I Feel Pretty When You're Around

Chapter 42

"Mi'ja..." came a soft voice behind the group.

Santana froze and let go of her girlfriends embrace. Her eyes went wide in shock. She knew that voice... She grew up with that voice... It was one of the first voices she ever heard. The Latina turned around and looked at the person.

"Mamá..." she said in a scared whisper as she saw her mother standing only a few meters away from her. And next to her mother was "Papá..." Santana again whispered out.

Brittany turned around and saw who it was immediately. She stepped beside her girlfriend and took her hand in hers, giving it a small squeeze. Santana squeezed back... the Latina knowing she needed her girlfriend by her side at this moment.

Quinn, Rachel, Judy, Hiram, Leroy, Shelby and Brittany's parents turned around to watch the interaction going on. Judy stepped forward on her way to step next to Santana but Quinn quickly grabbed her arm to stop her from doing it. Santana needed to do this by herself, well also with the help and strength from her girlfriend that stood next to her.

"What are you doing here?" Santana asked her parents.

"Brittany asked us to come watch you perform," Santana's mother answered.

Santana whipped her head around to look at Brittany, "You did what, Britt?" the Latina asked as she let go of her girlfriend's hand.

Flashback:

Brittany strolled up the porch steps that she used to wander up numerous times, but haven't frequented in months, and then knocked on the door and waited for one of the people inside to answer.

Mr. Lopez answered the door. He stood there shocked as he saw the blonde standing there. "What are you doing here?" the man said angrily. Mrs. Lopez walked up to stand next to her husband upon hearing the man's anger in his voice and saw Brittany standing at the door.

"I came because of Santana," Brittany answered, ignoring the anger in the man's voice.

"Is she okay?" Mr. Lopez asked, as his voice started to soften.

"Depends on how you view it," Brittany said.

"Let her in, Honey," Maribel said to her husband.

Dr. Lopez nodded and let in the blonde girl. They then made their way into the living room and sat down.

"What did you want to tell us, Brittany?" Mrs. Lopez asked as she sat next to her husband.

"You know I thought that you two would come around and accept that Santana loves me..." the tall blonde said. Mr. and Mrs. Lopez said nothing, so Brittany continued. "She says she doesn't miss you, but I can tell she does. When you threw her out she was so torn I didn't know what to do..." Brittany said as tears filled her eyes, this would be the first time she would be expressing her feelings out loud to someone. "Santana's a wonderful person, she treats me right... Mr. Lopez, she treats me the way you treat Mrs. Lopez... And you taught her that. She may hide a lot of her feelings but I see right through the wall she puts up for everyone and once you get through that wall you see how amazing she really is..." Brittany took a breath; Mr. and Mrs. Lopez still haven't said anything. "I've known her most of my life and she became my best friend, and now she is my girlfriend who I want to spend the rest of my life with... She's still the same Santana that you raised..."

"It's not what God wants His children to be like. We can't accept it," Maribel stated.

"I don't know much about God... I fall asleep when I try to pray, and the bible is too long to read, but whether God says it's okay or not it shouldn't be you to judge them. Quinn taught me that God is the judge, not us. But God gave you Santana... You're supposed to take care of her. She's still your baby girl."