The morning after the engagement party, Santana woke with a painful throbbing in her head and did her best not to make any sudden movements. When the headache got more intense the more Santana woke up, she groaned in pain and began to massage her temples with her fingertips. Just as Latina was about to fall back into a dreamlike state she heard a door slam that might as well of been a gunshot. Santana cursed inwardly and went back to massaging her temples in a circular pattern.
"Good morning." Jamie said softly when she noticed Santana was awake.
Santana immediately covered her head with a pillow and tried her best to drown out any more possible disturbances as Jamie sounded like she was speaking through a megaphone.
"Don't talk." Santana said to silence her girlfriend.
Jamie rolled her eyes and got up to make some breakfast as she realized the Latina wouldn't join her anytime soon. The younger brunette began to hum to a random tune absentmindedly and heard another groan come from Santana.
"Do you think you could just not make ANY noise?" Santana said full of irritation, as her headache got worse.
"Such a bitch when you're hung over. Maybe next time you shouldn't drink the amount it would take to get a football team drunk." Jamie snapped back.
If Santana wasn't in so much pain she probably would have yelled at Jamie to leave but the Latina didn't have the energy. Just as Santana was about to fall asleep again for the second time, her phone went off to indicate she had just received a message. That was the final straw for Santana, she sat up swiftly, and cringed at the pain it caused and grabbed her phone in defeat. As soon as Santana read the name on her screen, the pain in her head was forgotten about in an instant.
'Hey San, I hope I didn't wake you up or anything, and that you're feeling okay. Just wanted to know if you want to get lunch today or something? If not it's okay. Brittany – xoxo'
Santana looked at the time and saw 10.33am in bold and immediately got out of bed to get some painkillers after she sent a reply to the blonde who was yet to leave her thoughts.
'Hey, you didn't wake me (: Lunch sounds great, just tell me where and when. Santana – xx'
Brittany's face instantly lit up when Santana had accepted her offer to lunch and sent a quick reply.
'Well I don't really know the city that well, maybe we could meet at Central Park at around 12 and you can choose where to go for lunch? Brittany – xoxo'
'Sounds great, I will see you soon! Santana – xx'
After everything was sorted, Brittany made her way back into the bedroom to pick out something to wear. Once Brittany got to the bedroom she spotted Artie stirring from his sleep, and contemplated not telling him that she was meeting Santana but decided against it. If Brittany was set on having the Latina in her life then Artie was going to have to swallow his pride and deal with it.
Brittany pulled out her yellow, floral sundress and the blonde began to get dressed as she hummed happily to her own tune with a smile spread across her face. Artie yawned and put on his glasses as he watched Brittany with a soft smile, and could feel the joy she was radiating into the room.
"Where are you off to?" Artie asked as he assessed his girlfriend's attire.
"I'm going to have lunch with Santana." Brittany said hesitantly and watched as Artie's face fell in an emotionless expression.
"Out of everyone at the party, why did you have to choose to be friends with her?" Artie said coldly, which Brittany hated.
"Why are you so against her? It's rude to judge her like that, you don't even know her." Brittany said to the Latina's defense once again.
"Neither do you." Artie retorted.
"And you didn't think that maybe I want to?" Brittany asked as she walked out of the bedroom, upset that Artie had ruined her good mood.
Once Santana heard from Brittany that morning her spirits were automatically lifted but the Latina continued to tell herself that nothing could ever happen between the two for obvious reasons and buried her new found feelings deep down. Santana had just poured herself a cup of coffee and waited for the painkillers to kick in when Jamie appeared from the bathroom with a look of shock.
"What the hell? 5 minutes ago you couldn't even move and now you're up and drinking coffee with a smile on your face?" Jamie asked, still irritated from before.
"Just remembered that I have to meet with a friend at 12." Santana said emotionlessly.
"What friend?" Jamie asked curiously as she eyed her suddenly quiet girlfriend.
"Brittany, you met her at the party last night." Santana replied as though it was no big deal and hid the fact that her and Brittany had only just met that night.
"Oh, that was the blonde with the boyfriend in the wheelchair right?" Jamie asked, not entirely sure if she was right or not. Santana stiffened at the mention of Artie. I keep forgetting about him Santana thought with a sigh.
"Yeah, that's her." Santana ended the conversation and Jamie got the picture that the Latina wasn't up for conversation.
"Fine, well I'm going to head back to my place." Jamie said awkwardly and walked over to give Santana a kiss goodbye. Jamie pulled Santana in for a gentle kiss, which Santana returned then placed a kiss on the Latina's forehead.
"Hope you feel better soon." Jamie added softly before she grabbed her keys and left the apartment.
As soon as the door to her apartment closed, Santana let out a breath that she didn't notice she was holding. Santana mentally screamed at herself for being so guarded with Jamie all of a sudden and hoped that it would pass, the Latina couldn't help but feel guilty as though she was cheating or something just by thinking about Brittany, I'm not doing anything wrong, me and Brittany are just friends. Santana decided she wasn't ready to figure out what was happening to her and went to her bedroom to get dressed.
When Brittany realized that she had nothing to do to kill time until she had to meet Santana, the blonde left her apartment early to just walk around central park until she was meant to meet the beautiful Latina. The blonde didn't want to look too eager so she made sure to stay away from their meeting spot until it was a decent time to show.
Brittany couldn't have been more glad that she left early that morning, the day was perfect and a walk in the park was a much more appealing choice than staying home and continuing to argue with Artie. What scared the blonde though was that she knew that wouldn't be the last argument about Santana but she couldn't help but think it was worth it and that Artie would come around soon, she just had to get the two of them together so he could see Santana as Brittany does.
"When the time comes, you must make the right decision, if you're left with regrets, you will know you made a great mistake." A strange woman mumbled as she passed Brittany.
The blonde stood frozen at the words that came from the older woman and frowned when she looked around to see whom she could have possibly been talking to. When Brittany noticed that there was no one within hearing distance, she excused it as the woman arguing with herself out loud, and continued walking. Once Brittany got further into her walk, she spotted Santana who looked amazing in Brittany's eyes, the Latina was dressed casually in brown knee high boots with ripped jean shorts and a white tank top with a light blue button up blouse that showed off the bottom of her perfectly toned stomach.
Santana still hadn't noticed Brittany, and definitely was not expecting her to be early as she stood and listened to the man who was playing his guitar on the side of the path. The blonde made her way over to Santana as she ignored the butterflies in her stomach.
"San, hey!" Brittany said cheerfully as she got closer to the brunette. Santana turned around stunned at the sound of her name and her heart instantly raced when she spotted the breathtaking blonde in front of her.
"Hi Britt! You're early." Santana said with a smile plastered on her face as the pair went in for a hug.
The blonde got all giddy at the nickname Santana had called her and guessed that the Latina could probably feel her heartbeat as they hugged. Not wanting to seem creepy, Brittany pulled back from the hug, her smile matching Santana's.
"Yeah, got into an argument with Artie so I decided to come early for a walk." Brittany admitted nervously.
"Oh, what was it about?" Santana asked with curiosity but instantly felt bad when Brittany hesitated.
"Crap I'm sorry, it's none of my business." Santana said as she cursed herself mentally for being so nosey.
"No, it's fine it's just. It was kind of about you." Brittany said awkwardly as Santana's eyebrow rose in question. The blonde didn't know why she told Santana that but for some reason she felt as though she had nothing to hide from the Latina.
"For some reason he doesn't 'approve' of us hanging out, and he got a bit angry when I tried to defend you. I don't understand what his problem is." Brittany said as she frowned in confusion.
Santana's heart skipped when she heard Brittany had tried to defend her and could tell that their friendship wasn't going to be simple but the brunette would of prepared for battle if she had to. But Santana couldn't help but wonder if Brittany felt the same so she took a chance and said something that might of ended their friendship before it even started.
"If us being friends is going to cause too much trouble for your relationship, I will understand if you don't want to hang out." Santana said hopeful that Brittany would tell Artie to stick it.
"What, no! I really want us to be good friends, Artie just doesn't know you, but when he realizes how great you are, he will know all this arguing was stupid." Brittany rushed out.
"So you think I'm great huh?" Santana teased with a smug smile. Brittany let out a small laugh that made the butterflies in Santana's stomach to go wild and the blonde nudged the Latina in the side.
"Don't let it get to your head." Brittany teased back.
"Well if you keep complimenting me, that might be a bit difficult." Santana said as her and Brittany walked side by side through central park.
Throughout the day, Santana and Brittany continued to steal glances from each other while the other wasn't looking as though they were trying to look for something that would convince them that their newfound relationship was completely platonic. There were barely any silences between the pair, and they spoke as though they had known each other their whole lives. On the way to the restaurant Santana chose to take Brittany to, the two learnt more about each other that they didn't get a chance to know the previous night.
Brittany had a younger brother and sister, born and raised in Ohio and had only moved to New York about 3 months ago to open a dance studio with Mike. Santana was an only child and didn't have a great relationship with her parents due to them always being away on business, but they did accept all of her life choices. The brunette grew up in Rhode Island and moved to New York as soon as she finished high school and went to college where she studied technical production and event management and she now worked at an event management company as a light and sound technician with Quinn who was an event manager.
When the two made it to the restaurant it was about 1.30pm after they spent longer than expected talking about everything and nothing, as they walked through central park. It was a small local restaurant, nothing fancy, but Santana had insisted it had the best food in New York and Brittany couldn't turn that down.
Just as they had finished their lunch, Brittany got a text message and apologized to Santana for the interruption before she checked to see whom it was. Brittany let out a sigh as she saw 'Artie' pop up across her screen and she opened the message.
'Hey babe, I am really sorry about this morning. If it means that much to you, I will try to get along with Santana now that she will be part of your life. Forgive me?' Brittany smiled as she read the text message and Santana raised an eyebrow in question.
"Artie apologized and said he will try to be friends with you too." Brittany said with a smile that could brighten anyone's day.
"Oh, that's great!" Santana said with fake happiness.
Santana didn't exactly want to be friends with the man but she didn't really have a choice if she wanted to be part of Brittany's life. Santana hoped that with time her feelings would sort themselves out, and that she would grow to like Artie even though she knew that wasn't likely. Santana didn't like a lot of people, of course there were the few exceptions such as Quinn, Sam, Puck, Rachel and Jamie but the Latina was usually right with first impressions and Artie's wasn't a good one.
Coincidentally, Santana had received a text only moments after Brittany got Artie's and pulled her phone out of her purse to see it was from Jamie. 'Hey babe, just wanted to know if you were up for dinner and movie tonight?' Santana contemplated just staying in that night but told herself if things were going to get better between her and Jamie then she was going to have to try. 'Sounds great, I will meet you at yours at around 7? And sorry about this morning.' Santana replied and placed her phone back in her purse.
"So how long have you been dating Jamie?" Brittany asked casually as Santana was yet to mention her girlfriend.
"About 7 months, we met at the bar just a few blocks from my apartment." Santana replied as she took a sip from her drink.
"Maybe we could double date sometime? Give me a chance to know this woman of yours and get a chance to prove Artie wrong about you." Brittany said through her smile.
Although for some reason Brittany couldn't help but think it was probably a bad idea. The blonde wasn't even sure if she wanted to meet Jamie, of course she was going to have to, it was only fair that if Santana got along with Artie that she should do the same with Jamie. Santana cringed at the idea of a double date, to the Latina double dates were bad enough as it was but the fact that it would be Santana, her girlfriend, a guy she hates and a girl who gives her butterflies every time she catches her eye. She would be in for one hell of a night.
Both girls couldn't help but think everything might actually turn out great in the end, that they could be friends without causing any problems to their relationships. But that was just wishful thinking.
A/N: Sorry for the wait, got to this when I could. I have been really busy the last two weeks, and still working on my other story. Thank you all for reading and for the reviews (: Hope you like the update
