FLASHBACK
Santana paused outside the choir room door. She could hear Rachel's voice. The smaller girl was arguing with Mr. Schuester over something. She felt an immense amount of pain as she remembered what had happened the night before. She couldn't believe Rachel had broken up with her. She really didn't want to go into the choir room, but she knew she'd get in a lot of trouble if she didn't. She felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned around to see Brittany standing behind her. She forced a smile for her best friend. "Hey Britt, what's up?" Santana asked.
"Why aren't you going in, S?" Brittany asked. Santana shrugged.
"Got lost in my thoughts, I guess. Let's go in." Santana said. She led the way into the room.
"Mr. Schue I just don't-"Rachel immediately stopped talking when Santana entered the room. The two made brief eye contact before Rachel looked down. Santana gave her no recognition or acknowledgement like she usually did, she just continued walking to where Quinn was sitting. Mr. Schue attempted to get Rachel's attention. "Never mind." she said quietly. She turned around and sat as far away from Santana as possible. Quinn nudged Santana. The girl turned towards her other best friend.
"What?" Santana whispered as Mr. Schue began talking.
"What's going on with you and Rachel?" Quinn whispered.
"She broke up with me." Santana whispered, shrugging. Quinn raised an eyebrow.
"What? Why?" she whispered.
"We got into a fight. She was feeling about taking the Vitamin D. She spent like fifteen minutes complaining and being repetitive, so I called her out on it. She got offended and broke up with me via text message." Santana whispered.
"Wow… that's harsh. Sorry, S." Quinn whispered.
"It's whatever, I guess. It was only a matter of time before it ended. I mean, do you really think that Santana Lopez and Rachel Berry are meant to be together?" Santana whispered. Quinn looked at Santana, knowing that the other girl was finished with the conversation. She looked over at Rachel and saw that she was fighting the urge to look at Santana. Rachel didn't know how to function in Glee without being able to sneak a look at Santana. Mr. Schue was going on about things that no one really cared about, when he asked if anyone wanted to sing. Everyone looked expectantly at Rachel, who made no movement.
"Rachel, do you want to sing?" Mr. Schue asked. Rachel shook her head.
"I don't really feel like a solo, Mr. Schue." Rachel said. Santana snorted.
"Oh come on Hobbit. You always want a solo. Don't give us that crap, because we don't buy it. What kind of game are you playing? Are you trying to make it so that more people will pretend to like you and come visit you in the Shire?" Santana sneered. Quinn looked at her in shock. Santana had never been that mean to Rachel. Rachel stared at Santana with her mouth open.
"Santana! Apologize to Rachel." Mr. Schue said. Santana ignored her teacher and just stared at Rachel. The diva looked away, grabbed her bag, and stood up.
"Excuse me." she whispered before running out of the room. Santana looked down and Quinn kicked her foot in reprimanding.
"Santana, I know you don't like her, but I'm going to have to insist that you follow after Rachel to apologize and make sure she's okay." Mr. Schue said. Santana started to protest, but stopped.
"Fine." she said and stood up. She walked out of the room and looked for the smaller brunette. She found her in the dance studio. "I'm supposed to make sure you're all right and apologize." Santana said. Rachel looked up.
"Don't bother. I know you won't mean it." Rachel said.
"Not right not I won't. Maybe in a couple of days, but not right now." Santana said. The smaller girl looked away. "Rachel, you broke up with me in a text message. I have the right to be pissed." Santana said.
"So do I." Rachel said.
"I think you're taking things out of context. You're making things into what they weren't, and you're overreacting to what I said." Santana said.
"Well, Santana, I'm sorry, but I don't agree with you. Let's just return to Glee as if nothing is wrong." Rachel said. Santana sighed as she followed Rachel to the choir room. They walked in and saw Coach Sylvester in the choir room.
"What's going on?" Santana asked, walking past Rachel.
"Coach is the new co-director of Glee. Figgins found out about your little Vitamin D experiment." Mr. Schue said. Soon, Glee was dismissed. Quinn caught up to Santana.
"I know you want her back." Quinn said.
"Q, it's over. I need to move on." Santana said.
"Please. I don't buy that for a second." Quinn said.
"And why's that?" Santana asked.
"If you really hated her you wouldn't have given in so easily to going after her, Santana." Quinn said. Santana realized that this was true.
"Even if I were to try, she wouldn't go for it. She probably won't even answer if I were to call her." Santana said. Quinn grinned.
"You have a plan?" Quinn asked.
"I have an idea. It needs to be formulated into a plan. You're dad owns that really fancy Italian restaurant, right?" Santana asked. Quinn nodded. "Do you think you can score me the back room for tonight?" Quinn grinned and made a phone call. Santana smiled as Quinn gave her a thumbs-up. "Now all I need is a dozen roses, an insanely hot dress, and Rachel. The last part is where you come in, Quinn. You're responsible for getting Rachel there. Make sure she's there at 6:30." Santana said. Quinn nodded.
"Hey, I also convinced the manager to put rose petals on the table and around the chairs, so that will make it even more romantic." Quinn said. Santana grinned.
"Thanks Q." Santana said. The two girls went to the mall to get Santana a new dress. After they had found her the perfect dress, shoes, and jewelry, they left the mall. As they made their way to Santana's car, they passed another jewelry store. Santana stopped Quinn as something caught her eye. "Hold up, Q. I want to look at something real quick." Santana said. She walked toward a display case and saw a selection of promise rings. She saw two that caught her eye. She instantly motioned for a salesperson. "Hi, I'd like to buy those two rings." she said. The salesperson nodded and pulled them out of the case. "How long would it take to get them engraved?" Santana asked.
"About thirty minutes. We have two machines." he said. Santana nodded and filled out the engraving cards for the rings. Quinn just grinned as she watched the scene play out before her.
"I never thought I'd see the day when Santana Lopez went out and bought someone a promise ring." Quinn said. Santana shrugged.
"I love her Q." Santana said. They went to the food court and got a small snack while they waited.
"You have good taste in rings by the way." Quinn commented. Santana grinned. She had chosen a simple thin black band for herself with three stones in the band, two small stones on either side of a slightly larger stone. Each stone was a different color. The smaller stones were bright blue (Rachel's favorite color) and red (Santana's favorite color). The stone in the middle was purple (the result of blue and red together). Santana had chosen a silver band with two stones shaped like hearts for Rachel. One stone was red, the other bright blue. On the outside of the band, the words 'Love' and 'Forever' were engraved. She had chosen to put 'Rachel and Santana Forever' on the inside of the rings. She also put 'Tiny' on the inside of Rachel's band and 'Sanny' on the inside of her band. She really hoped Rachel liked the rings. After they had picked up the rings, Santana drove Quinn home before going to her own house to get ready. Soon, she received a text from Quinn.
Convinced Rachel to come out with me. You're all set. –Q
Santana grinned and replied with a thank you. She quickly got ready and drove to the restaurant. She made her way to the back room and sat down, waiting for Quinn to arrive with Rachel. She put the bouquet of roses across Rachel's place setting, but kept the ring in her purse. She held her breath as Quinn opened the door to the back room.
"Quinn, why are we going into the back room?" Rachel asked. She froze when she saw Santana. "I… I can't." Rachel turned to leave, but Quinn put a hand on her shoulder.
"Rachel, hear her out." Quinn said. Rachel looked over and saw Santana's pleading eyes.
"You have my attention." Rachel said. She walked over and sat down, smiling at the flowers. Quinn waved and walked out of the room. When the door was closed, Santana spoke.
"Rachel, I'm sorry about everything. I'm sorry about what I said in Glee and I'm sorry about our fight." Santana said. Rachel nodded. "But most of all, I'm sorry that I hurt you, Rachel." Rachel looked at Santana.
"Sanny…" Rachel said, trailing off. Santana looked at Rachel, waiting for a sign of what was going through the diva's mind. 'She called me Sanny… that has to mean something, right?' Santana thought.
"Tiny, I love you. And I know that you love me as well." Santana said. Rachel nodded.
"I do love you, Santana. But you hurt me." Rachel said. Santana looked down in shame.
"I know I did. And I'm really sorry about that. But you know how I feel about you. When have I ever given you any doubt that I love you?" Santana asked.
"Never." Rachel admitted.
"Then why can't you forgive me?" Santana asked.
"I don't know. I want to forgive you. Really, I do." Rachel said. Santana nodded and looked at her purse.
"What if I gave you this?" Santana asked, pulling out the ring. Rachel gasped.
"Are you proposing?" Rachel half-yelled.
"What? No, I'm not proposing to you. It's a promise ring, Tiny." Santana said. Rachel looked at the ring.
"It's beautiful, Santana." Rachel said.
"Rachel, I love you. I want you to have this ring." Santana said. Rachel continued to look at the ring in front of her. "It's engraved on the inside. Look." Santana said. Rachel took the ring and looked on the inside.
"'Rachel and Santana Forever.'" she read. Rachel looked up at Santana.
"Read the other side." Santana encouraged. Rachel read it.
"'Tiny.'" She laughed."I love it, S."
"Do you forgive me?" Santana asked. Slowly, Rachel nodded.
"I love you, San. I'm sorry I was being so stupid." Rachel said. Santana stood up and walked to the other side of the table. She took Rachel into her arms.
"I shouldn't have said what I said." Santana said. Santana took the ring from Rachel's hand and put it on her finger.
"Are you going to wear one?" Rachel asked, smiling. Santana nodded and grabbed hers.
"What do you think?" Santana asked. Rachel looked at it.
"I love it. It's definitely you." Rachel said. Santana chuckled and put the ring on. Rachel reached up and grabbed her neck, kissing her.
"Hey, you may be a midget, but you're my midget." Santana said lovingly. Rachel allowed Santana to pull her into a hug. The taller girl kissed the top of Rachel's head. Both girls smiled at each other.
END FLASHBACK
Rachel smiled down at her ring. She looked up at Santana, knowing just how much she loved the other girl. The two girls were walking down the hallway to Rachel's locker. As they reached her locker, Rachel opened it and Santana leaned up against the adjoining lockers. As Rachel leaned in to get something, Santana kissed her. Rachel smiled into the embrace, but pulled away so she could get books out of her locker. As she closed the locker, she jumped back into Santana, seeing that Jacob Ben-Israel had snuck up behind her locker door to spy on her. "The independent polling company in my Dockers has determined you're the hottest girl in this school." he said. Rachel and Santana shared a look, before Santana glared at Jacob with as much fury as she could send through her eyes..
"Ew." Rachel said. She attempted to walk away, but Jacob stopped her. Rachel looked at Santana. Santana decided to step in. She stepped between her girlfriend and the gossipmonger. When Jacob tried to step around her, Santana simply pushed his head back into the lockers. She smiled evilly.
"Repeat after me Jew Fro. 'I will never bother Rachel Berry again.' Come on. Say it." Santana said. Jacob shook his head. "Now Jacob, do you really want to mess around with me?" she asked. He quickly shook his head again. "That's what I thought. Now say it." Santana said.
"I will never bother Rachel Berry again." Jacob said. Santana smiled.
"Thank you. Now get lost." Santana said. The boy quickly ran away. Rachel smiled up at her girlfriend.
"I owe you big time." Rachel said. Santana smiled.
"No you don't. I'm just glad that I can scare as much as I did when he found out about Quinn's baby." Santana said.
FLASHBACK
The next day, Santana and Rachel watched Mr. Schue and Coach Sylvester attempt to run the Glee Club together. Before Glee Club started, the members were talking.
"Is that a new ring, Rachel?" Mercedes asked. Rachel smiled and nodded. "It's really pretty." Mercedes said as she looked at it in confusion. "Why is it on your left ring finger?" she asked. Rachel's eyes widened and she looked down.
"Because… that's the only finger it fits on." Rachel said. Mercedes nodded. Santana smirked and played along.
"Really? My new ring only fits on my left ring finger too. My ring fingers are different sizes for some reason." Santana said. Quinn hid her smile.
"All right. Following students have been selected for a special elite Glee Club called Sue's Kids." Sue said.
"Hold on. We agreed not to split up the group." Mr. Schue interjected.
"Aw. Come on, Will. Give me a chance to do things Sue Sylvester's way. Maybe with my proven leadership abilities, I can help this pathetic group of mouth breathers place at Sectionals." Sue said. Rachel glared at Coach Sylvester's words. Santana saw this and subtly reached over and squeezed her leg to comfort her.
"Fine. Hey, just go ahead, take all the football players and your Cheerios." Will said. Rachel looked down at Santana. The two exchanged a look.
"All right everybody, listen up. When you hear your name called, cross over to my side of this black shiny thing." Sue said.
"That's called a piano, Sue." Will said.
"Santana! Wheels! Gay Kid!" Sue said. No one moved. "Come on! Move it!" Santana, Artie, and Kurt moved to the front of the room. "Asian!" Tina and Mike looked at each other in confusion. "Other Asian! Aretha! And Shaft!" Sue said. Will looked at her. "See Will, I don't want to participate in a group that ignores the needs or minority students."
"You have got to be kidding me!"
"I wouldn't kid about this. And maybe that's your problem. Bigotry is no laughing matter." Sue said. Will tried to respond, but was cut off by Santana.
"And that's how Sue sees it." Santana said, smiling. Rachel looked down at her in confusion. Santana walked back to the risers as Sue, the rest of the Glee Club, and Schue left the choir room. "Saw you talking to Jew Fro earlier." she whispered to Rachel. Rachel got an expression on her face. "What's wrong?" Santana asked.
"He knows about the baby, Santana." Rachel whispered. The color drained out of Santana's face. "I had to give him a pair of my underwear to get him to shut up."
"You didn't." Santana said.
"Well, kind of. I went out and bought a pair." Rachel said. The moment she said that, Jacob walked in.
"I need another pair." he said.
"What's wrong with the ones I already gave you?" Rachel asked.
"Uh, they still had the tag on them!" Jacob said as he pulled out a pair of underwear. Rachel looked at Santana in horror.
"Put those away!" Rachel said.
"I expect delivery by tomorrow morning or the story of Quinn Fabray and the stork goes wide." Jacob said. Rachel looked down. "I feel an urge to kiss you right now. I'm just gonna go for it." He leaned in to kiss Rachel.
"No, no, no, no. You stop it." Rachel said. Santana intervened.
"Okay, listen up. You're going to keep quiet about Quinn without getting a pair of Rachel's underwear. Clear?" Santana said. Jacob scoffed and rolled his eyes. Santana raised an eyebrow. "What was that, Jew Fro?" Santana said. Jacob looked at her.
"Clear." he whispered.
"That's what I thought you said." Santana said, smiling evilly. Jacob ran out of the room quickly. Santana turned back to Rachel. "You okay?" she asked. Rachel nodded and quickly kissed Santana. "I love you." Santana whispered.
"I love you too." Rachel replied. Santana looked down at the girl's left hand.
"Do you really like your ring?" Santana asked.
"I love it, Sanny. Hey, what does yours say on the inside?" Rachel asked. Santana smiled.
"The same as yours, except mine says 'Sanny' instead of 'Tiny.'" Santana said. Rachel nodded with a smile. "You know, you're really pretty when you smile." Santana commented.
"So are you. You should try doing it more often." Rachel said. Santana scoffed.
"I smile all the time around you. It's what you do to me." Santana said. Rachel grinned.
"Please, that's just your face cracking from all the scowling it does during the school day." Rachel teased her girlfriend. Santana laughed. "But seriously, you're beautiful when you're smiling. I wish you'd smile during the day, so that I can get to see it."
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