A/N: I've never shipped this pairing before...let's see how this goes..
Looking For Something: Chapter 1
"Okay." Finn said clapping his hands together. He was still getting used to teaching the Glee club, but it was something that he really enjoyed doing. Plus, his new group of students weren't that bad, and he still had some of the oldies. "I have a treat for you guys today. Some of my friends are here to help us out for regionals!" He said excitedly with his usual dopey grin. Before he could say anymore, he was cut off.
"I'm gonna stop you right there." Santana said while strutting into the choir room with her signature smirk. Quinn, Mercedes, and other Glee alumni followed closely behind. Santana tried to ignore Brittany's smiles aimed her way. She was completely heartbroken over the girl for moving on so fast.
"It's nice to see you too, Santana." Finn smiled as he went to hug her. Santana pretended to be disgusted, but she really had missed the guy. Finn took a second to hug the others as well. The new Glee members seemed to be confused as to who they were. "Alright, down to business. Those of you who weren't here last year are going to be partnered up with one of these amazing mentors, and past Glee club champions." Finn said smiling to his friends. I already have one for each of you, so no need to get confused or any of that." The students just nodded. Finn fumbled with the clipboard in his hand, and Santana, Mercedes, and Quinn tried to stifle their laughs. "Uh, ok. Kitty, you're with Quinn." Kitty was a cheerio and also a major bitch. Her and Quinn would get along pretty well. Atleast, that's what Santana thought. Kitty was wearing a beaming smile as she went to hug Quinn. Quinn was a little surprised by the gesture, but returned it anyways.
"We're going to get along so well! I already know so much about you." Kitty exclaimed.
"Oh...sounds great." Quinn said with a fake smile. Kitty didn't seem to notice. Santana was silently laughing to herself, until Quinn shot her a glare.
"Moving on. Marley, you're with Santana." Santana noticed a girl awkwardly stand up. She was a little taller than herself. The Latina admired her eyes right away. They were gorgeous. Marley had heard talk of Santana before, and she was absolutely intimidated. The girl was beautiful to say the least. As Marley made her way over to her, the older girl smirked.
"Ready to work with the best mentor ever?" Santana asked while wiggling her eyebrows. The girl barely blushed and nodded.
"Um, sure." Santana decided that her first job was going to be to break this girl out of her tight ass shell.
After all of the new students were set up with their mentors, they were sent to 'get to know eachother'. Santana and Marley were now sitting together in the auditorium.
"So...what's up?" Santana didn't really know what to say. She was bad at small talk. Marley being super quiet wasn't helping at all.
"Uh, nothing really I guess." Marley fumbled with her hands. "Did you graduate last year?" So hey, the girl could talk.
"Yep." Santana answered, making sure to pop the 'p'. "And you're a sophomore?" Marley nodded.
"What exactly are we supposed to do? I mean, we don't really know eachother." The younger brunette mumbled the last part.
"I think that's kind of the whole point of this assignment." Santana laughed. For some reason, Santana didn't get as frustrated as she usually did around this girl. I mean, if it were Rachel Berry saying the exact same things Marley was, the Latina would've been out of here already.
"Right." Marley replied nervously.
"You're not much of a talker, are you?" Marley shook her head.
"I'm sorry. This probably sucks for you." The younger girl sighed. Santana took a few seconds to reply.
"Actually, no. Not really. I'm used to being around talkers all the time. College life." The Latina smirked. Marley seemed to genuinely laugh at that. Maybe this girl wasn't so bad. Before they could talk anymore, Quinn came up to them with Kitty following closely behind.
"This assignment blows." Quinn sighed as she plopped down next to Santana. The Latina noticed Marley uncomfortably fumbling with her hands from the corner of her eye. She decided that maybe it was just due to her shyness.
"Well, what'd you expect blondie? Finn Hudson is the fucking teacher." Santana laughed out. Quinn laughed a little too.
"What's wrong with Finn? I think he's hot." Kitty added from her spot next to Quinn. Quinn and Santana looked at eachother with disgusted faces.
"I'm going to pretend you didn't say that." the Latina mumbled. "Anyways, are you two close?" Santana said while motioning between Marley and Kitty. Marley just looked down at her lap.
"Me and innocent, little Marls?" Kitty said with an almost fake voice. "Of course we are. She has the biggest crush on Jake. Isn't that right Marley?" Kitty said while smirking at the young brunette.
"Uh, no. Of course not. W-we're just friends." She protested. If she were being honest with herself, Marley didn't see Jake in that way at all. In fact, she wished she did like him.
"Good." Quinn chimed in. "If I learnt one thing from high school, it's not to date a Puckerman." Santana nodded in agreement with that.
X.
2 weeks later and Santana was still stuck in boring, old Lima, Ohio. She wanted to get out of this town, but she also didn't want to go back to college. She hated it there. The Latina realized that her true calling was performing. Not broadway shit like Rachel or Kurt, no, she wanted to be famous. She wanted people to look up to her in the way they looked up to people like Beyoncé. Of course that was a bit overboard, but hey, the girl had high goals for herself. Santana was bored being home alone all the time for these past few weeks too. Finn said that the glee club was doing well, and wouldn't be needing 'mentors' anymore. Santana was kind of bummed about that, but she got over it. Quinn went back to Yale about a week ago, so she couldn't even hang out with her. So here she was on a rainy, Sunday afternoon, going to the grocery store to re-stock on some food. Cooking was the only thing keeping her from dying of boredom. The grocery store was pretty empty today, Santana observed. She made her way to the soup isle, being that she was craving chicken noodle soup. As she was looking at the different cans, she heard a familiar voice nearby.
"I swear I have a coupon for this. Could you just please give me the discount?" Marley. Santana made her way over to the girl who appeared to be arguing with a clerk.
"Hold up." Santana said as she went over to them. Marley looked over at her with a look of surprise.
"S-Santana?" The Latina ignored the girl for a moment as she looked at the clerk.
"Are you seriously denying this young, innocent girl from a simple discount? You've got to be kidding me." Santana said harshly to the man. The clerk just scratched his head.
"I'm sorry miss. It's store policy. She forgot the coupon, and there's nothing we can do about that." Santana rolled her eyes in annoyance. The Latina knew that the young girl was in some way in need of the discount.
"You know what? Whatever. Talking to you is giving me a headache." The clerk quickly nodded and walked away. Santana now looked at Marley who had her head down.
"Look, you really didn't have to interfere. It's no big deal." Marley said quietely.
"I don't mind. I needed to release some rage." The Latina shrugged. Marley smiled softly. "So what were you wanting to buy anyway?"
"Uh, it's nothing. My mom just really likes cookie dough ice cream, and I thought it would be nice to surprise her with some. I just didn't have enough money..." The younger girl stated with embarrassment. Santana noticed.
"See, that's exactly why I don't try to be nice." Santana joked. Marley forced a smile. "Look, I'm going to be checking out right now anyway. Another 3 bucks isn't a big deal at all. I could buy that for you." The Latina said, motioning to the tub of ice cream in Marley's hands.
"No that's okay." Marley said softly. "I have to go now anyway. Bye Santana." And with one last wave, she was gone. Santana was left frowning. She didn't know why, but for some reason, she wanted to talk to the girl more. The Latina suddenly came up with an idea. She quickly payed for her items and went to her car. She looked through all her compartments for a paper and pen, and squealed when she found them. The Latina quickly scribbled something down, and started driving everywhere until she spotted a familiar brunette. She knew what she was doing was creepy and so out of her usual manner, but she did it anyway. She followed the girl home and waited until she got inside. Once she knew it was safe, Santana got out of the car with a plastic bag in hand. She knocked on the girl's door and placed the bag in front of it. The Latina then quickly made her way back to her car and drove off.
A few minutes later, Marley opened her front door and saw the bag. She furrowed her brows in confusion, and then looked inside of it. Cookie dough ice cream. There was a note attached to it as well:
Marley,
I hope you and your mom enjoy this. Trust me, it really wasn't a big deal. Besides, what else are mentors for?
XO, Santana, aka the best mentor ever.
Marley's smile was bigger than it had ever been at that moment.