All Alone

Chapter Twenty Six

TWO MONTHS LATER

Santana and Brittany stood in front of the choir room holding hands.

"Brittany, I don't know if I can do this."

"Yes you can."

"I can't breathe. Oh god I can't breathe. Everyone is gonna be staring. I hate staring."

"Santana they all love you, you know that. No one in there is gonna judge you. I promise." The blonde squeezed her hand then let go. She knew Santana wanted to come out, but wanted to wait until she had been out of the hospital for longer. If she did it immediately it would be too much too soon.

The Latina took one last shaky breath and they entered the room slowly.

All heads turned to them and Brittany saw Santana tense up out of the corner of her eye.

But then they came rushing forward and all enveloped Santana in massive hugs.

"Santana we have missed you so much!" Mercedes said.

"So glad you're back!" Quinn chimed in.

Santana froze up at first, but then relaxed and hugged them back with a "I missed you guys too."

They went back to their seats and Santana stood at the front.

Mr. Schue stepped forward. "Guys, Santana has a song and something to say." Then he gave her a pat on the shoulder and sat down.

"Um, hi guys." Santana said timidly. She glanced at Brittany who gave her a strong look that read, "You can do this" and it gave Santana the courage to be louder.

"You all know what I did. You don't know why but I don't think I'll ever tell you that. Let's just say my childhood wasn't too great." She looked down and when she looked back up Brittany could see that her eyes were wet. "So I tried to kill myself." Tears fell down her face gently. "And I can honestly say..." Her voice cracked. "That without Brittany S. Pierce I would be dead right now." She took a shaky sigh. "So this is for you, Britt."

Not even they can stop me now
Boy, I be flying overhead
Their heavy words can't bring me down
Boy I've been raised from the dead

No one even knows how hard life was
I don't even think about it now because

Santana looked right into Brittany's eyes as she sang the next line.

I finally found you

Brittany was sobbing silently. She wiped her eyes furiously but the flow of tears didn't stop. She was so happy.

Oh, sing it to me

Now my life is sweet like cinnamon
Like a fucking dream I'm living in
Baby love me cause I'm playing on the radio
(How do you like me now?)

Lick me up and take me like a vitamin
'Cause my body's sweet like sugar venom oh yeah
Baby love me cause I'm playing on the radio
(How do you like me now?)

American dreams came true somehow
I swore I'd chase 'em till I was dead
I heard the streets were paved with gold
That's what my father said

No one even knows what life was like
Now I'm in LA and it's paradise
I finally found you
Oh, sing it to me

Brittany saw now that Santana was smiling finally. And it was like a metaphor for her life.

Now my life is sweet like cinnamon
Like a fucking dream I'm living in
Baby love me cause I'm playing on the radio
(How do you like me now?)

Lick me up and take me like a vitamin
'Cause my body's sweet like sugar venom oh yeah
Baby love me 'cause I'm playing on the radio
(How do you like me now?)

(On the radio)
Sweet like cinnamon
Like a fucking dream I'm living in
Baby love me 'cause I'm playing on the radio
(How do you like me now?)

(On the radio)
Sweet like cinnamon
Like a fucking dream I'm living in
I finally found you
(Oh, sing it to me)

Now my life is sweet like cinnamon
Like a fucking dream I'm living in
Baby love me 'cause I'm playing on the radio
(How do you like me now?)

Lick me up and take me like a vitamin
'Cause my body's sweet like sugar venom oh yeah
Baby love me 'cause I'm playing on the radio
(How do you like me now?)

Santana finished and Brittany immediately jumped up and jogged down to Santana, enveloping her in a big hug. "I love you so much." She whispered so only Santana could hear.

"I love you too."

After school Santana and Brittany went back to the Latina's house. They'd started to pack things up- things that Santana didn't want to look at anymore but couldn't put away before.

So they turned up the music and got to work.

Brittany was plowing through her half of the mother's room when she glanced over at Santana and saw her holding a picture, hands shaking. She moved over to her. "What is it?" She peered at the picture and saw that it was a man and a baby girl.

Santana's voice was quiet and weak. "This is me and him. Before it all started. Before he got into all the bad stuff." She began to tear up.

Brittany took the picture. "Forget about him. He's not a part of your life anymore. He doesn't get to be."

Santana sighed and nodded. She took the picture back and ripped it in half and tossed it in a trash bag. "I'm done with him."

The blonde smiled in a bittersweet way and kissed her on the cheek. "I'm proud baby."

Santana looked up. "I love you."

"I love you too."

"I wanna tell everyone tomorrow."

"Okay."

AN: GUYS MARRIAGE EQUALITY NATIONWIDE!!!! So to celebrate brittana is telling everyone next chapter! Yayyyy! I'm gonna try and update my other stories too! Love you guys!

- G. Schreiber

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