A/N -This chapter is a lot longer than the first chapter and I will try and make them as long as this one in future chapters, sometimes I just get carried away and write irrelevent things but I will try and keep it good and to the plot.
I am really surprised at the response I got after posting the first chapter, I wasn't ecpecting any response never mind people to actaully follow me and this story, it's a big motivator knowing that people are watching me and this story, thank you guys and reviews are very welcome, I would love to hear what you have to say, the good and the bad. I would also love to hear if you guys have any suggestions or requests that you want to happen in the story.
I still don't have a Beta so if there are any mistakes I'm sorry, I try to read it over but I may have missed a few things.
I do not own Glee or any of it's characters, I just love them.
It's Santana's first day of high school and she is feeling pretty nervous, not about meeting new people and friends or about classes, the things you would normally be nervous about when starting high school. Other people don't make Santana nervous, over the years, as she got older, Santana began to realise that she was capable of being in charge and she realised that people were intimidated by her, so she went along with it and it worked pretty well for her. So Santana is not someone who is nervous about making new friends and whether or not people will like her because she knows that she will be in control. No, she is nervous about one thing and one thing only, Cheerios tryouts. The cheerleading squad at the high school she is starting at, the cheerios, is the most well known cheerleading squad in the state and in Lima everyone knows about them, the reason they are so well known is because they never lose at anything, they haven't lost a competition in years thanks to the new coach they have. They are the best high school cheeleading squad in the country and for that they are incredibly hard to get on to. If you are on the cheerios your on top, no one messes with you and you are automatically one of the most well known people at school and if you are at the top of the cheerios you are one of the most well known people in town.
So during her whole first day all she can think about is tryouts after school. She is so focused on that, she barely pays attention during any classes. Before she knows it it's last period and the end of the day is very near. Santana can feel her nerves building, everyone knows it's not easy to get on to the cheerleading squad, if it was everyone would be on it, but she is hoping that the fact that she did ballet and dance when she was younger will help her out and that she did gymnastics too, she thinks she has a pretty fair shot at getting on the squad.
After the bell rings at the end of class, Santana makes her way towards the girls locker room to get changed for tryouts. As she enters the locker room she is hit wih the heat coming from the showers and the girls that must have just finished gym class and this does nothing to help her nerves.
Santana makes her way over to a locker that she was assigned to that morning and she opens it up to put her bag inside then get her gym clothes out. When she is changed into her gym clothes she shuts her locker over and puts her hair up into a tight ponytail. On the last pull she makes tightening her ponytail she galnces over to her right and finds a tall blonde girl doing the same to her hair. Santana's eyes scan this girl from head to toe and can't help but recgnise this girl from somewhere. She is unable to see her face but the blonde hair and those long pale legs are so familar to Santana.
Santana can't take her eyes off the blonde as she watches the girl shut her locker over and then turn her head to gaze back at the Latina. As soon as the blonde is looking back at Santana, her gaze is immediatley drawn to the beutiful blue orbs that are now staring back at her and Santana knows she could never forget those percing eyes.
Santana's lips part slighlty as a pleasant shock washes over her and her eyes widen. The blonde staring back at her was none other than her old best friend, Brittany.
'Brittany?' is all Santana thinks as she begins to realise that she had longed to see this girl since the last.
A huge smile starts to break out on Brittany's face as realisation hits her to and her mouth parts in shock just like Santana's.
"Oh my god, no way." Brittany says as she starts to make her way over to Santana from the other end of the block of lockers, she can't keep the grin off her face as she approaches her.
"Brittany?... Oh my-"
Santana is cut off when Birttany almost jumps on Santana as she envelops her in a bone crushing hug. At first Santana is surprised at the sudden contact but then she immediatley remembers how Brittany is, she is a verry friendly, touchy-feely person. After the slight shock of it Santana returns the hug wrapping her arms around Birttany's waist and they stay clinging to each other for another few moments.
When they finally release one another neither girl can rid themsleves of the huge grins that are plastered on their faces and neither of them speak for a few moments as they just look at one another taking the other girl in.
As the shock starts to settle, the girls fall into a bit of an awkard silence as they don't really know what to say to each other which is quite unfamiliar to each girl as they used to so close that their time together was never filled with awkward silences.
Santana can't take the silence and staring anymore and just begins to say what was confusing her slighlty.
"Uhm... I have to say, I'm kinda shocked to see you hear, didn't really peg you for the cheerleader type Brit." She says with a smile playing at her lips.
Brittany just gives Santana a confused look.
"What are you talking about, cheerleading is basically just dance and gymnastics and I love both." Brittany replies with confusion still written on her face.
Santana then remembers that it still is a cheerleading squad and not everyone wants to join for the status at the school like she does, but before Santana can reply they hear a girl's voice shouting from somewhere else in the locker room. Both girls look over in the direction of the shouting as the girl screams 'SANTANA LOPEZ, YOUR UP!'
Santana looks back at Brittany who then looks back at her from looking in the direction of the screaming girl and gives Santana an excited smile.
"Good luck, your gonna do great."
Santana smiles back at Brittany and thanks her for her support. She then turns on the heel of her foot and starts to walk towards the door to the gym, she breathes heavily in through her nose and out through her mouth as she tries to calm her nerves then pushes through the door entering the gym.
As soon as Santana has left the locker room, Brittany still can't rid herself the grin that stays on her face. She then realises what Santana had called her during their brief conversation, 'Brit' she thinks and the girn on her lips grows even bigger thinking about the nickname Santana gave her when they were still in gymnastics together.
After the tryouts are finished the locker room is nearly empty with just a few girls left and two of those girls being Santana and Brittany. Both girls stand infront of their open lockers again retrieving their bags and school things. Santana finds herslef looking over at Brittany uncontrollable gazing at her while she drinks from her water bottle.
Santana had missed Brittany so much when they stopped talking and lost contact from one another but she eventually knew she would get over it, but she never completely did. Brittany was the best and only true friend Santana had ever had and she had still missed Brittany till this day even if she wasn't completley aware of it, but she quickly became aware of it the moment she saw Brittany before tryouts.
Brittany finishes drinking from her water bottle and notices Santana's gaze on her so she looks back. Brittany gives Santana a gentle smile and Santana returns it then looks back into her locker to collect all of her things.
As she shuts over her locker she is startled to find Brittany leaning against the lockers right behind where her locker door was.
Santana puts her hand over where her heart is pounding from the sudden shock and breeathes out a quiet 'geez', then quickly recovers.
Brittany just smiles at Santana with her head resting against the locker beside Santana's then stares deeply into her eyes in which Santana returns the stare.
"How did your tryout go?" Brittany asks deadly serious.
Santana replies with a shrug and picks up her bag that lay on the floor at Brittany's feet.
"Good, I guess... I mean I think I did pretty good but who knows if I'll get on the squad." Santana says as she turns to lean against her own locker with her stare fixed to the ground.
Santana then looks back up into Brittany's eyes and is momentarily distracted by the effect Brittany's stare still has on her.
"How- how do you think you did?" Santana asks as she brings herself out of her Brittany haze.
Brittany simply shrugs then moves so her position mirrors Santana's as she leans her back on the locker she was leaning her head on.
"I did my best... I'm not sure if I'll get in either though, I mean-" Brittany starts as she turns to face Santana again with wide eyes and slight shock on her face "can you believe Sue is the coach?"
Santana chuckles and rolls her eyes at the thought of Sue being her coach again then looks back at Brittany who is still staring right into her eyes.
"Oh god, I know, I'd be surpirsed if that eveil bitch let's anyone in."
Brittany lets out a small giggle while shaking her head and returns her position to leaning against the locker staring at the empty space infront of her.
As soon as silence settles, they are interupted by a pretty blonde girl who peeks her head round the corner at the end of the block of lockers where Santana and Brittany stand
"You two, coach wants to talk to us, come with me."
As soon as the girl vanishes round the corner again, Santana looks back at Brittany who quickly returns her stare and they both shrug then quickly follow the blonde girl to the gym.
They enter the gym once again where they find Sue standing behind the table she once sat at with the head cheerio as they watched each tryout.
Santana, Brittany and the other blonde girl stand in a line infront of Sue and the other cheerleader as Sue clears her throught then looks each girl standing infront of her up and down.
"Quinn Fabray. Santana Lopez. Brittany Pierce." Sue looks up from reading the three names off of a piece of paper "Would that be your names?" Sue asks as she glares at the girls standing infront of her. Each girl nods in unison too afraid to speak, then Sue drops the paper and her glasses to the table and clasps her hands together.
"Well congrats ladies, you made it on the squad."
The other blonde girl that stands alongside Santana and Brittany, who goes by the name Quinn, gives a huge grin and directs it to the head cheerleader standing beside Sue. Santana and Brittany look over to one another and smile but then look back to Sue unsure as to whether she was serious or not and wait for the punch to come, bu it never does.
Sue then looks to the cheerleader that stands next to her and nods at her, then leaves the gym without saying another word.
Santana and Brittany stand in the gym and just look at the door that Sue just walked out of unsure of what to do with themsleves. They look back to the head cheerleader as she begins to walk out from behind the table and stands infront of it, looks at each new cheerio standing in front of her and gives a devilish grin.
"Hi girls, for those of you who don't know who I am, I'm Jenny Fabray, head cheerio and yes you guessed it, Quinn here is my sister. Now that we have that covered, if you will please follow me back to the locker room we can start with the hazing."
With that Jenny spins on her heels and walks towards to door for the locker room and Quinn quickly follows behind. Santana's eyes grow wide and she looks over to Brittany who wears a confused expression and looks at Santana. Santana just shrugs and Brittany copies as they begin to make their way in the direction the two other girls just walked off in.
Once Brittany and Santana enter the locker room again they are met with five other memebers of the cheerios with Jenny standing front and center. Both girls make their way over to where Quinn is standing and they form a line infront of the herd of cheerleaders before them. Each new cheerio wears a different expression on their faces, Santana looks hesitant as her eyes dart to each member of the squad standing across from her, Quinn stands straight with a huge grin on her face and Brittany just has confusion written all over her face as she no idea what is going on.
Jenny stands infront of the group of cheeleaders and she clears her throat before she begins to speak to make sure she has everyones attention even though the room is silent.
"Alright, so as you may know, there are certain obligations that you have to fulfill before you can joing the cheerios." The huge smile on the head cheerleaders face does not falter the whole time she speaks and the group of girls behind her wear the exact same expression.
"Quinn you know the drill already so why don't you go first." Jenny says while giving her sister a smile.
Santana and Brittany stand watching the scene play out in front of them and they both have the same confusion written all other their faces as they still have no idea what is happening.
"Let's begin," Jenny says while clapping her hands together and stepping to the side of the group of cheerleaders standing behind her "Quinn if you will step forward please, you can get started."
Jenny gives Quinn a wink as she walks towards the cheerleaders now forming a line infront of her. Both Santana and Brittany look over to one another at the same time with questioning looks and they both can do nothing but shrug their shoulders and turn their attention back to Quinn and the other cheerleaders. Both girls know not to ask questions as it may annoy the head cheerleader and they are aware of her reputation at the school so they do not want to get on her bad side.
They turn their stares back just in time as they catch the cheerleader that stands right infront of Quinn lean in towards her and plant a kiss right on her lips.
Santana and Brittany's eyes both widen in shock at the same time and they watch each cheerleader that stands in a line kiss Quinn on the lips then walk off so the next in line can do the same.
Santana's mouth falls open as she watches the acts happen right infront of her, she then turns to look at Brittany who has almost a blanks expression on her face except her widened eyes and risen eyesborws that almost join her hairline. Santana catches Brittany's attention and Brittany soon returns the stare and Santana mouths the words 'what the fuck'. Brittany forms a frown with her lips and shrugs her shoulders as to say she has no idea what is going on. Both girls turn back to look at what is happening infront of them as they catch the last girl in line plant a kiss on Quinn's lips and she then joins the rest of the girls who had just kissed Quinn.
Brittany and Santana stand completley silent and in schock as they have no idea what to do or say. Jenny looks at them and gives out a slight chuckle and claps her hands together, she then looks back to her sister and starts walking towards her
"Good job Quinn, who wants to go next?" Jenny says while looking back over to Santana and Brittany who stand wide eyes and confused.
Quinn moves to stand next to her sister, who is glancing back and forth between Santana and Brittany.
Santana can't help her mouth falling open as shakes her head and looks between the five cheerleaders stood infront of her, she clears her throat to say something but can't help the stutter that comes out
"wha-... I'm sorry but, what the hell?!" is all Santana can say she rakes her eyes over the other cheerleaders in the room. She couldn't help but say something and she knew Brittany wouldn't because Santana was always the more bold one out of the two. Meanwhile Brittany just startes at Jenny with a blank expression but still completely confused.
Jenny laughs followed by the rest of the cheerleaders excluding Santana and Brittany, then Jenny haults the laughter
"Oh come on, it's just a couple of kisses, its manditory, now who's next?"
Santana is still in shock and goes to say something else that may get the head cheeleader annoyed with her but is stopped before she can even start as Brittany notices Santana beginning to get angered, she takes a slight step forward and looks directly at the head cheerleader and clearly states the words "I'll go".
The cheerleaders begin their line up infront of Brittany and the first girl moves in to plant a kiss on her lips, each time one of the girls has kissed Brittany they move over to where Santana is standing and the first girl leans in to kiss her. Santana, who is still unsure of the whole situation, takes a step backwards to avoid the kiss and shoots a look over to Jenny who is giving her a hard stare with furrowed eyebrows, which reminds Santana that she has to do this in order to get on the cheerios and that is the status she needs at this school. So Santana allows the cheerleaders to kiss her very quickly and she still remains very tense about it all.
Once the cheerleaders are finished kissing both Brittany and Santana, they retreat back to stand behind Jenny and Quinn who stand with large grins as the room remains silent for a few moments. Brittany and Santana both stand straring back at the very silent group of cheeleaders and Santana is first to break the awkward silence that she feels.
"Uh... Well if we're done here then I'll be on my way" Santana starts as she begins to turn around on the spot but is quickly stopped when Jenny finally speaks
"Not so fast, we're not quite finished yet."
Jenny then glances over to Quinn and the other cheerleaders giving them all a smug grin and each of them return it.
"Well since Quinn is my sister she can sit this one out and since it was just the three of you that made it past tryouts the numbers work out perfectly." Jenny says to Santana and Brittany who look over at one another whith confusion still written all over their faces, they exchange their looks with one another then turn back to the group of cheerleaders infront of them who all look smug. Brittany opens her mouth to say something but quickly shuts it again as throughts run through her mind telling her to just get through this as quickly as possible so she can be on the team. Santana, on the other hand, does not stop herself from making comment and is less intimidated by the girls that stand before her than Brittany is.
"Ok, what the hell are you talking about because I'm completely lost. Again." Santana blurts out after the few moments of silence.
Jenny glares at Santana and then takes a small step forward and because Jenny is a senior and Santana is just a freshman, Jenny is a bit taller than Santana so she looks down to Santana to be as intimidating as possible.
"Look little miss big mouth, you could learn a lot from your friend here and just stop making comment and wait to do what you are told, ok?" Jenny says in a hushed tone as she glares down at Santana as the room is completely silent and all eyes are on Santana except Brittany's who is staring at the floor infront of her.
Santana becomes more tense under Jenny's glare and she refrains herself from talking back. She lets out a long breathe in an attempt to calm herself and simply gives the head cheeleader a nod.
Jenny gives Santana another smug grin and then quickly spins on her feet back to the other cheerleaders and walks back over to where she was standing beside Quinn.
Once Jenny is back in her spot she gets everyones attention by clapping her hands together and all eyes dart from Santana back to Jenny.
"Right so we all know now that to get on the team all new successful tryouts have to kiss five members of the cheerios squad and you have done that successfully so you move on to the second phase of the haze, Quinn" Jenny turns to look at Quinn who is standing next to her "you are excused because you are my sister and it makes this part a little easier with only two people doing it."
Realisation begins to hit Santana after Jenny finishes talking and she begins to understand what the second phase of the haze might be. She glances over to Brittany who has looked back up to Jenny from staring at the floor with a very confused look on her face and she clearly still has no idea of what they are about to be told to do. Santana begins to get nervous thinking about what it might be and starts to become a little sweaty.
"Usually if their are more successful tryouts we would just have all the new comers kiss but because theres only two of you that are taking part in it, we're gonna change it slighlty." Jenny states as her eyes flicker between Santana and Brittany who are still staring back at her. Santana begins to think that maybe she isn't going to have to kiss her old best friend that-is-possibly-still-her-friend. Before she gets to look over at Brittany and see how she is reacting, Jenny starts again.
"Before I tell you what it is you have to do, can I just ask, are you guys currently friends? Like good friends?"
Santana gives Jenny a questioning stare and before she can answer the question, Brittany does it for her.
"Yeah, well I mean we used to be best friends, but we stopped talking for a while, but now that we are both on the cheerios together, I think we'll become best friends again, hopefully."
Brittany says this and on the last word she chances a glance over to Santana who is staring at her with a grin and Brittany mirrors her expression.
Santana didn't take her eyes away from Brittany the whole time she spoke and couldn't help the warm feeling inside her grow at the thought of being Brittany's best friend again. She was relieved to hear those words come from the blondes mouth because now, she knows that Birttany had missed her maybe even as much as she had missed Brittany.
The girls are brought out of their staring haze, lost in one anothers eyes when Jenny begins to speak again.
"Oh, well this might be a little awkward for you two then, heck, maybe you'll even like it, who knows."
Both Santana and Brittany look back to the head cheerleader with the same confused looks they had been wearing for most of their time in the locker room with this particular group of people. Jenny just stares at them expectantly.
Jenny is startled after a few moments of staring at the two girls stood infront of her, when she recieves a nudge on the arm from Quinn. Jenny looks to Quinn with furrowed brows and Quinn leans in closer to her sister.
"You haven't told them what they have to do yet." Quinn says in a hushed tone.
Jenny's mouth forms an 'O' shape and looks back to Santana and Brittany who both stand before her with blank expressions as they have no idea what is going on anymore.
"Sorry, my mistake..." Jenny says through a slight chuckle "You guys have to make out." She says the last part completely straight faced.
At the last part of the statment, Santana and Brittany's eyes grow wide and their mouth drop to hang open in complete shock.
Quinn and the five cheerios stood behind the head cheerleader all break out into slight giggles at Santana and Brittany's reactions, but Jenny stands with a straight, only shifting her gaze between the two girls stood infront of her.
"I uh... You wa-...Uh-what?" Santana stutters out as she has no idea what to say. She doesn't chance a look in Brittany's direction as she couldn't bare the awkwardness it would bring, she just gulps audiobly and stares with wide eyes fixed on the head cheerleader.
Jenny's stare begins to softer as she see's the shock she had put in to the girls stood before her and can't help but feel bad for them.
"You know what..." Jenny starts, bringing the other cheerios and Quinn out of their fits of giggles as she turns to face them all "Look at their reaction, they've probably never even made out with anyone before." Jenny says very seriously and the rest of the girls listen closely to every word she says.
Jenny turns back around facing Santana and Brittany as the other girls behind her let out more chuckles at the comment Jenny had made.
Santana wants to send each girl laughing at her a glare but she doesn't risk getting on the bad side of them all and then not getting in to the cheerios. So she glances over to Brittany who looks as though she is unaware of the last comment that was made and stares at Jenny waiting for her to speak again.
"How about, you guys just have to kiss..." Jenny states while giving them a smile and clasps her hands together. Santana quints her eyes and gives Jenny a questioning look waiting for her to finish her sentence.
"...For a minute." She finally finished and Santana gives out a sigh and shakes her head looking off to the side of the locker room.
Santana is partly relieved at the fact she doesn't have to make out with Brittany which would lead to undeniable awkwardness and possibly ruin the chances of rebuilding their once so-strong-friendship, but she still remains uneasy at the fact she still has to kiss Brittany. Santana is briefly startled and brought out of her deep thoughts when she can feel a soft hand touch her wrist and she quickly turns her head in Brittany's direction who is staring right into her eyes, hypnotizing her with her magically blue orbs. Brittany gives Santana an apologetic look before opening her mouth to speak.
"Let's just do it and get it over and done with."
Brittany's eyes are scanning over Santana's confused face when Jenny's voice brings their attention back to the group of cheerios stood infront of them.
"Yeah Lopez, it's not even a big deal, just do it, we don't have all day."
Before Santana has the chance to glare at Jenny, Brittany's grip tightens around her wrist and suddenly, Santana is looking into those ocean blue eyes again. Santana can't take her eyes off of Brittany's hypnotic stare.
Before Santana knows it, Brittany is slowly starting to lean in towards her and all she can do is stand tense as her eyes dart down to Brittany's soft looking, pink lips that are headed straight for her own. The slow anticipation is killing Santana, she had never thought she ever wanted to kiss Brittany, especially not infront of a group of people watching, until this moment. There was no argument that Santana had always thought Brittany was attractive, beautiful even. She just never thought she would be in the position that she was in now. As soon as Brittany was only centimenters away from her lips, Santana closes the tiny gap as their lips touch for the first time, both girls immediatley close their eyes in reflex and Santana can't help but feel tense during the kiss. Brittany can feel Santana tense up under her lips and she loosens her grip around Santana's wrist and slides her hand down to Santana's as she interlocks their fingers together. Brittany can feel Santana begin to relax as she returns the kiss and makes it more natural. Santana is overwhelmed by how Brittany just leaned in and kissed her, even though she knew how straight forward and open minded Brittany can be, she never expected this. Santana can't help but get drawn from her thoughts as she is distracted by the softness of Brittany's lips, she can't help but enjoy the sensation the kiss is giving her. As the kiss goes on Santana becomes less aware of the other people standing in the room and starts to think about deepening this amazing kiss but, as soon as she is about to do so, she is brought back to the situation they are in when she hears Jenny's voice.
"ok, that's time." Jenny states not in a particularly loud voice, but it appears that way because of how silent to room had fallen.
Santana doesn't immediately break the kiss and neither does Brittany as they are completely overwhelmed with feelings from the sensation the other girls lips are giving them. After two and a half seconds of kissing after Jenny had called time, Brittany breaks away from the kiss and removes her hand from Santana's. Santana doesn't move at all and she doesn't even open her eyes as her lips are left tingling and burning at the loss of contact from wear Brittany's were. She is left in slight dicomfort at the loss of Brittany's lips on her own that it takes her a few moments to recover. When she does open her eyes she is met with those blues that she can't seem to get out of her head, and she can't help but notice the slight grin the plays on the lips that were just moments ago attached to hers. Santana stares at those thin, soft, pink lips lost in a daze when suddenly she snaps herself out of it and becomes tense again as she remember the situation she is in.
Santana suddenly turns her stare to the group of girls standing watching her. She is met with each girl giving her a slight grin slapped across their faces.
"Okay, well done you two, you are now officailly on the cheerios," Jenny says as she clasps her hands together infront of her and then turns to leave the locker room waving behind her
"Ok, byeeee." She says as she vanishes out of the locker room with the rest of the cheerios, leaving only Santana, Brittany and Quinn staring at one another back and forth. Quinn gives each girl a questioning look and she raises one eyebrow then suddenly her expression shifts to a small grin and turns to leave in the same direction her sister and the other cheerleaders had left in.
"See you guys tommorow."
Brittany and Santana watch as Quinn leaves, their faces remain in slight confusion. Santana is dead silent and doesn't move as she can feel the awkwardness fill the air, but she can't take it anymore as she chances a glance over to Brittany to see how she is reacting to this while situation. Santana is surprised to look over and see Brittany staring back at her with a slight smile on her lips. Brittany doesn't look away and Santana begins to tense up again under Brittany's stare.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Santana says as she looks over Brittany's face with slight hesitation in her voice. She can feel the heat rush to her cheeks and Brittany smiles at her and she can't take it anymore as she breaks the stare and turns to pick up her bag that was on the floor.
"Oh sorry, you just-... you have really soft lips." Brittany says quietly as she turns to pick up her own bag that sat on the floor behind her. This only causes Santana to blush even harder and she tries to hide her now red face from the other girl.
After a moment passed and Santana had the chance to get over the original shock of Brittanys comment, she looks over to Brittany who is looking at the floor and Santana can't help but smile at her.
"Thanks... Uh, you- you do too." Santana says in a hushed tone as she begins to feel slightly shy, an emotion she hasn't felt since she was a lot younger, one that only Brittany could ever bring out in her.
Brittany looks over to Santana after almost not being able to hear the girl and gives her a warm smile, Santana returns the smile, as they fall into another gaze with one another for a few moments.
Santana tears her eyes away from Brittany's hypnotic ones and clears her throat to try and shift the awkwardness but she can't help but have the same thought run through her mind and she has to ask Brittany.
"Did you mean what you said?" Santana asks as her gaze falls to the floor infront of her. Brittany sends Santana a very confuesed and questioning look.
"Well yeah, why would I lie about saying you have nice, soft lips?" Brittany asks as a slight giggle escapes her mouth and this cause Santana to blush again. Santana mentally slapped herself for blushing because of Brittany so many times in the space of a few minutes.
Santana looks back up to Brittany from staring at the floor and regrets it the second her eyes are drawn in to those immaculate blues again. Santana has to shake her head and clear her throat to be able to respond.
"Uh no, not that... I mean uh... What you said earlier about- about becoming best friends again?" Santana says in a very hushed tone and if the locker room weren't completely silent Brittany would have struggled to hear her.
Brittany can see how shy and awkward Santana is feeling so she steps forward into her line of sight on the ground. Santana's eyes dart up to Brittany's as soon she she can see those magnificant legs come into her view.
"Yes, of course I meant it. I thought that now we are at the same school and a little older it would totally be easier to stay friends because we won't always have to ask our parents to hang out all the time now." Brittany says in a very sincere voice as she doesn't take her eyes off Santana's.
The blank face on Santana makes Brittany's smile falter and she begins to think that maybe Santana does't want to be her friend anymore.
"Unless you dont want to, it's totally cool, I get it, we're both older now, we've changed, you wanna have different friends-" Brittany says without taking a breath as her gaze falls to her hands which are clasped together infront of her. Her rambling is cut off when Santana reaches her own hand out and places it on top of Brittany's which causes her eyes to shift up to Santana's again.
"Woah Brit, of course I wanna be friends with you, I mean who else am I gonna watch Sweet Valley High with?" Santana jokes as a smile plants itself on her face. This causes Brittany to lighten at the use of her nickname Santana gave her again.
"You still watch that?" Brittany asks which cause Santana to get slightly embarassed at the mention on the show they watched together when they were younger. She averts her gaze back to the floor and fiddles with the strap on her bag.
"Uh... you don't?" is all Santana can say as she feels her cheeks begin to burn once again.
Brittany can't help but smile at how embarassed Santana had become and she lets out a small giggle.
"Of course I still wtach it!" Brittany's raised voice causes Santana to return her stare back up to Brittany's face and returns the smile that Brittany is giving her.
After their brief gazing at one another they finally decide that it's time to leave the locker room and head home, so they head out towards the school parking lot. Santana's car is the only one left in the lot and she guesses that Brittany would be walking home, so as they walk nearer Santana's parked car, she turns to Brittany and utters the words
"You want a ride?" Brittany turns to look at Santana with a confused expression and Santana simply points towards her car parked just a few meters away from where the girls are standing, Brittany looks over to the car and then back to Santana as realisation hits her.
"You can drive?" She asks with a raised eye brow.
Santana shrugs her shoulders and pulls out the keys to her car from her bag.
"Yeah, well technically I'm still learning but I was running a little late this morning so I had to drive." She says as they approach nearer to the car.
Brittany looks back to Santana from staring at the car and smiles big before simply saying 'Sure'.
Once they get in the car they fasten their seat belts and it remains silent for the first few moments, but before any awkward silence could fall upon them, Brittany asks Santana what she had been upto since they last spoke. This causes the conversation to start off smoothly as the more they talk to one another the more comfortable they are at telling each other things. As the car journey carries the girls remember that feeling they had always had when in one anothers presence and they both realise how much they had missed it. As they approach Brittany's neighborhood, Brittany startles Santana when she jumps in her seat remembering something.
"Oh crap, I forgot to tell you we moved." Brittany says while she face palms herself. Santana gives out a small chuckle, things like this don't really surprise or annoy Santana when it comes to Brittany because she knows exactly what she is like and she tends to be quite forgetful at times.
"It's cool Brit, just tell me where to go." Santana says as she still slightly chuckles. Brittany takes her hand away from her face and begins to tell Santana the directions towards her new home.
Turns out Brittany doesn't live that far away from Santana anymore, only about a 10 minute drive. As they appraoch Brittany's new house, Santana brings the car to a stop right outside and turns it off.
"So do you-... do you wanna come in?" Brittany asks with hesitation as she looks over to Santana in the drivers seat who is looking back at her. Santana gives Brittany a genuine smile that she couldn't stop from appearing. She opens her mouth to reply with a yes but she then quickly remembers that her mother wanted her to come straight home after tryouts.
"Yeah, I'd love to, but I can't today," Santana replies with a slight frown "but I'll see you tomorrow though?" She asks as her face begins to lighten up again at the thought of spending more time with Brittany tomorrow.
Brittany doesn't take her stare away from Santana's eyes as she sends a big grin her way
"Okay" is all Brittany replies with as she turns to open the car door and steps outside. Before closing the door, Brittany leans in slightly to the car, staring right back into Santana's brown eyes
"See you tomorrow" With that Brittany retracts herself from the car and shuts the door over. She skips up the pathway towards her front door, before she enters the house, she turns around to look back at Santana who is still sitting in her car outside her house. Brittany gives Santana one last smile and a small wave, then disappears into the house.
Santana can't rid her face from the huge grin that lies on her lips the whole car ride back to her own house. All she can think about is how she is actaully looking forward to school the next day, not because of school itself but because she can't wait to rebuild that amazing friendship she once had with the intriguing blonde she met at gymnastics class.