Hey guys, it's my birthday today but I still wanted to update this quickly. There will be no update this weekend, but I will try my best to upload one Sunday night or Monday! :)

''Oh thank god.'' Santana breaths out as she kicks off her high heels the second she enters Brittany's house after they watched the movie, mingled some more with the crew and left before someone could convince them to join the after party and drink.

Brittany turns to her after taking her own shoes off and laughs softly. ''That bad?'' She asks in amusement as she watches her rub her feet against the carpet.

''I hate high heels.'' Santana grumbles with a soft chuckle. ''But it was good for the pictures today, you are insanely tall and I am glad you wore flats so I was a bit closer to your height.''

Brittany immediately raises her hands in surrender as she shoots her a warning glance and laughs. ''I did not intent to make a height joke.'' She breaths out with a cheeky grin.

''Yeah right.'' Santana scoffs through a soft chuckle as she watches her walk into the kitchen, she nods her head as she holds up a bottle of white wine and leans against the door frame. ''You are the only one making those jokes.''

''Not true.'' Brittany breaths out laughing. ''Nic does too.''

''Yeah and why did he start?'' Santana asks raising an eyebrow, she laughs as she just looks at her with a sheepish grin and shakes her head. ''My son and girlfriend are assholes.'' She breaths out chuckling as she follows Brittany into the living room.

''Not nice.'' Brittany laughs out as she crouches down in front of the fireplace to light it up, she looks over her shoulder as she hears Santana's soft chuckle and winks. ''And you love it, you just act like you are insulted.''

She slowly stands back up and turns on her heels, she raises an eyebrow as she notices Santana quickly slide her eyes over to the fire and smirks. ''Enjoyed the view, gorgeous?'' She laughs as she drops her head with a soft groan and walks over, she leans down as soon as she stands between her legs and kisses her softly. ''Let's change in comfortable clothes and enjoy the warmth of the fire for a bit.'' She whispers as she pulls out of the kiss.

She pulls her up as she hums and slaps her ass as she walks in front of her to the stairs, she winks as she looks over her shoulder with an eyebrow raised and chuckles. ''Sorry but that dress accentuates your curves beautifully, be glad I didn't do that in front of the paps.''

She smiles as Santana just laughs loudly, hearing her laughter bounce around the hall and leads her to the bedroom. ''Grab whatever you want babe.'' She breaths out with a grin as she nods her head to the walk in closet. ''Bed warmed up?''

''Please!''

She smiles hearing her muffled reply coming from her closet and walks over to her bed to turn the heater on, she grabs her favorite long shirt off of her bed having left it there that morning and walks into the bathroom to change.

She hangs the jacket, top and pants she wore on the hanger she left in the bathroom and hangs it on one of the hooks attached to her wall, she unlocks the door as she hears a soft knock and slides aside so Santana can brush her teeth too.

''I will drive down to the dry cleaner before grabbing breakfast for us tomorrow morning, do you want me to take your dress to them too?''

''Kathy will pick them up tomorrow.'' Santana replies as she places her hairbrush down. ''She has a dry cleaner she trusts and always pick all outfits up the day after, you an also sleep a bit longer and we will just grab something from Starbucks on our way to my parents B.''

Brittany hums softly as she rinses her mouth and grabs her own hairbrush, she glances in the mirror smiling as she locks eyes with Santana and winks. ''I am not that tired so I am sure I will wake up early tomorrow, I will let you sleep and work out down the hall.''

''And you will work out before going to bed?''

''Maybe.'' She breaths out, she shrugs as Santana just raises an eyebrow and chuckles. ''I am still a bit hyped up so I need to come down somehow and working out tires me out quite quickly.''

Santana hums softly and chuckles. ''As long as you won't train for a six pack, everything is fine.'' She laughs as Brittany just turns to her in disgust and shrugs. ''You didn't eat that much today babe.'' she points out.

''More reason to have a midnight snack.'' Brittany breaths out grinning, she laughs as Santana glances at their toothbrushes with an eyebrow raised and shrugs. ''I will brush my teeth again.''

Santana laughs as they walk out of the room and shakes her head. ''We could have waited to brush out teeth you know?''

''Yeah I know, I kinda forgot that I still want to eat something.''

''How the hell do you forget that you want to eat?'' Santana asks in amusement as they jog down the stairs. ''I mostly forget that I already ate.''

''Everyone teases me that I eat a lot, but you do too and you don't gain weight either.'' Brittany breaths out laughing as Santana follows her into the kitchen. ''What is your secret?''

''Recording movies like Cat woman.'' Santana tells her in amusement. ''Action movies keep me fit and whenever Nic is at school I use the time to join Q and work out a bit.''

''You do most of your stunts yourself right?''

Santana nods her head taking the bag with M&M's she holds out for her and smiles. ''Yeah the only stunt I didn't do during the movie was jump off of that building, all the other stunts were quite easy after rehearsing them for a bit.''

''And how did it feel to kick so many asses?'' Brittany asks in amusement.

''Amazing.'' Santana breaths out chuckling. ''I absolutely loved the scenes together with Quinn, she does her own stunts too so it was fun to throw her around or run over her back to take the spinning kick.''

''You did the whip scene yourself too?''

She nods her head and smirks. ''Sure did, that was fun to learn too.'' She laughs as she turns to her with an eyebrow raised and winks. ''Don't worry, I was only allowed to take the outfit with me but had to leave the whip there.''

''Worry?'' Brittany asks chuckling. ''There is no worry at all, but it was quite hot.''

''Sticks and stones don't hurt you, but whips and chains excite you?'' Santana teases, she laughs loudly as Brittany slips past her to walk into the living room, watching a clear blush rise up to her cheeks and drops down on the couch beside you. ''Is there something you want to tell me Britt-Britt?'' She asks in amusement.

''Nope.'' Brittany breaths out as she turns the TV on, she glances at her as she hears her snicker and shakes her head. ''Shut up.''

''I am not the one that told Puck that she can make love for seven hours.'' Santana muses as Brittany starts up a random movie on Netflix.

''That was no making love.'' Brittany breaths out as she grabs a hand full of M&M's. ''That was an I am drunk out of my mind and you are the only decent looking gal around kinda night.'' She smiles wryly as Santana raises an eyebrow in surprise and shrugs. ''Besides I was still fully clothed, she had the time of her life.''

''So she left you high and dry?'' Santana asks with an eyebrow raised. ''Why?''

''Nah I just didn't want her to touch me, call me old school, but I can't dive into bed with someone that I don't have feelings for.'' Brittany breaths out shrugging. ''The girl that did manage to do it, fucked me over so I decided to focus on my career.'' She adds as she pops an M&M into her mouth.

''Is that why you hate today's dating world?''

''Nah that is why I am careful dating a straight girl who thinks that she could be bi.'' Brittany breaths out. ''Hating today's dating world has more to do with the dates I had after and women trying to u-haul their asses into my life after finding out that I am a soccer player and earn a decent amount of money.''

She bites her lip as Santana frowns and sighs. ''I had absolutely no problem with dating an girl that wanted to experiment for a bit but she didn't tell me that, she acted like she was full blown lesbian, side cut, doc martins and colored hair kinda gay but it was all just an act and that is what pissed me off.''

''If she was honest with me and told me that she is not quite sure on how she felt, I would have called it quits the second I started to develop feelings for her but she stringed me along and left me after I finally dropped my last defense eight months in.''

''That's just a fucked up thing to do.'' Santana breaths out with a scowl. ''Britt..''

''I am not comparing you to any of the woman I dated in the past San.'' Brittany immediately breaths out as she hears her soft caring voice, she turns her body to face her, the both of them ignoring whatever she picked for them to watch and intertwines their hands with a small smile. ''I know that you are not like them.''

''How can you be so sure?'' Santana asks softly. ''I never dated a woman before, Britt.''

''Because I can see it in your actions and feel how much you care for me.'' Brittany breaths out as she scoots closer, she gently tilts her chin up so they can lock eyes and smiles lovingly. ''I know the group had to hold you back during the semi finals after that one tackle nearing the end, you so close to jump over the banner to kick the defenders ass but Liv and Q managed to hold you back.''

''Someone who doesn't give a shit about me wouldn't do that knowing it's on live TV too.'' She continues softly. ''Even during a busy day filled with filming or preparation for the premiere, you took the time to text me and check up on me. You texted me whenever you arrived home so I wouldn't worry and you trust me with your little boy, you are a single mami Santana and Nic is your number one priority.''

''You don't trust easily and you never leave him with someone you don't know or trust, but I spend two amazing days with him and enjoyed the night with the both of you together last week.''

''He loves you.'' Santana breaths out. ''And I know I can trust you with him, hell you were the first one out of bed and in his room a few nights ago because he had a nightmare.'' She whispers. ''You make sure he knows that he can walk into the bedroom whenever he wants and cuddle with us, you never see him as a burden and that is something not everyone does.''

''He will never be a burden, he is a big part of you Santana which.'' Brittany murmurs as she tugs her closer, she leans back against the armrest of the couch and smiles as Santana easily cuddles into her side. ''I never dated a single mother before and I am scared shitless to make a mistake, but that doesn't keep me from trying my hardest to keep not only you but also Nic happy.''

''And you do.'' Santana whispers. ''Why are you scared though?''

''I know how I can be.'' Brittany sighs out. ''Whenever I have a bad day or a shitty day like anniversaries regarding Em, I close up and push everyone away no matter how close to me they are.'' She continues with a sad smile. ''I ignore everyone and everything that day and don't think of the consequences, I am afraid it will happen with you and Nic too and that is what I am trying to avoid.''

''You don't close up around us though.'' Santana points out. ''One of the anniversaries happened last week and you spend the night with us cuddled in bed.'' She tells her. ''You talked to us, joked around with Nic and allowed us to distract you, you only ignored the group but they understood and Puck knows that his way of coping is very different from yours and accepts it so you don't hurt any of us.''

''Yeah but that was only once, there is one more thing regarding Em coming up in a few months.''

''Birthday?'' Santana just asks, she leans up as she hears her hum and raises an eyebrow. ''You think that you will act any different to how you acted last week?'' She cups her cheek as she shrugs her shoulders and gently runs her thumb over her cheek. ''I am one hundred percent sure that you won't.''

''How would you know?'' Brittany asks softly with a frown.

''Because I can see how much you care for me and Nic.'' Santana replies with a small smile. ''You can push everyone away but you don't want to push us away, you could have ignored your doorbell last week, you could have slammed the door closed after seeing us but you didn't.''

She dips her head to kiss her softly and smiles into the kiss as she feels her thumbs immediately dip into the dimples on the naked skin of the small of her back. ''You have all the worst case scenarios in your head, but none of those will happen Brittany because your mind and your heart are two different organs and both have a mind of their own.'' She whispers softly as she pulls out of the kiss.

''Your mind might tell you to shut the damn door, but your heart tells you to let us in and allow us to comfort you.'' She continues as she leans her forehead against hers, she gazes into her bright blue orbs and smiles. ''And I know that because my heart and mind go through the same struggle, I also close off the second Marcus's anniversaries near but I won't shut you out, I know you will distract the both of us and as weird as this will sound, I think he is one of the reasons you walked into my life when I needed someone the most.''

''Yeah I think Em had a say in this too.'' Brittany murmurs. ''So that doesn't sound weird at all, she always wanted me to be happy and I know Marcus had your and Nic's happiness as his number one priority too.''

''We both have a guardian angel up there.'' Santana breaths out with a sad grin. ''Two people who's goal is to see us happy, I am quite sure that they teamed up to make sure that we will be happy from now on and I can thank them enough.''

''Me neither and I am sure Em's would have loved to meet you.'' Brittany replies softly. ''Her birthday is still a few months away, but I want to fly down to Ohio with Puck, would you like to join us with Nic, I am sure Q and Beth will tag along too.''

''Will you join us to visit Marcus next month?'' Santana asks softly. ''It's his birthday and we always go and just spend some time with him.''

''I will love to, when exactly?''

''Saturday the fourteenth.'' Santana breaths out. ''I am sure you will have a match or training, but...''

She cuts herself off as Brittany grabs her phone and raises an eyebrow as she watches her open her contact list, she tilts her head as she watches her tap Sue's name and frowns watching how quickly she types out a message one handed.

To Coach: Hey coach, any chance I can skip training and the match the weekend of the fourteenth? Family matters but I am sure Snake and Dragon will kick Jersey's asses.

Brittany turns to Santana after placing her phone down and winks as she looks at her in surprise. ''I will have that weekend off, Sue knows I normally never skip a match or training so whenever I do ask off she will accept it.''

''Family matters?'' Santana just asks softly.

''I know we are only officially together for three weeks.'' Brittany whispers shyly. ''But yes family matters, you and Nic belong to my family Santana and if the both of you, someone in your family or my best friend needs me I will try to drop whatever I have planned to be there for you.''

Santana licks her lips as she sees the truth shine brightly in bright blue orbs and dips her head to kiss her softly trying to push the three little words laying on the tip of her tongue to escape her lips, she hums softly as she feels her warm hand slide up her back underneath the long shirt she wears and tilts her head to deepen the kiss trying to put all the feelings coursing through her body into it.

She cups Brittany's jaw slowly pulling back with a soft moan as she feels her nip on her bottom lip and leans their foreheads together. ''I love you.''

She pulls back with wide eyes as she hears Brittany's breath hitch and quickly leans up. ''Fuck that is not…'' She cuts herself off trying to slide off of her not noticing her just tightening her hold around her waist and shakes her head. ''I mean…''

''San.'' Brittany bites her lip as Santana continues struggling in her hold while she rambles and quickly flips them around as she notices the fear in her eyes, she pins her against the couch with her hips and cups her cheek forcing her to look up at her.

''Wha..'' Santana cuts herself off once again as Brittany crashes their lips together and relaxes back against the couch, she pulls her even closer, feeling her body comfortably settling on top of her own and wraps her arms tightly around her waist.

Brittany slowly pulls back as she feels Santana's hands slide under the shirt she wears and smiles slightly as they both try to catch their breath. ''I love you too.'' She whispers softly, she runs her thumb over her cheekbone as brown orbs slowly flutter open to lock on her own and pecks her lips. ''You make me the happiest, I have been since years.'' She adds softly.

Santana relaxes slowly, feeling her rapid heartbeat slow down and bites her lip. ''You make me the happiest too babe.'' She murmurs softly as she relaxes back against the cushions behind her. ''I still didn't want to blurt it out like this thought.''

Brittany laughs softly and kisses the tip of her nose. ''I was fighting hard to not blurt it out for almost a week now, I didn't want to scare you away and take things slow.''

''I don't think you can ever scare me away.'' Santana muses. ''But I was fighting to keep it in the whole week too, you just do things that make me go crazy and my heart acts before my mind can tell it to shut up.''

''My filter between heart and brain is none consistent around you.'' Brittany breaths out, she pecks her lips and smiles. ''But I think that is a good thing, I don't have to hide my true self around you and can be myself.''

''And blurting things out is kinda our thing.'' She adds snickering.

Santana laughs softly and nods her head. ''Yeah it kinda is.'' She agrees, she tugs Brittany closer smiling as she cuddles into her and intertwines their hands on her stomach. ''My heart knows what it wants and it wants you.''

''And you have me.'' Brittany promises as she kisses the underside of her jaw. ''I love you Santana Lopez.''

Santana gently cups her cheek to tilt her head up and kisses her softly. ''I love you too Britt-Britt.'' She whispers against her lips not using her last name because she hates it, she hums softly into the kiss as Brittany tilts her head to deepen the kiss this time and tugs her even closer just enjoying the feel of having her in her arms.