"Santana?" The hand sticking out from under the lump covered blanket moved a little bit
"San" Rachel said as she reached for the hand which as if almost cue darted under the blanket
"Santana wake up" Rachel sat down on the bed and the lump stretched out And groaned a little bit
"Hmm?" Santana mumbled
"Wake up. We've got things to do and people to see and I'm hungry" Rachel stated as she pulled the blanket off Santana.
"I'll get up if you buy breakfast."
"Santana its two in the afternoon." Rachel rolled her eyes
"Fine. Lunch"
"Lets go" Rachel said pulling Santana up and out of her bed.
As the two were walking around the mall window shopping Rachel spoke up
"Have you seen the videos Kitty posted from your night out last night?"
"I didn't even know that there was videos" Santana replied as she was staring at a pair of nike tennis shoes
"Yeah you made entertainment daily."
Santana whipped her head towards Rachel "what?!"
"Yeah. The apple doesn't fall to far from the tree when it comes to jazz legend Marvin Lopez' granddaughter. She's talented just like her grandfather on the piano, guitar and.."
Rachel was abruptly cut off when Santana ripped the phone out of Rachel's hand to read the article and look at the videos.
"Man I look hot!" Santana chuckled
"Seriously that's all you have to say?" Rachel rolled her eyes
"What else am I suppose to say? I am talented. And I look cute" Santana shrugged her shoulders.
"Rachel?" Santana said softly as they sat in the food court watching people walk by
Rachel stopped what she was doing and looked at Santana she knew it was serious because she only calls her Rachel when it's serious
"I deploy at the end of the year"
"Alright people's. It's my favorite time of year!" Santana says walking into a small conference room.
She's met with a few moans from the soldiers who were in her company last time she said those words and smiled.
She turned around at the podium and tossed down a small stack of papers onto the table next to her
"Do not sound so excited. "
Santana just stood at the podium and stared at the group in the room.
"Anyone have any suggestions on what the next week will hold"
One person raised their hand
"Collins?"
"Field training?"
"Yes" Santana fist pumped. "Field training! A whole week of us and nature. Mono y mono!"
A few more groans were heard.
"We leave Monday! For you new people here's a paper to help pack or whatever. Meet back here 0630 Tomorrow morning. Peace out!" And Santana walked out out of the room.
"Just kidding" Santana says walking back into the room. "We have things to go over."
Santana was walking to her car looking over paperwork when she heard "Sergeant Lopez!"
Santana turned slightly to see a private, new to her company jogging up to her
"You have from here until I get to my bike to tell me what you need or want to complain about private" Santana said walking a bit faster
"Right. This field training ma'am. Is it required?"
Santana didn't answer him until she got to her bike. She put the papers into her backpack and set it on the seat. And turned towards the private
"Ma'am?"
"Did you ask if this training is optional?" Santana asked.
"Yes maam" the private said gulping
"Let me let you in on a secret buddy. I have less than 6 months to make sure you and everyone else in the company...actually you know what? I'm gonna answer this question tomorrow"
Santana turned back around put her helmet on jumped on her bike and drove away.
Santana was sitting in a coffee shop going over her deployment papers when she heard someone clear their throat
"Hey Santana how's it going?
Santana looked up "Quinn hey.. ah not bad just waiting for someone. You?"
"Same. hey look I was wondering if we could get together and talk..."
"Hey San sorry I'm late. There was an accident on 4th. Ready?" A new arrival interrupted while sitting down at the table across from Santana
Santana looked at the new arrival as Quinn walked back to line to order something and started pulling out more papers "yep"
Santana was pointing out parts of the paper while looking out of the corner of her eye looking for Quinn who was just leaving when she was interrupted by a squeal.
"Guess what?! I got it! I got the promotion!" Vonn squealed loudly and hugged Santana
"So you're staying?" Santana asked
"I'm staying" this time it was Santana's turn to get giddy
"You don't know how excited and relieved this makes me. Today I had a private Toby Tyler Travis I don't know his last was a first name, asked me if the field training was mandated"
Vonn rolled her eyes "let me guess it's a ruck run tomorrow? How long is going to be?"
Santana smiled sweetly "yeah so I need you to tell your crew to block some roads. Uhh 5 miles?"
"I'll give you two and a K9"
"Three and a K9" Santana stuck out her hand for a handshake
"No Rach I can't ask you to up root your or masons life to move here. I'm probably going to ask Vonn"
Rachel popped back on the screen "are you sure? Masons young enough and I would love to explore LA for days on end"
"I'm positive plus you can explore the city for days on end now" Santana laughed
Rachel smiled
"How long is this deployment looking like?"
"Six months minimum" Santana shrugged her shoulders "who knows. We start field training tomorrow after a ruck run"
"You love field training"
"I do" Santana laughed
"Well I have to go San. Kurt and Blaine are here."
"Tell them I said hi. I'll talk to you when I get back. Bye Rach."
Santana clicked the red phone on her Phone ending the FaceTime session. She texted Garcia and Hall telling them to tell the rest of the soldiers in company to prepare for a ruck march bright and early tomorrow morning before the field training.
She was met with an eye roll emoji from both parties and she laughed "that never gets old"
Santana started to get her ruck sack around when she got a message "come over". Santana contemplated the text message she just received while she finished packing.
Santana stood in her living staring at her car keys she made a decision. She grabbed her ruck sack through it on her back grabbed her car keys, set her home alarm and hopped in her jeep and drove.
After a few minutes Santana pulled into a driveway and sat there. Santana took a deep breathe got out of her Jeep and walked to the front door. Santana knocked on the door and waited.
The front door opened, Santana looked up as hands grabbed her shirt and pulled her inside as lips connected Santana shut the door and pushed Quinn up against the wall and picked her up. Quinn wrapped her legs around Santana's waist as Santana pulled away from the wall fully supporting Quinn's weight and carried her to the bedroom.