Author's Note: I was driving home from class when Big Yellow Taxi by Counting Crows [feat. Vanessa Carlton] came on the radio. I originally wanted to make it a Rachel/Brittany but after watching the drama of "Duets", I switched it.
It's late at night, a week after the "duets" debacle, when Santana begs Brittany to come over to talk through things. Instead of talking all she gets is a very loud rant and tears and Brittany storming out of the house, the screen door slamming shut behind her. Santana watches from her bedroom window as a big, yellow taxi takes her girl away.
God, it shouldn't even hurt. Not after all the shit she put Brittany through. She deserves it after all of that. Her heart shouldn't be shattering over this tall, blonde, slightly insane young woman. But it is. And it's quite possibly the most intense hurt she's ever felt.
The text is simple when it appears on her phone.
You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.