Verena R – aw,why thank you! Haha well with Rachel planning it you know Santana will hate it. Enjoy this one!
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PrettyLittleGleeber – aha, yeah she'll probably still get heat for it. But I don't think she'll ever have a song like Friday again. I love all the parodies of that song. Thank you! The Beatles are my life. Blackbird is amazing. It's high up on my list cause I'm obsessed with birds lol..but it's impossible to choose an all-time favorite. Love Eleanor Rigby, A Day in the Life, In My Life, and the list goes on. No, I haven't. I must check it out. Thanks for the review!
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It took Brittany less than an hour to get home that night. The entire time she wore this ridiculous smile on her face. A smile that she must have been saving all these years because she never remembers wearing it before.
When she finally made it to her apartment, she quickly texted Santana to let her know. She walked inside and noticed that the lights were all out. It was just after midnight. Brittany could only assume that her friends were either asleep, still out or at their boyfriends' houses. She didn't bother to find out. Instead, she just headed straight to her room and let sleep consume her.
The next morning she woke up surprised at just how tired she was from the night before. She checked her phone and smiled almost immediately.
2 New Messages
Santana: morning, beautiful. Had a great time last night, can't wait to see you today xx
Mercedes: GET YOUR ASS UP NOW! T and I want and need details..
She looked over at the clock and noticed that it was just about 10:30. Mercedes had texted her about 20 minutes ago so she figured that both she and Tina were both home.
The two of them were seated at the kitchen table. they legitimately looked like little children who were staring at the clock in their classroom desperately trying to move time.
"Fina-fucking-ly." Mercedes said.
"If you guys were so interested, why didn't you just wake me up?" Brittany said making her way towards the coffee machine.
"Wasn't that like the 3rd rule we made when we all moved here? No waking each other up when we have days off." Tina said.
"I think that was number 2. Cockblocking was number one, of course. Number three is…"
"Okay, let's get back on track. Your date with Santana. Tell all immediately." Tina said bringing the conversation back to the original topic.
"Um, it was really great." Brittany said sort of shyly as she felt that her friends were putting her under some sort of microscope. "Like really great. She looked amazing and Sardi's was perfect. I was so nervous but I'm pretty sure she was about 10 times more nervous. Then we walked for a bit and got Coldstone."
Tina and Mercedes both awed and then began with the questions: "Did you two kiss?" "Who paid?" "What did you talk about?" "When's the next one?" "Why didn't you stay the night?"
"God, guys. One at a time. But yes, we did kiss. She paid. We talked about family, where we grew up, music, New York. I don't know and because it's too soon for that."
Tina just smiled and enveloped Brittany into a hug.
"I'm calling it now, girl. You two better have me in your bridal party. And don't give me that face, fate has spoken with you two."
"You guys are ridiculous. And please, I absolutely beg you, don't say anything stupid or anything like that today. I mentioned children yesterday. Children on the first date. It was a rookie mistake."
"I promise. And that's right, you and your love will be reunited today."
"Shut up, Mercedes." Brittany said with a laugh. "Any clue what it is we are doing?"
"Rachel just told me to have us meet her in Central Park near the bridge around 1." Tina said. "So basically, that could literally mean anything."
"yes, well we have plenty of time to kill and also plenty of catching up to do. So we best be parking our asses on the couch for the time being and chatting." Mercedes said and the three girls did just that."
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Santana walked up to the nearby Starbucks. It was just a little after 11:30 and she was meeting Quinn before they met up with everyone else. She entered the coffee shop and was greeted by the usual girl behind the counter. Santana grabbed her cup and noticed her friend sitting by the window.
"Oh my god, is that Santana Lopez I see and is she..oh, no, it can't be..is she actually smiling this early in the morning?"
"Shut the fuck up, Quinn."
"You have this absolute glow about you. The last time I saw this you were dating yours truly."
"I will always say this, Quinn, in your dreams. You were nothing more than a piece of ass to me." Quinn faked shock and then lightly hit Santana's shoulder. "But if you must know, last night was really great."
"Aw, I'm happy for you. Now you must fill me in because we have about an hour to kill before we have to head out."
Santana recalled the events of the night before in full detail. She had to stop several times to tell Quinn to stop smiling like a jackass because people would start to think that something was wrong with her. She had finished and was waiting for Quinn to process it before the questions came pouring out.
"So are you planning on having a second one?" Santana nodded. "and just wow, I can't believe this girl's got you stuttering. Never thought I'd see the day and now you are never going to live this down."
Oh please, Q. your ex-head-cheerio ass isn't exactly one to talk with how whipped that midget's got you."
"That might be true but at least I don't pride myself on being from the wrong side of the tracks and being all badass and all that shit."
"Okay, okay touché. But isn't that how this is?"
"What?" Quinn asked curiously.
"Love? Isn't it supposed to be when you change for the sake of who you love. They make you better and all that sappy shit. I mean it's too soon to tell. I don't know if that's what this is exactly but all I know is that I feel something different for her than I have with anyone else."
Santana noted the sudden change in Quinn's demeanor. She couldn't quite read it but Quinn immediately caught herself and then plastered on a different expression.
"What?"
"Nothing, it's just I've never heard you talk like that before. You have to be falling in love. Otherwise, I have no explanation for this new you."
"Calm down. There's no new me. I'm still incredibly badass, super hot, successful..did I mention hot?"
"I think you just might have. And have been reminding me of it since we were in high school." She said earning a laugh from Santana.
Just then Santana's phone buzzed and so did Quinn's.
1 New Message:
Brittany: hey sorry for the delay. Cedes and T were asking me about last night. Can't wait to see you, too :]
Santana smiled and replied back.
Santana: hope you're telling them good things :p but it's fine. Quinn's doing the exact same thing now xx
She set her phone down and saw Quinn was still answered whoever texted her.
"Who was that?"
"Kurt. He said that he is going to meet us here soon. I think Sam and Blaine are already with Rachel. What about you?"
"It was Brittany. I texted her before and she just answered back because her roommates were asking about the date. Sounds familiar, huh?"
"Shut it. I'm asking as your best friend. It's my job."
"Yeah, yeah. So are you excited to see Rachel get her mack on with some chick every night when RENT finally opens?"
"Yes, I'm thrilled. It's always great seeing the person you're with doing that. But really, it's acting and the show is definitely going to be amazing."
"As annoying as she is, your girl is talented so I know it will be. How long of an engagement is this?"
"I think it's running for about 3 months. There's talk about either extending it or eventually bringing it back on Broadway depending on the success of this run."
"Wow, that's great. I can't see that not happening. The show is good and with our friends in the cast, you know it'll be amazing."
"Yeah.." Quinn trailed on as Santana noticed Kurt entering the store. She waved him over and he greeted his two friends. Quinn and Santana filled him in on everything, including Santana's date and then when the time came they headed towards the Park.
" I swear to god if this has anything to do with children, Barbara Streisand, kosher foods, noses, ugly sweaters or gold stars, I'm out." Santana said as they were closing in on the intended destination.
"Rach, babe." Quinn called out when she saw her girlfriend with Blaine, Same and several others.
"Hey!" she greeted Quinn and Kurt greeted Blaine.
"Oh, I have to say this before they come. Santana went on a date with Brittany last night." Kurt said acting as if he was a balloon that was going to pop if he didn't reveal that.
"Jesus, Kurt. I am going to throw you into the water."
"No, no. you can't." Kurt said hiding behind Sam. "There's things that should never be in water in there."
"This is adorable, Santana." Rachel said genuinely.
"Yeah, I'm happy for you. And I'll make sure that Kurt doesn't get involved especially when she and her friends arrive today." Blaine said.
"Speaking of, they'll probably be here soon. I think it's just the girls today. The guys had to work." Rachel said.
"Where's Finn?" Sam said becoming increasingly aware that he was severely outnumbered.
"Oh, it slipped my mind. He's visiting his new girlfriend's family." Kurt, of course, knew the information and informed his friends.
The group gave off some weird and questioning stares before they noticed Tina, Mercedes and Brittany approaching.
"Hey everyone!" Mercedes said as she began to hug everyone. Tina followed while Brittany just stayed off to the side and focused her attention solely on Santana. She walked up to her while the others were still saying their hellos.
"Hi." She said quietly.
"Hey. You look really nice." Santana offered. Brittany looked down and smiled before mouthing a thank you. She was about to return the compliment when Mercedes had finally made her way to Santana.
"Hey, girl. Sorry to interrupt your little lovers trance." Mercedes said before laughing hysterically at the look on Brittany's face.
"Um, it's fine. It's nice to see you again Mercedes and you too Tina." Santana said. She started to laugh a little bit as she noticed the looks between Brittany and her two friends. She was sure Quinn and Kurt were going to be embarrassing her soon enough so she decided to soak it up when it wasn't happening to her.
"Okay. I know that the three of you." Rachel began focusing her attention on Mercedes, Tina and Brittany. "are all aspiring singers and all that. So since our show is opening soon, we were asked to do a charity event and it involves some competition. It's for a really good cause and the teams are really good. And also there are some people here who just may notice some of your talents."
"It'll be like karaoke the other night only we won't be smashed and we'll be raising money for kids."
"Oh fuck." Santana said under her breath. She looked over at Quinn and mouthed the word "kids." Quinn started to laugh recalling what the brunette had said several moments ago. She knew that since Brittany was now there that Santana wasn't going to leave simply because there would be some interaction with children.
The event sailed along pretty smoothly. Of course, Rachel's team was winning. Brittany ended up spending most of the time with Santana despite not being on the same team. She casually pointed out how great Quinn was with children and how overwhelmed Rachel looked even though she tried desperately to keep on her best poker face. They managed to raise over $10,000 for a charity specializing in child with cancer. By the time the event was over, it was around 6. The group decided to get dinner together. As they were walking, Brittany casually grabbed Santana's hand similarly to the night before. They heard several "aws" and catcalls behind them (mostly from Kurt) which resulted in Santana flipping them off while Brittany smiled shyly.
They settled into a nearby diner and carried on as if they had been friends for years. They laughed and told stories. Before they all left, Rachel, Blaine and Sam announced that they had gotten everyone tickets to their show. Then everyone hugged and said their goodbyes. As always, Santana and Brittany lingered behind.
"That was fun." Brittany said, nodding towards Tina and Mercedes as if to tell them that she would catch up.
"Yeah, it wasn't as bad as I thought."
"So, when will I see you again?"
"Well, if I remember correctly, someone's busy Monday. So I guess anytime you can after that."
"Oh god, that's right. I have to say I completely forgot. You have been a wonderfully amazing distraction. But how about if you're free Monday night we do something?" Brittany asked.
"Okay, we can go out for drinks or something."
"Sounds perfect. So I'll call you."
"Yeah, that's perfect." Santana said and almost as soon as she finished Brittany pulled her in for a kiss. It lasted a couple of seconds but not any longer than their previous ones. "That was perfect, too."
"God, you're cheesy." Brittany said teasingly. "But I'm going to go catch up to them. I'll see you soon." She said before quickly hugging Santana then heading off.
Santana turned around to see Kurt, Quinn, Rachel, Blaine and Sam standing in a bus stop trying to look busy.
"Wow, guys. I might have been somewhat convinced if any of us actually ever took the bus." They all started to laugh and then started walking into the heart of the city.
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okay, so I'm thinking for the next chapter I'll show a bit of Brittany's interview and the results then jump into the future a bit. Also, need to add some drama or something. Should I introduce Brittany's mom or sisters, Santana's family, have Quinn/Santana's past come up, have Rache/Quinn or Blaine/Kurt drama, or anything else? Well love to hear the feedback. Enjoy! =)
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