I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter! (Obviously you did, or you wouldn't be reading this now.) I hope you like this one too. I know Brittany doesn't tend to sing ballads on the show because Heather's voice is more naturally suited to more upbeat songs, but I'm changing that here. The song is 'I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing' by Aerosmith. Please leave a review and tell me what you think! :)
The next day at school Brittany couldn't stop thinking about Santana. The night before was the first time they'd skyped since Santana had been at Tisch. Brittany noticed Santana had been texting her at what seemed like every available minute she had, with an unusually large amount of kisses on the end of each one, but put it to the fact that she missed her. The two of them had been inseparable since they were about ten years old, and they'd never been away from each other, and it was difficult for them both.
"Brittany! Are you listening to a word I'm saying?" Blaine asked her. They were the first two to arrive at the choir room for Glee club rehearsals and Blaine and Brittany had made good friends so far since they were both struggling with the long distance thing.
"Sorry, I just can't think about anything but Santana." She muttered.
"Oh, it's ok. I understand, I mean I think about Kurt a lot too. I miss him. He's so busy, he's having a great time and we barely talk." Blaine explained.
"Aw, me and Santana got to Skype last night. At least you know Kurt is happy, Santana is miserable. She hates every second of it."
"Oh I'm sorry Brittany. I'm sure she'll settle in soon. Are you going to visit her? I'm going to go and surprise Kurt at the weekend, I'm gonna take him out and then book a hotel room, what do you think?"
"Same! Well, I'm going to pick up Quinn, then we're going to see San."
"Sounds great! Maybe we can meet up together then, the five of us?" An uneasy look crosses Brittany's face as she considers what Santana might think about the plan. Blaine quickly realises and quickly jumps back in and says, "Wait, you probably want to spend some time just the two of you this first weekend, it's ok. But in a few weeks time there'll be no excuses ok?" He laughed.
"Thanks for understanding Blaine. I just wanna be with Santana this weekend though." She smiles sweetly at him.
By this time Tina, Unique, Sugar, Sam, Marley and Jake had all filled up seats in the choir room and everyone was sharing their own little chatter of conversation while they waited for Mr Schue.
As he walked in in a hurry, Brittany stood before he could speak, and give his rant like he did at the start of every session.
"Brittany?" He asked with a puzzled expression, Brittany was one of the quieter members of the group.
"I'd like to sing." Announced Brittany, proudly.
"Sure Brittany, the floor is yours."
"Blaine, will you record this on my phone please? I want to send it to Santana layer." She handed him her phone already on the camera and took her place in the middle of the floor, nodding to Brad who immediately started playing the song she'd requested when she came in.
It wasn't often Brittany sang at all in Glee club for the week's assignment, and they hadn't been told what this week's was yet, so it didn't matter what she sung. She'd never sang a ballad before either, she'd always stuck with pop songs. Everyone always said that her voice was more suited to fast, upbeat, dance type songs - she was about to prove them all wrong. She wished Santana could be there to see it, maybe even sing it with her.
"This song is dedicated to my girlfriend, Santana, who I miss a lot."
I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away and dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Where every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure
Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing
Lying close to you feeling your heart beating
And I'm wondering what you're dreaming
Wondering if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes
And thank God we're together
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever
Forever and ever
I don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing
I don't want to miss one smile
I don't want to miss one kiss
I just want to be with you
Right here with you, just like this
I just want to hold you close
Feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time Yeah yeah yeah
I don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing
I Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
Cause I'd miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing
Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream will never do
I'd still miss you babe
And I don't want to miss a thing
Don't want to close my eyes
I don't want to fall asleep
And I don't want to miss a thing
Complete with a contemporary dance routine to fill the extended instrumental part of the song, Brittany sung her heart out, like she never had before. The whole time, her head filled with memories of her and Santana, all the amazing times they'd had together, and how she longed to feel her touch again, her soft, silky skin against her own.
After accepting her applause with a watery eyed grin, Brittany took her seat again and spent the rest of rehearsals zoned out, uploading her performance to YouTube so she could send the link to Santana.
By the time she got home, Santana had seen the video and text Brittany back:
Britt, I can't believe you sang that for me, even though I wasn't there. I wish I was, miss you so much xxxxxxxxxx
Followed shortly by:
I can't Skype tonight, I have extra classes and a bucket load of work to do, sorry xxxx I'll just have your song on repeat in the background xxxxxxxxxx