Chapter 6
Brittany Pov
I can't believe she saw me with Artie. I'm so stupid. I had to kiss her yesterday, she's just different. I'm not happy but yesterday just for five minutes I guess I felt some sort of happiness but that doesn't excuse what I did. The guilt I feel now is a hundred time worse.
I walked back to the cafe were I had left Artie, of course he was flirting with the waitress and didn't even notice me sit back down. I interrupted their conversation "Artie can we go home now?"
"Babe we haven't even ordered yet, Sally here just came over to do take our orders." He gestured to Sally using his hands which just happen to be level with her breasts.
"Artie I'm not hungry anymore I'm just going to go home."
" Fine I'll meet you back home later, I'm going out with the boys after this."
"Bye." I waited for him to return the gesture but he just got back to Sally.
I walked home from the cafe thinking over the last two years; the first couple of month were great, Artie was really attentive and sweet, we hadn't had sex yet and it didn't seem as though he was pressuring me to do 'it' with him but now I look back and it's like he was. He would be really sweet and make me dinner then we would watch a movie that I wasn't to sure on but got into anyway and then halfway through he would turn me into him and place kisses on my neck and start a make out session, after a few times of doing this he would end up on top of me and I would stop it, he would sigh and just go clear the plates away we used for dinner. Once his romantic way hadn't worked he started asking me to go clubbing or out to a pub with his friends and their girlfriends where he would pour drinks down my throat trying to get me drunk enough. I still didn't give so he got even more frustrated. 'God I am so stupid, why didn't I see this all before'. A few weeks later we stopped going clubbing and we barely saw each other I started thinking he was going to break up with me like all the other pricks I had been with, but out of the blue he took me for a romantic dinner and asked me to move in with him, we had been together for six months so I did, I also had sex with him for the first time. I guess now that was his plan all along, but it was great for another 8 months, we were steady but he still pestered me for sex every night and most mornings. He grew distant and look where we are now.
I got back to 'our' apartment yet I was the only one who paid rent and had a full time job/business so I guess it was really my apartment. I slumped into the seat turning the TV on and going straight to Netflix and renting Finding Nemo my favourite film and the only one that seemed to always cheer me up. Half way through the film I sat up, for once Nemo wasn't working, I was still sad because of Artie and because of what I had done to Santana. I got up and went through to the kitchen, I opened the fridge looking what was inside; nothing I walked to the cupboards noticing a few things but I wasn't in the mood for them. I went back to the fridge hoping something had changed, nope still the same shit, Artie's beer and nothing else that interested me, but instead of leaving empty handed I grabbed the beer and rang the familiar pizza number.
I settled back on the couch twenty minutes later when the pizza arrived, I opened my second beer and flicked through the channels to find nothing. I got up again grabbed season one of ' One Tree Hill' and started the rest of my night with pizza, beer and my favourite TV show. Hopefully this would help.
I finished the first two discs, the 6 pack of beer and a full pizza to myself I was drunk, full and still felt like crap so iI just went to bed with the hope I would feel better tomorrow.
I woke up the next morning in my bed alone I guess Artie didn't come home last night again. I really want to break up with him but I don't want to hurt him, staying with him I'm only hurting myself. I got up and got ready to go to the studio it only took half an hour so I just decided to jog there, I started thinking more about what i wanted my life to be, I knew I didn't want to be with Artie and I also knew I wanted to be in Santana's life, but I also wanted to be in Spencer's. I had a plan and I was going to start it as soon as I got to work.
Santana Pov
I woke up before my alarm for once but only because I had a better one that jumped up and down on me. "Get up Mami you needs to go to school so Abuela and me can play all day. MAMI GET UP!"
"Alright I'm up."
"Yay, grandma, Mami's up. Can I have Lucky charms now?"
"Mami you used my daughter to get me up and bribed her with food." I scolded my mother.
"Yes Hija, now eat your breakfast and get ready for classes."
"Fine." I grumbled as I shoved a mouthful of lucky charms down my throat. I finished and noticed Spencer was too so I dragged her to the bath with me and enjoyed as much time I could with her before I had to leave.
"Bye baby girl be good for your Abuela and please don't kill her I like my Mami alive." She giggled so I picked her up, kissed her cheek and hugged her before I ran out the door towards the university before making a U-turn and heading to Starbucks remembering that I promised Tina to bring her and Q their coffee.
"Hey S." Tina and Quinn both greeted me as I walked in. I walked over to them and handed Tina her iced Choca Moca frappe and Quinn here vanilla latte with extra foam. Tina accepted hers with a wink but when I gave Q hers she gave me a confused look so I had to explain Sunday. Class went by so slow today, I wrote my notes as slowly as possible and still the day seemed to go slower, I just have ten more minutes of this music composition class then lunch then a two hour class of music history and law.
Tina and I went to lunch on campus together while Quinn got to go back to her apartment before going to work. I grabbed a sandwich and water from the cafeteria. We decided to eat inside as the New York winter was starting to creep up early.
"So Santana are you coming to the bar for Halloween on Saturday?" Oh shit Halloween is this Saturday.
"I can't Tina, I really want to take Spencer 'Trick or Treating' for Halloween and I don't know when my Mom is going back to Ohio, so even after I don't know if I can come."
"It's fine S, I kinda forgot about Spencer. How's she doing?"
"She's great, Mami has her for today, Thursday morning and Friday while I'm here, and we are going to enrol her at the school down the block from here."
"That's great S you're finally all grown up with a family. Well I better get to class and so should you, text you later."
"Bye T."
I went to music history and law, this was my favourite class so it went by faster than this morning. I got out a little after three, I proceeded to walk home as I walked towards 'her' dance studio I thought about Sunday and how happy I was, but then the scene at the cafe turns it all sour. I was just walking up to it when I heard a scream followed by the sound of something being thrown and smashing. I ran to the door and straight in to find Brittany and her boyfriend fighting.
"You can't leave me Brittany. You need me. No one is going to love a stupid little slut like you. You are nothing without me and you know it." He walked closer with every word he said until he was now in front of her. I saw him lift his arm, his hand already curled into a fist. I ran forward trying to grab his arm but it was to late. He had hit Brittany in the face, i I couldn't see the damage as her face was turned away from the force.
"Hey I saw the whole thing, so if Britt here wants to file charges I am her witness. Asshole."
"Who are you?" He turned back to Brittany. "This one of your slutty little friends?"
"I'm the latina who's about to go Lima heights on your stubbly ass." I turned his attention back to me. His face turned hard and he took a step towards me so I took one too.
"Oh really, a little girl is gonna beat me. No here's what's gonna happen you're gonna walk your slutty ass out that door and forget this."
"I think you've got that the wrong way round prick. You're gonna walk out of here and leave my Brittz alone. Got that."
"Your Brittz, see I'm her boyfriend so I can't do that."
Brittany then decided to voice her thoughts on the matter. "Ex-boyfriend. Artie leave me alone and get the fuck out my life and out my apartment." I had walked around Artie at this point so I was stood in front of Britt in case he tried to hurt her again.
"Do as she says."
He grumbled something as he left not before kicking two trash cans over. I turned to Britt who had tears down her cheeks, her left eye and cheek already bruising and very swollen. "Britt, hey why don't you come to mine and we'll put some ice on that face, she nodded so I grabbed her bag and coat. We locked the studio and walked to mine in an uncomfortable silence.
We get to my apartment and Spencer opens the door for us. "Mami, Britty." She gave me a quick hug then dove into Brittany's arms. Spencer came out of the hug and looked at Brittany's face her eyes started to tear then she whimpered out. "Britty did your mommy and daddy hit you too?" My heart broke once again thinking how bad it must have been before.
"No sweetie my evil ex-boyfriend did." Brittany started to cry again so Spencer went and hugged her again.
"It's OK now Britty my Mami will make it all better like she did with me." I smiled at Spencer but she was tucked into Brittany's neck so I went into the kitchen where my mom was making something for dinner, it smelt like lasagna. I went to the freezer and grabbed some ice, bagged it then wrapped it in a towel for Britt. "Hey Mami how was Spencer?"
"She was fine, I showed her your baby photos and told her a lot of your childhood stories then we just watched cartoons and made dinner."
"Thanks Mami." With that I walked back through to the living room with the ice. Spencer and Brittany were curled up watching some cartoon. I gave Brittany the ice and took the last space left on the couch, it was a tight squeeze but i didn't care I was close to my daughter. After a few episodes Mami announced dinner was ready and Britt got up to leave. "Stay, please we can talk after."
"Ok."
We walked through to the dinner table and sat down. "Oh hello Brittany I didn't realise you were here let me go get you a plate." She hadn't come to the table so Mami just turned back to the kitchen, she brought a plate and a glass of red wine for Brittany which she placed in front of her from over her head. Mami then took her seat and we all started. "So Brittany how was work?" Brittany looked up at my mother. "Oh dear lord sweetheart what happened to your face?" Britt opened her mouth to respond but I don't think she was going to say the truth, it didn't matter anyway because Spencer answered for her;
"Her evil Ex-boyfriend did-ed it."
"Oh honey we will talk about that later when little ears aren't around." Brittany nodded and dinner went on as normal with Spencer being the centre of attention. When we finished I again tried to do the dishes but I was told to go to the living room. Brittany, Spence and I settled back on the couch to watch Lilo and Stitch the movie. Spencer fell asleep just as the film finished. I picked her up to take her to her room. "Do you want another glass of wine?" She nodded so I took Spencer to bed.
I walked towards Brittany with two glasses in one hand and a bottle of Merlot in the other, I poured us each a glass. We sat facing each other and I waited for Brittany to talk.
"I am so sorry for Sunday. It really was the best day, I shouldn't have kissed you we barely know each other but it just feels easy with you. But most of all I'm sorry for telling you I was single when I was with Artie. I've wanted out of that relationship for a while now I'm pretty sure he was cheating on me, but I guess I felt sort of safe like I had someone and I was comfortable in life. There was always a feeling when I was with him that we weren't right so when I met you and saw how gorgeous you were. I got to know how sweet you are and everything with Spencer, I had to try and see if it felt better with you."
"OK I get that Britt but I still don't understand what happened today."
"I broke up with Artie over the phone, told him he had an hour to get everything of his out my flat before the locksmith came. He obviously didn't take it to well, he's never been violent before just intimidating."
"Brittany do you want to press charges." Mami just butted into our conversation. Britt shook her head.
"What if we take pictures of your face and the studio tomorrow just in case he does something else?" This time she nodded and Ibrought her into a hug.
It was ten o'clock when Britt decided she should leave, so I decided I should drive her just in case. When we got to her apartment I realise there was really no point in driving her she lived a block over. We walked up to the third floor and knocked at a door where an elderly woman answered. "Hello Mrs Henderson, sorry for keeping you up but do you possibly have my new keys?"
"It's no problem sweetie I'm just glad that Artie is gone, good riddance." She handed Britt her keys and they said their good nights. We entered her apartment and she surveyed the damage.
"Thanks San, for everything." We hugged. "Can we be friends again."
"Sure Britt friends, have a goodnight."
"Night San I'll text you or i'll see you on Thursday."
"Thursday?" I looked at her puzzled.
"Yeah Spencer's dance class, six till seven and eleven till twelve on a Sunday."
"Oh I thought it was just on a Sunday but I'll just surprise her then. Bye Britt"
I got back to my apartment bid goodnight to my Mami and went to Spencer's room. I got ready and into bed, Spence snuggled into my side. "Sweet dreams baby girl." With that I drifted of to sleep.
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