Santana smiled as the waitress took the plates away from the table. They were regulars at Breadstix and that particular waitress was tired of being ordered around by a pair of high school girls.
"It sucks not being a cheerio" Brittany frowned and looked around at the large group of girls in their cheerleading uniform.
"Forget about it Brit. Did you want to be fired out of a canon?" Brittany shook her head in fright. "Didn't think so."
"Do you think Finn was being serious?" Santana looked confused at Brittany's question.
"Serious about what?"
"About punching Jesse?"
Santana laughed. "No, because he knows that if he did he'd definitely have no chance with Rachel."
Brittany shrugged, "I don't how she managed to keep it a secret, I mean, it's been about three months since Regionals."
Santana nodded in agreement, she knew it would be easy to hide something from the likes of Finn and Brittany but she didn't know Rachel had managed to hide it from the rest of the group. Santana knew what lying looked like but she had given Rachel credit for some perfect acting she had done to cover up her secret relationship.
"Speak of the devil." Brittany murmured before taking a sip of her drink.
Santana turned round and saw the couple walking into the restaurant and led by a waiter to their table.
"Brit, get down!" Santana grabbed her friends hand and pulled her down so their heads weren't visible outside the booth.
Brittany stayed quiet but looked confused. "Why are we hiding?" She whispered.
Santana smiled. "If they see us, we can't spy on them can we?"
Brittany smiled in response. Jesse and Rachel were sat in the booth behind Santana so Brittany moved to sit next to her so they could both clearly hear what they said without being seen. They both grinned as the conversation began.
"So how did they all react when they found out?"
Rachel buried her head in her hands. Jesse moved round and hugged her.
"They hate me, well they did before, but now they have an excuse. Whatever we do, they will never let me part of the group. After everything we've been through they all still hate me, after all I've done."
Santana and Brittany slipped further down in the seats, both feeling guilty. For once, Santana felt sympathetic for Rachel. She had always been second best to Quinn and felt like an outsider in Glee club and on the Cheerios. Brittany had been her only close friend. She lived with her parents but she was the middle child of two older sisters and one younger. Her parents never gave her any attention, no matter what she did.
An hour later the two girls sat up as the couple left.
"I think they're a cute couple." Brittany smiled. "No, seriously, I mean they always listen to each other and they obviously have tonnes in common, I'm just saying they're a better match then her and Finn."
"You're right, I mean, Jesse is like the perfect guy for her and she obviously seems happy. But he did hurt her and the last thing we need is more Regionals drama. Anyway, let's get outta here, that waitress looks like she's gonna kill us."
They walked out of the restaurant. After they hugged, they said goodbye and walked their separate ways. When she got home she found her sister angrily flicking through a magazine.
"What's up with you?"
Her sister looked up at her younger sibling hanging up her coat. "You know that guy me and my friend like?"
Santana shook her head; it amused her to hear about her sister's boyfriend troubles.
"Well, his name is Jesse and, what?" Santana had smiled when she said his name.
"Nothing, go on."
"Well he lives next door to Kelly and we were flirting with him and then Kelly asked him out yesterday and he said no. So then I asked him out because, you know, I never get rejected."
Santana smiled, all four of the sisters had been blessed with the beauty of their mother.
"He said no! Said something about a girl he needed in his life that he was trying to win over. Rochelle or something like that." She frowned and walked away throwing the magazine onto the seat next to her younger sister.
Then Santana realized, her sister was probably the most popular girl in Lima, every guy wanted her and Jesse had turned her down. Turned her down for Rachel. He could have any girl in Ohio, any girl in the world and he'd chosen Rachel.
…
It was the end of the school day and Rachel was taking her books out of her locker and putting them in her bag. She looked up to see Santana stood on the other side of her open locker door. She closed it and smiled at her.
"Can I help you?"
"Yeah, I need to talk to you."
"What about?"
"Your boyfriend." Rachel rolled her eyes.
"No thanks, I don't need another lecture about how Jesse is using me or how he's bad for me."
"It's not about that. I was talking to my sister yesterday and, as most people know at the school, we Lopez sisters are the hottest thing in this town and we don't get turned down for anybody. But she was talking to Jesse and he turned her down for you."
Rachel smiled but was still confused. "Why are you telling me this?"
"You don't realise this but Jesse could have any girl in the world."
"I do, thank you Santana, but what are you trying to say."
"That I know love when I see it and turning down one of the hottest girls in Ohio for you, is definitely it. Jesse is the only guy in Lima, probably the only guy in the universe that understands you. I know you better than you think and I know you don't want someone in the audience clapping for you, you need someone right next to you, in the spotlight, holding your hand."
Rachel smiled again. "Thanks Santana." She walked down the hall before Santana called after again.
"Ignore the others; half of them wouldn't know what's good for you if it slapped them in the face."
She walked the other way towards Brittany who was waiting for her. Santana looked out of the window; they both saw Jesse leaning on the fencing waiting for the school day to end. They smiled at each other.
"He's got a long wait; we've got glee rehearsals today." They both laughed at Jesse's confusion of not seeing Rachel when the other kids left the school.
"C'mon Brit." They both laughed again and walked to the choir room.
Author's note:
It's kind of short I know From Santana's POV as you could probably tell. Please review, it's really useful as I don't whose POV to do next Thanks for reading
