A/N- Hello everyone! Happy After Thanksgiving! I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday. I know I did. Wine and I are good friends lol. So, I wanted to post this chapter BEFORE thanksgiving, but work and life got real crazy and I know a lot of people wouldn't get a chance to read this until later in the week anyway so I decided to wait until today. And also it gave me a chance to add on some new parts that weren't originally there so lucky you!
Now, on to more important matters. 17 reviews. 17! For one chapter! I'm so happy to hear from you guys! It really does make my day better when I'm at work and I get an email saying someone reviewed. It really, really helps motivate my writing. I love everyone's ideas and theories. That's what makes this story build. So I thank everyone one of you for taking the time to do this.
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Chapter 11
Santana had to go back home for a while because her mom needed her help with some stuff. Brittany spent the day cleaning her room and getting out the inflatable mattresses and sleeping bags. Aly was so excited to join them, almost breaking Brittany's neck she squeezed her so hard.
It was around five o'clock that Quinn showed up. She had a bag full of junk food and magazines.
"Hey Britt! I got some ice cream for tonight. Grabbed all your favorites." Quinn followed Brittany into the kitchen.
"That's why I love you." Brittany took the bag from her hand and put the ice cream in the freezer.
"So who's all coming tonight?" Quinn asked sitting at the kitchen table.
"Us, Santana, and Aly. San actually was the one to invite Aly. She said she wants to get to know her better."
"Aw! That's so sweet! How's everything else on the Santana front? Any new developments?"
"Well maybe something has happened….?" Brittany teased.
"Like?" Quinn leaned forward in suspense.
"Like maybe a kiss…." Brittany smiled.
"Ahh! Britt! Why didn't you tell me?! When did it happen? Who started it? Tell me everything!"
Brittany told her everything that happened last night up until this morning. Even about how Santana went crazy jealous in the grocery store. Quinn sat and listened to every word.
"I would've loved to see her all jealous. This girl is crazy about you! Tell me you're finally dating!"
"No. We're testing out the waters, I guess is the phrase. We haven't even been on an actual date yet. We just started another step together. That's all." Brittany explained.
"A step that involves your tongue in each other's mouths?" Quinn smirked.
"There's no tongues involved, creep. They've all been innocent pecks. We're building up to that." Brittany laughed.
"Well, I'm happy for you guys. You both are really good for each other I think. But just know, if she hurts you I'll beat the crap outta her." Quinn shook her fist threateningly.
"Honestly, I think she'd end up killing you Quinn. The girl can fight."
"I may not win that fight, but she'll sure as hell know she's been in one."
Brittany smiled at her protectiveness.
"Thank you Quinn."
Two seconds later, Aly came walking in the kitchen in pajamas and her hair in a messy pony-tail.
"Hey Quinn!" Aly hugged the older blonde. She hadn't seen her in a while. Quinn usually came around everyday during the summer, but since school started back up she's been really busy.
"Hey Aly-cat! Heard you're joining us tonight. Nice."
"Yeah, I gotta make sure Santana's good enough for my sister."
"I'll help with that." Quinn smirked.
"Be nice you guys." Brittany warned.
*KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK*
All three girls turned to look at the door.
"That'll be Santana. Remember what I said." Brittany gave them one more warning glance before making her way to the front door. She opened it to a struggling Santana. Her arms were full of bags and she could barely see over them. Brittany quickly reached out and grabbed a couple bags, revealing Santana's angry face.
"What is all this?" Brittany asked as she and Santana moved into the kitchen. They dropped the bags on the table and started pulling stuff out.
"My mom decided to go crazy and make us a ton of food. I told her it was for one night and we already had food, but I was told to shut up. So we have queso, a taco dip, stuff for nachos, and a shit ton of tortilla chips. Hey Quinn! Hey Aly!"
Brittany, Aly, and Quinn stared at the dishes on the table. They smelled so unbelievably good.
"Can we eat now?" Aly practically drooled.
"I second that." Quinn mumbled.
"Hell yeah. I'll leave some for my parents, but everybody start grabbing stuff and we'll take it upstairs."
All the girls grabbed chips, pop and Santana's amazing smelling dips. Linda was coming down the stairs when she noticed all the girls.
"Hey girls! Jesus, that's a lot of food! Do you still want that pizza?" Each girls arms were brimming with food.
"I think we'll be good. I left some for you and dad." Brittany jutted her chin towards the kitchen.
"What's that? It smells delicious." Linda looked into their arms trying to find the source of the smell.
"My mom made a bunch of dips. There's still a ton in the kitchen." Santana explained.
"Your mother is so sweet. I'm gonna have to give her a call." Linda let the girls go past her and made her way to the kitchen.
"Just yell if you girls need anything!"
"We will!" They all yelled back as they all headed up the steps.
The night consisted of movies, non-stop eating, and gossip. The girls all got to know more about Santana and vice versa. What surprised Brittany was how well Santana and Aly were getting along. They just talked about anything. It gave her a chance to catch up with Quinn, so no one was left out.
"Mmm Santana. I'm seriously gonna start inviting myself to dinner at your house at least every other night. This food is amazing. It's a good thing I'm not on the Cheerios anymore or else they'd kick me off again for being fat." Quinn moaned. The girls devoured all the food and now they all felt like they were slipping into a food coma.
It was a little after midnight and everyone was spread out. Quinn and Aly were on one of the inflatable mattresses watching a movie and dozing off. Brittany and Santana were up on the bed, their heads towards the bottom, also dozing off. It was more to do with the fact they both got about two hours of sleep the night before.
Brittany leaned over to see Aly and Quinn and they were out cold. She smiled down at them because they just looked utterly adorable.
"Hey." Santana whispered.
Brittany laid back down and turned on her right side so she could face Santana.
"Hey." She whispered back.
"How do we keep ending up in this same position?"
"I don't know. Maybe it's just fate." Brittany joked.
"Can I tell you a secret?" Santana whispered.
"Always." Brittany wanted to know all of Santana's secrets.
"Since I've moved here, every time I sleep with you, it's the best sleep ever. I just feel so completely relaxed around you."
Brittany blushed.
"Me too. Ever since last year, I've really kept to myself. I had Quinn and the Glee Club, but I didn't wanna trust anyone else. With you, I couldn't help it. I wanted to know you. I want to know every little detail about you, because everything about you fascinates me." Brittany poured her heart out. This girl just brought it out of her.
"With one look I knew." Santana snuggled closer.
"Knew what?" Santana reached over and linked her pinky with Brittany's on her pillow.
"That fate had laid a hand with us. I just know."
Brittany felt her eyes become wet with unshed tears. All these feelings were building up inside of her and she wanted to unleash them.
"I feel it too." Brittany said softly.
Santana leaned forward and kissed the tip of Brittany's nose.
"Go to sleep Britt-Britt."
Brittany closed her eyes and smiled. The tip of her nose was probably red because the skin felt like it was on fire where her lips touched.
"Do me a favor?" Brittany asked.
"Anything."
"Be here when I wake up."
The first thing Brittany noticed when she woke up was the silence. The whole house was still, so that either meant it was really early in the morning or everyone had left. She looked up and saw her TV was off, so the light coming into the room had to be the beginnings of a sunrise. Quinn and Aly were imitating starfish on the floor with their limbs spread out and their mouths wide open. She was gonna totally take a picture of them. She woke up on her left side and she felt something on her back. She glanced over her shoulder and saw Santana, still facing her, sound asleep. Her right hand was clutching the back of Brittany's shirt. Almost like she was making sure Brittany stayed put next to her.
Brittany tried to turn over softly, not wanting to move the bed too much. Santana grumbled and shifted closer to Brittany, her face coming up behind her neck. Brittany felt Santana's breath on her neck and goosebumps broke out all over her body. This girl was driving Brittany crazy.
Brittany tried to move again, but again she was stopped.
"Don't."
Santana let go of her shirt so Brittany could turn around and face her.
"Hey you." Brittany whispered.
"Morning stranger. Kept my promise, didn't I?" Santana mumbled, her eyes barely open.
"Yeah you did."
"Can I be rewarded with more sleep?" Santana asked, her eyes closing again.
"Shhh. Go back to sleep."
Santana smiled and snuggled closer to Brittany. Her hands came up and clutched the front of Brittany's shirt this time.
"Am I your prisoner?" Brittany joked.
"Yes. You have to go back to sleep with me. I'm not letting you go." Santana ordered.
Brittany wrapped her hand around the crook of Santana's elbow, so she could make sure Santana didn't leave either and closed her eyes.
The next time Brittany woke up it was later in the morning. Like earlier, she didn't hear any noise, so she sluggishly moved her head and looked down at the floor and saw both Quinn and Aly gone.
"Hey stranger."
Brittany flipped over to her right side and saw Santana laying there with her head supported by her left hand looking down at her.
"Hey. How long have you been up?" Brittany rubbed her eyes to clear the sleep from them.
"A little while. Quinn and Aly are downstairs eating. I told them I'd be down later."
"You should've gone if you're hungry." Brittany knew Santana loved breakfast.
"I wasn't gonna break my promise."
Brittany looked confused for a second then smiled when she remembered.
"You could've woken me up. I didn't mean to make you wait all morning."
Santana smiled down at her.
"I didn't mind."
Brittany looked at her with caring eyes. Santana was the sweetest person she knew.
"Well, how about we head down with everyone else and eat?" Brittany sat up and stretched her arms over her head, feeling all her cramped muscles loosen up. She turned to look at Santana and the brunette was looking down at the bottom of Brittany's back where her shirt had ridden up. Brittany's cheeks reddened at Santana's obvious leering.
"You ready to go?" Brittany whispered.
Santana snapped her eyes back up at her and smiled.
"Ready when you are."
They both got up and made their way downstairs. The smell of waffles was coming up the stairs and the girls were drawn to it. As they stepped into the kitchen, all eyes fell on them.
"Look who decided to wake up finally!" Tom joked over his newspaper.
Quinn and Aly chuckled as they watched both girls look away bashfully.
"Leave them be. They needed the extra sleep." Linda said over by the counter where she was making home-made waffles.
"Well I'll just be in the living room if anyone needs me." Tom grabbed his paper and coffee and walked up to Santana and Brittany.
"Morning Bumble-bee. Santana, I saw your father earlier. He said to ask you if you could come home around noon, because you all have plans. But no rush."
"Thanks Tom." Santana smiled.
Tom smiled and nodded then headed to the living room.
"That reminds me," Quinn spoke up. "I gotta leave soon too. I told my mom I'd help her out with some function she's throwing."
"You need to come around more often young lady. And tell your mom if she needs anymore help to give me a call." Linda walked over and gave Quinn a kiss on her head.
"I will, I promise. And I'll be sure to pass the message on to my mom. Thanks for last night, Britt. I think we all needed that. Santana, you're growing on me. Don't be a stranger." Quinn got up and hugged each girl.
"And Aly-cat, you text me later, okay?" Quinn hugged Aly tight. Brittany figured Quinn saw Aly as a little sister. She grew up as an only child and never got the chance to have a sibling.
"I will. I'll keep you updated." Aly promised.
"Updated on what?" Brittany asked.
"Nothing." Aly smirked secretly.
Aly and Quinn shared a sneaky smirk, giving Brittany the clue the secret had to do with her and possibly Santana. Quinn said one last goodbye and left.
Santana and Brittany sat down at the table to eat and chat with Aly and Linda before Santana had to leave. Brittany walked Santana to the door, really wishing she could stay. Every time Santana left her presence, it felt like she wouldn't see her again. And that thought terrified her.
"I guess I'll see you tomorrow then?" Santana asked.
"You'll be gone all day?" Brittany wanted to see her. She didn't want to spend the day alone.
"I don't know honestly. I just know my parents wanted to do something. I don't wanna make any promises to you and end up breaking them." Santana looked just as miserable about leaving as Brittany.
"Mmkay." Brittany mumbled.
"Please don't do that." Santana begged.
"What?"
"Don't be sad. I feel guilty enough. I'm one quivering lip away from telling my parents to hell with their plans and staying here with you." Santana looked completely serious. She really would blow off her parents to spend the day with her. But Brittany didn't want that. As much as she wished Santana could stay, she didn't want to take up the time Santana could be spending with her parents.
"I'm not sad. I'm just bummed about having to share you. If I do have to share you, I'm glad it's with your parents. So go have fun with them. I'll see you tomorrow." Brittany leaned forward to open the door, but Santana beat her there. She grabbed Brittany's hand before it could grab the door knob and pulled it behind her back, drawing them closer together. Brittany's other arm automatically followed and wrapped around Santana's waist. Santana then brought her own arms up and wrapped them around Brittany's neck.
"I'm driving us to school in the morning. No arguments. We may even be stopping at the Lima Bean." Santana smiled up at Brittany before leaning in and kissing her jaw. Her lips lingered for a few seconds, just enough to make Brittany's head all fuzzy, then pulled back.
Brittany looked at her with hazy eyes and a goofy grin on her face. Before Santana could fully pull away, Brittany tugged her back and kissed the tip of Santana's nose.
"I'd love to drive to school with you." Brittany whispered.
Santana gave her a huge dimpled grin.
"But I'm paying at the Lima Bean." Brittany ordered.
The smile on Santana's face quickly fell.
"Oh like hell you are."
"We'll see." Brittany challenged.
Santana smirked and shook her head.
"Stubborn…."
They both separated and Brittany opened the door for Santana.
"I'll text you later. I promise." Santana said before sending a wink Brittany's way and heading home.
The rest of Sunday was spent on homework and TV. Brittany had zero desire to do anything else that day. Santana did text her later that night, they talked about what they both did all day. Turns out Santana and her parents went to visit her grandparents who live about twenty minutes away. They both kept texting until they couldn't keep their eyes open anymore and they drifted off to sleep.
The next morning, Santana pulled up in Brittany's driveway bright and early. Brittany grabbed all her stuff and went out to the warm car.
"Morning!" Brittany wasn't normally this chipper in the morning, but just being around Santana again brought it out of her.
"Morning. How'd you sleep?" Santana asked as she pulled out onto the street.
"Wonderful. You?"
Santana shrugged.
"Could've been better."
Brittany looked over at her and saw how tired Santana's eyes were. They even had a hint of redness to them, indicating she must've rubbed them a lot.
"Why couldn't you sleep?"
"I guess I got used to having my own personal heater with me in bed. I'm getting spoiled by you." Santana joked.
Brittany tried to feel bad, but the fact that Santana couldn't sleep because she was used to Brittany being with her made butterflies explode in her stomach.
"All I need is a huge cup of coffee and I'll be fine." Santana said through a yawn.
They pulled up to the coffee shop and Brittany unbuckled herself.
"Where are you going?"
Brittany looked over at Santana's confused face.
"To get us some coffee…..?"
Santana shook her head.
"I told you I'm getting it."
"And I told you we'll see." Brittany smiled and got out of the car.
"Britt-" Was all Brittany heard as she closed the door and jogged to the building.
"Brittany!"
Brittany quickened her pace so Santana wouldn't beat her there.
"I'm gonna kill you if you pay for anything!" Santana threatened from her car.
It seemed luck was on her side, because there was no line up at the counter when Brittany ran up there.
"Hi! Can I get a large mocha and a large double chocolate chip frappe please?" Brittany asked the girl at the register and handed her a twenty. The girl gave her the change back just as Santana came up right behind her.
Brittany felt Santana's hands wrap around her waist and her lips graze her left ear.
"I'm so getting you back for this." Santana whispered as she dug her fingers into Brittany's ribs, which was a very ticklish place on her body. She yelped and giggled until Santana finally relented. She brought her hands down near Brittany's stomach, making Brittany's breathing pick up.
"Brittany!" The barista yelled.
Both girls looked in her direction.
"I'll grab them." Santana dragged her hands away from her body and made her way to the far counter to pick up their order.
"I'm gonna run to the bathroom real quick, San." Brittany told her.
"I'll be here."
Brittany smiled and walked to the bathroom. She walked up to the mirror and saw how flushed her cheeks were. Santana hadn't touched her like that before, but Brittany wasn't complaining. That was the first time she ever showed any kind of PDA. Not that it was much, but for Brittany it was. She just didn't know what brought it on.
She quickly washed her hands and brought some water up to her cheeks to cool them down. After drying her hands and face, she reached into her coat pocket to grab her chapstick when she felt something else. When she pulled it out, she found a twenty dollar bill in her hand. Brittany knew it wasn't in there earlier and she never put money in her jacket so how could it just-
Santana.
Brittany looked at her reflection in the mirror as all the pieces clicked in her mind. Santana used her hands as a distraction and discreetly put a twenty in her pocket, as a way to actually pay for the drinks.
"Ohh she's gonna get it." Brittany whispered to herself.
Brittany was determined to sneak the money back to Santana. She gave herself one last look in the mirror and marched out of the bathroom. What she wasn't expecting was to see Santana and the barista chatting and laughing. The barista had bright red hair pulled up into a messy bun and her ears were completely covered in piercing. She was leaning on the counter, much too close to Santana and she was giggling at everything Santana was saying.
Brittany had the biggest urge to grab that girls face and shove her back.
That girl clearly saw both Brittany and Santana earlier when Santana had her arms around her. So what the hell gave her the impression she could flirt with Santana?
Brittany narrowed her eyes and walked quickly over to the girls, her eyes lasered in on Santana.
"Hey you." Brittany said softly before leaning in to kiss Santana on the cheek.
Santana looked at her surprised for a second before smiling at her.
"Hey, you ready to go?" Santana asked.
"Yep. Let's get outta here." Santana shivered when Brittany dragged her lips on her ear. Brittany wrapped her arms around Santana's right arm and cuddled close to her.
"I hope you come again Santana." The barista chimed in.
"Oh don't worry, WE will." Brittany had a bite to her words. The girl seemed to get the message and backed up.
"Come on Britt." Santana grabbed her drink, handing Brittany hers.
When Santana lifted her arm to hand over the cup, Brittany quickly slipped the twenty into the pocket of Santana's leather jacket.
Santana led them both out of the shop and back to her car.
"Are you okay?" Santana asked.
"I'm perfectly fine…why?" Brittany smiled.
"It's just…you seemed kinda tense back there. Nearly tore that poor girls head off." Santana said a little curiously.
Brittany just shrugged.
"I have no idea what you're talking about.'
"Okay…" Santana turned to start the car.
"I just didn't like how close that girl was to climbing over the counter. She could've gotten hurt."
Santana glanced back at her and smirked.
"What?" Brittany asked.
Santana leaned over and pressed her lips against Brittany's. The kiss reminded Brittany of their first one with its passion. Santana opened her mouth gently and pulled Brittany's lower lip into her mouth, where she gently nibbled on it.
Brittany felt like she was spinning. Her head was all over the place, trying to read every feeling coursing through her body. It was too much. She felt Santana's fingertips run along her jaw, holding Brittany there for a few more seconds before slowly pulling back, taking Brittany's lip with her for one last taste before releasing it.
They both looked at each other and grinned.
"You never have anything to be jealous about. I'm always thinking about doing that and it's always with you. I promise." Santana whispered.
Brittany nodded and smiled. But who said she was jealous?
Later that day, Brittany felt her phone buzz in her pocket. She was in her history class watching a stupid documentary. She pulled out her phone and hid it under the desk so the teacher wouldn't see it. She had a new text message.
To Brittany- This better not be the twenty I stuck in your pocket this morning Brittany Pierce.
Brittany chuckled under her breath. This kinda felt like a game now. Who can hide the money on who better?
To Santana- I have no idea what you're talking about.
To Brittany- Uh-huh.
In gym class, Brittany found that same twenty hidden in her locker. Santana must've snuck it in there when she was getting dressed.
So Brittany in return stuck it in Santana's jeans pocket when she asked if she could go to the bathroom during gym.
Then after Glee club practice Brittany found it in her boots when she went to change out of her dance tennis shoes.
So, finally when they both climbed into Santana's car at the end of the day, Brittany pulled Santana's hand into her lap and slapped the bill into the palm of her hand.
"If I find this again, I'm gonna super-glue it to your windshield." Brittany warned.
"I'm not taking it back." Santana defended.
"And you call me stubborn."
"You started this. I told you I was gonna buy the drinks this morning." Santana reminded her.
"Can I ever pay for something?" Brittany asked.
"No."
"What do you mean no?"
"I mean no. I don't want you to have to pay."
"Well too damn bad!"
Both girls were silent the rest of the ride home. When Santana parked in her own driveway she looked over at Brittany, who was staring out her window.
"Britt?"
"What?" Brittany continued to look out the window.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get snappy with you. I just…."
"What?"
"I just wanna treat you right. I want to buy you the things you want. I want to take you to dinner and not let you worry about the bill."
"Well I wanna do those things for you too. I don't want you to spend all your money on me."
"I'll make a deal with you." Santana stated.
"Okay?"
"I will let you pay this time, but for our next trip I'm paying. Deal?"
Brittany thought about it for a minute.
"Depends."
"On what?" Santana asked.
"On what our next trip is."
Santana smiled and looked down at her lap.
"I was kinda hoping our next trip could be our first actual date."
Brittany's eyes grew wide.
"Date?"
Santana nodded.
"Would you go on a date with me Brittany? I've been dying to ask you for a while now."
Brittany stared at her in shock. She honestly didn't see this coming today.
"Britt? Will you?" Santana asked nervously.
Brittany opened her mouth.
"I….."
A/N 2- AHHHH NOOOO! A cliffhanger! How could I?! Maybe I can be persuaded to end the misery sooner? We're almost at 100 reviews! *wink wink*