Mack On

Brittany strolled along a deserted hallway in McKinley High. She didn't appear fazed by the fact there was no one else around as she swung her bag along at her side and hummed a few bars of 'Time Warp' to herself. She wasn't really sure where she was going. Possibly History or maybe English. It was hard to remember sometimes when Santana wasn't there to remind her.

As she turned a corner Brittany could make out the sound of singing coming from the choir room at the end of the hall, the same choir room where the Glee club met up every day at the end of the school day for rehearsals.

She recognised the voice immediately. At the sound of it her face lit up and she skipped on down the hall. She would know that voice anywhere, even if she were blindfolded, handcuffed, even deaf; she'd know it was Santana. It sounded as though she was rehearsing her solo for the Rocky Horror Show, Science Fiction Double Feature. Not that she'd mentioned to Brittany, that she was nervous about her first big solo, not that they were speaking properly, yet.

Brittany peered through the glass panel in the door, unsure whether she should go into the room or not. There was no one else in there apart from her BFF. A door slammed in another part of the school making Brittany jump. She looked around noticing for the first time there was no one else in the halls with her and that perhaps she was supposed to be in class already. But seeing how she didn't know what class to go to, she may as well just hang out with Santana. Perhaps it was time to let her friend off the hook. Besides, she just plain missed her.

She pushed the door open and slipped inside through the tiniest gap she could not wanting to disturb Santana's singing as she leaned against the piano, lyrics in hand.

Instinctively Santana smiled as she saw her best friend enter the room, she couldn't help it the girl just had that effect on her. Brittany returned the smile shyly and sat down on the nearest chair as she listened to Santana sing.

'I knew Leo G. Carroll was over a barrel
When Tarantula took to the hills
And I really got hot when I saw Janet Scott
Fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills
Dana Andrews said prunes gave him the runes
And passing them used lots of skills
But when worlds collide, said George Pal to his bride
I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills, like a:...'

She was over halfway through the song now and Santana was watching Brittany carefully. She had noticed the blonde girl staring at her in a particularly unnerving way. She'd seen Brittany spaced out before but this was different, there was a very strange, intense expression on her face as though she were deep in thought.

Brittany was staring at Santana's lips as she sang the lyrics from the infamous musical. She'd put ruby red lipstick on going for the authentic Rocky Horror effect. Brittany was mesmerised, hypnotised, her heart lurched in her chest as her thoughts for once became as clear as daylight and she realised exactly what she wanted.

'Science Fiction - Double Feature
Dr. X will build a creature
See androids fighting Brad and Janet
Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet
Oh-oh at the late night, double feature, picture show.
I wanna go, oh-oh, to the late night double feature picture show.
By RKO, oh-oh, at the late night double feature picture show.
In the back row at the late night double feature picture show.'

"Hey B. What's up?" Asked Santana as she put down the sheet of paper with her lyrics onto the piano.

Brittany looked into her eyes now that she'd stopped singing. She knew what she wanted, what she had to do. She had to tell Santana exactly how she felt about her in a way Santana couldn't mistake, misunderstand or wriggle out of.

Brittany stood up decisively and marched the few steps across the room to Santana, she took her face in her hands and kissed her.

Santana was stunned. She'd kissed Brittany before, it was no biggie, but this was different, this was, this was... oh my god.

Brittany said everything with that kiss. It was all Santana could do to stay upright as she felt the passion, desire and need. The pure love the blonde was confessing. Eventually Brittany broke off the kiss and blue eyes stared into brown as both girls gasped for air.

Santana stared open mouthed, her red lipstick smeared off her lips as Brittany picked up her bag without a word and dashed out into the hallway leaving, for once an utterly speechless, Santana behind her.

Five minutes later and Santana hadn't moved from the same spot Brittany had left her in when Mr Shuester came into the choir room. Hurriedly she wiped the lipstick off her face and tried to force her brain to function again.

"Hey Santana," he said putting down a pile of sheet music on the piano. As he did so he noticed the lyric sheet she had been using in front of him.

"Oh cool. Have you been rehearsing?" he asked. She managed to nod.

He cast an appraising stare over the troublemaking cheerio. She looked a bit ruffled and her eyes were a bit dazed.

"Are you alright?"

"Alright," she repeated quietly like an echo. "Yeah. I'm alright. I'm..." A slow smile spread across her face as her brain kicked back into gear only to stop again as she lost her ability to form words once more as she thought about why she was most definitely alright. She just nodded and then managed: "I'm more than alright. Yeah."

"Yeah OK," said Mr. Shue, feeling slightly puzzled as though he had missed something and had no chance in hell of finding out what it was.

"OK," muttered Santana, and feeling like a lovestruck fool she went to sit at the back of the room to calm down as she waited for the rest of the glee club to arrive and rehearsals to start.