Rumor Has It

Chapter 21

(Santana's POV)

After Puck and Quinn said their goodbyes to Britt I walked into the bedroom to grab my phone. As I strutted down the hallway I heard a muffled whine come from the nursery. I walked in and saw that Rowen had stirred awake. I quickly rushed over before she got too fussy and scooped her up into my arms. The baby wiggled around a bit before finally calming down. She wasn't sound asleep yet. I held her close and made my way into Britts bedroom. She had a small baby crib in there for when Quinn needed a break. I tried to lay the little blonde down but as soon as she left the warmth of my chest the water works began. I brought her back close to me and giggled.

"Clingy. Just like your auntie." I smirked. I gently bounced up and down in attempt to make her fall asleep.

The baby still wouldn't close her eyes, so I made my way to the bed and laid down, letting her rest on my chest. I draped the baby blanket over her tiny little body and rubbed the baby's back. Almost instantly she was out, and before I knew it I was letting my eyes drift shut.

I don't know how many minutes went by, but my eyes fluttered open when I felt the bed dip next to me, and a familiar scented blonde wrap her arms around me and Rowen carefully. The small gesture made my heart want to explode with happiness. I moved my head slightly to get a better look at the blonde, but wasn't very subtle. She lifted her head off of my chest and looked up at me.

"No go back to sleep. You looked so cute." I whined quietly. She giggled and kissed my cheek. God if this girl could kill me with happiness I would be long gone.

"I looked cute?" She asked in a sarcastic tone. "If you keep falling asleep asleep with a baby in my bed I might just have to marry you right this second." The dancer teased. My cheeks instantly flushed at the comment. And I couldn't help my mind from wandering. Marriage? That thought made my heart beat more erratic than it already was. Marriage is one of the many milestones I'm looking forward to in our relationship, and even the thought of it made my cheeks flush. I looked at Brittany who looked just as flushed.

"Wait I-uh I didn't mean like I-" I cut off her cute stutters with a soft kiss. It felt as if in this one kiss my heart was more vulnerable than it ever has been. Before I could catch myself I parted from her lips and spoke.

"Do you remember that conversation we had right after our first time, you know.." she smirked and nodded. So I continued.

"I was going to say something, and well I never got to. I didn't know if it was too soon and it still might be too soon but I honestly don't even know how to hide it anymore. It's so inevitable. And I don't want you to feel like I'm-"

"Baby" the blonde brought her hand to my cheek. "Calm down." I let out a shaky breath and nodded.

"Britt I-I" she looked at me expectantly. I sucked in a breath before finally spitting it out.

"I love you, Brittany."

It felt like a huge weight was lifted off of my shoulders. It's like your mind knows what your feeling, but your words get caught in your throat and it's impossible to let them out. Now it was different. I knew what I was feeling and I couldn't keep it in any longer. I loved Brittany and there was no getting around it.

I look into her eyes, expecting the worst, but it was far from it. She had the biggest cheek bunching grin on her beautiful face. Her cheeks were a deep scarlet and her eyes seemed as if they were sparkling. She was always undeniably beautiful, but right now it seemed like her beauty radiated in ways nobody else could.

Her eyes never disconnected from mine. I needed her to say something back, but instead, her lips crashed into mine with a passionate, loving kiss. I hummed into her lips, causing her smile to grow even wider. I wanted to cry. In a good way of course. It's like Brittany makes me so happy that even the smallest things seem like an endless journey of happiness. She pulled back reluctantly, revealing eyes that also looked like they could shed a couple tears.

"Britt please say something." I needed to hear her say it.

"Santana" she placed a hand on my cheek. "I am so in love with you."

That was all the confirmation I needed. It felt as if I was in a haze. It didn't feel like any of this was real. How in the hell did someone like me get to have someone as amazing and special as Brittany? It didn't seem possible. I am so undeniably lucky to have this perfect blonde in my life. Just staring into her eyes made me want to never be apart from her. So with that, I connected our lips for another perfect kiss. Her lips fit perfectly between mine. Like they were sculpted just for me.

As if on cue, Rowen let out a quiet whine. Followed by the little movements of her legs kicking. Britt pulled away and smiled down at the baby.

"Oh yeah, she's definitely like Quinn." I giggled and sat up against the headboard of the bed, cradling the baby in my arms.

"I don't think she's going to sleep anytime soon. This is the 3rd time she's woken up." Britt gave a tight lipped grin and stood up. "Well it's only 6, so why don't we go do something?" I cocked a brow at the blonde.

"What do you have in mind?" I asked hesitantly. The dancer giggled and sat next to me on the bed. "I don't know." She shrugged.

"Let's go to the park or something." I smiled warmly at how cute she was being. It was a little odd to be going to the park this late in the evening, but for her I would do anything.

"Let's do it."

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(Brittany's POV)

After Santana and I decided to go to be park we got up and dressed into warmer clothes. It was probably 60° outside on a good New York night. I put on some skinny jeans and a black T-shirt with my Pea coat over it. Santana wore black skinny jeans with a blue knit sweater and a tan pea coat. Beautiful as always. Santana got Row dressed in a grey long sleeved baby onesie with red buffalo plaid pants and a matching beanie. You would think a one month old wouldn't need such fancy clothes, but Quinn and Puck spoil her.

I got the stroller ready with her car seat already in it. Santana walked over and carefully set the newborn down and strapped her in. I put the hood of the car seat up and draped the furry white baby blanket on the little blonde. We carefully strolled down the ramp of the apartment and began our journey to the park.

It was about 6:45 by the time we arrived at the little park. Row didn't know what was going on, but that didn't keep her eyes from wandering around at the scenery. It wasn't too cold but enough to make you want to huddle into a jacket. Santana's arms were wrapped around herself as we walked over to the nearest park bench to sit. It was cute how the tip of her nose turned a light shade of pink from the cold. I sat on the wooden bench and looked over at the girl with a smirk.

"Come here." I opened my arms up for her to cuddle in to. She bit her lip with a grin and slid over into my arms. I giggled and wrapped my arms around the brunette. I placed a sweet kiss on the top of her head.

We sat in a comfortable silence for about 10 minutes. Talking about random things every once in a while. Row was drifting in and out of sleep, letting out cute little grunts when she woke back up. Santana broke the silence.

"This is perfect." I smiled and cocked my brow down at the girl. She continued.

"This. You. It's all so perfect." I felt my cheeks heat up as I leaned in to press a small kiss to her lips.

"I love you." I exclaimed gently. It gave me a giddy feeling in my chest knowing that I can say that so openly now.

"I love you more." I shook my head with a smirk. "Not possible." The shorter girl let out a sweet giggle. I glanced down at my phone to check the time.

"It's 7, Quinn would go all mama bear on me if she found out I kept Row out past her bedtime." Santana smirked and glanced up at the baby.

"Well you don't have to worry about keeping her up, that baby is knocked out." I quirked my brow and looked over at the car seat. Rowen was sleeping soundly.

"You wanna head home?" I looked back over at the brunette and smiled. "Yeah." And with that we got up and strolled our way back to the apartment.