AN: Pretty much canon until Nationals season 2 and then I go off into my own little world! But it is minor spoilers for the prom episode…but if you have at least seen the commercials for the episode than this won't spoil the episode for you.
This basically takes place towards the end of their senior year with a few flashbacks thrown in to help explain things. And it starts a month before prom but they have announced the theme early instead of two days before prom.
It's a Pezberry endgame but there is Finchel (as much as it pains me to write) and some Brittana but it's not very descriptive about those relationships. It's just known that Finchel is a couple.
As of right now the story is only in Santana's POV because I understand her character better (or at least I hope I do!) I may go into Rachel's POV but only if it's really necessary.
No Finn and Rachel engagement (because really that is a god awful idea) and Brittana happens sooner in my story than on the show and with much less drama about it.
And last but not least: I do not own Glee or anything that was created by Ryan Murphy! Or the song 'Somewhere' mentioned in this chapter.
Chapter One
Santana POV
Brittany had just announced the Prom theme: Dinosaurs.
I guess I could deal with that. At least it's not a specific color theme because lets face it; there are just some colors that do not suit Santana Lopez. I know what you're thinking, and yes I am hot enough and can totally rock anything with this sexy body. I'd just rather not have to deal with trying to pull something off.
And dinosaurs as a theme was totally not the worst idea Brittany could have come up with. A few people in the choir room don't look as excited as others do, but with a quick threatening glare by yours truly, that is quickly fixed. Hey, she might not be my girlfriend anymore, but I still love the girl (No, I'm not in love with her anymore either) and I hate it when someone upsets her.
Okay, lets back up a little because I know you're probably confused. Yes, I said that Brittany and I are no longer together. It was weird how it happened and it was even more surprising because I was the one to initiate the breakup. It was all thanks to Rachel (yes, I called her Rachel and I will explain how that happened in a minute) and her ability to finally open my eyes and make me believe that I was more than this shitty town.
See, I thought Britts was the only good thing that I had going for me. And I probably mistook that feeling for love. Don't get me wrong, I totally love Britt, girl is my best friend and I would do absolutely anything for her. I just realized, after a very long talk with Rachel that I won't bother getting into, that we were better at being best friends than girlfriends. And despite all those people who think Britt is stupid, the chick is incredibly smart when it comes to personal interactions. The night that I sat her down to have this talk with her, I didn't even get a word out past 'Britt' before she said she agrees with me and that I would always be her bestie. We hugged it out, made popcorn, and cuddled while watching Finding Nemo (Yes, I let Brittany pick the movie. Are you really that surprised?)
But here is where I can bring the story back to Rachel. Because near the end of the movie, Brittany turned to me and with a very serious face said something that will forever change my life.
This is what she said:
"San, I know that we were girlfriends and that in your own way you really did love me and would never cheat on me. But I catch you looking at her sometimes, like when she sang 'Somewhere' for her audition for West Side Story. I want you to know that it's okay if you want to be with her. I think you and Rachel would be cute together."
Okay, lets pause here and back up a little further so I can explain some things so that this all makes a little bit more sense.
Rachel Berry and I are now friends. Really good friends in fact. It all started after Nationals of our junior year. Well, at least after I went trough the whole 'Imma go all Lima Heights adjacent on your ass for costing us Nationals' phase.
It was maybe a week before school was going to be let out for the summer when I was completely minding my own business and walking down the hallway, skipping class of course. Hey, I had a 3.8 GPA, I was allowed to skip class when I wanted to, okay.
Anyway…where was I…oh yeah, I was completely minding my own business when I walked past the open door of the choir room (Totally not opened, but I opened it when I realized what was going down in there. I'm sneaky like that!) and overhead an argument happening between the hobbit and the overgrown man-child.
Things were really heating up, so naturally I stopped to eavesdrop. (Hello! I am Santana Lopez! Did you really expect anything less?)
So the argument was apparently about Rachel not wanting to give up her precious v-card to Finn, despite the fact that Finn did the 'incredibly romantic thing' when he kissed Rachel on stage at Nationals. But what Rachel said and did next really surprised me.
I totally expected her to go all puppy dogs eyes and swoon over the ogre's 'incredibly romantic thing' and agree that the kiss on stage was entirely romantic and made all her little romantic fantasies come true. But no, she totally got a lot angrier than I had ever seen her and started yelling at him for completely ruining their chances to win Nationals by kissing her. And apparently it wasn't the first time they had this conversation.
Of course, Finnept's response? "But you kissed me back!" And it was totally worse because it was in that whiney child's voice that the man-child has that literally makes me want to cut his dick off and shove it down his throat to make him shut up.
But I digress, because here is where it totally got interesting. Miss 'I hate violence' and 'violence is never the answer' started hitting him in the arm repeatedly and yelling,
"I already told you. I had no choice but to kiss you back! It would have made things worse if I had pushed you away. Instead of being blamed for getting 12th place I would have been blamed for getting 20th place!"
And with one last punch, Rachel preceded to execute a patented Rachel Berry Diva Stormout.
That's when I started to feel…guilty. Because I, along with every other glee member, completely blamed Rachel for our 12th place finish because of that kiss because we all assumed she initiated it. But we really should have been blaming Frankenteen.
And when I thought about it some more, I realized that Rachel just took it. She took all the blame, she took every mean name and insult sent her way by the Glee Club, with her head held high and did not try to defend herself at all. Just like she took every slushy facial, every mean and derogatory name thrown at her by the rest of the school since she started high school. She never fought back.
And some (okay, a lot) of that was my fault. More so Quinn's because lets face it, that girl was a way bigger bitch than me, but it was still mostly my fault too.
And it was in that moment, standing in the hallway of William McKinley High School, that I felt like the shittiest person in the world! (Hey, I actually do have feelings, you know!)
AN 2: This is my first time writing so let me know what you think. I have a couple of more chapters written so let me know if I should keep posting.