Disclaimer: Still not mine.
Summary: After the meeting in Coach Sylvester's office, Santana goes to visit the only person, she thinks might know what she's going through.

A/N 1: Thanks for the lovely reviews and all the alerts.

A/N 2: Sorry for the delay, but I was gone for the weekend, my inspiration didn't come back with me, I hadn't time to post and [insert silly excuse]. Really I just had a lazy, hanging out on the couch and doing nothing phase. I hope you still continue reading.

Mr. and Mrs. Beard's reconciliation

Chapter 4

When Dave comes nearer, Santana isn't so sure if tracking Dave down at his new school was a good idea. What did she expect? They haven't talked o each other since he told her he was transferring. Certainly she didn't expect a scene where he sees her and then they run towards each other in slow-motion and embrace in tears of joy. However she also didn't expect him to look so defensive.

Of course he doesn't seem happy to see her. He transferred into a safe haven, where nobody knows the shit he pulled last year and here she is. From his point of view it probably looks like she is storming into his new life, packed with the all baggage he left behind.

After his suspicious questions what she's doing there, half an hour from Lima, Santana wonders the same. Having a emotional breakdown and running of in the middle of the day to talk to her ex-boyfriend/beard, she hasn't talked to in three months. That's not something she would normally do.

Why did she not wait an hour or so to go to his house to talk to him in private? Now she's confronted by his new friends who start seriously hitting on her after she denies a relationship with Dave. Santana broke up the contact with him after yelling for like ten minutes straight and here he is after three months, waiting to see if she wants to restart their charade. That is one more moment that she sees that Dave is the really good guy.

He even follows her to Lima's Lovers Lane, without demanding an explanation. Santana takes a quick look at the parking lot, before entering Dave's car. In bright daylight the parking lot looks even more rundown and scary than during the night, when nobody would be surprised if a hooked guy would start killing off teenagers. She wonders what it would take Lima to restore it, because it's really a sad sight. Maybe that's one point on Coach Sylvester's opponent's to-do-list, when he won the election.

"So, how are …?", Dave starts talking, while Santana is imagining what could improve Lima's hot spot for teenage make-outs and starting teen pregnancies.

She's not up for smalltalk anymore. "I was outed!", she blurts out and finally looks at him.

In another situation his reaction would be quite funny. First he stops mid sentence, his mouth hanging open. Then he looks at her with a blank expression until the information sinks in. She can't believe that nearly nobody found out his secret, when Dave is unable to keep his feelings from showing on his face. Right now she sees confusion, fear, anger, compassion and what she calls his Dave-is-a-softie-look.

"What happened?", he finally asks. Santana is sure he would deny it, but she clearly hears a little whimper in his voice. Great, her life is ruined and he is nearly crying.

"Fetus-Face happened!", she replies. Dave's confused expression leads her to get annoyed at him. She came to him to talk, probably find a solution and bash on Finn. Her intention was not to explain Dave every single bit of information. "Finn 'Fetus-Face' Hudson? You know I call him that."

Santana can feel him rolling his eyes, while looking out the window. "I can't even keep track on the nicknames you gave me."

"Maybe you were hit one to many times on the head."

Maybe Finn was right about her. She always lashes out. She is a coward. She can't even talk to the person who knows everything about her, without getting defensive. It's not Dave's fault and here she is, instead of talking about her problems they are starting to fight, because she can't stop pushing away the people who might help her.

The tears are creeping their way back, when he softly repeats the question. "Santana, what happened?"

"He told me in the middle of a crowded hallway to come out of the closet. And that I'm in love with Brittany. And now some guy who is running against Coach Sylvester and Kurt's dad talks about me being a lesbian in his campaign. Everybody is going to know now. My parents, mi abuela, the whole fucking town!"

If Santana wasn't so busy pouring her heart out, she would've been disgusted by herself. Besides whining like Rachel after not getting a solo, she obviously looks terrible. It's good that Dave saw her quite too many times sobbing like a baby, so that he isn't disgusted by her running nose, her swollen red eyes and her uncontrolled gasping.

"Here!" Dave is still a professional dealing with Santana crying. He gives her a tissue (she still hasn't figured out where he always finds one) and gently puts a hand on her trembling shoulder. Then he waits the necessary 10 minutes until she blows her nose, without mentioning that every time she sounds like a freaking elephant, and until she composes herself.

When she turns towards him, he finally speaks. "Why would he do that?"

"Cause he wants to win the election, dumbass! Did you hear what I said? The important part is that everybody is going to know now."

"I was talking about Finn. And yes I heard you! But I really don't know what to say about that.", he shrugs.

He looks at her and she stares back, until she realizes that he is completely honest with her. He doesn't know what to say.

"Great, Dave! Thanks for your help!"

What has she thought, coming to talk to him. His stay in the cozy closet consist of having tea with Mr Tumnus. Of course he can't help her, so she tries to leave the car.

"Wait! Come on, don't be like that!" He grabs her arm before she can leave. "We can't change anything about you getting outed, but we can try to understand how it happened and then we can plan what we are going to do next about it."

His use of the 'we' stops her. It's not comforting to say that there is nothing to change about her situation, but his apparent willingness to help her puzzles her.

"So Tana, why did Finn out you in a hallway.", he asks after she settles back in her seat.

"Cause he's un cabrón. And a stupid one at that." She angrily crosses her arms over her chest.

After a minute of him waiting for her to tell what really happened and her attempt to ignore his raised eyebrow and doubtful look, he says: "Okay, but Finn doesn't seems like the guy to just out someone. After all he's Kurt's stepbrother. So I'm wondering what caused the declaration of your sexuality in a public place."

"Maybe I provoked him a little." Santana admits quietly.

"Really?" Santana briefly considers punching him, because Dave doesn't make an effort to seem surprised by her confession. "How?"

"It was nothing! I'm always making fun of him. And it's no mystery that he isn't well-toned, that he is a bad dancer and a mediocre singer. And he always claims to be a good leader but he's always nearly trying to choke Warbler-Boy with one of this hideous bow-ties. But on the other side he's a mentor to Irish-Boy, who wanted to sleep with Brittany by pretending to be a leprechaun."

She hates herself when she starts rambling.

"You definitely have to explain the leprechaun thing later. However I think you just pushed Finn over the edge. Don't glare at me, I'm not defending him."

"Well, it sure seems like you are! And he isn't that sensitive. I've been insulting him since middle school and suddenly he can't take it anymore?"

"I think he is not sure about his future and hearing all his flaws was to much. He isn't a good enough football player for a college team and like you said he isn't a good performer to get into an arts program. He is kinda desperate about his future."

Santana curiously watches him fidgeting on the steering-wheel. How did her supposed pity party turned into Dave Karofsky of all people to throw one for Finn instead.

"Are you in love with Finn Hudson?"

"What? No! What is wrong with you?" Dave's shocked are-you-kidding-me-face is the most entertaining thing Santana has ever seen. Probably behind trying to be subtle about checking out guys.

"Well, its the only explanation. You left school but you still keep track on the boy you like. It's okay, I'm not going to judge you for it!"

"Don't be ridiculous! Azimio told me."

Well, that doesn't explain anything. Last time she checked Azimio was pissed at Dave for leaving McKinley and didn't want anything to do with him anymore.

TBC

A/N 3: I'm not really satisfied with this chapter. But it's nearly midnight and I can't improve it for the love of god.

A/N 4: I don't know if it was me, but I think that this weeks episode was really disappointing. I can't even point out what was terrible about it but it's my overall feeling.