Throughout the rest of the night, Santana checked in on Rachel. Well, it was not really checking in on her, since Santana never left the room. The shorter girl was slowly recovering and by the middle of the next day, she was feeling completely better.
"Yeah, I am never drinking again." Rachel said as her and Santana cleaned up her room.
"That sounds like a good idea. You and alcohol are not very good friends, Rach. You never have been and you most likely never will be either." Santana laughed.
"Why do Puckerman's parties always end in disasters?" Rachel said.
"What are you talking about?" Santana asked.
"At least they do for us, anyway." Rachel said.
"Like when?" Santana said.
"You do not remember?" Rachel asked.
Santana shook her head. "Obviously not, Rach."
"Well you were so drunk that night, so I guess it does not surprise me that you do not remember." Rachel said.
"How about you go ahead and tell me your story." Santana said.
FLASHBACKRachel was sitting on Puck's back porch when Santana came out of the house.
"Rachel!" Santana drunkenly slurred. "I am so happy to see you, baby."
Rachel looked around to make sure they were alone. "Hi, sweetie. How much have you had to drink?"
"Not that much." Santana was practically in Rachel's lap.
"Santana I left you fifteen minutes ago and you were not nearly this drunk. In fact you had only had half a beer. What did you do after I came out here?" Rachel asked, running one of her hands through Santana's hair while using her other one to make sure the other girl did not fall off the stairs.
"Well, Puck challenged me to a game of beer pong. You know that I cannot and will not back down from a challenge." Santana slurred.
"Do I even need to ask who won?" Rachel asked her girlfriend.
"No, but it would make me feel better if you did." Santana smiled up at Rachel.
"Let me guess. You won?" Rachel asked.
"Uh, yeah. Duh. God, you look so hot right now." Santana said, running one of her hands up and down Rachel's arm. She kissed Rachel, pushing her up against the post for the handrail on the stairs of Puck's porch. The taller girl continued to deepen the kiss and while Rachel was not fighting it, she knew how many people were at the party.
"Santana." Rachel said.
"What?" Santana said, not letting go of Rachel.
"San, come on." Rachel attempted to push Santana off of her.
"But, I love you Rachel." Santana said, sitting up. "Too fast. Way too fast."
Before Rachel could reply, they were interrupted. "How drunk are you Lopez?" one of the other jocks asked.
"Uh…I am not sure. Pretty drunk, I guess. Why do you ask?" Santana asked.
"You just told the captain of the Geek Club that you love her."
Santana looked at Rachel, who quickly covered. "She is completely wasted. She has no idea what she is saying or what she is doing right now."
"Clearly." The jock said, walking away.
"Why did you do that?" Santana asked.
"Because letting you tell the truth in would have defeated the purpose of keeping us a secret Santana." Rachel explained.
"That is….really smart. Like, extremely smart. Did you know that you were smart, Rachel?" Santana asked.
"I had a hunch. I think I would appreciate that comment more if you were sober. Do you want to go ahead and get going?" Rachel asked.
Santana started to nod her head, but quickly stopped. "But what if Puck wants to play another game of beer pong?" Santana asked, suddenly looking worried.
"Then he will most likely be looking to actually win at the game, which he will not be able to do if he is playing against you." Rachel reasoned.
Santana slowly nodded. "Maybe you are right." She fell down into Rachel's lap.
"Yea, let's get you home." Rachel said.
"Can I spend the night at your house? Please, please, please, please, pretty please, Rachel?" Santana asked.
"I think you should. My dads are out of town and your parents are not going to like the fact that you are drunk." Rachel replied.
Santana nodded. The two walked to Rachel's car, with Rachel having to assist Santana sometimes. They were almost to the car when the same jock stopped them. "Lopez, are you so drunk you are going home with Berry?"
Rachel sighed. "This is not going to be good. Not at all.".
Santana yelled back. "Shut up, Rich! I am in love with her!"
The jocks just laughed. "Wow, Berry. How much did you pay her to say that?"
"Shut up!" Santana yelled.
"Santana, ignore them. Please get in the car, okay?" Rachel said.
"But they have to know I love you." Santana protested.
"I know that you do."
"Rachel…"
"Now, Santana."
"Rich, you better shut up before I beat the crap out of you, got it?" Santana threatened.
"Whatever, Lopez. Have fun with Berry."
"I plan on it!"
"Santana!" Rachel hissed. "Get in the car already."
"Okay."
END FLASHBACK"I drunkenly outed us? And you are still with me?" Santana questioned.
"Apparently I was the only sober person at that party, because no one said anything to me or you on Monday. I just kind of let it go since no one could remember it." Rachel explained.
"I cannot believe that I did that. When was that?" Santana asked.
"During Thanksgiving Break. Right after we told each other that we love each other for the first time." Rachel said.
Santana smiled as she often did when she thought of that day. In fact, she smiled whenever she thought of her and Rachel together or just Rachel in general.
"You know, I love your smile." Rachel commented.
"Rachel, you do not have to flatter me. You already have me." Santana teased.
"Santana, I am allowed to compliment you whenever I wish to. You compliment me all the time." Rachel said.
"That is to remind you that no one else could ever love you as much as I do. Just in case you ever think of leaving me." Santana said.
"I think there is a greater chance of you leaving me for someone else than there is of me leaving you." Rachel said.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Santana said.
"I mean you could easily get someone else. I could not. Every other person I have dated either used me or I used them."
"Explain." Santana said.
"Puck was only dating me because I am Jewish and his mom wanted him to date a Jewish girl. I had to wait an entire semester to get Finn to like me, and then broke up with him for Jesse, only to begin using him the next school year. And we all know what Jesse did. He used me to put us into a funk before Regionals."
"I thought your mom used him to get you to look for her." Santana said.
"And when I found her, she left me again. Thus, putting me into another funk." Rachel said. "Plus, the boy egged me."
"True."
"Anyway, you are Santana Lopez." Rachel said.
"And you are Rachel Berry. I am aware of my surroundings, Captain Obvious. " Santana teased.
"What I mean is, you could walk into school and easily get someone new." Rachel said.
"You are completely right Rachel. I could just walk into school and get somebody else." Santana said.
"See what I mean? You could have anybody you want in that school."
"What do you think I have?"
"Huh?"
"I do not want anyone else, because I have all that I want and more right here. With you. What I am afraid of is you realizing that you are too good for me and that you deserve more than someone who devoted most of her life to making yours miserable." Santana said.
"Sweetie, when are you going to stop thinking that? It is not going to happen. I am not going to break up with you."
"Technically you did, last week." Santana said.
"For ten minutes. That does not count and you know it. Besides even if we do for some reason break up, I will still be here for you. I will still care about you and I will still be your friend." Rachel said.
"So what your saying is, there is a chance we will break up?" Santana teased.
"Santana."
"I'm sorry baby. I am just messing around. And just so you know, even though I do not plan on us breaking up, I would be there for you too if we did." Santana said.
"I know you would. That is why I love you."
"I thought you loved me for my insane hotness." Santana said.
"That helps." Rachel laughed and started to clean the room again. Santana stood there for a moment, watching her.
Rachel turned around. "What?"
"I really do love you, Rach." Santana said.
"I know you do. I love you too." Rachel replied.
Santana walked over and put her arms around Rachel's waist, who then put her arms around Santana's neck.
"You're kind of awesome, you know that?" Santana whispered.
"Yeah…" Rachel replied.
"And I kind of like you, you know that?" Santana whispered again.
"I kind of thought so." Rachel said.
Santana leaned down to kiss Rachel. The two stayed like that for about two minutes.
"You're pretty cool, yourself." Rachel said.
"Yeah, I know." Santana said, smiling.
'God, I love this girl.' both girls thought, as they so frequently did.