Chapter 16: Celebrations
Santana's POV
*Friday 14th May 2021*
I can't believe the night I've just had. It's been even more amazing than I thought it could be. I was really nervous before tonight in case Brittany didn't want to marry me but the night ended up being even better than I had imagined. There was a possibility that Brittany would have said yes so, I was hoping for that and had imagined what it would be like but for her to plan to propose to me too made the night so much better than I had thought. Brittany and I are currently lying in bed with our arms around each other after celebrating our engagement together.
"Hey, did you ever think when you woke up this morning that our night would turn out like this?" Brittany asks me as she looks up at me, moving her head from my chest.
"I was just thinking about that and no. I did envision you saying you weren't ready and I did envision you saying yes but when I thought about the yes, I didn't think it would be as amazing as it was. Just knowing you thought of proposing too speaks volumes for me" I say. I did know Brittany and I were good together but this just makes me realise it even more.
"I was going to propose tomorrow so I maybe wasn't as nervous as you tonight but I was still nervous thinking you might have said no tomorrow" she points out.
"I could never say no to you" I smile as I reach down to kiss her lips. "I especially wouldn't have said no when I saw the ring you got me. It's really beautiful and really expensive looking" I say.
"It really suits you though and I knew you would like it" she smiles. "I love my ring too by the way. If I had to pick out my own ring then it would definitely be something like this" she tells me.
"They also look great together" I say as I intertwine our left hands as we admire them together with the rings.
"Whose name do we take when we get married or do we hyphenate?" Brittany asks curiously.
"I've been thinking about that a lot actually" I admit. "Obviously my whole career is built on SL Designs so Lopez is like my whole public life so I've always sort of assumed I would take my partners name" I say. Before I was with Brittany, I always thought I would take someone else's last name because I feel like Lopez is my work name so I want to separate that from my personal life. On the other hand though, everyone knows me as Lopez so do I change it?
"I'm kinda thinking on the same lines as you" Brittany nods. "I mean for me I work for you still and everyone knows that so no disrespect to you but I don't know if I'd want to completely change my name to Lopez. Professionally it might not set me or BP Sportswear apart because everyone would assume I just work for you or I'm just married to you. Please don't take that the wrong way though because you know I love you so much" she says nervously.
"I totally get it babe, don't worry" I smile. I really do understand because how is Brittany meant to continue the success of her clothing line when we suddenly attach my name to it. Ok it might make it popular with my customers but I want Brittany to establish her own brand. She is already amazing so she doesn't need me interfering in her business.
"Do we think Pierce is a front runner then?" she asks me.
"Personally, I'm happy with Pierce" I smile. We have different reasons for wanting that but at the end of the day, we both seem to think Pierce is the way to go so why not?
"Me too" Brittany smiles back at me before leaning up to kiss me.
"Come here baby" I say while pulling Brittany even closer to me.
"We've only been a couple for a year now so what made you propose to me at this moment?" Brittany asks me curiously.
"I suppose a year doesn't seem a long time but we've been working together for two years so we sort of got to know one another really quickly so it feels longer than a year" I point out. When you do work together and see each other every single day then you get to know them a lot quicker than you would if you were just dating normally and only see each other a couple of times a week.
"I agree" she nods. "I feel like we just get each other and we can be ourselves around one another compared to other relationships" she adds.
"Exactly. In other relationships things never worked out because we just couldn't work together because I didn't like who they were and they wanted me to change. With you I don't want you to change and you don't expect me to change either which is really cool" I smile.
"We do still fight sometimes but so do other couples which is normal and I know what you and I have is different from anything before so I'm finally happy" Brittany replies. "I mean one of the things I love about you is how confident you are and how set in your ways you can be. I like that you have a strong opinion on things and care so passionately about stuff so I know when we fight it's not personal" she adds.
"Yeah" I smile again. Brittany always knows how to make me feel good and knows exactly what I mean without me having to actually say it. "Also, fighting means great making up so it's really win-win all the time" I smirk.
"That's right" Brittany laughs.
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*Saturday 15th May 2021*
I woke up before Brittany this morning so I decided to go downstairs and make us something for breakfast. I wanted to make us something special because we did get engaged last night so a slice of toast just isn't going to cut it this morning. I'm not hugely adventurous when it comes to cooking breakfast or even cooking at all so it's not something totally exciting we're having. I'm making scrambled eggs on toast because I know Brittany likes that but to make it less boring I'm going to make it fancy by cutting the toast into heart shapes and squeezing sauce on top of the eggs in the form of our initials and a heart. I'm just putting the finishing touches to breakfast when Brittany walks into the kitchen yawning and rubbing her eyes.
"Morning" I smile at her.
"Morning" she replies tiredly as she sits down at the table and puts her feet up on it.
"I've made us breakfast" I say while putting the food on the table. "Now come on, don't be rude" I say while swatting at Brittany's legs so she knows to take her feet off the table so we can eat.
"Whoever gets to marry you is going to be one lucky girl. You're going to make their life a misery and a pleasure at the same time" she teases.
"I just think feet should not be on the breakfast table when we're going to eat. Judging by last night though, it seems like that lucky girl is you" I smile.
"I know and I can't wait" she smiles back.
"Me neither" I smile. I pour us some orange juice and take it to the table before bringing the pot of coffee and two cups over so we can have some coffee once it cools down a little.
"The food looks great by the way. Tasty and so cute" Brittany smiles at me as I sit down next to her and we begin eating.
"Let's just hope it does actually taste as good as it looks" I say.
"I'm sure it will" she tells me. "Anyway, cheers to our engagement" she says as she holds up her glass of orange juice.
"Cheers to us" I smile and we clink our glasses together before taking a sip of juice.
"We are still celebrating so no work talk today, ok" Brittany says as we start eating again.
"Ok" I smile. I totally agree with her on this.
"Promise?" she asks me.
"I do promise" I smile again. "Being engaged and moving forward in our lives together is definitely more important to me today than work" I add.
"Me too" she smiles.
"Speaking of engagements, I cannot wait to marry you and get to call you my wife" I admit.
"I was thinking about a long engagement actually" Brittany states, shocking me.
"No, not going to happen" I say shaking my head. "I did not propose to you just so we could remain the way we are for another few years. We're getting married whenever it's a suitable time for the wedding that I want" I say seriously. If I didn't want to get married to Brittany soon then I wouldn't have proposed to her this quickly.
"I proposed to you to show you how much you mean to me. Being engaged is a statement that I want a future with you. I wasn't necessarily thinking we would get married this soon though" she tells me.
"You've got to be fucking joking" I say unamused. Why would she propose to me too if she had no intention of getting married to me any time soon?
"Yeah I am joking" she laughs. "Your face was so cute when you started to panic. Obviously, I want to get married to you as soon as I can because I love you so much" she smiles.
After we finished breakfast, we spent most of the morning just hanging out together. We then spent some time in the pool just messing around. We've just finished showering now and are getting ready for the day. We haven't really got much planned for today, we just want to enjoy the engagement ourselves and will tell our family and friends tomorrow probably. Brittany did want to go to the gym today but she decided against it because of many reasons. One being she just wanted to spend today alone with me which I felt the same about. Another reason was because it would either mean showcasing her engagement ring which she didn't want or it would mean she would need to take it off which we both really didn't want right now. We want to wear these rings and never take them off.
"I still have the dinner reservations for tonight when I planned to propose so we could still head out to dinner tonight if you want" Brittany suggests as we get changed. "It can be our second engagement celebration" she adds.
"Sounds good so let's do it" I smile. I would love to celebrate our engagement all over again so why not go out for a romantic meal and do that.
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*Monday 17th May 2021*
It's back to work today after Brittany and I's celebratory weekend. We had fun the whole time but we do need to come down from our high now and get back to work. It's not really too much of a hard task anyway because I love my work. I love Brittany more obviously but I do enjoy what I do for a living and all the success makes the hard work really pay off. I also love the fact I work with my fiancée so if I really can't concentrate today because of all the excitement and I just want to see her then I just need to walk along to her office and I'll see her within seconds.
Brittany and I told all of our family and close friends yesterday about the engagement but some people at work are still finding out today. I don't know how many times I have seen Brittany trying to work today and someone comes up to her and congratulates her. I can't exactly say the same about me but I don't expect my staff to congratulate me because I don't give off a warm vibe so they're probably too scared to.
"Jack, did you send me the last financial report?" I ask as I walk into the accounts department.
"I did so it should be in your inbox right now" he tells me. "Congratulations on the engagement Ms Lopez" he adds with a smile.
"Thank you" I smile back. He's one of Brittany's close friends at work so he's not someone that I get offended by when he congratulates me.
"You and Brittany make an amazing couple so I'm happy for you both" he says genuinely. "Anyway, I should go though" he says before beginning to walk away.
"Jack, where do you think you're going?" I ask harshly. I came here for a working reason, not to be congratulated on my engagement so I don't know why he's suddenly disappearing right now.
"I've just got some work to do Ms Lopez" he replies nervously.
"No, I need you here today because I've got a lot of stuff going on" I tell him.
"It's really rather important work Ms Lopez so I'm sorry, I can't help you this morning" Jack states.
"I am your boss so you do as I say, are we clear?" I say unamused.
"Yes of course Ms Lopez but it's Brittany" he replies.
"What about Pierce?" I ask.
"She needs my help today and I promised to help her. I know you're my boss but Brittany is also sort of my boss because I do the accounts for BP Sportswear" he tells me.
"She didn't tell me she needed you today" I state.
"Well she does" Jack shrugs. "Maybe we should go and speak to her and see" he adds. We then make our way to Brittany's office.
"Pierce, a word" I say as I walk into my fiancée's office.
"Ok, what's up?" she asks as I walk over to her and Jack follows me.
"I need Jack today but he tells me you also need him today but you can wait until tomorrow, right?" I ask.
"No, I most certainly cannot" Brittany replies seriously.
"But I need his help today with an urgent matter so you're going to have to wait until tomorrow. I need to get this all sorted out before tomorrow" I state.
"Santana this isn't fair. I have arranged to work with Jack for a while now. It's been at least a week since I asked for him to come and help me today so you can't just take him when I asked him first. My work is also urgent" she tells me.
"I'm the boss though so I get final say" I smirk.
"You're not the boss of BP Sportswear though so since I asked Jack to help me with that then I get to work with him today since it was already arranged" she smirks back at me.
"Ladies, this is making me uncomfortable because I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do" Jack says nervously. "I could work with you both today if neither of you need me all day" he adds.
"Work with me first then and then you can help Brittany" I shrug.
"No, he can work with me first since I asked first so you will have to wait Santana" Brittany shrugs back at me.
"Please babe, I really need Jack right now" I say with a sigh. "If I'm being totally honest then I have a deadline of lunchtime so that means I need him now because it's too late waiting until later" I state.
"So, what you're saying is that someone is a little disorganised at the moment and has left something to the last minute so now they're panicking they don't get the task completed before the deadline?" Brittany asks smugly.
"Smugness doesn't suit you Brittany so as your boss, I'm telling you I need Jack first today so that's what's going to happen" I say seriously. I'm not about to fully admit to my fiancée and work colleague I've fucked up.
"Jack, help Santana and then come and find me as soon as you're done" Brittany says while looking at Jack.
"Ok" Jack nods. "I'll talk to you later Brittany" he adds.
"Jack, you go ahead to my office and wait for me there. I want a quick word with Brittany first" I say. Jack nods and then leaves Brittany's office. I then make my way over to Brittany's desk.
"Can I help you?" she asks with a smirk as I lean against her desk in front of her.
"I'm sorry I'm stealing Jack from you this morning because I know your work is just as important as mine but I am on a deadline" I admit. "I wouldn't have done it if I wasn't really desperate" I say.
"Ok" she smiles at me.
"I better go now and get my work done but I'll see you soon" I say while leaning forward to kiss her. "If you have time, we can eat lunch together but if not then I'll catch up with you in the afternoon" I tell her.
"I'll text you once it's my turn to work with Jack and I'll let you know what's going on" she replies.
"Ok" I smile. I then head to my office and get started working with Jack. The quicker I can get my stuff done then the quicker Brittany can have Jack's assistance therefore the quicker we can catch up and maybe eat lunch together.
Brittany's POV
*Wednesday 19th May 2021*
Today has been a busy day at work so far so I'm probably going to take a break in a few minutes. I'm thinking about texting Santana to see if she wants to come to my office to eat together or even if she wants to go somewhere for lunch together. I'm just finishing up a few things at the moment and sending out a couple of emails before I forget. I'm just replying to the last email when suddenly my office door swings open. It opened with such force that it's swung back right against one of my filing cabinets making a loud bang. I'm just about to give whoever it was an earful when Santana comes walking towards my desk.
"Honey you opened that door with quite a bit of force" I point out.
"Why have I just seen Jack giving my fiancée flowers 5 minutes ago?" Santana asks pissed, not listening to what I've just said.
"Jack signed for them for me because I got the company to deliver the flowers here" I reply. "They're not for me from Jack if that's what you're worried about. He literally just signed for them like he would do for any other delivery that I have coming to the company" I add.
"Who are they from then?" she questions.
"They're from me. I ordered them" I smile at my fiancée.
"You ordered flowers for yourself?" she asks me confused.
"No of course I didn't" I laugh.
"Who for then?" she asks.
"You're severely ruining the surprise right now but they're for you baby" I smile at her. "I ordered them to give to you" I add.
"Why?" she wonders.
"Why?" I say with a laugh and she nods her head at me. Why would she need to ask me why I've ordered flowers for her? "I guess it's because you're my fiancée and I wanted to give you some flowers as a surprise. Lots of people give their partner flowers from time to time just as a nice gesture" I tell her.
"Usually people give out flowers because they've done something wrong" Santana states.
"Well that's not me babe" I reply. "I did this out of kindness and love not out of guilt" I add.
"Ok" she nods.
"Are you ok at the moment?" I ask softly. I don't want to piss her off and make her mad at me for questioning her but she has been acting slightly odd recently. Of course, I'm not going to get flowers from someone else at work and she knows I like to treat her usually without any weird meaning behind it. She's been going through a little bit of a phase recently where it comes across like she is doubting me maybe and is a little insecure.
"I'm fine" she replies with a shrug.
"Is there something on your mind at the moment?" I ask.
"Brittany, I just said I was fine so I am fine" she tells me seriously.
"I know what you're telling me because I can hear you. It doesn't mean what you're saying is actually true though. I think you're hiding something" I say.
"I'm not hiding anything" Santana shakes her head.
"Why are you being so defensive about this then?" I wonder. "Honey, you can tell me if there is something on your mind because that's what I'm here for. I want us to be open and honest with each other about everything. If it's something to do with me then I won't take offence to it. I'd rather we talked it through and could sort it out" I point out.
"I suppose I have been feeling a bit weird recently" she admits with a sigh. "I've never gotten this far before in a relationship and I really love you so I'm worried something fucks it up."
"Ok" I say, listening to what she's saying.
"Everything just seems too good to be true so I'm panicking. We work so well together and we're engaged now so it's a mixture of not knowing what this stage is like in a relationship and worrying that I mess up the best thing that's ever happened to me. Yes, my business is something great but at the end of the day, you mean more to me" Santana explains.
"I've never been at this stage before so being engaged and settled is all new to me too but I'm still confident we've found what makes us happy so I'm not concerned about us" I smile.
"I just don't want to lose you Brittany and this constant overthinking everything and worrying is making me go crazy" she groans.
"Don't doubt yourself babe because I'm going nowhere" I smile again. "Why would I leave someone as amazing as you. I mean why would we propose to each other in the first place if we didn't see this going somewhere so let's not let other things get in the way" I add.
"Its easier said than done though" she shrugs.
"I know but hopefully you can relax a little and realise you're stuck with me no matter what happens" I say.
"I'm not a nice person sometimes and I see that so I don't want you to realise I'm not who you want" Santana sighs.
"That's not going to happen" I shake my head. "Plus, you're not a bad person. You are a strong person who knows what they want and do whatever they can to get it and I've said I like that. You really aren't a bad person" I smile.
"Why are you so amazing all the time?" she asks with a smile.
"Because I have you so I'm happy. You bring the best out in me" I smile again. Whenever I'm around Santana I can't help but smile. "Let's just move past this because we work so well together so there are no reasons for doubts" I add.
"Ok" Santana nods.
We hang out in my office for a while, just talking. We both do have work to do today but I wanted to make sure Santana was feeling better. We then ordered some lunch and sat together to eat which was nice since we don't often get to have lunch together. We often say we will but we end up being too busy so it never really happens. I also got some advice from Santana about where I'm going with my clothing line because I need Santana's expertise every now and again since I'm new to all of this. She also got a little bit of advice from me about some finance stuff since I'm still well versed in that aspect of the business.
"We should probably be thinking about getting back to work" I say as I start clearing up from lunch.
"Do you know what I just realised?" Santana asks me, not really paying attention to what I have just said to her.
"I do not, no" I smile.
"You've had your own office for ages now, like at least over a year and we've never once had sex in it" she smirks at me.
"Would you like to change that?" I ask, smirking back at her. We are supposed to be working like I say but I'm always open to putting off work to do something more fun with Santana.
"Yes, I think I would" Santana nods. She pushes my chair back away from my desk and straddles my lap.
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*Friday 21st May 2021*
I woke up in quite a good mood this morning because it's Friday and I'm taking the weekend off. Also, Santana has agreed not to work this weekend so hopefully we can do something fun. However, when I reached over to put my arms around Santana my good mood decreased a little since I was met with a cold bedsheet. I look around the room to see where she is but it's not until I hear the shower running from the en suite that I realise she's in there. I get out of bed and make my way into the bathroom.
"Morning" I smile as I walk into the bathroom.
"Morning" Santana replies with a wink through the shower glass.
"What time are you going into work?" I ask as I start brushing my teeth.
"Not until about 9am I think" she tells me as she starts lathering up her hair with shampoo. "What about you?" she asks, turning around to look at me.
"I can wait until 9 as well and we can go into work together" I reply.
"Ok, cool" Santana smiles before turning back around and standing under the running water to rinse out her hair.
"You look so sexy right now" I smirk at her. I am standing staring at her in the shower right now as I brush my teeth but I don't even care.
"Come and join me" she smirks back at me.
"Oh, don't worry, I will" I smile. I quickly finish cleaning my teeth before undressing and kicking my pyjamas to the side. I then open the shower door and step in before closing it again behind me.
"Come under the water so I can get you wet" Santana says as she pulls me towards her. She then turns around and pushes me back so I'm standing under the stream of water. "I don't need the water anymore because just looking at you gets me wet" she says with a smirk.
"I'm practically hard already" I point out as I pull her closer to me and kiss her deeply.
"I can see and feel that" she smirks at me as we momentarily pull away.
"Come here" I say as I hook her legs under the knees and lift her up. I lean her against the shower tiles and hold her tightly as I kiss her. She wraps her legs around me tightly and I push into her.
"Oh shit" she moans at the sensation as she wraps her arms around my neck to hold onto me some more.
"You're going to need another shower I think once I'm done with you" I smirk at her.
"I don't care" she says as she kisses me.
After a while, Santana and I finally made it to work. As much as we wanted to spend the whole day together today, we knew we would be off the weekend so we felt we should do some work today. I suppose we are a little motivated to get our work done today knowing we can spend the full weekend together. I'm only working in my office for about an hour when I decide to go to Santana's office. She doesn't have any meetings today and neither do I so it might be nice to work together but separately if that makes sense. We won't work on the same thing but we can spend time together as we both work.
"Hey" I smile as I walk into Santana's office and kick the door shut behind me.
"Hi" she smiles back.
"I thought I might work in here today with you" I say as I put all of my things down on Santana's desk. "I know we have our own stuff to do but it's better doing that in company than sitting alone" I shrug as I sit across from her.
"It sounds good to me babe so I'm not complaining" she tells me.
"Awesome" I smile and then we both get started working again.
We're only working for about half an hour before I realise Santana is acting a little weird. I can see her out of the corner of my eye looking at me all the time. She sometimes looks like she opens her mouth and is about to say something but then closes it again. A few times I was about to question her on it but then she looked like she had started working again so I left it so we could get on with our own work. After another half an hour of Santana looking at me and threating to speak, I decide I want to question her on it.
"What?" I ask as I look over at Santana as I catch her right in the act, staring at me. Don't get me wrong, she can stare at me all she wants because she's my fiancée but it's the way she's doing things that is weird. We are supposed to be working so I don't know why we're not.
"I never said anything babe" she replies with a shrug.
"You keep looking at me but you don't say anything" I point out. "What are you thinking about babe?" I ask.
"Honestly, I am thinking about a lot of things" she sighs. "One being that I can't concentrate with you here and it's not your fault. I just look at you and would rather hang out or something than work. I need to work though because I'm taking Saturday and Sunday off work so I can't not do some work today to get on track" she adds.
"I'm managing to work in the same room as you" I shrug.
"Maybe you just don't feel as strongly for me as I feel for you then" she teases me.
"I hardly think that" I laugh. "So, what else are you thinking about?" I ask curiously.
"Just a lot of things really like our plans for the weekend, our summer vacation and some other random things that aren't about work unfortunately when they should be" she tells me. We are going on vacation next month so I am starting to get a little excited about it myself. We always say we love work and we do, but when you're as settled as us then you love outside of work even more. If I had to choose between working for a couple of weeks or spending a couple of weeks with Santana then it's clearly Santana that I'll choose.
"I'm trying not to get myself distracted or I just won't work at all" I admit.
"The reason I kept looking at you was because I was about to say something but then stopped myself each time because I noticed you were working hard" she states. "I should really work though so I feel better about my weekend off" she points out. There's nothing worse than thinking about work all weekend and worrying about it because it just spoils the days off so we should work to a suitable point today and take the pressure off next week.
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"What do you want for dinner?" I ask as Santana drives us home in my car. We have finally finished work for the day now and the weekend really which is cool. It's going to be fun to just hang out together and take some time to ourselves.
"I think I want pizza tonight. The diet can wait until tomorrow" Santana replies, glancing at me before looking back at the road.
"I'm in the mood for pizza too so let's do that" I say. "On the subject of diet though, you don't need to go on a diet baby. You're perfect the way you are" I smile.
"Thank you honey" she smiles at me. "Although, I would like to concentrate on what I eat and eat a little healthier because we are engaged now so a wedding is going to happen soon so I want to be in perfect shape for that."
"I get that and so do I want to be in shape but you look great already so all I'm saying is you don't need to worry about that right now or worry about having a couple of slices of pizza" I point out.
"Ok" she smiles at me.
Once we get home, we get changed into something comfier to lounge about in and I order us some pizza. We tidy up the house a little and then the pizza comes quite soon after that. Since we had a busy week at work then we decided to sit in the living room and eat in front of the TV instead of at the table like we do most of the time. It's nice to have dinner together on the couch every once in a while to just relax and let our hair down. I'm usually a stickler for crumbs but I don't mind every so often to let it go a little.
"It's a nice night, let's sit outside for a little while" I suggest as I pick up two wine glasses and a bottle of wine. We've finished dinner and cleaned up our plates already.
"Ok" Santana smiles. She then picks up a blanket in case we might need it later when the air becomes cooler before following me outside to the patio. We then take a seat and I pour us some wine.
"Do you know, we don't use our garden all that much but we should" I say, breaking the short silence between us as we sip our wine. We only use it when we're in the pool but once I moved in with Santana, we redesigned it a bit and really tidied it up so we should make use of it.
"I've always thought of having everyone over for a barbeque sometime so we should definitely do that" Santana suggests. "We could invite our families or our friends or maybe both and have a bit of an outdoor dinner party" she adds.
"I think that sounds like a great idea" I smile.
"We should wait a few weeks though because I want this weekend to be just us and then we've got a couple of busy weeks ahead of us" she points out.
"I agree" I nod. We fall into another short silence as Santana places her legs over my lap and gets comfortable. "Do you think we should start making some wedding plans because we've not really done that yet?" I wonder. We've been too busy enjoying the engagement and celebrating with everyone that we haven't even thought about putting some ideas down or thinking about when we might like to get married.
"On the one hand I like us just enjoying the engagement at the moment but on the other hand, weddings do take a while to plan so maybe we should be making some arrangements because I don't want to wait forever to marry you" she smiles.
"I'm sort of thinking on the same lines myself" I reply. I love that we're just enjoying this next big step in our relationship but as Santana says, weddings can't be planned within a week so maybe we should be thinking about it. I don't want to wait ages either to marry Santana so perhaps putting something into action would be good.
"What kind of wedding would you want babe?" Santana asks me as she turns her head to look at me.
"I'm thinking extremely small and maybe just at the courthouse or something" I shrug.
"Fuck off Brittany" Santana glares at me. Oh my god, I love winding her up so much. "Why on earth would we want to get married there and why the fuck would I want it small?" she questions.
"I'm teasing you babe" I laugh.
"I only plan on getting married once so I want my wedding to be special and I want everyone to see me marry you. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity so it's going to be a big occasion with everyone I am close to" she replies.
"I know that and like I say, I was only saying it to wind you up" I smile. "I want a big wedding too" I add. I don't mean extravagantly silly but big enough that I can invite everyone I want and we can have a nice venue.
"Have you had any thoughts about location?" she asks me.
"I don't know any specific locations I like right now but I do want to do it here. I don't want to go away for the wedding I don't think. Don't get me wrong I liked your cousins wedding last year but I don't want all of that hassle when we have plenty of opportunities to get married here. There are lots of great venues and even beaches around if we wanted a beach wedding" I reply.
"Yeah I know what you're saying" Santana nods. "I don't really want a beach wedding though babe. It sounds romantic but it's also kinda messy. I want a big white dress so I don't want it stained and I don't want to fall down the aisle either by not being able to walk in the sand. I like the beach but I don't want to be married barefoot either."
"Ok" I laugh.
"Why are you laughing?" she asks me confused.
"I just don't see why being barefoot is so offensive to you at a wedding" I shrug. She really says some adorably cute things sometimes.
"Because feet are gross and if I go barefoot which you generally do on a beach then it will encourage other people to go shoeless too. I don't want a bunch of barefooted hippies at my wedding so no beach and no bare feet" she states.
"I see what you're saying but let's not judge people" I smile.
"I'm serious Brittany. I would even put it on the wedding invitations that if you turn up with no shoes then you will not be allowed into the wedding" Santana shrugs.
"I don't think anyone would" I shake my head. Fair enough if it was a beach wedding then some people might lose their shoes but I doubt they would do it at a normal wedding unless we're talking at the end of the night with sore feet after a long night of dancing.
"Anyway, enough about shoes or lack of, let's talk about more ideas we had" she says.
"Sounds like fun so ok" I smile while turning around a little so I can give her my full attention. "I do want the big white dress too so we will need to come up with a way to do that without seeing each other's when we go dress shopping" I point out.
"We'll figure something out" Santana says with a smile. "What are we thinking about bridesmaids?" she asks.
"I definitely want my two sisters and I'm sure you want your sister as well. I also think Tina, Mercedes and Quinn could be bridesmaids too" I say.
"That was my thoughts too so that's good" she nods. "Obviously our dads should walk us down the aisle as well" she adds and I nod.
"I'm thinking a really great big party for the reception. A nice formal dinner with speeches and everything before lots of liquor and dancing with some great music" I reply.
"Agreed" Santana smiles.
For the rest of the night, we talk a lot about wedding ideas. We don't make any concrete plans obviously but we bounce some ideas off each other. We seem to have the same sort of ideas for the wedding so it's all looking good so far. Santana did have slightly different ideas about who outside of the family to invite. I wanted our work colleagues to come to the wedding reception because I'm close to a lot of them but Santana was a little unsure because she feels work and business are separate. I know what she's saying but I'm in a different position because I see the people I work with as my friends at work whereas Santana sees it as being the boss so she isn't as involved on a personal level like I am. We've got lots of time to figure it all out though so I'm not too bothered right now about it.
Santana's POV
*Friday 28th May 2021*
This week has been an unbelievably busy week at work for both Brittany and I so we're exhausted. We're supposed to be hanging out with our friends tomorrow night and having dinner together but I'm thinking we might cancel. We did want to hang out with everyone and we do feel a bit bad but honestly, we just need some time to relax after this hectic week. Quinn has the day off work today so she's visiting me at work right now so I'm thinking about just asking her if we can arrange dinner another night.
"Hey, Quinn" I say to get my best friend's attention.
"Yeah" she smiles at me.
"Do you mind if we rain check our dinner tomorrow night. Brittany and I have just been so exhausted at work the last few weeks that we'd like to just have a quiet weekend" I say. I know it sounds boring and we should be enjoying ourselves while we're young but honestly, we need a break.
"Everyone was really looking forward to it" she says sadly.
"I know and we were too but it's just been a stressful few weeks" I say.
"A night out would be a great way for you to relax though and just have some fun to take your mind off the stressful week" she tells me.
"I just don't know if we're up for it. I don't mean to be such a party pooper though" I sigh.
"You're not working tomorrow so you can relax the whole day before we go out. We're not hanging out until later at night" she points out.
"I suppose that is true" I nod.
"I don't want to pressure you both so if you really don't want to then it's ok. I just thought it would be nice to all hang out and toast your engagement a little because we've not really done that" she replies.
"Ok, we're still on for tomorrow" I smile.
"Excellent" Quinn smiles back.
"I should get back to work now though" I say. The sooner I start back then the sooner I can finish and therefore get home early enough that I can relax before tomorrow.
"That's cool. I'll text you in the morning to finalise our arrangements for tomorrow" Quinn says while heading towards the door. "Speak to you tomorrow" she smiles.
"Yes, you will" I smile back and then Quinn leaves. I'm only working for another hour or so before I have another visitor in my office. The good thing this time though is that I kinda love this visitor a lot so I can't be mad at her for wanting to come and see me for a little while.
"So how has your day been so far?" Brittany asks as she takes a seat across from me at the desk.
"Ok actually" I admit. "I got a bit more work done so I'm not too stressed out anymore which is good" I add.
"Yeah I seem to be back on track with work now which is also good" she replies.
"I also had Quinn in visiting me a little while ago, did you see her?" I ask. I'm not sure if she would have gone to see Brittany for a little while or not.
"I didn't actually but I've been in and out my office all day so I'm not surprised if she maybe came looking for me and I missed her" she replies.
"I asked Quinn if we could reschedule tomorrow's night out but I ended up saying it doesn't matter because the look on her face when I asked made me feel guilty" I admit. "Apparently everyone is really looking forward to it so I don't want to let them down" I add.
"That's ok. Perhaps we just cancel our dinner plans tonight and have a quiet night so we can reenergise for tomorrow" she suggests.
"You don't mind?" I ask.
"Of course not" she smiles. "I'm happy just having a quiet night at home tonight with takeout instead of going to some fancy restaurant. The fancy restaurant can wait until next weekend" she tells me.
"I'm good with that" I smile back. although we will have to be careful with how much takeout we consume these days since we have a wedding coming up. I need to look my best for it and eating takeout all the time will not help with that.
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*Saturday 29th May 2021*
Brittany and I are currently on our way to meet our friends. We are still a bit tired from our busy few weeks at work but we would feel bad if we cancelled so we're still sticking to our plans. We're in a cab right now on our way to the meeting place. Brittany did text her sisters and her mom to see if they could give us a ride so we wouldn't need to take a cab and pay for it since we're cheapskates but apparently, they're all busy. I wasn't too worried in the beginning because her sisters have their own family and her parents are quite sociable at the weekend so I wasn't too bothered they couldn't help. It wasn't until we asked my family and they all said no that we found everything a little weird. How can all of our family all be busy tonight? Don't get me wrong it's no problem taking a cab. We were just chancing our luck in the beginning since we offer our family rides all the time that we thought they'd do the same. It was just the more they all said no we thought, what the fuck is going on here and why does no one want to help?
"I'm confused, why are we meeting here?" Brittany asks me as we leave the taxi. We're supposed to be having dinner but we're meeting in a hotel function suite which seems weird.
"I have no fucking idea" I shake my head. Everything is just weird about tonight.
"I guess we'll find out soon enough" she shrugs as she takes my hand and we head inside and make our way to the function suite.
"SURPRISE!" everyone yells out as we walk inside.
"What is all of this?" Brittany asks shocked as we see all of our friends and family in the one room together. Obviously, this is why no one could help us since they were all here.
"It's your surprise engagement party" Tina smiles.
"There is no formal dinner tonight with friends. That was all a cover up for keeping this a surprise. We wanted you both to have a party to celebrate getting engaged with the people you love the most" Quinn tells us.
"You should probably go home then Quinn" I tease.
"Don't pretend you don't love me because I know you do" Quinn states.
"I just can't believe you all did this for us, thank you" Brittany says as she looks around the room.
"Me neither" I smile. "Let's not all stand around though, get us ladies some drinks please. We are the guests of honour of course" I smirk.
"Ok" Quinn laughs. She gets us some drinks while Brittany and I make our way around the room and talk to everyone and thank them for coming.
The party is well underway now. We have lots of food and alcohol as well as our whole family in the one room so the night couldn't get much better. There's lots of fun and dancing going on and everyone looks happy to be here which is great. Brittany and I are just taking a second to sit down together and talk. It's not like we had anything specific to discuss right now, we just wanted a little moment to ourselves to enjoy the party.
"Do you know what's going to make this night even better?" I ask Brittany.
"Perhaps us continuing the party at home when we finally get to be alone and we can have the best sex ever" she smirks at me.
"No, presents" I say gleefully. This is a party and a celebration for Brittany and I so of course all of our friends and family have bought us presents.
"Are you saying presents are better than having me naked in bed?" she teases.
"I wouldn't say better but I can have you in bed anytime I want whereas I don't get engagement presents every day. In fact, this is the one and only time I will because I'll never get engaged again because you're the only one I want so once we're married that's it for me" I smile.
"That's a good point" she smiles back. "I'm so looking forward to seeing what everyone has got us" she says excitedly.
"Me too" I nod. "Plus, if the presents are shit then we can just return them and get the money back on them and buy something we really like" I shrug.
"That is such a Santana thing to say" Brittany laughs.
"I know but it's true, right?" I smile. I love that after all of this time together, I can still make Brittany laugh. I know two years isn't a long time but when you've worked together for those two years solid then it is a long time and it says something that after everything, I can still make her smile. It's so cute really and there's no denying she makes me smile and laugh all the time.
"Have you ever returned any gifts I've bought you?" she asks me curiously.
"Of course not" I shake my head while frowning. "You know me baby so you know what I like and don't like so you never get it wrong. Plus, anything you give me is more than a gift to me because it's from you and I love you" I smile.
"That is so cute" she smiles back. "FYI, I've never returned anything you've given me" she adds.
"That's good to know" I say.
"Did you get me an engagement present?" Brittany asks.
"I assumed the ring would be enough honey" I laugh.
"It is, I promise" she smiles. "I was just making sure because I didn't want you to give me something and I didn't give you something back. I'm more than happy with each of our rings though" she adds.
"Ok, good" I smile back. "Hey, I can dance with you now if you want" I say. Brittany has been asking me all night to dance and it's not like I didn't want to, I just wanted a little more liquor in me first before I embarrass myself. I'm not a bad dancer as such because I do have rhythm but when you dance next to Brittany then it looks weird because she's an amazing dancer.
"I would love that" she says as she stands up and holds out her hand to me. I gratefully take it and we head to the dancefloor and begin dancing. It's a bit of a fast song at the moment so we're just mixing with everyone as we dance but no doubt as soon as a slow song comes on, we'll dance ourselves.
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As soon as we rolled out of the cab, we made our way across the garden and to the front door. Brittany didn't take her hands off me the entire way which was really cute and also really sexy. I unlocked the door and we headed inside before closing it behind us and locking it back up. Brittany switched on the lights and then pulled me towards her as she pressed our lips together in a searing kiss. We continued kissing for a moment or so before beginning to undress each other.
"Not down here, let's go upstairs" I say, pulling away for a second.
"Ok" Brittany smiles before lifting me up and carrying me upstairs to our bedroom. She does it all the time but I never not get a surprise when she does it. Don't get me wrong, it's really sexy so it's not unwelcomed.
Once we get to the bedroom, Brittany places me gently on the bed. She then finishes fully undressing before she joins me. She hovers over me for a second before leaning down to kiss me. She then begins kissing down my body as she finishes undressing me. She tosses my clothes to the floor before sitting back for a second and just looking at me.
"What?" I ask with a smile as Brittany continues to stare down at me.
"I just can't believe how lucky I am and how happy I am with you. I mean you could have had anyone you wanted and yet you chose me" she admits.
"That's not luck honey; it's called being you" I smile. "I am with you because of how amazing you are so luck has nothing to do with it. You worked hard to get me and I appreciate that" I add. Before I met Brittany I never opened up or really took the time to have a proper relationship and ever since she has come into my life, I've realised what true love really is.
"You're really sexy" she smirks at me.
"I know that but I'm also really turned on so would you mind doing something about that?" I ask with a smirk as I reach up to pull her head down so I can kiss her.
"Sure" she smiles. She kisses me on the lips for a moment before making her way down my body again, kissing me. She pays extra attention to my sensitive areas before she moves back up and kisses me. "Turn around" she whispers in my ear while moving back so I can move.
"What way?" I ask with a smirk as I look up at her.
"On your knees and ass up please" she states as she grabs a condom from the side and rolls it on. We can never be too careful these days so we always make sure we're as protected as we can be because now still isn't the right time for a child.
"You say you like this position but I think you just like it because you get to stare at my ass for a few seconds before we start" I tease as I do as I'm told.
"Don't pretend you don't like me staring at you all the time because I know you do. I know it makes you feel good to know I love looking at how sexy you are" she says as she grips my hips. She pulls me back a little before pushing into me.
"Oh, god" I moan as she starts thrusting in and out of me. It's a familiar feeling but it always amazes me how good it feels each time she pushes into me. I should know but each time we have sex it feels better than the time before.
"How close are you?" she asks through a moan as she squeezes my hips.
"Not yet baby" I admit.
"I've been so turned on all night that I was ready for this so I don't know how much longer I can wait" she tells me.
"Just move faster and I might get there sooner" I say as I move back and forth to help her with the rhythm between us.
"Ok" she moans.
Brittany manages to hang on and I eventually cum at the same time as her. She then got rid of the condom and pulled me close to her and kissed me. We're just lying in bed together now in each other's arms. I have my head rested on Brittany's chest and she's holding me tightly. Sex is great and everything but there's also something really satisfying about the way Brittany just holds me sometimes. She holds me so lovingly and close to her and I can hear her heart beating. It kinda soothes me a little.
"Our weekend we had celebrating our engagement was great but tonight was pretty dope too because we got to relive it all again and do it with our loved ones" Brittany says.
"I agree" I nod as I lift my head to kiss Brittany. "I honestly can't wait to marry you and see what else the future holds for us" I point out.
"I feel exactly the same babe" Brittany smiles down at me. "I also can't wait to be able to call you my wife. I mean there is nothing wrong with girlfriend or fiancée but I feel like wife means more and people respect it more" she adds. I kinda agree there so I'm looking forward to it too.