p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Sebastian shows up at the Lima Bean, interrupting Rachel and Kurt's search for Rachel's wedding dress. He gives Rachel a file, and she opens it to see a photoshopped version of Finn. He then tells her to drop out of Regionals, or he will upload the photo for the whole world to see. He walks away, satisfied./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Santana hears what Sebastian did, and is prepared to hurt him. She texts him a fury./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Santana: what the fuck, Twink? Why are you telling Rachel to drop out of Regionals?br /strongSebastian: She's a threat to the /strongSantana: I don't care! Do you want to get beat up right now?br /strongSebastian: Sure ;) my place?br /strongSantana: NOT IN THAT WAY, YOU /strongSebastian: Your choice./strong/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Santana puts her phone down angrily. She then hears Artie state the rules, and she didn't want to get her group disqualified. She decides to hold back on the violence./p
hr style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;" noshade="noshade" size="1" /
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"With the news of Karofsky's attempted suicide going around, Sebastian starts to feel guilty. He was one of those people who had made fun of the poor guy. In an attempt to make Regionals a fair game, he texts Santana./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"strongSebastian: Can you and Blaine come meet me at The Lima Bean?br /strongSantana: Why should we?br /strongSebastian: I want to /strongSantana: Yeah /strongSebastian: I'm serious. Come down to the Lima Bean at 5./strong/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"He puts his phone away and heads to rehearsal./p
hr style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;" noshade="noshade" size="1" /
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Santana, Brittany, Blaine and Kurt head down to the Lima Bean. She spots Sebastian with his head down, drinking his coffee and doing his homework. They head to his table./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Let me break it down for you, from one bitch to another. All of this vicious, underhanded crap has got to stop" Santana tells him, sitting across from him./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Exactly. That's why I called you here. First of all," Sebastian says as he faces Blaine./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Blaine, I am sorry for about your eye"/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""That means nothing to me"/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Just give me a chance. I have no excuses other than a lame prank got completely out of control. Second, the Finn photos have all been destroyed. I want the Warblers to win fair and square, and we're going to take donations for Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" foundation. Win, lose, or draw, we're going to dedicate our performance to Dave Karofsky."/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"They all stare at him in disbelief./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Thank you, Sebastian." Blaine says./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Blaine, Kurt and Britt all start to leave./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Santana, you coming?" Brittany asks./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Yeah, in a minute" Santana faces Sebastian./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""So, are you turning over a new leaf now or what," Sebastian looks at her./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Yeah. I'm tired of being mean. I'm sorry" Santana sees that he's really sorry. She gets up and kisses his cheek./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""You're forgiven." she heads out, meeting up with the other 3 members./p
hr style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;" noshade="noshade" size="1" /
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"It's the day of the Regionals. Warblers are up first. The curtain opens and Sebastian immediately starts singing "Stand". Santana watches him, adoring at her secret lover. Sebastian catches her eye and smiles wider. She and Brittany follow Finn's lead and cheers them on. They finish singing and they start applauding./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Thank you! Just to remind you to please make a donation in one of our charity baskets. They're set up all around the auditorium. Just look for the Dalton blazer. Please, give what you can" Sebastian tells the audience./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"He steps back and they start singing "Glad You Came"./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Santana hears him sing and silently awws at him. She sees him nod his head at her, making her smile. She knew this was a song dedicated to her. She gets up and claps along with the rest of the group. They finish singing and step off the stage. The second school got up and sang their song next, making everyone uncomfortable. Soon, the ND went to the choir room to get ready. She sees Sebastian and gives him a wink, with him returning a smile./p
hr style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;" noshade="noshade" size="1" /
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Sebastian sits down in the auditorium, waiting for the ND to come out. He sees the curtain rising, and they start to sing. He sees Santana in the front, dancing with Mike. He hears Artie sing and then hears his secret lover rapping. /p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"em"She can rap? What else can this girl do"/em he thinks as he listens intently./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Blaine starts to rap too, joining Santana. He stands up and starts to clap with the Warblers, smiling. Soon, the ND finish up the song and then the guys run off the stage, leaving the girls on there./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Another song starts, and he hears Santana singing the first verse. She catches his eye and smiles at him. He smiles back, happy to see her sing her solo./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"He sees her point to him as she sings another verse with Mercedes. Soon the song ends. Rachel comes out and starts to sing a new song. He smiles at the soloist, glad that she didn't listen to him and his threats about dropping out. As Rachel hits the chorus, he sees the girls coming out and his eyes land on Santana. Sebastian watches Santana sway in the background, smiling wider. He watches her having fun on stage with the other girls. The song ends and he claps louder./p
hr style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;" noshade="noshade" size="1" /
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Santana runs off the stage and goes to the choir room with everyone else. She smiles happily with everyone else, hoping that they win and advance to Nationals. She gets a text from Sebastian./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Come out of the room" it says./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"She looks around and sees that everyone's busy celebrating. She quietly steps out and sees Sebastian. She grabs his hand and pull him to a dark corner. She kisses him. Sebastian eagerly returns the kiss before pulling back./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""You were amazing out there"/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Hm, I can say the same for you" she says./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""When can I go public with you," Sebastian asks her. He knows that she no longer has any feelings for Brittany./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Soon. I have to gently tell Britt. She's fragile" he nods, understanding./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""We should go, they're going to announce the winner" she nods./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Sebastian starts walking off when he feels a light tug on his wrist. He looks and sees Santana. She pulls him back gently and gives him another kiss./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""For good luck" Santana tells him./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""We both know you're going to win."/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"She shrugs. "You never know." Sebastian walks off first./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Santana walks back into the choir room, just in time to hear Mr Schue yell out that it was time to go back to the auditorium./p
hr style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;" noshade="noshade" size="1" /
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"New Directions, Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow and the Warblers all stand on stage. Sven the Vampire steps out of his coffin and goes up to the microphone./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""In third place ... Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow!"/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"The two groups watch them get their trophy and walk off the stage./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""And now, the moment you've all been waiting for! The 2012 Mid-West Regional Champions ..."/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Santana and Sebastian look at each other for a moment./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""From McKinley High, the New Directions!" Everyone shouts and applauds for the winners./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Santana sees Blaine walk up to Sebastian and shook his hand./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"The next day, Santana broke up with Brittany. Luckily for her, Brittany understood./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""I've been wanting to get back with Artie for awhile" Brittany admits to Santana./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Santana smiles. "Go for it. You guys make a good couple" Brittany and Santana hug./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Good luck with Sebastian" Santana nods. She took out her phone and calls Sebastian./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"strongSebastian: Hey. Did you do it?br /strongSantana: Yeah. She's okay with it though; she's been wanting to get back with her ex-boyfriend for a while /strongSebastian: Ah. Are you going to tell the rest of the Glee club?br /strongSantana: Not yet. I'd rather not lose them since Nationals are /strongSebastian: Understandable. I gotta go, I'll pick you up later, okay?br /strongSantana: Okay bye /strongSebastian: bye Snix./strong/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Santana smiles as she gets off the phone. She heads into the choir room./p
hr style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;" noshade="noshade" size="1" /
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"strongFew months later:/strong/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Santana and Sebastian came out with their relationship to the New Directions after Nationals. At first, they were reluctant, but then they came to accept the happy couple. Brittany and Artie got back together, happier than ever. Now Santana stands in her room, in her cap and gown./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""This is it. Graduation time"/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"She hears a knock on the door. "Come in!"/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"The door opens and reveals Sebastian./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Hey babe, are you ready?"/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Just about." Santana adjusts her cap with bobby pins. Sebastian comes up to her and hugs her from behind./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""I'm so proud of you" Sebastian says in her ear. Santana smiles. She turns around and faces her boyfriend./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""It's your turn to graduate next year. It'll be my turn to be proud of you"/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Sebastian smiles down at her./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""I love you"/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""I love you too" Santana leans up and gives her boyfriend a gentle kiss. Their kiss gets interrupted by her mom./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""SANTANA! LET'S GO!"/p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Coming!" She faces Sebastian again./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Let's go, graduate" Santana giggles as she grabs Sebastian's hand./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Sebastian sits in the audience with Santana's mom and the rest of the ND./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Santana Lopez!" Principal Figgins calls out./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"Santana comes out of the curtains. She quickly goes to hug Sebastian before proceeding to get her diploma. Sebastian claps loudly for her. As soon as convocation finished, he ran up to her and gave her a hug./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Congrats baby" he says./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;""Thank you Seb" she says as she gives him a quick peck on the lips./p
p style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium;"They take pictures with the rest of the graduates and then head to the after-grad party./p