Chapter 22

"Brittany, I can't even begin to explain to you how much I love you, or what you mean to me. Before I met you I was alone, angry, scared, and lost. I had no idea who I was or who I wanted to be, I had no friends because I hated everyone and everyone hated me, and I was miserable, trying to be who everyone around me thought I should be. You saved me from all of that, and so much more. You saved me from things that I didn't even realise I was struggling with, and I don't know how on earth I got so lucky. From the moment you walked up to me at cheerios try-outs you've been shining light into my life, like the sun. I say like the sun because even when it rains, no matter how heavily, the sun always come back out. And you Britt….you don't try and force me to change, you accept me and my darkness, but you're always there. You've always just wanted me to be myself, and the only time I feel like I truly can be is with you in my life. You're my best friends, my favourite person in the entire universe. You make me laugh, you make me feel safe and understood, but most of all you make me feel loved. I've never felt more loved by anyone in my entire life, and I'm going to spend the rest of my life loving you just as much and ten times more. I promise to always protect you, to always keep a smile on your face, and to do everything I can to make all of your dreams come true."

Santana finished her vows, reaching up to brush the tears from Brittany's cheeks. Brittany sniffed and pulled her hand from Santana's for a moment so she could wipe her eyes. She leaned forward.

"Ah ah no not yet" Holly said quickly, laughing as she pushed Brittany back away from Santana.

"Keep it in your pants Pierce" Puck said loudly, making the crowd laugh.

"Right, sorry" Brittany said laughing and retaking Santana's hand in hers.

"Santana, I love you. I love you more than I've ever loved anybody in my entire life. Meeting you was the greatest thing that ever happened to me. You were the first person to understand me, understand how I see the world, how I think and my jokes. You were the first person who believed I was more than what I was letting myself be, and because of you high school actually became bearable. I've always known that there was no one else who could love me the way you do. You're my best friend and my soul mate and my favourite person. When I'm with you I laugh harder, I feel lighter and freer, like I could do anything or be anyone I wanted, because of how much you love and protect me, and I honestly don't know what I did to deserve someone as amazing as you. Someone that makes me feel special every day in ways that I don't even think you know. Like how when you enter a room you always look for me first before doing anything else, or how I can always tell when you've fallen asleep because you grip my shirt, or how you always stand in front of me when you feel unsafe or uncomfortable, like you're trying to shield me from whatever it is that's making you feel that way. There are a million small things that you do every single day that make my heart feel so full and I never want to live my life without you. I tried and it sucked and I will never do it again. I promise to always be there for you, to always protect you, to love you even when it's hard, to support your dreams, and to continue making sure we always have fun, even when we're parents, and wrinkly grandparents."

Santana smiled, sniffing her nose, and quickly wiping her eyes with the back of her hand, not letting go of Brittany's.

"The rings?" Holly asked. Quinn gave Santana the ring.

"Do you, Brittany Susan Pierce, take Santana Marie Lopez to be your lawfully wedded wife, to love and to cherish, for richer or poorer, for better or worse, sickness or health, till death do you part?"

"I do" Brittany said quickly, Santana slipping the ring on to her finger. Santana choked, trying to hold back a sob and wiped her eyes again.

"Almost there" Puck whispered, placing his hand on the base of her back. Santana nodded to him, then at Holly to continue.

"And do you, Santana Marie Lopez, Take Brittany Susan Pierce to be your lawfully wedded wife, to love and to cherish for richer or poorer, for better or worse, sickness and health, till death do you part?"

Santana nodded furiously, swallowing the lump in her throat, making Brittany chuckle as fresh tears ran down her face. "I do" she said with conviction, allowing Brittany to place the ring on her finger.

"Then, by the power vested in me by the internet," everyone laughed, "and the state of Florida, I pronounce you, wives. You may now kiss" Brittany let out a breathy laugh that sounded more like content sigh, and leaned forward to kiss Santana. When their lips connected, she felt like her entire body was floating in a cloud of bliss on a rainbow striped unicorn. She had never been so happy in her entire existence. For Santana, all of the sound had been turned off again, and all she could hear was the happy thumping of her heart, which she knew was without a doubt beating solely for Brittany.

"I love you" Brittany murmured against Santana's lips when they pulled apart.

"I love you too" Santana said, pecking her. "Wifey" she added with a grin and turning to face the crowd, all of whom she now realised were on their feet applauding.

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"Alright, so it's been a long hour of taking photos, I'm not going to bore people any longer than I have to, I know we all want to get to the dancing." Brittany whooped, causing a low rumble of laughter from the guests.

"Well, for those of you who don't know me, I'm Puck" Santana coughed loudly, "Alright, for tonight," Puck said grudgingly, "I'm Noah. I'm Santana's best man and best friend, well after Britt of course, we all heard the vows." Quinn coughed this time. "We're tied Fabray shut it. Are you guys going to let me finish my speech?" Quinn and Santana laughed but nodded. "Alright, well as you can see, we're all pretty close. Quinn and Santana are the oldest friends I have, but while I love Quinn, I have to say that Santana is the greatest choice in a friend I ever made. We started off rocky, all of us did, but Santana has been keeping me on the straight and narrow since we were seven years old and I chased her around the playground with a spider." Everyone laughed. Santana shuddered. "I guess this is a good time to tell you it wasn't real" Santana gaped at him, half rising from her seat as if about to volt over the table and attack him.

"Seriously though, out of everyone in my life, Santana's opinion has always mattered to me the most, because she understands the kind of childhood I had, and the things going through my head when I do idiotic things, even now. I always knew that if Santana called me out, I'd seriously crossed the line. She was my partner in crime throughout our entire love hate relationship, from the day we met to the first day of high school. But then, and I seriously am not exaggerating, she met Brittany, and the wild, give no shits, break all the rules Lopez was out the window. We all saw the change in her the second Brittany showed up, but it took us a while to see that the change, was happiness." Puck paused and looked at Santana, giving her a small smile.

"Brittany, like Santana said in her vows, you were just this huge brightness in her life, and we all saw it. Some of us hated you for it, cause what was so special about you that you could get Satan to laugh and act goofy, to back down from a fight, or to love herself? Stuff we'd all been trying to do for years, she was suddenly doing and frankly I was jealous. It took me a long time, honestly it took me till about last year when I really started hanging out with you, to finally understand that there were…there are… so many things special about you. Things tailored specifically to suit Santana. It's cheezy as hell and I'll never repeat it, but you guys were made for each other. It really makes me so happy that Santana has you in her life. She needs you, and it's because of you that I get to call Santana my best friend at all, so…thank you." Everyone clapped and Brittany was looking close to tears again. Puck raised his champagne glass and everyone followed. "Don't fuck up Lopez. To Brittany and Santana"

"To Brittany and Santana" everyone echoed. Puck walked off the stage, winking at Santana.

"That was sweet, I wasn't expecting that" Brittany said, leaning in to whisper in Santana's ear.

"I threatened him with castration" Santana said back, though she too was touched by the sincerity of Puck's speech.

"Well, hi everyone. My name is Quinn, and I have the misfortune of being Santana's best friend as well, though I actually am after Brittany, don't listen to Noah." Everyone laughed. "Actually, I have the pleasure of being both Brittany and Santana's best friend-"

"The unholy trinity" Elaine yelled, making the three girls laugh and shake their heads while Brittany's parents shook their heads grinning.

"Yes, that is what they called us in high school. Thanks Elaine, I might've forgotten." She rolled her eyes. "Anyway, like Noah, Santana is my oldest friend, but I actually had a front row seat to the romance that is Brittana" Brittany and Santana cackled. "These two idiots managed to fool themselves into thinking that nobody knew about their relationship, but even before there was a relationship to pretend never existed, I knew about it. I watched as Brittany was the only person Santana talked to on our first day at high school. I watched as, during their first conversation ever, Brittany made Santana smile the way I had only ever seen when we were 5, then I watched as slowly, that little five year old girl started showing herself more and more. Santana became a person again when Brittany came into her life, and like Noah, it's because of Brittany that I get to call Santana my best friend, so for that, thank you Brittany." She raised her glass partially to Brittany and blew a kiss.

"However, the thing that a lot of people don't understand is that there was a change in Brittany as well. Maybe it was harder to notice because she's not as dramatic as Santana" Santana scoffed and Quinn smirked at her as people laughed, "or maybe because we didn't know Brittany as well, and very few people actually took the time to. Whatever the reason, people don't know that Brittany's positive, 'I don't care what anyone thinks of me' attitude was an act at the beginning. She was just as scared and confused as Santana was, and she was seriously demotivated. The only thing Brittany ever put any effort into for the first semester of school was cheerleading, and on top of that, she had walls up just as high as Santana's. Trying to get Brittany S Pierce to talk to anyone about anything 'normal' was a serious struggle. Until she and Santana became closer. After that, Brittany finally started to open up, she started actually going to class, or paying attention to the teachers, and it's because of Santana's unwavering belief in Brittany, not to mention her annoying persistence, that they found out she has ADHD. Whenever she would be laughing or having fun, it was a great deal more genuine than it had been before. Santana introduced us to the real Brittany, so it's thanks to her that I get to call Brittany my best friend too. Like Noah said, you guys are made for each other. Even before you met you were missing each other. You'll always be happier together than apart, and I'm so thrilled that you guys finally found your way here. I love you both" Brittany wiped a tear from her eye, blowing a kiss to Quinn.

"To Brittany and Santana" Quinn said, raising her glass.

"To Brittany and Santana"

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"Where are you going?" Santana asked, standing up as Brittany did.

"No you sit down" Brittany said, pushing her down by her shoulder.

"Where are you going?" Santana asked again.

"I'll be right back" she told her, kissing her temple. Santana frowned after her as she took a few steps.

"Wait!" she yelled, her eyes widening. Brittany skipped back to her.

"What-?" Santana cut her off with a deep kiss on the lips.

"Just wanted to kiss my wife" she said smugly. Brittany grinned, then walked out of the room.

"Where is everyone?" Santana asked Ashely, who had moved into the seat beside her that was supposed to be for Puck. "Puck, Quinn, Syth…Chad" a smile slowly spread across her face." Oh Britt" she sighed dreamily, just as 'would you hold it against me' started playing.

"What?" Ashley asked, looking at Santana with a frown. Her question was quickly answered though, as the doors burst open and all of Brittany's dancer friends, as well as Puck and Quinn walked in. Santana let out a barking laugh. She watched as Brittany walked into the room wearing the exact costume Britney Spears wore in the original video; a white tank top, booty shorts on top of fishnet stockings and a multi-coloured jacket, and couldn't help but think that her wife was incredible.

Throughout the song, which Santana knew Brittany had choreographed because of how often she was on the floor, Brittany maintained eye contact with Santana, winking and blowing kisses occasionally, and when it was almost over, Brittany had walked round the table and pulled Santana onto the dance floor, and the two of them performed the last few seconds of choreography from the original video. Santana knew it by heart as Brittany had made her watch the video basically every week since they met. The end of the performance, as Brittany and Santana kissed, was met with loud applause and whistles.

"I love you" Brittany said laughing.

"I love you too B" Santana said quietly, kissing Brittany's hand as another song came on and she pulled her close to slow dance.

"We're married" Brittany said, resting her head on Santana's.

"Yeah we are. Finally."

"It feels the same, but so different."

"So better"

"Yeah. Like a huge checkmark on the page of my life."

"That's deep" Santana said, giggling.

"You know what I mean"

"Yeah I do."

"Seriously Santana, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you."

"What do you mean Britt?"

Brittany sighed and leaned her head back so she could look into Santana's eyes. "Quinn wasn't kidding about me being demotivated. I wasn't planning on finishing high school. My parents and I made a deal that I could drop out and try make it as a dancer as long as I finished one year at Mckinnely"

Santana stopped dancing and pulled Britany off the dance floor, her heart racing.

"Britt you never told me that."

"I never told anyone. Honestly I completely forgot about it till Quinn's speech. I wasn't at Mckinnely a week before you had me changing my entire life plans."

Santana smiled. "Did you really stay at Mickinnely for me?"

"Well yeah. First I thought you were super interesting, and since I had to be there a year anyway…" she trailed off and Santana nodded in understanding. "But then…the year ended and my parents asked me what the plan was…and even though I still hated school so much, I couldn't imagine you going to school and having friends, and just being you… without me. So I told them I'd stick it out another year and see. Then that year you got the school to get me tested for ADHD because you'd done all this research, and you completely changed my life."

Santana smiled but shook her head. "No Britt, you changed your life, I just kind of…helped…I guess. You're the one who worked your ass off and didn't give up."

"I did give up though, you just wouldn't let me. I wouldn't have gotten the job I have now if I hadn't graduated high school. A diploma is mandatory, and I wouldn't have even finished the ninth grade if I hadn't met you. I can manage my ADHD now because I know I have it, and that makes all the difference in the world. I don't feel weird for having so much energy, I don't feel dumb for not being able to remember things or for not being able to focus." She was crying again.

"Come on Britt-Britt…" Santana whispered, brushing Brittany's tears. "Things with us happened for a reason. I wouldn't have the job I have now either if it wasn't for you. I wouldn't be who I am, I'd probably still be in the closet. Puck and Quinn said, it, we're made for each other, and we came into each other's lives exactly when we needed to."

Brittany nodded and rested her head back against Santana's, pecking her lips. "I love you so much Lopez-Pierce"

"I love you too Lopez-Pierce."

Dancing was followed by Brittany and Santana's parents giving their speeches and Ashely saying how Santana has always been her sister and singing a song. There was then a few more hours of dancing, before Brittany and Santana were ready to call it a night. It had been a long and emotional day, and it was now close to four in the morning. Ashely was asleep in Pierce's arms as Susan said goodbye to the remaining Pierce family. All of Santana's family had already left, so that left only Brittany, Quinn, Puck, Elaine, Brittany's parents and sister, Chad and a about 6 dancers from Brittany's studio, Jade, Lucas, Eve, Santana and the new drummer in her band called Eddie.

"Noah please can I go now? I'm drunk but not drunk enough to be crying so I won't be hangover tomorrow, I had an awesome time, we've danced literally all night, we've played monkey see…what else can you possibly want us to stay for? Britt and I have a plane to catch at 1 PM, we gotta sleep" Santana whined when Puck pulled her back onto the dance floor. Quinn was looking like she was having a lot of fun with Lucas. "Yuck…watch that will you? I like Luke but he's a bit too much like Finn for my taste."

"Already on it." Puck said laughing. "Look Lopez, you have to stay until the sun comes up. The second we see the sun rise you can drag your sexy behinds out of here and no one will stop you."

"Puuuccckkkk" Brittany whined, laying on her back on the carpet beside her table.

"Baby I can see your underwear" Santana said, plopping herself down between Brittany's legs unsteadily. Puck sniggered.

"Alright, well if we're going to be here for at least two more hours we need to do something more than just drink and dance." Santana said, once the room around her stopped being fuzzy.

"Why don't you and Brittany tell us about the first time you had sex" Puck suggested.

"No" Brittany and Santana both said. Quinn smacked the back of Puck's head.

"Ok ok fine, everyone chill out"

"Let's play truth or dare" One of Brittany's friends, Charlie suggested.

There was a chorus of 'ooohhhs' and 'yeses" Santana grinned up at Brittany, who had now sat up so Santana was leaning against her chest.

"Ok, but I'm not doing any kissing or licking of any kind" Quinn said, looking at Puck. He and Santana glanced at each other.

"Anything else?" Brittany asked. Quinn frowned at her, looking deep in thought, then she shook her head. "I need verbal confirmation"

"Nothing else" Quinn said.

"Why so formal?" Elaine asked.

"In high school we had to make sure that no one would back out of the dares or refuse to answer the questions because…" Brittany trailed off.

"We were assholes" Santana supplied.

"And we'd always think up really horrible things for people to do in public or at school for the utmost humiliation." Puck continued.

"So we came up with a rule that you can specify what you're unwilling to do at the beginning of the game" Brittany said.

"But you have to be really specific. You can't say something like 'I won't do anything embarrassing'" Quinn told the group of people that had now gathered around Brittany, Santana, herself and Puck.

"OK" a few people said.

"So does anyone have anything they would like to take off the table?" Santana shouted. There were a few calls from people like 'I won't put anything in my mouth or I won't do kissing' but generally it seemed that people didn't know what to expect, and so couldn't come up with things to refuse to do.

"Anything else?" a chorus of no.

Quinn, Puck and Santana were already smirking evily. "Ok S, what about you?"

"Well, I'm only going to do anything Sexual with Brittany. That includes flirting" she directed at Puck, who looked disappointed, "Nobody is allowed to ask questions about Quinn's pregnancy," Quinn looked startled for a second, then mouthed 'thank you' to Santana, "I'll only leave this room if the Disney staff guys say it's ok, like I won't get in trouble or anything. In fact that goes for everyone, no one is allowed to go out of the room unless it's allowed," Everyone nodded, "aannnddd I won't do anything on camera. Everyone needs to put their phones in a bag or something, before I find a video of myself licking the floor on instagram and all over tabloids." Everyone took out their phones, even the two waiters who had volunteered to stay so that the party could continue. "You guys can join the game" she told them, once they had dropped their phones inside.

"Anything else?" Puck asked, looking deep in thought.

"Nothing else" Santana said. "Ok…Britt?" She asked.

"Well, I won't do anything sexual except with Santana either, including flirt, I won't call anyone, on my phone or anyone else's, and I won't drink any alcohol."

"Anything else?" Quinn asked.

"Nothing else"

"Ok, well since it's their wedding day, we'll let you guys go first." Elaine said eagerly.

Brittany and Santana looked at each other. Santana narrowed her eyes, and looked around the group, then back at Brittany. Brittany then looked around the group, paused, and nodded at Santana.

"Truth?" Santana said quietly. Brittany leaned down and whispered in her ear. Santana gasped.

"Dare?" Brittany asked quietly, leaning lower so her ear was close to Santana's mouth. Brittany grinned. "Ok" she said.

"Lucas?" Santana called. There was clapping and laughing from the group, some looking very relieved.

"Yeah"

"Truth or Dare?" Brittany asked. Lucas paused and stared at her, Brittany looked innocently back at him. He looked at Santana who was smirking.

"Well Santana came up with the dare so….truth?" he watched both their faces for any signs that he'd made the wrong decision but they were both wearing the same expressions as before.

"Is that a question?" Santana asked.

"No. Truth. I pick truth" Immediately Santana jumped up and punched the air, and Brittany burst out laughing.

"Wrong choice mate" Puck said, shaking his head.

"Why? It's just Brittany"

"I keep telling you guys Brittany isn't the innocent one in this relationship. You never listen. Well….Britt take it away" Santana said as she staggered, caught herself on the table and sat back down between Brittany's legs.

"Lucas True or false…you've masturbated to videos and/or pictures of Santana and Jade" Brittany said, sounding like an attorney. Everyone was staring at Lucas, the room deathly silent as he turned more and more red.

"Well?" Puck asked, looking elated. Lucas closed his eyes, then nodded his head ever so slowly. Everyone burst out laughing, Puck rolling on the floor besides Santana, clutching his sides, and Quinn taking several steps back from him, having been hanging on his arm. Jade was staring at him like she'd never seen him before, Eddie was thumping him on the back sympathetically, and Chad was looking very uncomfortable.

"How did you know?" Jade finally asked Brittany when the noise had died down. Brittany shrugged.

"Lucky guess?" she said casually. Lucas snapped his eyes open and gaped at her. She smirked and winked.

"Alright, Lucas, you pick who goes next." Puck told him, still giggling.

After an hour of truth or dare, Santana and Brittany were sat in their underwear, not allowed to touch each other until the game was over, Puck was standing with his hand in a bucket of ice having burned himself with a candle, sulking after Brittany was forced to tell who the best sex she's had with a guy was and she had said one of the other guys on their high school football team, Quinn was wiping her tongue on a napkin, something she had been doing for more than fifteen minutes, convinced that the fish she'd had in her mouth had peed, yet they were better off. Most of the other people had dares that forced them to confess a (false) fetish to a co-worker, or wear women's lingerie the next time they went into work, some had been forced to retell stories where they had shit on themselves in the middle of an audition, or reveal a crush they had on someone in the room.

"Ok Noah truth or dare?" Brittany asked. This was the first time any of the four best friends had chosen each other. Puck eyed Brittany. He knew she was just as bad as any of them, he remembered when he, like Lucas, had underestimated her in high school, and had been forced to wear a dress to school and tell everyone to call him Lola. He smiled.

"Truth" Brittany smirked. Santana looked at Quinn, asking if she knew what Brittany could possibly have on Puck, but Quinn shook her head.

"Ok true or false? You're in love with Santana."

Santana burst out laughing, and so did Quinn, but nobody else was laughing. Some were stunned by the question, especially considering who was asking, while others were stunned by Puck's response. He was staring at Brittany wide-eyed and frozen. Quinn was the first to recover from her laughing fit, and subsequently the first to notice that Puck had not replied with an automatic 'false'.

"Noah" she said. "Stop playing around, answer the question so we can move on"

"Oh god…In love with me….Britt" Santana gasped, still laughing.

"Noah" Quinn called again, moving around so she was directly in front of him and seeing the ashen state of his face. "Noah!" she gasped. "Puck…Santana shut up! Puckerman?"

Santana stopped laughing and sat up, looking at Puck for the first time.

"Puck stop" she said, a few giggles bubbling out. "Ok ha ha very funny both of you" she said turning to Brittany. "Nice try baby but no way would I believe that" Santana said, crossing her arms. "Noah give it up you're holding up the game"

"Noah, true or false?" Brittany asked again. Puck's face hardened.

"True" he said, removing his hand from the bucket.

"Stop" Santana said, shaking her head and standing up, no longer amused.

"Santana he can't lie" Brittany said, standing up as well.

"Stop" Santana said again.

"WHAT?" Quinn shrieked.

"True" Puck said again, looking defiantly at his three friends. "Now can we move on? Like you said we're holding up the game.

Santana was laughing again, but it was a slow, dry, mad-sounding laugh that unsettled everyone. A few people got up to go get water or else to just go home. Brittany's parents were blending in nicely with the back of the room.

"WHAT?" Quinn shrieked again, this time looking at Brittany.

"No Puck, for real now. No games, no jokes. If I find out you're lying after this I'll never speak to you again." Santana said seriously.

Puck looked at her, then at Brittany, a trapped look on his face. Santana stared at him, unable to think. She couldn't make this information make sense in her brain. She felt like a computer that had been given too many instructions and was lagging. Finally she turned to look at Brittany, who was….grinning. She turned to Quinn, who was staring at Puck with the same thunderstruck expression. This was the end of everything. This would make everything weird and…Brittany was laughing. Yeah that was right, this situation was indeed laughable. And why the hell would Brittany ask that question anyway. On the night of their wedding no less. In the presence of people they'd know only a year and a half…some less. Puck was laughing too. She could understand Brittany's desire to laugh, but Puck's. He had just admitted to…she couldn't even think the word without recoiling, and he was laughing about it? This changed everything. All the moments she had with Puck were now called into question. Did he do some of those things because he was in love with her? Like moving to San Jose to be closer to her because he missed her. Your best friend doing that is touching and heart-warming. Your male friend who you used to date and use for sex before you realised you were gay, but stayed in love with you, doing that is creepy and sad. Had she been leading him on? Had she made him think that somehow, someway she would be with him again? No way…she was in love with Brittany. Even Dani, who had never met the girl, knew a part of Santana was always Brittany's. Puck, who she had been friends with for years, had heard all of Santana's pathetic ramblings of how in love with Brittany she was, he had lived with them, so he had seen it. This just simply could not be.

"I think they're in shock" Puck said laughing. Brittany walked over to Santana and wrapped her in a tight hug that forced Santana to gasp for air.

"Britt" she choked.

"We're kidding S. I'm sorry, I didn't think you'd react like that. I thought you'd be mad, chase him around a bit. I didn't think you-"

"You ASSHOLE!" Quinn bellowed, taking a wine bottle and smashing it on the floor. Everyone jumped, Puck, Santana and Britany most of all. Even though Brittany was feeling horrible, she smiled at the fact that in the split second between the sound of the bottle breaking and them turning around, Santana had pulled out of the hug and jumped in front of Brittany. She caressed up and down Santana's arm as they watched Quinn.

"YOU ABSOLUTE" she smashed another bottle, "FUCKING WORTHLESS ASSHOLE" she screamed.

"Quinn calm down. First of all, it was Brittany's-"Puck tried to reason, but was cut off by more yelling.

Quinn rounded on Brittany. "YOU" She continued to yell. Brittany, who was used to Santana interrupting at times like these to tell whoever it was to stop yelling at her, flinched, gripping Santana's arm.

Santana was torn, she could feel Brittany tense behind her, but believed whole-heartedly that this joke had been distasteful. She wasn't as angry with them as Quinn was, but Brittany of all people should have known how Quinn would react, especially since she was always prone to angry outbursts when she was drunk. Maybe getting a tongue lashing would make both her and Quinn feel better and then they could put it behind them.

"You're both assholes." Quinn was saying, her voice hoarse. "But at least he's always been an asshole. You Britt….YOU" Brittany flinched again and looked at Santana. Her eyes were swimming with so much regret that it made Santana's heart ache, and all she could hear were her vows; I promise to always protect you. She sighed.

"Alright Quinn enough"

"Don't give me that Santana. You-"

"I said enough. It's my wedding and I deicide that we put it behind us. We've done way worse things to people Quinn, maybe this was our comeuppance."

"No fuck you. Fuck you and you're inability to stay mad at your precious angel, FUCK YOU for being an ASSHOLE Puck and never caring about my feelings, and just FUCK-"

"QUINN, you don't want to finish that sentence. You and I will be having serious problems very quickly if you do. Maybe you wouldn't be so mad at her if you stopped referring to her as an 'angel'. I keep telling you guys that Brittany isn't innocent, that she isn't a passive participant in our relationship or most of the hijinks we get up to. As a matter of fact most of them are her idea. If you would listen to what I've been saying, and actually opened your eyes to see B for who she is, like Noah has, then you wouldn't be so shocked, or hurt, or disappointed, or whatever dramatic adjective you want to use. Brittany is a person, like you and me, and was there right alongside us as we wreaked havoc on the kids at school. She's not some white angel, and she's told you this countless times. Any disappointment that comes from her not living up to that stupid standard of yours is all your fault."

Quinn looked taken aback for a second, then she closed her mouth and nodded.

"That said," Santana said, turning to look at Brittany. "Good one baby" she leaned in to kiss Brittany, who was back to smiling, when fireworks suddenly exploded right outside the window in the colours of Brittany and Santana's wedding.

"A toast" Puck said, handing a glass of champagne to Quinn, who punched him in the arm before taking it. "Congratulations you two. You survived your first night of marriage. We all hope you survive the rest"

"Hear hear" everyone said, taking a sip from glasses that the waiters had all passed around.

"When did you guys all get those?" Brittany asked.

"Magic" Lucas said. Everyone laughed.

Santana leaned forward and kissed Brittany. "I do think you're an ass" she said, smiling against her lips.

"Well my actual ass might take issue with that?"

"Would it?"

"Yeah."

"I may have to make it up to it then" Santana husked, feeling more turned on than she had all night.

"I think you may have to make it up to all of me"

"All?" Santana asked, kissing Brittany's neck.

"Yeah all. Maybe more than once. Who knows if my body is in a forgiving mood or not."

Santana bit down on Brittany's pulse point, her hands moving from her waist down to her ass.

"Oh would you look at that? Right on time" Elaine said, pointing out of the window.

"Sun's peeking out girls. You better head out before things go much further." Puck said, clapping Santana on the back. "Put on your clothes and come"

"It'll be harder to come with my clothes on" Brittany said in a serious voice. Santana burst out laughing.

"Did the wedding grant Santana's brain a direct line of access to your mouth?" Quinn asked, shaking her head.

Neither girl said anything as they put on their clothes. Once they were dressed and had said goodbye to everyone there, Puck had led them back outside.

"Wow, that's a really beautiful sunrise" Santana said.

"Only the best for my wife" Brittany said smiling.