One week later, tenth anniversary.
''Mami, Mami, Mami!''
Santana laughs as she hears her twin boys excitedly yell her name and opens the door leading to the suite Brittany rented for the week on Hawaii she surprised them with, she let's them in knowing Brittany guided them up and raises an eyebrow in surprise as she notices the dry clean bag they both hold.
''Hola mi corazón, what do you have there?''
''This is for you mami.'' Oliver replies with a big grin as they both hold the big bag up. ''It's from mommy.''
''And mommy asks if you can wear that and meet her down at the beach.'' Quinton adds jumping on the spot with a big smile. ''Go change mami!'' He stops jumping as she looks at him with an eyebrow raised and scuffs his shoe against the carpet. ''Por favor?''
''I will.'' She whispers as she places the bag on the bed. ''Didn't mommy and I dress you in red and white today?'' She asks curiously as she notices the both of them wearing white button ups along with the white shorts instead of the red shirts she grabbed for them.
''No.'' Oliver murmurs shaking his head. ''Only white mami.''
''Oli come play!''
She laughs as Quinton pulls Oli with him before she can question the obvious lie and shakes her head. ''Always having each others backs.'' She muses with a shake of her head deciding to question her wife about the change of clothing, she opens the dry cleaner bag and gasps softly as her eyes land on the beautiful white one shoulder satin cocktail dress.
''Mijo's?''
''Si mami?'' She turns her head, laughing as she notices both boys only looking at her with their heads peaked through the slightly opened door and licks her lips.
''What did your mommy plan?''
''We can't tell you mami, it's a seclet.''
''A secret?'' She asks with an eyebrow raised gently correcting Oli, she licks her lips as they both nod their heads and sighs. ''Alright, I will change quickly okay?''
She takes off the white sundress she wore as they nod their heads disappearing back into their room and slips on the dress. ''Boys, with or without make-up and hairstyle?''
''With!''
She snickers as they reply in unison and walks into the bathroom. ''Mami?'' She turns her head as she hears Quinton's soft sweet voice and crouches down as he walks over.
''Yes baby?''
''Can you wear your hair like last week?''
''When last week QT?'' She asks curiously.
''On TV, mommy loves that hair.''
''You mean like this?'' She asks holding out her phone so he can see a picture she took of herself after the interview, she smiles as he nods his head with a big grin and hums. ''Yeah I can make that happen.''
''And wear perfume mami.''
She blinks as he scurries away and shakes her head. ''What the hell are you planning, mi amor?'' She asks softly as she grabs her hair brush, she turns to the mirror knowing she won't find out until she sees her wife and styles her hair with a soft sigh.
''Alright mi corazóns.'' She announces as she walks out of the bathroom twenty minutes later. ''I am ready.'' She looks at them as they sprint out of the room and tilts her head as Oliver walks over to her jewelry. ''Oli.'' She warns.
Oli immediately stops and points at the small jewelry chest. ''The necklace with our familia's names mami.'' He tells her with a pout, she slowly nods her head and crouches down.
''Alright you can grab that.'' She allows. ''Can you hand it to me?'' She asks as she slips into her white flats knowing it will fit her outfit, she kisses his head as he does and thanks him softly. ''Gracias mijo.''
''One more mami.'' Quinton announces as he opens the door. ''Come!'' He stops in his tracks as she clears her throat and turns around. ''Lo siento, please come mami.''
Santana shakes her head in amusement and follows him out of the room as she feels Oli's hand slip into her own, she tilts her head as Quinton stops in front of a door, grabbing a beautiful bouquet of her favorite flowers and quickly shakes her head as he turns to her. ''Mijo that belongs to someone else, put that back please.''
Quinton shakes his head as he walks over to her and holds out the card that was attached to the vase. ''It's from mommy.'' He squeaks out with a big smile, Santana frowns flipping the card over and raises an eyebrow as she sees her wife's neat handwriting.
My love,
meet me down at the beach as soon as you got ready to head out?
I love you
xoxo
Your wifey
She takes the flowers from Quinton as Oli takes the card to keep it save and sniffs them, she looks down at Quinton as he reaches up to grab onto the arm holding the flowers and allows them to lead to the elevator and through the lobby.
''Do you know where mommy is?'' She asks them as she eyes the beach in front of the hotel.
''Si, please come with us mami.'' Oliver replies as they walk down to the beach on the right side of the hotel, he smiles as she just follows them and looks around. ''There is mommy!'' He squeaks out pointing at his mommy standing on a wooden platform.
Santana gasps softly as her eyes land on her wife, her eyes immediately trailing down the laced jumpsuit she wears and frowns in confusion. She allows the boys to tug on her hand to pull her over to the platform and licks her lips as her eyes trail up Brittany's body to lock eyes with her.
''Thank you Angels.'' Brittany whispers as she crouches down to kiss Oliver's and Quinton's foreheads. ''Will you join Nic?'' She stands back up as they nod their heads, sprinting towards their family she led in on her plan and locks eyes with Santana. ''Hey love.'' She murmurs with a grin.
''I have three questions.'' Santana breaths out.
''And you can ask them in a few.'' Brittany breaths out. ''Will you let me explain first?''
She licks her lips as Santana nods her head crossing her arms and smiles slightly knowing how much Santana hates it whenever people are being secretive. ''I know you hate secrets and you hate noticing things but you don't know what will happen.'' She starts.
''But.'' She continues as Santana just raises an eyebrow, she takes her hands in her own and smiles slightly. ''We are ten years together babe, I had to plan something big and I didn't want anyone to spoil it so I asked them to keep their mouths shut.''
''I thought this was..''
She shakes her head and smiles lovingly. ''No Hawaii was not your anniversary gift, I booked this just to get out of LA for a while and enjoy the sun, beach and nice food with you and our boys.'' She breaths out gently cutting her off. ''I planned something entirely else for our anniversary.''
''Ten years ago I met the love of my life without searching.'' She continues before Santana can question her. ''Eight years ago I said yes to spending the rest of my life to the love of my life and I couldn't be any happier.'' She murmurs.
''The past ten years you showed me the true meaning of happiness San.'' She whispers as she keeps their eyes locked. ''The true meaning of family and you gave me our three boys, I know we often allowed our careers to take the upper hand and that we were too stubborn to admit that we were having a week long discussion about something dumb but even the bad times made me fall so much deeper in love with you.''
''Eight years ago we said yes to forever with our little boy.'' She runs her thumb over Santana's wedding band and smiles slightly. ''Well now teen.'' She breaths out. ''Today I would like to repeat it with our two angels also joining us, so.'' She opens the rectangle box she retrieved out of the back pocket of her jumpsuit and opens it showing Santana the necklace with a heart shaped ruby stone surrounded by diamonds. ''Will you marry me again, now surrounded by our three little loves?''
Santana sniffles and nods her head. ''Of course I will.''
Brittany smiles taking the necklace out of the box and clasps it around her neck watching the stone settle right above the pendant with their and their boys names, she holds onto Santana's hands after dropping the box in the sand and clears her throat. ''You can drop it, sweetheart.''
Santana frowns in confusion, turning her head as the white cover of the tent beside them drops down and gasps softly as her eyes land on their sons and family. ''What the..'' She cuts herself off as Brittany leads her over the second the framework of the tent forms a beautiful gazebo and gulps thickly as she notices her papi and mami standing between their sons with loving grins.
She blinks away the tears blurring her view as Nicolas steps forward to place a braided flower hair piece on her head noticing the white vest and shorts he wears and kisses his cheek to thank him softly, she glances at her wife, the amazement clear in her eyes as she also notices Anna and Brittany sitting between their family with Jay and exhales shakily as she hears her papi clear his throat.
''Good relationships never stop growing.'' Emilio starts with a loving smile as he locks eyes with his daughter after locking eyes with Brittany, he clasps his hands in front of him and glances around. ''Like fine wine, they get better with age.''
He turns back to the couple in front of him, his heart filling with happiness as she sees the love clear in his daughters eyes knowing Brittany reflex the same amount and licks his lips. ''Santanita and Brittany, you have now been together for ten years and married for eight, through all the years of your journey together, you have now come to this beautiful setting, so that you could renew your vow and commitment of love for each other.''
''No marriage is perfect.'' Maribel continues as she looks at her daughter and the woman she proudly introduces as her daughter in law. ''As you continue in this union, you already know that it will continue to take a lot of love and work to keep your relationship an ongoing success.''
''Many couples tend to think of marriage as a 50/50 proposition, but the best relationships are 90/10.'' She continues. ''If you both will give 90 percent and take only 10, you will have a formula likely to continue to bring both of you happiness for a lifetime.''
Emilio nods his head in agreement as he intertwines his hand with Maribel's and smiles lovingly as he eyes his daughter and Brittany keep their eyes locked throughout their speech. ''Let your love be stronger than your anger, learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend than to break.''
''Believe the best of your beloved rather than the worst, confide in your wife and ask for help when you need it.''
''Santanita.'' Maribel starts, she laughs as she turns to her in surprise and winks. ''Stop zoning out on us mija.'' She smiles as everyone laughs the second Santana blushes and tilts her head. ''Do you have vows you want to say?''
Santana slowly nods her head turning back to Brittany and cracks a grin as they lock eyes. ''I am in no way prepared so bare with me.'' She smiles as she hears her soft laugh and lovingly runs her thumbs over the back of her hands still placed in her own. ''Mi amor.'' She starts after taking a moment to think.
''You have already given me the two greatest gifts of my life, your love and the opportunity to watch you raise our adorable little boys with me.'' She licks her lips and slowly tilts her head back up to look at Brittany instead of their hands. ''Today it is my honor to renew my commitment to you as your wife, I promise to continue building our family together, celebrating our joy, comforting one another in hard times, and strengthen our familia's future.''
She squeezes her hands softly as she watches blue eyes start to sparkle brightly and smiles lovingly. ''I vow to love and cherish you for all the days of my life.''
Emilio smiles as he watches Brittany reach up to wipe away the tear that managed to escape her eyes and holds out the handkerchief he had in his pocket. ''Britt?''
Brittany nods her head after dabbing the lone tear away and locks eyes with Santana. ''Love.'' She starts pausing as her voice cracks and their family coos, she licks her lips and smiles slightly as Santana's smile just grows. ''From the day I first met you I knew that you were the one, the one that I would treasure for all the days of my life.''
''Together we have grown from dreaming of a future to planning the rest of our lives together, our love has grown stronger with each passing moment.'' She glances at their little boys and smiles. ''Our boys are the living proof of our love and on this day as we renew our vows to one another, I vow my eternal love and devotion to them as well.''
She squeezes Santana's hands softly and crouches down calling their boys over, she smiles as they walk over with Nicolas standing between the twins and licks her lips as she locks eyes with them one for one. ''My little loves.'' She starts.
''Every single day I watch the both of you grow up and explorer the world around us, causes me to fall even more in love with you and your mami.'' She breaths out. ''Watching how you have grown from that tiny little one, into the young men you are today will always be my most treasured and loved memory.''
''My love for you has only grown stronger and stronger with each moment that passed.'' She takes Nicolas's hand in her own, smiling lovingly as Oliver and Quinton immediately cover their big brothers hand with their own and licks her lips. ''On this day as your mami and I renew our vows to one another, I vow my eternal love and devotion to the three of you as well.''
She tugs them closer, wrapping them up in a hug as she feels their arms wrap around her shoulders and kisses their foreheads. ''I love you my little boys.''
''We love you too mommy.'' Oliver whispers, Nicolas nods his head in agreement and smiles.
''So, so much.''
''As much as mami loves breadsticks.'' Quinton agrees giggling, Brittany laughs as their family burst out laughing and slowly stands back up as Santana crouches down to hug them.
Maribel wipes away the tears running down her cheeks and clears her throat. ''That was beautiful.'' She croaks out blushing as everyone coos. ''The both of you already have rings but your little boys have a surprise for you.'' She turns to her grandsons and smiles lovingly. ''Ready?''
Nicolas nods his head reaching into the inside pocket of his jacket and takes out two velvet boxes, he hands one his little brothers and walks over to their moms with QT and Oli right beside him.
He slides in front of his mommy as they turn to face them, grinning as Quinton and Oliver both step in front of their mami and tilts his head up to look at his mommy. ''Mami and mommy.'' He starts.
''We can't begin to describe how blessed we are to have amazing parents in our lives.'' He glances at his mami and smiles. ''Seeing true love through the both of you makes our hearts happy, we see perfection in both of you.''
He opens the box in his hands revealing the ring with all of their birthstones and initials engraved on it and takes it out, he slides it onto his mommy's middle finger knowing Quinton and Oli will slide it onto their mami's middle finger and leans down to kiss it. ''We love you.'' HE breaths out hearing his brothers squeak out the same thing at the same time.
Brittany and Santana both sniffle, dropping down on their knees after the three of them kissed their rings and pull their boys in their arms. Brittany wraps her left arm around Santana's waist, her hand finding Oli's back as she wraps her right around Nicolas and kisses their heads ''We love you too Angels.'' She murmurs against Nicolas's forehead.
''Forever and always.'' Santana adds through a soft sniffle after kissing their heads, Emilio rubs his wife's back ignoring the tear trickling down his cheek as he watches the happiness sparkling brightly in his youngest eyes and licks his lips.
He looks around, noticing no dry ey around them and cracks a smile. ''Santanita and Brittany.'' He starts ignoring the way his voice cracks, he smiles as they look up watching his grandsons slide behind instead of in front them and clears his throat. ''Having witnessed your vows of affirmation with all who are assembled here, and by the authority of love itself, I do affirm that you have expressed your desire to continue as wife and wife.''
Maribel locks eyes with them and smiles tearfully. ''You may now kiss and seal each others vows and commitment.''
Brittany locks eyes with Santana as she feels her immediately cup her cheeks, feeling Nicolas leave her side knowing he will lead his brothers back to the spot they were standing at and hums softly as she feels plump lips capture her own. She smiles into the kiss as she hears cheers and wolf whistles all around them and slowly pulls back leaning their foreheads together. ''I love you.''
''I love you too Britt-Britt.'' Santana croaks out as she gazes into sparkling blue orbs.
''We love the both of you too!''
They laugh as their boys tackle them in a hug, pulling back to tug them between them with Nicolas sandwiched between the twins and hugs them tightly. ''Until infinity mijos.'' Santana murmurs as she kisses their temples.
''Forever and always.'' Brittany agrees as she wraps her arms around them, she tugs on Nicolas's button up and kisses his temple with a loving grin as he turns to her with a big smile. ''Thank you so much for planning this with me, sweetheart.''
''Anytime mommy.'' Nicolas murmurs as he steps around Oliver, he hugs her tightly after Oliver just walked into their mami's arms and kisses her cheek. ''Te amo.''
''I love you too darling.'' Brittany murmurs as she hugs him close, she locks eyes with her wife and winks as she notices the full blown happiness in her brown orbs. ''What do you say to dinner and enjoying the night with our familia, love?'' She slowly stands up as she nods her head and holds out her hand to help her up, she turns to Emilio and Maribel as soon as Santana grabbed her hand and leads her over to them.
''Thank you so much mami and papi.'' She murmurs as she hugs the both of them. ''I couldn't imagine someone better to stand up here with us during our vow renewal.''
''Anytime mija.'' Emilio replies, he hugs his daughter close as she steps into his arms and kisses her head. ''That was really beautiful baby girl, te amo.''
''I love you too papi.''
Emilio smiles twirling her into his wife's arms and looks around, he clears his throat as she notices everyone mingling and smiles as they all turn to him immediately. ''Dear familia, we would love to invite you to the restaurant for a typical Lopez dinner with loud music and lots of dancing!'' He announces.
''Please follow us to the restaurant while the lovely couple takes a few pictures!'' He turns to Brittany and winks. ''Puck brought his camera after I asked him to, he will snap a few professional pictures of the both of you.''
Brittany thanks him softly and turns to look at her sons. ''Boys will you stay back with us?'' She asks. ''Uncle Puck will take a few pictures of us.'' She turns to Puck as they nod their heads and closes her eyes as she immediately feels his strong arms wrap around her shoulders.
''That was beautiful sis.'' Puck murmurs, he tugs Santana in his arms too after Maribel told them that she will wait for them in the restaurant and kisses her head. ''Really beautiful.'' He murmurs.
He smiles as they thank him softly and holds up his camera with a grin. ''Let's snap a few pictures!''