I am back! Well, kind of. My sister (LionsMakeYouBrave) helped me write this chapter. :3 she's the best. Go read her story On The Field! It's amazing and I'm super proud of her.

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"Oh, and Santana?" She asked all innocently.

"Yes, Spencer?" I asked, confused.

"You fuck up my company, and I will kill you."

I gulped loudly as the words left Spencer's mouth. She had just left Carebear mode and entered into scary Furby-like 'I will murder you in your sleep' mode.

I nodded my head as Spencer smirked, turning back around to exit the apartment. She grabbed the door handle and looked back once more.

"Good luck, Lopez." She said sincerely before closing the door behind her. I sighed in content to finally have Spencer off of my back. The worst part was now over. Dealing with the big boss was probably the biggest worry I had when I said "yes" to Brittany.

I'm pretty sure I stood in the middle of my living for a good fifteen minutes with a giant smile on my face because the next thing I realize, my phone is vibrating in my pocket.

I closed my eyes and drew in a deep breath, grabbing my phone from my pocket. Without looking at the caller ID, I answered.

"Santana Lopez." I said, half-dazed.

"San? Baby? Are you okay?" Brittany's concerned voice flooded my ear. "Spencer just got back with a giant smirk on her face, and she said she gave you this huge lecture, and said if you fuck up her company she'll kill you. Oh my God, what if she really kills you? Santana, please tell me you're okay. You sounded high or like upset." Brittany rambled. It was cute. "Just please tell me that you're okay, baby."

"Yes, Brit. I am okay." I said, shaking my head to collect myself. I lightly chuckled at Brittany's concern. "I am really okay."

"Oh thank God." Brittany exhaled. "Spencer is scary, Santana. How do you deal with that?"

"I know all of her dirty secrets." I joked. "You off of work, yet?"

"I just walked out the door, I'll be over soon." Brittany said.

"All right, I'll leave the door unlocked."

"Okay, bye Santana." Brittany paused for a second. "I lo-… I'll see you soon." She hung up the phone.

The almost slipup didn't go unnoticed by me. Once I heard it, the smile was plastered back on my face. I looked at my phone's time to see that it was 1:40. I figured it would take Brittany at least 30 minutes to get here in lunch rush hour traffic, and the fact that this girl does not speed at all. She's never even gotten a ticket.

I skipped towards my bedroom… or more like danced towards my bedroom. Nothing was going to bring my day down.

I, Santana Rae Lopez, am officially taken.

I'm officially taken.

Wait, I'm officially taken.

I stopped dead center in the middle of my bedroom when the sudden realization came over. I was in a relationship. I hated relationships. Relationships and I don't get along. That overwhelming sense of fear hit me like a pillowcase full of bricks. What if I fuck this up? What if I get way too attached like I did last time and then Brittany leaves me for someone else?

But then again… it was Brittany Susan Pierce. She was the most amazing, bubbly, and intriguing girl I have ever laid my eyes on. She would never hurt anyone intentionally, not like Quinn hurt me.

"Brittany is not Quinn. Brittany is NOT Quinn." I whispered to myself before walking around in circles around my bedroom. I had to make sure that I didn't just bite off more than I could chew.

For me, being committed to someone means I am about to give them my all. I need to make sure that this is exactly what I want before I get in way too deep.

Do I really want to spend all of this time trying to commit to Brittany?

Yes.

Brain, so NOT helping… but like… what if she's like Quinn.

Stop comparing her to Quinn.

What if she wants to move in with me? OH MY GOD. Not even Ashley and Spencer live together and they've been together four years. What if she wants to get married? What if she wants more than I can give? What if she cheats on me? Oh my God, why would I even think Brittany would cheat on me?

Santana…

No brain. This is crucial. I have so many unanswered questions, I'm not ready for thi—

"Santana…" Brittany's voice says again. "You are thinking WAY too much." The blonde walks over to me and puts her arms around my waist. "I don't even think you noticed I got here. You've been talking to yourself for the past five minutes…" Brittany says, worried.

"I was talking out loud?" I gulped loudly, a little whine in my voice. "Oh great."

"Well, first of all, yeah kind of. Second of all… honey, I'm not going to ask you to move in with me, or ask you to marry me, or cheat on you. Santana, I get that you're scared, but you've just got to trust me on this." Her grip on my waist tightens. "We don't have to pressure ourselves into anything. I just like being around you, and that is just one of the many benefits of being with you. It's not about the amazing sex, your breathtaking beauty, or the way you get nervous so easily. It's about how you make me feel and how I feel when I'm around you. It's simple, you see? Not complicated."

"The sex is really that amazing?" I ask, my voice just above a whisper. How is that the only thing I could reply to? Seriously, who was I?

"Really amazing." Brittany whispers in my ear, spinning me around to face those blue eyes of hers.

"I'm sorry Brittany. I guess… I know I'm just scared. But we did this thing completely backwards. I got drunk, slept with you, did it again but sober, and then hired you, and then ran away from you, and then you got pissed at me, and now we're dating. It just makes absolutely no sense how we came to be…" I bit my lower lip, looking up at my girlfriend. My girlfriend. Nope, still not used to saying that.

"Sometimes you can't explain how things came to be, they're just meant to be that way." Brittany explains. "San, what's really going on? You were fine this morning." Her grip on my waist loosens as she steps back to take a look at me.

"You're right, I'm just overreacting. I just want this to be like perfect. And I don't want to hurt you. And I just keep thinking about the bad things…" I sigh.

"Babe, you mean a lot to me. Let's just work on this together, okay? We need to be a team, and I promise I won't leave you in the dark if you do something that bothers me and vice versa. Deal?" Brittany presses a kiss to my forehead and I melt. How is it that this girl takes all of these insecurities and just tosses them to the side like they mean nothing?

Because you're in love.

Can it, Brain… I know I am. I just don't want to fail her.

I bet you won't but you've got to believe in yourself, Lopez.

"Deal." I reply, standing on my tip toes to kiss Brittany on the lips. "I'm sorry I overreacted, I kind of do that a lot. Especially when I feel pressured… I honestly started feeling this way after Spencer left. She pretty much said, 'Fuck my company up and I'll kill you'. And then it got me thinking of all the things I could fuck up, and that made me think of every little thing that could go wrong. Not that living with you or marrying you, in the future, would be wrong. But my brain was very much set on present time. I don't even know why I'm still talking, but I am because I'm just kind of nervous and I want to do this right because I love you and—."

I was cut off quickly when Brittany's lips crashed against mine. "Too much talking, not enough kissing." She mumbles against my lips, wrapping her arms around my neck and pulling me closer. Her lips parted, allowing my tongue entrance. I massaged my tongue with her as our lips moved in rhythm.

I moved my lips to her jaw, and then her neck, trailing them further up until they reached her ear. "I love you." I whispered. This was the first time those three words were sent past my lips and spoken to Brittany. This was the first time Brittany had ever actually heard it from me. I pulled away and looked at the blonde, nervously. I bit my lower lip and waited for her reaction.

If the smile on her face could grow any wider, I'm sure it did. "I love you, too, Santana Rae Lopez." Brittany kisses my forehead before letting her arms unwrap from around my neck. "I have a surprise for you."

"A surprise?" I asked, raising and eyebrow.

"Yes." Brittany kisses me one last time before grabbing my hand. "C'mon, we don't have all day."

She leads me outside of the apartment, and waits for me to lock the door before pulling me down the staircase. We hop into Brittany's car and she pats me on the thigh as she pulls out of the parking lot.

Our car ride was filled with relative silence, a little bit of singing, kissing at every red light, and holding hands the entire way to our destination. We pulled up into the parking lot of the Aquarium. How this girl knew this was my favorite place in town, I have no clue, but I was definitely not complaining.

"Welcome, Santana, to the Aquarium." Brittany smiles at me and laces her fingers with mine. I smile back and gently kiss her cheek.

"This is my favorite place." I confess.

"I figured… I mean, you do have a few tattoos of underwater animals. I figured you like the Aquarium, so I talked to my buddy Joe who works here and he's going to let us pet a sea turtle and some sting rays." BEST. GIRLFRIEND. EVER. Brittany tugs my hands and I follow her as we walk towards the entrance of the giant aquarium.

After talking to the lady at the front, Brittany wraps her arm around my waist as we stand on the escalator that leads us to the upper level of the Aquarium. I've been here many times, so I know exactly how it's set up.

We walked past the Antique Diving Suit that was behind a cage used when working with sharks underwater. On the left of the suit was a fossilized jaw of the Carcharodon. Brittany marveled at all of the little things the aquarium had to offer. I wanted to assume that she had never been here before because she definitely freaked out when she found out they have two tigers in captivity.

After hundreds of snapshots being taken, we found ourselves in the last part of the aquarium before it was technically over.

The area we were in had sharks, blowfish, sea turtles, sawfish, barracudas and a bunch of other species. Brittany gripped my hand tightly as a shark with it's teeth showing swam towards us.

"That thing is scary, San." Brittany whispers, looking around and probably making sure no one heard her.

"It's just a shark, baby." I smile at her and she grips my hand even tighter when the other one pops out of nowhere.

After viewing the last tank, we passed the three jellyfish tanks and exited out where the Stingrays were. The stingrays were my favorite part of the aquarium because you could physically touch them.

A guy with long dreads came over to us and handed us some food.

"This is Joe, Santana. Joe, this is Santana. She's my girlfriend." Brittany announces to the man.

"Pleased to meet you, Santana! Are you enjoying yourself?" He asks.

"I definitely am. I have been here so many times." I excitedly reply.

"Well, one of our divers has just went to get a sea turtle. He can't stay out of the water long, but we'll definitely let you pet the little guy before you leave. For right now, feed the stingrays, okay?" He pats Brittany on the back and I nod as he walks off.

This was the fun part. I always fed the stingrays at the end.

"B, come here." I say, motioning for Brittany to follow me. I dip my hand into the water, the food sitting on my palm as a baby stingray comes up and takes it. I take my two fingers and gently run them over the stingray, petting it as it happily swims off. Brittany looks at me with a nervous look on her face.

"What if it feels weird?" She asks, hesitantly lowering her hand into the water.

"They don't bite, they kind of just take it off of your hand. Of course it'll feel funny, though. They're definitely not humans." I laugh as a stingray comes over to Brittany and she squeals a little as feeds off of her hand.

"That's weird, San." She whines and then immediately stands up straight when she sees Joe motion for us to follow him.

"So this is Crush. We've had him for the last twenty years." Joe explains, "Go ahead and pet him."

I reached my arm out and my hand ran over the shell. I was freaking out inside. Turtles were my favorite animal and Brittany made it possible for me to pet one. I really loved her.

"He's so cute." I muttered under my breath, I turned to Brittany and smiled widely. "Thanks baby. This was the most amazing thing anyone has ever done for me."

"Anything for you, Santana. You deserve it." Brittany rubs my shoulders, "You have been working extremely hard."

"You're amazing. Here, pet the turtle." I pointed to Crush and motioned for Brittany to pet him.

I looked up as Joe watched the exchange between Brittany and me. He lends me a sincere smile as Brittany pets Crush.

"Hey Santana, want to help me put Crush back in the tank?" Joe asks. Excitedly, I nod my head and follow him, holding up the backside of Crush. "So, how long have you and Brittany been friends?"

"Well, she works for me actually. For the last six, almost seven, months," I confirmed.

"Oh, so you're the boss Brittany kept talking about." Joe smirks.

"What do you mean? She's mentioned me?" We walk back into the room where the tank was open enough to put Crush back in the aquarium.

"Yeah, she mentioned about four months ago that she had this smoking hot boss and that she had a crush on you." Joe laughs, "But obviously, you guys figured it out." I raise my eyebrow at the dreadlocked boy. "I can tell she really fucking loves you. I haven't seen her this happy since Berry."

"People say the same about me." I say to myself, "And I do love her. At first, I couldn't really put my finger on what I was feeling. But after some series of awkward events, I finally came to terms with that." I shrug. "I don't ever want to lose her."

"Well, hold on to her and I know she will hold on to you. She won't let go until the other person stops trying. Brittany's just like that. So, with that being said; break her heart I get to break your pinky, deal?" He holds his pinky out towards me and I grab it with mine.

"Deal." I smile.

So the next chapter is going to be a time jump. But for now, I got to help my sister put out her next chapter of On The Field. I hope you enjoyed. Reviews make our worlds go round