Brittany had been feeling dizzy since she left Rachel's house that morning. Though she had expected the Rachel Berry house party to be a "trainwreck extravaganza," (Santana's words, not her own), Britt actually thought it was fun. What she could remember anyway...including body shots, stripping, and spin-the-bottle. And Sam. She definitely remember Sam and the intoxicating kiss they shared.
Rather than analyze her dizzy, cloudy feelings, Britt decided to "blame it on the alcohol," which is why she suggested that they paid tribute to Jamie Foxx and his iconic hit for their Glee assignment that week. When she put Santana in charge of wardrobe and recruited Mike's help for choreography, she knew Schue would love it for sure.
Thanks to Rachel and Puck, the New Directions were still drunk when they performed it for Schue, and Brittany felt increasingly confident through her dizzy haze. As she expected, Mr. Schuester loved their performance, (he thought the drunk "acting" was extremely convincing). What she didn't expect, however, was her own inability to keep her eyes off of Sam. I mean, she took notice that he was hot when he sang JBiebs, but he was Santana's boyfriend, so that was all it ever was. And what was more surprising: she could swear she caught him staring right back at her.
Brittany thought maybe she was just confused. Santana was always saying how even breakfast was confusing for her... But when she saw Sam in the hall later that day, he flashed her his trademark smile, and she got a feeling in her stomach that she only ever felt when she was with Santana. She tried to explain it once after a session of sweet lady kisses, but San started talking about bugs or flies fluttering or something, and Brittany checked out of that conversation. How were flying insects even relevant?
Later that week, Brittany was through with drinking after the assembly fiasco. Maybe Rachel shouldn't have put cough syrup and crumbled oreos in that drink she brought... She expected her dizzy feeling would dissipate soon, along with the funny bug feeling in her stomach. She tried to talk to San about that feeling again, leaving Sam out of the conversation, but Santana just called her dumb.
On her way to lunch later that day, Britt's phone started ringing that Amy Winehouse song that Santana put on her phone so she'd know who was calling.
Britt answered, "Hey S, I'm almost at the caf."
"Actually, I'm not eating lunch today. I'm making Sam take me out to gets ma Breadstix on. Boyfriends are good for that..."
Brittany's face fell a little. "Oh." As she turned the corner, she and Santana ended up walking shoulder to shoulder. S had her phone in one hand and Sam's hand in the other.
"Oh, hey Britt-Britt" Santana smiled as she hung up her cell. Britt smiled politely back, though she was honestly a little hurt.
Then Sam leaned around Santana and chimed "How have you been Brittany?" and he flashed her that same smile she couldn't get out of her head.
Brittany was distracted by his lips, and before she could answer the question, Santana coolly replied, "This is Britt we're talking about, Trouty Mouth. It's not like she's got any complex thoughts or emotions going on... Bye Britt." And just like that she dragged Sam down the hall. Before the pair could disappear around the corner, Sam glanced back, looking apologetic. Brittany just responded with a grin. Since Britt still had most of lunch period free, she decided she needed to talk to someone about this ASAP. Not Q. She wasn't exactly someone you confided in.
Brittany suddenly said, "Rachel!" And she took off in the opposite direction of S and Sam, toward her original destination: the caf.
She spotted Rachel eating alone, as she did most days, since she and Finn were still on the rocks. She sat directly across from the brunette, who just looked confused.
"Rach, I have to talk to you about something," Brittany exhaled.
"Um... Brittany, shouldn't you be talking to Santana or Quinn? I'm not sure you even like me," Rachel replied in a small voice that almost made Britt's heart ache.
"I do! And NO! I can't talk to Santana about this, and Quinn is just scary." Rachel's eyes lit up when Britt said this, because she had always liked Britt, but she could never approach her with the other two members of the unholy trinity glued to her hip. Plus, Quinn was scary and perhaps this could be a bonding point in their friendship.
"Okay, you can talk to me about anything, I'll be your confidante" Rachel said in a firm, but warm voice, that Britt found comforting. With a friendly smile and a quick, over-the-table hug, Britt began to tell Rachel all about her feelings for Sam. She even told Rachel about Sam staring back. Rachel listened intently, (which was a nice change from Santana, who never listened), and insisted that Sam was obviously reciprocating Britt's romantic feelings. The tiny brunette even explained that feeling in B's stomach. She said it was called "butterflies" and it meant that Brittany had feelings for Sam.
When the lunch period was drawing to an end, Rachel told Britt to text Sam after school. Tell him how she was feeling. Brittany was never one to be afraid to talk to boys, so she agreed that it would be best to text him tonight. She had his number from the Glee phone list, so she would do it later that night.
"Thanks Rachel. You're really nice. And I like your horse sweater!" With that, Brittany gave her another quick hug, and was gone, leaving Rachel smiling at her half-eaten lunch.
Britt got home from school that day, and though she was super excited to text Sam, she waited until after she fed Lord Tubbington his usual enormous dinner, and changed into her hot pink capri sweats, some mismatched socks, and a white ribbed tank that had probably belonged to one of the many boys B had entertained in her room before. On anyone else, the outfit would probably look sloppy, but with Britt's body, nothing could look bad. She then climbed onto her bed and quickly typed and sent her message.
"Hey Sam, it's Brittany S. Pierce from the Glee club. I think you remember me. Anyway I need to talk to you about butterflies and your smile." She hit send and anxiously awaited a response from the blonde boy who was out to a forced dinner at Breadstix with Santana.
Sam sat across from his girlfriend in the crowded restaurant. She was blabbering on about missing the Cheerios, but loving her ability to wear new outfits to school. Sam was uninterested, but was practiced in looking like he cared. (He dated Quinn, after all).
He felt his cell vibrate in his pants pocket. He though Santana might attack him, physically or verbally, if he was texting during their date, but he was bored so he risked sneaking a peek to at least see who it was. His phone shined up at him "1 new message from Brittany from Glee".