"Thank you so much Santana!" Louis was the first to thank the brunette for her performance in his show. "I don't know what would have happened if it hadn't been for you! Thank you so much!"
"Louis, what did I tell you?" Santana said, trying to end the conversation to find her blonde within the crowd. "Stop thanking me, it was my pleasure."
"I know I know but still!"
"Louis, I have to get going here soon, can we praise my awesomeness another time? Maybe when I go to pick up my shoes?" Santana said, completely done talking to the man in front of her. I need to see Brittany, like now. God, why am I so infatuated with her anyways? Shouldn't it be the other way around?
"Yes, yes! Of course!" He said, giving the brunette a small and quick embrace before she walked to her dressing room. She removed the final dress and pulled on her skinny jeans that she had been wearing before the show and her red cashmere sweater with her knee high leather boots.
"Santana!" She heard as she stepped outside of her dressing room but it didn't belong to a blonde. No, it belonged to a bubbly redhead.
"Hey" Santana said as she turned around to face her, "what's up?"
"Hey, I just wanted to let you know about the after party being hosted at Louis' penthouse later if you wanted to show up." She smiled sincerley wanting to include the brunette.
"I'll think about it, but I really have to go right now." Santana said as she gave her a quick hug and turned on the balls of her feet and walking away.
"Wow" Chloe breathed out, "she's terrifyingly hot" she giggled to herself as she watched the brunette walk away.
Meanwhile, Santana had been looking for her phone in her purse. She was so caught up with finding her phone that she literally did not see the person she ran into until her purse hit the ground and she hit her head.
"Ow" she whined, "I am so sorry-Brittany?" She said finally looking up, forgetting that her purse contents were scattered on the floor.
"Sanny!" the blonde beamed, "I came looking for you after the show. Here, let me help you pick everything up." She said as she bend down to help the brunette gather her things.
"Thanks Britt. I was trying to find my phone to call you but I wasn't paying attention to where I was headed." Santana let out an awkward laugh, finally hearing the words that were coming out of her mouth.
"That's okay Sanny" Brittany replied as she handed the brunette her cell phone and lipstick. "I like this color on you, by the way" Brittany winked, causing the latina to slightly blush.
"Thanks" she replied, "so what did you think of the show?" Finally standing up along with Brittany.
"I loved it, I was actually really surprised when I saw you walk out there. You were great." Brittany complimented as they started to walk towards the exit of the building.
"Listen," Santana stopped and face Brittany, "if you aren't doing anything, do you want to grab a bite to eat and some drinks?" Brittany raised an eyebrow at the brunette's suggestion, "I promise this won't count as a first date, just us hanging out." Santana quickly explained as if needing to reassure herself more than Brittany.
"Mmm" Brittany pretended to think about it but then said, "sure! I just have to tell Tina and B that I'm not going to the after party."
"You came with Queen B?" Santana asked, slightly confused.
"Yeah, she's the one that asked me to come once I told her you were working and we couldn't hang out."
"Oh, I didn't know you guys were that close." Santana offered as they reached the coat closet to get Britt's coat.
"It's a long story" Brittany simply answered as she thanked the girl working the stand.
"Well, maybe one day you'll tell me all about it" Santana smiled as she called her driver.
To B: Hey B, I caught up with Santana. We're headed out for the night. See you tomorrow!
From B: Oh okay Britt! Remember what I told you, don't let it scare you, she might surprise you. :)
To B: I'll remember that!
"Was that Queen B?" Santana asked as she hung up with her driver that was around the corner.
"Yeah, she said to have fun and behave" Brittany let out a small laugh. "So, what's the plan?" She said looking up to meet Santana's gaze.
"I was thinking some cheeseburgers and then some dancing and drinks? I mean, unless you think you can't dance or you're scared that I'm a better dancer?" Santana smirked as she teased the blonde.
"I think that I am more than willing to show you my dance moves." Brittany winked in response.
"Let's get going then." Santana announced as her driver pulled up. She opened the door for Brittany to climb in and followed her in.
"Where to Miss Lopez?" John asked her once she was settled.
"To the Spotlight Diner please." Santana announced as she looked over at Brittany and smiled.
"Is that Santana Lopez?!" came the warm greeting as soon as the girls entered the small diner.
"Hey Janet" Santana greeted as she took Brittany's hand in her own and led her to the small woman standing behind the counter.
"Hi honey! How are you? I haven't seen you in a while! How are my other girls?" She smiled widely as she walked around the counter to give Santana a small but warm embrace. Pulling her back arm length to take a good look at the brunette standing in front of her.
"They're good. Quinn is almost done with Colombia, I think May is when she graduates and as for Beth, well, she's in first grade now."
"That's so good to hear sweetheart! And who's this?" Janet asked as she noticed the rather quiet blonde standing behind Santana.
"Oh, I am so rude. Janet, this is my friend Brittany. Brittany, this is Janet, family friend and owner of the Spotlight Diner." Santana introduced as Brittany smiled timidly and shook hands with the older woman.
"It's nice to meet you" Brittany smiled, "you have a wonderful place here."
"Thanks hun, it isn't much but it's just what I always dreamed it should be. Are you guys staying to have a bite to eat? Remember, it's open mic night tonight!" Janet exclaimed as she walked behind the counter.
"Sure," Santana said as she took a seat at the counter, "I'll have a cheeseburger with bacon and a Manhattan. What about you Britt?" Santana looked over at the blonde with a gentle smile.
"I'll have the same but with a Cosmo please." Brittany grinned as she looked around the establishment.
"Very well girls, I'll get those started. Let me know if you need anything else." Janet smiled as she walked into the kitchen leaving the girls sitting at the counter.
"So," Santana said turning to face Brittany, "I should have probably warned you about her."
"No, it explains a lot actually." Brittany smiled as she took Santana's hand in her own, "You aren't like most models I've met before."
"Yeah, well, when you grow up in a small town and have people treat you completely different when they find out your parents are loaded, it gives you a new perspective on life." Santana explained as she thanked the waitress who brought over their drinks.
"Is that why you live on this side of town?" Brittany asked, taking a sip.
"Yes and no. I mean, I'm all for living the fast life full of glamorous adventures and fancy cars and penthouses but, there's something about my loft that makes it more, I don't know. Homey, I guess." Santana shrugged.
"So you live by here right?" Brittany asked, genuinely enjoying the rather comfortable conversation that had settled between the girls.
"Yeah, a couple blocks up from here." Santana smiled.
"Nice, maybe I can see your homey loft sometime" Brittany suggested as she wiggled her eyebrows with a smirk.
"Oh, I think that can definitely be arranged" Santana winked as she took a sip of her Manhattan. Brittany felt a wave of warm feelings spread quickly through her body and the slightest of blushes cover her cheeks.
"Hmm" Brittan replied, "So, tell me more about Quinn and who's Beth?" Brittany tried pushing down the warm feeling down as she changed the conversation as their burgers arrived.
"Well," Santana started as she took a bite out of her burger, "Who are you more interested in knowing about? Quinn or Beth?" Santana spoke as she side-glanced at Brittany.
"Beth." Brittany stated as she popped a fry into her mouth.
"Mmm" Santana hummed, "that would be Quinn's six year old daughter. And the one who gave me the nickname Sanny when she was like three. She's the only one to call me by that name, well, was the only one." Santana replied with a smirk as she remembered how Brittany had grown to calling her Sanny in the last couple of encounters.
"Ahh, that would explain why Quinn emphasized it so much yesterday night as she walked away." Brittany smiled to herself, remembering the night before and how she felt an instant connection with Santana.
"Yeah, that would be exactly why" Santana laughed as she remembered she owed her best friend a special thanks.
"So, tell me about Quinn now. She looks really young to be a mom."
"Well, that would be because we found out she was pregnant at 16." Santana spoke, feeling a bit nostalgic at remembering their sophomore year. "She was dating a football player, major player, got drunk and got pregnant. She didn't know what to do because she was in love with someone else. So, we told her parents because well, as sixteen year olds, there isn't much we could have done on our own anyways. They kicked her out and she ended up staying with Shelby. And ever since then, she's been living with Shelby and raising Beth while going to Colombia. She should be graduating in May though."
"Wow. That sounds hard, especially the part about being in love with someone else. Did she ever tell him?"
"She did tell her." Santana explained as she turned to face the blonde. "Beth had just turned one when Rachel had finally come to terms with Shelby being her mom. Rachel started visiting Shelby every week and in visiting Shelby, she got to know Quinn. Quinn had been in love with Rachel since middle school but she never told anyone, especially not me. Until I saw her journal one day. It had the most hideous picture of Berry, ever, and the word loser was in huge block letters, to anyone else it would have seemed like she hated the girl. But by the time I saw it, it was flooded with hearts around the picture.
"I gave her so much crap, all out of love, of course. I mean, she was like five months pregnant when this happened. But anyways," Santana said as she was trying not to laugh at how obvious it was that Quinn was in love with Rachel. "In one of the many weekends that Rachel was spending at Shelby's, Quinn decided that it was the best time as any to ask Rachel out. Of course, I encouraged her and told her it was about damn time!" Santana laughed at the memory of Quinn hitting her arm for being to brutally blunt.
"And then what happened?" Brittany was so captivated by the way the brunette was telling the story that she was leaning closer towards her.
"So, Quinn asks Shelby if she's okay with the idea of her asking her daughter out right? Of course Shelby had seen the looks the girls shared and how much Q was in love with Berry so she was like, finally. And Quinn's face was priceless. So, Quinn goes out to buy this single gardenia. Simple right? Well, turns out that Berry loves the smell of them. Anyways, it's Friday and it was the last period of the day which just so happened to be Glee club. So she asked Rachel to sit up front with her and then Quinn serenaded her!"
"What?!" Brittany exclaimed, completely mesmerized by the brunette in front of her.
"Yes! Quinn serenades Berry in front of all of us which was crazy because Finn had been trying to get at Berry for months and then Quinn swoops in and sings, Lucky, and when she's done singing she looks over to me and I hand her the gardenia and she walks back to Berry and says, 'Rachel, I know that ever since Beth turned one you've been coming over a lot more and we've been getting to know each other. So, I was just wondering if you wanted to go out with me, maybe later tonight?' I had never seen Q so nervous but it was the most adorable thing ever! Finn was all like, Hey that's not fair and I stood up and was like sit down you big oof and well, Badass Lopez scared him and then Rachel smiled and said yes. The rest, well, is pretty much history. Well, until they broke up but that's another story."
"Wait, you were a badass? Did I hear you correctly?" Brittany questioned with an eyebrow raised.
"Yes I was and I still am" Santana smirked. Brittany tried to hide her laughter as she locked eyes with the brunette.
"Okay Sanny if you insist." Brittany smiled, "But really, that is the most adorable way of having someone ask you out." Brittany said as she took a sip from her drink.
"Oh like you know what being a bad ass is?" Santana smirked as she raised her eyebrow.
"Now, I never said that, you just, I don't know. Seem like the type of person that tries to seem bad ass but really is this super nice person under that facade." Brittany shrugged as she took finished off her drink.
"Mhm" Santana replied as she finished her second Manhattan. "Do you want another drink?"
"No, I think I want to know what your story is" Brittany smiled.
"Well, what exactly do you want to know?" Santana shifted in her seat. She was used to opening up, enough to get someone in bed but once that happened, well she would stop talking about herself and instead she'd have someone worship her in bed. But it was different this time, she wanted to sleep with Brittany but she also wanted to get to know her more. It was conflicting for the brunette to say the least.
"Well, we can always start with how does your loft look and maybe some more drinks there?" Brittany's eyes showed a hint of mischief and mystery. It was alluring for the brunette and it spiked her interest.
"Are you sure?" Santana managed to challenge. She wasn't about to mess this up.
"Positive." Brittany smirked.
"Okay." Santana agreed. "Hey Janet!" She exclaimed waving the older woman down.
"Yeah hun?"
"We're heading out, can I have the check?" Santana smiled sweetly.
"Santana Lopez isn't staying for open mic night?" Janet teased.
"No, not tonight. Plus you know I'm not that good of a singer anyways. The runway is where I master everything at." Santana fibbed as she opened her purse to reach for her card.
"Now, don't let her lie to you like that" Janet teased looking over to Brittany. "She's very good at it, actually."
"Janet" Santana playfully warned.
"Fine, fine. I'll stop talking now. Have a good night ladies. And tell Quinn and Shelby to stop by soon, okay? I miss my girls." Janet finished off as she pulled the brunette into her embrace.
Santana and Brittany walked out of the Spotlight Diner hearing the music playing start fading as they moved further along in the night.
"So," Brittany spoke up after a while, "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure Britt, what's up?"
"How old are you?" Brittany asked her voice filled with curiosity.
"I'll be twenty-three in January." Santana replied interlacing Brittany's fingers with her own. "You?"
"Twenty-four." Brittany replied simply.
Santana and Brittany walked the rest of the way in complete silence, enjoying the way their hands seem to fit perfectly with each other. They made it to Santana's building and they both felt a bit nervous.
"Well, this is it" Santana said as she opened the door to her loft. Realizing in what hurry she had left in the morning because she hadn't slept there. "I promise, I am lot neater than right now. I just didn't sleep here and I was in a rush this-" Santana was cut off as she felt a set of soft plump lips against her own.
Brittany had been watching the brunette and she knew she just had to kiss her. She wanted to know how those lips felt against her own. She wanted to see if they were as soft as they looked. She wasn't disappointed when she captured the brunette's lips with her own. She slowly pushed her up against the counter, her hands placed firmly on Santana's hips. Their lips fit perfectly with each other and what had started as a soft passionate kiss became hungry.
Their lips moved against each other as if it had been done before. Brittany moved against Santana's bottom lip earning a small moan from the other girl and allowing access into her mouth. Their tongues touched and it was like a fire was ignited within both girls. A warm feeling spreading within them as Santana's hand came up to grab a hold of Brittany's biceps. When oxygen became a problem, Brittany pulled away, slowly. She took the brunette's bottom lip in her own, sucking ever so gently and letting it go with a pop. Neither girl opened their eyes as their breaths evened out.
"Britt" Santana whispered, "that was"
"Amazing" Brittany whispered back.
"Yeah" Santana replied as she allowed herself to open her eyes and take in the lustful set of eyes starring back at her.
"I want to kiss you again" Brittany whispered.
That was all Santana needed as she captured the blonde's lips with her own, moving them to the bedroom.
