Author's Note: I'm back with an update! :) It was a really eventful weekend for us Germans, winning the Grand Slam Title at the Australian Open (Thank you Angie Kerber :D) and the European Championships in Handball! So with all this adrenaline pumping through my veins I found the time to continue my story...just so you get a little joy, too :)
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Chapter 7
It's Friday already and everyone works hard on their upcoming performance for the following day. The drama slowed down a bit since Brittany came up to Santana. They wanted to keep out of the others eyes as much as possible until they came up with a real plan to prove all the girls wrong.
Santana usually doesn't care for what everyone thinks about her. Okay, maybe a little but she doesn't care to be a bitch if needed. First she planned on keeping away from Brittany after their conversation at the pool the first night but when Kitty insulted the blonde she lost it. Brittany was crying and Santana just couldn't stand seeing that.
Quinn scolded her the next morning for behaving so out of control but Santana just shrugged. Quinn found her new best buddy in Rachel so she has no say in who she wants to defend from now on. They have known each other way too long, so Santana knew she will always keep an eye on her best friend but she doesn't need to know that.
The rest of the week Santana helped Brittany to get Mercedes through the torturous morning runs and afternoon dance routines. They had to separate for their vocal lessons and additional performing lessons for each individual group but found each other in the evenings at the pool. Santana wouldn't admit it but she found a new form of calmness in their conversations. Brittany has a different and maybe kind of naïve view of life but it made Santana think differently, too. She probably hasn't smiled as much in the last 5 years than she has the last 5 days thanks to the blonde.
"We should probably go through the whole song one more time before you can add the dancing." Shelby was a god send. Santana had a hard time keeping in control with the other girls' attitudes, especially Tracy (she learned the girls name finally) had her blood boiling more than once, but Shelby always shook her head calmly before Santana had a chance to lash out.
"We are good enough to do both now. No need to waste our precious time to sing the song only." Tracy again. Santana just rolled her eyes while she watches the scene in front of her. She always felt one of the two cameras on her in situations like that since they were probably waiting for another outburst but that made keeping her mouth shut even more satisfying.
While Sunshine was all for singing, Jane was on Tracy's side again. Those two found allies in each other but failed more than once to appear intimidating. Tina on the other hand was quiet all the time. Sometimes Santana was wondering if she was even there all together. Since she started hanging out with Brittany she dismissed her first idea to be nice to Tina. Brittany liked Santana for some reason, so she saw no need to befriend the blonde's bestie for now.
"I said…" Shelby stepped a little closer and spoke slowly. "…we are going through the song ONE more time before we add the dancing." Santana smirked and waited for Tracy to speak up again but she kept quiet.
Their vocals came out really strong and Santana was excited to perform tomorrow. It was a little harder with all the dancing but Brittany helped Mercedes and her a lot with the routine so she was able to concentrate on her breathing and had little to no problem getting through it. All the extra attention from Bestie in the mornings probably helped, too.
The other four girls on the other hand were breathing hard. "Looks like you have to practice a little more big mouth." Santana smirked at Tracy who shoots her a glare.
"Santana!" Shelby scolded her lightly but Santana just shrugged.
"What, it's true. She thinks she can do everything so perfectly but here we are, after going through the whole performance ONCE and Ms. Perfect isn't even able to give me one of her cute little comebacks." Before Shelby could say something Santana got back in position. "Let's do it again!"
To not give Santana any satisfaction the girls obliged and got in starting position again. Cassandra decided in their dance lesson that Santana should be up front since she got the whole routine down and the other girls could look at her for guidance if needed. She belted out her solo and got through the chorus pretty well the second time.
Shelby was happy that Santana took charge this way. She still saw a glint of hate and fear in the other girls' eyes when Santana spoke but they kept the drama to a minimum. "Alright ladies, take 5 and then we will go through it two more times and I'm sure you will do great tomorrow."
Since the dance lessons were not mandatory anymore Santana met Brittany and Mercedes in a nearly empty dance room. "Hey…" Santana couldn't help but smile seeing Brittany again. She had an incredible urge to hug the blonde but thought better of it while other girls were around.
"Hey Santana, how was your vocal lesson?" Mercedes asked while sitting on the ground stretching.
"Well, I did great, but can't say the same for the other girls." She rolled her eyes. "They want to practice without me for a bit. Not that I care but what good is supposed to come out of it?"
Brittany stepped closer to her so her fine vanilla scent washed over Santana. "They will realize soon enough that you are part of that performance. Don't worry, you will do great tomorrow either way." Brittany stared deeply into Santana's eyes. Santana felt warmth spread through her body like it did every time the blonde was so close to her.
Lost in blue eyes she didn't hear Mercedes say anything but at some point she felt something annoying pushing against her legs and she had to reluctantly take her eyes away to look down. "What?"
Mercedes smirked. "I know you two would like to jump each other right now but how about you help me with this routine first?"
Santana gaped at the black girl before glancing at a beet red blonde beside her. She didn't want to jump Brittany, she just…she really likes the girl and wants to be around her all the time. "Get up wheezy and stop talking bullshit. We need to get your ass moving."
Out of the corner of her eye she saw Brittany biting her lip. She loved when she does that. She looks hot and cute and…stop. Dancing. They were here to dance.
Brittany was right the other girls realized soon enough that they needed Santana to perform. Tina was the one in charge to bring her to the gym and Santana reluctantly went after Brittany told her so.
Without cameras around it was easier to work with Tracy and Jane but they were still a pain in the ass. She remembered Shelby's words to get through it. They are seeking for a girl group not a single performer and she will prove that she is able to play nice to get to the top.
She was happy that everyone was too tired after two more hours of practice and went to look for Brittany at the pool again. She wasn't disappointed to find her actually IN the pool. She smirked when she sat down at the pool, feet hanging in the water. "What are you doing?"
Brittany grinned. "We are in Hawaii. We have the sea and a pool here but nobody ever gets in. I wanted to swim and so I just did."
Shaking her head Santana watch the blonde in amusement. "You're something else Brittany S. Pierce."
"Come in Santana!" Brittany was in front of her now and Santana had an amazing view down her cleavage.
She bit her lip and then shook her head. "I don't have a bikini on Britt."
The blonde pouted. "Then come in naked, I don't mind." Now she smirked and Santana felt a blush creeping on her cheeks. The blonde is going to be the death of her.
She groaned. "I'll be right back." With that she left the pool area and went to but a bikini on. It only took her 10 minutes to be back. The sight greeting her made her stop in her tracks. Brittany was sitting at the edge of the pool now, back to her. Her muscles were visible and the water droplets made their way down the blondes back painfully slow ending their journey in the girls' bikini bottoms.
Santana is attracted to the blonde but this sight brought it to a whole new level. She had to hold back a moan when she stepped closer.
When she was only 10 feet away Brittany turned around and saw Santana staring. "You are back." She husked out.
Santana only nodded, not trusting her voice at the moment. She gripped the base of her shirt and slowly pulled it over her head to reveal a deep red bikini. She was satisfied when she saw Brittany staring at her boobs and her toned stomach. She continued to undress herself by bringing down her shorts equally slow. The blonde's eyes following her every move.
She gave Brittany a minute to appreciate her body before jumping head first in the pool, welcoming the coolness. The moment she surfaced from the water she felt the blonde's eyes on her, the blue now darker than ever before. "I thought you wanted to swim?" Her voice was so low she didn't know if Brittany actually heard her but then the girl let her perfect body sink into the water slowly, never breaking eye contact.
They were drawn to each other like magnets and before Santana even realized how close they were Brittany splashed a big wave of water in her face. The laughter following would usually make her heart melt but right now she was simply shocked. Not a moment ago Brittany looked at her like a sex goddess and now she was jumping around like a little child splashing water in her face.
Game on! Santana chased after Brittany as fast as she could but Brittany's long legs gave her an advantage. The pool was actually pretty big with a deep and a flat end. Brittany was swimming over to the flat end so they were both able to stand. When Santana was finally close enough she jumped the blonde's back and tried to push her down in the water but Brittany was simply stronger. She grabbed Santana's legs and put them around her waist from behind while the Latina held onto her shoulders. Laughing loudly they dived in and out of the water together.
After a good 10 minutes Santana let go and went over to the edge of the pool. When she turned around Brittany was close. The water only reached their waist and Santana had fantastic view of Brittany's abs. Her eyes sparkled with the water and Santana couldn't help but reach out to bring her even closer. "That was fun." Santana whispered.
"Yeah." Brittany had trouble keeping eye contact since Santana's boobs were so very close.
"My eyes are up here honey." Santana smirked when the pair of blue eyes made their way downwards once again.
Brittany blushed and Santana found it adorable. "Sorry." She whispered.
"Don't be." Santana whispered back still holding Brittany's hand to bring her closer once again.
Santana's eyes fell down to slightly open pink lips. The blonde's breathing was a bit heavier than before and so was her own. Santana let go of Brittany's hand and let her fingertips slide slowly up her arm. She followed her movements with her eyes and saw the goosebumps appear on pale skin. She bit her lip when she reached her shoulder and collarbone.
Brittany was still staring at her, unable to move. When Santana let her other hand slide over her abs and then rest on her waist she took another step closer.
They rested their foreheads together, mixing their ragged breaths. Santana really wanted to close the gap between them but something held her back. Slowly she loosened the contact and pushed Brittany gently away.
Brittany looked confused as to what just happened and Santana smiled. "We should probably get some sleep before the big day tomorrow."
"But…" Santana turned and pushed herself out of the pool, giving Brittany a good look at her fine ass before lending her a hand to get out herself. She reluctantly took it, pouting.
She didn't let go of her hand until they reached their towels. Without saying another word they dried themselves and put on their clothes. Santana took Brittany's hand once again which made both of them smile.
Santana went with Brittany to her suite to which Brittany's confusion grew. "Are you spending the night?" The blonde asked a little hopeful when they stopped at the door.
Santana shook her head to the blonde's disappointment. "No, I just wanted to talk to Quinn for a second before I get some sleep myself." She spoke softly.
She didn't really know what was going on right now. Usually she would be making out with the girl by now and then move on but for some strange reason she didn't want to hurt Brittany like that.
"Oh…okay." Brittany spoke equally soft and opened the door for them.
Quinn's room is two doors down from Brittany's at the front. So before Santana made her way down the hall she pulled at Brittany's hand to give her a hug. First the blonde seemed a bit tense but soon she relaxed and their bodies melted perfectly into each other. Santana wanted to make sure to remember that feeling and the blonde's vanilla scent, now mixed with the chloor of the pool. "Goodnight Britt."
"Goodnight Santana." Brittany smiled sadly at the Latina. When she tried to turn away Santana tucked once more at her hand so she would turn around.
She stood up at her tippy toes and gave Brittany a soft kiss on the cheek, lingering a little longer than necessary before whispering in her ear: "Sweet dreams."
"What are you doing here?" Quinn looked at Santana with a quirked eyebrow.
"Better question, what is SHE doing here?" Santana quirked her own eyebrow at seeing Rachel sitting in her pajamas, covered in stars, beside Quinn on the bed.
Quinn only rolled her eyes. "We were just talking."
"Oh is that how you call it nowadays?" Santana smirked but inwardly she was not in the mood for another argument about their strange friendship. She needed her friend right now.
"When you just came here to insult me Santana I have to disappoint you, neither one of us will take offense in your words any longer and we would appreciate you leaving this room now." Rachel spoke up and Santana had to admit that she was a little shocked at those words. Was Rachel Quinn's new voice or what?
Quinn must have seen the hurt in the Latina's eyes because she suddenly stood up. "Hey, everything alright?"
"Yeah, I'll just leave." Now Quinn knew that something had to be wrong. Santana would never not lash out at Rachel. "Hey Rach, can you leave us alone please?"
Confusion covered the brunettes face but she made her way over to them anyway. "Goodnight Quinn, I'll see you tomorrow." She gave her a quick hug then took a small glance at Santana again before leaving the room.
"What happened?" Quinn led Santana over to the bed and they sat both down.
"Is the dwarf your best friend now?" Santana didn't look up.
"What? First of all, stop calling her dwarf." Quinn rolled her eyes but it had no effect since Santana was still locking down at her lap. "And you know that you are my best friend. Where is this coming from? And by the way, I could ask you the same thing." With that Santana looked up puzzled. "Oh come on, you spend all your time with Brittany. I'm surprised you are here and not in her room."
With that Santana sighed deeply. Quinn was kind of right, she wasn't really spending much time with her anymore but Quinn always had the hobbit around and she knows Santana can't stand her. "Yeah, well, I needed my best friend." She stood up. "But I'm sorry I bothered you."
She was about to leave but Quinn was quick to hold her back. "Okay now you are really scaring me, what is going on? Did something happen? Did you slap the shit out of that Kitty character again?" Quinn smirked a little and Santana couldn't hold back a small laugh of her own.
"No, nothing like that." She let herself fall backwards on the bed and faced the ceiling. "Something is wrong with me."
"And you figured that out just now?" Quinn smirked again.
"Quinn, can you please just listen for once?" Santana glared at her friend so Quinn nodded for her to go on. "I went to the pool to meet Brittany tonight. We usually just talk and she gets my mind of off those stupid girls of my group." She sights. "But today she was actually IN the pool. God Quinn you should have seen this body." Santana smiled dreamily.
Quinn quirked an eyebrow. "Still not gay Santana."
Santana laughed lightly. "Everyone would be gay for that body. Jeez."
"Stop, you are drooling on my bed." Quinn smirked.
Santana slapped her lightly on the thigh. "Anyway. She looks like a goddess and I stand there like a fool. So she suggest for me to join her. Naked." Santana made big eyes at that memory.
"Did you?" Quinn was honestly interested where all this was going.
Santana sat up again and looked at Quinn with wide eyes. "What? NO!" She shook her head. "I went back into my room and put my red bikini on." Now it was her turn to smirk and Quinn joined her. She knew what this bikini did to people. "She couldn't take her eyes of me. It was kinda hot."
"Stop with all that just tell me were the problem is."
Santana rolled her eyes. "We are getting there. Alright, I jumped in the pool 'cause I seriously needed to cool off and Brittany followed me, still staring. I thought she was going to kiss me or something because she got so close and her gaze just…" Santana shuddered. "But no. She splashed me with water and we broke into a water fight."
Quinn laughed heartily and Santana couldn't help but join in. "That is awesome."
"Yeah, we had a lot of fun actually. But then it got all hot again and I was so close to kissing her. Like…really close. I was nearly able to taste her."
"Still don't see the problem here…" Quinn raised an eyebrow.
"I didn't kiss her." Santana let herself fall back on the bed again.
"Wait what?" Quinn was seriously surprised.
"I didn't kiss her. I just. I don't know, I couldn't." She let out a frustrated sigh.
"Why not? Santana, she obviously wanted you, too, why didn't you just go for it?" Quinn scooted closer to the Latina on the bed so she could look at her face.
"What if I hurt her Quinn?" Santana looked desperate. "She is so amazing and such a nice person and I'm…well I'm not."
Quinn felt sympathy for her best friend for maybe the second time since they have known each other. First being the day Santana got outed in highschool. "Wow. You really like her, don't you?" Santana only nodded. "You can be a nice person, too, you know?" Santana looked at her with a quirked eyebrow and Quinn rolled her eyes. "Yeah I know, it sounds strange saying it out loud, too." Quinn smirked but then softened her gaze. "I don't know what it is about Brittany that makes you all mushy but I can see that you care for her. Noboby around here thinks she is worth a second look but you obviously found something nobody else did. I'm seriously impressed that you didn't kiss her today."
"Yeah but she probably thinks I'm not interested in her now." Another frustrated sigh left the Latina's lips.
"Well, then show her otherwise." Quinn shrugged.
"And how am I supposed to do that without hurting her in the end?" Santana rolled her eyes. Why couldn't Quinn see the problem here?
"That is for you to find out. Sorry Santana, but you are the only one who really knows how she feels or at least you are the only one who can figure it out. And let's be honest, you are also the only one who understands Brittany, so nobody can really help you with that."
Wow. Not even her best friend wanted to make an effort to help her out with Brittany. Looks like she is on her own once again.
