Hi guys, sorry for the long wait for this chapter I've been super busy with school work and stuff. Anyway hope you enjoy this chapter. Again thanks to all those who reviewed, favourited, alerted and read the story, much appreciated.
KG.
Chapter 7
Brittany walked into history, which was the last class of the day. She had avoided Puck the whole day, still pissed at what he said but she knew he was right deep down but that doesn't make it any better. She spotted her seat next to Quinn and then scanned the room to the empty seat where Santana usually sat; she really wanted to talk to her.
"Hey, Q you can't sit with me today." Brittany said nonchalantly as she sat next to Quinn.
Quinn looked up with a raised eyebrow "and why can't I sit with you today?" she questioned, normally she took the notes the teacher wrote in class and would then let Brittany copy her and help her understand them better.
"gotta talk to Lopez so you can go sit beside Costello. And don't act like you don't want to, you stare at her like a love sick puppy every class." Brittany didn't bother looking at Quinn's reaction but she was pretty sure Quinn was glaring at her.
"Fine, but you owe me." Quinn slowly stood up and walked over to Katherine Costello, AKA her crush.
Brittany watched with a smirk on her face she saw Quinn stumble over her words asking Katherine if its ok to sit next to her who smiled brightly and told her 'Of course, silly' seriously they just need to get it on. Brittany took her history book out and began reading it, stopping at certain words she didn't understand, she hadn't even noticed Santana walking in and sitting next to her.
"hi." Santana simply said as she sat down, not even looking at Brittany.
"Hey" Brittany said back and returned to her book, narrowing her eyes at one particular word.
Santana looked to side of her and saw Brittany straining looking at the page she had been on since Santana had walked in and saw her seat was taken, normally she would've been pissed at Quinn and told her to fuck off back to her own seat but she decided to let it slide since she had to talk to Brittany about recording today anyway.
"whats wrong?" Santana asked after hearing Brittany sigh in frustration.
"What? Nothing, I'm fine" Brittany quickly said, suddenly feeling embarrassed that she had let her frustration be vocal.
"I know that isn't true, you've been reading that same page for the past five minutes at least. What word are you stuck on?" Santana knew Brittany had dyslexia, in freshman year when they were in the same English class some supply teacher made her read out in front of everyone and she couldn't do it. Santana felt really bad for her, she understands though, Alex has dyslexia as well.
"Um, this one" Brittany points to her page at the word.
"Liberated" Santana says after she leans over to see Brittany's book better, realising how close they are she quickly moves back.
"What does it mean?" Brittany asks and puts her book down to turn to Santana.
"It means to set something or someone free, like when slavery was abolished, the slaves were liberated." Santana explains and turns her attention to Brittany.
"ah, I get it" Brittany was kind of in awe of Santana and couldn't help but think how smart she is, ok seriously Pierce stop being sappy and get back into your badass zone. "Intelligence is kinda sexy, Lopez" Brittany husked in her cocky tone and winked at Santana.
Santana rolled her eyes, of course Brittany would then turn her cocky and arrogant attitude back on "I'm sure it is, I have a lot of it so course it is" Santana shrugged and internally smirked.
Brittany's eyes widened at the fact Santana was flirting back, well kind of flirting back. The two remained quiet for most of class as the teacher spoke about the Civil Rights Movement, Santana would look at Brittany every so often and smiled slightly at how intently Brittany was listening, she was literally hanging off the teacher's every last word.
"Ok class, take these notes and then that's us done for the day" the teacher finished and put up a slide on the board.
The class began writing away in complete silence; Brittany looked around and now wished she had Quinn sitting next to her as she didn't want to ask Santana to see her notes so she could copy them. She sat there awkwardly and just looked at her notebook in front of her; Santana glanced at her at the side of her eye and noticed how uncomfortable Brittany looked. She then remembered she saw Quinn give Brittany her notebook to copy from, she quickly finished off her notes and slid the notebook in front of Brittany. Brittany looked at her confused but she just took her nail file out and leaned back in her chair, Brittany took the hint and began scribbling the notes down.
"Thank you" Brittany whispered as she slid Santana's notebook back to her, she was kind of embarrassed Santana had done that for her but at the same time got butterflies in her stomach knowing Santana did that for her.
"Yeah no problem, are you coming to mine today to work on the song? You can just come straight over since we have a lot to catch up on" Santana asked trying to change the subject; she wanted people to think she was a bitch as much as Brittany wanted them to believe she was badass.
"Yeah sure" Brittany shrugged
"Ok, do you need a lift or…" Santana kind of hoped Brittany needed a lift and she didn't know why
"Nah its alright, I took my bike today so ill just follow you up to your house. We goin?" Brittany started walking out of the class with Santana behind her when Rachel came jogging up to the pair.
"Where are you going, Santana? We have glee practice." Rachel said slightly out of breath
"Shit, I completely forgot." Santana cursed and was contemplating skipping glee practice, but she knew Rachel would just bitch at her she did especially with sectionals coming up in a few short weeks.
"Its cool, I can just go home and meet you at your house later." Brittany shrugged again and went to walk away from the cheerleaders when Rachel's voice rang out
"Or you could just come to practice with us, Mike is off sick today so we need someone who can dance to help with choreography and we all know you can dance" Rachel said hopefully to Brittany who's eyes were wide from the request.. Well demand.
"Um, gee that's nice and all but…" Brittany began before Santana cut her off
"Glee isn't her thing, plus I'm sure the rest of the club wouldn't want her there" Santana simply said and didn't realise how bitchy it came out until she had finished. It wasn't that she didn't want Brittany there in fact the reason she didn't really want Brittany to come with them was for the fact that she wanted her there so much, she really didn't like the way Brittany was making her feel.
Brittany was going to say no to Rachel's offer but now she felt defiant towards,
"No you know what, yes I will stand in for Chang for you guys. Since I'm so giving, you know" Brittany smirked in Santana's direction.
"Excellent, come one then before we're even more late!" Rachel walked fast ahead of them, leaving them standing alone together in an awkward silence.
"Are we going or what?" Santana snapped, breaking the silence. She was definitely pissed that Brittany had decided to tag along to glee club.
Brittany didn't want to piss Santana off more than she already was and just nodded before following Santana to the choir room, not breathing a word as they walked.
As they walked into the choir room, everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Brittany; some looked on in confusion whilst some looked completely terrified. Puck, who hadn't spoken to Brittany the whole day, gave Brittany a questioning look which she replied with a simple shrug and sat down next to Santana who was filing her nails and not paying anyone attention.
"Ok guys! I have the perfect idea for Regionals… Oh Brittany, I didn't know you wanted to join glee club?" Mr Schue noticed Brittany at the back looking uninterested and also a little uncomfortable.
"Yeah, what are you doing here anyway, Pierce? Come to slushy or take money off of us?" Mercedes snapped after holding in what she really wanted say. She knows Santana likes her but that doesn't take away from the fact Brittany had bullied most of the club and still does in fact.
"look I'm not exactly ecstatic to be here either but Berry asked me to since Chang isn't here and you guys needed another dancer so here I am" Brittany glares at everyone and looks out the side of eye for Santana's reaction but Santana pays no attention and continues to file her nails.
Fair enough, thanks for helping out Brittany" mr schue said cheerily and proceeded to write a word on the board, like every other lesson.
The word said "love" and most people groaned. The couples however were happy.
"This week's assignment is to find a song with your partner that defines love the best. Obviously the couples will be paired together, everyone else can pair off" the couples in the room automatically began discussing except Tina who started to text Mike whilst the rest went off to find a partner.
Rachel, although annoyed with Puck and how he was with Santana this morning, agreed to sing with him. Quinn was about to ask Artie to sing with her when Katherine walked over and asked, Quinn stumbled over her before nodding yes. Sugar and Artie decided to duet and Finn, Rory and Joe decided to act as a mini boy band. That left Santana who had no one to do the assignment with since she refused to sing with Finn, Rory or Joe, she couldn't help but feel sad and Brittany noticed the sad look on her face.
"I can be your singing partner if you want? I mean, it isn't just couples doing it so you know; we could jus sing a song about love rather than a love song? Ill stay in glee club for the week to do it" Brittany offered, her words becoming more stumbled the more she spoke.
Santana smiled a little at Brittany's offer, yeah they could, doesn't mean they're in love with each other, they're just friends singing a love song. Finn, Rory and Joe are doing so why cant they?
"Ok, but you're gonna have to prove yourself to stay in the club for the week, you didn't exactly get the warmest of welcomes" Santana stated to Brittany.
"Please, ill charm them in no time at all" Brittany said cockily, smirking as she looked around the room at everyone who were too busy talking to each other.
"Santana since we're one member short, you can sing a solo about love" Mr Schue broke the girls train of thoughts of song possibilities.
"Its ok Mr Shcue, Brittany will sing with me this week" Santana smiled slightly at Mr Schue and looked around to see the shock on the other member's faces. Except Rachel, she looked smug.
"Oh ok, so you're joining glee club, Brittany?" Mr Shcue asked, confused why she wanted to join now and not when her friends joined.
"Yeah sure, why not. I need a new hobby anyway and I like dancing and stuff" Brittany shrugged and slouched in her chair, uncomfortable with everyone looking at her.
"Ok then, well you still need to audition to show us what you've got" Mr Schue smiled widely, finally getting Brittany to join. In truth he's been pestering her to join since sophomore year after finding out how well she could dance.
Um, Now?" Brittany gulped nervously, not having prepared herself with a song to join glee club as it was only supposed to be a one off thing.
"well, not just now, the song you and Santana choose to sing can be used as your audition I suppose" Mr Schue didn't want her feeling too uncomfortable that she would decide against joining and inwardly sighed with relief when Brittany nodded at his suggestion.
For the rest of glee, everyone sat in their pairs or threes and discussed song ideas. Most came to a decision and began practicing whilst Brittany and Santana, well neither could come to an agreement.
"Broken strings is an amazing love song, and it's a duet! It's perfect! And we both play guitar" Santana all but yelled, not understanding why Brittany wont give in.
"Um, one there is no dancing involved and two, I hate James Morrison. So no, we aren't doing that song. Now Te Amo by Rihanna, that's like super hot and we can do a sexy tango to it" Brittany didn't understand why Santana didn't like her idea, not only is it a great song, they could do a sexy dance routine.
"The sexy dance routine is exactly why I don't want to do it. Come on, Brittany, everyone here knows you can dance, you don't have to prove. Just sing broken strings with me" Santana pleaded, the thought of dancing with Brittany in such an intimate way didn't make her feel uncomfortable and that was what made her nervous.
Brittany sighed, but gave in. "fine, we'll do Broken Strings" if Puck found out about this, she'd never hear the end of 'how whipped she is' jokes.
Santana fist pumped the air in celebration and shot a smug smile Brittany's way. Brittany rolled her eyes but smiled slightly at the way Santana was acting with her, she's never been so relaxed around her. Even though Brittany really wanted to sing 'Te amo', she didn't want to make Santana feel uncomfortable and the routine she had made up in her head during their small disagreement was, well very intimate.
"Okay guys that's all for today, I hope you all picked a song and I look forward to hearing them during the week" Mr Schue smiled cheerily.
Everyone started to leave the choir room. Brittany and Santana walked out together and out into the car park, in total silence.
"So um, still want me to come over and work on our song? Maybe we could practice for glee as well?" Brittany asked hopeful, she really wanted to spend some more time with Santana. God when did she become such a sap for a girl? Especially a girl who doesn't want her.
"Yeah sure, my parents are home so you cant stay too long" Santana hated her parents being home when a friend was in, they would interrogate them to see if they were suitable to be around their 'little girl'. They would take one look at Brittany and instantly judge her, not even giving her a chance.
"Ok, well let's go" Brittany walked over to her bike whilst Santana went over to her car.
Santana's house isn't too far from the school so they were there in less than 20 minutes. Santana got there a few moments before Brittany so she waited by her car, she watched as Brittany parked her bike behind her car and got off. Brittany took her helmet off and her jacket and t-shirt rode up a little, showing off her stomach which Santana couldn't help but look at. She shook herself of her thoughts and walked up the path to her house with Brittany close behind. She had noticed her dad's car wasn't in the drive way so assumed he must still be at work.
"Mom, I'm home and I've got a friend with me" Santana shouted at the front door, she heard someone moving around the kitchen and then a women came out.
Brittany noticed she was an older, shorter version of Santana so she knew it her mom. And Brittany also couldn't help but think Santana's mom was a grade A MILF, now she knew where Santana's looks came from.
"Mom, this is Brittany, she's my partner for music development project. Brittany this my mom, Maribel Lopez" Santana didn't know why she was so nervous introducing Brittany and her mother, she had never been this nervous when she was introducing a boyfriend to her parents so why was she feeling like this?
"Hi, Mrs Lopez" Brittany greeted politely and stepped forward with her hand extended, intended to shake her hand. Brittany's feeling nervous too, she feels as though she's meeting the parents whom technically she is, but she's not dating Santana, she's just her friend.
Mrs Lopez looks down at Brittany's hand and then back up at her face, the look of judgement evident on her face. She brushed by Brittany and Santana and walked into the living room. Santana was horrified at her mother's behaviour towards Brittany; she had never been that way towards any one of Santana's friends. She turned and saw the slight look of hurt on Brittany's face and instantly felt terrible, after how polite and warm she had come across, her mother treated her that way.
"I'm so sorry, Brittany. She can be an ignorant woman a lot of the time, don't take it personally" Santana immediately apologised.
"Its ok, I'm used to parents disapproving of me" Brittany tried to brush it off as a joke but was hurt by the way Mrs Lopez was towards her, but parents never like her.
"There's no excuse, no one should pre judge you before getting to know you" Santana said angrily, she didn't like the fact people were quick to judge Brittany before even knowing her.
"Well cant blame them, I'm normally caught making out with their daughter, not the best first impression" Brittany smirked
"Well, wouldn't actually expect any less from you pierce" Santana giggled lightly, feeling a bit jealous of Brittany mentioning past hook ups, wait jealous? No, she's not jealous, that would mean she likes Brittany more than a friend and she doesn't. Because she's straight ok.
Brittany smiled at Santana laughing; normally Santana just threw an insult or something when she made a joke. She followed Santana up stairs into her bedroom and sat on her bed, waiting for her to set up the laptop and equipment. Santana, still in her cheerios uniform, bent down to plug her laptop in and Brittany took this opportunity to let her eyes wander. Santana turned her head to ask Brittany to move the table out a little so she could plug her laptop charger in when she noticed Brittany was staring at her ass, she smirked slightly but then straightened up and smoothed her cheerio skirt down.
"Can you stop having a staring contest with my ass and pull this table out a little?" Santana broke Brittany of her leering
Brittany blushed and nodded before standing up and going over to where Santana was standing. she took her jacket off and grabbed the edges of the table and began pulling it gently, careful not to let anything fall off the table. Santana stood at the side and watched Brittany, she could say she was watching her to ensure she didn't drop anything off of her table but really she was just watching Brittany's muscles in her arms strain trying to move the heavy table, Santana had to admit, the girl had impressive biceps.
"Is that moved enough?" Brittany asked, the table was heavier than it looked so her arms ached slightly.
"Huh? Oh yeah that's fine, thanks" Santana shook her head of her thoughts and brushed by Brittany to plug her laptop in. "damn" Santana exclaimed.
"What's up?" Brittany asked
"my laptop has decided to update itself which takes like an hour or longer meaning we cant get recording done" Santana was annoyed, she really wanted to get the song done before the deadline
"We could work on our song for glee club then?" Brittany suggested
"Yeah sure, let's do that" Santana shrugged and grabbed her guitar, giving it to Brittany.
Brittany tuned the guitar and began strumming the tune to 'Broken Strings' as Santana began singing. Santana was surprised when Brittany began singing; she had a really nice voice. They practiced for about 45 minutes before Brittany got bored and started playing random tunes and getting Santana to laugh as she broke out into a rap.
"If I was your boyfriend id never let you go" Brittany started to sing, purposely making it as cheesy as possible, making Santana giggle in the process.
"Ok Biebs, that's enough from you" Santana giggled out
"You loved it" Brittany smirked, loving how much she's made Santana smile and laugh today. Especially after how bad a morning it started off for both if them with their run in with Puck.
"No way Pierce, is that how you get all the girls? Singing some Bieber? Bet they fall at your feet" Santana teased
"Maybe, is it working on you?" Brittany winked at Santana and saw the blush creeping on Santana's face
"No cause one I ain't gay and two singing Bieber would make me run away from you" Santana stated and sat down next to Brittany. She had been sitting across from her but it was too uncomfortable.
"You keep saying you aren't gay but I know you want me" Brittany shrugged nonchalantly and turned to look at Santana, not realising how close they were she almost bumped noses with her.
"And as I keep saying, dream on" Santana was annoyed everyone was assuming she had a thing for Brittany, why can't she just be friends with somebody?
"Oh I will, don't worry" Brittany looked down at Santana's lips and then back up at her eyes.
Santana would be lying is she said she didn't think Brittany was hot, because she is. Everyone knows it, including Brittany, and that's what bothered Santana first about Brittany but now getting to know her better she realises she's actually one of the nicest people you could know and she's not as much of a badass as she likes to think. She couldn't help but notice how beautiful Brittany's eyes were, brightest blue eyes she had ever seen to be honest.
They continued just staring at each other for a few more minutes, neither saying a word, both lost in their own thoughts. Brittany then decided to be bold and leaned in, she wanted to take a shot and hope for the best.
Santana was shocked when she saw Brittany leaning forward and knew what was about to happen but for some reason she didn't move. She let it happen. She felt Brittany's lips on hers and melted into the kiss.
If anyone has any ideas they'd maybe like to see in future chapters I'm open to them, so don't hesitate in sending me ideas.
KG
