EPILOGUE - 8 MONTHS LATER
"Happy Birthdaaay sleepyhead" Quinn's voice jolted Santana from her sleep, she immediately sat up and saw her best friend sitting on the end of her bed holding a cupcake with a candle in it.
"Quinny!" she grinned and clambered across her bed throwing her arms around the blonde and hugging her closely, inhaling the sweet smell of icing sugar and strawberry.
"Surprise" Quinn grinned and kissed Santana's cheek
"What are you doing here?" Santana said keeping her arms around Quinn
"I thought you had a final exam?"
"I lied" Quinn smirked "I didn't want to miss your birthday"
Santana grinned "Now I have a date to my own party Audrey's throwing me"
Quinn giggled "I'd be honored"
Santana bit her lip and looked at Quinn. Two months ago they'd kissed, and she hadn't to this day stopped thinking about it.
"You look very pretty today Miss Fabray" she said running her fingers through Quinn's hair moving it out of her eyes
"Why thank you, I call it the get-up-before-the-sun-to-make-it-to-my-best-friend s-house-for-when-she-wakes-up-on-her-birthday look"
Santana chuckled and Quinn playfully rolled her eyes and began digging in her bag
"I have something for you" she said bringing out a small velvet midnight blue box.
Santana looked at the box and then at her curiously
"When you were in hospital before Thanksgiving" Quinn started "I tried to tell you something, but it didn't work, and I was kinda being a chicken about it and things were kinda weird with you and Audrey and you were still crying yourself to sleep about Brittany, so I said nothing, but now, now everything has changed and I'm moving here after I graduate and I need to tell you"
Santana's eyes searched Quinn's face for answers
"tell me what?"
"That I love you Santana, I mean, I'm in love with you"
Santana felt her heart beat faster, trying to fight the corners of her mouth turning up into a smile as the words she heard Quinn say sunk in.
"That time we kissed I felt something I'd never felt before, and I knew I shouldn't but I couldn't help it, and I'm hopelessly in love with you, I'm so sorry this is shittley timed and not romantic but I honestly couldn't keep it from you any longer…"
"Q" Santana cut the blonde off leaning in close
"I love you" she said the three little words came out of her mouth without hesitation, it didn't feel like wrong, it felt perfect. Quinn froze, she couldn't move her eyes off Santana.
"Why do you look so shocked?" Santana asked with a laugh and kissed Quinn lightly on the lips
The stunned blonde sat in front of Santana and slipped the velvet box into Santana's hand.
"Open it" she said
Opening the box Santana found herself looking at a small silver ring with a heart on it.
"Quinn…"
"You take my breath away, Santana" Quinn said "I think you're perfect, and I always want to be there for you, I get that its complicated and you'll never love anyone as much as Brittany, but honestly I just want to be your person so that you'll never have to be alone ever again. I want to make you happy"
"You already make me happy Q" Santana said a tear falling down her cheek
"Don't cry, oh my god" Quinn pouted
"These are good tears I promise" Santana said wiping them away with a smile
"I'm going to wear this always, because you're my person, my amazing person" Santana said slipping the ring on her ring finger then looking at Quinn who raised an eyebrow
"Are you sure about that finger?" she asked
"You get it, Quinn, you get it and you get me" Santana smiled
"That's all I need"
Quinn smiled back her golden green eyes sparkled
"Have you seen Britt lately?" she asked
"No" Santana said "I've barely seen her at all, but I know she's there, she's always there"
Santana lay back down on her bed comfortably with her head in Quinn's lap
"And she loves you too" she added
"I guess it really is the Unholy Trinity for life" Quinn said with a smirk
(might edit the ending later)
((sorry it took so long))
xx