Title: "Meet Santana Black"
Rating:M
Disclaimer:I do not own or have any connection to either Glee or Meet Joe Black and all characters are owned by FOX and Universal Pictures.
Note: I would like to inform you that this story will vary from the original storyline of the film Meet Joe Black. I will be using some of the original dialogue, because the script was simply amazing, but I will be changing a lot of it to revolve more around Santana and Brittany rather than the father. Just so you know, this first part is just an introduction. I want to show everyone's relationship with each other before I start the Brittana. I'm doing this because I am madly in love with the original film, especially the music! Also because Brittana are my OTP and despite the horrible time our fandom is going through, I really do believe Brittana are endgame and will be reunited soon. Keep your hope alive!
Comments as always are greatly appreciated, I hope you enjoy!
Storyline: Although the loss of his wife Lisa hit him hard, David still has it all - success, wealth, two beautiful children and power.
But just before his 60th birthday he receives a visit from a mysterious, beautiful stranger, Santana Black, who soon reveals herself as... Death.
In exchange for extra time, David agrees to serve as Santana's earthly guide. But will he regret his decision when Santana unexpectedly falls in love with David's beautiful daughter Brittany.
Brittany is a young, successful doctor who is currently involved with her father's number one worker; Quinn Fabray. Brittany's brother Sam and his fiance Sugar are incredibly happy but Brittany has yet to feel that "magic" everyone talks about. With Quinn, she feels like she's just settling, especially when Santana appears.
You never know, lightning could strike.
Prologue
A Voice In The Night...
"Yes..."
David Pierce sat up in bed at the sudden sound of a mysterious voice. He had been tossing and turning all night again, which had become quite common since he had found it hard to sleep for the past few months.
He looked around the dark room and over at his bedside clock that read 4:27am.
He sat up straight and cringed as he held his left arm. The familiar shooting pains had been occurring more and more frequently of late and the pain was becoming more intense. As the pain slowly subsided, he sat there in the silence, listening to the sound of his own heavy breathing.
The deep, mysterious voice that had been haunting his dreams was at the forefront of his thoughts. It had been happening for weeks now. It never said anything other than a simple, "Yes". It only appeared to come to him when he was alone, he knew it could only be in his head but the resonance of the voice seemed to fill the whole room. "Yes" was all it would say, but David could not understand why.
He slowly got up and walked across the large room into his bathroom. He could barely see because of the darkness, but he was able to find his way to the sink and rinse his face with the cold, refreshing water.
"Yes."
David stopped and looked around quickly. The voice sounded so close but as per usual, he saw absolutely nothing. No one was there. There was nothing but his empty room.
He rubbed his forehead anxiously as he dried his face and returned to his bed. He sat down on the edge just as he felt the slight twinge in his left arm again. He clenched his eyes tight at the pain, waiting in agony for it to subside again.
"Yes."
David looked up and stared into the darkness around him. The voice was soft but deep. Sometimes it sounded like his own but there was also something else there behind it, something almost, eerie.
David sat there in the silence, as the pain dissipated and all that remained was the sound of his heavy breathing. His heart was racing and sweat had formed all over his face.
In the back of his mind he thought it was as if something or someone was reading his mind. Reading his secret thoughts. As if someone was tapping in and listening to the one question he could never vocalize.
He had realized that the voice only appeared whenever his concentration slipped and he allowed himself to silently ask that same, haunting question…
The very same question that was on his mind right in that moment.
David closed his eyes and shook his head of his thoughts. He slowly moved and laid his head back down, trying to think of everything and anything but that question.
He closed his eyes and allowed sleep to eventually overcome him.
The Pierce family were a very well known, very wealthy family. They owned several large estates; one where their family mansion was located situated on its own small island just off the coast of California. Another was an enormous penthouse located at the top of a high-rise building in the center of the business district in the city of Los Angeles.
David's eldest, his son Sam worked alongside him in their family company and his fiance Sugar was an interior decorator and designer.
David's youngest, and the apple of his eye, Brittany, was a successful doctor who recently began working close by as an ER surgeon at LA General.
His wife and the children's late mother Lisa Pierce had been a leading fashion tycoon and a well known charity worker throughout Los Angeles and all across the United States.
Lisa had died of cancer no less than two years ago. Ever since her death, David had felt empty and alone. His heart had broken beyond repair when the love of his life slipped away from him.
David could no longer find the passion and joy in his life after that day. Nothing mattered anymore. Not money, not power, not even his billion dollar empire, Pierce Communications, that he himself had built and developed from scratch.
Nothing mattered to him anymore. Nothing but is children.
David Pierce was the founder and owner of one of America's largest independent corporations; Pierce Communications. It was one of the largest media franchises that dealt with real-life news and events and its works were marketed and distributed worldwide.
Due his hard work and his wife's infamous name, David Pierce and his family have lived a very wealthy and blessed life; their children only ever receiving the best opportunities that life offered them
Both of David's children were currently in long term relationships with two people he held high regard for due to their strong will and unrelenting work ethic. Sam works closely alongside his father, has ever since he graduated from Yale University, and his fiance Sugar is one of LA's most successful designers; her unique works known nation wide which matched her own quirky and unique personality. Despite her care-free nature, Sugar was a strong, business minded woman who wanted nothing more than to be a part of the Pierce family.
Brittany had been dating Quinn Fabray for a long time now and it seemed to be a very equal and stable relationship. Quinn is a highly regarded woman in the business world, and even though she is young, she is David's right hand at Pierce Communications. Ever since she began at the company and worked her way up the ranks with her knowledge and unrelenting determination, she had quickly found herself welcomed into David's confidence and close personal business circle.
She has since been appointed vice president of Pierce Communications board of trustees and has earned the honor of being Davids number one and first in line to assume his position once he had retired.
Once David learned of Quinns interest in his youngest daughter, he saw it as a sensible choice for Brittany, one that would fit well within the Pierce family and business empire.
The Pierce's had always been close. Despite all their wealth and success, they were a completely normal family; always getting together for birthdays, holidays and the weekly family dinners that always took place at their LA family penthouse. Sam had his own place now with Sugar, and Brittany was rarely home due to her work schedule, but no matter what they always made time for those family dinners. It was the one tradition since their mothers passing that they were never going to let go of.
Ever since their mother had passed, Sam and Brittany had noticed a drastic change in their father. He had closed himself off from everyone and tried his hardest to fill in all his spare time with work related projects. He was no longer the man and father they once knew. He was but a shell of his former self. Brittany especially couldn't understand how losing the person you loved could change someone so much.
A love that was completely life changing was something she herself had not experienced. She couldn't understand the depth of what her father and mother shared.
Sam and Brittany, along with Sugar and Quinn now spent most of their free time with David, they wanted to do all they could for their father and show him nothing had changed and that there was nothing that could tare their family a part. David simply adored his children, and their partners, because ever since his wife had gone, they were all that really mattered to him. The resemblance between his children and their mother was uncanny, especially Brittany. Being around them brought back that feeling of happiness and comfort. They were a constant reminder to him of Lisa. Of what their love had created.
Despite almost being twenty seven years old, Brittany was still seen by David as his little girl, he cherished her and whenever she entered the room all his attention was directed to her. Brittany being partnered with Quinn, David's number one employee, just seemed to be a perfect match made in heaven. Sam knew it was because she was the youngest and the only girl, but he was finding it harder and harder to get his fathers attention when Brittany was around. He loved his sister and did not resent Brittany in any way, but all he wanted was for his father to love him and see him the way he saw Brittany, and that was something Sam always thought about.
Recently Sam and Sugar had taken it upon themselves to throw David an elaborate party at their mansion on the island in celebration of his upcoming 60th birthday. It was going to be an extravaganza that no one in high society could compete with. It was planned to be the best of the best. They had been running around like crazy trying to organize the most important party of their father's life, but all their time and effort seemed to fall upon deaf ears. David couldn't understand why they were making such a huge deal about it.
Sam had taken on the sole responsibility of planning the birthday celebration and Sugar had quickly volunteered to decorate and design the party, and although it required an endless amount of time, work and organization, they loved David, and they loved being able to do this for him. To be able to give him something fun and enjoyable that would distract him from his life full of work and business.
The only trouble was, David seemed as though he really just didn't care.
Next up: Chapter 1
- Party talk
- Helicopters
- and coffee shops oh my!
