The Arrangement

Disclaimers: I do not own any part of Glee or its characters. This is purely for pleasure I get nothing else for this. Want to give a special thanks to Niekie for helping proof read this story for me. She's all kinds of awesome.

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A/N: Yes I am reloading this chapter on purpose. Somehow the end of the chapter didn't get in the first time I uploaded it. The rest of the chapter starts after they eat and leave the mall. Sorry for the confusion and missing info.

Chapter 10

The next month went by quickly with the girls just growing closer and closer. They continued to spend all of their time together much to Quinn's dismay. They had talked Rachel's papa into letting Santana have one weekend away to spend the night at Quinn's with her and Brittany and that appeased her some but she was still unsure if Rachel was on the level.

They all hung out regularly at Rachel's, Brittany's or Quinn's houses. They also spent a lot of time at the mall and the movie theaters. They even spent one afternoon at Santana's parent's house too but decided not to do that again because Quinn just questioned why it looked like a lot of her stuff was missing and why they couldn't go in the study and mess around with her music stuff.

This past week they had really made her mad because they hadn't spent any time with them at all because Rachel was busy with her Papa on conference calls every day and they were both busy with wedding plans and Grammy. They also just wanted some time alone without the girls or anyone else around.

Puck was also being an ass because he wanted to hang out with them too but wasn't allowed most of the time unless they were out and he just happened to run into them. Rachel questioned why it mattered so much to him when the only time they used to hand out was Wednesdays on the track before Santana had moved in so it shouldn't matter now. He never wanted to hang out before and he just huffed and didn't say any more about it.

They were now a week away from Cheerios camp and two weeks away from school starting. Today they planned a trip to the mall just the two of them to get some new stuff for school and since Rachel was burning the animal sweaters and skirts Santana wanted to help her buy a whole new wardrobe. Rachel was sitting on the couch flipping through the channels waiting for Santana to be ready to go when she heard her door open.

She looks over and smiles at her. "Hey, you ready to go?"

Santana smiles back and climbs onto her lap straddling her. "Yes but I wanted a kiss before we go."

Rachel just smirks and pulls her closer by her hips. "You can have those anytime you want them."

With that she closed the distance leaning into her and connects their lips. It starts off soft and slow as it usually does with them then gradually increases in intensity. Santana swipes her tongue along the seam of Rachel's lips and was granted immediate access. She dipped her tongue in caressing the other and they just stayed that way. Neither pushing for dominance as they just enjoyed each other.

Santana shifts above her and slants her mouth taking the kiss deeper causing a moan to rip from Rachel as she rotates her hips. Rachel tightens her hands on Santana's hip trying to still them but Santana had other plans. Rachel pulls her mouth away on a groan. "God woman… stop or we'll never leave."

Santana just rotates them again pushing back in. "The mall is open late." is all she says before she devours Rachel's mouth.

Rachel moans into her and without warning flips them so that Santana is now on her back on the couch and Rachel was on top grinding into her. Santana gasps pulling slightly away. "Jesus Rach I love when you show me how strong you really are."

Rachel rotates her hips and pushes against her roughly. "You are killing me here baby. God you feel so good."

Santana pulls her back down into the kiss and runs her hands up Rachel's back pulling her impossibly closer. "God I can never get you close enough to me."

Rachel smiles and kissed down her neck. "Soon we'll be closer. Just be patient baby."

Santana groans. "When Tink, I don't know how much more I can take before I explode or stipe you and just jump you."

Rachel chuckles and nips at her pulse point thrusting against her harder. "What, you don't want to wait for the wedding?" She teased.

Santana stops all movement and pulls Rachel up to look into her eyes. "Is that what you want to do Tink? Do you want to wait for our wedding night?"

Rachel just shrugs and kisses her lightly. "Not really, I just want to make sure we don't rush it. We'll know when the time is right."

Santana smiles and wraps her arms around her neck pulling her down to kiss her softly. "Honestly, I'm ready I think I'm ready when you are. You just let me know when that is."

Rachel leans in and kisses her with all that she is feeling in this moment. If she's honest with herself she's about to explode as well but something keeps stopping her. "You'll be the first to know angel."

Santana melts and pulls her down where she is fully laying on top of her and they are now just languidly kissing. Eventually she pulls back on a small sigh. "I guess we need to get up and head to the mall but can we snuggle on your bed tonight and watch a movie or something."

Rachel kisses her nose and smiles. "We can do whatever you want baby." She pushes back until she is on her knees between Santana's legs and pulls her up to sit. "Let's get going so we can get back."

Once she stands she reaches out to Santana helping her stand as well. "We need to hurry so we can get back and get our cuddles on." Rachel just chuckles and lets herself be pulled to the door.

A few hours later Rachel is sitting outside of a fitting room in Macy's about to rip her hair out. She had never shopped with anyone but her papa or her dads before and this was a whole new experience. Santana had already tried so much stuff on and she didn't even understand why she need so much when she had to wear her uniform every day.

She sighs loudly and hears a chuckle coming from the changing room stall. "Awe, are you getting frustrated Tink?"

Looking over she sees the door open and Santana coming out dressed in a pair of jeans that look like they were painted on and a form fitting top that showed a lot of cleavage and left Rachel drooling and trying to control her body's reaction. "Ok, that one is a keeper but how many more do you have left baby? I'm starving."

Santana saunters over leaning down to kiss her lightly. "I only have a few more but if we hadn't spent 8 years in American Eagle looking at jeans and belts we'd be done by now."

Rachel blushes and looks down. "You know I have to be careful of what pants I buy."

Santana sighs pulling her face up to look at her. "I know sweetie, I was only teasing." She sits in her lap kisses her sweetly. One of the only things that her Rachel the real Rachel is insecure about is her body and Santana hates it because she loves everything about her body. "I'm almost done. I'll hurry then we can go feed your beast."

Rachel smiles and holds her close for a moment. "I'm sorry, I don't mean to rush you. Take your time baby."

She just smiles as she kisses her nose lightly and gets up. "No, I'm hungry too and I really want to go home and cuddle with you and a movie. I'm sorry I upset you, I was only teasing."

Rachel stands and pulls her to her. "I know. I need to try and not let innocent remarks like that get to me. I'm sorry."

Santana shakes her head and sighs. "Don't be sorry Tink, it's fine, I understand. Let me just run back in here and try the last two outfits I have then we can go. I think I have all that I need after this. How about you?"

"I'm done. I got all I needed earlier. I just needed some new jeans and belts. I mostly wear my tanks and button downs and I bought a bunch of those last week when we were here and a bunch of new stuff had just come in."

Santana smirks and husks in her ear. "I know. I love seeing you in your form fitting tanks. They show off your amazing chest." She runs her hand along Rachel's abs and walks back into the stall.

Rachel takes a shuddering breath and sits back down to wait for her to come out again. She ends up taking most of what she found there and after Rachel pays they head to the food court.

They are standing in line with Santana leaning into Rachel who is pressed up against her with her face close to her ear. "After we eat let's go home because I want not only cuddles but I want to kiss you until you beg for air."

Santana shivered but before she could reply a voice on the other side of her interrupts them. "Well well well, if it isn't our favorite closeted Latina peeking out."

She turns to see Kurt and Blaine as she hears Rachel let out a low growl. She put a hand on Rachel's that was around her waist to try and calm her. "Well, if it isn't Liberace and his gel addict boy toy. I'm surprised I didn't see you while we were shopping at Pink earlier."

She smiles as Rachel chuckles and Kurt just crosses his arms across his chest. "Who's your friend?"

Santana just smirked as Rachel stood straight and let her face be seen. "I think you already know my girlfriend."

Kurt gasps and looks at her closely. "Rachel?"

Rachel just smiles. "Hello Kurt, Blaine."

Kurt did a double take and looked at her like she'd grown another head. "Rachel what are you wearing and why are you with her?"

Rachel scowled at him and Santana tightened her hand around Rachel's. "I am wearing my clothes and you need to watch your tone when you speak to or about my girl."

He tilts his head in confusion at the way she speaks. "Come on Rachel really. It's one thing to experiment and change teams but Satan?"

She took step toward him and Santana pulls her back putting her body between them and keeping Rachel at her back as she glared at him. "For your information I have always been on this team I just didn't have the right motivation to come out so I had beards. I finally have a reason to just be me so I'm taking it." She says this as she wraps her arms around Santana's waist. "As far as Santana goes you have no idea the kind of person she is outside of school and you need to step off before I get pissed. Back. Off. My. Girl."

He gave her another curious look. "What in the world has gotten into you Rachel? You don't even sound like you and this gangster thing you got going is just so not right. You've been hanging out with Santana too long or something."

She chuckles humorlessly and shakes her head. "First, there is no such thing as being with her too long. Second, you're gonna to come to find out that most of what you think you know about me is just wrong and that now that I can, I'm showing this whole damn town just who I am."

He shakes his head and eyes them both. "This not at all the Rachel Berry we all know and tolerate. What is going on with you?"

The guy at the counter calls their order number and she grabs their food before looking back to Kurt. "The Rachel Berry you know is retired, dead and gone. I hope everyone can handle the real me because that's all you're going to get from now on."

Before he can say any more she pulls Santana along as she gives him a smirk over her shoulder and follows happily behind Rachel. When they stop at a table Santana leans in and whispers in her ear. "You know what it does to me when you put someone in their place like that Tink. We need to go home soon."

Santana grabs her ass for good measure and Rachel groans. "Keep that up and were going to be finding a bathroom."

She just chuckles and sits pulling food out of the bags. "So, what was that all about? You know how he is."

Rachel just shakes her head. "I know but after what you did for him last year and helping make it safe for him to come back to school he should be kissing your feet. Instead he gives all the credit to that ass Karofsky and treats you like dirt. I'm sorry but I won't have it anymore. I've never liked the way any of those asses talked to or about you and I promise you things are going to be different this year. No one talks about or to you that way and gets away with it anymore."

She sat with a thud still pissed and Santana stands walking around the table and sits in her lap to kiss her softly, lovingly. "Thank you, no one's ever defended me like this. It's nice."

Rachel smiles holding her close, "To quote you, 'you're mine now and I will not tolerate anyone touching, hurting, or bullying what's mine. They will all be backing the fuck off because come hell or high water it's you and me. You are my family and I take care of what's mine.' You told me something similar to that and I agree wholeheartedly. No one gets to mess with my baby."

Santana sighs melting into her. "I'm pretty smart huh?"

She just chuckles pulling their food closer to them not letting go of her girl, just holding her while they ate. "Yeah baby you are."

Once they arrived home they went to their separated rooms to put up their purchases then curled up together on Rachel's bed to watch a movie. As Santana curls into Rachel's side she sighs as she feels the tension in her body. "What's wrong Tink?"

Rachel shrugs and pulls her closer. "I'm fine San. Let's just watch this."

Santana pulled away slightly and propped up on her elbow looking down at her. "No really, what's the matter?"

Rachel looks away, "I just realize that we are going to have problems with all of our friends not just the sheep at the school. I mean I knew we would have problems with some of them like we have with Quinn and I know Finn will be an ass but like Kurt and Mercedes or Tina. These people were the closest I have had to friends since we moved here. We weren't like 'besties' or anything and I know I was in character for a good reason but I hate that I'm losing them now."

Santana pulls her face back to her and kisses her softly. "I know this is going to be hard for you but I think it's for the best. You told me you hated the 'Rachel Berry' of it all and love being yourself like you have been all summer. If they are truly your friends they will be again once they get used to the real you and if they don't you still have me."

Rachel smiles pecking her lips, "That is all true and I know I have you no matter what. The altercation with Kurt just threw me off a bit because he didn't even give us any kind of chance to explain before he was being condescending and attacked. I don't know; I just wasn't expecting it I guess."

Santana sighs, "That was probably mostly my fault." When Rachel opened her mouth to speak Santana put a finger to her lips. "No, whether it be as Goldstein or Berry, you're a nice person by nature. You have your moments of bitchiness but those a mostly provoked. I on the other hand am a bitch all the time."

Rachel pushes her hand away and shakes her head, "But you're not."

"I know I'm not with you but every person in that school minus you, B and Q only know the bitch. I've never allowed anyone else to see me. So, Kurt and everyone else is going to react based on that first then the change in you will take hold. Tina will only worry about the Santana of it all. Porcelain and Wheezy will only worry partially about that then worry about how it will affect them. Namely it's that with you and I together it takes the target off of your back and puts in firmly back on them and they won't like that."

"I'm sure we will still have to fight the school about us being together and coming out as lesbians."

Santana smirks, "Yes but it won't take much for the sheep to fall in line. Regardless of anything else they're scared of me and honestly I don't see it taking much of them seeing the real you and how you react to threats to either of us for them to fear you as well. I am sorry that we will have to fight the Gleeks more than you had anticipated."

Rachel shrugs and pulls her closer. "It is what it is, it just threw me a little. None of it really matters. We just need to get through this year, get married on Christmas break and get the hell out of here after graduation. Aside from Quinn and Britt I don't see either of us staying in touch with another damned person in this town."

Santana sighed and lays her head on Rachel chest. "I'm not so sure about Quinn. She is still giving you such a hard time and I don't honestly know how much of our real lives I can ever tell her. She used to be my best friend but now it all feels off, like she just can't trust that I am happy and leave it be."

Kissing her head she rubs her back trying to comfort her. "Maybe it's time for her and I to have that talk we've been avoiding."

"I don't know Tink, I don't want you two fighting and I feel like if you confront her alone that's what's going to happen. Not because you want to fight her but Quinn just has a way of getting under peoples skin and I don't want you to actually kill the bitch."

Rachel chuckles. "I won't kill her but if things don't get better soon I will be having words with her. I hate that you are so tense after spending time with her. She needs to chill the fuck out."

"Ok," she said as she burrows in more. "Can I stay here tonight? I'm so tired and I just want you to hold me."

Rachel smiles reaching out for the blanket to cover them and switches off the TV. "You can stay here anytime you want baby."

With that Santana settle into her rubbing her stomach and fell asleep fairly quickly. Rachel lay there and held her loving the feel of having her pressed so fully into her. As she watched her sleep she vowed that one way or another she would be having a talk with Quinn. Santana deserved some peace and Rachel was going to make sure she got it.

A/N: School is fast approaching. What did you think about Rachel telling Kurt off? More soon.