Lies
-Brittany-
I was awoken by the feeling of being shaken. Everything was a blur and I could not make out any shapes. 'Elizabeth...?' I mumbled slowly waking. I was still on the floor and my whole face hurt like hell.
'No Miss. It is Rachel, are you ok?' She asked worriedly. I slowly sat up and I heard her gasp. 'Miss, What happened to you?' I frowned and a jolt of pain shot through my face. I gently touched my left cheek where the pain was worse and it hurt even more, I winced and it hurt even more. I wanted to cry. 'Miss?' I looked at her and tried to make sense of the mesh of colours before me, slowly I was able to make out her light brown hair, brushed over her shoulder as she leant over me.
'I walked into the bedpost last night... It is nothing.' With Rachels help I was able to stumble over to the looking glass. I almost collapsed when I saw it, Rachel held me up straight as I looked at myself. I was disgusting. The whole left side of my face was purple from the bruise, the side of my lip was split and swelling up and there was a small cut just above my right eyebrow from where I hit the floor, a small line of dried blood beside. I sobbed and heaved, Rachel was able to grab the sick bowl and place it beneath me so I spewed into it, a combination of morning sickness and disgust. After I had thrown up I clutched my stomach, in the hope he had not hurt my baby. 'W-Where is Arthur?' I asked after a while, forcing myself to stop crying.
'He has gone to Lothian with Prince Gawain to discuss the battle at Adrenalide, did he not tell you? He left at dawn...' She looked confused.
'Nay, he told me nothing.' I swallowed the bile in my throat before continuing. 'Rachel, can you please draw me a bath, lay out a gown and then fetch Elizabeth please? Quickly.' She nodded and scurried from the room. I groaned as I hauled myself onto my bed from the floor where I fell onto once I emptied my stomach. I absentmindedly massaged my stomach and cried. I wanted Santana, I wanted to be held in her arms and told everything would be all right. But I cannot see her, because if she found out Artie had done this to me, then I would not be able to stop her in her rampage.
'Brittany?' I heard, I looked up to see Elizabeth standing in my doorway. Her eyes grew wide when she saw my face and she hurried over to inspect it. 'What happened?' It was more of a demand to know than a question. I could not tell her. I looked at the floor and repeated the same lie I gave to Rachel minutes before. I knew she did not believe me, but neither of us said anything. She just sat there stroking my face, a short while later Rachel returned with my gown and informed me my bath was ready. I nodded and Elizabeth came with me.
She washed my hair and I relaxed, enjoying the feel of the hot water running over my body. 'Are you not meant to be seeing Miss Lancelot this morn?' She asked after a while.
'Aye, but I do not wish to see her today. I cannot.' I refused to look at Elizabeth as I got out.
'Why? Because of what happened to your face?'
'Aye, she would not be best pleased.' I admitted drying myself and getting dressed.
'She will insist you know. I have hardly met her but I know that she shall insist.'
'I know.' I did not wish to discuss it further so I sat on the bed with one of the books from Mike. Elizabeth sighed and left me to it. I stayed in there all day, Rachel brought me food but I never left my chambers, nor was there any sign of Santana until later that night when I heard some shouting in the corridor outside.
'God be damned Elizabeth, I wish to see her. I need to see her. Arthur is away so I know that this is not his doing, it is hers and I will not listen to her, so please, you know as well as I do that she wants to see me.' Santana. I sighed, she was adamant, that much was evident.
'Fine, but do not say I did not warn you.' Elizabeth said, a lot quieter. My door opened and there stood San, in her robes carrying a flower in her hand. She stopped dead when she saw my face, I saw worry then anger flash across her face.
'Who did this?' She growled, walking over to me.
'I did.' I lied, not looking at her.
'Like hell you did. It was him was it not? It was Arthur!' She looked furious. 'That is it! That is the last straw I am goi- mmf' I kissed her and I felt her body untense as she returned the kiss she looked at me when I pulled away, as though she was trying to work something out.
'Calm my love. I walked into my bedpost, it is not a problem, tis my own fault.' I lied. I was getting better at it. I sat on the bed and pulled her next to me. Elizabeth had seen the whole exchange, and quietly shut the door, leaving us alone. San looked down at the now crumpled flower and blushed.
'This was... is for you. Sorry' She said, handing it to me. I smiled and kissed her cheek causing her to smile back, then stop when she saw my face again. 'Does...Does it hurt?' She asked staring into my eyes. I nodded. 'When I was little, Mi mami-' She stopped and looked really sad for a second, but before I had the chance to react she continued. 'Mi mami said that kisses made pain better, she used to kiss my cuts whenever I fell over.' She glanced at me before slowly kissing the left side of my face, being extra careful because of the bruise, she then turned my head and kissed the cut.
'Thank you.' I whispered softly still looking to the floor.
'Tis fine my love. I do not wish to see you hurt.' She said smiling at me and tilting my chin towards her. I smiled weakly as I took in her features. She was so beautiful, but where she had been fighting, much of her face was cut up, only small cuts and scars but they were still there. I traced them carefully with the tip of my finger. Right cheek, just above her top lip, the left side of her chin, her left eyebrow, the bridge of her nose, the right side of her forehead, and back to her right cheek. Then I saw the last one that I had missed. It was on her bottom lip. I caressed it as I stared into her eyes. They were impossibly dark and her mouth was slightly parted. Gently I kissed her cuts and scars, going the other way, her eyes closed slowly as I pressed a kiss to her right cheek, right side of her forehead, bridge of her nose, left eyebrow, the left side of her chin, just above her top lip, and then I stopped. I looked at her until she opened her eyes. I did not look away as I traced the cut on her lip again, slowly I leant forward and pressed a soft kiss to it. I pulled away and stared at her for a second. Suddenly her hand was on the back of my neck and she crashed our lips together in a passionate kiss.
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A/N Hello everybody, I would like to once again apologise for my little outburst yesterday but I was seriously pissed off. This chapter is no where near as good and as long as it should have been so yeah, not happy. I'm grounded for a week for threatening to castrate my brother but thankfully I don't ever leave the house anyway and my parents don't think to confiscate this. Please review and thanks to all who've reviewed/faved already. To Raven - I will soon reveal Quinn and Pucks plan, but not just yet. Much love to all.
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P.S Next Chapter is called showing their love. Wanna guess what's gonna happen? ;) (Also who's POV would you rather it be from? Brittany or Santana?)
