6: Friendly fire
"Can I just applaud this trio for exploring the uncharted world of Sapphic charm?"
She had brought this one upon herself, that much she knew. Wasn't she the one usually picking on others? The sarcastic remark from Rachel shouldn't have surprised her, shouldn't have bothered her and yet, it caught her completely off-guard. McKinley still belonged to the disoriented creature who lived off fear and flesh and picked its victims according to their level of diversity.
How could she ever have expected it to be different in the Glee club? How could she have thought she and Brittany were a special case? The reality was that they needed to hide themselves away, just like everyone else. In order to stick out you had to be the same.
Slowly Santana removed herself from the warm embrace of her best friend, trying to ignore the disappointment that was already scratching at the lines of Brittany's face.
"Just because I sang a song with Brittany, doesn't mean you can put a label on me."
Nodding briefly at the blonde as if she was supposed to agree she swallowed everything "Landslide" had brought up and hid it in the darkest corner of her heart.
If all her organs had to be crushed and burnt at least her shell could remain intact.
She knew looking at Brittany would have made her lose it. Her perfect hair framing her perfect face, which must have had fallen to the floor by then - it would have been unbearable.
What you don't see doesn't exist. So without even so much as a glance back to the blonde, Santana moved to reclaim her place in the crowd. Every chair she had ever sat on was really a thrown, because everyone knew she was really a princess.
Delilah, the princess of denial sat alone on her wooden thrown in the middle of her dark labyrinth.
"Delilah" is a song by The Dresden Dolls.
It's about a girl with a jerk of a boyfriend. She keeps running back to him, makes up excuses for him and finally comes to her friend to whine about how badly he treats her. "Delilah, the princess of denial" keeps popping up in my head whenever someone ignores the obvious.