A/N: Well we have reached the final chapter of "Forever Hers"! I sincerely hope that you have enjoyed it. I love writing for them. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for taking the time to read, review, and favorite this story. Thank you also to those who are following me as an author, it means the world. I'll be writing something a little bit different with my next story. So stay tuned!

Forever Hers

Chapter Forty

Now I'll be the first person to tell you that I know that I'm considered "not smart" by today's societal standards. I am not book smart, but I am street smart (thanks to her!)…I am, however, very smart when it comes to matters of my heart. I know who I love and I know how to. I'll take this smart over any other type of smart any day of the week.

Do you remember when Santana said that she wished that she could have chronicled her love for me? Well this…"Forever Hers… is my love letter to her. I've been secretly chronicling our love story without her knowledge. When did I have time to do this? Well, I may not be a genius in remembering complicated fractions or writing a twenty-page dissertation on the state of our economy. I do, however, remember every touch, every kind gesture, every loving glance, and everything that we've said to each other. I've written it down when I could steal some private time when she was doing something with Quinn or at "Britt's Place".

Since the very first time we met, I thought about writing down my feelings for her. When we met the things I had written down where, albeit, very childish simply because we were children.

"Santana is my best friend!"

"Santana's cool!"

As time and our friendship progressed the writings that I was doing became more feeling driven and profound.

"Santana is becoming my world!'

"I'm falling in love with her!"

"I want to marry her!"

It was the day after our first official kiss in our old room that I made myself a promise that no matter what happened to us in our future that I'd write it down with the hopes of one day presenting the notebook to her. How did I know that it would turn into fifteen wonderful notebooks of our love and our life together?

One time she walked in on me as I was sitting at my desk in our apartment after our official marriage before graduation.

"What cha doing?" she asked as she walked up behind me and hugged me from behind.

"Um, homework…" I replied quickly, but not too quickly.

I closed the notebook as she walked up. This proved to me that she not only loved me, but trusted me. Looking back on it, I do feel a little guilty. I had only the best intentions for her. I think she knows that. That was the only time that I lied to her. The only time.

You might be asking why I thought about including Quinn and Rachel's relationship. When I decided to set out on this little writing adventure they weren't on their way to being "Quinn and Rachel". In fact they hardly spoke to each other outside of GLEE club. That evening when we had them over to thank them for helping Santana prepare for our first time, I had an inkling that we were getting the opportunity to see our friends fall in love with each other. This became even clearer after their first kiss and then after I heard the story of how Rachel took a chance and delivered daisies to Quinn I just knew that I was right in writing their story and including in "Forever Hers"! I knew that, given the time, Rachel would be Quinn's and Quinn would be Rachel's.

Will I ever have the guts to give these notebooks to Santana? I think so, but on the other hand I don't want me giving her the notebooks to mean I think our time is over. On the contrary I believe the exact opposite. Our time together is far from over. Even when we are gone from this place our time will not be over. She is my past, present, and she is my forever.

Now I'm a realist in that I know that people fight and have disagreements in their relationship. Santana and I have had many little squabbles, but we, thank goodness, have never had any big blowouts. I think this is because we truly love and respect each other. This means a lot to me. Like I've said I'm not smart. I value her opinion of me greatly almost as much as I value my own opinion of myself. She loves me…she loves me. That sentence will never get old to me. I think even if you did ever have big blowout I would never leave…never ever leave. She is the air I breathe. She's the sunlight on a cloudy day. Without her my life has absolutely no meaning. I have put my heart and my entire life into hers. So this is why I would never leave! I love her too much to do that!

I want to include one more song for her. But what song can try to assist me with expressing my love and appreciation to her for choosing to live her life with me? I've tried Gloria Estefan…Reba McEntire…and then I came across a song by Josh Groban. The song is called, "In Her Eyes"! I hope you enjoy the lyrics.

She stares through my shadow

She sees something more

Believes there's a light in me

She is sure

And her truth makes me stronger

Does she realize

I awake every morning

With her strength by my side

I am not a hero

I am not an angel

I am just a man

Man who's trying to love her

Unlike any other

In her eyes I am

This world keeps on spinning

Only she stills my heart

She's my inspiration

She's my northern star

I don't count my possession

All I call mine

I will give her completely

To the end of all time

I am not a hero

I am not an angel

I am just a man

Man who's trying to love her

Unlike any other

In her eyes I am

In her eyes I see the sky and all I'll ever need

In her eyes time passes by and she is with me

I am not a hero

I am not an angel

I am just a man

Man who's trying to love her

Unlike any other

In her eyes I am

In her eyes I am

So I hope you can plainly see how much I love her! She is my life…My everything! I can safely say that I am hers also. I never, ever have to doubt this.

I thank my lucky stars that she walked into my life. She is the best person I know in this world. She is my lover, protector, teacher, and most importantly my best friend. I am hers as well.

When we first kissed, all those years, ago, I just knew that I'd be writing this. It isn't the great American novel. And it has only one intended reader. If this, our love story goes beyond Santana's eyes and heart that's great. If not that's okay also. I wrote this so that I wouldn't forget, which I'd never do, and for her so she knows how much her love means to be and how she has profoundly changed my life.

Now I'm off to surprise her with this gift. But before I end this story I want to say, "I, Brittany Susan Pierce-Lopez, will always be forever hers!"

THE END!