A/N Please be warned that this will contain G!P Santana. It's my first ever fan fic so I'm nervous about it and hope that you'll all go easy on me. Constructive criticism is more than welcome and definitely encouraged. If anyone thinks I should continue, please let me know :) thank you!
I sat at the back of class and doodled love hearts all over my notepad. I'm not in love with anybody but I love, love hearts because everybody knows what they are and it doesn't matter what language they speak or where they come from. I don't like to draw arrows going through them though because if Cupid actually stuck an arrow in someone's heart it might mean that they could end up in hospital like Kurt's dad did last month and I don't want that to happen to anyone, especially if they were just about to fall in love. That would really suck. I hope I don't get sick before I fall in love because that would suck even more.
I jump when I hear the bell ring and it drags me from my thoughts, I don't even remember what we covered in class but it's math so I'm not worried. I always ace my math exams even though I never pay attention. I'm lucky like that. I don't do so well in English or Spanish though because my mom says that I have a brain for numbers and not for letters. Some of the girls on the cheerleading squad make fun of me because I get my words mixed up but I'd rather get them mixed up than use them to hurt somebody's feelings. That's just mean.
Tina taps my shoulder and tells me to hurry up or we'll be late for Spanish so I grab my notepad and shove it into my backpack. I follow her outside and wave goodbye to Ms. Holiday as I leave. Ms. Holiday is super nice and she marks our exams with cute pink ink pens and draws smiley faces beside the right answers. I get a lot of smiley faces and that puts a smile on my face. I think that's why Ms. Holiday uses smiley faces, because she knows that it makes us happy. She never uses sad faces when someone gets an answer wrong because she doesn't want to upset them; she just wants them to do well in their next exam so she writes out the correct formulas in bright colors to encourage them. If I ever become a teacher, I want to be like Ms. Holiday. She's my inspiration.
"I'm dreading Spanish, Mr. Schue has been really full on and cranky lately since he broke up with Ms. Pillsbury, right? It's so annoying" Tina likes to gossip but now I know that she's just blowing off some steam because she got a B- in our last Spanish exam and she's angry at Mr. Schue so she's blaming him on it. When people blame another person it's so that they won't feel so bad about letting themselves down. Tina let her parents down too so she's extra angry.
"I dunno, I guess he's upset but he hasn't been acting much different." and it's true, he hasn't. He's been giving fewer pep talks and hasn't been as energetic as he usually is in Glee club but he's still the same Mr. Schue. He's not mean or out of line.
"Whatever, you probably don't notice because you're too busy drawing all over your books and notepads" Tina sighs dramatically and stalks off ahead of me. I just continue walking at the same pace because she's making a fuss to get me to give her more attention but I don't need to do that because I've been giving her plenty of attention. I even invited her to sleepover at my house last night and we watched a DVD and talked about her boyfriend Mike a lot. Her and Mike went all the way last weekend and she said that it was super romantic.
I wonder if it'll be super romantic for me too? Tina says that about all of her firsts with Mike though, and none of my firsts have been romantic so I'm guessing that the first time I go all the way won't be romantic either. I mean, my first kiss was awful and wet and in front of too many people because we were playing Truth or Dare and even though David Adams was the hottest 13 year old guy at the party, I didn't like him and I just wanted to get it over with. And just three weeks ago I gave Artie a hand job and it was my first time doing that and Artie just ruined my favorite shirt because I never got a chance to move out of the way before he finished.
I don't want to do any more firsts with Artie because even though I like him, I don't want to be anything other than his friend. But I'm super glad that I did have one first with him because he's so nice and helpful and he made sure I was comfortable with what we were doing by asking me a few times before I insisted that I wanted to try it. Things are a little awkward with him now though because he was really embarrassed that he came after only a couple of minutes and we haven't spoken much since. Maybe I'll sit with him at lunch today so that we can catch up and I can show him that I don't care that he ruined my shirt.
When I walk into Spanish class Tina is sitting in her usual spot in the second last desk on the far right of the room beside the wall and just behind the big window that looks out onto the school yard. She has her bag in the seat beside her but I know that it's not to make sure I don't sit there, it's to make sure that nobody else does instead. Tina is considerate like that, even though the entire class sits in the same place every week. We weren't assigned any seats but I think that people like to sit with their friends even if they're not allowed to talk because they feel comfortable and more relaxed around people who know them well. I take my seat beside Tina and take out my notepad and my favorite green pen. It writes in blue but it's green on the outside and I like it so much because my dad bought it for me when he came back from his tour in Afghanistan.
I don't know where he got it from though because I don't know if Afghanistan has many gifts shops. I don't think so but I'm not sure. I'll ask him about it later. He hasn't been too happy since he came back and sometimes I wish that he never went in the first place because I miss how carefree and happy he was. Now he drinks a lot more and doesn't shave much. My mom is worried about him but she won't tell me that. I know she is though because her face is always tense and she gets frustrated with me quicker than before he came home. My little sister hasn't seemed to notice much but that's only because she's 5 and she's too young. I want to help fix it before she gets old enough to notice my dad's blurry eyes and my mom's clenching jaw. I can't think about it now or I won't be able to concentrate so I ask Tina whether her and Mike are going to do it again and her eyes light up as she tells me about their plans for this Friday night when Mike's parents are out.
Before Tina can finish her story, Mr. Schue comes in and greets the class. His smile doesn't reach his eyes though and that upsets me because Mr. Schue is a really nice guy and a hardworking teacher and Glee club mentor. I hope things work out between him and Ms. Pillsbury because nice people deserve nice things. "Clase Buenas tardes, sentar cabeza y vamos a empezar" he starts off as he cleans the whiteboard. "Ugh, he's not even speaking proper Spanish anymore!" I hear Tina mutter beside me unhappily. I don't know if she's right or not though because he sounds ok to me but I got a D- on our last exam so maybe I'm not the best person to make that judgment. Just as he turns around the address the class again, there's a knock on the classroom door and a Mr. Kramer, the school's career guidance councilor walks in. He looks bashfully at the class and Mr. Schue turns to greet him. They whisper to each other and Mr. Kramer gives Mr. Schue a piece of paper before walking out of the class.
He doesn't shut the door and I think that's pretty rude seeing as Mr. Schue is trying to teach a class but before I get the chance to dwell on that fact, someone else walks into the class. This is definitely not Mr. Kramer because first of all, she's a girl and second of all she's the hottest, most prettiest girl I have ever seen. She's tanned with dark hair down just past her shoulders and brown eyes. She's dressed in a leather jacket with a white tank top, jeans and sexy leather boots. She must be extra pretty because I feel myself looking at her the way I look at hot guys and that's never happened before.
She seems really shy as she approaches Mr. Schue but he smiles brightly at her before turning toward the class once more and saying "Class, this is Santana Lopez and she has just transferred from Mount Carmel High, please make her feel as welcome as possible." He gestures for Santana to take an available seat and she walks toward me with a smirk on her face as she sits right in front of my desk. Mr. Schue looks like he's just about to turn to face the board again before pointing at me and saying "Oh and Brittany, would you do the honour of showing Santana around today? Don't worry Santana, Brittany is as friendly as can be" and with that, he turns around to continue with his lesson.
Before I even get a chance to process what's after happening, Santana faces me and smiles. I don't even get a chance to smile back before I'm staring at the back of her head again.
I'm already nervous about showing her around and I can see all of the guys ogling her from the corner of my eye. I sort of feel like one of the guys because I realise that I probably have the exact same expression on my face and then when I remember that I'll get to spend the day with her, I smile to myself. Tina nudges me and gives me a weird look but I don't care because I'm excited now instead of nervous.
This is going to be a good day.