Whodunit?
A Brittana Murder mystery. A death shakes the lives of Brittany and Santana. Inspired by Agatha Christie.
Disclaimer: I do not own Glee or its characters. I do not own anything written by Agatha Christie (basic idea comes from Crooked House).
A/N: Although I have been reading fanfics for many, many years… this is the first I have written. Be nice and review.
Chapter 1
Santana Lopez could not wait for this airplane to land. Landing meant she would finally be home. Home meant that she would finally be back with Brittany. Brittany was the love of her life, and she could not wait any longer to begin the next phase of their lives together.
That had been the whole point of her journey. Santana was a professional dancer, and she had spent the better part of the last year dancing in some of the most beautiful theaters in some of the most beautiful places in North America. She had made enough money for her and Brittany to finally realize their dream of trying to make it in New York City, but it had been absolute torture to spend so much time away from Brittany.
Brittany … just thinking about her made her so excited that not even the crying infants in Coach could not take her smile away. She thought back to how they had come all this way…
Six Years Earlier
Santana walk up to her dormitory wheeling a cart that seemingly contained her entire life divided up between various boxes and suitcases. She though to herself, "Well here I am. This is college."
It was absolute chaos everywhere inside the building. Crying girls everywhere hugging equally teary-eyed mothers. However, Santana had made this journey alone. The distance was too far and too expensive for her to have a parental chaperone; she had already said her goodbyes.
Just out of the corner of her eye she noticed a flash of yellow, and she heard the prettiest laugh to ever pass her ears. She did not quite understand why, but for some reason this shook her from her daze and occupied the entirety of her attention. But when she turned to locate the source, she was met with the brown oak of a slamming door. Disappointed, Santana took note of the name on the door. "I guess we'll meet some other time … Brittany S. Pierce."
The first week of college brought with it so many welcome-type activities designed to ease the fears of the new freshmen, but Santana found the extremely tedious. It was getting ever more annoying to find a different way of introducing herself to all the talkative wide-eyed girls who had forced themselves into her company. Santana did not want to admit it but the real reason for her displeasure was that she had yet to find the mysterious Brittany, and she had been too nervous to take any action herself.
That first night she was dragged to a party. Santana had never seen so many drunken people before. It was a horrible experience. It was hot, crowded, sticky, and she was pretty sure some one around her was always pissing, puking, or screaming. The only redeeming quality of that night was that she was sure she had heard Brittany's laugh, but only for a second. Santana had convinced herself that it could have been someone else, or she had just imagined it.
The next day, Santana woke up feeling like crap. She hardly ever got sick, but somehow a fever and congestion came on suddenly. College was already shaping up to be a huge disappointment, and now she was literally sick within the first month.
She made her way to the University Health Service. After telling a nurse her symptoms she was ushered into a waiting room to rest and have tests run. She could barely keep her eyes open in the darkened room. She did not know how long she had dosed off for, but a short time later she felt a tapping on her shoulder, followed by a whispering voice.
"Hey uh are you okay? Are you here for the same reason as me? Have I seen you before? Why are you not answering? Are you dead? I thought we could be friends, but dead people scare me. You're too pretty to be dead!" said the voice in one breath.
Santana rolled over and opened her eyes. She was met with two of the bluest eyes she had ever seen. "No, I am still alive, barely."
"I'm Brittany, and I'm here because I don't feel so good."
"Yet, somehow you're still SO cheerful!" Santana replied without thinking. When she was able to collect her thoughts properly it struck her that this was Brittany! She had just snapped at the girl she had been dying to see again, and here she was like fate. She added, "I'm Santana, and I'm not usually this mean to people. And I think you might be my neighbor."
"Oh it's so cool to meet someone else from the dorm. I've been skipping the welcome activities because I get scared that I'd lock myself out of my room and die of boredom in the hallway."
"Well, if you ever do lock yourself out you can hang out in my room with me."
"Yay, high five, new friend!"
Just then the doctor came in. "I see you two have found your way to each other. That's nice, I'll save time by saying this to both of you at the same time. You have H1NI or Swine Flu. It's quite contagious, so you'll have to be taken out of the dorm until you get better." This is not what Santana wanted to hear, but Brittany looked oddly calm still. "Now Santana, since you're an out of state student, and we can't put you on a plane home, you'll have to be put up in the emergency University Apartments."
"Great my very own Leper Colony," Santana scoffed rolling her eyes.
"Brittany, you'll have to call your parents and have them pick you up and bring you back to Lima. Is that okay?"
Brittany looked over at Santana with sadness visible in those two blue eyes. She turned to the doctor and said quickly, "My parents went on vacation where there aren't phones." "That's unfortunate. I'll make arrangements for the both of you then."
As soon as the Doctor had left the room, Brittany turned to Santana, "Can you keep a secret? I lied to the doctor. My parents aren't on vacation. I just didn't want you to be sick and alone." Santana felt a profound warmth in her heart, and leapt off the bed to hugged her new friend.
Santana and Brittany spent a week at that "Leper Colony" and they became so close it was impossible to believe they had only really met a week ago. They talked about everything from ducks to breadsticks. They learned they both shared a love of dance, which immediately led to random dancing at 3 in the morning. Their friendship thankfully outlasted the sickness and when they returned to the general student population they were inseperable.
Over the next few months, friends became bffs. And on fateful night of secret telling bffs became girlfriends. Girlfriends lead to lovers, and lovers to soulmates. Santana knew that this was the real thing, and that Brittany was worth anything.
Earlier This Year
Shortly after Brittany and Santana had celebrated their 5th Anniversary of being a couple, they heard that the famous show Dance Explosion! was holding auditions for new dancers in anticipation of their North American tour. Of course they were both excited because they were sick of working 9-5 odd jobs that were bringing them no closer to realizing their New York fantasies. They trained for weeks before their auditions. When the day finally came they were met with bad news. They would have to compete directly with each other for only one remaining spot.
The two forced the melancholy out of their minds and made their way onto the stage before the judges. When the music started Santana began moving to the beat with all she could muster. Deep down she had always though Brittany to be the superior dancer, and although she tried her hardest to concentrate solely on her own movements, she couldn't help but imagine Brittany dong it better beside her.
Towards the end of the song Santana caught a glimpse of Brittany out of the corner of her eye. What she saw shocked her. Brittany was splayed out on the dancefloor clutching her ankle. Santana almost lost track of her movements, but was still able to finish the song without error. She rushed over to Brittany at the first opportunity, "Oh my God B, what happened? Are you okay? You never fall, ever."
Brittany looked up at Santana, "I guess you'll be the one going on tour."
Santana could have sworn that Brittany winked at the end of her sentence. She wondered if Brittany had fallen on purpose. However, she didn't ask; she merely hugged Brittany as hard as she did on the day they first met, and kissed her on the top of the head.
Later that night, Santana got a call with all the details on how long she'd have to be away for and the rather large salary she'd be receiving. She turned to Brittany saying "I don't want to leave you for this long."
"It's alright. I'll try to fly out to see you wherever you are at least once a month. Plus I'm thinking of getting a cat."
Present Day
It had been a very long nine months, but Santana was finally back. She learned shortly into her tour that Brittany's high school cheerleading coach, Sue Sylvester, had offered Brittany a job dancing in a Variety stage show she was starting up in Brittany's home town. Brittany had jumped at the opportunity to be around someone she knew, and since both her and Santana would be working, they'd have enough money to move to New York as soon as Santana got back.
They had not talked much about Brittany's job when they got to see each other because Brittany would always want to hear about all the places Santana had been, either that or they'd be having sex. Santana realized as she was getting off the plane that being back meant she's finally have an opportunity to see Brittany dance on in Sue's show. And this made her even more excited.
When she finally got her luggage off what felt like the slowest baggage claim in history, she practically sprinted through the arrivals gate and began searching for Brittany amongst the crowd. When she finally did find her, something was wrong. Brittany did not run to hug her, she did not wave hello, and in fact she made no physical signs of affection at all. It looked like she had been crying.
"B, what's wrong? I thought you'd be happier to see me."
"San, I know we agreed that we'd move to New York after you got back. But we can't. It's just not right."
"Are you breaking up with me?"
"God no Santana. I need you now more than ever. I … We just have to stay here for awhile."
"B you're scaring me, just tell me what's wrong."
"It's Sue. She'd dead. They say she's been murdered."
End of Chapter 1.
I know there wasn't much Murder mystery stuff this chapter, but it was important to introduce Brittany and Santana, and their love before all that craziness started. Review please?