I remember the first time I saw those piercing blue eyes look over at me. Instantly, the crowded hallway around us disappeared when my eyes locked with hers. My heart skipped a beat and my breath hitched in my throat. I almost dropped the book I was pulling from my locker when she smiled at me. There I was standing frozen in my place staring at this new girl and I wasn't even glaring, I was just gawking at her beautiful smile and her bright eyes and shiny blonde hair. She was wearing one of those hats that look like panda's with the ears and all; along with the hat she wore a teal tank top and grey shorts that showed off her long toned legs. I couldn't bring myself to look away but I needed to. I had never seen someone so beautiful. I knew right then that I was in trouble. After about a minute of uninterrupted eye contact my view was blocked by none other than my boyfriend Noah Puckerman.
"Hey Babe, you comin over tonight?" His eyes were focused on the cleavage peaking out from my dress. I smiled at him seductively and slid my hand up his chest moving my mouth towards his ear. I looked over his shoulder before I spoke and saw that the mystery girl was gone. Why the fuck did my stomach just tense up in disappointment?
"If you're lucky you'll be the one coming tonight." I whispered into his ear before placing a soft kiss to the skin below his ear. With that I shut my locker and turned around walking towards my class making sure to sway my hips giving him a good show. Noah and I have been dating for a month now even though we've been fucking for the better half of a year. I mean the sex is okay I guess, I haven't really found anyone better or anything so that must mean it's good right? I don't really know why I never get off when we fool around but I heard some girls don't get off from sex. I mean trust me I've gotten myself off plenty with my own magical fingers.
The bell rang and I cursed under my breath at the thought of being late to homeroom once again. At least it was Mr. Schuester, he's such a pushover. I can't even concentrate in his class because I'm so distracted by the amount of vests that man owns. I've been keeping track and he hasn't worn the same vest more than one day this year and he's worn them every day. I walked towards my class with my leisurely pace because as much as I didn't want to get written up, I really didn't give a fuck about this stupid Spanish class since I was already fluent in the language.
I opened the door to my class and walked inside. That's when I saw her again. She was sitting in the back of the room at the two person table I usually had to myself. I walked back gulping loudly hoping no one else could sense my nervousness. I slowly strode down the skinny aisle to my normal seat and took a deep breath before approaching the desk. She was smiling at me again and normally I would say something bitchy to make someone look away but with her I couldn't think let alone speak quite yet. Pull yourself together Santana, what the fuck is wrong with you?
I sat down in my chair and turned away from her but I could still feel her smiling and staring at me. I could smell her raspberry scent and it made my heart flutter slightly.
"Hi. I'm Brittany... Brittany Susan Pierce. No relation to Britney Spears so please don't ask for autographs. I just moved here. You're pretty." She spoke quickly and bounced with each word. I couldn't help but let the smile creep upon my lips but as soon as it arrived I shoved it away shaking my head at the girl in front of me. She put her hand down after she realized I wasn't going to shake it.
"Listen Blondie, just because we sit next to each other doesn't mean we're gonna be talking. So just turn your smiley ass towards the front and pretend you didn't just make a fool of yourself." I snapped back. There we go, that's more like it. I couldn't just let this new girl walk into my life and throw me off balance. I had a place in this school that everyone was aware of. Santana Lopez was the HBIC around here and no tall, beautiful, blonde was going to mess with that. When she frowned and looked away something inside me cringed and I tried to shrug it off because Santana Lopez doesn't have a guilty bone in her body.
The rest of class was boring. I spent the entire time sexting Puck and trying to ignore Brittany, I mean New Girl. Every now and then she'd move and send a waft of raspberry my way that had my senses on overdrive. Why was my body reacting so intensely to this girl? She was smart enough not to talk to me all through the class and when the bell rang she was the first one to jump out of her seat and walk towards the door. I slowly gathered my things trying to ignore the feeling of disappointment lingering in my stomach. Maybe I should talk to her. No, I'm not going to play 'Welcome the New Girl' today. I don't have time for those kinds of things. I walked to my locker where I saw Quinn Fabray waiting for me. She's captain of the Cheerios and I guess you could say we were best friends but I'm more of a lone wolf. If I had to call anyone my best friend it would be her but sometimes we didn't play so well together.
"Coach Sylvester wants to see you." Quinn spoke when I opened my locker.
"I'm done with all that bullshit Quinn. I told her that. I'm not interested in the fucking hell she puts us through." I replied simply. She smiled and put her hand on my shoulder and I immediately glared at the touch. She pulled away quickly and began to speak.
"She wants you back. You were captain and one of the best on the team. Of course she wants you back. I mean just think about it. We ruled the school and we could still. God knows your reputation went down when you quit the Cheerios. I mean people actually look you in the eyes sometimes now which is somewhat surprising." Quinn explained. She was right, when I quit the Cheerios the fear lowered somewhat around school. Even fucking Rachel Berry came up to me and asked me to join Glee Club, she found out what I thought about that real fucking quick.
"I don't need that stupid uniform to rule this school. It's full of a bunch of ignorant wannabe's that'll never make it out of Lima let alone do something successful with their miserable lives." I replied closing my locker and walking towards the doors outside. Quinn caught up to me unfortunately, I thought she'd get the drift that this conversation was over but I guess not.
"Where are you going?" She asked as I opened the double doors.
"I'm going to get my mack on with Puck under the bleachers." I replied simply. She made a disgusted face and turned around back into the building. That wasn't the truth, I was actually going to smoke a cigarette under the bleachers and try to get my head together after my confusing interactions with Bri- I mean new girl.
I made my way under the bleachers and pulled my pack of cigarettes out from underneath the ratty old couch Puck brought down here for our frequent make out sessions. I lit one up and took a deep drag before I heard footsteps above me on the bleachers. I looked up trying to see who was interrupting my sacred time daring to get a dose of snix juice. There she was again causing me to almost choke on the smoke in my lungs before exhaling.
"Hey New Girl. What're you doing out here?" I yelled through the bleachers and she looked around with a frightened expression.
"God?" She said looking up curiously.
"No, I'm down here." I scoffed and she looked between the seats of the bleachers to see me sitting on the couch smoking. She frowned for a second and then made her way down the steps and around the bleachers to meet me.
"What're you doing out here?" I asked her when she walked closer. She shrugged and looked down at the floor.
"I got lost on my way to class and ended up out here... I'm not good with new places. I didn't know what to do so I decided to check out the football field. It's such a beautiful day I didn't want to go back inside. Plus, people aren't very nice here and I needed some time away from them." She explained fiddling with her fingers.
"Yeah, welcome to McKinley. After I'm done with this cig, I can show you to class." She smiled at the offer and her face instantly lit up. She practically jumped up and down at the thought. Where the fuck did that come from, I don't help people find their classes and I certainly don't smile at silly girls that can't find their way through a simple hallway.
"Thank you so much. I knew you weren't as mean as you acted earlier. I could tell by your eyes. You have really beautiful brown eyes and they give you away. Lord Tubbington told me to never forget that the door to a persons soul is through their eyes, I never really understood until I looked into yours." She spoke like she was so sure of everything she said. This girl really is something else. I couldn't help but smile when she talked because her voice was so bubbly and adorable. Oh hell no, I did not just think that.
"Yeah well, my eyes are pretty deceiving along with the rest of me. I'm just doing this so you won't be in my secret spot anymore. I don't need you interrupting my peaceful day time smoke any more." I spouted something off to get her to stop staring at me with that intense happy look on her face.
"Whatever you say, Santana." She replied with a somewhat sassy tone and I wondered how she knew my name. Then I remembered everyone knows my name because I run this shit.
"Let's go New girl." I said after smashing my cigarette out on the cement and standing up walking towards the building. She caught up quickly and was walking next to me awfully close. All of my senses were heightened when I smelled that sweet raspberry scent and felt her arm graze against mine. A shock went through my body and I stopped abruptly. She almost kept walking but then stopped when she realized I wasn't
"Okay, you're freakishly happy and everything but I can't handle your bubbly atmosphere that close to my ice cold demeanor so I'ma need you to step back a little. You're making me dizzy with all that energy bouncing off you." I told her and she simply nodded with a smile still plastered on her gorgeous face. Fuck, I need to stop thinking these things. Where's Puckerman when I need him? I'm going to have to get him out of class and get my mack on so I can get my head on straight. We started walking again and she kept herself two paces behind me. I could feel her eyes on me as we walked and it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
"Is this far enough back?" She asked and I turned around to catch her staring at my ass. What is this girls deal?
"Yeah blondie that's good." I told her.
"What's your class this hour?" I asked her as we entered the double doors.
"Um..." She said before pulling out a piece of paper written in purple crayon.
"English Room 123." She read off. I took a deep breath when I realized it was the same classroom I was headed to. I rolled my eyes at her and turned back around walking towards our classroom. We were silent for the rest of the walk and when we arrived at the class I walked in without a word to the teacher about why I was so late and just sat at my desk in the back of the room. Brittany walked in behind me and stood in the doorway looking around the room. The only empty seat, once again, was right next to me. Is God trying to kill me today?
"Welcome, good to see you made it to class today Santana. And who do we have here? You must be Brittany, I was told we'd be getting a new student today." Mrs. Rice spoke up after turning away from the blackboard. I rolled my eyes at the teacher but Brittany just nodded with that bubbly smile on her lips.
"Well thanks for joining us. You can go ahead and take a seat next to Ms. Lopez. As far as I know she won't bite but I can't promise anything." She spoke pointing towards me and Brittany slowly made her way to my desk. On her way to sit down Rick 'No Dick' Nelson put his foot out tripping her and causing all her books to fall to the ground with a loud crash. Something in me snapped and I saw red. Without knowing what I was doing I jumped out of my seat and stomped over to the front of his desk where he was high fiving his buddy next to him.
"Listen here Mullet boy. You may have lost the last tiny bit of brains you had left in your disgusting head when you got checked into the glass at the last hockey game but I'm only gonna tell you this once. You don't mess with that girl over there or you'll have to deal with me. And we all know what that means don't we... don't speak just nod if you understand... okay good. So if I so much as hear one little thing about you giving her any trouble I won't hesitate to let Snix out and go all Lima Heights on your redneck ginger ass." I said waving my finger in his face and pointing to Brittany. His eyes looked like they might pop out of their sockets before I was finished and made my way to my desk sitting down next to Brittany and taking a deep breath. What the fuck was that? I don't defend people and I certainly don't publicly make it known that I care about another person. Wait, did I care about this new girl and why the fuck would I?
I chanced a look over at Brittany and saw that she was grinning ear to ear staring at me so I rolled my eyes and opened my book trying to figure out why I'd just done that. She leaned in closer sending tingles down my spine when I felt her shoulder brush against mine and smelled that sweet raspberry again.
"Thanks San." She whispered simply before moving back to her original spot further from me. I was confusingly disappointed at the absence of her skin against mine and it was really starting to piss me off that she had such an effect on me.
"Don't expect me to do it again Blondie." I snapped back and buried my face in my book the rest of class. I heard her giggle under her breath and it was possibly the cutest thing I'd ever heard. I shook my head trying to get a hold of my thoughts when I heard the bell ring. I didn't know where the time went but I guess I had been lost in my head trying to focus on not paying any attention to the blonde next to me.
"What's your next class?" Brittany asked from behind me as I walked out into the hallway. I turned around abruptly and she stopped just in time to not run into me.
"Math. Are you just going to follow me around like a lost puppy?" I snapped at her but her smile didn't disappear. What is up with this girl?
"I have Math too. What classroom?" She said holding that stupid paper with that stupid purple crayon written on it. God really is trying to kill me. If she's in this damn class with me too I might lose my mind by the end of the day. I grabbed the paper from her hand and looked at her schedule. We literally had almost the exact same classes, with the exception of fifth hour when I had free period and she had art class.
"Fuck, just follow me." I said not thinking of anything witty or bitchy to say. Was I going soft, what was this girl doing to me?
"I have to go to my locker San. Can you wait for me?" She said laying a hand on my shoulder and I froze at the contact that sent chills down my body and had my skin forming goosebumps in the warm hallway. I looked down at her hand on my shoulder and back to her face.
"Yeah whatever, I need to get my book too." I said pulling away and quickly walking towards my locker. She walked past me to her locker that was only two down from mine.
"Hey Babe, why'd you stop texting me? You got me all hot and bothered." Puck said coming up behind me and wrapping his arms around my waist. I took a quick look over at Brittany who was looking at us with a disappointed look on her face. What was that all about?
"I was busy with class Noah. I told you I'd take care of you later." I spoke quietly hoping Brittany wouldn't hear me. I don't know why I cared if she heard me I mean everyone knew Noah and I were doing the dirty regularly and I usually wanted people to hear about it.
"Well you better not leave me hangin." He said before kissing my neck and walking down the hallway in the opposite direction I was about to go. Just as he was out of sight Brittany popped up on the other side of my locker door smiling as giddy as ever.
"Are you ready for Math? I'm really glad we have the same class together. You're my only friend here and I don't think I'd be able to find everything without you. Is that your boyfriend? He seems nice. Is he on the football team? I love football. I was a cheerleader at my old school. I was thinking of trying out for the cheer squad here but I heard the coach is really mean and I don't like mean people. I really love dancing and cheering though so I would love to be on the squad. I heard you used to be on the squad but you got kicked off because you hit the cheer coach in the face... I didn't believe that though because I'm pretty sure you wouldn't hit a teacher in the face." She spouted off as I closed my locker and we started walking to class.
She was walking close enough for our arms to be touching and I couldn't pay attention to where I was walking. Thankfully people still parted ways when I walked down the hall or I would have ran into a few people. I turned towards her and sighed.
"Blondie, remember distance? Anyways, I can't even remember what you just asked me because you said so much I kind of tuned out in the first five words." I lied. I couldn't remember what she said because I was too focused on the fact that her arm touching mine was sending shocks down to my fingers making everything tingle. She giggled softly and slowed her pace so she was a few steps behind me. I could still smell her though and it was clouding my brain.
"Do you think I should try out for the Cheerios, San?" That was the third time I'd let her call me San with no consequences. No one was allowed to give me nicknames and most people knew that by now. This girl was really getting to me.
"If you want. Sue's a bitch so you have to be ready for hell if you do join." I told her as we walked into our math class. At least in this class we had individual desks so I wouldn't be sharing a table with Brittany even though the only open desk was directly behind me. I was thankful that it wasn't in front of me so I didn't have to stare at her all hour.
"I'd totally join if you were on. I mean I want to join even though you're not on the squad but it'd be way more fun if we were cheering together." She said smiling before she took the empty seat behind mine. The bell rang just before we sat down and the teacher closed the door after walking into class.
"They're begging me to come back..." I breathed out and turned back towards the front of the class trying to pretend Brittany wasn't behind me. I could feel her eyes on me all hour and it was making my brain do flips. I spent the entire hour doodling on a piece of lined paper and when the bell rang I barely noticed the sound because I was lost in thought. What was I going to do about this Brittany girl shoving her way into my head and as much as I don't want to admit it, my heart. While I gathered my things I noticed her standing by my desk and staring down at me.
"We have lunch now, can I sit with you?" She asked smiling down at me and I sighed. Should I let her sit with me or just tell her off like I would anyone else.
"I'm not going to lunch... I'm going to the bleachers for a smoke." I told her and she looked away before returning her gaze with a wider smile.
"Can I come?" She asked innocently. I let out a deep breath and nodded my head yes without thinking. She smiled and jumped up and down for a second while I stood up walking past her smiling and rolling my eyes. Damn it, this girl is so happy all the time it's almost rubbing off on me... almost.
I put my shit in my locker and Brittany grabbed her lunch box that was bright yellow covered in ducks. Could this girl be any more innocent?
I started walking towards the door to the bleachers and was stopped by none other than Coach Sue.
"Sandbags... my office now." She said pointing towards her office door. Shit, I'd done so well at avoiding her the past week since I'd quit the cheerios.
"I'm on my way to lunch coach." I said trying to walk past her. She scowled at me and looked over at Brittany.
"Your blonde bimbo can come in too and then after we have words you can be on your way." She said walking into the doorway staring us down until we followed her inside.
"What do you want from me? I'm off the squad." I snapped. She looked me in the eyes with a serious glare.
"You know that you want back on the squad so that you don't have to work at that traveling taco stand your parents have near the highway. If you come back I'll put you right back up to captain."
"I was already captain, why do you think that would matter to me?" I said angrily. I didn't want to do it anymore. I didn't want to be under Coach Sue's hellish reign any longer.
"Because Shakira, you love to be on top. And you can't be on top without that uniform. You can act like you'll still be ruling the school but soon you'll be getting slushie facials along with those glee kids that you used to do the slushying to." She explained. She was right, I was not going to keep this up without the help of my cheerio standing. People were already starting to talk about me and I'd banished my name from their mouths long ago.
"I'll do it on two conditions." I spoke softly before looking back up to Sue.
"Name it." Sue said smiling at me. I looked over at Brittany who looked severely confused.
"Brittany gets on the squad with me. Quinn is knocked down from Captain and I'm reinstated." I said smiling greedily.
"Done and Done... Your blonde friend looks limber enough to work with us and she definitely has the beauty. Hopefully she can dance because if not I don't know how long she'll last." Sue said. She handed me a red box with a piece of paper labeled with my name on it and then grabbed another box from beneath her desk handing it to Brittany.
"I already had my eye on this one when she walked into the building today. I took the liberty of getting a uniform ready for you as well." She explained before waving us out of her office.
"Alright now get the hell out of my office and get those uniforms on before I see you again you sloppy babies." She said looking back down at the papers on her desk. I smirked over to Brittany who was smiling so wide down at the box in her hands.
"This is so awesome. We're gonna be on the Cheerios together, oh my God San. This is like the awesomest thing ever." She said opening the box and peeking inside at the uniform. I detoured us into the girls bathroom to get changed into our uniforms.
"Yeah, totally awesome." I said sarcastically before walking into my stall and shedding my normal street clothes for the uniform that made me feel safe and on top of the world again. As soon as I zipped up the top I immediately felt my powers returned. I walked out of the stall and stared into the mirror at myself. I was back. Brittany walked out of her stall and I stared at her in the get up that definitely showed too much skin for a high school cheer uniform. She looked fantastic and she fit right into the part instantly. Now I didn't have to worry about being seen with her or getting close to her. She was almost on my level as soon as she put that uniform on. Not quite the high level I'd attained but she'd be closer soon with more time with me.
"You look amazing San." She said staring up and down my body. I felt heat rise to my cheeks which was odd because I didn't usually get embarrassed by compliments.
"Thanks Britts, you look good too." Did I really just say that?
"Let's go." I said grabbing my clothes off the counter and stuffing them into the box my uniform had been in. Brittany followed me out the double doors towards the football field. I walked under the bleachers to see Puck sitting on the couch with none other than Quinn Fabray straddling his lap tangling tongues with him. The blood in my veins boiled instantly and my vision blurred with red. I stomped over to the girl on top of my boyfriend and grabbed her by the ponytail on her stupid fucking head and ripped her off my man.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON HERE?" I said looking back and forth between the two.
"She jumped me I swear." Puck said and I knew it was a lie. They were both a part of this and I wasn't going to be easy on either of them. I looked back at Brittany who had a horrified look on her face.
"Shut up Noah, we all know you're not innocent in this." Quinn said smiling at me. I didn't resist the urge to punch that perfect nose in the middle of her face. I swung hard feeling the satisfying crunch beneath my fist and heard Quinn scream. She instantly grabbed her face as the blood gushed down her nose.
"Jesus Santana, you probably broke her nose." Puck said standing up and rushing between us pushing his arms out to keep us apart.
"Fuck you Puckerman. Go off with Virgin Mary and try to get laid. She's all about the teasing and not about the pleasing so good luck with that fucking ferret head. Oh and by the way, I faked it... every. single. time." I said spitting at him and turned on the heels of my feet walking past Brittany towards the football field. She followed silently as I stomped across the football field towards the parking lot. My breathing was heavy and I felt the threat of tears forming in my eyes. What the fuck just happened? I didn't go hook up with Puck in the middle of the school day so he thought it'd be okay to make out with Lady Fabgay in our spot? Well this was not going to stand. Quinn was now on my list and that broken nose was the least of her worries. I was back as top bitch on the cheerios and I could make her life a living fucking hell which I planned on doing.
I made my way to my car and opened the door sitting down inside. Brittany stood outside the open door and stared down at me with concerned eyes. She didn't say anything when tears flowed down my cheeks. She just kneeled down onto her knees and reached her arms around me in a tight hug. I didn't know why this hurt so much, I honestly didn't even really care about Puck. He was just for show. I mean I liked him a little obviously but he didn't give me those lovey dovey feelings people talk about. I knew Quinn was a bitch but I really did think we were friends deep down. God, why does everyone suck so bad? I didn't hesitate to collapse against Brittany and let the tears fall slowly down my cheeks. She traced circles on the fabric of my cheerios top at my lower back.
When I contained myself and took a deep breath I pulled away and looked into her bright blue eyes that sent my stomach into a rollercoaster ride. Why was she being so nice to me and how did she get this close to me in not even a full day?
"Why are you being so nice to me? I'm just a bitch haven't you heard?" I told her. She shook her head and smiled at me.
"You're nice to me and I like you. You're not a bitch. You're just scared." She said. No one had ever seen through me quite like she had in just a few hours. This was going to be the beginning of something interesting and I didn't know quite what to expect.
"How do you know? I mean we just met, how do you already think you have me figured out?" I asked.
"I told you, it's your eyes." She smiled before running her thumb down the side of my cheek and wiping away lingering tears. I tried not to smile but it didn't work well with her this close smiling at me.
"I'm sorry you had to see that." I said tilting my head towards the football field. She shook her head and shrugged.
"Not your fault that you had a crumby boyfriend and a fake best friend." She said frowning. I didn't like to see that frown on her face, it wasn't right. There was no place for sadness with her so I did something I never saw coming. I placed a soft kiss to the corner of her mouth mostly on her cheek. The feelings this kiss sent through me were more powerful than anything I'd ever felt. I didn't expect them and it scared me more than anything. I don't know why I did it and I don't think I ever will. Something inside just made me do it and I can't explain what. When I pulled away the frown was replaced with the biggest smile yet and I couldn't help but smile back.
"I'll be your new best friend. I promise I'll never hurt you like they did. I'll protect you like you've protected me." She said smiling and hugging me tight against her. I smiled into the crook of her neck still confused about everything that had just happened but here in her arms nothing else seemed to matter to me. We stayed silent in the doorway of my car for a few minutes before we pulled away and stared at each other.
"I'm going home. I can't go back in there today looking like this. I'm sorry." I said putting my key in the engine.
"I'm going to miss you in my classes. I hope I can find my way." She said pouting. I sighed at her and pulled my key out of the engine.
"I can't very well leave you here to fend for yourself. Let me fix my make up and we can go back in." I said smiling at her after seeing her lips twist into that perfect smile. This girl was going to be the death of me.
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