Than you to all of you that have been reading this story so far, and left me reviews, or added the story to alerts and favorites it has been inspiring to write, and here is the next chapter, and I hope that you will be enjoying this chapter too.
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Chapter 9
Last day of school for the week for both Santana and Rachel, and the rest of the school, and Santana knew that she needed to talk to Rachel about what she had done before it got out to the rest of the Glee Club.
Santana saw Rachel standing by her locker, the same Friday just before lunch, she walked over to new friend, she grabbed Rachel by her shoulder and turned her around so that she was looking Rachel in the eyes.
"We need to talk," Santana said and she started to look around, she let out a sigh when she saw Finn standing at his locker looking at them, "and not here," Santana said as she closed Rachel's locker and pulled her towards the nearest bathroom.
Santana gave the girls that was standing at the sinks and mirrors a glare, that was pretty clear about what she wanted to do, "get lost," she said and she made it even clearer for them and she started to look down under the booths to see that there wasn't anyone in there as Santana was sure that there wasn't anyone in there beside her and Rachel, she turned to the shorter brunette before she walked over to the door and locked it.
Rachel was the first one to say anything, she had wanted to say something earlier but she had no idea what she was supposed to say, the shorter of the two girls looked at the other girls.
"Santana," Rachel said and she walked up to Santana who was standing by the door.
The Latina closed her eyes, as she felt how close Rachel was to her, she had no idea to why she was reacting like this to Rachel's closeness, it had started about a week earlier, and she let out a small breath before she whispered, "Rachel."
Rachel's name just graced her lips as she had whispered, Santana could see how Rachel was looking at her with her big brown eyes, there was so much that you could see in her eyes. It was something that Santana never had noticed before, even if she had been in the close proximity as Rachel a couple of times before.
"Santana," Rachel said as she took a step back from the Latina, "you said that we needed to talk," the other girl nodded her head as she looked up at Rachel who smiled at her, "so why haven't we talked yet, I can't stay here that long I need to eat."
"I know," Santana said as she smiled at Rachel, "and I do want to talk but I have no idea what I should say to you."
"Okay," Rachel said and smooth down her skirt as she looked Santana in the eyes, "why don't we make this easier for you," Santana nodded her head as she heard Rachel, "Ask me the question that you want the answer to and I will tell you as good as I can."
"Okay," Santana said, and Rachel could hear that the other girl wasn't sure on if she could really do it; Rachel smiled at her and encouraged her as much as she could, "Why?"
"Why, what?" Rachel asked, she wanted Santana to really ask her the question even if she already knew what Santana was going to answer.
"Why did you drop," Santana said and looked up at Rachel, and she licked her lips before she continued with her question, "the charges?"
"I could tell that from the way that you have acted for the last couple of weeks," Rachel said and she walked closer to Santana, and she placed both of her hands on Santana's shoulders so that she could move Santana's head back if she tried to turn away from her, "that you are sorry, and not just to try and get me to do this," Rachel said and she kept eye contact with Santana, "I can tell that you are sorry and that it was an accident, and I no longer needed the police to tell me so."
"What about your dads?" Santana asked, and she looked down, she knew that she had tears forming in her eyes.
"My dads," Rachel said and tried to move away some hair that was in the way, even if there wasn't any hair in the way, "they aren't that happy about that I'm dropping it."
"So why do it?" Santana said and looked up at Rachel, "Why not just let the police come to the same conclusion as you did?"
"I didn't want to put my friend through all of that longer than necessary," Rachel said and she looked at Santana, "You are my friend, and I am going to forgive you-,"
"Thank you," Santana said and she was about to sink down on the floor, but Rachel placed her arms around her waist and held her close.
"But," Rachel said and Santana stood up a little, "I'm never going to forget, this is something that I will carry on with me for the rest of my life."
Santana nodded, she understood what it was that Rachel was saying, "me too, me too," was all that she could say as she let her head hang down a little.
"I am going to hug you know," Rachel said and she placed her arms around Santana's neck and she clasped her hands together behind the other girl's head as she pulled Santana closer to herself.
Santana couldn't say anything, it was a nice feeling just to have Rachel's arms wrapped around them, they stood there for what felt like an eternity for both of them, neither one of them wanted to let go of the hug but there was something that brought them back to McKinley again, there was someone outside the school bathroom, the person wasn't knocking it sounded more like they were kicking on the door.
"How much do you want to bet that it's Finn on the other side of the door?" Santana asked as she broke the hug but before doing so she took a deep breathe to get a chance to savoir the scent that was Rachel.
"What makes you think that it's Finn?" Rachel asked, she stood on an arm's length at this moment, but one of her hands was clasped together with Santana's, neither one of them cared about that.
"He was in the hallway before we got in here," Santana said with a small smirk and looked at Rachel and half raised an eyebrow in the shorter brunette's direction, "and who else is known for kicking things that shouldn't be kicked?"
"So," Rachel said and gave Santana a smile, "Finn happens to have a bit of a history of kicking chairs."
"And you think that he wouldn't try and kick down this door if he could?" Santana asked as she thought about if she was opening the door or not, "he thinks that he is the hero in every situation even if he is the one that made the mess in the first place."
"Santana," Rachel said and shook her head as she looked that the other girl, "this mess wasn't created by Finn and he knows when he does things wrong and he fixes them."
Santana was about to say something stupid but she stopped before the first word was out her mouth, "Are you even listening to what you are saying?" She asked as she looked at rachel, "you are defending a man, actually he isn't even a man, a boy might be true-,"
"Santana! Stop!" Rachel yelled as she heard Santana.
"Rachel! Are you okay?"
The two girls looked at each other as they heard the person on the other side of the door, it seemed to be Puck that was asking, Santana looked at Rachel, telling the shorter girl that she should let them know that she was okay.
"Noah, I'm fine," Rachel said and she looked at Santana how made a motion with her hand telling Rachel to continue on, "and please tell Finn to stop kicking the door." And rachel turned to Santana, "Happy?"
"Very," Santana said with a smirk, "and as I was saying, Finn is a moron that always creates the same messes and he hasn't learned one thing from his mistakes."
"That's not true," Rachel said and looked at Santana, "he has learned from his mistakes."
"Name one thing that he has learned and hasn't done again," Santana challenged Rachel, and the shorter brunette was silent, "you can't think of one."
"Please," Rachel said in a small voice as she looked up at Santana, and Santana could see the look in her eyes.
"I'm sorry," Santana said and walked up to Rachel and pulled her in to a hug, "I didn't mean to yell, I just hate that you can't see the things that he has done to you and everyone else and not apologized for them."
The two of them stood there holding each other, "I know that I can be blinded by him sometimes," Rachel said as she had her head resting against Santana's shoulder, "But he was one of my first friends, if not my first one."
"That's my fault," Santana said and took a small step back but she still held on to Rachel, "I could have done something about that."
"You are doing it now," Rachel said and looked down on the floor, "and that is better than never."
Santana let out small laugh, between the tears that was falling from her face and Rachel's, "You know," Santana said as she looked at Rachel, who was shaking her head, "this was so not what I want to talk to you about, this is supposed to a happy time for us."
"You are right," Rachel said and the two of them could hear the bell ring, they had spent the whole lunch hour locked up in a bathroom talking, arguing, talking again, and apologizing.
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Later that same afternoon Rachel and Santana walked in to the choirroom together, Rachel was laughing about something that Santana had said, one of her hands were placed on Santana's upper arm as they were on their way over to the seats. The two of them were receiving strange looks from everyone in the room, Santana turned from Rachel and glared at Finn, he was the one that was looking most at them.
Puck had looked at them, Santana guessed that it he just wanted to make sure that Rachel was okay, he had been there outside the bathroom during lunch so he had heard some of the things that he been said, more like yelled, and when he had seen that Rachel was okay, he turned back to what he had been doing earlier.
Rachel turned around a little and looked up at the row behind them, to the left of them, where she could see Kurt and Mercedes sitting, she knew what they were doing, gossiping, the short brunette turned to Santana again, and shook her head.
"he is not worth it," Rachel said and squeezed Santana's arm, "I kind of want you around so that I don't have to deal with him myself."
Santana glared in Finn's direction before huffing and she turned to Rachel, "just so you know if he says something he is going down."
"If, and I mean if, he says something I will let you take him," Rachel said with a smile, "but you know that I'm not the only one that is going to suffer if you do something stupid."
"What do you mean?" Santana asked as she looked at Rachel, "You are the only one that is talking to me and act like my friend."
"I'm sure that Brittany will come around," Rachel said and gave Santana a knowing smile, "on Monday it will be like nothing happened." Santana shook her head and closed her eyes before she opened them and looked at Rachel.
"It will never be the same again," Santana said and looked at Brittany who had walked in to the room with Quinn, and the taller of the two blondes were now sitting and talking to Artie who had rolled in with them.
"Hey," Rachel said as she tried to get Santana's attention, "is it tonight your dad wants me for dinner?"
"Yeah," Santana said, not really listening to what Rachel was asking she knew that things with Brittany needed to get turned around, she wanted her best friend back.
"You should really talk to her," Rachel said as she saw where Santana was looking, "Talk to her after Glee."
Rachel saw that Finn was getting up from where he was sitting, and she could see that Santana was noticing it, mostly because Rachel could see and feel how Santana's whole body changed it demeanor, he muscles became rigid and her eyes got darker, her face wasn't showing any real emotions.
"Stay calm," Rachel said as she had noticed the changes in Santana, "remember he is not worth getting suspended or expelled for."
Santana nodded her head and her jaw and hands were clenched together.
"How can you let her get away with it?" Finn asked as he stood in front of Rachel and then he turned to Santana, "and you don't deserve her."
Santana looked up at Finn and she was about to say something when she was stopped by Rachel who stood up and was trying to stare Finn in the eyes, it was quite the image.
"You don't know anything, Finn," Rachel said as she looked at him, she wasn't going to bit whatever it was that he was dangling in front of her and she hoped that Santana would do the same.
"Oh, I know," Finn said and glared at Santana, "Who could you let her bully you in to dropping the charges?"
"Hey!" Santana yelled as she got up from her seat, she was standing next to Rachel, and she would have jumped him if she hadn't been stopped by Rachel placing a hand on her arm and shaking her head.
"I did what I know is the right thing," Rachel said as she looked at Finn, "You don't know all of it; all you know is what you have heard and think that you know."
"But its Santana," Finn said as it was the most obvious thing in the world and that it would explain, "Bully people are what she does."
"What I do is to tell the truth," Santana said glaring at him, "and I didn't even know that she was thinking of dropping the charges."
Finn was letting out some kind of sound that neither one of the girls could place, "Actually you are just a bitch."
"Finn Hudson," Rachel said and walked up to him, she was now standing right in front of him, she lifted her right hand and drew it back before she let the palm of her hand connect with his left cheek, "I have no words to describe what I am feeling right now, disappointment isn't strong enough."
The whole room was looking at the scene that was playing out in front of them, no one that was in the room would have ever believed that the day that Rachel Berry stood up for Santana Lopez and the reason for it would be something that Finn Hudson would have said.
"Mr. Schuester," Rachel said as the teacher walked in the room, later as always, Finn was standing in the same place, holding a hand to his cheek looking at Rachel, he hadn't understood what just had happened, "I don't feel like being here right now."
"Okay?" the teacher said and looked at Rachel.
"I think that the Glee Club can explain the reason behind it," Rachel said and turned to Santana, "you can come with me if you want to." The Latina nodded her head in Rachel's direction.
As the two of them were walking out the door, they could hear Mr. Schuester's voice, "Anyone that can explain what just happened," as the teacher looked around there was an arm in the air, "Brittany?"
Rachel and Santana smiled as they heard the teacher.
As the two of them were standing at Rachel's locker as the brunette packed the books that she would need for the weekend, Santana saw a blonde walking up to them.
"Brittany?" Santana said in a surprise as she saw her best friend.
"I just wanted to say that what you did was awesome," Brittany said and pulled Rachel in to a hug, both Santana and Rachel blinked as it happened.
"Thank you," Rachel said as she looked at the blonde, "but I didn't do anything."
"You did," Brittany said and smiled at them, "Finn was acting like he was a mighty duck," the blonde blinked a couple of times, "did you know that it used to be a hockey team called, Mighty Ducks."
"I did not know that," Rachel said and looked from Brittany to Santana silently asking her friend what the blonde was talking about, but Santana just shrugged her shoulder.
"you know dropping the charges," Brittany said, and both Santana and Rachel understood what Brittany was talking about.
"Of course I did that," Rachel said and smiled at Brittany before she turned to Santana smiling at her and then she turned back to Brittany, "I knew it was an accident."
"That is good because that means that I don't have to be mad at San for hurting you," Brittany said and smiled at them before she skipped away towards her locker.
Santana and Rachel looked at each other and Rachel broke out in a big smile, "What did I tell you?"
Santana grumbled something under her breath, and Rachel turned to her, "What did you say?"
"That you were right," Santana said and she took a hold of Rachel's hand and linked their arms together as they walked out the school, "So do you think that talking to your dads would be a good idea?"
"Some other day," Rachel said and looked at Santana, "I don't think another Finn moment is what we want right now."
I'm thinking about incorporating some of the things from this season in this story and I would like to know what you would like for me to incorporate, I have a couple of ideas but I would like to hear what you think before doing so