A/N: Received my results from the major exam today and I'm really glad I made it for the foundation program. Gonna have a X'mas celebration with my team tomorrow for the last time and I'm really looking forward to it. Okay enough of myself. So.. I realized I kept using their names to start sentences. My apologies but I'm really bad at expressing myself so please bear with me. This is kind of like separated scenes with different things happening, kinda like Glee when they jump from scenes to scenes.

Any mistakes made is mine. R&R Please! Reviews are much appreciated, especially suggestions!

Disclaimer: I do not own Glee.

"THAT IS BULLSHIT!" Sue Sylvester spat out. The Cheerios have been trying to perfect the routine for two hours. To Quinn, the routine seemed flawless to her but Coach made them redo the whole routine just because of a quiver or someone didn't smile. "I'm surprised my blood pressure is still pressured in my body and didn't shoot out like a volcano spraying lava into the air! Take five you worthless fools."

Quinn huffed as she proceeded to the bleachers and took a sip of her water. "What?"

Santana was looking at Quinn as if Quinn did something wrong. Moments later, she burst into laughter. "You're funny even when you're angry, Quinn."

The smaller blonde threw her hands into the air and waved away Santana's remarks, causing Brittany to join in the laughter.

"You three!"

The three girls turn their heads to Coach Sylvester, raising their eyebrows when they saw her finger pointing at them. "Come here!"

"Yes coach?"

"I want the three of you to lead the routine later. Screw this up and I'll unscrew your heads."

Knowing full well what this meant, the girls kept their stoic expression, not wanting Coach Sylvester to notice their fear. By putting them in the spotlight, the three of them risk being victimized by the senior Cheerios. What's more, they're only freshmen.

"Alright you lazy bums, get back into position and I want this PERFECT. The three of them will take the front! Rebecca, Taka and Jessica, take their previous positions."

The three older Cheerios glared at the three glee girls as they walk past them. "We can do this." Santana squeezed the hands of the two girls.

Meeting coach's expectations, the routine was perfect and she called it a day. "This is average. And they're only freshmen. What are you old kids doing? Slept with too many guys that you can't keep your legs straight?! Dismiss!"

"Don't gloat over this, kids. The three of you have more to learn" Rebecca stepped in front of the trio that were resting on the bleachers. "Guess you sucked up to Sue as much as you blew Dave's eh?"

"Oh I'm sorry, did I smell something sour or is that you? Owh. Hey, practice ended so maybe you can hit the showers or something?" Quinn defensively stepped in front of Santana.

"Hey blonde bitch, this has nothing to do with you."

"Oh I get it, you're jealous that Santana got Dave's attention." Brittany stated as a matter of factly.

"You bit-" Rebecca raised her palm to slap Brittany but Taka and Jessica pulled her back. "Let it go! Coach won't be happy if any of them gets injured!"

"You three better watch it. I'm not done with you." Rebecca threatened.

"You feeling alright there?" Quinn knelt in front of Santana and grabbed her hands. Brittany hugs Santana from the side and rubs the Latina's arms.

"Nah I'm good. Her words don't even matter." The Latina smiled. "But the words of yours does. Thank you, Quinn."

"My words?"

"More of like how you felt when you said those things, like a defensive mother."

"Hey! I won't sit around and let anybody insult my girls like this."

"I wouldn't want anything to happen to you too." The trio pulled each other into a hug and broke off with a smile before heading to the showers.

"You're in art too?" Bright blue eyes locked gaze with brown ones.

"Yep!" The Latina took a seat beside the blonde.

Materials were passed around the class as they were expected to do a model of something of their interest. Unicorns.

Being rowdy as they are, the boys in the art class started throwing materials around the class when the teacher excused herself to go to the restroom. A pair of scissors flew across the room towards the direction of Brittany. Without thinking, Santana reached out and grabbed the scissors with her bare hands. Blood trickled down her palm and dripped on Brittany's table, making her look up from her creation.

Her eyes widened as she turn her head towards Santana who was looking back at her. The class fell into a deafening silence as everybody stared at the duo. "San, you're bleeding." Brittany stood up and removed the scissors that the Latina had a firm grip on, causing the Santana to flinch. "I'm sorry." Brittany apologized as she put the scissors down and pulled Santana out of the room "Let's get you to the nurse office."

"I've stitched it up but you've lost quite a lot of blood. If you feel dizzy, please inform me immediately." Santana nodded and looked at the blonde that's sitting beside her, eyes on the ground.

"San," Brittany finally spoke up "why did you do that?" She lifted her head to meet Santana's eyes as the nurse walks away from the two girls.

"Natural reaction?"

"Do you know you might have been seriously injured should the scissors penetrate your palm?!" Brittany raised her voice.

Santana nodded slowly, eyes still locked with Brittany. "But that scissors would've cut your face,"

Brittany sighs "at least use a cardboard or something, there were plenty of things to stop the flying blades."

"I told you, it's natural reaction. Plus, I'm fine. See, I'm ok-"

"NO! You're not!" Brittany yelled in exasperation. "You're hurt because of me! And I don't want you to put others before yourself!" The Latina's eyes widen in shock as the usually cheerful blonde caved into her emotions before her very eyes.

Tears started streaming down the blonde's cheeks. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at you when you saved me."

Brittany looked down on the floor in embarrassment when she realized she actually yelled at the Latina who saved her face from a horrible cut or some other gruesome fate. Santana used her other hand which isn't wounded to wipe the tears from the blonde's face and lifted it up so that she's looking into pure blue eyes. "I'm fine." She smiled at the blonde before patting her head. "And what's more, this looks pretty cool." She waved her bandaged hand in front of Brittany.

A smile cracked on Brittany's face as she stares at the bandaged hand. Her arms found her way around the Latina as she pulled her in for a hug "thank you."

(Flashback)

"Hey Lucy," Harris jeered when he spotted Quinn along the corridors.

Harris is Quinn's neighbor and he knew about Quinn's sudden transformation from a nerd to a hot blonde. He wanted to trample on Quinn's pride like he did in middle school. Nobody knows the Quinn before high school but him, giving him the upper hand. He wanted to threaten Quinn since she's all hot and popular now.

"What do you want?"

"What do I want?" Harris smirked as he ran the back of his hand down Quinn's cheeks. "I know your secret. And now you're the popular cheerio, I want you to help me boost my popularity."

Quinn cringed in disgust as Harris leaned closer to her. Refusing to let this jerk before her ruin her high school life, she pushes him away.

Not taking a no for an answer, Harris grabbed her wrist and pulled her close, his breath pelting on Quinn's face "Your past will never change no matter how hard you try to alter it." Struggling to free herself from his grip, she failed to notice the Latina's presence.

The Latina wrung Harris's wrist to make him release his grip on the blonde's wrist. The basketball player scowled as he retracts his hand. "The fuck?!"

"Leave her alone."

"And who the fuck are you?!"

"Lucy's best friend."

Harris eyes widened in shock before narrowing it at Quinn. He shot one last glare at the Latina before turning to leave.

Knowing the Latina heard the whole conversation between the two of them, the blonde avoided eye contact with her.

"Sorry. I kind of overheard the conversation because I'm kind of.. Beside you. Here, you dropped your book." Santana place the textbook on Quinn's stack of textbook on her arm before leaving.

(End of flashback.)

Staring at the ceiling, Quinn recounted her encounter with Santana. Smiling at the thought of the bizarre yet caring Latina, Quinn thanked her lucky stars that she didn't exposed her when she introduced herself as Quinn. She'll do anything to protect this friendship, even if it means going against the Cheerios bitches of the school.

"Hey Marc," The brown coated horse snorts in reply as the Latina stroked his fur. "Quinn stood up for me today." The horse neighed as if to urge Santana to continue her story. "The senior Cheerios were all unhappy at us because we kind of "stole" the limelight from them. And to make things worse, Dave is Rebecca's boyfriend and he have been making frequent visit to my locker, hinting something."

Santana led Marc out into the pasture and walked with the horse for a little while more in comfortable silence before straddling on his saddle. Marc walked at a slow pace while Santana adjusted herself on the saddle before clicking her tongue. Understanding the command, Marc fastened his pace into a gallop. With her hair whipping back in the wind, Santana smiled. "Thank you Papi, for the friends I've made."

"Don't stop, make it pop, DJ blows my speakers up tonight. Imma fight 'til we see the sunlight." Brittany sang as she dance along to her newly choreographed dance for Tik Tok. Behind the small gap of the door, Susan Pierce stands, peeking into the dance room that was specially renovated for Brittany. She smiled to herself as she basked herself in pride when her daughter danced along to the beat of the song. Her little girl finally realized her gift as a performer. Whenever Susan tried to persuade Brittany to sing and dance, the girl will only comply with the dancing. Because of a little incident in middle school, Brittany lost the courage to sing and dance. During a talent competition in school, Brittany forgot the lyrics of the song and got jeered by the student crowd. After that incident, Brittany never gathered enough courage to stand on the stage to sing again. She wondered what changed her little girl's mind as she closes the door quietly.

Sitting at a corner, Colin watched Brittany pop to the beat of the song.

"Tik tok on the clock but the party don't stop, no. Woaah oh" Brittany chuckled to herself when she finished the song, panting heavily after the rigorous dance steps. She grabbed her water bottle and ruffled Colin's fur as she settled down beside him. "How's that?"

Colin licked Brittany's face in agreement and let his tongue linger between his teeth as he look at Brittany.

"See. You can sing! And you can dance really really well."

The words of the Latina remained freshly intact in the blonde's mind. With a goofy grin plastered over her face, she picked up her phone and swiped across the screen. The picture of the trio covered her entire phone screen. "Colin, what did I do to deserve such people in my life?"

"Hey it's the three freshmen that sent Rebecca, Taka and Jessica out of the limelight."

"They're pretty hot."

"It's the Unholy Trinity."

"The smaller blonde challenged Rebecca. Totally hot, dude!"

"The Latina made Dave ditch Rebecca."

"The taller blonde seems cute. Look at her ocean blue eyes man."

The trio walk down the corridor, eyes locked on them and whispers echoes down the corridor. "Hey we're called the unholy trinity." Quinn joked as she pulled the girls closer to her.

"Hey, Santana!"

Santana turned around along with the two girls and found herself face to face with Dave. As usual, his gang of jocks were with him as he stops before Santana. "I was wondering if.. you're free to go to Breadstix tonight?" Rick was looking at Brittany and sent a wink in her direction. Harris was smirking at Quinn

Quinn pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes at the jocks in front of was going to open her mouth when another group of boys stepped in between them.

"Hey babe," Puck snaked his arm around Santana's waist. Santana raised an eyebrow at him and he winked in return. Finn went to put his arm around Quinn's shoulder. A blonde boy took Brittany's hand and stood beside her.

"Sorry, girls taken." The Jew smirked at the jocks that were trying to flirt with the girls.

"Back off, Puckerman. She's not yours. And you're just a freshman, who do you think you are?"

"Just a freshman? I kicked your ass during the friendly game. Now if you excuse us." The three guys led the girls into the choir room before releasing their hold on the girls.

The trio rejoined each other, standing in a row and giving the 'okay, now explain' look to the three guys before them. Puck and Finn raised their hands innocently and the blonde boy looked at the two football players before following suit. The eyes of the trio landed on the blonde boy who's standing between the two football players.

"Sam. Sam Evans. Football player. Not very rich. I just joined the glee club." he said as he shifts uneasily between his two legs.

Happy with his explanation, the eyes shifted their attention to Puck. He sighs, "Look, we heard some nasty things out there and we're just helping our friends out."

(Flashback)

"Did you guys heard about Rebecca and Dave?"

"Yeah I heard some girl named Santana Lopez made Dave go gaga."

"He dumped Rebecca and says he's going to go after Santana Lopez!"

"He's dumping Rebecca for a freshmen?"

"Santana Lopez totally stole Rebecca's limelight! They're leading the Cheerios routine!"

Rebecca clears her throat and glared at the two sophomores who were talking along the hallways. Realizing Rebecca's presence, the two sophomores scurried away, knowing the Cheerio's ability to snap at people for the most trivial matters.

"That bitch." Rebecca spat out, "She's going to pay for this."

Puck, Finn and Sam happened to overhear the conversations between the two sophomores and the curses of Rebecca. "Huddle up, we need a rescue plan." Puck commanded the two other football players. "Here goes. Since the three: Quinn, Santana and Brittany are always together, we need a three men team and here we are. So, I'll take Santana, Sam you take Brittany and Finn, Quinn. We'll act as their boyfriends and then make Dave give up on going after Santana. We owe Santana one, especially you, Sam. And she's our friend." The blonde boy nodded immediately.

(End of flashback)

"Um.. Santana?" All eyes fell back to the blonde boy as he stepped out. "I want to apologize."

Santana raised her eyebrow in confusion. "I.. um.. your hand.." The Latina look at her bandaged hand and back to the blonde boy and nodded slowly, urging him to continue. "I.. was the one that threw the knife." Santana's eyes widened as the boy panicked "It wasn't intentional! I was throwing it at someone else and he dodged and it flew straight towards Brittany!"

Brittany clenched her fist, trying to restrain herself from attacking the boy before her. Sensing her pent up emotions, Santana grabbed Brittany's fist and gave it a squeeze. The blonde unclenched her fist and tangled her fingers together with the Latina's. "It's okay. You're forgiven."

"It's okay?"

"Yeah."

"Aren't you going to scold me or slap me or something?"

"Why would I?"

"Because.. your hand?" He waved his hand in Santana's face, causing her to scrunch her face in confusion.

"It was an accident, Brittany's safe, this will heal in a few days, you're in glee club and you helped us just now, meaning you're one of us." Santana listed the reasons why Sam is forgiven. It took several seconds for Sam to process the information before his face broke into a smile. "Now I know why everyone looks up to you."

The Latina once again raised her eyebrow in confusion. Looking at her expression, Sam chuckled "It's nothing."

Puck's stomach growled, causing everyone to turn to him. "What? It's lunch time now and I haven't eaten anything."

Everybody burst out into laughter as they head off to the cafeteria to join the rest of the Glee Club for lunch.

"Look, the unholy trinity is here!" Kurt teased as the six members join them.

Dave was sitting at a table across from them, glancing every now and then at the Latina. Noticing the senior football player's gazes on the Latina, Puck smiled and forked a piece of carrot and held it in front of the Latina. Santana raised her eyebrow and Puck returned it with a wink. Catching the hint, the Latina opened her mouth and bites off the piece of vegetables, earning several "awws" from the Glee club. Puck turned his head in time to see Dave staring at them with jealousy in his eyes. He smirked, knowing that he succeeded in fuelling Dave's anger. He swore to protect Glee club, especially the Latina, when the Glee Club was formed. He refuse to let a jerk like Dave hurt the Latina. Well aware of his feelings, he kept them under covers because he knew that the Latina only treated him as her best friend.

Finn and Sam played along when they saw what Puck was doing.

"Wait.. are there three couples here or something?" Mercedes chirped in when she saw the three football players acting all lovey dovey with the three Cheerios.

"We'll talk about this later during Glee Club."

"San's mine!" Brittany glared at Puck playfully before she speared another piece of vegetable and held it in front of the Latina's lips. Without hesitating, Santana bites off the piece of vegetable from the fork and held it between her teeth teasingly. Brittany inches forward, eyes locked with the Latina. After five seconds, both girls burst out laughing as Santana pushes the vegetable into her mouth.

The rest of the members looked at them with amused smile on their faces and laughed at their silliness. Keeping her act up, Santana took a sip from Puck's cup and Brittany speared another piece of vegetable and held it in front of Sam. The table of jocks scoffed at their actions and walked away, throwing displeased glares at them.

During glee, Puck repeated the whole story to the club. Rachel, for the first time, said nothing except glare at Quinn and Finn. Finn had his usual confused look while Quinn kept her gaze on the whiteboard.

"Sorry I'm late!" Mr Schue announced his arrival.

Brittany hand shot up when he stopped in front of the class. "Yes Brittany?"

"I have something prepared for Glee club."

"Alright then, we'll start today's practice with Brittany!"

The blonde dancer walked over to the musicians and said something to them before walking back to the middle of the class.

"1, 2, 3, 4, hit it!"

The instruments began producing the desired notes as Brittany pops along to the beat and started her performance of Tik Tok. Sam watch the blonde with his mouth agape in astonishment. Santana merely smiled and did her little dance on her chair along with the music.

When the last note faded away, the club burst into applause for the blonde as she bowed and took a seat beside Santana. Santana grabbed the hand of the still-panting blonde and pulled her close, faces merely inches apart. The breath of the blonde hitting the Latina with each exhale. "You're great! Told you, you're a really really good singer, and a really great dancer. That was amazing." The Latina whispered. Brittany beamed at the praises given by the Latina, her middle school experience forgotten.

Then, Quinn jumped up and pulled the two Cheerios back to the front. Raising their eyebrows in confusion, they look at the smaller blonde as she smiled and turned away to speak to the musicians.

The music started and Quinn took her position with her back facing the Glee Club. Quick to react, Brittany and Santana stepped out in front of Quinn and they started the impromptu performance.

"Say a little prayer for you~" the duo made a brief palm contact before side stepping to allow Quinn to make her "entrance" to face the Glee Club. "The moment I wake up, before I put on my make up."

The duo danced behind Quinn while she sings and their coordination was flawless due to their many Cheerios practice together. Applauses sounded when the trio ended the song with an ending pose. "Unholy trinity!" Kurt yelled out in excitement.

"Alright!" Mr Schue returned to the front of the class as the trio took their seats at the back of the room. "That was two really wonderful performance by the members of the Cheerios." He walked to the whiteboard and wrote: SECTIONALS. Turning his attention back to his students, he repeated what he wrote on the board. "Every year, the sectionals, regionals and nationals have different themes. But to get to nationals we must get through regionals. And to get to regionals, we must win sectionals. I've decided on Rachel being the lead singer for the so-"

"Mr Schue?" Kurt raised his hands in objection. "Why does Rachel get all lime light when everyone of us have our own vocal talents?"

"How about we have a mini competition?" Tina suggests.

Clapping his hands together, Mr Schue smiled "Alright then, everybody prepare a piece and we'll have it at the next practice. We shall have a few guest judges to help me with deciding the winner."

Rachel decided to keep her mouth shut, knowing that her comments will definitely rile the whole glee club. "You'll steal the limelight." The brunette turned to face Quinn. The blonde smiled and gave the brunette a squeeze on the hand. Rachel return Quinn's gesture with a tight lipped smile.

"So now you're into Jews, eh Lopez?" Rebecca shoved Santana against the lockers in the changing room. Not wanting to stir up any trouble, Santana bites her lower lips and clenched her fist to prevent herself from retaliating. "What? Think I can't win you, thinking you're all high and mighty that you'll hurt me should you retaliate? Come at me if you dare!" Rebecca spread her arms apart and tempt Santana to retaliate.

Brittany and Quinn were held back by their previous subject teacher and Santana had to go and change for Cheerio practice before them.

Pushing her luck, Rebecca stepped forward and used the back of her hand to tap on the Latina's face. "Why? Cat got your tongue?" Santana glared at the senior Cheerio. "Bitch, that's not the way to look at a sen-"

Rebecca raised her hand to slap Santana but the Latina reacted and stopped her hand in midair and turned the senior Cheerio against the locker. A soft gasp escaped from the senior Cheerio.

"Break it up," Brittany pulled Santana away from Rebecca.

Not wanting to look like a loser, Rebecca hurled another insult at Santana before storming out of the changing room. The brown eyes of the Latina were charged full of anger. She refused to meet the gaze of the blonde that pulled her away. "Sorry, I'll see you guys later out in the field." The Latina grabbed her backpack and left the changing room.

"Hand it over." Quinn held out her hand to one of the Cheerio. Becky looked at Quinn in fear for a few moments before surrendering her phone.

Transferring the video over to her own phone, Quinn deleted the video on Becky's phone to prevent anybody from keeping any footage of the incident earlier. Smiling at the petite Cheerio, Quinn returned her phone and proceeded to Brittany who stood rooted at the same spot where Santana left her, eyes still on the door which the Latina stepped out of.

Snapping her fingers in front of Brittany, Quinn got the attention of Brittany. She played the video of the incident earlier and watched it together with Brittany. They arrived to see Santana shoving Rebecca but not what happened prior to it.

After watching the video, Quinn's eyes burned in anger as she threw her phone into her bag and stormed out of the changing room in search of the Latina.

Santana reached into her bag and took out a bottle of medicine. Popping two capsules into her mouth and gulping down water, the Latina sigh. She gritted her teeth as she tried to calm herself down. "Damn.." She uttered under her breath. Throwing the bottle of medicine into her bag, Santana grabbed her bag and proceeded to rejoin the squad to start practice.

When the two blondes reached the field, they see the Latina heading towards them from the bleachers. The two girls grabbed the Latina and pulled her along and managed to reach the assembly point before Coach Sylvester can actually strike their names for a mistake.

"Today, you fools will do a drill of 'trust fall!' Taka and Jessica, Brittany and Santana, Quinn and Rebecca, Becky and Pam..."

"You better not drop me, bitch." Rebecca warned before she stand in front of Quinn with her back facing her. Quinn rolled her eyes at the senior Cheerio's comment and prepared herself for Coach's whistle.

"Beep!" Rebecca folded her arms against her chest and closed her eyes before leaning back to let Quinn catch her. Unfortunately, Quinn had to catch the senior Cheerio to prevent any conflicts.

Changing positions, Quinn had her back face the senior Cheerio. Santana and Brittany decided to watch them since they trust each other enough to know that they'll catch each other. Hovering near the two conflicting Cheerio, they remained alert should anything happen.

"Beep!" Quinn held her arms against her chest before closing her eyes and fall backwards. Being the stuck up bitch that wants revenge, Rebecca stepped away from the falling blonde. Santana and Brittany were quick to react to catch Quinn before she hits the ground.

Unknowing to them, Coach Sylvester had been watch them since the first trust fall. She's well aware of the conflict between the two group of trio. Wanting to see how the senior and junior trios handle the situation, she remained silent, enjoying the show that unveiled before her.

"What the hell is your problem?!" Quinn yelled at the senior Cheerio as she looked at her nails nonchalantly, ignoring the blonde. Taka and Jessica ran over to take Rebecca's side.

"Forget it, Quinn."

"Forget it?! If I was on top and I fell and she didn't catch me, I'll end up with a broken spine!"

Rebecca snapped her attention to Quinn when she mentioned being on top "Who the hell said you're going to be on top?" She stepped forward "the top spot, is mine."

"YOU WORTHLESS FOOLS!" Coach Sylvester yelled at them. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, CAUSING A DISTURBANCE DURING PRACTICE?!"

The two group of trios break off and walked off in the opposite direction of each other. "Thanks for catching me, guys." Brittany and Santana smiled in return as they got into their positions.

The routine continued as usual with the unholy trinity leading and Quinn at the top. After several rounds of routine, Coach Sylvester released the girls for their day.

Puck, Sam and Finn were watching the girls on the bleachers. When the trio were released, the three guys walked up to them, ignoring the gazes of the other Cheerios.

"Hey it's the hot trio from the football team."

"The blonde is cute!"

"The Jewish guy got the swag!"

"The tall guy looks so innocent!"

"Hey, how's practice?" Finn smiled at the three girls.

"Slut." Rebecca spat when she walk past them to get to the changing room.

"Why you little bi-" Puck tried to go after the cocky Cheerio but Santana pulled him back. "She is being such a bitch to you guys! I'll g-" Santana tugged the Jew's hand, making him turn to look at her. She shook her head, "It's not worth it."

Puck softened at her words and gave the Latina a smile. Some times, the personality of the Latina baffled Puck. She's all tough and can take on the HBIC Rebecca but she chose not to. She chose to take everything in her stride. How can one be so innocent and yet so alluring puzzled Puck till today.

The six members of the glee went for dinner at Breadstix and shared stories about their day.

"Tell us honestly, have Rebecca been this bitchy to you girls?"

Quinn scowled at the mention of the name while Brittany rolled her eyes. Santana remained stoic as she chew on the breadsticks while they wait for their order.

"So.. I shall take that as a yes."

As if on cue, Rebecca walked into the restaurant with Dave. Spotting the notorious couple? Puck leaned forward towards Santana and opened his mouth. Santana offered her breadstick and Puck took a huge bite off her breadstick before grinning at Santana. The Latina stared at her shortened breadstick at scowled at the Jew before throwing the remaining breadstick into her mouth.

Dave glared daggers at Puck when he saw what they were doing. Jealousy was prominent in his eyes and Puck smirked in victory.

The two other "couple" watched with their eyebrows raised before they realize what's going on when they see Dave and Rebecca.

Rebecca had to nudge Dave several times before his gaze leave the table. He took one last glance at the Latina before turning away. On purpose, Rebecca chose a seat near the three "couples", with intentions to make Dave give up on going after the Latina when he sees how lovey dovey the Latina behaves with the Jew.

Playing along with the already acting couple, Sam and Brittany started to playfully tease each other with breadsticks. Finn and Quinn merely sat in comfortable silence.

When the food were placed on thee table, the three couples chatted about random subjects. Throughout the meal, Santana noticed the frequent glances Dave shot their way. The gaze of Santana accidentally met Dave's. His eyes portrayed emotions that he have never shown before. It's torn between jealousy and disappointment. Santana hurriedly broke eye contact with the jock and returns to joking with the group.

Puck excused himself as he walks away from the table. He walked over to the band at the corner of the restaurant and borrowed a guitar. Strapping on the guitar, he started strumming a song as he walks back to the table. "My heart's a stereo. It beats for you so listen close. Hear my thoughts and every note o-oh"

He started serenading Santana in front of all the customers in Breadstix to spite Dave and also, to make his feelings known to the Latina. "Make me your radio, turn me up when you feel low, this melody was meant for you, so sing along to my stereo."

Dave abruptly got up from his seat and stormed towards the six Glee club members and threw his fist across Puck's face. Rebecca stood up and clasp her mouth in shock as Dave rages. Finn and Sam stood up to restrain the bulky football player before he can do any more harm to the stumbling Jew.

"DAVID KAROFSKY!"

All eyes turned their attention to Santana as she snapped at the football player. "What the hell is wrong with you?!" She grabbed Dave's arm and pulled him out of the restaurant. Removing the guitar from the injured Jew, Sam returned the guitar to the band while Finn helped Puck to his seat. The members look worriedly at each other before agreeing that the Latina will be alright.

"Explain."

"He's interrupting my meal."

"I'm not an idiot."

"I.."

"What is going on in your mind? You're with Rebecca."

"It was all a pretense! She wanted to be popular so she decided to hook up with a football player."

"And..?"

"I like you, Santana."

"Wait, what?" Santana narrowed her eyes at Dave's sudden confession.

"I, David Karofsky, like you, Santana Lopez."

"Look," Santana held up her hands in desperation, "You've obviously got mixed feelings and I apologize for whatever happened during the first few days of school. I was a busybody and it was wrong of me to shove you against the locker."

"But that's what I like about you. You stand up for people even though you have no idea who they are."

"I'm sorry, David."

"Not even a chance?"

"Not after how you treated my friends." The Latina walked back into the restaurant, leaving a dumbfounded jock standing at the entrance of Breadstix.

"Where is Dave?" Rebecca stormed up to Santana the moment she stepped into the restaurant. Feeling too emotionally exhausted to argue with the senior Cheerio, she shot her thumb back and walked to join the rest at the table.

After settling down at the table, the Latina shot an apologetic glance at Puck. Quinn left her seat and went around to sit beside the Latina. Throwing their hands around the Latina, the trio snuggled into a group hug while Sam snapped a photo of the trio secretly. Not a word was exchanged between the trio as they continued to eat their dinner in comfort of each other's company as the band played a soft melody at the back.

"What the hell?!" Rebecca snapped at Dave who was still standing on the pavement outside the restaurant. His eyes voided of any emotions as he stared blankly at the ground. "Let's break up." He muttered.

"What?"

"Let's break up."

"Why?"

"No reason."

"Is it because of that bitch?!"

"She's not a bitch." Dave raised his head to look into the eyes of Rebecca. It was the first time Dave actually countered Rebecca's words. He had always been the guy that was at Rebecca's beck and call. "She's far kinder than you've ever been."

Pain flushes across Dave's cheeks. Tears streamed down Rebecca's face "Yes! She's good, she's kind, she's perfect. I'm nothing compared to her!"

Before Dave could stop her, she ran out of his reach. Raising his hands to touch the freshly slapped flesh on his face, Dave's feelings started to sort itself out.

"And.. we're here."

"Right.."

Puck kept his hands tucked in his jeans pockets as he look down at the floor, not knowing what to do in this awkward situation. Feeling a touch on his bruised face, he flinched, causing the Latina to retract her hand. "I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault."

Licking his lips, Puck spoke up. "Santana I-"

"I'm sorry."

Seeing him raise his eyebrows in confusion, the Latina explained.

"Just now Dave confessed that he like me. And.. I rejected him. I know how you feel about me, Puck. I'm really sorry if I led you on when I acted along with you to spike Dave."

Smiling at the Latina's honest confession, he smiled "Nah, it's cool." He playfully shoved the Latina. Santana scrunched her face before shoving Puck back. The two of them start shoving each other and chuckled as they realized how silly they've been.

"Thanks for sending me home."

"Anything for you. I know I know," He raises his hands "but I'll always be there for you, promise." Puck turned and walked away.

"You promised!" The Latina yelled after the Jew. He gave a wave without turning around and headed down the streets.

"Mija?" the elderly Latina looked up from her newspaper.

"Yes Mami?"

"I overheard your conversation with him."

"Mami, not now."

"They deserve to know the truth."

"Mami-"

"It's unfair to them."

The Latina sighs in defeat, "I will, when the time comes."

Leaning against the door frame after closing the door behind her, the Latina sighs. She threw her backpack on the floor and went for a quick shower before plopping on her bed. Laying sprawled on the bed, she stared at the ceiling. Everything that happened in the day burned fresh in her mind. Turning herself on the bed, she reached out for a photo that's set on her bedside table. Her fingers ran along the face of a suave Latina. She stared fondly at the photo before putting the photo back to it's original place and drifting off into sleep.