Chapter 12: A Rocky Start

As soon as Brittany arrived at the hospital, she ran over to the desk to find out where Christian was. They hadn't really said much to her on the phone other than that Christian was hurt and he was in hospital getting checked over.

"Hi, I'm looking for Christian Smith. I got a phone call that he was here and had been hurt" Brittany tells the woman behind the desk.

"Are you a family member?" the woman asks.

"I'm Brittany Pierce…Brittany Smith I guess since he's still technically my husband so yeah I guess I'm still family at the moment" Brittany replies.

"Well he's in that room right over there" the woman replies so Brittany rushes over to the room. As soon as she walks in she sees Christian lying on the bed.

"Chris what happened?" Brittany asks worriedly.

"It looks worse than it really is Brittany, honestly don't worry" Christian assures her. "After you left tonight I got a call from some friends and they asked if I wanted to grab a few beers so we went to a bar. Just as we were leaving this other guy started causing trouble because he was drunk so I tried to get him to calm down and stop being so aggressive to the girl behind the bar. Eventually I got him to settle down but as he turned to walk away, he pushed past me and I fell and hit my head on a table" he says.

"So how bad are things then, do you have concussion?" Brittany asks.

"No, it mostly just bruising and a cut to my forehead. It needs stitches but they're going to let me out soon" Christian replies.

"Ok well I'll wait and drive you home" Brittany states.

"You don't need to do that Brittany, just go home" Christian smiles. "I told them they didn't need to call anyone because I was fine but since you're still listed as my wife in my records then they assumed I'd want you here."

"I'm happy to stay Chris" Brittany says genuinely. They're not together anymore but it doesn't mean she doesn't care about him when he's hurt.

"You really don't need to do that, honestly" Christian shakes his head. "As soon as I am stitched up and ready to go then I'll call a cab so you might as well go home and get to bed."

"Nonsense, I'm staying right here to make sure you're ok" Brittany states. "I'm not taking no for an answer, ok?"

"Ok" Christian laughs.

Even though Brittany wants to be with Santana right now she feels like she owes it to Christian to be there for him right now. It was her decision to divorce and she was the one that piled everything onto him tonight so she doesn't want to just get up and leave. She has Santana now and she's happy but Christian is alone so the least she can do is give him a ride home since she's here anyway.

"So what were you up to tonight when you got the call, they didn't wake you up did they?" Christian asks.

"No I wasn't asleep" Brittany shakes her head. She doesn't want to go into the full story right now because she's just broke the news to him that's she's with Santana so she doesn't want to then make things worse and say they were actually together before she came tonight.

"That's good" Christian smiles.

"So is there anything I can get you, some water maybe or ask about painkillers?" Brittany asks.

"Perhaps you could find a doctor or nurse to see what's going on" Christian states. "If it's only bruising and a cut then why is it taking so long for me to get out of here?"

"I'll go and find out" Brittany smiles while squeezing Christian's hand in reassurance.

"Ok" Christian nods and then Brittany leaves the room.


Brittany didn't get home until really early in the morning since she was waiting at the hospital with Christian so she's decided she'll get some rest and go into work later. She hasn't got anything important on today anyway so she's going to go to bed for a few hours.

Meanwhile Santana has been hard at work going through some stuff in the music studio with a client. They're almost finished with the album so the client is going to come back and finish tomorrow. She's now in her office updating some files but she's finding it hard to concentrate because she thought she might have heard from Brittany by now.

She understood the situation last night with Christian but she is starting to get a bit pissed now. She's not the guy's number one fan but she is a bit concerned that it could have been something serious. She hasn't heard from Brittany all day and she doesn't want to call and annoy her but she does think Brittany should have the decency to update her on the issue.

After waiting another half an hour, Santana decides she's just going to call Brittany so she can put her mind at rest. However when she does, it goes straight to voicemail so she leaves a quick message.

"Hey it's me, can you give me a call back whenever you can please."

Just as she is putting her phone away she notices George coming out of Brittany's office so she quickly goes after him to talk to him. "Hey George, wait up" she says loudly to get his attention.

"Hey" George smiles.

"You're Brittany's assistant so you pretty much know where she is most of the time, right?" Santana asks.

"If it's regarding work then I always know where she is but outside of that I don't" George replies. "Is everything ok?" he asks.

"It's no big deal really, I just wondered where she was" Santana shrugs trying to play it cool.

"I'm not exactly sure myself about what's going on but she said she'd definitely be here at some point and I've just to do what I was meant to do this morning anyway" George replies.

"Ok I guess I might see her later then. Anyway I'll let you get back to work" Santana smiles. She's not smiling on the inside right now but she doesn't want to cause a problem at work.

"Just because I'm Brittany's assistant doesn't mean I can't help you with anything so if you need me then I can help because I know you don't have an assistant yet" George says genuinely.

"Thanks George but I'll be ok today" Santana smiles gratefully.

"Ok well back to work I go" George smiles and then walks off.

"Morning…or should I say afternoon" Brittany says cheerfully while walking into Santana's office.

"Hi" Santana says while looking up from her computer.

"Have you had any lunch because I haven't eaten and I'm starving" Brittany says while taking a seat at the desk across from Santana. "I'm going to get George to get me something from the canteen downstairs, shall I get him to get you something?" she asks.

"No thank you, I've already eaten lunch" Santana replies coldly. She doesn't want to seem immature here but she can't pretend what Brittany is doing is ok. She waltzes in there like nothing has happened and Santana hasn't been waiting on her calling her back or updating her.

"I'm getting the sense you're mad at me or something" Brittany says frowning in confusion.

"Whatever gave you that idea" Santana rolls her eyes.

"Honey what's going on?" Brittany asks while moving around to the other side of the desk to be closer to Santana so they can talk.

"It's 1pm Brittany, I called you like 2 hours ago and asked you to call me back but yet you haven't. I mean fair enough if you were busy but you're obviously here now so you've had the time to do it" Santana states.

"I never got your message until I was leaving so instead of wasting a phone call I decided to come straight here to see you instead" Brittany replies.

"Ok" Santana shrugs.

"Look I never got home until 4am so I decided to go to bed for a few hours because I can't work with no sleep. However a few hours turned into 6 so as soon as I woke up, I had to shower and get ready and came straight here. It wasn't until I checked my phone for the time that I realised I had a missed call from you and a voicemail" Brittany says honestly.

"Ok, fair enough" Santana nods. She understands how that might happen but she's still pissed because Brittany has not mentioned Christian once yet and she thinks she should tell her what's going on.

"I'm going to quickly text George and tell him what I want to eat and then maybe I can sit here with you and eat lunch" Brittany smiles while beginning to text George.

"Look I've got too much work to do Brittany" Santana sighs.

"Ok well you can work while I eat. We don't even need to talk, I can just sit in the corner quietly" Brittany suggests. This way they can spend time with each other but still do what they need to do.

"Fine, do whatever you want" Santana says not in the mood to fight Brittany on this.

"Am I missing something here because I feel you're still mad at me" Brittany says frowning in confusion again.

"I am still mad at you Brittany, I'm pissed actually" Santana states.

"Why, what have I done?" Brittany asks curiously.

"You leave me late at night to rush off to the hospital but don't think you owe me an explanation the next day. I'm not trying to be nosy Brittany but I think I deserve to know what's going on" Santana says seriously. "You're supposed to be with me now, not him so I think the least you can do is say something about what happened last night."

"I'm sorry, I didn't think you liked me mentioning Christian" Brittany says. She didn't think Santana would want to hear about her ex considering she and Brittany are together now.

"I'm not totally cold hearted Brittany. I think when someone rushes off to the hospital late at night then it is worthy of knowing about" Santana states.

"Ok, like I say I'm sorry. I just misjudged things" Brittany apologises.

"So what happened to your husband then?" Santana asks leaning back in her chair to look at Brittany.

"Ex-husband Santana" Brittany points out, "and he got knocked over by some drunk guy when he was out for a few drinks last night and hit his head. He's going to be fine though and he's back home already."

"Ok" Santana nods. "Does he have no family nearby?" she asks.

"Yeah his parents live 20 minutes away" Brittany replies.

"But he just fancied having you by his side rather than them I assume" Santana says slightly annoyed. I mean if the guy is fine then why did they call Brittany in such a panic?

"No he didn't want anyone there, it was a nurse who called me. I am still technically his wife so she assumed he would want me there so she called me. Chris didn't know about that until just before I turned up" Brittany states.

"Ok, sure" Santana nods.

"Excuse me, I can tell by your tone that you don't believe me but I can assure you Santana that's all it was" Brittany says honestly.

"I believe it from your end but are you honestly telling me he didn't secretly like that you were there. I mean the guy was practically begging you to take him back a few weeks ago" Santana states.

"As soon as he found out last night that I had moved on then he let it go. He doesn't want me Santana and I don't want him so let's let it go" Brittany says getting frustrated.

"Look Brittany I…" Santana can't finish her sentence because she's been interrupted.

"Oh there you are Brittany, I was looking all over for you because you didn't say where you were" George says while walking into the office out of breath. "I've got your lunch but you failed to mention where you were eating it so I've been up and down the corridors looking for you" he says while placing the food on the desk.

"I'm sorry" Brittany replies genuinely. "Look I've only just arrived and you've probably been working your butt off this morning while I wasn't here so why don't you go home early" she suggests.

"It's ok, you don't need to do that" George assures Brittany.

"I'll pay you for the full day, I promise" Brittany smiles at George.

"Are you sure?" George asks.

"Of course, now go have some fun or whatever" Brittany states.

"Ok well I'll see you both tomorrow" George smiles before leaving.

"So where were we?" Brittany asks while turning to Santana and smiling.

"Look let's just talk later because you need to eat and I need to work" Santana states. "I need to go back downstairs to the studio in ten minutes anyway."

"Ok well I'm going to be here quite late tonight since I've only just got here but you're welcome to come to my place later tonight and we can talk if you want" Brittany replies.

"No let's just leave it for today because you might be here late but I've been here since 7am this morning doing things so I think I'm just having an early night tonight" Santana tells her.

"You're not just saying that to avoid me are you?" Brittany asks.

"I'm not because I do want to finish the conversation, I just don't have the time or energy for it today anymore" Santana replies honestly.

"Ok well I'll be here bright and early tomorrow so I'll just see you then I guess" Brittany says looking at Santana.

"Yeah, you will" Santana nods.

"I might as well just go back to my office and eat then if you're not sticking around here much longer" Brittany points out.

"Ok" Santana replies.

"If I don't see you again today then I'll definitely see you tomorrow" Brittany says while walking towards the door. "Take care Santana" she smiles before leaving.

"Take care?" Santana questions aloud to herself. "How about, I love you?" she shakes her head before going back to what she needed to do.


Brittany and Santana haven't spoken since yesterday but Brittany is hoping they'll get a chance to talk today. She's been busy with choreography all morning but she's got a bit of a break just now so she's going to find Santana and see if she wants to talk. She doesn't think they'll have a whole lot of time to talk right now but she's hoping to at least speak to her and maybe make arrangements to hang out after work and talk.

"Hey, are you busy" Brittany asks as she knocks on Santana's open office door.

"I am a little bit just now actually" Santana replies. "You can come in for a couple of minutes though" she tells Brittany.

"Thanks" Brittany smiles while walking into the office. "So how are you today?" she asks nervously.

"I'm ok, you?" Santana asks.

"Yeah ok but I miss you" Brittany admits.

"I miss you too" Santana smiles.

"I don't have a lot of time to talk either just now but do you want to catch up after work and maybe grab dinner or go to one of our apartments?" Brittany suggests.

"Why don't I cook us something and we can talk more privately at my place. It'll be easier with just the two of us to talk properly and not have everyone at other tables in the restaurant listening in" Santana replies.

"That's cool but maybe at the end of the week we could go out somewhere and have a proper date" Brittany suggests.

"Sounds good" Santana smiles. "So shall we say 7pm at mine or will you not be finished by then?" she asks.

"No 7pm sounds good babe" Brittany smiles. "Anyway I better get back to work" she says while walking towards the door.

"Take care Britt" Santana smirks.

"Um…ok" Brittany frowns in confusion while turning around to fully look at Santana.

"What?" Santana asks as she notices Brittany looking at her weirdly.

"Why did you just smirk when you said that?" Brittany asks still confused.

"Because it's just a funny expression to use when one of us is about to leave" Santana replies.

"Then why did you use it?" Brittany laughs.

"Because that's what we say to one another nowadays isn't it?" Santana states.

"I'm sorry babe but you're talking in riddles so you've lost me" Brittany shakes her head in confusion.

"Yesterday after you left my office you told me to take care. I would have rather you said you loved me than take care" Santana says.

"Well I didn't know just how mad you were at me but I wanted to say something nice to make you know I still cared about you. I would have said I loved you but I just didn't know if it was too weird to say that yet. I mean I know we both know we love one another but we've not really said those three words since we admitted it you know" Brittany points out.

"I suppose we haven't" Santana agrees. "Anyway I'll talk to you later" she smiles.

"Yeah see you later" Brittany smiles back and then leaves.

Brittany and Santana have just finished clearing up from dinner so they're now sitting in the living room talking. They decided to eat first and then they would talk once they were done.

"Right now, how do you feel about everything?" Brittany asks turning to give Santana her full attention.

"I'm worried about things Brittany. You and Christian are still married and you and I aren't really anything at the moment so I feel like no one to you right now" Santana admits. "We can't even say we're best friends anymore because we still haven't fully gotten to know one another again. I mean there is still a lot I don't know about you and you don't know about me" she points out.

"You are not no one to me Santana, I promise" Brittany reassures her while placing her hand on Santana's knee. "You are everything to me but I just can't shout it from the rooftops."

"I feel like the other person in a relationship and it's horrible" Santana says.

"I've got no doubt it would be horrible but you aren't the other person though. There are only 2 of us in this relationship" Brittany replies. "I don't even have a relationship with Christian anymore."

"But you do Brittany because you're still married and until you divorce then there's always going to be you and Christian" Santana sighs.

"I love you Santana" Brittany says while gently placing her hand on Santana's cheek to turn her head around. "I just want to be with you and only you" she says while leaning in to kiss Santana.

"But…"

"No buts babe" Brittany shakes her head. "Do you really think I would be trying to get you into bed right now if I wanted Christian?" she asks with a slight smirk across her face.

"I believe you don't want him but I don't believe he doesn't want you" Santana states.

"Santana I don't know what to say to you right now to convince you. I mean I am still kinda married right now so I know where you're coming from but at the same time if you believe I don't want him then that's all that really matters. I want you and you want me so can't we leave it there just now?" Brittany replies.

"We can't just pretend the situation isn't what it is" Santana states.

"As soon as my divorce is over then this will be better" Brittany replies. "Look it's just the two of us just now and there's no Christian involved so let's take advantage of that" she smiles while caressing Santana's thigh.

"I know what you're trying to do and it won't work" Santana points out.

"Yes it might" Brittany nods.

"Sex won't make this go away Brittany" Santana states.

"Not even a little bit" Brittany asks before leaning in to gently kiss Santana's neck. "It won't even make you feel the tiniest bit better?"

"I doubt it" Santana shrugs.

"It used to always make you feel better" Brittany smirks while moving so she can straddle Santana. "I used to be able to cheer you up in no time" she says while placing Santana's hands on her hips. She then reaches behind Santana's head and takes her hair out of her ponytail.

"That may be so but I'm not 16 anymore so you can't win me round that easily" Santana says while moving her hands from Brittany's hips and gently running them up and down Brittany's back.

"But maybe I can because I'm not 16 either anymore so maybe I have a few other tricks up my sleeve" Brittany smirks while looking at Santana for a moment before leaning down to kiss her neck again.

"But you're not wearing sleeves Britt, you have a sleeveless shirt on" Santana points out teasingly.

"Ok smartass you know what I mean" Brittany rolls her eyes playfully before lifting Santana's arms in the air and gently lifting her shirt over her head. She throws the shirt to the floor before looking Santana up and down for a second. "That is definitely a better view now" she says before tracing her fingers over Santana's collarbone.

"That might be so but this isn't going to make our problems go away" Santana says slightly more seriously. She does want this but she wants to make Brittany aware that they do need to sort things out more.

"Look I need to know if you really don't want this or if you're just teasing me because I don't want you to think I'm taking advantage of you" Brittany states worriedly. She's not really getting a clear vibe of what's going on so she doesn't want to misread the signals and do something wrong.

"Trust me you'll know when I'm saying no and this isn't it" Santana smiles reassuringly. "But just don't think the conversation is forgotten about though."

"Ok" Brittany nods.

"Once we get back to that place we were once in then you'll know how to read me better but right now I do want this and I want you" Santana smirks while pulling Brittany closer to her. She gently pulls her head down and kisses her.

"Do you think we should take this elsewhere because I want it to be special?" Brittany asks, suddenly turning shy since things are heating up.

"Yeah we should go to my room because this couch isn't all that comfortable anyway" Santana smiles.

"Ok" Brittany nods while getting off of Santana's lap and standing up. She then quickly slips off her shoes and tosses them to the side next to her purse.

"Good idea" Santana smiles while slipping her shoes off before leading Brittany to the bedroom. "Why don't you get comfortable on the bed and I'll draw the window" she says while kissing Brittany's cheek and then letting go of her hand to walk over to the window.

"Ok" Brittany smiles while walking over to the bed.

"I doubt anyone would see in the window since we're so high up but I'm not taking the chance anyway because this is between you and me and no one else" Santana says while sashaying over to the bed.

"You look so sexy right now" Brittany points out as Santana gets onto the bed and straddles her hips.

"The feeling is mutual" Santana smiles. She kisses Brittany gently while reaching down to the hem of her shirt. She pulls away slightly and pulls Brittany's shirt over her head. "We don't need that anymore" she says while taking in Brittany's appearance.

"I guess we don't" Brittany smiles up at Santana. She then moves down the bed slightly as Santana begins kissing down her body. Santana stops for a second as her hand traces a scar on Brittany's abdomen.

"Britt, what happened?" she asks in concern as she looks up at Brittany.

"Oh it's no big deal, I just had an appendectomy a few years ago" Brittany smiles. "The scar may be visible but it really doesn't bother me, I kinda like it actually" she shrugs.

"I kinda like it too" Santana smiles before kissing the area gently.

Santana is in the kitchen making some coffee for her and Brittany. Since it's getting a bit late, she decides to make it decaffeinated so they're not awake all night when they have work tomorrow. She's just stirring the cups when Brittany walks into the room.

"Hi" Brittany smiles while walking over to Santana.

"Hi" Santana smiles back.

"I know we didn't leave the conversation earlier in the best place but I promise you that you're the only one for me" Brittany smiles while wrapping her arms around Santana's waist. "Even if Christian was being an ass then that's not going to change us anyway so please don't worry about it."

"Ok" Santana nods.

"So what are you up to?" Brittany asks.

"Making us some coffee and then I was hoping I could talk to you about work for 10 minutes" Santana replies as they walk to the living room with their coffee.

"Yeah that's cool" Brittany smiles taking a cup from Santana.

"Then I thought you might like to stay tonight?" Santana asks with a smile.

"But I don't have my pyjamas with me" Brittany teases.

"Maybe you won't need them" Santana smirks.


Things have been going reasonably smoothly for Brittany and Santana the last few days. They've been working and hanging out a lot together. Brittany hasn't seen Christian either for a while which Santana is thankful for. Brittany is currently in the dance studio going through some choreography when Santana walks in.

"You looked so sexy doing that" Santana smirks.

"Thanks" Brittany says blushing before taking a drink of her water. "It would look even better if I had a partner though" she adds.

"Are you asking me to dance with you Brittany Pierce?" Santana teases.

"Oh no I wasn't meaning that, I meant it's hard to choreograph these kinds of dances on my own but I have to tonight because there's no one else available and I'm on a deadline so I can't leave it" Brittany replies.

"I was only teasing babe" Santana smiles. "If I can be of assistance though then I'm happy to help" she says honestly.

"Thank you but that wouldn't be a good idea" Brittany admits.

"Why not?" Santana frowns in confusion.

"Because we're at work so there's no way I can lose concentration and I certainly will if I need to dance with you because I won't be able to take my eyes off you" Brittany states.

"I see" Santana smirks.

"Yeah it's really not a good idea to lose focus in the middle of work" Brittany says.

"You know we could always sneak off somewhere or find a reasonably sized closet" Santana smirks. "I mean you are pretty damn sexy right now."

"As much as I would love to, we can't" Brittany says regrettably.

"Why not?" Santana asks while moving closer to Brittany.

"Because we're at work right now and it wouldn't be professional to do that" Brittany points out.

"Babe no one is going to notice we're not here because most of our staff are away home and those who are here don't need to help us with anything right now" Santana says while wrapping her arms around Brittany's waist.

"I'm not joking around Santana. I was serious when I said I try to keep my personal life out of my work life" Brittany states. "I know we're dating and we work together but I still think we need to remain professional around here."

"But you're the one that has been kissing me in bathrooms and stroking my hand, how is that different?" Santana asks annoyed.

"Because it's hard not to do anything when we work so closely together but I think there has to be a limit. I can't ignore you every day but I also can't be hooking up with you in closets" Brittany points out.

"So what you're saying is that I've to play by your rules now?" Santana questions.

"Please don't get mad at me Santana, I'm just saying what I think is best for the business" Brittany states.

"No you're just hiding away as usual" Santana shakes her head annoyed.

"Christian was barely ever around here when we were together. This really isn't about us, it's just about how I like things around here. I don't want our staff looking at us differently when they know we're together" Brittany replies.

"Do you know what, I'm going home" Santana shakes her head while walking towards the door.

"I'm sorry Santana, I don't mean it to sound like I'm being awkward all the time because I'm not. I just like things in general to remain professional" Brittany says honestly.

"It's hard to read you Brittany so I can't tell if this is a gay thing or a Brittany thing but it doesn't matter right now because I'm just going to go home" Santana states.

"Ok, I'll see you tomorrow then" Brittany sighs.

"Yeah I'll see you tomorrow" Santana says before leaving. Meanwhile Brittany goes back to work on her choreography.


It's the next day and Santana has just walked into her office. She's not in the best of moods since she and Brittany had a disagreement last night but when she sees who's in her office her mood gets even worse.

"Um…excuse me" Santana states while briskly walking over to her desk. "Who let you in here?" she asks annoyed.

"Security said it was ok" Rebecca shrugs as if it's no big deal.

"No I meant who let you into my office. You shouldn't be waiting in here, I have confidential things in my office" Santana snaps.

"I wasn't going to go through all your stuff, I was just sitting waiting on you turning up" Rebecca states while walking over to the desk. She goes over to the same side of the desk that Santana is sitting at and leans against it.

"What the hell are you doing here anyway?" Santana asks annoyed. "We broke up ages ago, almost a year ago to be honest."

"Look I've been speaking to Quinn and she mentioned you were single at the moment" Rebecca says.

"So you thought you would come and annoy me at work?" Santana asks pissed. She really doesn't want Rebecca here right now especially when Brittany will be at work soon.

"I miss you Santana" Rebecca says while moving closer to Santana. "We were good together, don't you think so?"

"No I don't think so" Santana states firmly while shaking her head.

"I want us to try again because I believe it could work" Rebecca says while taking Santana's hand in hers.

"It wouldn't work and let go of my damn hand" Santana shakes her head while drawing her hand away.

"I still love you Santana" Rebecca says while leaning in towards Santana. Santana starts to back up a little before speaking up.

"Well I'm sorry but I don't…"

Rebecca shoots forward and her lips graze Santana's just as someone walks into the room.

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't realise you had company" Brittany says, a mix between shock and hurt.

"It's ok" Rebecca smiles before leaning into Santana again. Brittany immediately turns and walks back out the door completely missing Santana's reaction.

"Jesus, get the fuck off me" Santana states while jumping out of the way. "You don't just put your lips on someone like that you psychopath" she shakes her head before quickly leaving and taking off down the corridor.

"Santana where are you going?" Rebecca shouts after her but she doesn't reply. Santana continues running down the corridor until she finds Brittany in the copying room.

"Ok that was not what it looked like" Santana says walking over to Brittany.

"Oh really" Brittany states in disbelief. "I guess because I won't have sex with you at work then you look elsewhere?"

"That is not true" Santana says honestly.

"I know I am taking a while to open up about things but I thought you knew deep down how much I love you" Brittany says upset.

"Of course I do. Honey no amount of arguing is going to make me stray I can assure you" Santana states. "That bitch had her lips on me before I could pull away. I was in the middle of a sentence when she just lunged at me."