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Chapter 3
Santana leads Brittany into her bedroom, slumping down onto her bed and motioning for the blonde to join her, glad when Brittany does so. She glances at the other cheerio nervously, already having a good idea about what this conversation is going to be about. Brittany lets out a long sigh as she sits down on the bed, maintaining a small distance between them. Blue eyes meet dark brown and Santana can see the regret in her best friend's gaze, knowing that her instincts are right.
"You don't want to be with me" it isn't a question.
"I love you so much San, It's just I don't love you like that. I love you as my best friend, like a sister" Brittany's words pierce the brunette's heart like a dagger and the blonde feels her own heart shatter at the look of dispair that crosses the tanned girl's exotic features. "I'm sorry, I needed to tell you now...it would only have hurt more if I waited" The latina nods in agreement, swallowing the lump that's rising in her throat and blinking back tears that are fighting to break free.
"I get it" she murmurs, looking away from Brittany, choosing to stare at a blank space on her bedroom wall.
"I'm sorry" the dancer tells her again, kissing her lightly on the cheek and standing up, giving the latina one last apologetic look before leaving her alone in her bedroom. Santana listens as her friend bids goodnight to her parents, hearing the front door close behind her and the thrum of her car pulling out of their driveway. Crawling further onto her bed, the latina buries her face in the pillows, the sobs that she had held back wracking through her body and ripping from her throat. Her muffled cries begin to subside after a while and she flips onto her back, ignoring the salty mascara stains on her pillow and glaring at the ceiling. Her cell phone beeps and she reads the message from Quinn inviting her over for dinner tomorrow night. The text claims that the hazel eyed girl is merely returning the favour but Santana knows differently, Brittany has obviously told their mutual friend that she has gone through with it. Normally, the latina would hate that someone else had been included in her buisness but she can't help the appreciation she feels towards Quinn, knowing the concern is sincere.
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Quinn lets out an unladylike grunt as she feels something hard hit her stomach. She swipes at the offending elbow, cracking her hazel eyes open to find huge brown ones staring back at her. She chuckles at the child's messy hair, pulling her under the duvet, eliciting a giggle from Olivia. Quinn grins at her sleepily and snuggles into her, desperate to go back to sleep.
"You gots to get up Quinn, there's somebody at the door" Olivia states, wriggling out of her sister's arms. "See!" she exclaims as the visitor knocks again.
"Alright, I'm going" Quinn groans, getting out of her warm bed, picking Olivia up and sitting the girl on her hip as she makes her way downstairs. She unlocks the door and pulls it open, revealing a tired sad looking Santana.
"Sorry, I know it's early, I just couldn't lay in bed awake anymore. I didn't know where else to go" Santana states sadly.
"No, it's fine" Quinn smiles, ushering the Latina into the house and into the kitchen and placing Olivia down on a chair, shaking her head in amusement when the tiny girl clambers onto Santana's knee as soon as the tanned girl sits down. "Are you okay?" she asks, turning the coffee machine on and turning to face her friend in concern.
"I just need to not think about it for a little while" Santana replies, smiling softly at the little girl staring up at her. "I don't think I'm gonna go to school today" she adds and Quinn nods in understanding.
"Can I stay with Santana today?" Olivia asks excitedly, looking between the two teenager with wide eyes. "I don't wanna go to the childminders, I'll be good I swear!" Quinn sends an apologetic look in the latina's direction before turning her attention to her little sister, trying to ignore the puppy dog look she's receiving.
"'Liv, remember what we spoke about, you can't ask things like that in front of people, it puts them in a position where they don't know what to say, remember?" Quinn gently scolds, feeling bad at the pout on Olivia's face.
"I'm sorry Santana" the girl tells the latina who chuckles and looks up at the older blonde with a nod and a smile.
"Are you sure?" Quinn asks, raising her eyebrows in surprise when Santana nods again. "Ok then 'Liv you can stay with Santana but you have to be on your best behaviour" Olivia nods excitedly, causing both teenagers to grin. "Well why don't you go watch some cartoons until breakfast is ready" she suggests, watching as Olivia climbs down from the brunette's lap and skips through to the livingroom. "Are you really sure?" Quinn asks again.
cry" the latina replies with a dry chuckle. "Seriously though, we'll be fine, well as long as we can hang here, my mom will ask a lot of questions if she sees I'm not at school"
"Yeah, of course. All of Olivia's toys are here anyway and there's plenty in the fridge and I'm sure she will introduce you to her huge collection of Disney movies" Quinn laughs, turning to pour coffee into two mugs, handing one to her friend and sitting down next to her with her own mug. Quinn loves the fact that she and Santana are friends again, despite the unfortunate circumstances that brought her to the house this morning. She missed out on a lot when she was pregnant with Beth last year, it's nice to be finally catching up.
I know it's short but I wanted to get this chapter out of the way to set up for the next one, drop me a review to let me know what you think. Next chapter is Olivia and Santana's day together.
