Brittana: 7 Years later part 6

The Latina giggled.
"Of course I remember..! Worst pizza ever but best walk in the moonlight ever." she said happily as she thought of how beautiful her girlfriend had looked. Her sky blue eyes had shined more than ever before and they had actually secretly kissed behind a tree. Even now, a year later, she could still feel the tree against her back and her lover against her chest.

After Brittany had gone downstairs, Santana had got up and put on dark jeans, a red tank top and red All Stars sneakers. She put her hair in a loose ponytail, letting a few strands fall over her forehead.

"Hey sweetie." she said as she put her hands on Brittany's hips and kissed her cheek, right after entering the kitchen.

"W-wow San.." the blonde said, taken aback at how lovely her girlfriend looked this morning, "You look stunning.. oh man, I'd be surprised if that co-worker of yours didn't fall head over heels in love with you.." Brittany laughed and pictured her girlfriend and herself making out and surprising the heck out of that guy.

Brittany hummed a song to herself contently as she poured coffee for herself and her girlfriend, while she prepared herself for work.

"Haha, so San.." she said seductively as she lightly tugged her girlfriend close by the collar of her shirt. "I guess we don't have to rehearse what we're gonna do, huh.." Britt's giggles were quickly muffled as she found herself kissing Santana passionately.

Time passed by them quickly, and before they knew it, they had to get going so that they could be just a tad early so that Brittany could stay a bit at Santana's workplace.

Brittany tossed the keys to her girlfriend as she fixed her ponytail a little bit. Britt hadn't been paying much attention to how much she had been running her fingers through her girlfriend's hair.. so she bunched Santana's dark hair up and tied it back once more.

"There" ..she said, giggling. She mouthed the word 'sorry' to her girlfriend quickly before laughing again. "I guess I was too eager.. I couldn't wait."

As Santana's heart was still beating like crazy, she could still feel her girlfriend's hands all over her, she started the car.
"That's okay, baby." the Latina said.

She was nervous, very nervous, but her make out session earlier had reminded her that all she had to do was what she loved most: be around Brittany.

She pulled into the parkinglot and looked at the girl she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. She frowned. She really did. Santana really wanted to marry Brittany.

She knew how her soulmate had been talking and daydreaming about their future.. Maybe Britt wanted it too..?
The Latina bit her bottom lip and looked at her.

She leaned in and kissed her lovingly.
"Whatever happens, I love you more than anything! Ready?"

The blonde let her soft lips linger for a minute over Santana's and her lips curled into a sweet smile when she heard those words.

"I love you too San.. and I know we're going to be okay, no matter what happens." Brittany giggled and linked pinkies with her girlfriend, just like in high school, as they walked towards Santana's workplace.

To Brittany it seemed really big and the offices were very clean- but not at all tidy. There were many papers and file cabinets.. the whole scenery mesmerized her.

"Wow San.. do you get your own desk thingy too..? And do you get a hammer thing that you can bang and say 'Order in the court!' ..?" Brittany's childish questions never ceased, not even in adulthood.

Santana giggled.
"Haha, I have my own office if that's what you mean? But no hammer, sorry."
She smiled before she heard her name.

"Lopez! Hey babe." the couple heard before a hand slid down the Latina's back. She froze and her eyes grew colder.
"Ryan.." she mumbled under her breath before putting on a friendly smile. The man looked from her to her girlfriend and smiled slyly.

"And who's this gorgeous blonde?" he asked seductively. Santana's jaws clenched but she put her arm around Brittany's waist and smiled.

"This gorgeous blonde, Ryan, is my girlfriend. She has been for the past 7 years."
San gently pulled her closer and kissed her, as Ryan watched the two, frozen.

"Awww danggg" Britt said, a little disappointed. "I wanted to bang the hammer like they do in those tv shows.. ah well."

Britt's eyes flitted over to the guy who had just called her girlfriend 'babe' . . she was slightly offended, but she shrugged it off and stood by Santana's side, even though she felt a bit awkward.

She felt Santana pull her close and kiss her, and she held nothing back. She held her close, but then.. sensing the awkwardness of two eyes on them, Britt pulled back gently and looked the man in the eyes, shyly.

"Hi. . I'm Brittany" she said, smiling and extending her hand. "It's nice to meet you." She said, genuinely happy, since at long last they had come out to someone. She was a bit hesitant to see how he would react, but as long as Santana was with her, she felt like she could do anything.

Ryan's eyes narrowed and he ignored Brittany. He just looked at Santana and when she only gave him a deathglare, he turned around to walk away.

Santana relaxed as she saw him walk away and smiled relieved at her girlfriend.
"That went better than I expec-

She never got to finish that question because before she realized what was going on, she was backed up against the wall with Ryan's lips on hers and his tongue forced down her throat as his hand frantically grabbed her breasts.

The blonde didn't realize what was happening until she saw that Ryan was forcing himself upon her girlfriend and it angered her a lot.

Brittany was never good at standing up for herself.. and she was never one to get violent.. so she stood there for a second, in shock, before her protective senses kicked in and she realized what she must do.

"Hey .. .what the hell, dude..?" Brittany said, flustered and angry.

Brittany tried to push the man off of Santana, but he was quite strong and intent on making out with HER girlfriend.. and it bothered her a lot. Brittany again tried to pry the man off of her girl, but she just couldn't.. so she resulted to yelling for help.

"CAN SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE..?" She yelled with an unfamiliar voice that she didn't know she had.

Two people- a man and a woman, came from the office and looked at Brittany quizzically.

"What's wrong..?" They asked, eying Santana and Ryan making out and thinking nothing of it.

"I think . uh . .. I know that he's forcing her to do something that she doesn't wanna do.. and Santana doesn't like it. Can you help me get him off of her..?"

The two workers looked at each other and smiled a bit. "Well, Ryan's been trying to flirt with Santana all along.. I think maybe we should all just leave them to it.." They said as they started to walk away.

Brittany had really had enough. She couldn't stand this any longer.

"No." .. she said, in a silent, but very firm voice. She was tearing up, and looked as though she was about to cry. "She's my girlfriend, and he's forcing himself on her." She left the two workers there, and they stared at Brittany blankly as she ran over to Ryan, who was pressing himself against Santana, and she tried to push him off of her once more.

"Somebody help!" Brittany said, as tears streamed down her face.

Santana forced her eyes open, still frozen until she saw Brittany panicking and crying.
Her heart began beating again and never before had she been this mad.

Not even a second later, Ryan was against the opposite wall with blood coming from his mouth and nose. Broken. He stared at the Latina, whose eyes looked like she was going to kill him. Beside her, her girlfriend stood.

Santana grabbed her lover's hand and ran with her to the common room, still feeling violated and disgusted by her co-worker.

"LISTEN UP!" she screamed with her voice being even more raspy than usual.
Everyone looked up.
"This is Brittany. Britt is my girlfriend and she has been for over seven years. I love her to death and I don't give a damn what you think or do. She's mine and I'm hers, forever. Got it?"

Her co-workers nodded, shocked. Santana nodded and turned around.
"And I'm taking the day off. And when I get back, Ryan better be fired."

At that, she gently dragged Brittany with her back outside.

The blonde wiped her face and started to tremble. She'd never witnessed Santana being so angry.. and she had never felt so violated before..

Then again, she understood. Santana was really hot, and why wouldn't a ton of random guys wanna kiss her..? It's just that she never thought someone would actually have the nerve to try it.

"S-San.." Brittany said, curling closer to her girlfriend. She could still see that his blood was on her hands, and it scared her. "M-Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.. maybe we should wait a while before .. I come back here again.." She looked into those dark brown eyes and saw pain in them.

"I-I don't understand.." .. Brittany shed a few tears and covered her face with her hands. She was afraid to be seen like this.. and she was afraid of anyone trying to break the two of them up. But mostly, she was afraid for their safety. What if he would've been stronger and hurt Santana..? Brittany was strong, but not that strong.. she would've been helpless against that man. She needed to come up with a backup plan, if that were to ever happen again.

"Baby..." Santana begged. "This was just one guy. He's... He's been flirting with me ever since I met him. And I guess.. I shouldn't have kissed you like that. But it'll be okay.."

San was scared to touch Brittany, knowing she had Ryan's blood on her hands.
"I-I'll be right back."

She ran to Brittany's car and opened it with the keys in her pocket. Inside was Britt's back and the Latina knew the blonde had a bottle of water in it. She took it and washed her hands.

When she was done, she looked over at Britt and felt tears well up in her eyes, seeing her love so sad.
She sat down in the car and sighed, not knowing what to do.

The fact that Ryan had been flirting with her girlfriend for a long time irked Brittany, but she knew that Santana couldn't have possibly reciprocated his feelings. .and that made her feel calm.

"I-I don't mind you kissing me like that.. but.. I guess.. maybe he was just jealous" Brittany offered before Santana got in the car.

After Santana joined Brittany outside again, the blonde was leaning on the car and pondering what they should do. After all, her girlfriend had taken the day off.. they could leave whenever they wanted to.

But Brittany couldn't. She had to go to work soon. Britt was reluctant to think about that, since she was still in shock..

"Babe.. I've gotta go to work soon.. but I hate to leave you like this.. urh.. .. maybe I should take the day off too so we can just.. spend the day together or something. Coming out at my workplace can wait until later, if you want." Brittany held her girlfriend close and stroked her back.

"D-did he hurt you dear..?" .. the blonde asked, very much afraid of the answer.

"No.. You have to go to work.. I can hold your hand for a while and then leave.."
Santana faked a smile.

She shrugged as an answer.
"I'm okay, baby.." The Latina sighed and got up, taking her girlfriend's hand.

"Let's just get you to work."

"Santana.. I .." Britt's lip quivered a little. "I don't want you to go.. I want to introduce you as my girlfriend too.. at least to some co workers.. don't worry- there aren't any asshole men at my work. There's just the dance instructors. Who knows? Maybe one of the men that works there is gay too!" Britt tried to sound as hopeful as possible, but she couldn't hide the underlying fear in her voice.

As they drove to the Children's Dance studio where Brittany works, they could tell that Brittany was already late by about 30 minutes. The blonde knew that if she explained things to her co-worker, things would be fine and cleared up.

Secretly, Brittany hoped that perhaps Santana would stay for a bit.. and watch her dance with the children. She didn't want to ask too much of her girlfriend though, so she just coyly put it out there,

"Hey San.. if you want, you could stay here for the day.. and .. you could see me dance with the kids.. and.. they could meet you" Brittany said with a smile on her face.

"It's up to you though.. if you'd rather rest for a bit, I understand"

"Uhm... Sure, why not?" the Latina said with a smile. She leaned in and kissed her softly before getting out.

"I just wanna be around you." she mumbled as she took Britt's bag and held it for her.
The dance studio was a neat place with a lot of cars in the parkinglot. The Latina could see children dancing through the windows.

"Looks good here."
She smiled and took her lover's hand.

The blonde squealed with excitement.

"Oh thank you, love..! I know you're just gonna love it here..and the kids will love you too..!" Britt said as she proudly took her lover's hand and entered the building.

As Britt skipped into the studio, she saw a parent holding her child by the hand. She quickly recognized the little girl and Britt gave her a quick wave. "Hey Rosie" Brittany said, giggling.

"Hi Miss Brittany!" the little girl said, squirming to get out of her mom's close hold so that she could run up to Brittany and hug her legs like she always did.

Brittany gladly welcomed everyone into the studio and stood in the middle of the wooden floor, with Santana still with her.

"Everyone.. I'd like you to meet Santana. I love her, so be extra nice to her, okay..?" Brittany said innocently while giggling.

The little kids' 'oohs and ahhs' were quite loud and numerous. Some of the kids crawled forwards and touched Santana's legs, and managed to clamber over one another so that they could hug her feet, just as they had done with Brittany.

"Haha, guys, careful now" Brittany calmly reminded the kids so that they wouldn't be too rough with Santana.

From over the counter, Brittany's co-worker Cindy saw Santana with Brittany, hands clasped together, and.. she thought she understood. She assumed they were just best friends though.. but she thought it was sweet that Brittany had brought a friend to work.

The Latina was quite shocked but laughed when she saw the kids at her feet. She saw a little boy almost fall over and quickly picked him up. He smiled and she returned it.

"Hey, I'm Santana. Who are you?"
"Justin..." the boy said shyly as he played with her ponytail. She smiled and put him back down.

She looked at her girlfriend and smiled. Brittany looked so happy with all those kids around her. San always knew her lover would be good with kids but she was more than good. She was amazing. Her blue eyes shined as she looked at them.

The Latina giggled and kissed Brittany's cheek.
"Good luck, babe." she whispered.
"I'll be over there."

At that, she walked over to a chair against the wall.

The blonde blushed wildly as her girlfriend kissed her and she scanned the room for any signs of ridicule or discomfort. There really were none- kids adapted to things much better than adults, so it seems.

"Hey does she like you..?" A little red-haired girl asked.

Brittany giggled and simply nodded, and the room was full of playful chatter.

"Okay.. why don't we show Santana what we've got, you guys?" Brittany said as she ran towards the music box. The kids affirmed her and stood in a not-so-straight line as they awaited the music to begin.

As the music started, the kids began to dance their silly and somewhat coordinated dance moves.. and Brittany was among them dancing in the center. She wasn't at all upstaging them though- she stood in the back row and was dancing along with them, encouraging them to follow along.. all sorts of sweet support that she could give.

Brittany beamed with joy when she danced. She always has.. and she just loved being with the kids.

After the number was done, Brittany sat on the floor cross-legged and the kids came over and piled on top of her. Britt couldn't stop laughing as the kids were trying to tickle her. "Guyyyys!" Britt playfully whined, "Stoppit you're gonna turn me into a wiggle worm!" She laughed and wiggled around on the floor to support her case.

Santana laughed as she saw how the children loved her girlfriend. Hearing her laugh and seeing her dance, the Latina loved it. It made her think about how their life could be with kids, married.

She glanced at her left hand and then at Brittany's. Suddenly, she realized that she was going to propose to her. No matter what. She frowned and got up.

"Britt?"
She walked towards her and briefly played with the kids before kissing Brittany's forehead lovingly.
"I'm gonna be right back, baby. I just have to do something."

She smiled and walked out.

"Huh?" Britt said, still very much in her own little world with the kids. "Okay San.. I'll see you soon then..?" Britt said hopefully.

She had no clue what her girlfriend was up to, but she figured she was just looking for the bathroom or something. Brittany continued to play with the kids, tickling them and playing along with whatever little game they were creating.

Kids were so free.. they would make their own games, and only tell people the rules if they wanted them to be around them.

"I'm a princess today" a young girl named Emily said.

"Oh my!" Brittany said, acting rather shocked. "My lady! I had no idea I was in your presence.. pardon my foolishness, your highness." Brittany said as she bowed down to a girl who was no more than five. The girl giggled and squirmed with joy- she just got an adult to bow down to her! She couldn't contain her happiness and Brittany was smiling from ear to ear.