Blame
They sat, arm in arm, watching Phantom of the Opera. Rachel caught Santana looking and smiled, before turning back to the play.
Santana kissed her cheek and faced forward as well. She let her mind wander freely, as they'd seen the show seven times already. She kissed Rachel's forehead as the younger girl leaned into her. Santana loved this cuddly version of Rachel—mostly because it had taken them two years to get to the point where the singer would even hold her hand. Santana blamed Quinn for that. She blamed Quinn for a lot of things, but leaving Rachel standing at the altar was the one unforgivable offense on the list. Santana had been the one to hold Rachel while she cried in the chapel's bathroom. She never wanted to see her princess cry like that again.
Which was why she hoped Rachel trusted her enough to accept the ring in her pocket….