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Chapter 4
"Brittany S. Pierce!" squealed someone from halfway across the room. Before she knew itl Brittany was pulled into a hug by a girl with short blonde hair. Because of the gesture Brittany had to let go of Santana's hand and Santana immediately felt the absence of Brittany's warmth.
"So this is the girl you've been hiding from us." the girl with the short blonde hair said turning her attention to Santana.
"Oh sorry, Sarah this is Santana Lopez." Brittany said.
"Hi." Santana said shaking Sarah's hand.
Sarah let her gaze linger on Santana as if sizing the girl up the finally she let go of Santana's hand and looked back at Brittany.
"Well you weren't exaggerating when you said that she was hot." Sarah said giving Santana a wink.
"So Santana, Britt her has been holding out on the details, I want to know everything." Sarah said her voice gyrating on Santana's nerves.
Shit, it's showtime, Santana thought and she looked at Brittany to give her a reassuring smile.
"Well, we met through Quinn who is also a friend of Brittany, we knew each other from NYU. After graduation I went to California but last year I moved back to New York and Quinn became my roommate. I already met Brittany last year when Quinn introduced us but we only started dating 2 months ago." Santana said and proceeded to intertwine her fingers through Brittany's which gave Brittany confidence.
"She couldn't resist me anymore especially since she found out we worked in the same building so she asked me out and we've been dating ever since." Brittany said who looked at Santana adorably for effect which wasn't really hard to do since Santana was an eye candy today.
"I wouldn't have asked if I didn't know you had this huge crush on me." Santana retorted giving Brittany a flirty smile.
Brittany blushed because the last statement wasn't part of their script and Santana squeezed her hand enjoying the fact that she made her blush.
"Ugh you guys are too cute but I have to go and be a good hostess now. Enjoy the party!" Sarah said giving both girls a peck in the cheek before heading off to meet the people who has just arrived.
Santana pulled Brittany towards her after Sarah was out of earshot to whisper something and this time Brittany definitely felt the shivers when Santana's breathe grazed her ear.
"So that's one down, a hundred more to go." Santana said and before Brittany can recover, they were once again swept by one of Brittany's friends who wanted to know the mysterious girl that Brittany has hidden from them. They had to repeat the routine 5 more times before they were able to take a breather and enjoy the hors d'oeuvre and the champagne.
The champagne helped Santana loosen up a bit but she knew she had to be careful since she was driving later. She and Brittany were trying out the different hors d'oeuvres and she was making faces at some of the nasty ones which made Brittany giggle. A few more people came to talk to Brittany and by then they had the routine perfected, the subtle smiles, the hand hold etc. Santana was actually enjoying herself while Brittany was telling her stories of her various audition mishaps which made Santana laugh. Brittany was effortlessly funny and Santana felt that she could talk to her for hours and not be bored.
Brittany was in the middle of telling Santana of how she accidentally kicked someone in the groin because she was nervous during audition when they heard someone call Brittany's name. The reaction was instant, Santana felt Brittany stiffen and her expression unreadable while she looked for the face that owns the voice.
The voice belongs to a beautiful woman with light brown hair that was falling in waves to her creamy shoulders. She was wearing a dress that leaves little to the imagination, her flawless make up accentuated her face in all the right places from her green eyes to her lips. The woman made her way towards the two of them and Santana could feel the tension coming off Brittany with every step the woman took in their direction.
Finally the woman was face to face with Brittany with an eyebrow raised and a champagne glass in her hand.
"Brittany, I heard that you were coming." The woman said pointedly ignoring Santana.
"Jackie." was all Brittany could say.
Jackie then turned her attention to Santana when she saw Brittany's reaction.
"And you must be the girlfriend I've been hearing about." Jackie said drawing out the word girlfriend. Santana hated the girl on the spot.
Santana cleared her voice, put one her best fake smile and held out her hand to the girl hereby named wicked bitch of the upper east side.
"Hi, I'm Santana, Brittany's girlfriend." Santana said putting as much contempt as she can to her words.
Jackie briefly took her hand but let go of it immediately as if Santana is not worthy to touch her perfectly manicured hands.
"So this came as a shocker, I mean Brittany here would update her Facebook religiously and I would assume by now that she would have updated her status to in a relationship." Jackie said looking at Brittany her eyebrows still raised.
Brittany was looking at the floor clearly taken aback by Jackie's sudden appearance and thinly veiled insult. Santana wanted so much to punch the girl right in the face but she doesn't want to make a scene. Instead she opted to salvage the situation for Brittany.
"I've actually been pestering her for quite some time now for us to make it official since we've been dating exclusively for 2 months but she insisted that we keep it under the radar since she didn't want to jinx it." Santana said before pulling Brittany towards her and putting her arms possessively around Brittany's waist. Brittany was jarred back to reality when she felt Santana's arm in her body. She looked up at the girl who was smiling at her, brown eyes boring into blue eyes that fueled Brittany's confidence.
"I know babe and I wanted to actually ask you formally tonight when we're alone but since Jackie here sort of ruined my plan. We can just celebrate tonight." Brittany said making sure her voice was sultry. Santana blushed and out of the blue, Brittany lightly kissed her cheek and whispered "you're beautiful" loud enough for Jackie to hear.
Santana felt hot and cold at the same time as soon as Brittany's lips touched her skin. Brittany's move was totally unexpected but looking at the pissed off expression of Jackie it totally paid off.
"Come on, let's get more champagne." Brittany said not taking her eyes off Santana.
"It was nice to meet you Jackie." Santana said turning her attention to the other girl. She then flashed Jackie the best smug smile she can give before pulling Brittany towards the bar.
Brittany asked for champagne while Santana asked for a mojito hoping to dull the buzzing in her brain after their encounter with the bitch of upper east side. Brittany seemed more relax and after a few minutes she was swept up in a conversation with another dancer who she introduced as Mike. Santana could feel the alcohol doing it's job and she told Brittany that she will be at the balcony to catch some air.
Only a few people were in the huge balcony in the penthouse suite and most of them were couples making out completely oblivious to their surroundings and completely wrapped up in one another with soft music spilling from the party onto the balcony.
Whoever owns this place is pretty loaded, Santana thought to herself as she positioned herself in the railing placing her drink on top. She felt a bit cold due to the chilly autumn wind but she was mesmerized by the famous New York skyline. It didn't matter how long Santana has been living in New York, the scene always took her breath away. She remembers all the nights she looked at the same scene before her now when she was still student in NYU, wondering where she fits in all the madness of this place, the only thing she was sure of then was that she belonged in New York not anywhere else.
She didn't know how much time has elapsed and was only pulled from her reverie when she heard her name being called by Brittany.
"Hey San, I thought you bailed on me." Brittany said grinning at Santana.
"Never." Santana replied smiling at Brittany
"Here drink this." Brittany added giving Santana a cup filled with hot coffee.
"Thanks." Santana replied after sipping the coffee grateful for warmth of the liquid that quickly spread through her body.
"Wow it's beautiful out here." Brittany said looking at the scene before them.
Santana just nodded and gave her a smile and went back to sipping her coffee.
"You don't know how thankful I am for what you did." Brittany said quietly not looking at Santana
"You don't have to, I had fun tonight especially when we were winging it for some of your friends." Santana answered amused by the events that unfolded that night.
Santana then saw Jackie staring at the two of them behind the glass walls, her expression was unreadable but it was clear that she wasn't happy. An idea popped in Santana's head and before she loses her nerve she stepped closer to Brittany.
"So tell me why is this party full of dancers but no one seems to be dancing." Santana said raising her eyebrows at Brittany.
Brittany gave out a small laugh and said "Because Sarah is snotty as hell and she thinks dancing at a "high society" party thrown by her is abominable."
"But that's like unfair when you have a room full of dancers." Santana said
"I know." Brittany said grinning at Santana
Santana then stole a quick glance at the glass walls to check if Jackie was still watching them and when she saw that she was still rooted to her spot looking at the two of them she made her move.
"I say, to hell with her rules." Santana said putting her arms around Brittany's neck. "I want to have a dance with my pretend girlfriend who is a great dancer based on what I've been hearing all night."
Brittany blushed and grinned before pulling Santana closer. They swayed to the music and Brittany twirled Santana a few times which resulted in both of them erupting in a fit of giggles. At one point both of them twirled until they bumped into each other and Santana almost fell down if it weren't for Brittany's arms that caught her in time. Their eyes met and Santana throat suddenly became dry.
Santana was acutely aware of how Brittany was holding her close and how she can feel her hot breath in her face.
"I love this song." Brittany suddenly said looking deeply into Santana's eyes. Santana recognized the song and strained her ears to hear it more clearly.
Here in this deep city lights
A girl could get lost tonight...
Both of them lost in the moment their bodies swaying gently to the music.
I'm finding every reason to be gone
There's nothing here to hold on to
Could I hold you?
Brittany pulled Santana closer getting lost in dark brown eyes, the outside world melting away. Brittany saw Santana's eyes flicker at something that ended their eye contact and she fought the urge to groan.
Santana put her head on Brittany's shoulder and whispered, "Do you trust me?". Brittany pulled back to look at Santana with questioning eyes and saw a determined look on her face. Brittany nodded her assent and the next thing she knew Santana pulled her in for a soft kiss that wiped her mind blank especially when she tasted the mixture of coffee and mint from the mojito that Santana drank. The kiss was over as soon as it began and Santana looked at Brittany with a slight grin on her face. She then leaned in closer and whispered,
"Don't look now but Jackie has been staring at us for the last 20 minutes and I'm pretty sure we would be dead if looks could kill."
Brittany ignored the disappointment she felt when she realized that it was all for show but she had to admire Santana's wicked idea. Brittany gave out a small laugh and said "You are evil."
"I try." Santana said with an exaggerated sigh enjoying the banter between her and Brittany.
"You want to go back inside? It's getting cold out here." Brittany said rubbing the side of Santana's arms to warm them up.
Santana nodded and took Brittany's hand to rejoin the party. The party was slowly winding down and the people who stayed are clearly tipsy because of the overflowing champagne.
Brittany struck up a conversation with Mike who was inviting Brittany to his dance studio to rehearse some new moves he was working on. Santana on the other hand was making small talk with Mike's girlfriend Tina who was a vocal coach on Broadway. Things were going great until a clearly drunk Jackie barged in on the conversation.
"So Brittany, I heard that you haven't been going the studio in the past couple of months. What's wrong honey? Are you lacking inspiration?" Jackie said her statement full of contempt
Santana was trying hard to keep her temper in check right now. She was focusing on her breathing in order to distract herself from punching the girl senseless. By then everyone's attention was turned to the scene that the bitch was causing. Santana was able to pull herself together to pull Brittany towards her.
"Come on babe, party's over." she said to Brittany who was beet red at this point. They said goodbye to Mike and Tina who gave them a sympathetic smile.
They made their way to get the door when they heard Jackie shout.
"Britts you know you can always call me in case Jenny from the block doesn't satisfy you. We can go to Sarah's house on the Hamptons." Jackie said clearly pissed that she failed to get a rise out of Brittany.
Santana was absolutely livid when she heard the insult and before Brittany could react Santana was face to face with Jackie a smirk playing on her lips.
"Listen you racist bitch, Brittany won't be coming with you anytime soon to "Sarah's" house on the Hamptons, you see unlike you I don't need to borrow someone else's house there to hobnob with the upper society because my family owns a fucking mansion in the Hamptons. Look it up bitch, my father's name is Miguel Lopez in case you want to check." Santana said her voice filled with controlled rage.
She stormed out of the penthouse suite taking Brittany with her. It wasn't until they were in the car that Santana dared to look at Brittany who looked like she was fighting off tears.
She sighed wanting to kick herself because she lost her temper in front of Brittany's friends.
"Britt. I'm sorry about what happened." Santana said softly while navigating the streets of New York.
Brittany looked at her confused at what was coming out of Santana's mouth.
"I should be the one apologizing Santana, she insulted you in front of all those people and you weren't even supposed to be there." Brittany said her voice cracking.
Santana just sighed and said "Regardless Britt, she has no right treating people like that. Let's just forget about it ok?"
Santana asked for Brittany's address and after a few more minutes they arrived at Brittany's apartment. Brittany took off her seat belt unsure of what to say to Santana.
"I'm sorry." Brittany finally said a pout forming in her face.
Santana couldn't help but laugh at the sight. Damn she's cute, Santana thought to herself.
"It's ok Britt I had a great time tonight and I actually enjoyed all the drama." Santana said grinning at Brittany.
"I have to agree that the whole thing was surreal." Brittany replied smiling back at Santana.
Santana was taken aback when Brittany suddenly pulled her in a tight hug.
"Thank you so much for doing this." Brittany whispered in Santana's ear. Before Santana could say anything Brittany was already out of the car. Brittany leaned in before closing the door and said "Text me once you get home ok? Drive safe."
" night Britt." Santana answered
"Good night San." Brittany said closing the door of the car and watched it drive away into the night.
After taking a shower Brittany heard her phone beep and smiled when she saw Santana's name.
Santana:
I'm home. Good night. =)
She quickly typed a reply telling the other girl to have a good night sleep. Brittany then lied down on her bed and after a few minutes she was asleep with a smile on her face.
A/N - The song is City by Sara Bareilles. Although it's not explicitly stated, I think Sara was pertaining to New York. Check it out if you have time, it's a very beautiful song.
