A/N: Don't have time to talk sorry guys! Also no time to reread... all mistakes are mine, like usual :P
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Friday evening saw Santana going through every play list on her phone to decide the song that she would use to crush her competition. Unfortunately, none of them popped out at her and said "Winner!", and that was making it pretty difficult for her to pick one.
"Mija, what are you doing in here?" her Mami asked suddenly, poking her head into Santana's room.
"I'm trying to pick a song to sing for Glee," Santana admitted, scrolling down her next play list.
"Well, dinner is ready," the older Latina informed her. Santana sighed, rolling to the side and then sitting up on her bed. She stood up and followed her Mami downstairs, still scrolling down her play list as if her life depended on it. "What about that one song you couldn't stop listening to the other week?"
"Which one?" Santana asked sarcastically, rolling her eyes. Could her mom be anymore vague? Santana got hooked on so many songs at once that she usually had two or three cycling at any given moment.
"That Adele song," her Mami further explained. "The one about fire and water or something."
"I Set Fire To The Rain?" Santana asked her, rolling her eyes.
"That one!" the older woman confirmed as they sat down at the table. Santana's Papi came in just as they did.
"That song is like old now, though," Santana muttered, not wanting to pick a song that her mom suggested. Sure, she'd recently become re-obsessed with the song, but she wasn't going to sing it for her audition.
It occurred to her, though, that the song would sound freaking awesome with her voice. "Suit yourself," her Mami said, shrugging, as she dished out the food to everyone.
"What song?" her Papi questioned.
"That Adele song," her Mami answered, waving her hand dismissively.
"You know what, I think I will actually sing that," Santana admitted, her face brightening as she pictured the Glee kids' awed faces as she sang out the incredible song in front of them. Mr. Shue would for sure give her half of the duo.
"See, I know music," her Mami insisted, nodding her head seriously.
Santana rolled her eyes, but answered with a nice, "Gracias, Mami!"
"It's what moms are for," she joked. "Now, eat up. You're so thin."
Santana just shook her head and started to eat her dinner. Her parents continued on to talk about their days, but the younger Latina just scarfed down her dinner. She was determined to go upstairs and perfect her chosen song for next week.
By Saturday afternoon, the song was perfected. Santana had no doubts about her chances.
Brittany called her just as she finished her last practice session of the song. "Hey Britt! Guess who just perfected her audition song for the solo!"
"I'm going to guess that it was you," Brittany joked. "I'm at the park, do you want to come hang out? I was supposed to meet Tina, but she got busy."
"Sure, B, I'll head over!"
So, Santana left for the park. She and Brittany liked to hang out at the park by the pond there. Brittany particularly liked to feed the ducks, and Santana liked to just be away from everyone and hang out with her best friend, where she could totally be herself.
She hadn't forgotten to bring a few pieces of bread. Brittany always forgot, so Santana had made it a habit to always bring some to the pond.
"Hey, B!" Santana called, going over to sit on the bench that Brittany was sitting on.
"Hey, San! Did you bring any bread?" she asked, giving Santana her hopeful eyes. Santana chuckled instantly and passed Brittany the couple pieces of bread she'd brought, and the blonde immediately began to toss pieces into the water. The ducks didn't take long to flock around where they were sitting. "What are you singing for the audition?"
"Set Fire To The Rain," Santana answered. "What do you think?"
"I think it'll sound amazing, just like you always sound," Brittany decided, flashing her best friend a smile. "You're gonna crush them."
"Who do you think I'll sing with?" Santana wondered.
"Probably Mercedes. No one is going to vote for Rachel except for Finn, and Quinn is new and nobody really knows her," Brittany reasoned. "Plus, we all know that you two sounds amazing together."
"Thanks, Britt," Santana thanked, an involuntary smile appearing on her face.
They hung out and talked for a couple of hours, and then Santana was headed back home. Only her mom was home, because her dad had been called into the hospital for an emergency surgery a few hours earlier. Santana just hoped that her Mami had made dinner already, because she was starved.
She entered her house and heard her mom speaking. Santana immediately assumed that her mom was on the phone, so she quietly made her way toward the stairs. As she started up them, she glanced into the kitchen and saw her mom standing across from none other than Quinn Fabray. Santana's jaw dropped and her eyebrows flew up into the air. What the hell was Quinn doing at her house?
She stepped down the bottom few steps again and started into the kitchen. "Uh, Mami?" Santana asked, her voice clearly coming off as a little confused. Quinn's head snapped around, her eyes wide, like she had no idea that this was Santana's house.
Santana immediately quirked an eyebrow up at the blonde, who opened her mouth to say something, before she was interrupted by Santana's mom. "Oh, Mija, this is Quinn Fabray! She and her mom just moved in down the street!"
"Yeah, I know," Santana answered.
"I didn't know this was your house," Quinn stated first and foremost. "We got your mail."
"And the last name on the envelope didn't give it away?" Santana questioned.
"Don't be rude, Santana," her Mami commanded, and Quinn smirked as though she'd won something. But then Santana's Mami added in Spanish to Santana, "Ella es muy bonita. Mija, ¿Te gusta ella?"
Santana blinked. "¡No! ¡Cállate Mami!"
"Lo siento," her Mami replied, chuckling at Santana's immediately defensiveness. Santana rolled her eyes, and then they fell on Quinn, who was standing there with a confused look on her face.
"I'll show Quinn out, Mami," Santana decided turning toward the door.
"It was nice to meet you, Mrs. Lopez," Quinn said formally, before following Santana. "Your mom is not what I expected."
"Really?" Santana asked, though she really didn't care what Quinn expected. She opened the front door, and she and Quinn both stepped outside.
"Nope. I thought she was going to be a bitch," Quinn admitted. Santana immediately rolled her eyes.
"Why, because I'm one?" Santana demanded. Quinn raised her hands in defense. "Well, to ease your mind, my Abuela is kind of a bitch, so that's where I get it from."
Quinn frowned, but then the expression disappeared really quickly. "Have you been practicing for Monday?" she asked me, her face challenging.
"I have, actually, and I'm going to crush you," Santana informed her.
"I'm sure you will," Quinn agreed, but she was smirking, which led Santana to believe that she didn't think that Santana would beat her at all. The Latina, being true to herself rolled her eyes once again.
"Well, I'd wish you good luck, but I don't think it'll help," Santana insulted, though her smirk staying in place showed Santana that she knew she was just kidding. That was nice for once. Santana was so used to people immediately getting defensive when Santana tossed an innocent insult their way. Quinn, though, seemed to understand so well, that Santana guessed that she must be the kind of person who tossed out insults as well.
"See you in Glee," Quinn said, chuckling, and she turned around and headed down to the sidewalk. Santana caught her eyes on Quinn's ass for only a second, before she turned and rushed inside.
"So, Santana," her Mami called, before she could escape upstairs, "you like that girl?"
"Mami! I said no!" Santana exclaimed.
"And I don't believe you," her mom argued. "Your face turned all red."
"It doesn't matter, Mami, she's not into girls," Santana insisted, even though she had yet to officially determine if that statement was true or false.
"I still think it's cute that you like someone for once," her Mami admitted with a chuckle. "Dinner will be ready in five, mija."
"Thanks," Santana muttered, before finally escaping and going upstairs for her next five minutes of pretending like her mom hadn't just figured out that she was insanely crushing on the new girl in the neighborhood. And Santana knew that her mom was not one to let those kind of things die down. She was going to tease Santana to the breaking point, and the young Latina was not ready for that.
Monday came in a flash, the rest of Santana's weekend having been her mom teasing her and talking on the phone with Brittany. The day was extremely boring until Glee, and Santana would've been lying if she said that she hadn't been looking forward to both the auditions, and seeing Quinn.
She and Quinn said nothing to each other when they arrived, though, because they were too busy going over their songs in their heads and making sure that they were absolutely perfect.
Rachel, however, was doing the same thing, only aloud. Everyone was forced to hear her screeching some song by One Direction.
Naturally, she also volunteered to sing first.
After Santana did her best to not mock Rachel while she sang, and the crazy hobbit finally finished her song, Santana called second. She wasn't going to be the one going last and feeling insecure.
The music started playing, and Santana felt in the zone.
"I let it fall,
My heart…
And as it fell,
You rose to claim it.
It was dark,
And I was over…
Until you kissed my lips,
And you saved me.
My hands, they were strong,
But my knees were far to weak…
To stand in your arms,
Without falling to your feet."
Rachel was glaring daggers at Santana. Mercedes was giving me Santana best challenging look, one she was used to after all. Quinn, however, was giving Santana a look that the Latina couldn't quite read. Was she intimidated? Was she confident? Santana had no idea. Something about those eyes could cover anything up.
"But there's a side to you,
That I never knew, never knew.
All the things you'd say,
They were never true, never true.
And the games you'd play,
You would always win, always win…
But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face.
Well it burned while I cried,
Cause I heard it screaming out your name,
Your name!"
So far, so good.
"When I lay with you,
I could stay there,
Close my eyes.
Feel you here forever!
You and me together,
Nothing is better!
Cause there's a side to you,
That I never knew, never knew.
All the things you'd say,
They were never true, never true.
And the games you'd play,
You would always win, always win…
But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face.
Well it burned while I cried,
Cause I heard it screaming out your name,
Your name!
I set fire to the rain!
And I threw us into the flames!
Well, it felt something die,
Cause I knew that that was the last time,
The last time!"
Santana was so in the zone by now that she couldn't even tell what the looks on her fellow Glee Club members' faces were. She was all Adele right now.
"Sometimes I wake up by the door!
That heart you caught must be waiting for ya!
Even now when we're already over!
I can't help myself from looking for ya!
But there's a side to you,
That I never knew, never knew.
All the things you'd say,
They were never true, never true.
And the games you'd play,
You would always win, always win…
But I set fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I touched your face.
Well it burned while I cried,
Cause I heard it screaming out your name,
Your name!
I set fire to the rain!
And I threw us into the flames!
Well, it felt something die,
Cause I knew that that was the last time,
The last time!
Oh! Oh no! Let it burn! Oh!
Let it burn!
Let it burn!"
Everyone broke out into applause, even Mercedes and Quinn. Rachel, however, just kept glaring at Santana. She knew that Adele was one of the artists that Santana could master with just the flick of a finger.
"Wow, Santana! I think you want this duet spot pretty bad!" Mr. Shue exclaimed in an oddly over enthusiastic way that kind of crept Santana out. Nevertheless, she just smiled and shrugged, before retaking her seat. Mercedes went next.
Mercedes sang a predictable song, although Santana didn't know what it was called or who it was by. She did incredible, however, which was actually exactly what Santana wanted. She needed to be the best, and she needed Mercedes to be her runner up. Not Rachel, not Quinn.
"I think this is going to be a tight competition. Quinn, you ready?" Shue asked, glancing at the blonde, who nodded swiftly and stood up. Her Cheerio skirt rose up a little bit as she walked to the center of the room, and Santana tried not to look at that area of the blonde's body as her skin heated up. Why did this girl have to be so goddamn sexy?
Music started, and Santana instantly cursed in her head. She'd only heard Quinn sing once, and she knew that this song would be amazing with her voice.
"I can hold my breath.
I can bite my tongue.
I can stay awake for days,
If that's what you want.
Be your number one."
Quinn's eyes met Santana's and she smirked slightly, like she knew that the Latina was freaking out mentally.
"I can fake a smile.
I can force a laugh.
I can dance and play the part,
If that's what you ask.
Give you all I am…
I can do it…
I can do it…
I can do it…
But I'm only human.
And I bleed when I fall down.
I'm only human.
And I crash and I break down.
Your words in my head,
Knives in my heart,
You build me up and then I fall apart!
Cause I'm only human!"
Santana bit her lip. This was totally throwing her entire plan off. There was no way that Quinn wasn't going to get half of this duet. Hell, Santana was practically considering voting for her.
"I can turn it on.
Be a good machine.
I can hold the weight of worlds,
If that's what you need.
Be your everything."
Santana mentally and almost physically braced herself for the powerful voice that was about to come from Quinn.
"I can do it!
I can do it!
I'll get through it!
But I'm only human!
And I bleed when I fall down!
I'm only human!
And I crash and I break down!
Your words in my head,
Knives in my heart,
You build me up and then I fall apart!
Cause I'm only human!"
Now everyone in the room seemed to be staring at Quinn with awe, even Rachel Freaking Berry.
"I'm only human!
I'm only human!
Just a little human!
I can take so much,
Till I've had enough.
Cause I'm only human!
And I bleed when I fall down!
I'm only human!
And I crash and I break down!
Your words in my head,
Knives in my heart,
You build me up and then I fall apart!
Cause I'm only human!"
Everyone applauded like crazy when Quinn finished, except for Santana, Rachel and Mercedes. As amazing as Quinn was, they were all angry that the new girl was clearly going to get half of this duet. Well, Santana was mentally freaking out. What if she had to do a duet with Quinn?
Quinn sat down.
"Alright guys, take out a piece of paper and write two names down. Preferably, two people that you think would sound good together. Then hand them up to me, and I'll count them," Shue said.
"Uh, aren't you biased?" Santana piped up.
Shue tilted his head. "How am I biased?"
"Uh, Mr. Shue," Tina piped up, "you always give solos to Rachel. Maybe we should get someone impartial to count the votes."
That's how, five minutes later, Ms. Pillsbury was in the room counting the votes. When she was finished, she gave them all her weird big smile and her weird big eyes.
"Alright! So! The person with the highest amount of votes is…"
Songs were Set Fire To The Rain by Adele and Human by Christina Perri! Awesome songs :D
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