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Chapter 11
Santana POV
It was the day after my second date with Brittany, which by the way, was also the day she became my girlfriend.
WooHoo to me please!
I decided it was time for my girlfriend (hehe!) to come over for another day of 'going over school work'. I didn't really know what else to call it. So I called Brittany this morning, and she said she'd come over after lunch. And since my mom is still here, I figured I'd introduce her as my girlfriend. I know my mom has already met Brittany, but she wasn't my girlfriend then.
Still so awesome.
Hearing a knock on the front door causes me to almost fall of my seat on the couch, much to the amusement of my mother. Glaring at her as I hurriedly shuffle to the door, I flatten down my shirt. I open the door to see my blonde beauty on the other side. I smile widely at her. "Hey you," she says, stepping forward to press a quick kiss to my lips.
"Hi," I reply, whilst taking the coat she was shimming off and placing on the banister. "Um, so my mom's in the living room. Do you wanna do the whole, girlfriend intro now or...?" I ask, lowering my voice while speaking the last part of my question.
"Um… I dunno, San. I've never really done that, ya know? What with never having had a girlfriend before," Brittany replies, lowering her eyes to the floor. I quickly grab her hand, resulting in her baby blue orbs to rise to my brown gaze.
"It's ok. We don't have to if you're not ready. We'll just go up to my room ok?" I squeeze her hand to let her know that I don't mind either way. Sure, I'd like to tell my mom, but if Britt's not comfortable, then I'll wait.
She smiles with her mouth, but her happiness at my statement is more clear by the way her eyes light up. "Thanks, San."
I pull her into a quick embrace, but as I'm about to let go and take her in the direction of the stairs, my mami turns the corner into the hallway. "Girls, I couldn't help but overhear. Are you two together now?"
I feel Brittany's hand grip mine tighter, and my eyes widen at my mom's words. I turn around from facing Brittany to look at the older woman, and see her curious eyes gazing upon us. "Umm…"
Shockingly, Brittany was the one to answer her. "If that's ok with you Mrs Lopez. I mean, I really like Santana, she's super cool and stuff, but only if it's ok with you, because you are her mom and-"
"Britt!" She stops rambling and looks at me with nervous eyes. "Calm down." She nods and looks down to the ground. I lean over a bit to whisper in her ear. "Sweetie, go up to my room ok? I'll be up in a minute." Brittany nods again, sends a small smile in my mom's direction, and walks up the wooden staircase. I watch her till I hear a throat being cleared. "Right."
"What was all that about, mija?"
I step closer to my mom and walk passed her, back into the living room. My mom follows me and sits next to me on the couch.
"Yes, mami, Britt and I are together now. She asked me to be her girlfriend last night on our date." I couldn't help the smile that graced my features as I recalled the events from the night before.
"Ok. But why was Brittany acting so nervous?" she asked me.
"Because she was nervous." I gave her a 'isn't it obvious?' look. "She's never been anybody's girlfriend before. We we're gunna do the whole 'girlfriend introduction' thing today, but she said she felt too nervous and couldn't do it. You weren't supposed to hear."
My mom sighs and shuffles closer. "I'm sorry for listening in, mija. That wasn't my business to hear."
"It's ok. But I should go upstairs. Britt will probably be worried about what's going on down here," I state, standing up.
"Ok. But you should tell that girlfriend of yours that I'm happy for you two to be together. So she doesn't have to worry," mom chuckles and winks at me. I smile back at her and lean down to give her a hug.
"Thank you," I say before leaning out of the embrace and making my way to the blonde girl in my room.
Opening my door, I see Brittany sat upright against my headboard, trying to focus her attention on the book in her lap. My door doesn't creek when I open it, so she doesn't notice my presence in the room. I spend a couple of minutes admiring the scene in front of me. Her long, blonde hair is tied up in a loose ponytail, and the loose top and shorts she's wearing compliments her perfectly. She's squinting a bit to try and understand the words on the pages in front of her. She looks so adorable.
She must sense there's another person in the room, because she soon lifts her head and her blue eyes lock with mine. "Hi," she says simply.
I smile back at her. "Hi," I whisper in reply. I make my way over to the bed and sit down next to her.
"How'd it go?" my blonde girlfriend asks as I get closer to her.
"It was fine. She apologized for listening in on us, and she also said that you have nothing to worry about. She's happy for us." I smile at her. She smiles back.
"Thank god. I was so worried just then. I thought I acted like a right idiot downstairs," Brittany blushes.
"Hey. You were adorable." I lean in and give her a kiss on her bright pink cheek. "So what're we studying?"
"Um, well, I'm really confused about this stuff we did in Biology last week. We learnt all this stuff, then we had to dissect a frog, and it was really gross. Like there was frog guts all over the knife we were using. And I felt really bad for the poor frog. I mean, no creature deserves to have the stomach cut open just because they died. That poor frog had to watch from above while his body was used in science experiment."
"Well I'm sure he was ok. He wouldn't have felt anything, and plus he would have been happy that he was help people by teaching them," I tell her whilst looking over her notes from her last biology class.
Brittany's face lights up with a smile. "Really?"
"Yeah. He would have lived a happy life and he got to end it by helping you out. That's a great way to end a life," I tell her. I hear a muffled noise outside my door but ignore it in favour of seeing the excitement on Britt's face.
"Thanks, San."
I just smile at her again once again focus my attention on the book in front of us. "So why didn't you tell me about this before?"
"Oh I forgot about it. We did it on Friday and I was gunna tell you, but when I saw you I forgot all about it because I couldn't stop thinking about our date the next day," the blonde tells me, a shy smile appearing on her face.
I beam back at her. "That's really sweet Britt. So tell me what you're confused about with this."
"Umm, well I don't think I was paying enough attention in class, so I didn't get some of the notes. What's a spleen?"
I lean over to grab a pen for her to write the notes down in her book as I answer her question. "The spleen is part of the frog's circulatory system. It stores blood."
Brittany takes the offered pen from my hand and writes down the words I just said. "Oh, ok. Because I just thought it was some kind of weird spoon."
I can't help but giggle at that when I see the gleam in her eyes telling me she's only joking around. "Ok, what's next?"
"What's the difference between the small and large intestine?" B asks me.
"Ok well, the small intestine absorbs nutrients from the food the frog eats-" I go to continue but the way Britt's eyebrows are pulled together tells me she's confused by something I said. "What?"
She looks a little embarrassed by her confusion. "Nutrients?"
I grab her hand and smile. "Nutrients are just the good stuff from food. The stuff in the food that makes it good for you," I explain to her.
"Oh! Ok. That makes sense," she says with a smile, embarrassment thankfully gone. "Ok, continue, please," she asks politely.
"Ok, where was I? Oh right, so that's what the small intestine does, and the large intestine collects waste and also absorbs water." She nods as I speak, to let me know she's listening and understands.
"Ok, cool. Well not cool, because kinda gross, but yeah cool-"
"Britt," I interrupt. "What's next?" I ask with an adoring smile on my face.
After only two hours going over notes and explanations (and a few snuck in kisses), I hear phone going off. I know it's not mine, and I lift my head up to see Britt's face of confusion. "What's up Britt?"
"My mom's calling me. She told me when she dropped me off that she was going shopping. She never calls me when she's shopping." She flips open her phone and answers. "Hi, mom."
I get up from the bed and walk over to my bathroom while she's on the phone. Partly because I don't want to intrude on her conversation, but mostly because I've only just realised that I really need to pee.
Even through the wall separating my bedroom and bathroom, I can still slightly hear Britt talking. "But mom, Santana and I are going over some work for school." I imagine her mom is telling her she has to go home. "Ughh fine. But she should really call before she randomly drops by." She? "Yeah, I'll make my home now."
I walk out of the bathroom just as she's saying 'bye' and hanging up. "What's going on?"
"Uh, my mom needs to go home because my grandma has decided she wanted to visit us without telling us first. And I would totally stay, but she drove like a whole hour to get here," Britt tells me, biting on her lower lip.
"Oh ok. That's alright. I'll drive you back." I walk towards my bed to start gathering her books.
"You don't have to, San, its ok," she tries to protest, I'm not having it.
"No, I'm driving you. If you have to leave already, then I'm want to squeeze in as much time with my girlfriend as I can. Therefore, I shall drive you home," I conclude, leaving no room for arguments.
Brittany doesn't argue, only smiles brightly and kisses my cheek. "Ok."
After gathering everything she brought with her, I walk her down the stairs and grab her coat from banister. I call out to my mom quickly. "Mami! I'm just going to drive Britt home, I won't be long."
"Ok, mija. Bye Brittany," she calls back.
Brittany replies politely. "Bye Mrs Lopez. Thank you for having me over."
I turn to her. "You ready babe?"
She blushes and nods.
We walk out and over to my car. I place the books in the back seat, making sure I'm standing in the way of Britt getting in the car. When I'm done, I move out of the way and open the door for her. She smiles shyly at me and gets in. Once we're both buckled in, I make my way to Britt's house.
About five minutes into the drive, Brittany turns to me. "Can I tell you something?" She asks.
"Yeah, course," I reply, taking my eyes off the road to glance at her quickly. She's focusing on the console in between us.
When she speaks, I almost don't hear her. Almost. What she says makes me smile so much; I act as if I didn't hear to get her to repeat it a little louder. "Sorry, Britt, what was that?"
She sighs a little and speaks louder. "I really like it when you call me babe."
I can't stop smiling. "I'll have to do it more then," I tell her and see her lift her head out the corner of my eye. She smiles back at me.
"Ok," she says before we settle back into our comfortable silence.
Not long later, we arrive at her house. "Thanks for driving me back, San."
"No problem Britt. I'll, umm, see you tomorrow then yeah?" I ask her.
"Yeah, silly, we have school, remember?" she giggles.
"Yeah." I bite my lip to stop myself from smiling too much at the sound of her giggles.
She leans over the centre console towards me and places her lips on mine. We kiss for a few moments, but she pulls away before it can get too heated. Leaning her forehead on mine, she explains her early exit from our kiss. "I don't wanna be showing when I see my grandma."
It takes a while for me to grasp onto what she meant, but I quickly catch on. "Oh, right. Yeah. Ok."
"I'll see you tomorrow, San," she whispers, placing one last peck on my lips and getting out the car. She grabs her books out the back and leans down to the car window.
"See you tomorrow babe," I wink at her and she giggles again, blowing me a kiss before waving and walking up to her front door. I wait until she's inside before I drive off.
Walking back through my own front door, I walk directly into the lounge, where my mom is reading a book. "Hi, mom."
"Hi, mija. Did you get Brittany home safely?" she asks.
I give her a incredulous look. "Of course I did."
"Ok, just checking. Oh, and nice frog story." She smirks at me.
I just lower in my seat and blush from embarrassment.