So here you go, another chapter. Thank you guys for all the feedback and I want to thank mick3y92 for their review. I appreciate it very much! Enjoy the chapter.
There was a soft knock on the door of Brittany's room. The action brought a smile to her face because she knew that there was only one person who would knock on her door at six in the morning. Santana... Brittany quickly made herself presentable and patted down her bed hair. They have become good friends over the last few weeks and Santana always came to visit her when she wasn't in the O.R or attending to a sick patient.
"Come in." Santana heard it from outside the door and quickly pushed it open. She smiled when she saw the blue eyed beauty looking at her. Santana was shocked that she had made friends so quickly with Brittany. She knew that it wasn't the smartest thing to do. Becoming good friends with your patient. But she didn't care.
"I brought you something." The Latina placed a small backpack at the foot of the blond's bed and slowly pulled the zipper down. "I know you are probably really bored here, so I thought I could help you out."
Brittany gave Santana a sweet smile and shook her head. "It wasn't necessary Santana. I always dance when I feel like escaping." Santana squeezed Brittany's foot through the thin hospital sheets. "I know, I've seen you use the gym like 100 times to dance but we both know that you can't perform the moves that you usually could due to your injuries." Santana paused and gave Brittany a reassuring smile. "You are healing really well and after a few physio therapy sessions, you will be as good as new and dancing your heart out like before the accident." Santana pulled a laptop out of the backpack and showed it to Brittany.
"In the meantime, I brought you this. It's my old laptop and I'm not using it so I thought I could give it to you. There is some of my old music on there, I also downloaded some new music from iTunes, so that you can hear what's new and who's new."
Brittany squealed and climbed off the bed. She walked up to Santana and pulled her into a bone crushing hug. "Thank you so much San. You really didn't have to but I appreciate the effort you have put into this." Brittany let go of Santana and Santana just shrugged. "Anything for my favorite patient." Santana bopped Brittany's nose and the blond had to look away to hide her blush.
After a few moments she took a deep breath and opened the laptop. "You're going to have to show me how it works though."
Santana and Brittany made their way over to a table and chair in the hospital room. Santana placed the laptop on the table and gestured for Brittany to take a seat on the chair. She opened the laptop and showed Brittany how to switch it on and access the music. After a few minutes they accessed the picture folder and a photo of Santana kissing Rachel's cheek popped on the screen.
Santana blushed a crimson red. Just enough for Brittany to see it on her tan skin. "I'm sorry; I thought I deleted all my personal files." Santana reached forward to close the lid of the laptop but Brittany's hand on her own stopped her. "Its fine, please I would like to see. You know learn more about the 'bad ass' that is Santana Lopez. You know most of the nurses in this hospital fear you", Brittany joked and Santana just laughed at the blonds playfulness.
"Can I look at some of the photos? That is if they are not too personal." Brittany wiggled her eyebrows at Santana and Santana blushed while shaking her head no. "You can have a look if you really want to."
"Yay!" Brittany clapped her hands and started going through all of the photos. She stopped at one where Santana and Rachel stood in front of the statue of liberty, sharing a passionate kiss. "Is she your girlfriend?"
Santana didn't know if Brittany would be comfortable with her being gay but she decided that honesty was her best policy. "Yeah she is." Brittany grinned and Santana took that as a good sign. "She's really beautiful and you two look good together."
Santana looked at the photo and couldn't agree more. "Thank you Brittany. That means a lot." Brittany looked excited and grabbed the Latina's hand. "How did you meet? What's her name? How long have you been together?"
Santana just shook her head at the blond's eagerness and began telling her the story...
Santana stood in the library, her eyes as big as saucers. She couldn't believe that the library could be so full. There were no seats open and all the tables were overflowing with students preparing for the exams. She needed a place that was quiet, her dorm was too noisy because not every student found it important to study. The cafes and restaurants on campus were also busy with socializing students.
She exhaled a long stressful sigh and made her way out of the library. This was the first time in the 4 years she had been here that she couldn't find a place for herself to sit inside the library. She walked around on campus, wondering where she could find a peaceful place to study. Just then she walked past a building she knew would be perfect. The campus auditorium. Everybody was busy writing exams, and nobody used it during the time. Except for practical exams but that part of the exams are already over.
She made her way through the auditorium doors and looked around for a place to sit. There were a lot of seats but she needed a table. After looking around for a few minutes, she decided to go and have a look backstage.
She made her way to the stage and quickly vanished through the side curtains. She was too busy looking for a table that she didn't hear the auditorium doors opening. She found a few props, a lonely chair and finally she found a table where she could sit and study. She sat down at the table and started pulling all her work out of her backpack, she started flipping through the first few pages of her textbook, trying to find the place where she stopped the last time. That's when she heard it.
Someone was crying, like sobbing. She stopped all her movements, even holding her breath, trying to figure out if she should stay or just quickly make her way out of the auditorium and avoid an awkward encounter.
She could hear the girl take a deep breath and the something clicked. Santana assumed it was an IPod dock or something similar because music started playing. She heard the girl take in a deep breath and then she heard the most beautiful voice she ever heard.
"If anyone asks, I'll tell them we both just moved on.
When people all stare, I'll pretend that I don't hear them talk.
Whenever I see you I'll swallow my pride and bite my tongue.
Pretend I'm okay with it all,
Act like there's nothing wrong"
Santana couldn't wait to see who the beautiful voice belonged to. She quietly pushed the chair she was sitting in backwards and stood up. She made her way to the stage and pulled the curtain back a little. She didn't want the girl to see her and stop her singing. She saw a brunette singing and pouring every emotion into her song.
"Is it over yet? Can I open my eyes?
Is this as hard as it gets?
Is this what it feels like to really cry?
Cry!
If anyone asks I'll tell them we just grew apart.
What do I care, If they believe me or not?
Whenever I feel your memory is breaking my heart.
I'll pretend I'm okay with it all, act like there's nothing wrong!"
Santana was mesmerized by the brunette that stood in front of her. She was pouring everything she had into the song, Santana could feel every emotion. The smaller brunette was dressed in a skirt and a sweater, with knee high socks. Santana thought it was the cutest look ever, a bit nerdy but with legs like that nobody would care. Santana walked out past the curtains and was now standing directly behind the smaller brunette. The Brunette kept singing her heart out, not knowing that there was someone standing behind her.
"Is it over yet? Can I open my eyes?
Is this as hard as it gets?
Is this what it feels like to really cr-"
"So beautiful." The smaller brunette turned her body around and stared at the Latina with big shocked eyes. Santana quickly slapped her hand over her mouth and shook her head, as if trying to tell the woman not to run away. "I'm so, so sorry. I didn't mean to startle you. I was in the back studying and then I heard you sing. I just had to come and look."
Rachel wiped the tears off her cheeks and looked angry. "It's very rude to eavesdrop. I was having a personal moment and you just ruined it."
"Well you just interrupted my study time but you don't see me being rude." Santana countered back. The smaller brunette took a deep breath and her lips started to tremble. She turned her back to Santana and started sobbing in her hands. "I'm sorry, you must think that I'm such an emotional mess."
Santana made her way over to the small woman and pulled her into her arms. She didn't know what came over her, but she felt the strong need to pull the small woman close and just hold her. The smaller brunette placed her hands against the Latina's back and sobbed against Santana's chest. "It's okay, you don't need to apologize. It's okay, everything is going to be okay."
"So yeah that's how we met. Her name is Rachel Berry. I later found out that she had just broken up with her boyfriend that she dated since high school. I have met him a few times before at parties and I knew that he was an asshole. His name was Finn Hudson. So after that we became good friends."
Brittany looked at her as if she was telling the most fascinating story ever. "Uhm this is going to sound stupid, but did she turn you gay?" Santana laughed at the blond and shook her head. "Believe me, it's not a stupid question. And no, she didn't, I've been gay since my senior year of high school."
Brittany nodded her head and chewed on her bottom lip. "So when did you tell her you were gay?" Brittany wasn't being nosy with all the questions she was asking. She was just really interested.
Santana looked at the ceiling as if she was deep in thought. "About a week after we met, I'm not a fan of lying and I thought that being honest would be for the best. Luckily for me she has two gay dads and she took the news really well. Our friendship grew stronger and after 5 months she confessed her feelings for me. Little did she know that I was in love with her from the first time we met."
"Awww San, that is really sweet. Love at first sight. So do you think she's the one?" Santana nodded with a huge grin in her face. "Yeah I do." Santana licked her lips and hesitated for a second. "Can I tell you a secret?" Brittany nodded her head and the Latina continued. "I'm planning to propose on her birthday, its 3 months away. I want to spend the rest of my life with her."
Brittany silently stood up from the chair and made her way over to her bed. Santana noticed that the blond was really quiet all of a sudden. She made her way over to the blond and placed her hand on top of the blue-eyed woman's shoulder. "Are you okay, B?" Brittany broke the eye contact with Santana and stared down at her legs. "Do you think they are looking for me?" Santana immediately knew that the blond was talking about her family. "Honestly?" The blond nodded her head. Santana gave her a reassuring smile and wiped the fresh tears on the blond's cheeks away. "Yeah I think they are. You're a wonderful person Brittany. If I were them I'd keep on searching till I find you. I would never give up on someone as special as you. I'm pretty sure they would do the same."
Brittany smiled through the tears and pulled her friend into a bone crushing hug. "Thank you San."
"Shut up you slut! You better have my food ready when I get back from the bar!"
The man turned his head and looked at the small blond girl crying in the corner of the room. He lifted his hand and pretends that he is going to hit the girl. She burst into more tears and cowered back. The man burst into a fit of laughter. "You're so pathetic! Just like your mother! Take a hit like a man. Stop crying over everything!"
The man turned around to look at a tall woman just as she began to speak, "She's four years old! I swear if you touch her, I will kill you!" The man mocked the woman and grabbed her by the hair. "You wish. She's my child too, or did you forget that?" He pulled her hair and threw her to the ground. The little girl crawled to the woman and the woman scooped her up in her arms, whispering words of love and comfort into the child's hair
The man gave them one look and snorted. "You're pathetic!" He turned around and walked out of the large house, slamming the door behind him.
Brittany jerked awake, her hair was drenched with sweat. She looked to her left and saw that there was no water on her night stand. She quickly pressed the button that called the nurse. She needed something to drink because it felt like she just ran 10 miles. She rubbed her eyes and waited for the nurse. "What an awful dream."
Santana made her way into her bedroom. Nothing exciting happened at work and she just spent most of her time checking on patients and chatting with Brittany.
Rachel was sitting on their bed, biting her thumb's finger nail and reading a book.
"Seems intense." Rachel looked up from her book and smiled when she saw Santana leaning against the door frame. "It is, they're going to find out who's the murderer soon." Rachel stood up from the bed and walked over to Santana. "Hey baby." The Latina smiled as Rachel placed a chaste kiss against her lips. "Mmm you taste delicious. Cherry Chap stick?" Rachel hummed in agreement and made her way back towards the bed.
Santana pulled off her jacket and placed it over the chair at the desk in their room. She made her way over to the bed and grabbed Rachel's book out of her hand and threw it over her shoulder. "Hey!" Rachel was about to protest but was cut off when Santana placed a finger on her lips.
Santana went to straddle Rachel's hips and only pulled her finger away from the smaller woman's lips to pull Rachel's shirt over her head.
Santana moaned at the sight of her girlfriend's bra-clad upper body. Rachel had a glow to her and Santana didn't know where it came from, but she didn't mind either. "You're getting more beautiful the older you get Rach." Rachel smiled at the Latina's comment and connected their lips together.
They made out for five more minutes and Santana's hands started roaming freely on Rachel's upper body. Just as Santana was about to unclip Rachel's bra Rachel stopped her.
"What's wrong Rach?" Rachel pushed Santana's body off her own and went to sit on the edge of the bed. The Latina's eyes were filled with confusion and a little bit of hurt.
"I got a job in Los Angeles. At the Los Angeles Theatre." Santana smiled at the news the smaller brunette just told her "that's great baby! When do they want you there? I can have a look at the hospitals in that area and I can transfer there."
Rachel shook her head and this confused Santana even more. "I'm leaving for Los Angeles in a week... Alone. I don't want you to come with me... I'm just going to hold you back, you have a great job and great friends here."
Santana shook her head and the tears started flowing freely down her cheeks. "No I want to go with you. You can't just leave me here. We've been together for years." Santana hated being vulnerable and Rachel was the only person who have ever seen her like this. She couldn't understand why Rachel was doing this. Did she not love her anymore? Wasn't she good enough? Santana sat on the bed in shock. She did not see this coming and did not know what to do.
Rachel couldn't stand to see the Latina cry and she knew that if she told the Latina the truth it would only hurt her even more, maybe even break her. She made her way to the door. "I'm going to sleep at a friend's." And with that she disappeared out the door.
So what do you guys think? What's going on with Rachel? And the dream Brittany had? Was it just a dream or is she starting to remember some things?
What would you guys like to see in the next chapter?
Also who would you like to see as Brittany's husband?
Artie Abrams (He will not be in a wheelchair in this story)
Mike Chang
Rory Flanagan
or Some random dude I made up
