A/N: To be honest I just threw this together, I hope you like it. Shy! Santana and Cheerio! Rachel. I thought this would be cute to do.
I don't own Glee, because life just isn't fair ha-ha please enjoy!
"Gosh she's so pretty" Santana sighed quietly as she leaned against her open locker. She was waiting for her friend Mercedes since they shared next period together. So to pass the time, she stared helplessly at a short brunette cheerleader who was conversing with her two best friends, who weren't cheerios, Sam and Quinn. But to Santana it seemed that the two blondes were teasing the short brunette seeing as there was a blush on her face and it made Santana curious.
"Hey girl, checkin out Rachel again" a familiar voice asked. Santana let out a squeak before jumping and turning around.
"O-Oh Mercedes you scared me" Santana squeaked and Mercedes chuckled,
"Sorry girlfriend, so when are you gonna ask out the princess" Mercedes asked elbowing the shy girl in the ribcage.
"First of all, ow that kinda hurt, and second, you're crazy there's no way a girl like her would ever date a girl like me, I'm way too shy and she's just the epitome of confidence of grace" Santana sighed looking at the short brunette longingly. It was true, Santana was very shy, quiet and on occasion extremely clumsy. And Rachel, she was so confident, loud when necessary and coordinated. They were opposites in a few ways and Santana wished constantly that she could be more confident, so that Rachel would notice her.
"S, maybe you should try and talk to her, I mean, she's one of the nicest girls at school, and you haven't done a single thing wrong to her, so why wouldn't she be nice to you" Mercedes asked encouragingly.
"Y-You think so" Santana asked looking up to her friend.
"I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it" Mercedes smiled making Santana smile too,
"Now come on, class is gonna start soon" Mercedes said patting the Latina's back. Santana immediately grabbed her things for next period and quickly closed her locker before walking with her friend.
Being a cheerleader had its perks, especially if you were co-captain like Rachel was. Her other captain was Brittany Pierce, who she had befriended during freshman year. But poor Brittany was sick today so Rachel was going to hang out with two of her other best friends, Quinn Fabray and Sam Evans. She had known them since middle school and they were always supportive, which is why she came out to them before high school started. They had taken it surprisingly well, but what shocked Rachel was at that same moment Sam pulled out his wallet and pulled out twenty bucks saying Quinn was right.
"You betted on when I would come out to you" Rachel asked clearly shocked. Sam and Quinn had chuckled at this.
"Yeah, I said before high school started, and Sam said during high school" Quinn explained. Rachel rolled her eyes,
"You two are unbelievable" Rachel stated before Quinn came up to her and hugged her,
"But you love us anyway" then Sam came and gave her a hug too.
"And I wonder why almost all the time" Rachel sighed before hugging them back. But now it was junior year and the two blondes were currently teasing the Brunette.
"Rachel and Santana sitting in a tree" Quinn said
"K-I-S-S-I-N-G" Sam finished before they both poked at the now blushing Brunette.
"Seriously you too, must you act this way" Rachel asked folding her arms across her chest.
"Yes" they both said in unison causing Rachel to huff.
"Come on Rachel, just ask her out already, I've seen the way she looks at you in class, she totally has the hots for you" Quinn said. She then discreetly looked through the corner of her eyes and saw that Santana had been watching them, well more Rachel than Sam and Quinn, but when she saw Mercedes arrive Quinn turned her sight back to the Cheerio who was currently explaining something to Sam,
"Look, even if she liked me, which she doesn't, I couldn't ask her out, I don't have the guts" Rachel sighed.
"Okay, the only thing wrong with that sentence that needs explaining is, why she wouldn't like you, when I just explained how much she liked you" Quinn asked.
"You have eyes Quinn; she hangs out with Mike and Mercedes almost all the time, there's no way she would like me" Rachel said. Sam and Quinn exchanged looks,
"Alright, fine don't believe us, but we're telling you she does like you" Sam said and Rachel rolled her eyes.
"Come on let's head to class, I don't wanna be late again" Quinn said before the trio left. This was gonna be a fun day.
It was now close to third period and Santana had gym. She didn't share gym with Mike or Mercedes, but she did have Puck and Kurt, who were basically her brothers. So it wasn't totally bad.
"I wonder what we're doing today" Santana mumbled to herself as she weaved through the students to head to the gymnasium. She usually met Puck right about now, but it looked like he might be a little late, so she waited in the hall by the water fountain for him. Many people said hello to the shy girl, but all she did was turn red mumble a small hello and wave at them. She began to wonder where puck was, but was pulled out of her thoughts when two Cheerios showed up in front of her. Santana felt herself shrink a bit.
They both were seniors and sisters in McKinley and on the Cheerio squad with Rachel. One had red hair, about Santana's height and was sporting a smile. The other was blonde, like a friend of Rachel's, what was her name, Brittany? Well Santana thought Brittany was nice, and she liked the head Cheerio. And Stella also sported a smile.
"H-Hi Naomi, Hey Stella can I help you" Santana asked timidly. Naomi, who was the redhead smiled at the now quiet junior.
"Hey Santana, I was wondering if you had the notes from Calculus class from yesterday, I was sick and Stella took me to the Doctor" Naomi said. That's right; Santana was in a senior math class since her grades were amazing. Santana had wanted to say something, but all she did was nod. So she pulled off her backpack and opened it to pull out her notes and hand it to the redhead.
"Thanks Santana" Naomi smiled before giving the shy girl a surprise hug making the girl go rigid and blush.
"Y-Your welcome" Santana mumbled.
"Aw, she is the cutest thing ever" Stella squealed also going to give Santana a hug. Now both girls were hugging Santana and the poor girl didn't know what to do.
"Hey, Stella, Naomi, you might want to let go of my bro, she's claustrophobic" a masculine voice said. Santana sighed with relieve when she saw Puck walking towards the girls. They immediately let go of Santana and apologized. Santana just nodded before walking quickly behind Puck to hide like nervous four year old. Puck looked at Santana and grinned before looking back at the Cheerios,
"You know, if Rachel finds out about this, you'll be running extra laps" Puck warned. The siblings exchanged looks before running off, leaving Puck with Santana.
"T-Thanks Puck" Santana stuttered quietly.
"Aw, don't mention it, sorry I made you wait for long, Coach was talking to us about the next game and he wants me to be on the starting line" Puck grinned, Santana ran in front of Puck and gave him a huge smile,
"Puck that's great, I'll be sure to go to the game and cheer for you" Santana promised. Puck chuckled,
"Means a lot San, so ready for Gym, I heard we're on the track today" Puck said. And Santana sighed,
"Shoot, I was hoping we would be doing Soccer again" then she smiled.
"Well may as well get to the gym before Kurt flips on us for being late" Puck said before the two walked towards the gym. The bell rang just as the door closed behind them.
On the football field Rachel was drilling the Cheerios. They had competition in a few weeks, and every second counted.
"Good job ladies, now when you finish the jumping jacks we'll head onto the track and run a mile in pairs, so find a partner and be sure to stay close together" Rachel shouted as she finished her jumping jacks. Her friend Tina jogged up to her panting slightly since she had just finished her jumping jacks.
"Hello Tina, what can I help you with" Rachel asked as she stretched her quads for the mile.
"Santana is outside for gym today, there supposed to be on the track" Tina said pointing to the other side of the track, where in fact Santana was walking out onto the track with her class, but she frowned when she saw that Puck was messing around with Santana. She saw how the shy girl was laughing and in all honesty it made the Cheerio jealous.
"Alright ladies, lets head to the track, we have a mile to run, if you don't have a partner find one now, and just to make it fun, each lap will be ran differently, your gonna jog the first one, walk the second, sprint the third and run the last one, so let's get moving" Rachel called before grabbing Tina and walking to the track.
"You gonna show off for Santana" Tina asked teasingly poking Rachel in the arm continuously.
"If it draws her attention from Noah, then by all means, so be prepared to run" Rachel warned before heading to the starting line.
"Always am" Tina sighed following her co captain to the track before they started their jog.
On the other side of the track, Santana and Puck were now starting to stretch as they talked. Well Puck was talking, Santana was just quietly listening.
"So anyway Kurt told me, hey hold on, where is Kurt" Puck asked looking around.
"I didn't see him in the gym" Santana mumbled quietly as she finished stretching.
"Have no fear my dear friends, Kurt Hummel has arrived" Kurt said with the ever showing confidence, Santana smiled shyly at him, he wasn't wearing his gym clothes, so he probably just got to school, or something in that range.
"Dude where were you, gym wouldn't have been fun without you" Puck said going to give Kurt a high five, which he gladly returned.
"Sorry guys, I was called to the office, my dad brought me a box of my favorite brownies" Kurt said gesturing to his pack back. And Puck's eyes widened,
"He brought you those cookie dough brownies from the bakery three blocks down" Puck asked in excitement, Santana shared the same look.
"the very same, but we have to wait for lunch to eat them, don't you remember the last time you ate these during gym" Kurt asked with a raised brow and a smug smile towards Santana, who was now fiddling with her fingers, blushing and staring at her feet which were scuffing the asphalt.
"Yeah I do, but I didn't know we would be doing Coach Sylvester's training course that day" Santana said defending herself once she looked up to face the two boys. She was sporting a pout now,
"Aw, is Bashful mad" Kurt teased, Santana rolled her eyes,
"Shut up, come on everyone is starting their mile" Santana said before jogging to the track with Puck close behind her since Kurt wasn't dressed out.
"Hey check it out, Rachel's on the track, and boy is she moving" Puck said clearly impressed. Santana looked to wear Puck had seen Rachel, which was behind them and he was right, Rachel was moving fast and gaining ground, with Tina not too far behind her.
"She really is fast" Santana said clearly marveled at the action Rachel was executing.
"Yeah, but your fast too, so I propose a race" Puck grinned mischievously and Santana rolled her eyes,
"Whats the deal" Santana asked.
"Winner has to pay for BreadStix next time we go" Puck said confidently and Santana nodded,
"You're on" then the two began to pick up their pace. Leaving a now surprised Rachel behind.
"What on earth" Rachel said out loud, though it was meant to stay in her head, since it wasn't the greatest idea to talk while you run.
"What" Tina asked quickly to conserve her air supply as she jogged close behind the short brunette.
"Santana and Noah just started running out of nowhere, how am I supposed to talk to her if she's gonna run like that" Rachel huffed before getting her breathing pattern back in check. Tina just shook her head as they continued on their first lap, though it getting close to becoming their second lap, which meant they were gonna walk.
"Well we're getting ready to walk so you'll have time to think of something" Tina said as the two passed the final line and slowing down to a power walk.
"Oh, this isn't fair, she gets to run with Noah and not me" Rachel huffed as she saw the two friends running around the curve of the track. The two, from what Rachel could make out, were smiling and laughing about something and it didn't make the Cheerio feel the greatest.
"Seriously Rae, just ask her out I guarantee you she'll say yes" Tina said now walking beside the girl.
"Seriously, that's what Sam and Quinn said too, but to be honest, anyone can just look at someone during class, it happens all the time" Rachel sighed. This made Tina roll her eyes,
"She's been staring at you since freshman year, and not only that, I've heard from Mercedes that she's been crushing on you since freshman year too, that's undeniable proof that she likes you" Tina said exasperatedly.
"Whatever you say Tina" Rachel said before going back to focusing on er breathing. By now they were just finishing their first curve and her team was now close behind them.
Close to ten minutes later Rachel and Tina were on their final lap which meant a straight up run. They would have been done sooner, but one of the younger cheerleaders had drank too much water and now she felt sick, so Rachel had to help the poor girl to the bleachers to take a small break.
"Poor Felicia, I hope she learns from this" Rachel thought to herself as she made it to the third part of the track with Tina, they were close to being done, and she would've finished too, if not for a sudden loud shriek of pain that came from about a hundred meters back. Rachel immediately turned around and saw that Santana was on the ground clutching her ankle.
"Oh no" Rachel thought clearly horrified as she turned around and sprinted to where Santana was located. By the time she had arrived to the scene, the coach in charge of Santana's class and Santana's two friends Puck and Kurt were by the young Latina's side.
"What happened" Rachel demanded clearly worried. Santana was crying at the moment, but Puck seemed to know the story.
"San and I were doing a sprint, and she was ahead of me, but out of nowhere she tripped over something and landed on her ankle" Puck explained.
"I'll take her to the nurse" Rachel said immediately.
"I don't know Rachel, I think puck should take her, since he is stronger" the coach said, but Rachel huffed,
"I assure you Coach that I am strong enough to carry Santana, I help with the girl's pyramid every day, and a few of those girls aren't exactly feather light" Rachel argued. After a moment Puck contributed to the conversation,
"I think Rachel could handle it, the building isn't that far" Puck said.
"Indeed, I also believe that Rachel can take her" Kurt piped in.
"Fine" the coach the sighed, and Rachel smiled triumphantly before kneeling down and scooping the crying girl up bridal style and making an exit towards the main building. And as the two girls left, Puck gave Kurt a fist bump.
"Dude this is perfect" Puck grinned.
"Oh yes, this might be the situation the girls need to get their feelings across" Kurt sighed hopefully. Then the two went quiet, and for a moment they felt confident in the new turn of events.
"We're still going to check on her after gym though right" Kurt asked.
"No duh dude, and when her parents find out, we'll be heading to the hospital too" Puck said and Kurt nodded,
"Just checking" then the two went back to their classmates to finish whatever they were doing before.
"Now now, I understand you're in pain, but we're almost to the nurse" Rachel said assuringly to the now quietly sobbing girl who had unconsciously leaned her head into Rachel's shoulder.
"I-It h-hurts th-though" Santana whimpered and Rachel nodded,
"Yes sweetie I understand, and we'll see what the nurse says alright" Rachel said soothingly. The two were now inside and about a hallway and a half from the nurse's office, since it was next to the front office. Rachel didn't notice the now growing blush on the girl's face, but since her face was blotchy from the tears, the blush just blended in. Finally the two made it to the nurse, and Rachel asked for assistance.
"My goodness what happened" the nurse asked helping Santana to one of the pale pink beds, and carefully taking off Santana's right shoe and sock though the girl whimpered through the whole thing.
"Oh she took a nasty spill in gym, poor dear tripped and probably sprained her ankle" Rachel sighed. She winced when she saw how swollen Santana's ankle already was, yup definitely sprained and a bad one.
"Oh dear, well I better call her parents, you go to the freezer and pull out an ice pack and put it on her ankle" the nurse said before asking Santana for one of her parent's phone numbers and going to the school phone and dialing the number. Meanwhile Rachel was gently putting the ice on Santana's ankle, though she hissed when it made contact.
"Sorry" Rachel apologized,
"N-No it's not your fault, my ankle hurts really badly is all" Santana said not meeting Rachel's worried eyes. And things got quiet for a moment, neither one not knowing what to say. So only the sound of the nurse talking to, what sounded like, Santana's father.
"Yes sir, she's here in the nurse's office with me and her friend who brought her here, I'll be sure to have her things ready to go when you get here" the nurse assured before hanging up.
"I didn't realize your were doctor Lopez's daughter, but he's on his way, so I'll have someone go collect your things" the nurse said.
"I'll get them" Rachel stated standing up, Santana looked at Rachel in surprise,
"Thank you, um my locker number is" but Rachel giggled,
"I know where your locker is Santana, but I would like your combination please" Rachel beamed.
"O-Oh, its 32-4-12" Santana said a bit surprised at the new information. Rachel knew where her locker was located? How long had she known? But before she could ask, Rachel had already left to retrieve the injured girl's things. It was then Santana had pulled out her phone and texted puck she was going home, though more than likely the hospital, so when school got out, he and Kurt were more than welcome to come see her. And Puck instantly texted back saying he would bring her the homework for the rest of the day's classes since they shared them and Santana thanked him before texting Mercedes and Mike the same thing.
Soon Rachel had come back with Santana's back pack and her day clothes from the girl's locker room. There wasn't an assigned locker so Rachel had to walk over many different girls clothing. But regardless Rachel found them with ease and made her back to the nurse's office. And almost exactly five minutes later, Doctor Lopez came rushing in. He was slightly taller than Santana herself, though he looked slightly similar to her, except he was more masculine.
"Santana, mija are you alright" he asked clearly concerned. Santana began to whimper again when she pointed to her right swollen ankle.
"Oh dear, yup it's sprained, come on sweetheart, let's get you to the car, your mother is already on her way" Mr. Lopez said easily lifting his daughter and her things which he grabbed from Rachel before heading to the door. But just before he was completely, he thanked Rachel for watching his daughter for him. Rachel simply smiled and waved him off. Once he was gone, she sighed,
"Guess I'll have to ask her another day" before leaving the nurse's office and back to the football field to face her coach's wrath since she had left the team unauthorized. But to Rachel, it was worth it. She got to help Santana, even if she had lost the confidence to ask her out soon after they had arrived in the nurse's office. But there was always tomorrow Rachel supposed.
The next day Santana came in on crutches and a clearly wrapped up ankle, the doctor, otherwise known as her father, said that the sprain was as bad as it looked and would have to be kept up for about three weeks. Puck was close behind her with the girl's bag. They were joking about something when they saw Rachel approach them with a smile.
"I believe I can carry her things Noah" Rachel said holding out her hands expectantly. Puck exchanged looks with Santana and shrugged,
"Sure thing Berry, just watch her foot" Puck said protectively before walking on.
"I'm sorry about him, he's just worried is all" Santana sighed as she continued to walk with Rachel close beside her.
"It's quite alright, I understand his concern, so how are you feeling" Rachel asked as they stopped at Santana's locker.
"I-I'm alright, I'm just stuck being on crutches for about a month" Santana joked.
"Well I'll gladly carry your things for you" Rachel offered with a smile and Santana blushed.
"Oh you don't have too" Santana said, but Rachel put a small finger over the other girls' mouth,
"Believe me I want to, which reminds me, are you busy this weekend" Rachel asked. Santana gave Rachel a curios look though her heart was fluttering a mile a minute.
"No, though I doubt I could go anywhere anyway, dad doesn't want me moving too much" Santana said in slight disappointment.
"Not a problem, because I was wondering since you aren't busy, if you wanted to go on a 'stay in' date with me" Rachel asked with growing confidence since she saw the excitement in the blushing Latina's eyes.
"T-That would be nice, we can watch movies if you want" Santana offered.
"That sounds great, now let's get you to class, I would hate for you to be late, also I went to your teachers yesterday and they said not to worry about yesterdays assignments" Rachel said as the two headed down the hall. But close to where Santana's locker was Kurt, Sam and Quinn stood there, and Kurt didn't look very happy.
"Alright Kurt you owe us both twenty bucks" Quinn grinned. As the boy rolled his eye and pulled out the money he owed.
"I can't believe this; I thought for sure she had asked her in the nurse's office" Sam chuckled,
"Well she didn't so you lost the bet" Quinn and Sam high fived.
"Come on let's get to class this is gonna be a fun day, we get to rub it in Rachel's face and tell her we were right" Quinn grinned before walking off. This was gonna be fun.
A/N: I hope you guys liked the first chapter, because its not over yet! See you in the next chapter