This Wasn't arranged.
Chapter 1
Santana Lopez. 23 years old. In a relationship. With a man. It wasn't what she thought her life to turn out to be like; hell it was the complete opposite. Her parents forced her into a relationship with their best friend's son, Ricardo (well mainly her mom). He was a nice guy really, just nice. He had nothing special about him, well not that Santana appreciated anyway. Although he had been a very close friend since they were both in nappies, they both grew up on the same street, and they were always going on playdates and telling each other their secrets. They would have been the most perfect couple ever, they were each other's best friend, but there was one key thing, Santana is a lesbian.
Ricardo knew this, he was the first person Santana had come out to, but he swore not to tell anyone. He kept telling Santana that everything would be okay, and he would always love and support her no matter what, but Santana was having none of it.
In high school however it wasn't as easy to pretend she was straight, or not a loser. She was easily the most popular girl at the school, alongside her other "best friend" Quinn Fabray. She loved Quinn but they were always competing with one another, for respect and social status. But when the most popular and hottest girl at school didn't have a boyfriend people started to get suspicious, so Santana picked the easiest option: Sleep with as many boys as possible to prove them wrong. Ricardo knew about Santana's little sleeping habits, and warned her about throwing her at all these guys when she didn't actually like them. He cared about Santana and didn't want to see her with an STD or pregnant, so he offered to be her fake boyfriend, he was the star quarterback of the football team and Santana was the co-captain of the Cheerio's, it was expected of them.
So Santana and Ricardo dated all through high school until they left for college, Ricardo let Santana keep the façade up to their parents when they were at home or on skype calls. But Santana didn't know anybody and people didn't seem to look twice as they passed her or judge her in college, so she let Ricardo date whoever he wanted, but when his relationships were going strong he would let them know of his and Santana's deal, none of them were cool with it but Ricardo wouldn't leave Santana, he promised her that the day she came out to him.
Santana was 22 when she and Ricardo both received their lawyer degrees. It was on that day that Santana came out to her mom, she wasn't too happy about it and made Santana promise not to tell her father. Santana knew her mother was embarrassed of her, and why she was still pushing her and Ricardo's relationship when Santana had told here everything that was going on.
Ricardo didn't know about this and Santana was building up the courage to do it, they had just moved into their new apartment together which Santana's Mom had bought for them as a graduation present, her Dad got her the new Range Rover Vogue SE as well. It was safe to say her parents didn't have any problems in the money department. But she wouldn't let take the easy option, she wanted to be successful and say she had made it and could rely on herself. However being a lawyer was just a safety fall back, what she really wanted and had always dreamed of was to become a singer/actress, she didn't need any fancy, over the top show school, they were made for Berry and Lady Hummel who wanted to constantly sing show tunes and be on Broadway. She would carry on being a lawyer to satisfy her parents but as soon as she had the opportunity for her real dream she would take it and never look back.
"Hey Ricardo, can I talk to you for a minute?" Santana asked as she walked into the living room.
"Sure"
"I told my mom I was gay after graduation." Santana got straight to the point.
"Woah, why am I just finding out now?" He quickly sat up.
"Because she basically denied anything I said and just became more pushy about us two"
"What about your dad?"
"She forced me not to tell him, she's so embarrassed of me" Santana said shaking her head as her voice quivered.
"Is it her news to tell?" He asked rubbing her arm comforting her.
"No, I really want to tell him, we used to be so close you know" She said full of regret for not sticking up for herself.
"Well tell him."
That was 3 months ago, now its Santana's birthday. Her, Ricardo, Quinn and Noah Puckerman are out celebrating with her, first they went for a civilised meal, then Puck suggested they go to a bar, and Santana couldn't think of anything better to do than get drunk.
Santana had also come out to Quinn at the very end of high school, she didn't want to keep it from her, and she just didn't want Quinn to be able to use it against her to get to the top. And Puck found out off Quinn sometime after they left school.
Now they were all sat in the club at their boots having their first drinks of the night when Puck came back from the bar with a tray of shots for everyone, they all took them and squealed in laughter when the alcohol burned the back of their throats.
"God I've missed this" Santana gestured to them all in front of her "Just all together, partying, having fun."
"Yeah cus you've been living under a rock studying for the past 4 years" Quinn teased her.
"Well how about we make up for all that lost time then." Santana suggested as she smirked.
"Another round?" Puck asked.
"Always."
"Sure"
"why not" they all agreed with him.
"You sure you up for it Riccy boy?" Puck asked him.
"You know it. I was always a better drinker than you. Still am." Ricardo encouraged him.
Puck then stuck his middle finger up at him and walked off to get another round of drinks.
Then the song changed to 'Lean on' by Major Lazer and DJ Snake.
"Oh my God, Quinn we have to dance to this, it's like my favourite song." Santana then got up and pulled Quinn up by her arm as well. "Come on!"
Quinn followed her onto the dancefloor, enjoying a rare moment with Santana; she hadn't seen the Latina let herself down like this for too long and it was a good thing, Santana really needed it.
2 hours later and it was now 9:45pm they had all been drinking and dancing and just having a really good time in general, they had just enough alcohol in there system where they could let loose but at the same time walk in a straight line.
"Ohhh, let's go to a karaoke bar!" Santana said excitedly as they all drank the last of their drink.
"Erm good idea San, but since when did you sing, you were always tormenting the Glee club back at McKinley." Quinn asked confused by the idea.
"My singing voice is badass; I'll have you know Lucy" Santana spat out at the blonde.
They all decided to just agree and go to a karaoke bar; after all it was Santana's birthday. It took them about 10 minutes to stumble across one of the busiest karaoke bars, and it was full of NYADA students, but Santana was too drunk to care right now.
"So what song are you going to sing San?" Ricardo asked her.
"I'm going to show these show tune bitches how it's done" She shouted, she had sobered up a little from there walk outside now "How about a little Amy huh?" she smirked.
She then confidently walked up onto the stage as the security let her skip everyone in the line, she was wearing a pretty skimpy dress as well.
She then began singing and a couple of people were dancing along and singing along, there was a particular Blond girl that caught Santana's eye, she was with a tall Asian guy, her dancing was mesmerising, and Santana only just managed to remember to sing.
When she got down off the stage she saw all her friends staring at her, wide eyed.
"Yes I got a good voice box in her you know" Santana smirked as she patted her upper chest. Knowing she had completely took them all by surprise.
"I thought you were just kidding, cus you were drunk" Quinn spoke, gobsmacked by what she had just witnessed.
"Yeah, I know I've heard you singing in the shower or when your cooking but wow, you were amazing San." Ricardo said pulling her into a contractually hug.
Then she went to the bar to try and order some drinks for them all while they were watching the rest of the entertainment. She was sat on a stool, not trying too hard to actually get served for some reason, when the blonde from earlier came and sat next to her.
"Hey, you were really good up there." The blonde says as she sits down, taking Santana by surprise.
"Oh, erm thanks" Santana said shyly.
"It's ok anytime" the girl smiled widely at Santana, it was the most beautiful smile she had ever seen.
"Y-you and your boyfriend were amazing at dancing by the way" she complimented her back.
"Oh, he's not my boyfriend. But thanks." She blushed and giggled at Santana's mistake.
"Oh sorry." She apologised for some reason. She never apologised to anybody, this felt really weird.
"So, are you here on your own?" Brittany then asked after a little while.
"Nope, my friends are sat over there" She said gesturing to where they were sat laughing with each other.
Brittany just smiled as she looked over at them.
"We're here for my birthday; I thought coming here would be something different to them sweaty clubs, full of pervy men." Santana kind of rambled on. She wasn't completely sober yet.
"Oh well Happy Birthday. What is your name?"
"It's Santana"
"Happy Birthday Santana." Her name rolled off her tongue perfectly and sounded so sexy to Santana. "I'm Brittany." She then held her hand forward for Santana to shake it.
"Nice to meet you Brittany" She said politely as she tentatively shook her hand. "So, are you here with just your dance partner?"
"Oh, no. Two of my friends are NYADA students and my dance partner's girlfriend is in some drama school around here."
"Oh that sounds interesting."
"Yeah it is, I love coming here with them, and it's just so lively and vibrant." She then orders a round of drinks for her friends and another for Santana as she notices she's still not ordered anything yet. "Here you go." She said as she slid a drink over to Santana.
"Thanks" She smiled at Brittany
"Oh look my friends are about to sing now!" Brittany said excitedly as she looked towards the stage.
Santana looked over as well and for a minute she thought she recognised the high pitch voick as a certain Lady Hummel. She took another sip of her drink and looked closer to the stage and it was indeed Rachel Berry and Kurt Hummel.
"What them? As in Rachel Berry and Kurt Hummel?" Santana asked completely shocked by this whole situation.
"Yes silly. I met Rachel in my dance class and I give her extra help every now and then when she's preparing for a performance or needs helping choreographing a new routine."
"So you're a professional dancer and a teacher huh?" Santana asked tearing the subject away from man hands and to Brittany, who she would much rather talk about.
"Yep, well kinda. I'm helping Mike, my friend I told you about earlier" Santana remembers, she would be lying if she said she wasn't jealous of him. Hell she was somehow jealous of Rachel Berry, she got to dance with Brittany after all.
"Oh yeah" The bartender came up to Santana and asked what she wanted to order, Santana had completely forgotten that she was supposed to be getting the next round of drinks in. She had ordered them and while the bartender was making them she quickly wrote her number down on a napkin for Brittany. "Here, I erm gotta get back to my friends, they will be wondering where I am soon. But give me a call or a text sometime."
"I will do, you could come over for a dance lesson sometime" Brittany then wrote down her own number and name on a napkin and handed to over to Santana "here I'm most likely to forget or lose yours somewhere, so drop me a text tomorrow as well." Brittany smiled and leaned into a hug with Santana, surprising the brunette.
"Okay, bye Brittany."
"Bye Santana"
Santana walked back over to her friends with their tray of drinks and sat down at their table, unable to hide the blush on her face after her rather pleasant conversation at the bar.
"What took you so long?" Puck called out
"yeah you will never guess, but we saw Rachel and Kurt performing" Quinn told her
"Oh I know, they study at NYADA now"
"erm how would you know?" Quinn leaned over at the table studying Santana.
"I was talking to someone at the bar and she knew them."
"Someone?" Quinn asked at the same time as Ricardo said: "she?"
Santana then thought for a minute,
"Yes, someone."
A/N: Okay, just had this idea come into my head and I thought I would write it down and upload it to see what people think. Let me know in the reviews please (muchly appreciated)