Epilogue:

Five years.

It took five years for Santana to get to this place.

Five years for every single one of her dreams to come true.

Not all of it happened at exactly the five year mark, a lot of it was spread out.

It took a year to plan the most perfect wedding the world had ever seen. She got to stand next to the most beautiful woman she had ever met, under the canopy of the tallest sky-scraping trees that only allowed slivers of sunlight in at a time, surrounded by all her family and friends in the most majestic rainforest she could imagine.

Of course her fiancé was the one to pick the venue. Santana would never have thought of dangling fairy lights from the trees so the whole place looked like it was glowing with dancing Tinkerbells. She wouldn't have thought of having white rose petals scattered across the forest bed to lead up to the colourful archway where they would wed, all because her fiancé remembered the white rose as a symbol of new beginnings after their hard times, the white rose Santana gave her in the hospital. She certainly wouldn't have thought of the beautiful simplicity of having a plain white piano placed to the side of the archway, with two of her closest friends singing Can't help falling in love with you as she walked down the aisle. Although Quinn and Tina sounded beautiful playing one of her favourite songs, Santana couldn't take her eyes off the angelic woman standing lone under the archway on a bed of white rose petals with a sliver of light shining over her body like the world was gravitating her to this woman, and she didn't have any urge to fight it. She was sure her cheeks were going to fall off the next day from smiling so hard but it didn't matter, because standing in front of her, was the woman she was going to spend the rest of her life with.

Brittany.

Of course having a wedding in the middle of a rainforest had its downfalls, and those downfalls, were rainfalls. But Santana couldn't have cared less because marrying Brittany meant being able to dance in the rain without a care in the world. It was the perfect day.

And the next couple of weeks were even more perfect.

The honeymoon.

Now this was Santana's time to shine. Brittany wanted her to pick the place because according to the blonde they were only going to see the inside of their hotel room anyway, which actually turned out to be pretty accurate.

None the less, Santana chose Costa Rica because well, have you seen that place? Amazing. Plus any excuse to see Brittany in a bikini everyday was a good excuse.

So the year after everything started getting a lot more serious. Things started happening, like really fast.

Santana's first single started getting a lot more exposure. She tried to take it in her stride and not really think about where all this was heading just because she didn't want to be disappointed if it didn't work out. But one day, while her and Brittany were on their way to get some groceries, they turned on the radio to hear her song blaring through the speakers. It was that same day that three people in the supermarket stopped her to get a picture. After that day, everything changed.

Eliza called her saying she wanted to make a whole album with her, then the next moment they were planning a tour, Brittany was in charge of Santana and thirty other dancers, and random people were stopping them in the street wherever they went. It was crazy, and they were loving every second of it. This is what they had been waiting for. This was their dream, and they were fucking taking it.

The year following that was filled with good and bad times. Santana and Brittany were off on their first tour, they just packed up their life for three months and travelled the world. It was incredible. Santana got her wish of having sex in as many countries as possible, Brittany too, and every night they got to stand on a stage in front of thousands of screaming fans, and do what they love to do, and they did it together.

But of course there were the bad times too. One night in particular stood out in Santana's mind more than the others.

She had to stay late at the studio one night to finish off a song. Brittany was at home cooking her dinner and going over dance moves for class the next day. However, about an hour into the recording Santana got a phone call. It was Brittany. Santana could feel her blood run cold as soon as she heard the high pitched sobs on the other end of the line. She tried to calm her wife down to ask what was wrong but Brittany sounded like she was breathing so hard she could pass out at any moment. Without leaving an explanation, Santana sprinted from the recording studio and broke all the speed limits on the way home.

Santana bashed through the front door like there was no time to turn the handle, she was pretty sure she hadn't blinked since she picked up her phone but she couldn't be sure, she just had to get to Brittany. She raced through every room of the house calling Brittany's name. The roast chicken was still sitting uncooked on a tray on the kitchen bench with half cut vegetables lying on the chopping block. The sick feeling in her gut got a little bit bigger.

It was then she heard a broken sob sound from the bedroom.

'Brittany!' she yelled and ran to their bedroom. It was when she opened the door that her heart completely fell to the floor.

Brittany was sitting on the wooden floorboards next to their bed, cradling a motionless Lord Tubbington in her shaking arms. The blonde looked up when she felt her presence and Santana fell apart when she saw tears in her favourite blue eyes.

'I-I came to feed him a-and then I f-found him just lying there.' Brittany sobbed. Santana was on the floor and stretching her arms around her wife before Brittany could even finish her sentence.

They buried that fur ball of love in their back yard that night. Santana even shed a few tears for the little guy.

It was in the months to follow that Santana and Brittany both started feeling the weight of not coming home to something small to cuddle and look after, or even just to talk to when the other wasn't there. Brittany was the first to suggest they start thinking about having a family. It was a passing comment, but it stuck in Santana's mind for weeks until finally she blurted out one night after making love that she wanted to start their family now. Quinn and Puck had had another little girl the year before hand and Santana always felt a little rush of maternal love whenever she got to play with Sara. Even though she was scared about what being a mother meant, she couldn't think of anyone else she would want to share a child with other than Brittany, and she didn't want to waste any more time without having absolutely everything with her.

A year later, and pages of documents later, they adopted Josh.

Josh was a four year old dark haired blue eyed little boy with a heart of gold and dimples to kill. His parents had unfortunately been killed in a car accident, and it was on hearing this story and seeing his beautiful face that Brittany nudged Santana one day at the adoption agency and whispered "That's our son." And just like that they no longer were planning on raising a baby, but they were planning on raising a child. Santana was scared out of her mind at first, but there was something in those little blue eyes which reminded her of Brittany, and whether it was a conscious thought or not, she instantly needed to protect him. So about eight months after first meeting Josh, they officially had a son, and a family.

The year to follow was the best year of their life. The first time Josh called Santana Mama she cried for a good hour because of how damn good it felt. A week later he was calling Brittany Mommy and then they were both crying again, meanwhile Josh played intensely with his train set, oblivious to the amazing effect he was having on his parents.

This was also the year they decided Josh needed someone else to play with apart from Sara, he needed a sibling, and it was Santana who suggested it this time. Brittany of course was one step ahead of her and ran into their bedroom to pull a bunch of IVF pamphlets from her bedside table drawers. Apparently the blonde was set on having a baby this time around, after a long discussion, they both agreed Brittany should carry the baby so Santana could continue her singing career. By the look of joy on Brittany's face, Santana knew no one else could carry her baby better than Brittany.

They got the IVF treatment and Santana made it to every appointment on time, even if it meant running out on an interview ten minutes before air time, she had to be there for her wife.

The first attempt, however, was unsuccessful. Brittany got kind of sad because she thought she had done something wrong, but Santana was adamant that they try again, so they did, and hopefully they would be finding out the results soon.

Five years.

Five years and she is now standing on a lighted stage, surrounded by twenty plus dancers, and staring out into a crowd so big she can't even see where the mob of people ends, and the best part? They're all there for her.

It was the last night of her 'Dreaming Of You' tour in New York, the album inspired by her emotional year without Brittany in her life.

Sadly though, Brittany couldn't join her on stage tonight like every other night, instead she was backstage running the show because she felt a little off a few hours before curtain call. Brittany insisted she was fine but Santana wasn't having any of it, the last thing she wanted was for Brittany to collapse on stage, she had been working too hard lately and she needed a break anyway. Brittany huffed and puffed but put on the head piece none the less with a groan and directed and organised the dancers from off stage. Santana gave her a little kiss to thank her.

While singing the last song of the night Santana glanced to her right to see Brittany standing just off stage with a sleepy Josh in one arm and a clipboard in the other. Brittany mouthed an 'I love you' and Santana winked back with an unstoppable smile. She couldn't fucking wait to get home and cuddle those two to pieces.

So as the last song came to an end with a bang, Santana blew a million kisses into the audience and thanked them all for coming to her show until the stage lights dimmed signalling the end of the concert, and she raced with all the energy she had left, back to her family.

Brittany dropped the clipboard as soon as she spotted Santana barrelling towards and it was just in time before her wife collided into her side with a big hug.

'You were amazing!' Brittany beamed and started kissing all over Santana's smiling and sweaty face. 'And hot.' Kiss. 'And your voice!' kiss. 'You were so good baby, everyone loved you.'

Santana giggled and pulled back from the hug so she could place a long loving kiss to pink lips.

'Where's my kissy?' A sleepy little boy groaned from Brittany's neck. Santana laughed and tilted her head in thought.

'I don't know Joshy I think I lost it?' She said and looked at Brittany to see if she would play her game. Brittany smiled and nodded back at Josh.

'Maybe it's behind his ear San?' Brittany said with a chuckle. Josh brought one hand up to scratch behind his ear just as Santana ducked down and blew a raspberry to the back of her sons ear and then began planting quick kisses all over his face.

'I found it!' She giggled and Josh was squirming in laughter. 'Where's Quinn and Puck?' Santana smiled as she tickled her son.

Brittany lifted Josh back up her hip and nodded her head backwards. 'They're in the green room doing god knows what. Our little one wanted to see your last song.'

'Aww thanks Josh, how was i?' Santana said but when she looked back to her son he was already dozing off onto Brittany's shoulder.

'He's a bit worn out.' Brittany pouted and kissed his forehead softly.

'So am I buddy.' Santana smiled and smoothed his hair behind his ear gently before glancing back to her wife. 'Let's go home baby.'

Brittany nodded happily and pecked Santana's lips before moving to walk down the stage steps. They didn't get very far before a voice stopped them.

'Mrs. Lopez-Pierce?' A man called.

Brittany and Santana both turned at their name being called. The man in the backwards cap and short pink shorts with a blue singlet looked back at them stunned.

'Uh, Santana?' He said slowly gesturing to the Latina.

'What do you want Jeremy?' Santana scowled. She just wanted to get home so she could put up the decorations for Josh's birthday party tomorrow. She didn't need Mark's assistant chasing her around like a lost puppy dog.

'Uh Mark wants to see you, says he needs to talk about a press conference for tomorrow.' Jeremy squeaked nervously. Santana stiffened and turned back to her wife.

'Britt, why don't you get Josh something to eat from the green room for a second?' She asked sweetly. Brittany rolled her eyes playfully and pecked Santana's cheek.

'Be nice.' The blonde warned with a smirk.

'I'm always nice.' Santana winked back and watched as her family walked down the rest of the steps, before slowly turning back to Jeremy with a scowl.

'Listen here short shorts, it's my son's fifth birthday tomorrow and it's the first one he will have with us so it will be amazing and it will be the best damn birthday he's ever had.' Santana stepped forward until Jeremy was flush against one of the lighting stands. 'And I will cut anyone or anything that gets in the way of that.' She poked his chest. 'So you can tell Mark, that his little press conference, can get fucked.' She stepped back and held up a finger before he could speak. 'Nod so I know you understand.' Jeremy nodded furiously and Santana smirked in victory. 'Good.'

Jeremy skidded off before Santana had the joy of seeing the fear on his face. She smirked to herself smugly as she made her way downstairs, an extra little bounce in her step. She rarely got the chance to be a bitch anymore with Brittany being such a damn good influence on her, but she also knew Brittany secretly loved it when she protected their family like that.

'Hey Santana!'

Santana stopped on the last step when she heard the voice which instantly made her groan.

Crystal was the back-up dancer on tour who took over Brittany's position on stage tonight. Yes she was a good dancer, nowhere near as good as Britt, but the chick had issues. One being that she was completely obsessed with Santana, and subtlety wasn't her specialty.

'Crystal.' Santana sighed and walked towards the young woman who had quickly changed into a pair of black hot pants and a short tight shirt which could easily pass as a bra. Santana screwed up her nose when Crystal casually puffed out her chest to bring her boobs closer to Santana's face. 'You're looking…slut-tastic.'

Crystal chuckled dryly and gave a little wiggle of her hips. 'Well if you've got it flaunt it right?'

Santana raised her eyebrows and tried to get past the annoying woman without vomiting from the smell of her perfume, but she was stopped with another question.

'Look me and a few of the other girls were going to go out and celebrate the end of a great tour, it wouldn't be much of a celebration without the main attraction.' Crystal smirked.

'Brittany's not free tonight.' Santana dismissed and turned to walk away.

'I was talking about you.' Crystal skipped back up to her as Santana continued to walk back to her dressing room. Could this chick seriously just fuck off?

'Yeah well, I'm going home tonight to take care of my wife and to prepare for our sons birthday tomorrow.' Santana threw over her shoulder.

'Come on.' Crystal laughed. 'The last night of tour is always the craziest. Certainly more fun than a quiet night in with your wife.'

Santana stopped at that comment and spun around on her heels. She was so shocked at how close Crystal was to her that she instinctively pushed the girl away from her with a tap to the shoulder. Crystal didn't seem too offended by the action, unfortunately.

'You obviously have no idea what Brittany can do with a quiet night in then.' Santana quipped and noticed a small blush coat Crystal's cheeks. Santana smirked. 'And spending a night out getting wasted at the strippers isn't exactly what I would call a good time, especially since last time my wife had to drive you home after you projectile vomited onto some chick giving you a lap dance.'

Crystal's jaw almost hit the ground at her words. Santana had to give herself a mental high five, two shutdowns in five minutes? Snixx was back in business.

It was in that moment that Brittany decided to reappear from Santana's dressing room. Santana had to step back a few steps so the door didn't hit her.

'San?' Brittany asked curiously and eyed Crystal suspiciously. Brittany had never liked Crystal, and Santana knew the blonde was just itching to say something to the bitch, her jealously was so damn hot.

'The car's ready.' Brittany said gently without taking her eyes off Crystal who now had her smirk firmly back in place. 'Josh is inside with Quinn.'

'Ok I'll just grab my stuff.' Santana said slowly, glancing between Crystal and her wife who seemed to be having some sort of stare off. Santana leaned up and angled Brittany's jaw so she could press a firm hot kiss to Brittany's lips, making sure Crystal knew exactly who she belonged to, before pulling back.

'Don't be nice.' She whispered into Brittany's ear before opening her dressing room door and entering, leaving her wife to take care of the trash for now, hell at least there's less of a chance the girl will cry if Brittany's the one to take care of it.

'Crystal.' Brittany stated slowly. 'Did you enjoy the tour?'

'Yeah it was great!' Crystal smirked. 'Santana's such a rock star up there isn't she?'

Brittany had to fight the urge to slap this woman down but she couldn't help but agree with her.

'Yeah she is.' Brittany nodded carefully. She was going to choose her next words nicely but that all went out the window when she spotted her gazing at one of the posters of Santana on the wall while biting down on her bottom lip seductively. Brittany felt her whole body tense. 'Well I'm glad you enjoyed the tour, because it's the last tour you will be on with us.'

That got her attention. Crystal's eyes snapped back up to meet deep blue ones.

'What?' She said angrily. 'Why?'

Brittany stepped forward so she could make sure this woman really heard what she was saying, because she was only going to say it once. Somewhere in the back of her mind she registered the door behind her open and shut but she ignored whoever it was. No one looks at her wife like that but her.

'There's a fine line between admiring my wife's talent, and trying to get your sweaty hands on what you can't have.' Brittany scowled. 'You crossed that line, and I think you know which way you crossed.'

'Brittany I didn't mean to –' Crystal started but Brittany was quick to cut her off.

'Have fun tonight with the girls.' She stated sternly and turned around to go check on her family when suddenly there they were in front of her. Santana rested a sleeping Josh on her hip while sporting a proud smirk.

Brittany looked back over her shoulder to see Crystal was now gone, hopefully that would be the last time she ever saw her smug little face. When she turned back to her wife Santana was still smiling.

'What?' Brittany smiled back. She couldn't help it when Santana's dimples were showing like that, it was one of her many weaknesses.

Santana stepped forward slowly until she was a breath away from pink lips.

'You're so S-E-X-Y when you're jealous.' Santana whispered. Brittany giggled and rolled her eyes playfully. Ever since Josh had come into their life they had gotten into the habit of spelling anything not so G rated. They both dreaded the day he learnt how to read more than 'cat' or 'dog'.

Brittany closed the gap and pressed a sweet kiss to her wife's smiling lips. 'Yeah well I won't be anymore because Crystal is F-I-R-E-D.'

'Good.' Santana said quickly and shrugged. 'She was a sloppy dancer anyway.'

Brittany tilted her head to the side and smiled. 'You said that about all the girls who auditioned to replace me in case of emergency.'

Santana smirked at being caught and leant in for another kiss. 'Well maybe because you're irreplaceable.'

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Once they finally arrived home Santana did the honors of carrying their little boy to bed. Brittany was close behind planting light kisses over his head as they walked and pecking the side of Santana's face whenever she looked like she wasn't paying attention. Santana would just giggle and hide her face in Josh's hair.

They both tucked him into his power rangers themed bed, and planted a light kiss to his forehead before sneaking quietly out of the room.

Santana told her wife to go to bed and rest, seeing as though Brittany wasn't feeling too great earlier, while she hopped in the shower and washed away all the sweat and glitter from her body. When she walked back into their bedroom with a towel loosely draped over her naked body Santana could only shake her head with a smile as she noticed the empty bed.

Santana quickly slipped on a pair of sweats and the first sweater she could find in the drawer, which happened to be one of Brittany's home-made rainbow sweaters which were about three sizes too big for her. She'd never wear it in public, but whatever, she looked fucking adorable in it.

When she slowly walked back into the living room with tired feet Brittany was already hard at work cutting clouds out of cardboard she had painted white earlier in the week. Santana smiled to herself and casually leant up against the door frame, watching her wife sort out little work stations on the living room rug filled with paint and streamers and bits of material. Brittany definitely looked like she was in her element.

'I thought I told you to rest?' Santana said teasingly.

Brittany looked up in surprise at being caught but smiled when she spotted Santana's grin.

'I'm fine now, I promise, I just felt a little sick earlier that's all.' Brittany shrugged and continued cutting clouds into the cardboard. Santana shook her head playfully. 'Anyway I think it should be you who needs to rest, it's been a long tour and you were so amazing tonight, you must be exhausted.'

Santana bopped her hip off the door frame and wandered over to Brittany, she waved her hand in the air with dismissal and picked up one of the clouds Brittany had cut out.

'Nah, I'm not that tired.' She yawned and heard Brittany giggle. 'I wouldn't be able to get to sleep until you came to bed anyway.'

Brittany smiled and crawled over to her wife to plant a sweet kiss to her cheek. 'Are you sad the tours over?' She asked.

Santana shook her head while she threaded a cloud through a blue streamer and hung it from the ceiling. 'No, I mean it was amazing and I loved every second of it, but now I can spend a couple of years back here with you and Joshy and work on my next album.' She shrugged and picked up the next cloud. 'That way at least Josh can kind of settle into school and I can be around to help out more.' She looked back to Brittany as she handed her another cloud. 'And you know, maybe we could keep trying to extend our little family.'

Brittany smiled so big Santana kind of forgot how tired she was, it was like an instant expresso shot or something to see her wife so happy.

Brittany bounced over to her and wrapped her long arms around Santana's waist from behind. Santana relaxed back into the embrace and let Brittany support most of her body weight. Now she was kind of tired again, especially when she could feel the steady rhythm of Brittany's heart beat against her back. So soothing.

'Mmm I like the sound of that.' Brittany whispered in her ear.

They stood like that for a moment, holding each other and taking time to slow down from the high energy stadium they were at only hours beforehand.

The theme of Josh's birthday party tomorrow was Superheroes because ever since he had come into their lives he had been obsessed with them, and right now, Santana kind of felt like a Superhero. Not in the sense that she had superpowers and fought against bad guys, not that she wouldn't win of course, but because it was like she was living two different lives. Whenever she was in 'work' mode, Santana was a superstar, people looked up to her and really loved her without actually knowing her at all, and she loved every second of it, but she wouldn't love it so much if she couldn't go home at the end of the day, put on a baggy home knitted sweater, and have snuggles with her wife for no more reason than to simply hold each other. If she didn't have Brittany with her through all this, she wouldn't have anything.

And of course Josh. He made everything better, every word that came out of his mouth was like a blessing to be remembered forever. When they first got him into the local preschool Josh struggled a bit with making friends, his teacher even said he got picked on a few times. Santana's first instinct to this news was to drive Josh to school the next day and introduce Mrs Snixx to the class, luckily she has an extremely smart wife. The next afternoon when Santana picked him up from preschool Josh was so busy playing with two other boys that he didn't even see her car pull up. Santana only smiled in awe, it was like her boy had suddenly adopted the Lopez confidence overnight.

Well, when they got home and Santana told him to change out of his clothes she couldn't say she was surprised when Josh took off his shirt to reveal a superman t-shirt underneath. By the way he puffed his chest out when he wore it Santana knew it was the shirt that gave him the confidence, and she could bet her savings on who gave it to him. That was another thing she needed Brittany for, she was able to dive into Josh's world and understand him when Santana just couldn't.

She loved that boy to death, and she wanted him to have everything in this world.

'I was thinking.' She said quietly and Brittany hummed against her shoulder in reply. 'Tomorrow is a pretty special day for our boy, and we've had Josh in our family for almost a year now and we still haven't decided his Godparents…'

Brittany angled her head to the side so she could speak. 'What so you want to announce it tomorrow?' She asked sweetly.

'Yeah maybe?'

Brittany nodded against her shoulder. 'Who do you have in mind?'

'I don't know, I think it should be up to him to decide, as long as he doesn't choose Rachel.' She shrugged and heard Brittany giggle behind her.

'I think that's a great idea.' Brittany smiled and pressed a kiss to Santana's cheek before releasing her from her arms.

Brittany went to work draping fake cobwebs around the living room, because apparently it represented that Spiderman had been there, Santana couldn't really argue with that. Santana, on the other hand, set about moving the furniture around quietly so there was enough floor space for Josh to drag out all his toys in the morning and show Sara.

'What time are your parents getting in tomorrow?' Santana asked as she repositioned the couch against the far wall.

'Same time as yours.' Brittany called.

'What they're on the same flight?'

'Uh huh.' Brittany followed Santana and draped a big cobweb over the arm of the couch. 'Your Dad's really excited about his present.'

Santana raised her eyebrows and sighed because she could just imagine what her dad had in store for their little guy. Ever since they've had Josh her father has been spoiling him rotten with toys and clothes and little remote control cars which drove Santana crazy when she could hear them racing around Josh's room after lights out.

'Yeah well I just hope it isn't anything too extravagant, I don't want our little boy getting a big head before he goes back to school.' She said.

Brittany smiled and shrugged. 'Papa just wants to spoil his Grandson.'

Santana stopped in her tracks just as she was about to lift the coffee table up. 'Oh God please don't call him that.' She winced.

'Josh gets to.' Brittany whined adorably.

'Yeah and that's bad enough.' Santana chuckled.

'Come on I think it's cute.' Brittany pouted and Santana was quick to throw a couch cushion at her playfully to stop her from pouting those luscious lips. They were at the stage where Santana knew a pout was coming before Brittany even did.

Brittany giggled and caught the cushion, throwing it right back at her wife. Santana caught it also and poked out her tongue teasingly before placing the cushion back in its rightful place on the couch.

'I think we're done.' Santana sighed, placing her hands on her hips and looking around. Clouds were hanging from the ceiling so Josh would feel like he was flying like Superman when Puck picked him up and raced him around the house. Spiderman's spider-webs were draped evenly around the living room, the batman cake they had made Quinn bake sat cooling in the fridge, Brittany had attempted to make it but it turned out more like a blob cake than a bat cake. 'Do you like it?'

Brittany nodded and stepped in front of Santana to wrap her arms around her waist loosely. Santana smiled and placed her arms around Brittany's neck, leaning forward to rest their foreheads together.

'Mmm I do.' Brittany hummed. 'You want to know what else I like?'

Santana chuckled and moved her lips up Brittany jaw until she met her ear. 'Me in your fluffy rainbow sweater?' She whispered seductively.

Brittany pulled back from the embrace with an unstoppable smile. 'How did you know?'

Santana laughed and gently scratched the back of Brittany's neck. 'I saw you side eyeing me when I was hanging the clouds.' Santana watched lustfully as Brittany bit down on her bottom lip and felt her fingertips trail up under her sweater and trace over her lower back. She shuddered at the touch. 'You know we've been out here a while.' She whispered. 'Josh would be fast asleep by now.'

She felt Brittany lean forward and breathe hotly against her neck. Dear god this woman gets hotter with every day that passes.

'Mmm bedroom?' Brittany breathed.

Santana nodded before drawing Brittany's face back up to meet with hers. She met her gaze before brushing their lips together. 'Bedroom.'

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The next morning Santana and Brittany got woken up at the crack of dawn with a ball of energy jumping up and down on their bed. Santana's first thought was thank god they had the sense to put their clothes back on before they went to sleep last night. The last thing Josh needed first thing on his birthday was to be scarred for life. She could tell Brittany thought the same thing when she woke up in a fright and quickly ducked her head under the covers to see what she had on, emerging seconds later with a look of relief on her face, Santana just giggled at the light blush on pale cheeks.

Once everyone had showered and gotten dressed into their superhero costumes, as requested by the birthday boy, it was time for breakfast. Santana took charge in making Josh's special pancakes. They were only special because Brittany let him pick whatever he wanted to go into the pancake mix. Of course Josh chose gummy bears, chocolate bites and mini marsh-mellows. Santana was pretty sure Brittany was more excited about the combination than Josh was, especially when she got to draw pictures on the finished pancakes with chocolate sauce. Santana couldn't help but smile watching Josh in his little Superman costume and Brittany in her Cinderella costume smudging chocolate sauce all over their faces. Neither Josh nor Santana had the heart to tell Brittany Cinderella wasn't a superhero, especially when she looked so happy and beautiful twirling around in her dress.

Santana on the other hand pretended to hate the fact that she was being made to wear a costume all day, but secretly she loved the way Brittany gazed over her body in her skin tight Wonderwoman costume and blushed whenever Santana winked at her. She might just save this outfit for tonight.

Over breakfast Santana casually brought up the idea of picking a Godparent for Josh, after an explanation of what that meant, Josh almost instantly picked Quinn. Santana lifted Josh up in victory and spun him around the kitchen, showering his cute little face with kisses. She could hear Brittany giggling from across the counter but whatever, because if he had picked anyone else she would have honoured his wishes of course, but she wouldn't have completely approved. Santana knew above everything else, that Quinn would love and care for Josh with all her heart, and in her eyes she couldn't imagine anyone else to love their little boy better than someone who knew her and Brittany like the inside of her hand, someone who would do whatever it takes to keep him safe. Thank god he chose Quinn.

After a very sugary breakfast it was time for Santana to give Josh his present. It was from both her and Brittany but she had insisted that she take care of his birthday present this year, Brittany sooked a little bit but eventually let Santana get his present by herself. Santana would have felt guilty if she wasn't so sure that Brittany would probably love the gift more than Josh did.

Needless to say when Santana walked out into the living room with a cardboard box Brittany looked very suspicious, it was when Josh opened the box and a small furry kitten jumped out into his lap that Brittany's face lit up like the fourth of July. Josh's dimples were on full display as he chased little 'Bear cub' around the house. Santana wasn't quite sure where the name came from because it didn't really make sense whatsoever, but Josh liked it, and Brittany of course thought it was the most perfect name in the world.

Santana couldn't wipe the smile off her face watching her two favourite people chase this ball of fur around the house. As she cleaned up the dishes she'd hear a bout of giggles every so often from different rooms in the house and it only made her chuckle to herself. Although Brittany tried not to show it, Santana knew she was still upset about the passing of Lord T, so to see her use her cute little talking-to-an-animal voice again was nearly as good as watching Josh double over in laughter when little bear cub sneezed in Brittany's face.

It was an hour later when everyone started to arrive. Both Santana and Brittany's parents arrived at the same time. Santana's father and James almost immediately went out to the back yard to build something for Josh, she knew her father just couldn't help himself.

Sharon and Maria pottered around the kitchen to help with lunch while the other guests began to arrive. Puck and Quinn were next to make it which was great because now Josh could show Sara all his toys and play around while the moms could gossip.

'So what's news with you Miss Fabray?' Santana asked as they sat down on the couch and watched their little ones play. 'I know I only saw you last night but we didn't exactly get much time to chat.'

Quinn angled herself closer to Santana and fiddled nervously with her hands. 'Uh, well it's kind of crazy but…I'm in the process of getting Beth back.'

'W-what?' Santana stammered in shock. 'How? What?'

'Well not get her back get her back.' Quinn rolled her hands in the air like it was only a minor detail. 'But she's turning seven soon and Shelby wants to tell her about Puck and I. She wants us to be in her life, and you know Shelby wants to go back to Broadway? So we'll get to take care of Beth when she can't.'

'Quinn…' Santana shook her head with a smile. 'That's amazing, I'm so happy for you guys.'

'Thanks, I just can't wait to tell Sara, she would love to have an older sister.' Quinn beamed. Santana smiled thoughtfully, after all the shit Quinn had been through in her life, thank god she came out on top. Santana couldn't imagine a better mother, well apart from Brittany of course.

'So I talked to Josh about having a Godparent, and I asked him who he would like…' Santana said with a small smile and watched as Quinn's face lit up with hope. 'So do you know when Rachel is getting here so I can tell her?'

'What?!' Quinn yelled and quirked her brow. 'You're kidding me right? She doesn't even know his favourite color!'

Santana giggled and stilled the movements of Quinn's flailing arms. 'Relax incredible Hulk, he asked for you.'

Quinn breathed a sigh of relief and lowered her arms back down to her lap. 'What can I say the boy has good taste.' She joked.

'He's got his Mommy's intelligence.' Santana smiled.

Just as lunch was being served the others finally arrived. Josh took charge in greeting all the guests which at first was cute until Santana caught onto his little plan of getting his presents off them straight away and then running back into the living room to unwrap it. She would have told him to stop waiting by the door for presents if she hadn't of spotted Brittany sitting on the arm of the couch with a huge smile taking photos of him every time he brought back a new present to open.

Finn and Rachel had bought him a karaoke machine, no surprises there, Quinn had taken the liberty of buying some new shoes for Josh while Puck handed him a stack of his old comic books which actually turned out great because Josh didn't need to be able to read the words to understand the story, plus they were filled with Superheroes. Kurt and Blaine wrapped up a little purple suit that Kurt had made a couple of weeks ago, Santana was quick to ban it from ever being worn in public but unfortunately Brittany loved it, so yeah, that argument was over.

A couple of hours after lunch Santana and Brittany's Dad's finally came inside to announce that their present was ready. Santana sighed and nodded for Josh to follow his Grandparents outside. She was kind of nervous about what was waiting for them in the back yard. What if the present was so extravagant that they couldn't keep it? And then she would have to be the bitch to tell her son that he couldn't have it anymore. Santana shook her head lightly.

As everyone scuttled to fit through the door she felt a soft hand slip into hers and a warm breath by her ear.

'They love him baby, it's just a present.' Brittany whispered into her ear before planting a light kiss to her jaw.

And just like that, all her thoughts fell to the floor, and her head swam with a calmness only Brittany could ever bring her.

'Wow!'

Santana looked to Brittany at the sound of Josh's excitement and the blonde just smiled back and nodded towards the back yard. Santana walked slowly into the backyard and stopped in shock. Amongst their little garden was a cute little wooden cubby house where instead of an A framed roof top there was a flat look-out station and different coloured wooden swords resting against the small blue door.

'First lesson in being a man Josh.' James said and lifted josh up onto the look-out. 'You always need your own man cave.'

'Like Batman!' Josh shouted enthusiastically.

Santana and Brittany spent the rest of the afternoon chasing Josh and Sara around with the wooden swords while trying not get squirted by the water guns which were hidden sneakily inside the cubby house. When Josh had discovered that little gem he came racing out of the cubby house with a water pistol in both hands laughing at his luck, Brittany grabbed Santana's hand as soon as she saw this and pulled her wife behind one of the big tree's framing the garden bed for cover.

Santana was pushed flush against the tree bark panting with Brittany practically squished to her front. She giggled and tucked a stray piece of blonde hair behind her ear.

'My hero.' She whispered before leaning in and pressing a soft kiss to pink smiling lips.

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After everyone had left and it was just the three of them again, Santana decided it was bed time for Joshy. She really hoped he had had a good birthday, and she eventually decided that he had if the dopey smile he was sporting was anything to go by, but then again that could just be because he was changing out of his Superman costume only to change into Superman pajama's.

Santana smiled to herself and shook her head gently as she tucked Josh into his covers.

'Can you read me a book Mama?' He pouted. Santana rolled her eyes, she knew where he got that look from.

'Of course Joshy.' Santana smiled and gave Josh a little kiss to his forehead. 'We just have to wait for Mommy to get back from the bathroom.'

'Did I miss story time?' Brittany puffed as she entered the room. Santana and Josh both giggled because she must have raced back from the bathroom so she wouldn't miss hearing one of her favourite stories.

'We wouldn't start without you babe.' Santana reassured. 'Now take a seat my dear because I am about to take you two on a very special adventure through a mystical land..'

Brittany gasped in excitement and quickly bounced over to an equally excited Josh. Santana smiled as she watched Brittany jump onto Josh's bed and sit up against the headboard, putting one arm around their little boy and pulling him close to her side. So adorable. They love story time.

'Ok!' Santana announced as she pottered around the room and looked through Josh's endless supply of books. Brittany had made it a habit to buy Josh a book from every new book store they pass, somewhere along the way Santana adopted the same habit, he had books from all over the world now. 'What would you like to hear, we've gotttt…Jack and the bean stalk, the very hungry catapillar, or Mr Grumpy went to the market?'

She looked back to Josh for an answer but he was only shaking his head in disagreement.

'No?' Brittany asked sweetly. 'You don't want to hear any of them? Mama does a really good Mr Grumpy.'

Santana scowled playfully at her wife who only winked back in return.

'Is there something else you want to hear?' Santana asked.

Josh nodded while half of his face was covered by his blanket.

'Yes?' Brittany questioned.

'I want a different story.' He mumbled.

Santana bit her bottom lip in thought and turned around to have another look through his bookshelf. There weren't many books she knew well enough to do a good job in making it exciting. Brittany was so much better at this then she was but her wife insisted that they take it in turns, Santana had to admit it was pretty fun getting to play different characters, and Brittany and Josh always laughed at her impressions.

'The magic school bus?' She asked and turned back to Josh. He only shook his head.

'No, a new story!' Josh demanded. Santana looked back to her wife for a little help, she wasn't prepared for a new story, he didn't give her enough notice!

'This is your field Britt.' Santana pleaded.

Brittany tilted her head in thought and played idly with the cuff of Josh's right sleeve.

'Ok I think I have something.' She announced after a few moments and Santana sighed in relief. Thank god, she didn't want to ruin Josh's birthday right at the end when the whole day had gone so perfectly.

Santana sat down on the end of Josh's bed in preparation for what was sure to be an amazing story, anything that came straight from Brittany's own mind had no choice but to be pure genius. Brittany waited until Santana was comfortable before starting.

'Once upon a time in a small town far far away there lived a little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes.' She began.

'Just like you Mommy.' Josh said in surprise.

'Just like me.' Brittany agreed with a smile. 'Let's call her…'

Josh thought for a moment. 'Princess Blue Eyes?'

Santana smiled and nodded at her little boy. How had she not been calling Brittany that her whole life? 'Sounds perfect Joshy.'

Brittany was blushing but she tried to cover it by quickly continuing with the story.

'Ok, now Princess Blue Eyes had to go to a big new school, just like you, and she was scared because she was only little, and on the first day she got lost when she got distracted by a magical butterfly.' Brittany exclaimed and twinkled her fingers in the air like a butterfly.

'Oh no!' Josh yelled. Santana almost fell off the bed in fright.

'Jesus.' She breathed and held her hand to her heart.

'Yes.' Brittany giggled. 'But it was ok because her teacher was very sweet and came and found her, her name was Miss…'

'Miss Honey.' Josh said.

Santana smiled. 'I think I remember this story.'

'Mama don't ruin it!' Josh whined and Santana laughed lightly with her hands up in defence. Brittany winked at her.

'So Miss Honey brought Princess Blue Eyes back to class where there were all these different types of trolls sitting behind their desks and making lots of noise.' Josh was hanging off every word that came from Brittany's mouth. 'Princess Blue Eyes was very scared of these trolls and Miss Honey even told her to sit next to one of the trolls.'

Josh gasped. 'What did she do?!'

Well fuck, even Santana was really interested in this story now. She hoped Princess Blue Eyes would be okay!

'Well luckily for Princess Blue Eyes she looked through the room of trolls searching for somewhere safe to sit…' Brittany looked up and locked eyes with Santana, they shared a small and knowing smile. '...and then she saw her.'

'Another Princess?' Josh asked and Brittany redirected her gaze back onto her son.

'Yes, but this one had long raven hair and eyes so deep they felt like they could look into your very soul.'

Santana couldn't help but blush at her words. It's just a story, stop blushing you fool.

'Did she have super powers?' Joshy questioned.

'Yes, she did.' Brittany nodded. That perked Santana's interest again, she didn't remember shooting fire from her hands or being able to read people's minds. 'In fact one of them was the power to shield herself from the bad guys.'

Santana felt that blush come back.

'Cool.' Josh breathed with wide eyes.

'It was cool, but sometimes her shields would get stuck, and she couldn't get them down to let the good guys in.' Brittany said quietly. Santana looked up with guilt to see Brittany smiling back at her and mouthing an I love you.

'Was Princess Blue Eyes scared of her?' Josh asked. Santana continued to look deep into Brittany's eyes, desperate for the answer to that question. Was Brittany really ever scared of her?

'No.' Brittany said quietly and shook her head. 'Not for a second, you wanna know why?' Josh nodded furiously. 'Because even though Princess Raven Locks had her shield up, Princess Blue Eyes knew that every Superhero has to have a weakness.'

Santana tilted her head in thought with a lopsided grin.

'Was it Kryptonite like Superman?' Josh questioned excitedly.

'No.' Brittany shook her head and pressed her index finger to the left side of his chest. 'She needed a shield to protect her broken heart. Sometimes it wouldn't work properly.'

Santana felt a wave of emotion hit her all at once. She quickly willed the tears building in her eyes to disappear, she didn't want to cry in front of Josh, especially when Brittany was looking at her so lovingly. God she loved this woman.

'But not to worry.' Brittany continued thankfully. 'Because Princess Blue Eyes was the only one who knew how to cure her broken heart and let her shield fall back down so she could be close to her and they could protect each other from the trolls.'

'What was the cure?' The birthday boy asked. His eyes were drawn on Brittany's every move like she held all the answers to the world, and there was Brittany lazily leaning against the headrest with her strong warm arms wrapped calmly around their son like it was the easiest story she had ever told.

Santana had her eyebrow firmly quirked, she wanted to know what this so called cure was to her shield.

She watched Brittany as she leant closer to Josh like she was about to whisper in his ear, but then at the last second she gave him a big kiss on his cheek.

'Kisses!' She yelled and showered their little boy with a million kisses. Josh squirmed and laughed and tried to get away from Brittany's grip but she only held him tighter.

Santana laughed along too, because Brittany was right, all it took was a kiss and Santana's world was flipped upside down, all her shields came crashing to the ground like a ton of bricks.

'This is a good story.' Josh giggled once they had both settled down a bit.

'I'm glad you like it little man, but it is a bit of a long story, why don't we leave the rest for another night?' Brittany said.

'No I want to know what happens.' Josh whined with a pout. Santana instantly had to look away from his face before she caved.

'It's been a long day buddy.' She said as she kept her eyes on the carpet. 'You need to sleep.'

Josh groaned and looked back to Brittany. 'At least tell me how it ends Mommy.'

'You want to know how it ends?' Brittany questioned and Josh nodded. Santana watched curiously as her wife bit down on her bottom lip like she wasn't sure how to end the story, or maybe she didn't want to end it? Eventually she nodded in agreement. 'Ok.'

Brittany looked to Santana with a smirk as she leant down and whispered something quietly into Josh's ear. Santana quirked her brow, since when did Brittany keep her in the dark at story time? She wanted to know how their little love story ended too.

A moment later Brittany pulled back and Santana's gaze drifted to the big smile on their son's face.

'Really?' Josh smiled and Brittany nodded with a wide grin. 'Cool.'

Ok well now she really needed to know what the hell was going on. She looked to Brittany for an explanation but she was only smiling at her with an unstoppable grin like she knew something Santana didn't.

'How does it end?' Santana eventually blurted with frustration.

Brittany looked down to Josh and nodded, giving him the permission to reveal the ending.

Josh looked to his Mama with a sparkle in his eye and uttered the words which sent Santana's heart racing and eyes watering.

'Princess Blue Eyes is pregnant.'

After staring at her son for long enough for his face to screw up in confusion Santana finally had the capability to control her thoughts, and look up to her wife. Brittany's eyes were glistening with unshed tears and it only made her heart swell more. Santana was opening and closing her mouth like she couldn't quite remember how to form words and she was pretty sure she had been holding her breath for the last thirty seconds, but she couldn't find the will to care, because they were having a baby, a real life baby that she could hold in her arms and rock to sleep every night.

'What's wrong with Mama?' Josh whispered to his Mother. Brittany squeezed her little boy tight and kissed his forehead.

'Nothing's wrong Joshy.' Brittany beamed and wiped a tear from her cheek. 'Everything's perfect.'

It was when Brittany's right hand travelled down her body to gently rub over her stomach that Santana finally snapped out of her dream-like state.

'B-Britt…' She whispered. She wasn't even sure if it was a question or if it was the only word her mouth could form, Brittany thankfully seemed to understand what she was going through.

'I-I took a test before in the bathroom, a-and it came back positive. I know I should have told you I was taking it but I didn't want you to be disappointed again if it didn't –'

'You're pregnant?' Santana breathed, interrupting Brittany's ramble.

Brittany nodded slowly with a small smile playing on her lips. 'It worked San.' She beamed. 'We're going to have a baby.'

Santana's tears broke loose at about the same time she shot off Josh's bed and lunged towards her family. Josh cowered into Brittany's chest to protect himself from the force of Santana's hug. Brittany only giggled with happiness and pulled Santana closer to her body.

'Wait, wait!' Santana yelled and launched herself away from her wife. 'A-am I squishing the baby?'

Brittany smiled and shook her head. 'No baby. Here.' She took a hold of Santana's hand and slowly brought it to rest on her stomach. 'We have a little boy or girl growing in there San.'

Santana felt a tear trace gently down her face as she slowly leant down, lifted up her wife's shirt just a tad, and gave their little baby a kiss.

Brittany squirmed playfully. 'That tickles.'

Santana laughed with a dopey grin and kissed Brittany sweetly on the lips.

'You're amazing.' She smiled, receiving an equally wide grin from Brittany. 'Joshy, how do you feel about having a little brother or sister to play with?'

Josh's eyes went wide with excitement. 'We could play in my cubby house!'

'Yeah you can!' Brittany beamed before gazing back to her wife who was staring at her flat stomach with the cutest dimples she had ever seen. Brittany was pretty sure she fell in love with this woman over and over again every day, and she had absolutely no problem with that. 'San?'

Santana slowly lifted her eyes to meet with precious blue ones. Brittany was just smiling back at her.

'Holy C-R-A-P.' Santana whispered. Brittany giggled with a nod.

'Mama you're not supposed to swear.' Josh yawned.

Santana's eyes shot open and she looked back to her wife with a look of how-the-hell-did-he-know-that?

Brittany just shrugged. 'He was hanging out with Puck a lot today.' Santana scoffed and rolled her eyes. Of course Puckerman would be the one to corrupt their child. 'I think it's time you went to the land of nod little man.'

Josh sighed and slipped down further under the covers until his head was resting on his pillow. Brittany smoothed back his hair as Santana leaned down and pressed a loving kiss to his cheek.

'Good night my little five year old angel.' She whispered.

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Thirty minutes later Santana had Brittany wrapped up in her arms, one arm was trapped under long blonde hair, and the other was gently running over the smooth skin of Brittany's stomach. She hummed softly and contently into the warm night air, trying to figure out how she managed to be one of the lucky ones in this world, she had everything she could ever want and more.

'Santana?' She heard Brittany mumble sleepily.

'Yeah baby?' Santana breathed into strawberry smelling blonde locks.

'I just remembered I haven't said I love you yet tonight.' Brittany mumbled even quieter. Santana could tell she was fighting to stay awake, her wife was so damn cute. 'I love you Santana…and our baby will love you too.'

Santana smiled into blonde hair and pressed a sweet kiss to the back of Brittany's head.

'I'll love you forever Britt.'

The Enddddd

Hope that was okay and I didn't just completely ruin the whole story:/

Once again thank you for all the support:) xx