''Santana!''
''What Liz?'' Santana sighs tiredly as she looks up from her phone a few days after New Years Eve.
''What is this?'' Liz asks frowning throwing a tabloid on the table, Santana looks at it with an eyebrow raised and shrugs.
''That would be Brittany, Nic and me during a morning at the park a few days ago.''
''That Santana.'' Liz sighs out pointing at their intertwined hands.
''What do you want me to say Liz?'' Santana asks looking up at her tired of her constant nagging about searching a nice guy to join her to the premiere. ''I think the picture speaks for itself.''
''So she is your girlfriend?'' Santana tilts her head and shrugs.
''Not officially no, but I am also not hiding that I am dating her.'' She locks eyes with Liz and shrugs. ''She will also be my date to the premiere, so stop bugging me with potential nice dates.''
''So you're a dy…'' Santana slams her hand on the table and points at her.
''Watch it Liz.'' She warns, she stands up as she immediately stands up and places her hands on the table. ''You are only here to talk to me work wise and not judge my private life.''
''She will ruin your fucking future!''
''If fans, producers and god knows who drop me for who I am, I don't want to be a part of their movies!'' Santana exclaims. ''I have a fucking life outside of recording movies and she is part of it.''
''Leave her out of this.'' She warns her eyes flashing as Liz opens her mouth to say something else. ''This is more about you being against my developing relationship and not about anything else O'Connor.''
''You can't see that a nobody will pull you down.'' Liz groans out throwing her hands in the air. ''She might be great but think about your fucking career Santana!''
''Right.'' Santana exhales, chuckling dryly. ''A star athlete who is making a name for herself worldwide, will pull my career down.'' She breaths out, she shakes her head as Liz frowns and sighs. ''You either accept my developing relationship or you can leave Liz.''
''Actually.'' She breaths out before Liz can reply. ''You can leave.''
''Are you fucking serious right now?'' Liz exclaims incredulously. ''You chose some blonde bimbo above our three years together?''
Santana balls her hand up in a fist and just glares at her. ''Goodbye O'Connor.'' She breaths out seething, she shakes her head as she opens her mouth again and crosses her arms. ''I don't want to hear it, leave.''
She sits back down as Liz leaves the room slamming the door behind her and drops her head with a loud groan, she takes her phone out of her purse after glancing at her watch and sighs tapping Brittany's name on her messenger knowing it's almost time for their second round of the winter tournament against Orlando.
To Blue-Eyes: Hey you, My favorite thing about you is your smile, and I don't want anything putting a damper on it! Give it your all out there tonight, and no matter what happens, remember that we're proud you kicked it this far. We are rooting for you and the team! Xoxo
She looks up as she hears a knock on the door right after she send the message and raises an eyebrow as Quinn peaks her head inside. ''Word got out you fired Liz.'' She just breaths out smirking.
Santana rolls her eyes knowing news always spread like wildfire around the agency and sighs. ''I had to.'' She licks her lips as Quinn just raises an eyebrow and grumbles. ''She tried to shit talk about Brittany after the picture covering the tabloids today, bitch is fucking homophobic and tried to call me the D word.''
''Excuse me?'' Quinn asks with her eyebrows raising in surprise, she shakes her head and scoffs as Santana just looks at her. ''Yeah good call on firing her, but you are without an agent now S.''
''I know.'' Santana grumbles. ''And I know Schuester dislikes having stars around without an agent, do you know if someone around here is free?''
Quinn shakes her head and sighs. ''Nope all booked.'' She murmurs. ''You can ask Schuester to search for one.''
''Right I definitely want to sit through his hour long complains because he has to work.'' Santana breaths out groaning. ''Fuck Q, what can I do?''
''Abi?'' Quinn asks shrugging, she sits down beside her as she just turns to her with a frown and sighs. ''She went to college to be a talent agent and she just gave up after only having to represent assholes S, I know you have a rule to not work with family but Ab's knows exactly how you roll and she fucking hates her job now.''
''She will have less time with Liv and Soph tho.'' Santana breaths out frowning.
''Are you serious right now?'' Quinn asks in amusement. ''Babe our agents have more free time then anyone else around this place because we can handle our own at the set, we only need them during meetings with producers, interviews and during red carpet things.''
''Ab's will have more time with her family, sure she has to work weekends sometimes but we both have family friendly schedules because we both have little ones too and Ab's can bring Liv to whatever show.''
''I will think about it.'' Santana murmurs as the alarm on her phone goes off, she turns it off and stands up. ''It's time to meet her, Liv, Puck and the kids at the stadium.'' Quinn hums in agreement also standing up and kisses her cheek.
''I am sure Ab's will love it San, just talk to her.''
''I will.'' Santana promises. ''Come on, let's go before we miss out on the first half.''
She walks out of the meeting room after shouldering her purse and turns to Quinn as they walk down the hall. ''Think they will keep up their winning streak tonight?''
''Hopefully, if they win they will reach the semi finals against Chicago.'' Quinn breaths out as they walk out of the building, she walks over to Santana's car and drops her purse in the back seat.
''Let's hope Britt's old team won't hate her after this match.'' Santana breaths out as they both slide in her car, she smiles as Quinn snickers and pulls out of the parking lot.
Quinn just glances at her and smiles. ''We'll see S.''
Two and a half hours later.
''Brittany!''
Santana jumps up as a hard tackle brings Brittany down once again, having watched the entire match with most tackles aimed at Brittany because she managed to slip through Orlando's defense and frowns as she notices the blonde still laying on the grass and several of her teammates rushing over and some of them pushing the girl that tackled Brittany away.
''This match is not good for our nerves.'' Abi grumbles. ''Still tied and extra time is almost over.''
Santana hums as she watches Press and Emslie help Brittany to the sideline so the medic can apply another layer of ice spray on her ankle and bites her lip as pain-filled blue orbs lock on her own after scanning the Family and Friends section. ''She is in a lot of pain.'' She breaths out frowning as she notices her forcing a reassuring smile.
''Yeah but it doesn't look like she will sit the last minute of extra, extra time and penalties out.'' Liv agrees as she watches the blonde raise her hand asking the referee to join her team back on the field as Press gets ready for the free kick.
''This will probably be the last chance they get, Britt already has two goals to her name but her old team triggered her competitive side and she won't back down.'' Puck breaths out as they all stay standing to watch everything happen, Santana just shakes her head glancing at the kids and smiles as she notices them sitting in front of the glass window concentrating on the field as the referee blows his whistle the second Brittany jogs back onto the field.
She holds her breath as Press takes the free kick, watching the ball fly towards the goal and groans as the goalkeeper dives forward to hit the ball away, she drops her head after noticing that the ball flies high out of the penalty area and sighs.
She looks up as she feels Liv nudge her hard ready to curse her out but shuts up as her eyes catches Brittany sprinting towards the ball about 27 yards away from the goal, her eyes widen as she watches the full speed round house like kick and watches the ball soar towards the goal.
''Holy fuck.'' She whispers softly as the crowd burst into loud cheers the second the ball lands into the goal with the goalkeeper jumping in the right direction but barely grazing the fast ball, she just smiles as everyone around her jump up also cheering loudly hearing her sons cheers above everyone else and shakes her head in amazement as Brittany scrambles up and sprints towards the dugouts.
''Fucking hell Phoenix!'' She smiles as she hears Sue's squeal chuckling as Brittany just jumps in her arms, the whole team following her lead to circle around their coach and just shakes her head with a grin as they lock eyes.
She blows her a kiss as she winks hearing the crowd chant Brittany's last name and watches Orlando kick off right after everyone jogged back to take their spots. ''Oh no.'' She hums in agreement hearing Quinn's soft whisper as Orlando suddenly rushes forward easily overpowering the tired defenders and watches Brittany sprint into the penalty area the second a long pass flies in that direction.
They all breath out in relief as Brittany manages to kick the ball over the goal and bite their lips as the goalkeeper sprints forward to join her team for the corner kick, she leans her arms on the railings as she watches everyone push and pull on each others shirts to reach the ball first and watches it curl into the penalty area after the whistle sounds through.
She sighs in relief as the goalkeeper catches the ball before anyone can reach it and watches her kick the ball towards the opponent half, her jaw drops as everyone suddenly sprints after the ball noticing that everyone is equally tired except for the goalkeepers and licks her lips as she watches the opponent goalie sprint towards the ball.
''What the fuck.'' They all breath out in surprise as they notice Brittany gather up her last bit of strength for one last full sprint, Santana just watches her overtake the goalkeeper before she reaches the middle circle and just shakes her head in amazement as she just jumps forward with her last strength to touch the ball with the bottom of her cleats hearing the loud *Clack* fill the otherwise quite silent stadium.
She chuckles as the whole Angel City dugout sprints out onto the field as loud cheers fill the stadium. once again as the ball rolls into the goal, one of the midfielders that tried to reach the ball before it rolls over the goal line giving it the last push instead of kicking it out because she slipped and smiles as they all tackle Brittany in a hug after Press and Emslie tugged her up in a bear hug.
4-2 for Angel City! She hears one of the commentators holler over the loud cheers. Number twenty-two, Brittany Pierce did it again! Two goals to assure Angel City FC the win and four goals in one match!
She smiles as Our house, Our Anthem the song written for blasts through the stadium. and chuckles as most girls dance around on their spots waiting for the referee to whistle for the kick off and end of the game, she watches Brittany drop down immediately covering her face with her shirt the second the final whistle blows through and shakes her head as she notices the way she breaths fast. ''She definitely powered herself out.'' She tells the group as the whole stadium. explodes into loud cheers once again.
She chuckles as they all agree and watches Press and Emslie pull Brittany up and the goalie and one of the defenders pick her up right after the cheering of the crowd only increasing in volume, she turns to Sue as she someone call Sue's name and watches Orlando's coach walk over to shake her hand.
''Keep an eye on her Sylvester, if she continues like this, bigger teams would like to have her.''
''If she continues like this, Phoenix can kick ass during the world cup.'' She hears Sue agree, she turns to Liv and raises an eyebrow.
''World Cup?'' She asks in surprise, Liv nods her head and smiles slightly.
''The USA Women soccer team is looking for new recruits, I am pretty sure Brittany is on the list not only because she is amazing but also because Press can't shut up about her during interviews and such.''
''It is her dream.'' Santana breaths out with a smile. ''I am sure she will reach it.'' She adds smiling as everyone just nod their heads with big smiles.
''Pierce!'' They all turn back to the field as they hear someone yell Brittany's name and chuckles as they watch a newspaper reporter wave her over, Santana snickers as Brittany just pulls Press and Emslie with her leaving the rest of the girl to go to the dressing room after they all shook the Orlando's teams hands and watch Brittany stop right in front of the reporter with the two women.
''Any word on today's win and opponent team?''
''I have nothing bad to say about Orlando, you know that I transferred here from there coach Washington definitely prepared me for the second division pressure which I will always be thankful for.'' They hear Brittany breath out. ''The team was amazing and we all fought hard to enter the semi-finals.''
''We all thought you would leave the field after the last tackle but you didn't.'' The reporter tells her chuckling. ''You not only joined your team again but also scored two amazing goals, where do you keep that energy?''
''That was just her competitive side winning from the logical side of her brain.'' Press tells him chuckling.
''Yeah Pierce pushes herself even if her body protests, she only holds herself up because we are both supporting most of her weight.'' Emslie adds laughing.
''Yeah I definitely pressured myself too much today and I am glad the second I can relax and spend my free time with my family.'' Brittany agrees. ''The last sprint took all of my strength so without them.'' She nods her head to both women standing closely beside her. ''I would be sitting in front of you right now.''
''Any predictions on the semi-finals?'' The reporter asks after writing their answer down.
''Angels who fight, are Angels that win.'' The three of them exclaim in unison. ''We came this far, we won't go home without the trophy now.'' Brittany adds smirking.
Santana chuckles as she watches the three walk towards the dressing room nodding her head as she locks eyes with Brittany and turns to the group. ''Well this game just fueled their want to win this tournament.''
''I can't wait to watch them kick ass again, same time in two weeks?'' Liv asks as they all grab their jackets and purses, Santana snickers as Nicolas immediately nods his head with a big grin and ruffles his hair.
''You know we will be here mijo.'' She breaths out, she turns to Liv and winks. ''We will all be here.'' She tells her as they walk out of the family box and down the stairs to the parking lot, she smiles as several fans call her and Quinn's name and nudges her softly. ''Come on, we can sign some things as long as Britt is still showering.''
She grabs one of the markers out of her car as Quinn just hums and walks over to the fans smiling kindly as they compliment them, she signs a few jerseys and shoots Quinn a wink as they walk past each other to sign several things held out for them.
''When will your next movie air?'' One of the guys asks.
''Soon.'' They promise in unison.
''With the cute hot blonde who is on several pictures with you?'' Another one asks grinning, Santana looks up from signing someone's arm and chuckles.
''I don't think she will pause playing soccer to film a movie guys.'' She shrugs as Quinn turns to her in surprise knowing the tabloids only managed to capture Brittany's side profile most of the time and shoots her a wink as the boys gasp in realization.
''Pierce!'' Santana turns her head as several guys start chanting Brittany's name and smiles slightly as she watches Brittany walk out of the stadium. much slower as normal.
''Hey guys.'' Brittany greets with a tired grin, she raises an eyebrow as several boys ask for an autograph taking the marker Quinn holds out for her after she hugged her and quickly signs a few.
''Join the semi-finals a bit earlier in two weeks guys.'' She starts as a lot more rush over the second they see her. ''I will sign everything before the match and on training days.'' She promises.
She turns to Santana as they nod their heads and smiles. ''Ready to go?'' Santana nods her head waving at the crowd and leads Brittany to their parked cars slowing down so she doesn't have to try and keep up with her.
''You look beat.'' She whispers softly.
''I broke my record of the amount of steps made in a minute.'' Brittany breaths out tiredly, she holds her car keys up for Puck and leans against Santana's car. ''Can you drive my car again and grab some food Noah?''
''Yeah what do you want?'' Puck asks taking her key.
''Anything with a high amount of calories.'' Brittany breaths out. ''Burned a bit too much today.''
''What do you call too much?'' Santana asks curiously as they slide into her car with Nicolas after they all decided to have dinner at Santana's house this time.
''Don't know the exact count but I think I could eat two whole pizzas and my body would still complain that I am hungry.'' Brittany breaths out. ''But now I know for the upcoming tournament matches, that I don't need to workout before and after.''
She smiles slightly as Santana just turns to look at her with an eyebrow raised and stretches her legs. ''My body is killing me and working out before the match took a bit of the energy I needed on field away, so I can try to sleep in and relax a bit before a tournament match.''
''Hey mijo?'' Santana just asks, she glances in the rear view mirror to look at him as he replies and smiles. ''What do you say to a sleep over with Britt before she has a match?''
''So she can't work out too much?'' Nicolas asks giggling as Brittany turns to his mami in surprise, he nods his head as Santana hums and smiles brightly. ''I won't say no to sleepovers mami!''
Santana just smiles and turns to Brittany after parking her car in the garage connected to her house. ''So it's settled, to make sure you won't power yourself out you will stay with us before an important match Britt.''
''Can I decide too?'' Brittany teases as Nicolas jumps out of the car, she laughs as Santana just shoots her a glance after handing Nicolas the keys to open the kitchen and leans over the middle console to kiss her softly. ''I agree with Nic.'' She murmurs against her lips. ''I won't say no to a sleepover ba..'' She cuts herself off her eyes widening slightly and pulls back the tips of her ears turning red. ''San.'' She corrects quickly sliding out of the car.
Santana just blinks as she watches Brittany quickly walk into the house and bites her lip as she feels a comfortable heat spread through her body and her heart rate spike up. ''If just the start of that one word triggers this reaction, I am curious what everything she will call me will cause.'' She muses as she slides out of her car, she walks into the house after grabbing her purse and walks into the kitchen smiling as she hears the kids giggle. She drops her purse beside the door on the table along with her keys and hangs her jacket over one of the chairs in the kitchen.
''Girls you want to drink something?''
''We already grabbed drinks for all of us.'' Abi replies loudly.
She chuckles sliding her phone into the back pocket of her jeans and walks into the living room ready to just relax and spend time with her family.