The Showdown Chapter 2

I don't own anything, just would like to see it go this way.

As soon as Mr. Schuester leaves the auditorium Kurt rises from his chair, "tell me you did not out her to the whole school?"

"Kurt seriously you of all people should know that hiding is worse, besides I didn't plan to do it she was such a bitch I got angry and just blurted it out" Finn responds. "I didn't think she would freak out."

"Then you are an idiot Finn!" Quinn speaks up "Brittany was right, you don't know her family or what this will do to her."

"Finn, you can't force someone to accept that they are gay, they have to do it on their own time, she obviously wasn't ready for that. This could do a lot of damage to her, her family…..I mean this is why teenagers are killing themselves, their scared of not being accepted," Blaine comments walking towards Kurt.

"Please Santana afraid" Finn laughs. "We all know she doesn't have a heart."

"Finn you're a real jerk you know that. You ever think maybe she acts like that because she didn't want people to know, she didn't want anyone to get close enough to know her" Quinn shouts.

"So everyone's taking her side." Finn yells looking around the auditorium at his friends.

"Finn, there are no sides" Rachel adds holding his hand "but that was beyond name calling."

Puck stands from the row behind him "dude, I have known that girl my whole life, I have never seen her that broken. What you did was wrong" he says walking towards the door.

"Puck! Where are you going?" Rachel asks "I thought we were going to rehearse."

"I'm going to see if she will let me help her, she's going to need friends." Puck says turning his head towards the door.

"Puck, wait. I'm going with you," Quinn shouts rising from her chair.

As she walks out behind Puck, Kurt's Dad comes walking through the doors. "Hey, Mr Schue said I would find you here." He looks around the room at the somber faces "everything alright?"

"Dad, why are you here?" Kurt asks.

"I was meeting with Coach Sylvester and Mr. Schuester, there was a student who might need some help so I tried to help." Mr. Hummel looks around the auditorium to see if Santana was there.

"Why would they call you?" Kurt asks confused.

"Gee, thanks Kurt" Burt answers. Ms. Corcoran stands and acknowledges Mr. Hummel, giving him a look of concern. Burt lowers his head knowing that things must not have gone well.

Mr. Schuester walks back in shaking his head at Shelby before noticing all his kids were not there. "Where are Puck and Quinn?"

"They wanted to be there for Santana" Rachel responds.

"Santana went home, so I take it everyone is aware of what happened?" Mr. Schuester asks. The kids all nod their heads.

"Yes, Mr. Schue, but we are confused as to why she thinks everyone will know, she said everyone not just the school?" Tina asks looking perplexed.

Burt looks to Mr. Schue and then back to Kurt "something happen?"

"Finn outed Santana, she flipped, she was screaming at him and then hit him" Kurt said looking over to Finn.

"Are you okay?" Burt asks Finn, who just nods. "Is she okay?" he questions looking to Mr. Schuester who just puts his head down.

"Wait, Dad is that who you were trying to help?" Kurt asks in a high pitch voice.

Burt places his hands on Kurt's shoulders, "look Kurt this is worse than just coming out to the Glee club, there's a video."

All heads turn to Finn "I didn't make a video!"

"No, Finn didn't, but mine and Coach Sylvester's opponent did and he pretty much used Santana's sexuality as the main focus" Burt explains.

"Why, why would someone do that?" Rachel asks.

"To get ahead" Mr. Schuester adds. "Look Finn, I am sure you didn't mean to take it this far, but those ads will be hitting TV soon and her secret will be out to everyone. She is hurt, she is afraid of what is going to happen and we need to be there to show her it's okay."

"I didn't know, I just wanted to get back at her for all the crap she said to me," Finn says sympathetically.

"Well maybe next time you won't use someone's sexuality as a way to hurt them." Kurt says turning his back and leaving with Blaine following.

Once Brittany was able to get Santana to calm down they decided to go face the brunette's parents. She knew if they saw the ad before she told them it would be worse. When they arrived she saw that both her parents were home. She walked in the front door hoping to have a few minutes to think before she had to tell them. What she saw made her realize she didn't have any time. Santana followed by Brittany stepped into the Lopez house and sitting by the bottom step was Santana's suitcase. Santana looked at her father who was pacing in the living room, her mother sitting on the couch weeping.

"Dad," Santana said softly "what's going on?"

"Well Santana your mother and I sat down to watch some TV and those annoying campaign ads kept coming on, only there was one that caught our eye" Mr. Lopez states. "Can you guess which one?"

"Dad, I am so sorry I wanted to tell you, I didn't want you to find out like this" Santana responds as tears fall from her eyes.

"So it's true? My daughter is a lesbian?" He asks loudly.

"Yes" she mumbles.

"What Santana? I didn't hear you!" He shouts.

"Yes…yes… I am….a lesbian" Santana stutters.

Mrs. Lopez stands looking at her daughter who is crumbling and she wants to grab her, hold her, tell her she loves her but her husband's faith won't allow it. She watches as Brittany stares at her daughter with so much love, she wants to be excited that Santana finally allowed someone to love her. Then her husband's stern words snap her out of it.

"You will not live under my roof and be in a relationship with a girl. Santana you have a choice, you can live here, stop seeing her," He points to Brittany who has tears of her own streaming down her cheek, "and transfer schools, OR you can leave" he says nonchalantly. "It's your choice."

Santana quickly looks back to Brittany who is trying hard not to look at her. "But Dad, I…..I love her."

"Well I guess it's your choice, your family or her?" Mr. Lopez shrugs his shoulders as his wife covers her face trying to hide the tears of her own.

Santana looks to Brittany again who quickly wipes the tears from her cheek and tries to smile at her "Britt…..I…."

"San, I know. It's okay, you know I will wait forever for you. You do what you have to do." Brittany says calmly trying not to cry in front of her.

"But I love you Britt…I need you" Santana cries.

"I love you too, but you need your family too." Brittany answers trying to say what Santana needs to hear. She doesn't want Santana to have to choose, no matter what she will regret her decision and Brittany knows that alone will eat away at the brunette the rest of her life.

Mrs. Lopez whispers something to her husband who rapidly turns towards the girls. "Santana, why don't you think it about and make a decision tomorrow, your mother thinks you need time to think." He says looking disturbed with his wife.

Santana nods her head. She then looks into Brittany's eyes which are filling again with tears, "Britt, can I stay with you tonight?"

Brittany manages a little smile and nods her head. "Yeah."

"Fine, but tomorrow after school, we need a decision. This is not how I raised you and this nonsense will stop soon." Mr. Lopez says walking up the stairs.

Santana crumbles to the floor. Brittany sits behind her holding her as Mrs. Lopez cries with them. "Honey, I am sorry" she says following her husband upstairs.

Once Santana has calmed down she goes upstairs to get a few clothes and they drive to Brittany's house. Santana has not stopped crying since she left her house. Brittany doesn't know how to fix this, she wants to tell Santana to leave her, but she fought so hard to get her to want to be with her to begin with. She has to think about Santana and what's best for her, but all she can think about is how her own heart is breaking.