Brittana: cannon

Chapter 12: goodbye

Once the new semester started, the students at McKinley High had pretty much accepted Santana and Brittany as a couple without any issues. The girls had to deal with some comments and looks from others every once in awhile, but things had settled down enough by now that it wasn't such a big deal anymore that they were a couple. Kurt and Blaine had already kind of paved the way for them, so after the initial shock of Santana's outing the school day went back to pretty much normal. The only difference now was that everyone knew about them, and they started kissing in public.

That's why it was such a shock when Valentine's Day came around and Principal Figgins called Santana and Brittany into his office to tell them not to continue their public displays of affection at school. Santana was really upset by the double standard at the school, particularly when she heard that it was a complaint based on religious grounds against the fact that they were a lesbian couple and not against public kissing in general. She was ready to find out who it was and kick their ass, especially after finding out how upset Brittany was about it.

Brittany tracked her down in the hallway after she stormed out of Figgins' office.

"Santana, I'm so sorry about this."

"It's not your fault, Brit. It's the ridiculous double standard we now get at this school due to a few religious freaks. I mean, it's apparently okay that the troll and Lumps can examine each other's throats with their tongues, but if our lips so much as touch each other then we get in trouble. God, I want to find out who complained and go all Lima Heights!"

"No, don't do that. It would only make things worse, and you know that. I am just sorry that I can't use my power as senior class president to mandate that it is okay for us to kiss in public. I asked Principal Figgins, and he said that even if I showed up to the meetings I couldn't make that rule. I just don't understand why we even elect somebody as president if they can't do anything to fix problems at this school. That's why I ran in the first place, to make things better here for us."

Santana saw that Brittany was on the verge of tears. Her anger started to evaporate immediately, and she wanted nothing more now than to comfort her lover. She grabbed the other girl's hands to get her attention. She waited until blue eyes focused on her before she spoke.

"Babe, you can't fix everybody's opinions. No matter what, we are going to deal with people who don't like us and our relationship. The only things we can do are stand up for ourselves or ignore them, but the fact is they will probably still hate us. I know you wanted to use your presidency to get the kids at this school to accept the people who are different and amazing, and you are doing that. You are the most awesome president this school has ever had." She scrunched up her nose in a smile, trying to get the blonde to cheer up.

Brittany rolled her eyes, but her mouth started to turn up in a smile.

"Come on, it's Valentine's Day. Let's just spend the rest of the day basking in the fact that you and I are more in love and are hotter than any other couple in this dump. And when we leave, I can give you your present." Santana sing-songed her last words, causing her girlfriend to get excited.

"What did you get me? Is it the parts I need for my time machine?"

Santana laughed at Brittany's exuberance and shook her head. "You will just have to wait and see."

"But I want to know now! Pretty please?" The blonde pleaded, adding an adorable pout. Santana just shook her head again and hoped that she could make it the rest of the day without giving in to her girlfriend.

Regionals came upon them quickly. Santana looked forward to taking down the Warblers, particularly since Douchey McDoucheface Sebastian was still in attack mode against the New Directions. But then Karofsky was outed and tried to kill himself, and she was totally over all the vicious, underhanded stunts going around. It scared her because she knew the way people treated Dave could have easily happened to her. She was lucky in that her outing didn't result in people around her taunting her and telling her to kill herself. As bad as it was when the commercial aired, she had a solid support system from her friends and family. She honestly didn't know what she would have done if she were in Dave's shoes. She was so grateful to have the love of the people around her. Especially Brittany, who helped get her through the darkest times.