marry me in front of 15,000 people."
"Are you going to back out?"
"..."
"Santana!"
"Right, sorry! No, I'm not backing out. I'm too badass to do that. Plus that ring cost more than my damn car."
"Alright then. We'll be there soon." And with that, Rachel hung up.
Santana turned to go back into the dressing room, but saw Dani and her team coming out.
"Ready to rock the house?" she asked Dani.
"I'm always ready. " They made their way to the stage and they both peaked out at the huge crowd that was waiting. Santana audibly gulped, but Dani didn't seem to hear it.
"Good Luck kiss?"
"Yeah."
And then Dani was running out on stage, and Santana could barely here her singing compared to the roar of the crowd.
An hour later, it was time for the 15 minute intermission.
"Santana, we're here!" Rachel called from across the room. Santana turned away from watching Dani perform to see Rachel, Kurt, Blaine Mercedes, and Butler running towards her.
"Oh thank god, what took you guys so long?" she asked.
"You didn't tell us we'd need special passes to get back here!" Mercedes yelled at her.
"We spent 20 minutes convincing the security guard to get Luke to come talk to us."
"Then we had to get searched. They took my lucky pocket knife," Butler pouted.
"You don't need special passes. Well, I don't anyway. I go wherever I want and no one says anything to me," Santana shrugged.
"Gee, I wonder why!" Kurt exclaimed.
Blaine put a calming hand on his shoulders. "Calm down, we're here now and that's all that matters."
"Right," Santana agreed. "You have the video camera?"
"Right here," Blaine said, holding the camera up.
"Okay good. Dani should be done any second now." She was ringing her hands together, completely nervous. "If she says no, you guys are going to get me out of here as soon as possible right?"
"Oh for the love of Barbra, she won't say no, Santana."
They heard the music stop, suddenly and then Dani's voice was ringing out.
"You guys have been awesome so far! I'll see you all in a bit!" she yelled to the crowd before running backstage. She was swarmed immediately by her team, but she ignored them and made her way towards Santana and was surprised to see her friends there.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" She asked in shock. She went to hug Butler first.
"Sup Tiny, we're here because we wanted to see your show, of course." He said.
"All of you? At the same time?"
"Yeah, is that weird?" Kurt asked.
"I guess not?" Dani said.
"Hey babe, why don't you get some water? You look thirsty," Santana said and shoved a bottle of water into Dani's hands.
"Thanks. I wish I could stay longer guys, but I only have 15 minutes to get ready for the second act."
"We understand, you go ahead. We'll see you after the show and we could go get dinner or something," Mercedes said.
"I have a meet and greet after the show, but after that I'm free," Dani said, walking away towards her crew.
For the next ten minutes, Dani drank her water, did more vocal exercises, and got fitted for different microphones. Then she was up again and back on stage, performing the second act. With the last 10 minutes of the show remaining, and Dani was doing her last two songs in the setlist, Santana knew it was time to make her move.
She had only told a few people on the stage crew of her plans so they could hook her up to a mic and cut the lights when she asked. When that was all set, she got to the very edge of the stage before stopping.
"Okay, it's now or never." She looked back at her friends who all gave her a thumbs up and she gave them a shaky smile in return. She signaled for the lights to be shut off and soon the concert hall was in completely dark aside from a single blue beam of light that landed directly on Dani in the middle of the stage.
Santana wasted no time and ran out onto the stage before anyone could stop her. Dani, who was completely confused took hold of Santana's hand when she reached her.
"Santana, what are you doing out here? Is something wrong? Did something happen?" she asked in a concerned voice. That didn't help much, since now the audience was starting to freak out.
"No! No. Everybody calm down, everything's fine! I just have something important to say," she urged. She turned to Dani. "Do you mind if I take over for a few minutes?"
"N-no. But what are you doing, San?" Santana took a deep breath.
"This." And then she dropped down to one knee and the whole audience goes crazy.
"Oh my god!" Dani gasped. She moves one hand to cover her mouth while Santana takes the other in her hand.
"Some of you may not know who I am, but that's okay. You know this magnificent person I'm kneeling in front of and that's all that matters. This insanely beautiful woman came into my life 5 years ago and since then I've never been happier. Dani?" she asked.
"Yeah?" she squeaked out, tears already forming in her eyes.
"I love you so so much. So much that I think my heart's going to explode every time I think about it. I love your laugh, and your smile, and your heart. And I love how you put up with all my shi-crap." She had almost forgotten about the young kids in the audience.
Dani gave a watery smile at that.
"I know I'm not the best person to get along with. I know me and my big mouth get us kicked out of clubs and movie theaters too much. I know that I'm always forgetting to walk and feed the dogs and you have to keep reminding me. And I know I go on crazy rants in Spanish sometimes and you have to calm me down by driving to get me Breadsticks. And I know when I come home too late, you make me dinner even though you hate cooking."
"I do all that because I love you, silly."
"I know. By some miracle, you love me anyway. You've seen me at my worst and you still want to be with me. I want you to know that I don't take that for granted. I know just how lucky I am that I get to be with someone as kind, caring, talented, and incredibly beautiful as you. I want to make you happy for the rest of my life, Dani. And I promise to give you all the love and respect you deserve. And to make each day with me more special than the last. Because you're it for me."
A unanimous "Aww," came from the audience at that and Dani had full blown tears streaming down her face.
"So in front of our friends and all your fans, I'm asking you, Danielle. Will you please marry me?"
She let go of Dani's hand and reached in her pocket to pull out the black velvet box. She opened it presented the ring up to Dani, who was having a hard time forming coherent sentences.
"Marry me?" She asks again.
"Yes!" Dani manages to get out through the tears.
"Yes? You're saying yes?"
Dani nodded her head adamantly, too choked up to give another reply. Now it was Santana's turn to start crying over her how happy she was. She wiped her own tears and reached for Dani's hand to slide the ring on.
"It's this one, San," Dani laughed out when Santana reached for her right hand instead of her left.
"Oh. Yeah, I knew that," she said with a watery laugh. Once Santana slid the ring on her ring finger, the audience went even more crazy. The girls didn't pay too much attention to that though.
"I love you so much. I can't believe you planned all this!" Dani said and drew Santana up from the floor.
"I had a little help and a lot of encouragement from our friends," Santana admitted.
"So that's why they're here!"
"Yeah. Now come here," Santana leaned forward and planted a kiss on her fiancé's lips. Dani kissed back for a minute before the sheer giddiness she feels makes her laugh and cry at the same time.
"I'm sorry, I can't help myself."
"Don't apologize," Santana said as she placed a kiss on Dani's forehead. She looked out into the audience and refocused her attention onto their situation. They were still on stage and everyone was looking at them. "I think it's time to say goodnight now," she suggested.
"Huh? Oh right!" she turned to face her fans. "I hope you all enjoyed the show tonight, I know I did." She grasped Santana's hand when she said that. "You guys have been an incredible audience, Goodnight!" Dani and Santana did a final bow and the stage lights cut off completely while they made their way backstage.
Once they got there, they were both swarmed this time. People were saying their congratulations, trying to look at the ring, and also trying to get the equipment off of Dani. They pushed themselves over to their friends who were all waving and jumping up and down.
"Santana, screw you for making me cry. That speech was beautiful," Kurt said as he hugged both girls.
"It truly was Santana, well done indeed," said Rachel who hugged them next.
"I can't believe you all knew about this and kept it from me, especially you, B!" Dani yelled at them, though she wasn't mad at all.
"It was better that we didn't. Unless we wanted to face your girlfriend's wrath,"
"That's fiancé now," Santana butted in, a wide smile on her face.
After the meet and greet and the celebratory dinner where they rewatched the proposal on Blaine's camera, Dani and Santana made their way back to the hotel. They should be tired after such a long day, but they weren't. In fact, they couldn't keep their hands off each other when they got to their room.
"You know, I'm kind of mad at you," Dani breathed out as Santana went to work, sucking on her pulse point while also trying to get Dani out of her clothes.
"Why's that?" Santana asked. She had Dani up against the door, kissing her face, jaw, and neck senseless.
"B-because you propose to me in the middle of my tour. I still have 2 more months left without you, you kn-"
Santana had kissed her deeply. "I know, but I couldn't wait anymore. Forgive me?" she asked and went back to her ministrations.
"Hmmm this time." Santana had gotten her out of her all her clothes except her underwear and when she was done stripping herself, she picked Dani up and carried her over to the bed, never detaching their lips the whole way.
She laid Dani on the bed and just admired her.
"I'm so fucking lucky," she said, causing Dani to blush.
She leaned down to kiss the red haired girl for the millionth time that night. Things got heated quickly and Santana was so close to getting Dani's bra off.
Until her phone started ringing.
"San…your phone.." Dani said between kisses.
"Ignore it."
"You know I can't."
"For the first time ever in your life, please ignore it," Santana pleaded.
"But babe, it could be an emer-"
"An emergency, I know. I know" Santana grumbled.
She got off of Dani and went to check her phone. It was her mother of all people "Mami? It's like 3 am in Lima, why are you calling me…si, she said yes….I was going to call you in the morning….lo siento, mami…okay okay bye,"
"Is she mad you didn't call her first?"
"Yup."
"And she's going to make you recite every detail tomorrow morning?"
"Pretty much,"Santana said, going back to the bed and getting back on top of Dani to finish what she started.
"Ha! I love our mom."
Santana stopped again. "Did you just say 'our mom'?"
Dani paused too."Did I?"
Santana shook her head. "Yeah you did. But I like it. Keeping saying stuff like that, it makes us sound married already."
Dani put her hand on Santana's cheek and looked into her eyes, trying to convey all her feelings through them. "I can't wait to marry you, San."
"I can't wait to marry you either." she said taking Dani's hand and kissing the palm of it. Now where were we?"
Dani giggled." Way to ruin the mood with your raging libido. But you were about to make love to your fiancé," Dani reminded her, a lustful and coy look on her face.
"My beautiful fiancé," Santana added and leaned down to kiss Dani.
"By the way, I turned off my phone. We're not having any more disturbances tonight."
And that's it, I hope you all enjoyed. Review and let me know what you thought of this fic. O you tell me your favorite chapter or something, I just want to hear you guy's thoughts. Bye for now! ^_^
