Chapter 10: The Vacation
Brittany's POV
We're sitting on the plane heading to Hawaii. I don't feel as excited as I should because I've been forced to sit next to Santana for the plane journey. That's nine and a half hours I need to sit next to Sanny but looking on the bright side after the monotonous journey, it will be two weeks in Hawaii. Not too bad I don't think, providing I manage to suffer the plane journey.
I managed to suffer the nine and a half hour journey sitting next to Sanny. Just when I thought the worst part was over, more bad news came. Five minutes ago I found out I had to share a hotel room with the girl who drives me mad, not in a good way either. I tried to argue to get it changed but it was to no avail so I have to put up with it. I've decided not to let it bother me, I refuse to let Sanny spoil my vacation.
Santana's POV
The first few days of the vacation seemed to go by dreadfully slow. We haven't done a whole lot this vacation so far, we just sat by the pool, went for walks, did some shopping. The first few days my parents wanted us all to stay together just until we got used to our surroundings and familiarised ourselves with the area a bit more.
Today the four parents have planned for us all to go on some treasure hunt or treasure trail thing, I don't quite know what it is but it sounds immensely boring. It's something to do with how we will get put into groups and then do various activities and the winning group gets a prize or something like that, like I say sounds boring.
We are currently all eating breakfast together in one of the hotel's dining rooms. I am sitting across from Brittany at the table and she is doing nothing but text and I don't know who she is texting.
She suddenly laughs aloud and we all look over
"Sorry" she says apologetically.
"What are you laughing at anyway?" I ask
"None of your business" she replies
"Brittany who are you on the phone too, you know you shouldn't be using it at the table" her dad tells her.
"Look fine I'll put it away" Brittany says as she sets the phone down on the table.
Everyone goes back to silently eating before my mom speaks up.
"So did we all have a nice sleep" my mom asks.
"Yeah it was ok" my brother say before Nathan mentions how his bed was too hard to sleep in so he hasn't had a comfortable night's sleep yet.
"Well I couldn't sleep because she was on the phone to her boyfriend all night" I say not impressed by last night where she kept me up half the night because she was talking far too loud on her phone.
"Oh honey that was not my boyfriend" she says which confuses me because who else could it be. You don't talk to someone you regard as just as friend in the way she talked to the person last night.
"Who was it then?" I ask.
"My girlfriend" she replies casually to which I get a fright and spit out my water.
"You're girlfriend" I say shocked.
"Santana don't talk so loud, there are other people eating breakfast that don't need to hear you shout" my dad tells me.
"Sorry I just had no idea Brittany was like that" I say because I had no clue she liked girls.
"Like what?" she asks angrily, it perhaps didn't come out how I meant it to.
"I meant I didn't realise you were into girls" I say
"Right so is this going to be a problem for you now that you know and that we still have to share a room for the better part of a week and a half" she asks me.
"Look it's not my business, you can like whoever you want so I don't have a problem with you being a lesbian but what I do have a problem with is you keeping me up half the night" I say.
"Ok well I'll try not to" she replies.
"Ok thank you" I say, crap why did I say that?
Brittany smiles "Wow you have never said thank you to me before, it's rather weird hearing those words come out of your mouth" she says.
"Well don't get used to them because that was just a slip up" I say while glaring at her.
We have arrived at the place where we are all doing this activity thing, I'm still not any happier about this because it really does sound boring and childish. I'd rather be by the pool sunbathing or something not here.
A guide comes over and explains the activity to us and puts us into pairs. For some reason she thinks it's appropriate that Blondie and I are in the same group so once again I am stuck with Brittany.
After the briefing on what happens and the goal of the activity we all begin. The whole point was to follow the clues and whoever completed the course first won dinner tickets to a local restaurant. It all seems a bit stupid to me, I mean why do we need to do this just to get tickets for dinner? Anyway the competitive streak in me persuaded me to do this so here I am trailing about the grass looking for the first clue with Brittany.
Brittany's POV
"Look if you'd rather not hang out with me then we can just pull out of the activity, I'm not that bothered about the dinner" I tell Santana.
"Pull out all you want but I'm not, I want these tickets" she tells me.
"You do know if we win we have to eat dinner together, it's not like we can both take someone else because there are only 2 available tickets so if we won then we need to eat dinner together."
"Who said we need to eat dinner together?" she asks and I am confused.
"What do you mean?" I ask confused.
"Well there's two tickets but nothing says we need to physically eat at the same table. We could sit at opposite ends of the restaurant if we want, we can forget that the other is there" Santana says.
"I suppose" I say, contemplating her idea. It is true.
Time passes quickly and before I know it, we've completed an hour of the activity.
"Do you realise it's been an hour and we haven't fought once yet, that must be a record surely?" I ask.
"Must be" she says. "I guess our competitiveness took over and we became too focussed on the task that we didn't have time to argue or hate one another."
We continue with the activity getting clues and moving onto the next part. At one point Santana is reading out a clue when a bird flies straight towards her making her scream as she got such a fright. The next thing I know Santana has sprinted away running as fast as she can.
"Where are you going?" I shout to her trying to hold in my laugh.
"To the next clue, come on" she shouts back to me.
We continue running for a few minutes.
As soon as we get to the next clue, we are so out of breath from all the running that we take a seat on the ground and rest our backs against the wooden fence that's there. Santana immediately grabs the piece of paper and begins trying to loosen off the knot.
We are seated side by side and I gently lean over and place the pad of my thumb on her cheek and wipe a bit of dirt off.
"What are you doing?" Santana nervously asks while pulling away.
I smile "Relax, you had a bit of dirt on your face from when you were sprinting away from that bird so I was just wiping it off" I say.
"Ok well don't and for the record I wasn't sprinting away from the bird, I just chose to walk away from it" she states.
I smile again "No you were scared of the bird so you sprinted away" I say.
"Look just help me untie this knot would you" she asks with a bit of desperation in her voice. I don't think she's desperate to get away from me, I think it's more the fact she just wants to win. Initially I would have said she was desperate to get away from me but I think secretly she might like this and find it fun.
"Here let me see it" I say gesturing to the rolled up paper with the string tied around it. After a few pulls at the knot I manage to loosen it off.
"Ok smarty pants, I asked you to loosen it not do the whole thing now give it back" she says to which I give her it back and she removes the string.
"What does it say?" I ask wondering what direction we have to go in next.
"We need to keep going straight up the hill over there then turn left and walk for so many yards then make a right and we are at our next clue" she says
"Ok let's do it" I say while standing up. I then hold out my hand offering to help her up.
"Nice try Blondie but I won't fall for it" she says before standing up on her own.
"I don't understand, I was just helping you up" I say confused.
"No you were pretending to offer to help me up but really once you got a hold on my hand you'd pull me back down so I would land in more dirt" she says.
"Actually that's what I would normally do but in this instance I genuinely want to help you" I say
"Why should I believe you?" she asks curiously.
"Because I know you want that dinner as much as I do" I state.
"I'll go with my instincts and I'll trust you, just this once though" Santana says. I help her up then we proceed with the rest of the task.
After another two hours we are declared the winners and rightly so. Even though Santana and I don't see eye to eye we wouldn't have been in the winning Cheerio's team if we weren't born winners. Not that I am arrogant or anything, I'm just a confident person and confident within myself.
"You two better behave at dinner girls" my mom says in a stern voice. Julia can be one strict woman at times so I've learnt that if I want to live it is probably best to obey at least some of her rules.
"We will behave" Santana assures my mom and I nod.
The next thing I know we are standing at the door of the restaurant and an idea pops into my head. "Hey, I wondered if I could suggest something." I ask and Santana nods. "What do you think about eating dinner together, at the same table I mean?" I ask and I can see her thinking about it.
"I thought we were enemies, would that be a good idea" Santana says before continuing. "How do I know this isn't a trick or something?"
"Well I've been thinking and it may sound sudden but you're not as bad as you have been recently. My hate for you has died down a little. What I am saying is that if this was a couple of months ago, I would be dead against having dinner with you alone, but after today the idea doesn't sound half as bad." I say and she nods at me.
"Right, I see" she says.
"I'm not going soft on you so don't think that for a second but the prospect of having dinner with you sounds way better than eating alone so why not" I finish off.
"Ok that is really sudden. We were at each other's throats this morning and now three or four hours later you seem to like me or the prospect of being alone with me" she says.
"It's not quite as sudden as that, I mean I think I have been warming to you a bit more for a while now but ever since we did this activity today I actually think we work pretty well together. We've never spent any time on our own together" I say.
"Look don't tell anyone else ok but I guess you're kinda ok, the last boring however many hours probably wouldn't have gone so quick if I was partnered with someone else." She tells me
"That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me" I say with a smile.
"Ok don't milk it Blondie now come on we have a lovely three course meal ahead of us" She says before grabbing the waitress's attention.
"Hi, can I have a table for two please" she asks and the waitress nods before leading us to a table over at the window.
I follow closely behind and we reach the table, Santana sits a one side and I sit across the table from her. We order drinks then take a look at the menu.
"Any ideas what you are going to eat?" she asks and I shake my head.
"The menu looks so good but there is too much choice, I don't know how to pick just one thing" I say.
"This is just a suggestion but how about we order three courses each, starter, main and dessert and then split them between us and maybe share" she says and I actually think that is a good idea so I voice my opinion.
"Sure, why not" I say and we are both sold.
We ate all of both the starters and all of the main courses and now we have just been served the desserts, lemon meringue cheese cake with cream and sticky toffee pudding with ice cream. I eating some cheese cake and Santana is eating the sticky toffee pudding and then we will swap soon.
"Do you like the cheese cake?" Santana asks and I smile, finishing off the food in my mouth before answering.
"It's delicious" I tell her, loving the taste of the creamy dessert in my mouth.
"Good because this sticky toffee pudding is too good to share" Santana says before throwing me a cheeky smile and then refilling her mouth with the pudding.
"You better share it Lopez, we made a deal" I tell her in a mock serious tone. I am partially serious though because I really do want to try the sweet toffee dessert.
"Maybe I want to break the deal" she says with a sly look on her face. She's going to share with me if she knows what's good for her.
"I don't want to use force but I will. No one denies me food that I was promised" I say and Santana laughs at me. I quickly remove the smirk from Santana's face by snatching the plate away from her.
"Hey" she shouts quietly.
"What" I smile. "It's time to swap now" I say before wrapping my lips around the spoon containing the dessert I have been fantasying about since it arrived on the table.
"Wow" Santana says.
"What?" I ask.
"You have a really big mouth" she states and if she hadn't of had a small smirk on her face then I would have been severely offended.
"Gee thanks" I say.
"I didn't mean it to sound bad, I just meant that it would have took me two bites to eat what you just ate in one mouthful" she says with a small genuine smile.
"Sometimes having a big mouth is a good thing, more things fit into it" I say while smirking and I can tell the wheels in her brain are working hard. Clearly she can't process what I meant by that comment.
After we finished our desserts and paid the meal, well gave the waitress our vouchers for the free meal, we left the restaurant and started our journey back to the hotel on foot.
"Watch your feet" I say but Santana either completely ignores me or genuinely doesn't hear me because the next thing I know she is on the ground and I can't help the laugher that escapes my mouth. I know it's rude but man was it funny. Her face was priceless, if only I had a camera.
"It's not funny, help me up" she demands so I reach out and help her up.
"That was hilarious" I say still laughing.
"You could have warned me you know" she snaps.
"I did warn you but you chose to ignore it" I say.
"If you had warned me I wouldn't have ignored it. Especially if I knew I could have fell on the ground and hurt myself" she says looking half annoyed and half embarrassed.
"Santana, I did warn you" I state genuinely and I think she believes me, judging by the look on her face.
"I'm all mud now, look" she says while trying to clean herself off a bit.
"I can see that" I say.
"Help me then" she demands and I give her an angry glare. "Sorry that was harsh, can you please help me." She says politer this time.
"By doing what? How exactly can I get mud off your clothes?" I ask.
"I don't know just do something, just help me get this all off. I am completely covered in dirt and my clothes are just about ruined. I knew this night would end up in disaster, the easiness of the night so far was too good to be true. Please just do something. I feel like a right idiot here. I must look a complete state and….." Santana rambles on at me.
I don't know what to do to help her so next thing I know I am leaning in pressing my lips against hers. At first it feels like she is going to respond but then the next thing I know she is instantly pulling back from me with an angry glare decorating her face.
"What was that?" she asks me with a slightly angry/slightly shocked expression on her face.
"I have no idea, you were just rambling on and it just happened. I don't know why" I tell her honestly.
"Brittany we don't even like each other so why you did that is beyond me" Santana says.
"I know but everything was flowing and we were getting along" I rush out. "I didn't want you to suddenly go in a bad mood because of your fall so I just done the first thing I could to stop you from rambling. I'm sorry" I say apologetically. What on earth came over me, for goodness sake Brittany, I know you are unpredictable at times but boy did you surprise yourself there.
"It's fine, let's get back to the hotel" Santana says while walking off and I follow. We walk the rest of the way back to the hotel side by side in silence. The silence only gets broken when we get inside our room and Santana informs me she is going to change in the bathroom and take a quick shower.
Once we are both changed we get into our respective beds and lie down.
"Night Brittany" Santana says.
"Goodnight" I reply back before closing my eyes and trying to sleep.
It feels like it has been hours since I first tried to get to sleep but it's only been fifteen minutes. I toss and turn a few times getting really frustrated that sleep won't overtake me.
"Brittany" Santana says, sounding rather sleepy.
"Oh shit, sorry did I wake you up?" I ask thinking I disturbed her sleep.
"No I was already awake" Santana says while switching on her lamp before sitting up in bed. "I can't sleep" she tells me.
"Neither can I" I say. "I feel tired but my brain still feels super awake."
"Ditto" she says.
"Want to play a game to tire us out?" I ask and she raises her eyebrow at me.
"What sort of game?" she asks, curiosity in her voice.
"I don't know, truth or dare, I've never, I spy, I don't know anything" I tell her.
"How about we play a more physical game?" she says.
"Like what?" I ask intrigued.
"We could play twister" Santana says.
"That sounds like a good idea but the only way we can play is if you brought it with you" I say and laugh at her expression.
"Oops" she says and I smile genuinely. "Let's play this" she says and before I can ask what this is a pillow suddenly whacks me on the face.
"A pillow fight?" I enquire.
"Yup. What's up Pierce, you too chicken" she says with a snicker and that's what gets me started. I pick up my pillow and start hitting her.
"Oh it's on Lopez" I say before we are both battling it out to win.
After ten minutes we are both tired out and I am declared the winner after Santana surrenders.
"For the first time in my life I am giving up and admitting I've lost" she says while shielding herself from me as I have the pillow in the air ready to hit her
"Really?" I ask, making sure she is not taking me for a fool and sneakily planning an attack on me.
"Yes, I honestly give up" she says sincerely and I believe her so I drop my pillow to the ground and hold my hands out to her.
"What?" she asks.
"I'm offering to help you up" I tell her and she takes me up on my offer.
"You know something Brittany?" she says.
"What?" I ask innocently.
"You are a fool" she tells me and the next thing I know a big fluffy pillow has hit me on the head and I landed on the bed. My instincts are so fast that I pull her with me and she falls also.
"Oops" I say cheekily, laying below Santana. Santana doesn't say anything and just stares at me down below her. I go to ask her a question but what happens next takes me by surprise but a good surprise.
Santana gently presses her lips against mine and all I can do is pull her closer on top of me and kiss her back. I kiss her like I've never kissed anyone in my life and she kisses me back just as passionately.