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Brittany woke up with a smile on her face at a surprising six in the morning. She couldn't get last night out of her head. Santana had opened up a little and then they shared the perfect goodnight kiss. Brittany wouldn't change a thing about it.
She decided to go for a run. That would waste some time before Santana got here, because she planned on asking Fina if Santana could have the day off so they could spend it together.
She stepped out into the slightly warm air and started her warmup walk. She turned on her iPod and tuned out the rest of the world. Running was a big release for Brittany. She enjoyed the feeling of freedom as her body seemed to hover over the ground.
As soon as she returned back home and walked through the front door, she noticed Fina's presence. She pulled out her earphones and walked over to where she was dusting.
"Hey Fina! Where's Santana?" Fina put down her dust rag and stood facing Brittany with her hands on her hips.
"Well Good Morning to you to Miss Brittany. I'm doing just fine that's for asking." She gave Brittany a sarcastic smile and then returned to her task. "She's off today."
Brittany smile and hugged the older Latina from behind "Thank you Fina". Then she rushed upstairs to shower.
Once she was finished, she ran downstairs and left her father a note stating that she would probably be out until after dinner. She jumped in her car and started driving to Santana's part of town. Usually she forgot things like directions, but when it was anything relating to a certain Latina she made it a point to never forget.
When she arrived in front of the house, she got out and made her way to the front door. She stood nervously in front of the door with her finger hovering over the doorbell. She let out a shaky breath and finally pushed the tiny white button. Within seconds she heard someone stir inside. A male's voice coming from behind the door sounded extremely frustrated.
"What the fuck do you want?" he was rubbing his eyes. It was clear that he had just woken up, and when he opened his eyes all the way he scratched the back of his neck. Brittany thought, this must be Santana's brother. They both rub their necks when their embarrassed. "I'm so sorry, I was expecting someone else. What can I do for you?"
Brittany shook off her doubt about this assumed brother and answered his question, "Is Santana here?"
The guy looked back into the house and then back at the blonde. "No actually, she left about an hour ago. She's probably down at Sid's. Do you want me to give her a call and you can just wait here?" He gestured inside the house with his thumb, but Brittany shook her head.
"No that's okay, I'll just wait in my car or something." The taller Latino looked over her shoulder and his face turned so serious so fast.
"Umm, I hate to be rash, but give me your keys." Brittany took a step back as he reached for the keys still in her hand. "Look, I'm not gonna steal it, I just need to get it off this block or someone else will. Come on, I'll take you to where Santana is." Brittany gave him a questioning look, she had no idea who he was, but she felt like she could trust him.
She finally consented as he stepped outside and locked the door behind him. He took the keys from her and started running towards her car, she followed right behind him.
Sure enough there was a group of teenagers across the street, just out of sight from Santana's front steps. They were all huddled together and Brittany could see a large metal stick that one of them was holding. When the Latino looked their way, they immediately dispersed.
When they were finally in the car and on their way to wherever Santana was, the guy reached his hand across the console and offered it to Brittany. "I'm Antonio by the way. Santana's older brother." Brittany took it and shook it lightly.
"I'm Brittany. Santana's….friend" she hesitated on the last word. She wanted to be Santana's friend, but she wasn't sure she was. She wanted to be more than Santana's friend, but she wasn't sure about that either. She make a note to herself to talk to Santana about that at some point.
Antonio smiled and gave a small chuckle. "I didn't know Santana had richie friend, she usually hates people from your side of town. No offense to you of course."
Brittany shook her head "None taken." This confirmed that her chances of being Santana's anything were slim. Maybe last night was just a part she was trying to play.
It wasn't long before they arrived in front of a huge warehouse looking building. The outside looked too rough to be anything more than scrap metal to Brittany, but then she saw a garage door open and took notice of the Mercedes sitting inside. Antonio got out of the car and pulled out his phone. His body faced away from the building and he pulled his hood from his sweatshirt over his head. Brittany walked over to driver side and leaned against the door while he was obviously trying to reach Santana. When he finally reached her, he started talking Spanish and she sighed and waited for them to get finished.
"okay, okay. Alright, Bye." He stuffed his phone back in his pocket and turned towards Brittany. "Alright Santana is uhh, running some errands. She said she'll be here in like fifteen minutes to get you. Now what I need you to do is get back in this car and lock the doors. No music, no nothing okay? Just sit here and wait, if someone approaches the car, you tell them to fuck off and then look away." He handed Brittany the keys and opened her door for her. "It was really nice meeting you Brittany. I hope I see you again soon." Brittany nodded and he shut the door and starting running back in the direction from which they had just come.
She didn't know how he was tolerating not only wearing a sweatshirt in this heat, but now he was running in it.
Brittany stared at the little clock on the dash board until she saw a black escalade roll up in front of this warehouse. Her eyes immediately landed on the short Latina that was making her way hastily across the distance to her car. Brittany couldn't help but take in how beautiful the girl was, even if her face said she was beyond frustrated and tired.
Santana approached the passenger door and Brittany hit the unlock button. The Latina sighed loudly as she sat down and rubbed her forehead with her palm. She turned towards Brittany and gave her a concerned face. "Are you okay? Did anyone try anything?"
Brittany shook her head. She was taken aback by how concerned Santana actually seemed for her. She thought Santana might call her stupid or something, but instead she was reaching across the console to grab her hand that was sitting on the gear shift. She gave it a light squeeze "Okay good. Thank God Antonio was home. Britt as much as I like seeing you, you can't come here okay? Well you can, just not in this car." Brittany nodded and Santana released her hand. Brittany found herself missing the contact.
"What are you doing here anyway?" Santana set her backpack down in the floor board.
"I thought since you had the day off, that we could hang out?" Brittany gave her a smile hoping that she wasn't busy. She hadn't called so technically it was okay if Santana told her no.
"I'd like that." Brittany breathed out a sigh of relief. She was over-joyed that this beautiful girl wanted to spend the day with her. "What did you have in mind?"
Brittany searched her mind as quick as she could. She didn't actually make plans because she wasn't sure that Santana was going to say yes.
"Umm, maybe you could show me around. I've never really been to this part of town before." Santana smiled and shook her head.
"You don't wanna see around here Britt" Brittany frowned, and Santana added to her comment "But if you really want to, I'd love to show you around. We have to walk though."
Brittany excitedly nodded but stopped herself short, "What about my car?"
Santana pointed towards the warehouse. "This is Sid's shed, ain't nobody gonna mess with anything within a mile of this place, especially on this shift. But I'll tell the guys out front to keep an eye out." Santana grabbed her bag and got out of the car. Brittany followed and locked her car before stuffing the keys in her pocket. Santana motioned for her to follow her as she headed toward the main entrance of the warehouse.
The two men in front of the door had guns on their hips and Brittany staggered backwards for a moment. She had seen them on TV, but never in real life. Santana must have sensed her sudden fear because she reached over and grabbed her hand. They walked the rest of the way like that and Brittany relished at how amazing it felt. It just felt...right.
"Yo Dante, Lee. See that car over there." She point to it with her free hand "Can you keep an eye on it? We'll be back before two, promise." The two men nodded in agreement and Santana pulled Brittany away.
When they reached the sidewalk Santana let go of Brittany's hand and wiped her own on her pants. Brittany hadn't even notice how bad both of their hands had been sweating. She was too caught up in the bliss of this forwardness Santana was showing. The blonde frowned as Santana put a little distance between the two of them.
"So that building over there is my high school." She gestured towards the large building to their right across the street. "And that's our alternative school over there" her hand moved to the same side of the street they were on. "That's where I spent my whole freshman year" The Latina almost seemed proud, like it was an accomplishment.
"What did you do?" Brittany didn't even know if there was an alternative program at her school, she doubted there would be at a private arts school.
"I come out my freshman year, and I was in competitive cheerleading here. Anyway, there was this one girl and she decided that she would steal all my stuff from my locker while I was getting a shower." Brittany listened intently, she was so lucky to have Santana open up to her like this, especially about her sexuality. "So when I got out, I wrapped myself in a towel and went to get my clothes. Of course they weren't there and everyone had already left, even the coach. So I walked down the hallway in my towel and went straight to the girl's locker. She was standing there with all the other girls and they were writing stuff on my clothes and all of my papers. When I approached them she threw the stuff down at my feet and started to walk away." Santana paused and let out a nervous breath. "They had written 'dyke' all over everything. My clothes, my books, my notes. I was so pissed, I started running down the hallway and I tackled her. I started pounding on her like there was no tomorrow. I beat the shit out of her. She was screaming and all the other girls ran to get a teacher. I took two adult men to pull me off of her."
Brittany shook her head. No wonder Santana was so closed off to everyone.
"She went to hospital. Turns out I gave her a concussion, a broken nose, and she needed five stiches above her eyebrow." Again Santana seemed to feel accomplished "They almost booked me for assault, but when they heard my side, they sent me to alternative school and her parents moved her to another school."
They walked in silence for the next few minutes. Brittany was trying to think of what she could say, but couldn't come up with anything. Finally she just come out with a simple "I'm so sorry that happened to you Santana".
Santana shook her head and gave Brittany a reassuring face. "It's not your fault Britt. That bitch got what was coming to her, and besides what doesn't kill us makes us stronger right?"
Brittany nodded on confirmation. They turned the corner and for the next few hours they just walked side-by-side through Cypress Hills. Santana showed her every significant place and told Brittany exactly why it meant so much to her. Brittany just offered her a nod or a laugh when she thought the story was funny. She was just so happy with Santana. This made her happy, just walking around and listening to the Latina's stories.
They rounded another corner and Santana glanced at her phone. "Oh shit!"
"What is it?" Brittany brought her hand to the slightly short girl's shoulder.
"It's four. Shift's at Sid's already changed and not for the better. We gotta go." Santana started walking fast and Brittany matched her pace. She didn't question where Santana was taking her, she just followed.
They finally appeared in a couple minutes from where they started. Santana run over to Brittany's car, where one of the two guys from earlier was leaning up against it. Brittany jogged behind her to catch up.
"Oh my god Dante thank you so much. I owe you one." The darker skinned guy nodded his head and started walking down the street.
"I'm so sorry Britt, I lost track of time." Santana rubbed the back of her neck and looked at Brittany nervously.
"It's okay Santana. It's still here." Santana shook her head.
"It's not, someone could have lifted your car. And it would have been my fault." Brittany stepped closer and stopped just about a foot from Santana.
"It's okay." Santana relax as Brittany took her hand and locked their fingers together. "Thank you Santana…for today. I had a great time." Santana blushed and looked at their feet.
"I did too Brittany. But you should get home, traffic's probably already bad." Brittany nodded.
"You could come with me? You could come back with me and eat dinner with my family. Well minus my mom right now." Santana seemed to consider the offer but then looked up with a disappointed face.
"I can't. My dad is working late and my brother is going out. I have to watch my little brother." Brittany frowned but gave her a nod to reassure her. "But listen, my dad's birthday is tomorrow. We're having a little party at my house tomorrow afternoon. It's just a few people, but I'd like it if you came."
A wide grin spread across Brittany's face and she squeezed Santana's hand. "I'd love to. What time?"
"Well, my dad has off tomorrow, which mean I have his car and Fina's letting me off early so I'll bring you back with me." Brittany nodded.
"Well I guess I'll see you tomorrow then." Brittany released their hands and grabbed the keys out of her pocket. She was hoping Santana would make a move to kiss her. When she didn't after a few more second of her playing with her keys as a sigh, Brittany leaned over a placed a tender kiss on her tan cheek.
Santana nodded and said in a weak voice, "Yeah see you tomorrow".
Brittany walked around the car and got in. She waved to Santana as she drove off, and glanced at her in the rearview mirror until she had to turn at the end of the street.
Today to Brittany S. Pierce had been absolutely perfect and she was looking forward to every moment she could possibly spend with Santana.
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